The Panel for Tuesday 3 June 2025

The Pre-Panel for 3 June 2025 

Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman to preview this evening's programme, the inaugural edition of the new Panel Extended or Expanded, we can't decide, to be honest.  

The Panel with David Downs and Nalini Baruch Part 1

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panelists David Downs and Nalini Baruch. 

They discuss the Government cracking down on road cones with a 'hotline' and look at a petition to ban fireworks.

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The Panel with David Downs aand Nalini Baruch Part 2

Chris Bishop's comments about a Stan Walker performance at the Aotearoa Music are examined and we hear from one of New Zealand's newest entries into the King's Honours List: Peter Carty for services to fly fishing.

Paul Goldsmith (left) and Chris Bishop at the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards (AWAs) in Auckland, on 29 May, 2025. Photo: Supplied/ Stijl - James Ensing-Trussell

The Panel Extended 

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman. First up is a look ahead to Nights with host Emile Donovan. 

Then after hearing some feedback from our engaged listeners, Wallace is joined by design historian Michael Smythe who every fortnight will deliver a Kiwi Nugget of history through New Zealand made objects and items. 

Tonight, Michael begins at the start with the first volume-made thing NZ ever made: the A&G Timber Jack. 

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