The Panel

In part two, the Government is in talks with the Trump administration on a critical minerals deal - Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman says that puts New Zealand at risk of becoming a pawn in a bigger quest. Then, there's nothing more joyful than a sunflower, and Greg Webster's family has been growing them in Oamaru for 50 years.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Kathryn Graham. First up, we return to Wellington's south coast where sewage continues to spew out. Eugene Doyle is a local resident and former member of the Mayoral Taskforce on Three Waters. Then, the mismatch between office working hours and school time is growing, and parents seem to be performing more complicated juggling acts every year. Otago University Associate Professor Paula O'Kane digs into it.

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

Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Andrea Vance, Maria Slade, and Chris Finlayson.
The discuss the latest rise in unemployment figures, and Wellington's massive water infrastructure failure: sewage pouring out into the sea from Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Then they unpack an eventful start to Waitangi celebrations, before picking up on pollster David Farrar's argument that New Zealand should join Australia.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: on the topic of Australia, in house linguist Rory O'Sullivan takes a look at Aussie slang. She'll be right.