The Panel

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin. Then: the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch is running a fundraising campaign to restore a hundred-and-forty-three year-old Bechstein grand piano. Wallace talks to David Salmon, a piano technician who's booked to do the restoration.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sarah Perrim-Lamp and Andie McCombs. First up, the government has reiterated plans to test 18 and 19 year old's benefits against their parents' incomes. Parents earning just over 65 thousand will be required to support their teenagers, instead of the taxpayer. Is this fair? Can't school leavers find work? Then, Alzheimer's Wairarapa says they are scratching their head over repeated rejected applications for Heath NZ funding. Why, they say, with an aging population are they missing out?

Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.

In part two, a breast milk bank in Whangarei has been so inundated with donations that they had to get a new freezer. Then, it's been a busy week at the partially restored Christ Church Cathedral, which has opened it's doors to pets and their owners for the first time since the earthquakes.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Alan McElroy and Sally Wenley. First up, is it okay to protest outside someone's lawn? That's a question being wreslted with on multiple levels right now, with a proposed law preventing it and Winston Peters being subject to this very thing on Thursday night. Law professor Kris Gledhill unpacks the issue. Then, business owners in the West Coast town of Ross are disappointed to be cut off from the West Coast Wilderness Cycle Trail for a second summer in a row.

Emile Donovan previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Emile Donovan, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Mark Leishman Then: the Conkers World Championship is nearly upon us. Emile talks to organsier St John Burkett about this years competition and why the UK heatwave is causing strofe for the sport.

In part two, the Buy Now, Pay Later sector is back under scrutiny. Afterpay recently reversed its decision to stop allowing no payment upfront on grocery and fuel purchases. The panel talks to a financial mentor about hwo this might affect teh people she works with. Then, Paul Kilmartin, the man who has NEVER owned a cellphone. We ask him why and if he has found true happiness.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Zoe George and Max Burt. First up, more than five thousand children are waiting for learning support in schools. The Panel hears from Paul Barker, principal of Kaeo School in Northland about why the wait list is so long. Then, with the news of the Carter Holt Harvey Tokoroa mill closing due to clean imports, is it time to get back into the swing of buying local?

Emile Donovan previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.