The Panel for Tuesday 30 September 2025

The Pre-Panel for 30 September 2025 

The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview this evening's show.

The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Allan Blackman Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and Allan Blackman 

First up, a collection of unions have suggested a radical idea to bring down power prices: why not return the electricity generators back to 100 % public ownership? The Panel discusses the pros and cons.  

Then, overnight Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to impose one hundred percent tariffs on all films made outside of the US. So as the world order shifts, is there a case to be made for New Zealand to align with a different centre of global economic power?

The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Allan Blackman  Part 2

In part two, the road cone hotline has been cranking along, it's had its detractors, but the number of reports received suggests that it's a popular move for punters, with over a thousand tips in the first few months.

Then, we're heading to little Taranaki town of Hāwera now, where window painter Mel Graham has been painting temporary murals on shopfront windows for years, and demand for her work is booming.

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: it's another hit of Kiwi Nuggets, our look at New Zealand design history. This week: the Scanospheric Electronic Pool Table, the Deloran of pool tables.