The Panel for Friday 8 August 2025
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The Panel with Zoe George and Damien Venuto Part 1
6:05 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Zoe George and Damien Venuto. To begin, the unemployment rate has been top of mind this week, reaching its highest since 2020. Meanwhile… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Zoe George and Damien Venuto Part 2
6:30 PM.In part two, concrete cycle way barriers are tearing up cars in Taranaki. Then, a weekend of sports from archery to pickleball is coming up in Southland for people with physical and intellectual… Read more Audio
The Pre-Panel for 8 August 2025
Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest to preview this evening's marlarky.
Photo: RNZ / Jeff McEwan
The Panel with Zoe George and Damien Venuto Part 1
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Zoe George and Damien Venuto.
To begin, the unemployment rate has been top of mind this week, reaching its highest since 2020. Meanwhile, 200 occupations are desperate for staff. Then, the US made a major move this week when its Health Secretary cancelled major research into mRNA vaccines. Robert F Kennedy Jr says the vaccines aren't effective in protecting people against infections like Covid and the flu. But do those comments stack up?
Illustration of RNA (ribonucleic acid). Photo: AFP
The Panel with Zoe George and Damien Venuto Part 2
In part two, concrete cycle way barriers are tearing up cars in Taranaki. Then, a weekend of sports from archery to pickleball is coming up in Southland for people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Concrete separators, nicknamed "Tim Tams", installed on a cycleway along Auckland's Upper Harbour Drive near Greenhithe. Photo: Todd Niall / Stuff
