A Court of Appeal ruling over a disputed cross-lease property in Remuera could have wide-reaching implications for hundreds of thousands of homeowners, as legal expert Joanna Pidgeon explains.

ABC Wantok Programme for 22 April 2026.

Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Guyon Espiner, Jacqui van Der Kay and Wayne Mapp. On this week's show: Christopher Luxon survives a vote of confidence in his own caucus, but will he survive the sideline sniping from his coalition partner Winston Peters?; the politics of the India FTA and the "butter chicken tsunami"; Trump extends the Iran War indefinitely, what does that mean and back home does the government need to face reality about the fuel crisis?; and the so-called Parody Bil, a bill to protect parody and satire gets the tick from the free Speech Union.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Rory O'Sullivan our in-house linguist is the Willy Wonka of words and he's back in studio to shine a light on language.

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In part two, an employee steals $400 thousand from their place of work. The boss forgives them and ends the repayments early. The Panel talks to the managing director who decided 'enough was enough' and gave a former employee a second chance. Then, Melissa Aitken's annual event offering free haircuts, massages and brow shaping to people in need. It started in Invercargill, and ten years later has expanded to Dunedin and Christchurch, and now also offers services including eye tests, grocery packages.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Boopsie Maran and Dean Hall. First up, AMP research shows that kiwis are staggeringly unprepared for retirement and, as such, don't have a lot of financial confidence going into their golden years. The Panel talks to AMP's KiwiSaver boss, Jeff Ruscoe. Then, the New Zealand Cemeteries & Crematoria Collective says councils just can't keep offering burial plots in perpetuity. They think options such as "limited tenure" plots should be offered. The panel finds out what this actually means.

United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about how former senior Foreign Office official Olly Robbins has been giving evidence about his role in Lord Mandelson's appointment and about how a major shift in public health policy is on the way in the UK.

An Auckland soundscape that Auckland does best; drizzle, crickets and the occasional passing car.

News from the business sector, including a market report.