The Panel

Wallace and panellists with Conor English and Verity Johnson debate the merits of bringing back the overnight ferry between Lyttleton and Wellington with Greater Wellington Regional Councillor Thomas Nash

Wallace and panellists Ali Mau and Simon Pound debate whether dental treatments should be funded for everyone with public health dentist Hugh Trengrove.

Then they will talk to National Council of Women New Zealand president Suzanne Manning about why organisations keep holding all male panels, following from the Auckland University Law Students Society's Friday Pizza & Partners panel which only included Pakeha men.

And finally Youthline's help line general manager Brian Lowe joins The Panel to discuss the Better Love campaign which will provide advice to young people going through a relationship break-up

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Ali Mau and Simon Pound discuss the decision by Immigration New Zealand to allow the controversial British activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, into the country.

Plus they talk to Dr Nina Hood from the Education Hub about what's happening in our education system and how we can improve it.

Wallace and panellists Ali Mau and Simon Pound hear from Invercargill librarian Tessa Smith about a ground-breaking initiative to increase literacy among inmates at Invercargill Prison

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Raj Chakraborti and Jo McCarroll hear from Senior Lecturer, School of Geography at the University of Otago Dr Daniel Kingston and professor Boyd Swinburn.

Wallace and panellists Raj Chakraborti and Jo McCarroll talk to Emergency department Doctor Natasha Duncan-Sutherland about the increasing number of dog attacks and what needs to be done to protect children from serve injuries.

Wallace and panellists Ed Amon and Nalini Baruch talk to Gisborne farmer and Federated Farmers Meat & Wool chairperson Toby Williams on the mammoth challenge faced by cyclone affected farmers, who need to replace hundreds of thousand of kilometres of fencing. Also they discuss the Government's backtrack on it's container return scheme with Sustainable Coastlines CEO Josh Borthwick Then finally the Mayor of Timaru Nigel Bowen joins The Panel to sign the virtues of his district, which has been ranked the best place for city dwellers to escape to.

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Ed Amon and Nalini Baruch discuss New Zealand's lack of regulation around lobbying with Transparency International New Zealand CEO, Julie Haggie. Also they talk to Outward Bound's acting CEO Simon Graney about The Oppurtunities Party's new policy which would introduce a National Civic Service' programme for young people.

Wallace and panellists Ed Amon and Nalini Baruch talk to cartographer Jim Lewis about the dying art of map making. Plus our panellists tell us what's been on their mind this week.

Today on The Panel Wallace Chapman and panellists Cindy Mitchener and David Cormack discuss the demotion of Stuart Nash after a third breach of the Cabinet Manual. Also, they discuss the volitility of the international banking sector, and whether hugs between colleagues at work is appropriate.