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The Panel for Tuesday 14 October 2025

  • The Panel with Holly Bennett and Tim Wilson Part 1

    6:00 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Holly Bennett and Tim Wilson. First, a check in with the locals in the Ruapehu district who've experienced flooding and major road… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Holly Bennett and Tim Wilson Part 2

    6:30 PM.In part two, Burger King and Starbucks want in on the untouched town of Tirau, but locals are saying no. Then, the Phillipstown Community Hub in Christchurch is run out of an old primary school and… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Plus

    7:00 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Mark Leishman. Then: more political debate in the US - this time over a proposal to put President… Read more Audio

The Panel with Holly Bennett and Tim Wilson Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Holly Bennett and Tim Wilson.

First, a check in with the locals in the Ruapehu district who've experienced flooding and major road closures due to torrential rain. 
Then, self-set limits on the number of tenants in rental houses are forcing families apart and locking some people out of housing, according to a new report.
Followed by a look at the governments new data to structured literacy and the new regime of phonics checks for 5-year-olds - Education Minister Erica Stanford says it's making a strong difference. But does the data stack up? 

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The Panel with Holly Bennett and Tim Wilson Part 2

In this photo illustration, a Burger King Whopper hamburger is displayed on 5 April 2022 in San Anselmo, California. A federal lawsuit has been filed and is seeking class-action status alleging that fast food burger chain Burger King is misleading customers with imagery that portrays its food, including the Whopper burger, as being much larger than what is actually being served to customers. The lawsuit is being brought by South Florida attorney Anthony Russo.

Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images via AFP

The Panel Plus

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

Then: more political debate in the US - this time over a proposal to put President Donald Trump on the one dollar coin. What can the career of the roman emperors, who also put themselves on currency, tell us about the President's reign? 

LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JANUARY 23: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump tells people to go back inside and vote as he visits the polling site at Londonderry High School on primary day, on January 23, 2024 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis having dropped out of the race two days earlier, Trump and fellow candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley are battling it out in this first-in-the-nation primary. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP