The Panel

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ali Jones and Ed Amon discuss the four year political term being put back on the poltical agenda and the concerns about the future of rail access across Cook Strait and in other parts of Aotearoa.

Ali Jones is from Red PR in Christchurch and member of the Papanui Innes community board

Ed Amon is a comedian and Masters student

Today on the pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show with Mark Leishman. Plus producer Jose Barbosa joins them with a breakdown of the number of lost golf balls in the world, and where they all end up.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Verity Johnson and Steve McCabe discuss where hungry taxi drivers can go to heat a meal on the job, memories of Tupperware parties past as the company files for bankruptcy and the Dunedin student nightspot where toast is on the house.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Verity Johnson and Steve McCabe discuss a new fleet of pothole detecting vans which are due to hit the country's roads, and how abuse from the sideline, coaches and players is forcing grassroots rugby refs off the pitch.

Steve McCabe is a lecturer at the Manukau Institute of Technology and union rep

Verity Johnson is a Stuff columnist and owner of Club Burlesque

Today on the pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show with Mark Leishman. Plus producer Tom Riste-Smith joins them to discuss this year's Ig Nobel Prizes and the probability award handed to researchers who tossed more than 350,000 coins to determine the odds of starting with heads and landing heads.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Leonie Freeman and Chris Wikaira discuss the struggle for survival for Citizens Advice Bureaux, and talk trivia as they find out what makes a good quiz question.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Leonie Freeman and Chris Wikaira discuss how some Aucklanders are sweltering in over-glazed, under-ventilated units with too many toilets and not enough storage. They also look at whether a so-called 'rich pricks' attitude is stopping Aotearoa from getting to grips with growing inequality.

Today on the pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show with Jesse Mulligan. Plus producer Sam Hollis talks about movies which just didn't live up to the hype and a list of the world's most over-rated films.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Niki Bezzant and Liam Hehir talk about whether dogs should be allowed to roam freely in public places like businesses, pubs and garden centers, the tradition of having a guest book for visitors to sign, and the amazing reaction to new "Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori" merchandise.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Niki Bezzant and Liam Hehir discuss the latest violent crime statistics and details from the fourth State of Child Health in Aotearoa report.

Niki Bezzant is a journalist, speaker and author

Liam Hehir is a lawyer, commentator and formerly active in the National Party