The Panel

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Bec Pratt grew up diving around the hundreds of reefs off the coast of South Taranaki. They inspired her to go overseas and start a career in documentary filmmaking. After years working on projects including some for Netflix she's back in Aotearoa with a published children's book, Shelf life.

In part two, gas supplies are collapsing and there doesn't seem to be any plan form the government, despite there being huge businesses that depend on gas. Then, Matakana-based architect Chris Howard is waging a war against Auckland transport. He's lost hundreds of hours over a parking ticket issued after parking on vacant land.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Claire Amos and Patrick Phelps. First up, more than half a million hectares of West Coast land have been taken out of limbo after nearly forty years. Conservation Minister Tama Potaka has divvied up 80 percent of Stewardship land in the region. the panel hears from federated farmers and former green party MP Eugenie Sage about the changes. Then, another hit of The Panel Soapbox - this week we hear from William. he's a landlord and he says he's disgusted by the "horror stories of dreadful damp, mold and general slum situations' by renters. #notalllandlords

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 Annabelle Lee-Mather, Wayne Mapp and David Farrar. On the show tonight: a one-in-a-generation reform of the Resource Management Act: they're scrapping the whole thing with a refocus on property rights. How does this balance the public and private needs of citizens? Is Europe between a rock and a hard place in the ongoing negotiations in the Ukraine/Russia peace process? Christopher Luxon says no to Jack Tame, but yes to IKEA. How do the managers of politicians decide where they appear? And the coming debate between Nicole Willis and Ruth Richardson; a pointless sideshow or a much-needed debate.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: in-house linguist Rory O'Sullivan is in studio to discuss a new UN report on how New Zealand deals with and preserves Te Reo. It's not great reading.

In part two, the elephants of media are swinging their trunks again, but this time it's Netflix the streaming giant swallowing up Warner Brothers Discovery, the home of Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. What does this mean for our media consumption in New Zealand? Then, is it better to sleep naked or wear PJs in summer? All this and more in a chat with Dr Kathleen Maddison, Research Fellow & Lecturer at the Centre for Sleep Science at the University of Western Australia.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sarah Perriam-Lamp and Allan Blackman. First up, It's D-day for teens in Australia. Social media is officially a no-go zone for under 16s. How is Australia even organising and facilitating the social media ban? The Panel finds out and asks: what would a similar ban look like here? Then, Chipseal versus asphalt is shaping up to be one of the hottest debates of the year. No one is more furious than the beachside residents of Papamoa, who are being told they'll have to pay themselves if they want to keep the asphalt. The Panel hears from Philip Brown, chair of the Papamoa Residents and Ratepayers Association.

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he talks to Dr Rebecca Meiring, senior lecturer in exercise sciences at Auckland University about her research into the relationship between lifestyle behaviours and menopause. Then: he talks to Decult director Anke Richter about New Zealand's history of cults and whether we need dedicated legislation to protect people from coercive groups.