The Panel

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.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: award winning fashion writer Emma Gleason explains the enduring appeal of Ugly-Cool Sunglasses

In part two, last week we talked to Fisheries NZ and Greenpeace about the damage bottom trawling may or may not do to our ocean floors. This week we get the science involved with Simon Thrush, Professor of Marine Science at Auckland University. Then, Whakatane is spilt over the plans to introduce a $20 boat ramp fee for out-of-towners. Will this damage visitor numbers to the coastal town? The panel finds out straight from Councillor Wilson James.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Anna Dean and Thomas Scrimgeour. First up, we talk to The Panel's World Cup correspondent Rory O'Sullivan (moonlighting from his usual Panel Plus linguist role). Rory will review the nail-biting match between the All Whites and Iran today. Then, immigration New Zealand is in hot water after a damning Scrutiny Week review. The report outlines a laundry list of wrongdoings surrounding a biometric tech upgrade, which ended with 30 million dollars down the drain, and no new system. Political commentator Bryce Edwards surveys the damage. And finally, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that under-16s will be banned from major social media platforms. How will this latest ban work and what can be learned from the Australian experience? Lisa Given, Professor of Information Sciences at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology discusses with the panel.

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.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Brendan Ciarán Browne, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College in Dublin discusses the week of riots that have plagued Belfast. The anti-migrant protests and violent demonstrations have brought back to the surface the city's experience during the Irish Troubles.

In part two, "Organised Thuggery" - that's the description New Plymouth mayor Max Brough used to describe a mass burnout event involving nearly 100 vehicles. he's had enough and is looking for a fix to the problem. Then, in a social media video produced to promote funding to tackle the spread of wilding pines, ACT MP and former fed Farmers Andrew Hoggard appears to start a chainsaw by pulling on the cord with one hand while holding the main handle mid-air with the other hand. he's using the drop-start method and it's not approved work practice according to Worksafe. The panel hears from Lisa Kendall, a three-time Northern Young farmer of the year and a chainsaw expert, about the safest best way to get your chainsaw humming.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jo McCarroll and Peter Field. First up, youth unemployment is at its highest level in 30 years. So what's is being done about it? The government is doubling the number of places in trades academies. The panel talks to Kylee Jefferies, Principal at Alfriston College, in Manukau, Auckland asks is this the solution? Then, one in twelve clubs have shut up shop since a rewrite of the Incorporated Societies Act took effect in April. Some clubs have said the new rules, including the requirement to re-register, were the nail in the coffin of the admin burden. Rod King, who leads Nelson Stand Up Paddle board club talks to the panel about that burden and why they decided not to register.

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.

In part two, a large, historic building in Point Chevalier is becoming an eyesore as it sits in limbo. Should it be saved, or rolled to build new apartments? Finally, after an outpouring of Panel listener passion on fruit preserving, expert preserver Gus Hayden shares his top tips.