The Panel

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Denise L'Estrange-Corbet and Michael Moynahan. First up, 10,000 public servants will walk off the job next week to strike against proposed job cuts. The Prime Minister isn't impressed. Then, power companies pulled in a collective $1b in profit last year, putting unprecedented pressure on households to pay their bills. One of many voices trying to combat this is Anna Kominik, the former head of the Electricity Authority, who co-chairs advocacy group GrowthNZ.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: The world is still reeling from the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal last week. But what cause the glacier to detract and create a tsunami of mid, rock and ice? And will it happen again? Victoria University physical geography lecturer Shaun Eaves explains.

In part two, a 20 year mask parade tradition in Nelson is on hold after primary schools run out of capacity to participate. 

Then, a group of urban sketchers in Wellington has been gathering in the capital for 10 years, and this week, they're heading along to a New Zealand Symphony Orchestra rehearsal to draw the instrumentalists.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Zoe George and Tim Wilson. First up, the government has announced it will delay increases to fuel taxes by a year and will use its fuel crisis rainy day fund to help pay for it. Eric Crampton of the thinktank New Zealand Initiative shares his reckons. Then, a big policy from Labour today: it will guarantee every nursing graduate a job in a hospital from 2027. New Zealand Nurses Organisation student vice chair Dawn Blyth joins the show.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Zoe George and Tim Wilson. First up, the government has announced it will delay increases to fuel taxes by a year and will use its fuel crisis rainy day fund to help pay for it. Eric Crampton of the thinktank New Zealand Initiative shares his reckons. Then, a big policy from Labour today: it will guarantee every nursing graduate a job in a hospital from 2027. New Zealand Nurses Organisation student vice chair Dawn Blyth joins the show.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

In part two, a busker says he is disappointed after a "busking exclusion zone" was introduced in the Auckland CBD. Then, Ian Ashmore of Turangi has delighted residents with his cultivated roadside berm.

On the show tonight: more on the devastating flash flooding in Nepal, RNZ Asia reporter Blessen Tom updates on an Auckland vigil for those affected and Chris Clarke, former World Vision CEO on what the conditions are for aid workers on the ground. Then, vet care has jumped by a staggering 40 percent over the last five years and new Stats NZ data has found more people are going without treats to keep up with the costs of looking after their pets.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: "I'm just a sweet transvestite" those words sung by Tim Curry made him famous as Dr Frank-n-Furter in the Rocky Horro Picture Show. Craig Martin is a lecturer in Screen Studies at the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia he examines both Curry's performance and the enduring legacy of the cult film.