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  • The Pre-Panel: Your daily dose of stuff and nonsense
    Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.
    10 min
  • The Whip for 19 August 2026
    Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Lillian Hanley, John Boscawen and Jonathan Milne. On the show tonight: the fallout from the Chris Penk affair, is Opportunity's income tax for New Zealanders returning home from overseas fantasy policy?, Does National's Paul Goldsmith have a hope in hell of taking Epsom this year?
    27 min
  • The Panel with Niki Bezzant and Liam Hehir, Part 2
    In part two, it's a pet peeve that more job ads don't include pay details. But new research from recruiting firm Robert Half shows that 90 percent of employers they talked to say they lost a candidate because they didn't display the dosh. So why do they do it? Megan Alexander, Managing Director at Robert Half New Zealand explains. Then, where do all the odd shocks go? Wool apparel company Norsewear say they have crunched the data and their managing director Tim Deane joins the show to explain.
    23 min
  • The Panel Plus
    An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Jane Orphan is the Chief Executive of the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre in Blenheim. Her Museum Show and Tell incudes a link to one Marylin Monroe.
    21 min
  • The Panel with Niki Bezzant and Liam Hehir, Part 1
    First up, an independent report into the fatal landslide at Mount Maunganui say Tauranga City Council has deeply systemic flaws which led to the death if six people. The Panel talk to Dr Lauren Vinnell, an expert in natural hazard preparation from Massey University. Then, a new policy from ACT would see people working with children pay for a card that says they have been vetted to work with kids. Jacqui Southey is Save The Children NZ's Advocacy Director and she joins the panel to discuss the policy and if it's a good idea.
    25 min
  • The Pre-Panel: Your daily dose of stuff and nonsense
    Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.
    9 min
  • The Panel Plus
    An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: it might sound crazy, but The Matrix was onto something when it comes with human perception of reality - but just how much of our experience of the world is true, and how much is made up in our minds? Psychology Professor Micah Goldwater explains.
    25 min
  • The Panel with Verity Johnson and David Downs, Part 2
    In part two, free massages and subsidised bicycles from work sure do sound nice, but are they genuinely useful perks? New research suggests only one in five employed New Zealanders think so. Then, true or false: you can get legally married over video call. If you're scratching your head at that, tune in to Celebrants Aotearoa president Anna Flanagan, who comes along to clear up some misconceptions.
    22 min
  • The Panel with Verity Johnson and David Downs, Part 1
    Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Verity Johnson and David Downs. First up, the Auckland's proposed habour crossing is sending fireworks across the political landscape this week, with Winston Peters calling it a gross state of money. North Shore councillor John Gillon joins the programme. Then, reduced transport subsidies for people with disabilities are being criticised by advocates like former paralympian Barney Koneferenisi.
    26 min
  • The Pre-Panel: Your daily dose of stuff and nonsense
    Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.
    9 min

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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.

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