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The Panel features a range of panellists from across the opinion spectrum, together with an interesting mix of experts, leaders, and locals.
Monday to Friday, 6pm - 7:30pm, plus a Wednesday Politics Panel 7.30pm - 8pm
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'Support a Family' initiative helps Chch whanau
24 Dec 2020Nearly 200 Christchurch whanau and Housing First clients (kaewa) will receive Christmas hampers and gifts through the Christchurch Methodist Mission's Support a Family initiative this year. The Panels… Read more Audio
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Dad sails back from Caribbean just in time for Xmas
24 Dec 2020A family is being reunited just in time for Christmas, after a lengthy separation and an epic solo yachting trip from the Caribbean to Auckland. Dmitry Pelevin promised his 7-year-old son he would… Read more Audio
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Last year for Whitianga's famous Christmas House
24 Dec 2020This year will be the last of Mercury Bay's well-known and much-loved 'Christmas House' run by Gordon and the late Diana Barnaby. Read more Audio
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Trump's Blackwater pardon sparks Iraqi ire
24 Dec 2020Iraqis have reacted with outrage to Donald Trump's move to pardon four security guards from the security firm Blackwater who were jailed for a 2007 massacre that sparked an outcry over the use of… Read more Audio
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Today in Music History
24 Dec 2020American glam metal band Poison started a three-week run in the charts at No1, reaching no 8 in NZ with 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'. Audio
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Popular choc out of stock due to Covid-19
24 Dec 2020As 2020 draws to a close it keeps delivering bad news - and this one is for chocolate lovers - Whittaker's has run out of stock of two of their most popular chocolate blocks, due to supply chain… Read more Audio
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Calls for track 'n' trace system for freedom campers
24 Dec 2020A group of tourism industry heads and mayors want more power to manage freedom camping, including a national vehicle track and trace database. Tim Cadogan, mayor of Central Otago and member of the… Read more Audio
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Budgeting service sees huge spike in pensioners needing food
The Mangere Budgeting Service says they have seen a 46 percent spike in pensioners needing food in the past two years. Darryl Evans, who runs the service, says the problem is crippling rents. He joins… Read more Audio
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What the panellists have been thinking
24 Dec 2020What panellists Julia Hartley Moore and Alan McElroy have been thinking about. Audio
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Dear Panel
24 Dec 2020This is a time of year when a lot of people are on the move, often to places that are important to them. That has taken on a new resonance this year, as many have been locked down or sheltering place… Read more Audio
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Gen X finally recognised for their resilience
23 Dec 2020It took a global pandemic but Generation X is finally gaining recognition for their resilience and tolerance for boredom. Read more Audio
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Warning over slippery tiles
23 Dec 2020The Panel tackles a story that is getting a bit of traction - the danger of slippery tiles. Read more Audio
The Panel
Wallace Chapman's Panel hour features a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum, together with expert phone guests.
Monday to Friday, 6pm - 7:30pm
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