The Panel

The Panel

The Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with an interesting mix of experts, leaders, and locals.

Episodes

The Panel with Andrew Clay and Denise L'Estrange-Corbet, Part 2

December 19, 2025 • 24 mins
In part two, New Zealand's Yoga Teacher of the Year, Hamish Kenworthy, celebrates the rising popularity of the practice.
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The Panel with Andrew Clay and Denise L'Estrange-Corbet, Part 1

December 19, 2025 • 25 mins
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Andrew Clay and Denise L'Estrange-Corbet. First up, a Tauranga-based social services organisation is being stretched to the brink by the number of people living in hardship. SociaLink chief executive Lix Davies gives the lowdown. Then, does the introduction of bigbox retail like IKEA mean the death of local 'block of shops' retail in New Zealand? Butcher and local ...
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The Pre-Panel for 19 December 2025

December 18, 2025 • 6 mins
Wallace Chapman and producers Tessa Guest and José Barbosa preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.
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The Panel Plus

December 18, 2025 • 19 mins
An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: the manosphere - a part of the internet that capitalises on the insecurities of young men - is booming, and so is business. But how did it end up in the mainstream? Queensland University of Technology Sociology Professor, Michael Flood, explains.
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The Panel with Ed Amon and Jo McCarroll, Part 2

December 18, 2025 • 23 mins
In part two, Waikato Regional Council has voted to keep Auckland to Hamilton passenger train, Te Huia, chugging along. Public Transport Users Association coordinator Jon Reeves is over the moon.
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The Panel with Ed Amon and Jo McCarroll, Part 1

December 18, 2025 • 24 mins
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon and Jo McCarroll. First up, are there green shoots on the horizon at long last? GDP figures out today are higher than even the most optimistic predictions. ANZ's chief economist Sharon Zollner gives her analysis. Then, did former deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming get off light with his sentencing of home detention yesterday? The director of a char...
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The Pre-Panel for 18 December 2025

December 17, 2025 • 10 mins
Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.
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The Whip for 17 December 2025

December 17, 2025 • 27 mins
Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Maria Slade, Fran O'Sullivan and Sue Bradford. They touch briefly on the Bondi shooting, before diving into the newly-announced mega Ministry: the Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport. Then, they look at some bold calls from ACT leader David Seymour in his end-of-year NZ Herald interview, and finally, they unpack ...
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The Panel Plus

December 17, 2025 • 20 mins
An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then, resident linguist Rory O'Sullivan brings along the latest news in language, accent, and questionable word choices.
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The Panel with Nalini Baruch and Richard Pamatatau, Part 2

December 17, 2025 • 23 mins
In part two, RIP to the short-lived Road Cone Hotline, which will shut down before Christmas. Newsroom journalist and road cone correspondent for The Panel, Fox Meyers joins the show. Then, they head to Alexandra, where 89 year-old Shirley McIntosh has achieved the incredible feat of knitting a tablecloth out of old teabag strings.
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The Panel with Nalini Baruch and Richard Pamatatau, Part 1

December 17, 2025 • 23 mins
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Nalini Baruch and Richard Pamatatau. First up, the stories of bravery surrounding the Bondi terror attack are still coming through. One man who kicked away the rifle of one of the gunman is a refugee who's been waiting for Australian residency for 13 years. His lawyer, Alison Battisson, joins the programme. Then, are New Zealanders for, or against cycleways? The re...
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The Pre-Panel for 16 December 2025

December 16, 2025 • 8 mins
Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.
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The Panel Plus

December 16, 2025 • 13 mins
An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then, fashion critic Emma Gleason comes along to advise on what's best to wear this festive season.
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The Panel with Alan McElroy and Jennie Moreton, Part 2

December 16, 2025 • 23 mins
In part two, a bowling club at Auckland's Point Chevalier has had it's existence threatened by a lack of clarity about who owns the land. Then, the panel heads to Dunedin to meet a conservationist who's swapping the New Zealand summer for an icy boat ride to Antarctica.
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The Panel with Alan McElroy and Jennie Moreton, Part 1

December 16, 2025 • 21 mins
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Alan McElroy and Jennie Moreton. First up, Hauraki Mayor Toby Adams says council staff are copping serious threats from members of the public over increases in water rates. Then, a bowling club at Auckland's Point Chevalier has had it's existence threatened by a lack of clarity about who owns the land.  
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The Pre-Panel for 16 December 2025

December 15, 2025 • 8 mins
Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.
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The Panel Plus

December 15, 2025 • 27 mins
An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Invercargill is getting creative in finding ways to encourage rangatahi to get outside. Active Southland chief executive Vanessa Hughey-Pol explains the plan.
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The Panel with Anton Matthews and Marian Hobbs, Part 1

December 15, 2025 • 23 mins
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Anton Matthews and Marian Hobbs. First up, the horror of the attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach is still setting in. Eyewitness Tiffany Salmond recounts her experience of events, before Holocaust Centre chair Deborah Hart gives reaction from the local Jewish community. Then, Australian gun control advocate Simon Chapman gives his analysis of tightened rules announced t...
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The Pre-Panel

December 14, 2025 • 8 mins
Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.
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The Panel with Sally Wenley and Chris Clarke, Part 2

December 12, 2025 • 22 mins
In part two, Gisborne's got a problem: rubbish dumping. All sorts of horrors are being left outside the gates of the dump - from mattresses to old fridges, to rotting animal carcasses. And it's costing the council almost half a million dollars this year. Then, four members of Invercargill's Carlson Gracie Ju Jitsu club have returned home from Tahiti with a medal haul. We talk to one of the returning heroes.
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