The Panel Plus

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ian Powell and Nichole Lewis. First up, the global Microsoft outage has caused chaos all day. Tony Grasso, a principal consultant at Cogent, explain what's going on. Then, should you wash raw chicken before you cook it? New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general, Vincent Arbuckle, gives the ultimate ruling. And should the dinosaur slide at Dunedin's Marlow park stay or go, as part of a major upgrade? We've heard the case for keeping it, and councillor Mickey Treadwell argues for pulling it out. Finally, Palmerston North is abuzz with Bridge players this week, and NZ Bridge Chair, Peter Newell, comes along to share the joy with the panel.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Alex Martin and Thomas Scrimgeour. First up, Media reports out of the United States suggest chip giant Nvidia's board is preparing to oust Chief Executive Jensen Huang, following claims of a second extramarital affair with a woman who US officials reportedly believe was a Chinese spy. Joining the show is Andrew Cullen, a Guest Research Fellow at Melbourne University's School of Computing and Information Systems. Then, new research shows that during this year's election campaign one in three online comments were abusive, and women had it twice as bad. Jacqueline Comer of content moderation company, Areto Labs, explains. And as Auckland Council weighs up shrinking the size of household rubbish bins, some councillors think the food scrap collection should be on the chopping block. Finally, a football club that lost all its gear in a fire last week has been flawed by the generosity of the community in a fundraiser to help replace it's gear in time for the next season.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Andrea Vance, Jonathan Milne and David Cunliffe. They discuss RNZ's cost blowout and what it means for public trust, and the aftermath of an election defined by overhang and the Opportunity Party.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: for this week's segment of Museum Show & Tell, Arjan van der Boon comes along to talk about the Dutch Museum in Foxton, Oranjehof.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and Andrew Clay. First up, postal workers have been told to stop redirecting items sent to business' street addresses to corresponding PO boxes. NZ Post wants them to 'return to sender' instead. John Maynard of the Postal Workers Union explains. Then, Auckland Council is taking a more aggressive approach to reducing rubbish by swapping 80 litre kerbside bins for smaller ones. Manurewa-Papakura Ward Councillor Daniel Newman doesn't back the move. And for an edition of the panel's Soapbox, listener Allan Kirk joins from Masterton to explain how he thinks regional towns should be spruced up. Finally, stand with the dinosaur, stand with democracy. That's the call from Dunedin councillor Jo Galer, who's advocating for a playground statue to stay.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: resident food historian Chip Van Dyk takes a look at the history of the sausage sizzle, a culinary delight that was invented in Aotearoa.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Patrick Phelps and Boopsie Maran. First up, they pay tribute to comedian Dai Henwood, who has died after a long battle with cancer. Fellow comedian Jeremy Elwood reflects on personal and professional legacy. Then, electoral law expert Graeme Edgeler takes a look at the state of MMP in the wake of a very unusual election. And groups working in the eating disorder space have been criticising the use of Body Mass Index in Plunket's before school checks. But Boyd Swinburn, a professor of population nutrition and global health at Auckland University, is defending it. Finally, kiwifruit is having a burst of popularity with land buyers in the Bay of Plenty. Bower Real Estate rural sales advisor, Conrad Headland, explains.