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The Panel for Tuesday 27 January 2026

  • The Panel with Verity Johnson and Phil O'Reilly, Part 1

    6:00 PM.Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Verity Johnson and Phil O'Reilly. First up, The disasters that killed people and destroyed property has already generated at lest two… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Verity Johnson and Phil O'Reilly, Part 2

    6:30 PM.In part two, the US has pulled out of the World Health organisation, Winston Peters seems to be leaning the same way, calling it a bloated entity. The Panel asks public health expert Michael Baker… 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 Mark Leishman in for Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: design historian Michael Smythe is back with another Kiwi… Read more Audio

The Panel with Verity Johnson and Phil O'Reilly, Part 1  

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Verity Johnson and Phil O'Reilly.  

First up, The disasters that killed people and destroyed property has already generated at lest two investigations. in the recent weather events has generated a list of questions. But a number of commentators, have noted that officials appear cautious to connect the dots between climate change policy and what happened in Mt Maunganui, Welcome Bay and Warkworth. The Panel talks to Professor Bronwyn Hayward and expert on why we need to connect the dots between natural disasters and climate change policy.

Then, say goodbye to your handy little NZ Post cubicle in the corner of the local stationary shop. NZ Post company says it will close 142 service counters around the country. The Panel talks to a grocery store in Kāpiti who will lose their postcentre about how it will affect their business and their customers.

The postbox at 266 George St whose contents remained uncollected for a month.

Photo: Otago Daily Times / Gerard O'Brien

The Panel with Verity Johnson and Phil O'Reilly, Part 2

In part two, the US has pulled out of the World Health organisation, Winston Peters seems to be leaning the same way, calling it a bloated entity. The Panel asks public health expert Michael Baker: what exactly does the WHO do? Then, Noelene Lane is the organiser of the Whanganui Mobility Scooter Group. The group of 20 regularly tear up the pavement and they've recently had a wheely big rally.

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Photo: 123rf.com

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: design historian Michael Smythe is back with another Kiwi nugget looking at the enduring appeal of the 1984 Fisher + Paykel Award Range refrigerators: CLASSICS!

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