Top Stories for Friday 8 March 2019

Doctors call for action on chronic pain crisis; Firefighters want blood tested for toxic chemicals; Labour blocks China expert on foreign interference committee; Drysdale looks at rowing for Fiji in bid to get to Olympics; Tax group chair Sir Michael Cullen still being paid $1000 a day; Auckland ferry service branded a 'disgrace'; Police respond to questions over road policing commitment; Jihadi brides should be allowed to return - Helen Clark.