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The Panel for Thursday 24 July 2025

  • The Panel with Boopsie Maran and Conor English Part 1

    6:05 PM.Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Boopsie Maran and Conor English . First they discuss the government's reform of electoral rules: enrolling to vote on polling day is gone… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Boopsie Maran and Conor English Part 2

    6:30 PM.The Panel examine what it means that Sport NZ is dropping its guidelines for the inclusion of trans gender people in community sport and they hear from Aroha Tengu who co owns Kai Reka, a Maori food… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Plus for 24 July 2025

    7:05 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman. To begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan for a preview of tonight's show. Then Wallace chats to Julie Villard, the eco design advisor at… Read more Audio

The Pre-Panel for 24 July 2025 

Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's marlarky.

Relaxed smile portrait of Wallace Chapman on grey background

Photo: RNZ / Jeff McEwan

The Panel with Boopsie Maran and Conor English Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Boopsie Maran and Conor English. 
First, they discuss the government's reform of electoral rules: enrolling to vote on polling day is gone - does this make sense? And are farmers having too much influence on government policy? That's the question being posed by a new lobby-focussed series on Newsroom. 

Photo: RNZ/Tim Collins

The Panel with Boopsie Maran and Conor English Part 2

The Panel examine what it means that Sport NZ is dropping its guidelines for the inclusion of trans gender people in community sport and they hear from Aroha Tengu who co owns Kai Reka, a Māori food stall serving up hit mutton bird pies. 

5th November 2017, Stamford Bridge, London, England; EPL Premier League football, Chelsea versus Manchester United; David De Gea of Manchester Utd looks at the ball in the net as Alvaro Morata of Chelsea scores making it 1-0

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The Panel Plus

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman. To begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan for a preview of tonight's show.

Then Wallace chats to Julie Villard, the eco design advisor at Christchurch City Council about everything heat pump! Tips and tricks and how to run your heat pump: if you have any questions text in 2101. 

Hand holding remote control directed on the air conditioner

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