This week on the Sunday Panel, Capital director and political commentator Ben Thomas and TV producer and commentator Irene Gardiner joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!

With James Shaw stepping down as Green Party leader, Chlöe Swarbrick is the favourite to replace him. Is she the right choice to take over? What could this mean for the Green Party's future?

It recently came to light that Prime Minister Chris Luxon's sister-in-law previously worked in the tobacco industry. Should we be concerned with the associations between the Government and tobacco companies?

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