Top Stories for Monday 3 February 2014

ACT acknowledges having separate leader and Epsom candidate risky strategy, Act's new double Act on reviving the party's fortunes, Year's first political poll suggests National will struggle, Sea Shepherd and Japanese ships collide in Southern Ocean, Japan's whaling research body responds to Sea Shepherd claims, China Southern Dreamliner touches down in Christchurch, Indonesian Volcano erupts killing at least 16.