The Panel for Monday 4 August 2025

The Pre-Panel for 4 August 2025 

Fill in Afternoons host Emile Donovan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest to preview this evening's marlarky.

Photo: RNZ / Jeff McEwan

The Panel with Sarah Perriam-Lampp and Peter Dunne Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sarah Perriam-Lampp and Peter Dunne . 

To begin: the NCEA announcement from the government sees Erica Stanford and Christopher Luxon proposing to abolish and replace NCEA. They also discuss the government's plans to revise the Conservation Act which includes charging international visitors $20-40 dollars to access four popular sites - Cathedral Cove, the Tongariro Crossing, Milford Sound and Aoraki Mount Cook. 

Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii

The Panel with Sarah Perriam-Lampp and Peter Dunne Part 2

The panel looks at the Gaza Crisis and 5 options for further action that New Zealand could take. they then discuss and mull over why some people love spoilers and others will run a mile.

A supporter of Israel holds an Israeli flag in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on 8 October. Photo: JULIA NIKHINSON / AFP

The Panel Plus

 An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where he's joined by fill in Nights host Mark Leishman.

Wallace talks to Kelly Bolton, a Kiwi living in Japan for many years, about the recent tsnaumi warnings and the country's recent history of earthquakes and what it's like living there when they are due for a "big one".

Japanese police officers ask people to evacuate an empty beach due to a tsunami warning in Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture. Photo: AFP / YUICHI YAMAZAKI