The Panel

The Panel

The Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.

Episodes

June 17, 2025 20 mins
An extra half hour with Wallace begins with a preview of Nights with host Emile Donovan and ends with some wonderful listener interaction. But in the middle there's another instalment of Kiwi Nuggets by design historian Michael Smythe where he goes over the history of the Shacklock Orion coal range and the æbleskiver pan.
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This half hour the panel hears from a counsellor who decided to give Chat GPT a go for counselling and a soccer mum has advice on how not to go overboard on the sidelines.
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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Lizzie Marvelly and Mark Knoff-Thomas. They hear why police want body cameras and they learn what the privacy implications may be, and there's increasing signals that New Zealand's economy has screeched to a halt.
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The Pre-Panel Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.
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June 16, 2025 23 mins
An extra half hour with Wallace begins with a preview of Nights with host Emile Donovan and ends with some wonderful listener interaction. But in the middle Wallace talks with Grant, a man who so loves going barefoot he has not worn a shoe for 6 years. Why does he do it? Find out within!
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This half hour the panel hears about potential changes to sick leave and they learn about the infamous Madonna Disco Lite Dynasty Stereo ES-555 Boom Box, made famous by Madonna. One of its ilk is being auctioned by Webbs.
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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jo McCarroll and Rajorshi Chakraborti. They discuss why police are paid to train, but healthcare workers and other professions are not and they return to the Israel and Iran conflict which Winston Peters today called the worst state of world affairs since the Cuban missile crisis.
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June 15, 2025 7 mins
Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's marlarky.
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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Aimie Hines and Andie McCombs The Panel discusses the Israel attack on Iran and its implications and the terrible Air India crash and the story of its one survior.
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June 12, 2025 6 mins
Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.
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June 12, 2025 19 mins
An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman. First up is a look ahead to Nights with host Emile Donovan. Then after hearing some feedback, Wallace is joined by Ryan McNaught, a.k.a. Brickman, the judge of an international all-star season of Lego Masters Plus we hear from listeners and their stories about topics discussed in the show.
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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Paula Penfold and Conor English Paula goes behind the scenes on her breakthorugh story this week about former Prime Minister staffer Michael Forbes; the nation's disaster monitoring centre is hit by funding cuts and The Finance Minister is being accused of opening a can of worms for considering giving farmers early access to their Kiwisavers.
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June 11, 2025 8 mins
Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's marlarky.
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June 11, 2025 27 mins
Journalists Ruwani Perera and Dan Brunskill join Wallace Chapman to discuss all the big politics news of the week. Also in the studio is former NZ First MP Tracey Martin. Tonight they examine the Gaza floatilla headed by Greta Thunberg and the NZ sanctions placed on two Israeli ministers. They also discuss the tren dfor more right leaning and alt poltical organisations to film their interviews - David Seymour recently took hi ...
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This half hour the panel hears from a construction expert the best ways to heat your home and they hear from an Australian woman turned an ill-advised online purchase of a 8 metre dinosaur scultpture into a win for her small town community.
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This half hour the panel hears from a construction expert the best ways to heat your home and they hear from an Australian woman turned an ill-advised online purchase of a 8 metre dinosaur scultpture into a win for her small town community.
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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Patrick Phelps and Georgie Stylianou. A photo of 6 tonne piece of coral caught in a trawl net has environmentalists asking if our fishing industry needs to be overhauled and the Taxpayers Union's new petition asks for a governent mandated cap to be placed on local council rates increases.
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June 10, 2025 9 mins
Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's marlarky.
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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jennie Moreton and Peter Elliott. This half hour the panel hears how the Southern Right Whale is coming back from a dire population crash and they learn how to give children the freedom to play on driveways and streets - just like the old days!
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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jennie Moreton and Peter Elliott Regular panelist economist Ed McKnight pops in to discuss the fallout from Auckland's new property valuations and more than ten thousand primary school students are stood down from school every year.
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