The Panel

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.

In part two, actor Joel Tobeck pays tribute to Tim Curry and a Taranaki butcher explains how exports are killing the butchery profession. Then, Gore's clocktower is under going an expensive restoration project, but not everyone things it should be saved. "Everyone uses a phone these days or a watch. Put it in a museum'' says the deputy mayor. John Falcon is a life member of the Pakeke Lions Club, and fundraised to reinstate the clock tower 40 years ago. The panel hears his side of the story.

On the show tonight: Peter Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary's son and chair of the Himalayan Trust, joins the panel to discuss the horrific flood disaster in Nepal. Then, two Auckland high schoolers are campaigning to align MPs' salaries with the median hourly wage of the New Zealanders they represent. They put their idea to the panel.