The Panel

Auckland City Rail Link looks likely to be bigger and more expensive than originally planned. The council is meeting to discuss enlarging the scope of the project due to new projections that show it will be very popular.

Auckland City Rail Link looks likely to be bigger and more expensive than originally planned. The council is meeting to discuss enlarging the scope of the project due to new projections that show it will be very popular - it's estimated the original capacity for the link would be reached just ten years after it opened. This means more cost to increase capacity. We ask Urban Development consultant Phil McDermott what he thinks of the expansion. The stoush between Wellington bus drivers and Tranzit continues over allegations drivers are being forced to work long hours with few meal breaks and low wages. Yesterday we discussed whether the regional council should get involved, or take responsibility for contracting the company without checking its work practices. Listeners sent in feedback saying council aren't mandated to consider bus driver work conditions. We put this to Jon Reeves of the Public Transport Users Association. The Rotorua shleter for homeless people that was forced to shut due to fire non-compliance has had a wave of support from locals and people aroudn teh countyr. Founder Tiny Deane has been inudated with donations and offers to help fix the problem at his shelter, after the council allegedly threatened a massive fine if it continued to operate without meeting the standards. Mr Deane says he will be meeting with the council today to decide next steps. The panelists give their view. National party leader Simon Bridges say they're committednto bring back sanctions on beneficiaries as he believes it motivates them to get jobs. The government is the process of removing many of the previous punishments introduced under the previous National-led government. Research has shown though that sanctions don't work and can cause more wefare dependancy. The panelists discuss.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa say it will back a new border levy for international travelers, as long as the money is used well. The advocacy group hopes the levy will be used to improve visitor experience in the country.

A naked cleaning service is on offer in three major Australian cities. The company boasts a "point of difference" in the crowded cleaning market but the gimmick has some outraged.

What the panelists Lavina Good and Simon Pound want to talk about.

New research shows workers in the Netherlands are the least stressed in the world, Australia comes in second. Younger people and women were more stressed in the workplace, as were those earning big salaries.

Should Amazon run libraries?

Rotorua councillors are calling for an audit into the failed Mudtopia Event which lost hundreds of dollars.

So by now you will have heard about the US president's all caps twitter rant against Iran, his tweet was in response to Iran's president Hassan Rouhani responding to Trump's threat to halt oil exports.

We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today we answered a question Les had about birds singing, Nelson's query about heat pumps and Maggie's one about phone directories.