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The Panel for Monday 18 August 2025

  • The pre-Panel

    3:35 PM.Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Sally Wenley and Peter Fa'afiu Part 1

    6:05 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sally Wenley and Peter Fa'afiu. First up, the government has announced it's making major changes to the building consent system; The… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Sally Wenley and Peter Fa'afiu Part 2

    6:30 PM.In part two, the Government has been reviewing changes to the Total Mobility card scheme since 2023. but organisations like Blind Low Vision are worried that chanegs will be made with no public… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Plus for 18 August 2025

    7:05 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: some Christchurch building owners are going high-tech in their battle against… Read more Audio

The Pre-Panel for 18 August 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 Sally Wenley and Peter Fa'afiu Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sally Wenley and Peter Fa'afiu.

First up, the government has announced it's making major changes to the building consent system; The Panel discusses if this may mean a return to leaky buildings? Then The Panel mulls over news that David Seymour sought advice on the benefits of making wearing bicycle helmets voluntary. The Ministry for Regulation told him it would lead to more deaths and as a result no further action has been taken. But is there a case for it?

bike helmet

bike helmet Photo: 123RF

The Panel with Sally Wenley and Peter Fa'afiu Part 2

In part two, the Government has been reviewing changes to the Total Mobility card scheme since 2023. but organisations like Blind Low Vision are worried that changes will be made with no public consultation. Then they talk to train mad Chris Dirks who has made a live map of Auckland's train network and turned it into a business. 

A train approaches a level crossing.

Auckland’s growing rail network is driving a $550 million push to replace level crossings with safer bridges in Glen Innes and Takanini. Photo: Supplied / Auckland Council

The Panel Plus

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan.

Then: some Christchurch building owners are going high-tech in their battle against hundreds of seagulls terrorising the area. Wallace talks to Aaron Plumridge is the director of Atom Essential Services who's installed an EMF system for one such owner.

Red-billed Gull

Photo: NZ Birds Online / Steve Attwood