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The Panel for Friday 11 July 2025

The Pre-Panel for 11 July 2025 

Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's marlarky.

Relaxed smile portrait of Wallace Chapman on grey background

Photo: RNZ / Jeff McEwan

The Panel with Paula Penfold and Allan Blackman Part 1

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Paula Penfold and Allan Blackman. 

They cross first to Nelson where a red rain warning is in place and to Northland. Then they're joined by RespectED Aotearoa chief executive Anita Lowry to discuss the frequency of sexual harassment incidents in the public service.

Pigeon Valley flooding on 11 July, 2025.

Pigeon Valley flooding on 11 July, 2025. Photo: Samuel Rillstone / RNZ

The Panel with Paula Penfold and Allan Blackman Part 2

This half hour the panel hears how some educators are sounding warnings as AI cheating in exams grows and they talk to BJ, who was responsible for calibrating the cameras on the Mars Expedition Rover for NASA .

This NASA photo shows the Perseverance Mars rover in a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover, on April 6, 2021, the 46th Martian day, or sol, of the mission and taken by the WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) camera. NASA is targeting no earlier than Sunday, April 11, for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet. A livestream confirming Ingenuity’s first flight is targeted to begin around 3:30 a.m. EDT Monday, April 12.

NASA's Perserverance rover has photographed images of an aurora from the surface of Mars. Photo: AFP / NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS