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Aug 2024
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The Panel with Ben Thomas & Penny Ashton...

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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ben Thomas & Penny Ashton discuss whether importing LNG is a good idea, and Upper Hutt councils removal of a healthy stand of beech trees. Ben Thomas is a PR specialist and former National Party parliamentary staffer Penny Ashton is an actor, writer, improviser, podcaster, celebrant & director. [pictu ... Show More
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