The Panel for Tuesday 7 April 2020

3:47 PM.The lockdown is leading people down all sorts of roads less traveled. One of those avenues is poetry. Poems and poets are creeping into news bulletins and broadcasts and more and more people are… Read more Audio

3:55 PM.Panellists Ali Mau and Alan McElroy share what they've been thinking about. Audio

4:09 PM.The Government is launching a campaign focussing on people's mental health during the pandemic. Mental Health Foundation CEO Shaun Robinson talks about the stress people are under. Audio

4:18 PM.Health Minister David Clark, lucky to keep his job right now, but demoted in cabinet over flouting lock down rules. Political commentator Richard Harman gives his views on the debacle Audio

4:26 PM.British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, taken into intensive care and correspondent Stuart Smith explains the concern for his well being amidst the UK's climbing COVID-19 death toll. Audio

4:32 PM.This day in 1985 Wham! - the English pop music duo consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, became the first western pop group to perform live in China, when they played at the workers… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.On social media there have been images of people having driveway parties - but a microbiologist says you risk affecting your neighbourhood. Audio

4:40 PM.Ethicist Dr Elizabeth Fenton says all front line healthcare workers should be given personal protective equipment regardless of whether or not they are dealing with confirmed or suspected Covid 19… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Professor Michael Lück, Associate Director of the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute looks at the future of the tourism sector in New Zealand. Audio

4:53 PM.Divine Cakes and Desserts owner, Nathan Young, has come up with an online home baking competition that is taking off in kitchens around the country. Audio