An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: what does the future hold for our endangered native birds, with the H5N1 strain of bird flu established on our shores? Conservation Genomics Prefessor Tammy Steeves of Canterbury University explains.

In part two, this week's resignation of Te Papa's chief executive sparks questions over its financial future. That's the take from Jaenine Parkinson, chief executive of umbrella organisation Museums Aotearoa. Then, ever heard of a food forest? Well one family in Tauranga have turned an acre into one, with dozens, or even hundreds, of different fruits and veggies growing.

First up, more than 70 percent of respondents in a new poll think workers in hospitals, schools and other government agencies should receive a living wage. Making the case is Living Wage Aotearoa chairperson Muriel Tunoho. Then, nearly 300 students who've been excluded from their schools are missing out on education as they wait to be accepted into a new one. Haeata Community Campus principal Peggy Burrows explains.

Stressed out, fed up, and worried about bills. Those are the messages some Wellington residents want to tell new water entity Tiaki Wait about what they see as soaring bills. Hundreds gathered in the capital today as part of a Stop Tiaki Wai protest. Wellington issues reporter Ellen O'Dwyer has more.

Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about a tragic conclusion to the search for a teenager missing in bushland outside of Sydney.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The All Blacks are set to announce who will take the field against the Springboks in the first of four tests this weekend. With some players already ruled out with injury most of the side should be fairly predictable to pick. However, a couple of positions are proving harder to nail down. Rugby reporter Joe Porter spoke to Lisa Owen

There has been a sharp rise in the number of retail businesses shutting up shop. The latest quarterly market report from BWA Insolvency shows retail businesses going into liquidation, receivership or voluntary administration is up almost 75 percent in the last quarter. That is despite the overall insolvency rate for all business types being relatively flat. BWA Insolvency principal Bryan Williams spoke to Lisa Owen.

Nursing graduates who have applied for hundreds of jobs and haven't found work say it is devastating to hear there is a shortage of nurses. The nurses union says our health system is falling into a deeper crisis with emergency departments and wards bursting at the seams. It follows revelations that Health New Zealand has hired just 54 additional full time equivalent nurses in the past two years. The situation is driving some graduates to consider making the move to Australia, joining their course mates who have already left. Bella Craig reports.

A review in to the Mount Maunganui landslide concluded no one person was to blame for the tragedy, but a litany of systemic failings led to preventable deaths. The report also made a series of recommendations, including that every natural hazard identified as a risk to life should have a single named person within the council is accountable for its management. Structural and geotechnical engineer Dr Paul Jaquin spoke to Lisa Owen.