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The Panel for Wednesday 17 September 2025

  • The Pre-Panel for 17 September 2025

    3:45 PM.Jesse is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's show. Audio

  • The Panel with Sarah Perimm-Lamp and Peter Dunne Part 1

    6:12 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sarah Perimm-Lamp and Peter Dunne. First up, at a pretrial hearing, a lawyer has called on senior judges to denounce mass police use of a… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Sarah Perimm-Lamp and Peter Dunne Part 2

    6:32 PM.In part two, we are runnign out of gas and to counter that the government wants to repeal the oil and gas exploration ban. Will it work and what are the risks? Then, the man who wants to sell 3000… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Plus

    7:10 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Wallace talks to Jahmaine Cummings-Hodge, the Chief Operating officer at AU… Read more Audio

  • The Whip for 17 September 2025

    7:30 PM.It's another hit of the most insightful and sharp 30 minutes in political analysis. Panellists Heather Roy, Maria Slade and Corin Dann debate the big political stories of the day. Including the latest… Read more Audio

The Pre-Panel for 17 September 2025 

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

Relaxed smile portrait of Wallace Chapman on grey background

Photo: RNZ / Jeff McEwan

The Panel with Sarah Perimm-Lamp and Peter Dunne Part 1

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

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The Panel with Sarah Perimm-Lamp and Peter Dunne Part 2

In part two, we are running out of gas and to counter that the government wants to repeal the oil and gas exploration ban. Will it work and what are the risks? 
Then, the man who wants to sell 3000 artificial eyes. 

Woodside Energy's Goodwyn A offshore gas production facility.

Woodside Energy's Goodwyn A offshore gas production facility. Photo: WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD / AFP

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: Wallace talks to Jahmaine Cummings-Hodge, the Chief Operating officer at AU Consulting about the 50-year journey of Te Wiki o te reo Māori. 

Former Minister of Māori Affairs Koro Wētere was buried today at a family urupā near Te Kuiti. His body has been lying in state at Tūrangawaewae Marae since Saturday, when he died, a day after his 83rd birthday. His tūpāpaku will be taken to Ōparure Marae before being buried at a whānau urupā.

Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook

The Whip for 17 September

It's another hit of the most insightful and sharp 30 minutes in political analysis.

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Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii