The Panel

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by Penny Ashton and Patrick Phelps. First up, with the recent fatal weather dis related disasters in the North island we have to ask: does our emergency planning match the frequency and extremity of events? The Panel talks to Richard Adams, the founder and director of Taskforce Kiwi, an organisation that offers completely voluntary support in emergencies. Then, the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has declined Donald Trump's offer for New Zealand to join the Board for Peace. The Panel mulls over the pros and cons of the decision - should we have taken the seat at the table?

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights fill in host Susana Lei'ataua. Then: Jane Young is the co-chair of Forest and Bird's Southern Otago branch and she joins Wallace to explain how the northern hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin are in trouble. The South Island and Rakiura/Stewart Island population has collapsed by 80 percent since 2008. Jan explains why and what can be done to save them.

In part two, do shops close too early? Pip Thompson, general manager of Napier City Business Association, thinks the answer is yes and the panel learns why NZ's retail hours are stuck in the 1970s. Then, meet Flat White Frank. He is an online influencer and he's travelling the world with a mission to find the perfect flat white. Can New Zealand claim to be the global capital of the flat white? Listen to find out?

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and Andie McCombs. First up, as it's the anniversary of the Auckland Anniversary floods, the panel talks to Amy who lost her home in harrowing circumstances. Three years on, she now calls herself a climate refugee. Then, AA Insurance says it will no longer offer new home policies to the residents of flood prone Westport. The former mayor of Buller, Jamie Cleine says central government needs to get on board plans to develop Westport's future resilience. And finally, Dr Samantha Marsh discuses a landmark US court trial involving TikTok, YouTube and Meta over claims the platforms deliberately addict and harm children.

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.

Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Corin Dann, Holly Bennett and Tracey Martin. The Whip panel discusses Judith Collins' legacy in politics; the politicians and their response to the extreme and fatal weather events in the Bay of Plenty; the latest political poll and why Winston Peters' has cause to be smiling and the extraordinary ICE crackdown in the US which sees two citizens dead and a White House administration seemingly backing down.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights fill-in host Susana Lei'ataua. Then: in-house linguist Rory O'Sullivan examines that linguistically transcendental word: HELLO.

In part two, Thousands of incorporated societies could be about to dissolve as new legislation is pushed through. An advocate for community clubs says the paperwork is too much for tiny groups to handle. Then, the panel talks to a man who was so grateful for the care he received at Dunedin Hospital last month that he was moved to give something back to the hospital, and to the patients staying there.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sarah Perrim-Lampp and Michael Moynahan. First up, misinformation has been circulating online about the safety of the Mount Maunganui landslide and how preventable this disaster was. But is it actually possible to guarantee safety from these events? The Panel talks to Dr Tom Robinson, a senior lecturer in disaster risk and resilience at the University of Canterbury. Then, is it time to call time on the school uniform? Journalist Gamaliel Ramos Oliver reckons so. He says uniforms are expensive and wants them gone.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Mark Leishman in for Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: design historian Michael Smythe is back with another Kiwi nugget looking at the enduring appeal of the 1984 Fisher + Paykel Award Range refrigerators: CLASSICS!