The Panel

The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Andie McCombs, Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and Andie McCombs.

First up, as it's the anniversary of the Auckland Anniversary floods, the panel talks to Amy who lost her home in harrowing circumstances. Three years on, she now calls herself a climate refugee.

Then, AA Insurance says it will no longer offer new home policies to the residents of flood prone Westport. The former mayor of Buller, Jamie Cleine says central government needs to get on board plans to develop Westport's future resilience.

And finally, Dr Samantha Marsh discuses a landmark US court trial involving TikTok, YouTube and Meta over claims the platforms deliberately addict and harm children.

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The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Andie McCombs, Part 2

In part two, do shops close too early? Pip Thompson, general manager of Napier City Business Association, thinks the answer is yes and the panel learns why NZ's retail hours are stuck in the 1970s.

Then, meet Flat White Frank. He is an online influencer and he's travelling the world with a mission to find the perfect flat white. Can New Zealand claim to be the global capital of the flat white? Listen to find out?

Flat White Frank. Photo: Serena Solomon / RNZ / Flat White Frank / Instagram

The Panel Plus

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights fill in host Susana Lei'ataua.

Then: Jane Young is the co-chair of Forest and Bird's Southern Otago branch and she joins Wallace to explain how the northern hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin are in trouble. The South Island and Rakiura/Stewart Island population has collapsed by 80 percent since 2008. Jan explains why and what can be done to save them.

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