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The Panel for Tuesday 10 February 2026

  • Pre-Panel for 10 February 2026

    1:45 PM.Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's instalment of The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Eve McCallum and Tim Batt, Part 1

    6:00 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Eve McCallum and Tim Batt. First up, the government says a Liquefied Natural Gas import facility in Taranaki will save New Zealanders… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Eve McCallum and Tim Batt, Part 2

    6:30 PM.In part two, crossing the road shouldn't feel like a gamble on your safety, but that's how an Invercargill high school is describing it. According to staff, cars and cyclists regularly whiz past the… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Plus

    7:00 PM.An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: it's time for another edition of design historian Michael Smythe's Kiwi Nuggets… Read more Audio

The Pre-Panel for 10 February 2026

Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.

Relaxed smile portrait of Wallace Chapman on grey background

Photo: RNZ / Jeff McEwan

The Panel with Eve McCallum and Tim Batt, Part 1  

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Eve McCallum and Tim Batt.  

First up, the government says a Liquefied Natural Gas import facility in Taranaki will save New Zealanders about $265 million a year. Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor at The Australia Institute on climate and energy issues, says importing gas is only good if you want to pay more for electricity and virtually any other type of energy use.

Then, neither the right or left bloc would be able to govern if an election were held today, according to the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll. Grant Duncan, Research associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland explains how to read polls and when to take notice of them.

Simon Watts speaks during an embargoed press conference about proposed local government reforms - 25 November 2025. EMBARGO UNTIL 1700 25/11/25

Local Government Minister, Simon Watts. Photo: RNZ/Mark Papalii

The Panel with Eve McCallum and Tim Batt, Part 2  

In part two, crossing the road shouldn't feel like a gamble on your safety, but that's how an Invercargill high school is describing it. According to staff, cars and cyclists regularly whiz past the pedestrian crossing outside the junior campus of James Hargest College. The Panel hears from principal Mike Newell.

Then, a brave 12 year old in Dunedin has guarded a sealion mum who's decided to give birth in the same St Kilda street twice. The Panel hears from Kaitlin Beyer about her mission to help Mika the sealion mum.  

A male sea lion at Surat Bay Beach in the Catlins.

A male sea lion at Surat Bay Beach in the Catlins. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf

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 time for another edition of design historian Michael Smythe's Kiwi Nuggets. This week Michael goes deep on the School house "murder" chair.

Photo: Michael Smythe