The Panel

The Whip for 19 August 2026

In part two, it's a pet peeve that more job ads don't include pay details. But new research from recruiting firm Robert Half shows that 90 percent of employers they talked to say they lost a candidate because they didn't display the dosh. So why do they do it? Megan Alexander, Managing Director at Robert Half New Zealand explains. Then, where do all the odd shocks go? Wool apparel company Norsewear say they have crunched the data and their managing director Tim Deane joins the show to explain.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: Jane Orphan is the Chief Executive of the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre in Blenheim. Her Museum Show and Tell incudes a link to one Marylin Monroe.

First up, an independent report into the fatal landslide at Mount Maunganui say Tauranga City Council has deeply systemic flaws which led to the death if six people. The Panel talk to Dr Lauren Vinnell, an expert in natural hazard preparation from Massey University. Then, a new policy from ACT would see people working with children pay for a card that says they have been vetted to work with kids. Jacqui Southey is Save The Children NZ's Advocacy Director and she joins the panel to discuss the policy and if it's a good idea.

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.