> ## 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 March 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-1-march-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-28T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-01T20:01:57.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Covid: Auckland community outbreak** Richard Harman: [Ardern’s new tough talk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2709df078&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [When will Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s patience with rule-breakers wear thin?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80acd32cea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Blame and fear for the team of five million, as PM pleads for compliance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a882869d46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Baker (Herald): [Why government is right to yo-yo between alert levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=446aea1cd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell and Thomas Manch (Stuff): [A confident Government, a spreading virus, and Covid-19 tests outstanding: Here’s how Auckland reached lockdown, again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7df592a4ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National wants Covid-19 rule-breakers to be punished ‘so others don’t do it as well’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9256354d15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Plank, Shaun Hendy and Siouxsie Wiles (Stuff): [Widespread testing in Auckland now key to ruling out possible undetected coronavirus outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a12d6d682&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Minister Willie Jackson under fire over attending Parker fight after Cabinet call](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae5860d18e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Community says ‘let’s move on’ from pointing fingers at latest case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d92c98561d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sharnae Hope (Stuff): [MP Rawiri Waititi tells thousands to self-isolate, against Ministry advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00a3e576ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Dr Ashley Bloomfield tells Kiwis to refer to MoH website after Maori Party co-leader’s misleading Facebook post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b515395c3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green (Stuff): [Was it too soon to move? Perhaps, but hindsight is a wonderful thing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72847c8e12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [David Seymour attacks ‘cult of Ashley Bloomfield’, Government’s ‘self-congratulating complacency’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7910fbb42e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (NZ Herald): [Jacinda Ardern’s warning – more community cases ‘more than likely’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=306590dddf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Herald): [Latest Covid 19 coronavirus outbreak reveals holes in Government’s strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eaf5741cfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Why was New Zealand’s latest Covid lockdown the only option?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2611338853&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lynley Ward (Herald): [Auckland councillor faces online abuse from conspiracy parishioners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67888680d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Belinda Feek and Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): [Almost 10 hours trying to get back into Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d760461426&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Herald): [Instinct for retribution must not take over, leaders say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7b70b2520&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [PM ‘frustrated’ recent Covid-19 cases broke isolation rules, but reluctant to threaten ‘repercussions’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ad2d0be6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Fleeing Aucklanders run risk of spreading virus through NZ, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73886b30c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Belinda Feek (Herald): [Hours of delays for motorists – confusion at Auckland borders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e445ccd93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [As Auckland scrambles back into lockdown, Michael Baker says there’s a ‘huge responsibility’ on people to look out for symptoms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c978ae95a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Politicians call for a stronger approach to ensure people self-isolate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbb97059c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Herald): [Anger at breach, fears about ‘conspiracy theories’ during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05f7da47fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick John O’Dea (The Daily Blog): [Ardern Falters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5549ce0d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caitlin Ellis (Newshub): [Judith Collins calls for tougher monitoring of self-isolating Covid-19 contacts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f62da9226&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Alert levels unlikely to lift early as UK Covid-19 variant may have ‘longer tail’ — Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b06f70287&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mitch McCann (Newshub): [Police to get involved against suspected isolation rulebreakers, offenders could be charged](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0db0d1aa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Ardern: Bosses should check if staff should be isolating](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dd0968fbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Vera Alves (Herald): [‘Take level 3 with you’ – warning to Aucklanders leaving city](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abcdfcb32f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Experts react to Government’s decision to enter another snap lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fec14c5074&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [South Auckland food bank expecting ‘hectic’ days ahead following lockdown announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=547bb37688&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Return to level 3 will hit business hard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05148c6275&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (NZ Herald): [Auckland economy braces for more pain from another lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a1f8a61a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Grant Robertson confirms business support packages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da4cd3629e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins calls ‘yo-yo lockdown disappointing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a9ce56f2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [New Zealand’s yo-yoing between alert levels draws criticism from Opposition MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d80aad421&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Prime minister ‘frustrated’, pleads for Kiwis to ‘follow the rules’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b2350bcb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [David Seymour says Government has ‘attitude problem’ after latest lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61cc493a34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Siobhan Downes (Stuff): [What now for the Wiggles?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f93cf45661&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Stevenson (Business Desk): [Where and how to get lockdown support payments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcf1efc8c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: General** Alan Bollard (Stuff): [New Zealand has fared well in year one of Covid, but how can we take that next step towards normality?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98e3bcbd40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s year of pandemic and hope for Alert Level Zero](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a0da2dbe2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Immunity inequality means the Covid crisis won’t end for all of us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7a3913037&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [Vaccinate south Auckland first – you just can’t argue with this truly good idea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c027eb1d0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [GPs denied DHBs’ leftover vaccines – ‘It’s just soul destroying’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fbafecfbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Elle Hunt (The Guardian): [Words matter: how New Zealand’s clear messaging helped beat Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee0728d0ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Brook (Interest): [Which countries will recover best from COVID-19?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d10a24e1af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Covid-19: Controlling the vaccine campaign narrative – is the Government holding the reins too tight?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e95226dac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Covid-19: Unaccompanied minors as young as 12 in MIQ cause ‘child protection concerns’ for nurses union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79afe7eed7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bruce Cotterill (Herald): [NZ must get ready for post-Covid world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f147905ba8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [One year on from Covid-19 arriving into New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07f9f00486&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Jacinda Ardern’s positivity backed up with grit, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a82b58725&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern plans to get vaccinated before public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23890f02f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [PM’s decision not to jump Covid vaccination queue backed by experts and Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e394e4728&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sharnae Hope (Stuff): [Health expert on Six60’s full house – ‘make tracing mandatory’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f01867c8fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [New Zealand’s economy is a housing market with bits tacked on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1537e43729&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Housing propels NZ’s wealth: Are you in the 1%?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c911b5f117&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government doesn’t want to push house prices down, fearing loss of votes – Bernard Hickey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e36937531&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Up isn’t the only way for property prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da569c5375&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hannah Kronast and Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Surging house prices propelling New Zealand to one of the world’s wealthiest populations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e165b961b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Here’s why I can’t get excited about 12 families getting homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=771f29b837&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [More politicking than policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78a9a9c476&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hanna (Stuff): [The myth of the ethical property investor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd2aa12b9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Public housing waitlist climbs again, to record 22,521 households](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7f647c0e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (Stuff): [Legally blind teen gets just one flat viewing in three years in tough housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd8ccaaaae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Finance Minister defends Labour’s efforts to tackle housing crisis in combative interview with John Campbell](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9689b777ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Is Grant Robertson just out of ideas?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=382331117c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Finance Minister Grant Robertson says Government isn’t kicking housing problems to Reserve Bank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a2decd5aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Property investors making it ‘so much worse for others’ in ‘overheated’ housing market – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73705901d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland fourth least affordable city for housing among world cities – 2021 Demographia report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1797689086&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (NZ Herald): [OneRoof Property Report: Home loans deposits shoot up $41k in one year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90d783ee70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Is office conversion the answer to the housing shortage?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=794af13324&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern forced to ‘beg people’ to stop investing in houses an ‘admission of failure’ – ACT](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=385b97ccf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Super-charged house prices ‘can’t continue’: BNZ economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=732996ec1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Expensive homes rising in value more quickly than affordable homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5325418f47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Grant Robertson defends telling Reserve Bank to consider housing in its policy decisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44c6ea2265&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Robertson on housing: ‘We have some tough decisions’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0b3f3f2c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kelly Dennett (Stuff): [Is pre-fab the future of housing?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=879af7319d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey: [Diversionary direction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98b8206a92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Housing Minister Megan Woods on the ‘very simple’ reason the Government still sells off state homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a063e2449&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Masters (One Roof): [How Queenstown dodged annihilation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22758f827f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Smith (One Roof): [NZ’s hottest suburbs: Where house prices have shot up more than 35%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f7226cac1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) One Roof: [Revealed: Wellington first home buyers hardest hit by the boom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04f4674c7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [Opportunity beckons as rents soar everywhere, but plunge in Auckland’s CBD](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f6029aa13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucia Best (Stuff): [The rental squeeze: Not all landlords are greedy – we have bills too](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99ce26683a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Bowron (Stuff): [Welcome to the new Vulgarians](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24bcf0dc33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Family sell Papatoetoe house for $980,000, but cannot afford to buy new Auckland home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fd778b3a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jimmy Ellingham (Stuff): [First-home buyers face the squeeze as investors swoop in Palmerston North](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1edd3364bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louise Gould (Herald): [More than $100k income, can’t buy a home: Hawke’s Bay house deposit requirements up $75k in five years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99c25a245a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rachel Thomas (Stuff): [2000 houses to be built next to protected wetland in Porirua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d485c799f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Why Judith Collins could already be a lame duck leader — whether she knows it or not](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2fcfcfca3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [What’s eating National MP Simon Bridges, and why is Judith Collins letting him get away with it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96c5424c93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins defends Shane Reti as other MPs snap up attention](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42617dba2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Simon Bridges defies Judith Collins’ order to stop criticising Police Commissioner because she’s not his wife](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41a013aa7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [National’s Simon Bridges continues beating ‘wokester’ drum, denies desire for leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f86e900922&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Geoffrey Miller and Mark Blackham (RNZ): [Career diversity among MPs could act as bulwark against populist revolt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d9fd72310&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Chris Bishop asks for defamation claim document to check Trevor Mallard’s ‘veracity’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90b9ba31b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Points of Order: Simon Bridges enjoys a week back in the spotlight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f6348945f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Smith (RNZ): [Baptism of fire for new master](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2577ee11d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in Politics: Reserve Bank told to help with house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f417c396ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Logan Savory (Stuff): [Invercargill City Council may revisit controversial new media protocols](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b5dc6bad3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Southland Times: [Editorial – Now, perhaps, we’re getting somewhere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fb8bc61ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Where Wellington councillors stand on the independent review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=832961b672&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Tauranga’s new boss, Anne Tolley suggests she’ll be back for a second go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=952b42ad37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Independent review into Wellington City Council to cost up to almost $75,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f3366d7a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City Council review could cost ratepayers almost $75,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67023476ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington Council review could cost ratepayers $75k](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fff50c1a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Independent review into Wellington City Council to cost up to almost $75,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a41c7738f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): [Maori Wards opposition petitions fail, even before law change made them worthless](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27297a51db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Northern Advocate: [Calls for Far North Council to revisit Maori seats decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3496fbd667&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Gillon (Herald): [The Auckland Council isn’t broke but it sure looks broken](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5d2aea7fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gerry Eckhoff: [Local Government Reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=781560c4a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [TVNZ doubles profit and repays $4.9m in wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d94ffa53d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [TVNZ to pay back $5m in wage subsidies as profit doubles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec7f7af06a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Court (Stuff): [Why NZ should copy Australia’s crazy media law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c053272ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Cohen (BusinessDesk): [Minister Kris Faafoi on likely RNZ-TVNZ merger: ‘Change needs to happen’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf19f55f70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [TVNZ set to spend most on local content in a decade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ec9e98c07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [TVNZ reports interim profit of $33.9 million, OnDemand attracts record weekly audience](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e37abac81b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [It’s newsworthy, I swear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f6ee76b58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [MediaWorks admits ‘organisational failure’ over racist radio broadcast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcf341fe2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [The right to say what you (and others) think](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c13df94ee8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Dunkley (Business Desk): [Stuff boss calls for NZ social media news code](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32ebb6fb89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Crime, policing and prisons** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [An attack on the Police Commissioner is an attack on the PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9fdc1a046&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Claims of police softness ‘completely wrong’, commissioner says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d390732576&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Hendry (Stuff): [Poverty, desperation, social exclusion, this is the soil in which gangs grow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed1cc616c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [A proper way to ask important questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0dec0c01a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jimmy Ellingham (Stuff): [Sweeping review of prison system called for after inmate’s death](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1b55ff696&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [Real estate agents under fire for not repaying wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c0e8dc214&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Unhappy returns set to remain for hard-hit savers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e0d628c94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [What is the great reflation … and what will it do to investments?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ade6a2defc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tim Hazledine (Herald): [Why the transtasman income gap is larger than it appears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fa5aa0ade&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [PM Jacinda Ardern tells Immigration Minister to consider ‘anything more we can do’ to reunite critical migrant health workers with families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4d9f7025c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [Infrastructure and housing could still be handbrakes in a post-Covid world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98cc4a8b25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Nurses working for Maori providers paid a quarter less than DHB colleagues, says union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb5b1d079f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Newstalk ZB): [Why keeping our kid’s teeth healthy is so important](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b80e61d15b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Nearly half of NZ’s DHBs don’t have specialist diabetic care for young adults](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ea387c569&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Private hospitals say study on cost to taxpayers is ‘misleading’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75d24e581b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality and poverty** Otago Daily Times: Editorial: [Some progress on poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a17e8a56ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Assistant Maori Children’s Commissioner says Government shouldn’t have to ‘wait for data’ to fix child poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29802ec82c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [The fat cats get fatter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3f400dbab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealanders don’t want the most wealthy paying less tax than lowest earners, Green Party says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ce7a46d4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations** Rebecca Smith (Stuff): [Covid has helped turn New Zealand into one of the world’s most trusted country brands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49deb8ded7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New Zealand fastest rising ‘soft power’ nation in new rankings as Hillary Clinton praises Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae8f4dc8c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Chinese state media compares Xinjiang to New Zealand in article pushing back against Uighur human rights abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac7d2082a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [What will happen to suspected Kiwi terrorist’s children? Expert outlines the potential solutions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=355ecbcc46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says children of NZ-born suspected Islamic State terrorist better off in Turkey than Syria, but should go to Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93466669ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Philip Matthews (Stuff): [National Portrait: Rod Carr, climate tsar](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea024138e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Dairy business gets loan discount if hits environmental targets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eee5cab603&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)Rod Oram (Newsroom): [NZ, this is your Volkswagen moment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de3733a6f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [The cost of fewer migrants entering NZ will be massive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce25404579&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Migration will not return to pre-Covid levels when NZ border reopens, Immigration Minister warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=659e9ba6a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Lack of migrant workers a concern for aged care sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a3e26e65d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Brian Easton (Pundit): [We must avoid treating Maori as living fossils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9116320d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Bill an important part of recompense, healing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df52b20b8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Will Harvie (Stuff): [Opiods: How NZ avoided the crisis engulfing North America](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=790b6d4c18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Monika Barton (Newshub): [‘To be a feminist, you have to fight’: Helen Clark to star in doco about gender equality called Revolt She Said](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f4dea75b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [The heroic journey of Ricardo Menendez-March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82be346184&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)