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6:05 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Zoe George and Phil O'Reilly. First up, Erebus memories from a listener and the panel discusses the news that finally a location for a… Read more Audio

7:30 PM.It's time for the country's most explosive 230 minutes of politics. This week Wallace is joined by Andrea Vance, Jonathan Milne and former labour MP Chris Carter. Tonight, the team discuss: is 2026… Read more Audio

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: Rory O'Sullivan our in-house linguist is back. This week he is discussing a NZ… Read more Audio

6:30 PM.In part two, Paul Glass is a blind man who was out for a walk with his guide dog Clayton last week, when he was attacked out of nowhere by another person's dog. Clayton has been left badly injured… Read more Audio

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

6:05 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jo McCarroll and Ian Powell. First up, the government is announcing a "serious shake up" of local government today. The announcement is… Read more Audio

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: Wallace chats to Paul Baragwanath, Director of the Kahui St David's Charitable… Read more Audio

6:30 PM.In part two, the panel examines the Mamdani Effect and hears why politicians need to take notice of Zohran Mamdani and his effect on Gen z politics. Then, we return to Barry the Dog, left in SPCA care… Read more Audio

6:05 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Deborah Hart and Allan Blackman. First up, the government's added another sheet of gib to its reforms of the building sector. John Grey… Read more Audio

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

12:00 PM.Rich Malyon has perfected the art of whitling. This was originally a sea urchin. 

6:05 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ben Thomas and Penny Ashton. First up, after Winston Peters' pledge to repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill, are cracks starting to show… Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa preview tonight's instalment of The Panel. Read more Audio

6:35 PM.In part two, the government's smartphone ban in schools wasn't met with enthusiasm by everyone, but a new ERO report says it's been a success so far. Stratford High School principal Cameron Stone… Read more Audio

6:05 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ali Mau and Mark Knoff-Thomas. First up, the government is hitting pause on puberty blockers, saying the medication is unproven and… Read more Audio

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

7:30 PM.Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Ruwani Perera, Dan Brunskill and Tracey Martin. On the show: the continuing fallout from the IPCA… Read more Audio

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: Rory O'Sullivan gives us the best of his two cents on Cambridge's word of the… Read more Audio

6:30 PM.In part two: Northland has always been notorious for its power cuts, but havoc wreaked by recent outages has called into question the robustness of the network. Far North Mayor Moko Tepania says a… Read more Audio

6:05 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Denise L'Estrange Corbet and Peter Field. First up, ultra processed food has been linked to harm in every major organ system of the human… Read more Audio