1The companies that sell cigarettes and the countries that grow tobacco are queuing up to sue NZ if plain packaging of cigarettes is adopted. From today all cigarettes and tobacco products must be kept off display in shops.

2The Government has firmed up details around the partial sale of state assets. Investors who hold onto the shares for three years will receive loyalty shares. However this could end up costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in lost profit.

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4Day Thirteen: Coverage of the Royal Commission into the collapse of the CTV building during the Christchurch earthquake.

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6Fierce fighting has continued in Syria, with the rebels claiming victory in Damascus and in some of Syria's other cities.

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