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6:30 PM.In part two, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown pulled a stunt in protest at the incoming ceiling on rates - putting on his so-called 'rates cap' during discussions of the topic. Christchurch councillors… Read more Audio

6:00 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Verity Johnson and Peter Field. First up, the Government has confirmed it will hold its own inquiry into the Bay of Plenty landslides. A… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Wallace Chapman previews tonight's edition of The Panel. Audio

7:30 PM.Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Lillian Hanly, Guyon Espiner and former labour MP Poto Williams.

On the show today: Is it a levy or a… Read more Audio

7:00 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: our in-house linguist Rory O'Sullivan asks: what is YOUR love language? Audio

6:30 PM.In part two, Gertjan Verdickt is a senior finance lecturer at Auckland University, he reckons we should do away with Lotto and install something more akin to public bonds.

Then, the Panel talks to… Read more Audio

6:00 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ali Jones and Allan Blackman. First up, the Salvation Army's nineteenth annual State of the Nation report says family violence is at it's… Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Wallace Chapman previews tonight's edition of The Panel. Audio

7:00 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: it's time for another edition of design historian Michael Smythe's Kiwi Nuggets… Read more Audio

6:30 PM.In part two, crossing the road shouldn't feel like a gamble on your safety, but that's how an Invercargill high school is describing it. According to staff, cars and cyclists regularly whiz past the… Read more Audio

6:00 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Eve McCallum and Tim Batt. First up, the government says a Liquefied Natural Gas import facility in Taranaki will save New Zealanders… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's instalment of The Panel. Audio

7:00 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Auckland is heating up - the urban heat effect means the central city is often 3… Read more Audio

6:37 PM.In part two, Matthew Mokhefi-Ashton, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Nottingham Trent University discusses the Epstein Files with the Panel and asks: who decides what to redact… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Mary Lambie and Chris Wikaira. First up, the cleanup along Wellington's southern coast will take months and the Wellington Water CEO has… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Wallace Chapman previews tonight's edition of The Panel. Audio

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: ADHD diagnoses are on the rise, but so is misinformation about the disorder.… Read more Audio

6:37 PM.In part two, the Government is in talks with the Trump administration on a critical minerals deal - Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman says that puts New Zealand at risk of becoming a pawn in… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Kathryn Graham. First up, we return to Wellington's south coast where sewage continues to spew out. Eugene Doyle is… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's instalment of The Panel. Read more Audio

7:35 PM.Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Andrea Vance, Maria Slade, and Chris Finlayson.

The discuss the latest rise in unemployment figures… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: on the topic of Australia, in house linguist Rory O'Sullivan takes a look at… Read more Audio

6:35 PM.In part two, pollster David Farrar puts forward the controversial argument that New Zealand should join Australia. Then, a Waiuku Cafe has this week started an initiative to feed kids for free before… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jeremy Elwood and Sarah Sparks. First up, an equipment failure at Wellington's Moa Point wastewater treatment plant has sent thousands of… Read more Audio