Wednesday and Friday at 9.10pm, Thursday and Saturday at 10.10am & 2.10pm
Wednesday 21 October:
Watch Wallace Chapman and the Back Benches Panel while they tackle the week's hottest topics: Taxes - nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes. But what is a fair rate? Should it be flat?
And ACC - get your motor running-at least until you start getting charged out the ying-yang for driving a motorbike? Are riders being unfairly targeted?
Join us for a night of LIVE pub politics from the Backbencher Pub on Wednesday, 21st of October. Our Panel: ACT MP Sir Roger Douglas, Green MP Catherine Delahunty, Labour MP Maryan Street, and National MP Chris Auchinvole.
Soapbox:
Got something to say? We want to hear from you.
In our new SOAPBOX segment real people have the opportunity to speak their mind on the stories and topics most important to them. You have 40 seconds to sound off.
Think we should be more charitable? Or should we remove the provocation defence? Think we should bring back Georgie Pies - then sound off!
From the silly to the seriouswe want to hear from you! Join us live in the pub or on tape. If you are interested, please write to us at
backbenches@tvnz.co.nz
You can also have your say on our
Back Benches message board .
Back Benches:
Back Benches is an informative and satirical show that "gives politics back to the people".
In true pub tradition there's some lively activities including the following segments:
*Back Benches looks at local and international political highlights.
*A segment where Kiwis give their views on how best to lead the country.
*What's It All About? We take a topic and break it down, getting to the nitty-gritty.
*Who Am I? Each week, a new politician will be selected for the Who Am I? quiz. One lucky and knowledgeable winner of the show's live audience will win a Back Benches Beer Mug. To get a jump on the competition, each week, new clues will be on the Back Benches website.
*Pure Political Moment: There are some events in politics that need no explanation at all ... and those events are Pure Political Moments.
*The Back Benches political panel gets stuck into some of the week's political issues.
Hosted by man-in-the-know Wallace Chapman, Back Benches will change the way all Kiwis interact with and think of politics.
We film LIVE so
to be part of the audience come to the
Backbenches Pub across the street from Parliament from 7:30pm.
Or tune into
TVNZ 7 at 9:10pm to watch the programme. TVNZ 7 is now available on Freeview channel 7 and SKY channel 97
You can also
Watch Episodes here.
Email us at
Backbenches@tvnz.co.nz if you want to be included on our weekly email blast.
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