> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Daily News Roundup – 1 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-1-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-01-31T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-01T19:41:13.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Climate change** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Climate Change Commission confirms real Government action will be a minefield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d0dfc87ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Fewer cows, mass EVs: what NZ must do to hit climate targets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2f7a16a78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Tiwai Point may hold key to our low carbon future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c6feee543&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rod Carr (Stuff): [Now’s the time to hit accelerator on climate action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22a5b5f1e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson and Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [‘The Government will not hold back’: Jacinda Ardern on how NZ could go zero carbon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0096b882ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government commits to shrinking carbon budgets and new Paris target](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=000f4e279f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Climate Change Commission releases first official report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97f78d10f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government says climate change targets are ‘achievable and affordable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28fc053fc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘Achievable and affordable’: PM Jacinda Ardern and Climate Change Minister James Shaw react to emissions advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45d320ded7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamatha Paul and Thomas Nash (Stuff): [What Wellington can do to fight climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a975af7283&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [NZ must make a tougher climate pledge to the UN – independent report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccaf74af7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (Stuff): [Climate change needs real change – scientist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d048d8fd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt moves on promise to make public transport buses zero emission by 2035](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65fa6fc5ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): [It’s time to give up the goal of increasing homeownership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffe6c93e5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [The key housing questions Grant Robertson should be asking Adrian Orr](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e331f73e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Lynch (Stuff): [How one Auckland home tells the story of the housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20a0d9b0b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [$37m a week in housing subsidies: Should Govt ask for more for its money?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=393b117995&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Herald): [The state of the nation’s housing affordability](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2874f6109d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Cole (Otago Daily Times): [Empty homes beg question ‘Why build?’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43234cb006&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [House market drives up spending and consumer confidence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15501625fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) One Roof: [NZ house prices reach record highs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=513d70812a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Smith (One Roof): [Big mortgage gamble: ‘Buy a house, hope like hell it keeps going up in value’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0df49f8fce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Housing baseline closes in on $1m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=563f22335f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zoe Hunter (Herald): [A first-home buyer’s journey onto Tauranga’s property ladder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=360f9d8804&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Landlords publishing ‘bad tenants’ lists online could be breaking the law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08f6049182&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [National on tenancy law reform: rent rises, property shortages forecast to worsen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cde8a227e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Older Kiwis turn to house-sharing for company and support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=794d8c9a93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Wealthy family claims $35m in wage subsidies for retail empire, riling philanthropists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f42713b71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Trade Me says it won’t pay back $4.1 million wage subsidy despite bumper trading periods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16a5d15285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [PGF chief becomes CEO of company awarded $18m by PGF months earlier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dc56c0639&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [Petrol is on the inflation bonfire, we’re just waiting for the spark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd38367bf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government deficit $543 million less than forecast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=468ee271d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [New Zealand backing UK’s bid to enter trans-pacific trade pact](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cb8b173fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ govt welcomes UK advances to join trans-Pacific trade deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f7901b989&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New workers also need access to sick leave, Council of Trade Unions says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b33afac52c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Human Rights Commission: Give sick leave to new workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f218f4076d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Hospitality’s post-Covid reset: Workers say change needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1dd868c3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [April will be crunch time for the tourism industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1976ce132&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [International investors see New Zealand as safe haven during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfdfcf2a44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Survey finds Kiwis are feeling optimistic and secure in their jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68dab451bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNicol (NBR): [Central banks are done, regulation the biggest business uncertainty: Eaqub](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1228df53f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Inequality and poverty** Joanna Wane (Herald): [Max Rashbrooke: NZ’s wealth gap and why it’s so dangerous](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9827740421&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [The status quo is not an option amid a crisis in this land of plenty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62ca90a430&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Hart (Stuff): [American race equality efforts will shape NZ’s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ecd071d8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kitty Cresswell Riol (Otago Daily Times): [Shaming and blaming doing nothing to address poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bd53f956d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ-China-Australia relations** Robert Ayson (The Interpreter): [How to China, from your friends in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15eb40c93a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Damien O’Connor’s diplomatic blunder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f03f1ca130&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Damien O’Connor’s colossal China clanger](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=835a9fba57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Trade Minister Damien O’Connor’s ‘dumb diplomacy’ criticised for playing into China’s hand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3d8bda181&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Daily Telegraph newspaper’s ‘New Xi-land’ jab as China declares New Zealand ‘an example for Australia’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7956c4077&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: MIQ** Nick Wilson, Amanda Kvalsvig and Michael Baker (The Conversation): [The science and law are clear — it’s time for NZ to turn down the travel tap from high-risk countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6bee89951&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19: Govt should impose stricter quarantine measures – Epidemiologist Michael Baker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69bde9f289&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Foreign fishermen’s border exemption protected $380 million of exports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a99dbcdde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Bleak news for returnees as cancelled MIQ vouchers not returning to circulation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c84b6a4a65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block and Troels Sommerville (Stuff): [Busing MIQ returnees across Auckland for exercise ‘stupid’, prof says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fed4231013&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: Pullman Hotel – Government introduces tough new rules for exercising, smoking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=453408cf51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber Allott (Stuff): [Officials explain why dying man’s MIQ decision was reversed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa41a120dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: General** Claire Trevett (Herald): [The Waitangi conundrum for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f17d063aeb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus response put to test after NZ rates ‘best in the world’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb4cd11a23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eugene Bingham (Stuff): [What luck, the weather, and maths have to do with us avoiding lockdown (so far)](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81ea3cd8ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Cruise ship denied entry** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Government halts cruise ship, insists crew must be Kiwi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe7c457c86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Cruise ship Le Lapérouse refused entry to NZ waters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8534ee5a10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New Zealand refuses entry to cruise ship after only 29 of 90 crew granted visas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf1bd24290&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather Du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [No to the cruise ship but yes to The Wiggles – really?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=076861d348&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Troels Sommerville (Stuff): [Cruise ship denied entry heads for Noumea to regroup, plans NZ return](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd68e0e630&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [The countries that handled pandemic the worst revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1b7607285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccine** Julia Gabel (Herald): [‘Deeply concerned’ Jacinda Ardern calls EU’s vaccine export move ‘wrong’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91a043b7ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Rise of the variants means virus could be an ongoing headache](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d7148f7b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Ardern hits out at EU over vaccine export restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4659b5716c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [As vaccine shortage concerns grow, should New Zealand make its own?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b99379f29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Borders and travel** Damien Venuto (Herald): [Sir John Key on when he thinks NZ’s borders will open again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df38b917e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [A trans-Tasman bubble in 8 weeks? AUS-NZ forum chair is hopeful](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70a62ea4e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Could there be a trans-Tasman bubble in 8 weeks?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d03da50c2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [Australia’s suspension of one-way safe zone flights with New Zealand lifted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b722584ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** RNZ: [National to focus on team work at annual retreat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92e1bf4fbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in Politics: The virus, vaccinations and housing dominate start of the year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=535714b0e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [National to contest the Maori seats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8934373aa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Tracey Martin on why she resigned from NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3767dd1528&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wellington water infrastructure crisis** Damian George (Stuff): [Who’s to blame for Wellington’s water woes? Not us, say successive mayors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab760d2a00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Explainer: Understanding Wellington’s pipes crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c831c7dfaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington’s water woes blamed on funding problems](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c43887744&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Pressure mounts for Wellington to get on top of water woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0a460c8dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Matt Shand (Stuff): [Maori ward referendum threshold reached in Tauranga as protestors face off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19a7678ef4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Don Brash cops backlash after standing against Maori wards in Tauranga, which will hold referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2c3d47f81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tauranga Maori wards proposal to go to referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cae43e022&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Clinton-Gohdes (Stuff): [Maori wards: Moving the law towards justice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d76a249d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Southland Times: [Editorial – How many councillors does Invercargill need?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bdffa2b4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (Herald): [City councillors want Auckland port automation project scrutinised independently](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8db5d95f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Charlie O’Mannin (Stuff): [Mackenzie council slaps urgent order to fix notice on its own building](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=219af49d33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **John Banks Magic Talk radio show** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Talkback stations have turned up the volume on toxic opinions, lies and conspiracy theories](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72c4a7fa18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [The Conservative grind of talkback radio](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c04249d7b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Shimmin (Stuff): [Don’t be a Richard. Racism is repulsive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1805cba3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Saziah Bashir (RNZ): [John Banks’ on-air comments: ‘Why do we keep giving these people a platform?’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cee56ffbcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ Cricket withdraws threat to end broadcast partnership with Magic Talk after racism apology](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=566340dcc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Ratana keeps politicians and press at bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cac10b2721&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [Media still covering house price rises as good news](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73ae5c512f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Bowron (Stuff): [Don’t ask me, I’m out of the mainstream](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0c289491d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Tim Newman (Stuff): [Back to school: Principal warns education sector hasn’t seen the end of Covid-19 impact](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66f28ed920&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Corazon Miller (1News): [Parents of children with reading difficulties want overhaul of methods as phonics books are printed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3db6343988&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ella Stewart (RNZ): [Maori left in ‘precarious position’ after resignations at Unitec](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f276a8d55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian Rowe (Stuff): [New funding scheme is not impacting on SIT’s Zero Fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5ccaee7a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [T?hoe leader’s portrait removed from Unitec amid institutional racism claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b46d8cb304&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): [Official Information Act review kicked down the road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29d33972e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Wilson (Herald): [Why I’m afraid – The closest thing to hope we have](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84dcfeefc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government turns down interest-free loans for NZTA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca5a78751e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [In New Zealand today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b48c09d24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christine McCarthy (Stuff): [The politics of public spaces](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b7f7b5b52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Morgane Solignac (Stuff): [‘The Waihopai virus’: Covid plays heavily on the minds of spy base protesters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97680b192a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [Oranga Tamariki ‘had an opportunity to intervene’ before baby’s murder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37adfc17b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Grieving families’ five-year waits for coroner’s reports a ‘national scandal’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=610f26969d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claudia Orange (E-Tangata): [Questions of sovereignty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7af370f40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – EQC review will build confidence in apartments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3896496cb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Cameras being sent into Pike River Mine as part of police inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28698b886f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Drafting error stopping contamination fines ‘could be fixed in month’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c5a67332c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Police uniform hijab by Wellington designers turns heads overseas, UK trials prototype](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09182eb9ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Apple’s new privacy push angers Facebook – but called ‘a defining moment’ by NZ Privacy Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5c2d6d26b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Damian Rowe (Stuff): [Former Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie takes chief executive role at mental health charity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d7f75b21a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)