On today's episode, the government is promising a swathe of changes to bolster Kiwibank and bring about more competition in the banking sector, emergency teams have been sent to Saydnaya prison, searching for survivors potentially detained in its notorious hidden underground cells, a man is in police custody in relation to the killing of a health insurance boss in New York last week, the Commerce Commission has announced it will be filing criminal charges against Woolworths New Zealand, Pak'nSave Silverdale, and Pak'nSave Mill Street, and the Education Review Office says schools should not be required to consult parents about the content of relationships and sexuality lessons.
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