The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Tim Batt, Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and Tim Batt. First up, United States Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has lumped New Zealand in with a bunch of countries he says are "freeloading" off America's military by only increasing defence spending from 1% to 2% of GDP. Should he get off the grass and stop telling us how to do things? Or does he have a point? The Panel discusses the issue with former defence minister Ron Mark. Then, it's the worst King's birthday weekend road toll in a decade - Caroline Perry from road safety charity Brake NZ talks to the panel about road safety education and what we are doing wrong.