The new Government gets set for its first Cabinet meeting, was Black Friday a hit or miss for retailers? And the truce in Gaza gets extended in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
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CNN reports 58 hostages have been freed in the first three days of the truce.
So far, 117 Palestinians have been released.
MH370 COMPENSATION HEARING
A court in China has begun compensation hearings for the Chinese relatives of passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The plane mysteriously disappeared over the Indian Ocean almost a decade ago.
Chinese state media are reporting more than 40 relatives are seeking the equivalent of about $18.4m from Malaysia Airlines, Boeing, aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce and the Allianz insurance group, among others.