The Panel with Michelle Boag and Mike Williams (Part 1)

A new report on the Malaysian Airlines flight 370 crash into the Indian Ocean has reached the hypothesis that the plane's controls could have been taken over by a third party. It was under manual control when it changed course and later crashed. But the 1100-page report by the Malaysian government says there is no evidence from the technical data of a rapid change in altitude or speed and nothing to indicate attempts to evade radar, no evidence the plane was hijacked by remote control. The Acting PM Winston Peters says an Otara not a "Remuera solution" needs to be found for the sourge of synthetic drugs that have killed 40-45 people in a year. Social justice campaigner Denis O'Reilly talks about a pilot scheme he was involved in. Tangata Mahi Pai aimed to build community resilience and was designed to help marginalised community members halt their downward spiral into mindless intoxication. National MP Chris Bishop says the woman heading the independent inquiry into the appointment of the Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha should stand down. It comes after the MP spotted 23 LinkedIn endorsements for Mr Haumaha by Dr Pauline Kingi who's heading the inquiry. A case of foot-in-mouth disease for the UK's new Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. At a meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi he said "My wife is Japanese " and quickly corrected himself to "My wife is Chinese". This has been viewed very dimly because of the long-standing strained relations between China and Japan.