The Panel with Joe Bennett and Rosemary McLeod (Part 1)

Topics - the only logical decision on the Basin Reserve flyover says the Save The Basin Reserve Campaign Group, disappointing says Gerry Brownlee. It was intended to form part of Wellington's road of national significance - a series of projects connectING to form a four-lane, 110km-long expressway between Wellington Airport and Levin. The EU will be extending its sanctions on Russia after the downing of Malyasia Airlines fllight MH17... just as US officials say they can find no evidence of direct involvement from the Kremlin and the Russian separatists believed to have shot down the passenger jet on Friday in eastern Ukraine. A Christchurch mother is fighting the law that permits teaching religion in state schools. She reckons her son "was made to wash dishes" after she chose to opt him out of the lessons.