New Zealand is to ease a ban on foreigners buying homes to allow wealthy investors access to its housing market and boost the economy

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Other items banned included cutlery or straws attached to food items, such as the plastic-wrapped straws often connected to juice boxes

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A ban on fish-shaped soy sauce containers has come into force in the state of South Australia

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