8 Oct 2025

The Panel with Kathryn Graham and Phil O'Reilly Part 1

From The Panel, 6:06 pm on 8 October 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at a press conference in Auckland.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at a press conference in Auckland. Photo: MARIKA KHABAZI / RNZ

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Kathryn Graham and Phil O'Reilly First up, a new poll has National below 30 percent support for the first time this term. Does our panel think National is entering the danger zone? Then, the Reserve Bank takes a swing and cuts the OCR by 50 basis points. What does it all mean? And when will the economy get less grim? And finally this hour the Hauraki Gulf Tikapa Moana Marine Protection Bill passed it's third reading. It extends marine environmental protections, but critics say the commercial fishing emptions undermine the aim of the bill.