The Panel for Monday 29 September 2025

The Pre-Panel for 29 September 2025 

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

Photo: RNZ / Jeff McEwan

The Panel with Aimie Hines and Richard Pamatatau, Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Aimie Hines and Richard Pamatatau

First up, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters turned heads over the weekend by announcing that New Zealand would not yet recognise a Palestinian state. He told the UN General Assembly such a move would be used by Hamas as a bargaining chip. The panel hears reaction from Maher Nazzal, co-chair of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.

The Reading Cinemas building on Courtenay Place in Wellington in April 2020, when it had already been closed for about a year after being deemed earthquake prone. Photo: CC 4.0 BY-SA / Tom Ackroyd

The Panel with Aimie Hines and Richard Pamatatau, Part 2

In part two, is it a pond or a pool? Motueka lodge owners were locked in battled with the council for years over a small body of water which is home to frogs and tadpoles. 

Then, rainy days in Invercargill have just got better with a spruce up of the local bowling alley, Retrobowl. The panel catches up with owner Angela Caughey.

close-up shot of red bowling ball on alley in front of pins Photo: 123rf

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: our cities have no shortage of soil, from sports fields to berms lining most streets. But infrastructure works are compacting the soil to the point where it can't act like the sponge it should be in flooding events. Water design expert Sue Ira digs into the issue.

A flooded road in Ōtara. Photo: Supplied / Auckland Response Team South Base