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The Panel
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The Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with an interesting mix of experts, leaders, and locals.
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The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Simon Wilson, Part 2
4w ago00:23:07Tap to summarizeIn part two, as the winter sport season gets underway, so to comes the onslaught of poor sideline behaviour. Hadyn Jones is championing the cause of being nice on the sidelines. Then, the world celebrates 100 years of David Attenborough. Otago University botanist Janice Lord shares how the iconic conservationist and documentarian has inspired her work.
Transcribe →The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Simon Wilson, Part 1
4w ago00:24:57Tap to summarizeTonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Leonie Freeman and Simon Wilson. First up, new immigration rules will require prospect citizens to take a test on New Zealand values. Does this point us towards a US approach? Auckland University social work Professor Jay Marlow thinks so. Then, do 3D-printed guns pose a threat to New Zealand? Hundreds of blueprints are easily findable online, and police seized nearly 100 of them last year.
Transcribe →The Pre-Panel
4w ago00:07:46Tap to summarizeThe show within a show, the little show that could. Wallace Chapman, Jesse Mulligan and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's edition of The Panel.
Transcribe →The Panel Plus for 7 May 2026
4w ago00:20:36Tap to summarizeAn extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: railway expert Andrew Hunt explains an aspect of New Zealand's railway network which some people believe causes major restrictions to capacity.
Transcribe →The Panel with Sarah Perriam-Lampp and Ben Thomas, Part 2
4w ago00:22:05Tap to summarizeIn part two, apartment residents at Auckland's Wynyard Quarter are outraged by a prospective 23 story tower, which would block their sunlight and views. But Patrick Reynolds disagrees - he's an urbanist and deputy chair of a City Centre Advisory Panel. Then, esports are all the rage in Taranaki, where 60 school kids are going head-to-head in an iwi-lead tournament.
Transcribe →The Panel with Sarah Perriam-Lampp and Ben Thomas, Part 1
4w ago00:24:54Tap to summarizeTonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sarah Perriam-Lampp and Ben Thomas. First up, the government's attempts to entice an international supermarket brans to New Zealand have so far fallen flat. Grocery Action Group member Sue Chetwin gives her theories about why that might be the case. Then, a group of Christchurch kids spend their school holidays building a bike park, before the council came along and flattened it. Local dad Duncan Hunter has his say.
Transcribe →The Pre-Panel for 7 May 2026
4w ago00:07:42Tap to summarizeThe show within a show, the little show that could, call it what you will, Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan will always make you smile as they preview tonight's edition of The Panel.
Transcribe →The Whip for 6 May 2026
May 600:27:22Tap to summarizeJoin Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Andrea Vance, Maria Slade and Chris Carter. On the show today they discuss the scrapping of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, will it "set media free?"; the government's ultimatum to local government: amalgamate or we will do it for you; a return to the TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman controversy; and will immigration become an election issue?
Transcribe →The Panel Plus for 6 May 2026
May 600:19:44Tap to summarizeAn extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Rory O'Sullivan is back for another journey into the mysteries of language.
Transcribe →The Panel with Verity Johnson and Liam Hehir, Part 2
May 600:22:46Tap to summarizeIn part two, plans to demolish a set of brutalist lecture theaters at Otago University called the Archway Theatres in exchange for a formal garden has kicked off a petition. Then, the Great Avon-Waihopai Varmint Hunt invites teams to humanely hunt or trap as many feral cats, and pests as they can this weekend. It includes a Mother's Day special award; for the mum who has the most impressive haul.
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