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The Panel for Wednesday 13 August 2025

  • The Pre Panel

    3:45 PM.Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest to preview this evening's marlarky. Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Heather Roy and Tim Batt Part 1

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    6:10 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Heather Roy and Tim Batt. First, the Education Minister ordered an almost total ban on Maori words in a series of books used to teach… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Heather Roy and Tim Batt Part 2

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    6:35 PM.In part two, a 16 percent annual rise in the price of beef mince is making the humble pie an expensive roadside munch. Then, the panel meets a Wairoa man who's been cutting hair for five decades and… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Plus

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    7:10 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Mark Leishman. Then, bonza, ripper, bogan, brekkie - those are some examples of iconic Australian lingo… Read more Audio

  • The Politics Panel

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    7:35 PM.It's another hit of the most insightful and sharp 30 minutes in political analysis. Tonight Wallace is joined by RNZ's executive producer of podcasts Tim Watkin, communications specialist Jaqui Van… Read more Audio

The Pre-Panel for 13 August 2025 

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

Relaxed smile portrait of Wallace Chapman on grey background

Photo: RNZ / Jeff McEwan

The Panel with Heather Roy and Tim Batt Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Heather Roy and Tim Batt.

First, the Education Minister ordered an almost total ban on Māori words in a series of books used to teach five-year-olds - the panel hears from the Education Institute president. Then, house prices have slumped to their lowest since the Covid-era boom. What's driving the property market down? Cotality principal property economist Kelvin Davidson explains.

Te Aro School teacher Serah Mehrtens reads 'At the Marae' to her class. She says her pupils have not struggled with Māori words in the book.

Te Aro School teacher Serah Mehrtens reads 'At the Marae' to her class. She says her pupils have not struggled with Māori words in the book. Photo: RNZ / John Gerritsen

The Panel with Heather Roy and Tim Batt Part 2

In part two, a 16 percent annual rise in the price of beef mince is making the humble pie an expensive roadside munch. Then, the panel meets a Wairoa man who's been cutting hair for five decades and has no interest in stopping.

Potato top pie crafted by Samraksmey So, winner of the 27th Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Award.

Photo: RNZ / Yiting Lin

The Panel Plus

 An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan.

Then, bonza, ripper, bogan, brekkie - that's an example of iconic Australian lingo which is under threat. That's because the Australian National Dictionary could be headed for the chopping block. Linguist Howard Manns explains.

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The Politics Panel

It's another hit of the most insightful and sharp 30 minutes in political analysis. Tonight Wallace is joined by RNZ's executive producer of podcasts Tim Watkin, communications specialist Jaqui Van Der Kaay, and former Labour MP Stuart Nash. 

The panel begins with the Green Party Co-Leader Chloë Swarbrick's bold statements in the House and whether she deserved to barred for the week. Then, they unpack the latest moves from Donald Trump to bring 800 national guards into Washington DC. And finally, they take a look at two new political polls and what they mean for Christopher Luxon.

Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been barred from Parliament for rest of week after Gaza speech.

Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been barred from Parliament for rest of week after Gaza speech. Photo: Screengrab / Parliament TV