The Panel

The little show that can! Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan take on the big, and not so big issues as they preview tonight's edition of The Panel.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: The Spinoff's staff writer Joel MacManus says he has proof the sausage sizzle was created in New Zealand/Aotearoa and NOT Australia. He joins Wallace for a trip down culinary history.

In part two, sharemilker Gavin Hogarth's small milk business is shut down due to changing weather and increasing fuel costs. He says his story is only the tip of the iceberg. Then, a study by InternetNZ found a third of New Zealanders aged over 70 spent more than four hours a day online. Dorothy is not one of them. She describes herself as a 'digital resist-nik'.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jo McCarroll and Vinny Holloway. First up, the government has announced a funding boost to the primary school budget and crowed about better maths scores. But in this case does 1 +1 equal 2? Then, NZ First wants to create the first Kiwisaver generation - compulsory Kiwisaver from birth with $1000 in the bank. Could this be a gamechanger or does the cost to the country negate any advancements.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan take on the big, and not so big issues as they preview tonight's edition of The Panel.

The Oamaru art gallery owner and her stoush with the local council, and  would you try and lift 100kg for $100 cash?

We're not having enough babies, so what's the answer? And what we can learn from Defence Force schemes for youth.

Wallace Chapman and producer Angie Skerrett preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then, an expert explanation on the age old question: is space finite? Click this link to see how Professor David Wiltshire of Canterbury university breaks it down.

Shock in Tauranga at plans to close two local libraries on a Sunday, and Twizel could soon be the home to the largest collection of earth moving machinery in the country.