> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-1-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-04-30T20:20:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-04-30T20:19:09.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Economy, recovery, UBI** Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): [The List Candidate: Winston Peters and the Looming Covid-19 Depression](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf7226a724&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter: [If The Answer Is “Treasury”, Then Ask Another Question](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=909633a08c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Into the future — by committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5808b0ca4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): [Years of pain, difficulty and frustration lie ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30a3cc8a8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Herald): [To boost recovery, open up the local body money tap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9dbd0fc4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled Newstalk ZB: [Trade Minister: NZ’s economy needs to diversify and move away from China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c666d332a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Rankin (Evening Report): [Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dda32ea409&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [How the Government pays for its Covid-19 policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=737d6b4cf7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s public health response** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Health experts criticise NZ’s COVID-19 community transmission data as ‘meaningless, uninterpretable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04759b14bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Level 3 ‘makes no sense’ unless health officials are hiding something – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e421f466d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Dunne: [What’s in a word? Well, not a lot it would seem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01577df556&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Global pandemic was a matter of ‘when, not if’, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0635d5033a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matloob Husain (Stuff): [Viruses are a national security issue, and we need a budget to fight them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16dd0f0781&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Before lockdown, NZ was on trajectory ‘closer to Italy than we’d like’, epidemiologist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fae97e2b63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Clark strengthens contact tracing oversight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21711aece4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [Covid-19 surveillance to test supermarket, rest home staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=447e7b4c69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Nine to Noon: [Covid-19 vaccine strategy needed, scientists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bd83e18ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [New Zealand to produce vaccine with Australia, overseas developers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6e10d1017&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [No Kiwi-developed Covid-19 vaccine planned, but NZ to work with international vaccine developer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d1a29b8ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Michael Neilson (Herald): [Human Rights Commission calls on Government to step up response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dd0257d22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Human Rights Commission makes 30 recommendations in report on Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bae090582&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [The importance of Jacinda Ardern sharing the spotlight during Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbc8f72627&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Hall (RNZ): [PM’s earrings help fledgling jewellery firm through financial downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40e5d646c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Bill to allow MPs and councillors to take pay cuts imminent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bff7fc7d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says general election will still be held in September](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f41b6322c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Clark reiterates intention to contest Dunedin seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70242dab1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Smith (RNZ): [We few: the level 3 Parliament ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f456a9355&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Paula Bennett and Shane Jones trade cheeky political jabs, reflect on lockdown experiences](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d379ce61dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Brent Edwards (NBR): [National runs risk of political drift](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba0f370fc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Simon Bridges’ role has never been more vital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a933c7ec72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Social impact of pandemic and lockdown, mental health** Anna Whyte (1News): [Most experts think exit from Level 3 should be several weeks away, Sir Peter Gluckman says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7979d32b2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [PM’s former science advisor Sir Peter Gluckman warns of ‘frustration and anger’ over COVID-19 alert level 3 deadline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da80170a0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [10% of NZ likely to develop depression due to Covid-19: Sir Peter Gluckman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbd019999a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Economic impact creates ‘new vulnerable’ – Peter Gluckman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd27ffa52e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Poverty, family violence discussed at Epidemic Response Committee meeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45878f9505&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vera Alves (Herald):[If the Government cares about mental health, it needs to create jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30a4588c86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Youthline** Susan Strongman (RNZ): [Youthline scrambles to make up $300k shortfall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac9b22682a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Youthline survey reveals negative impacts Covid-19 lockdown is having on young Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc2c5c2fb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell and Natalie Akoorie (Herald): [Mental health of Kiwis under pressure over future uncertainty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5a7de90f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Trans-Tasman bubble, Level 2** Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): [Experts debate including Pacific in trans-Tasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=268366d498&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Alert Level 2 could see NZ enter into trans-Tasman bubble – Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59fa98ff53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Trans-Tasman ‘bubble’ could happen during COVID-19 alert level 2 – Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5eb4022a0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Winston Peters says New Zealand and Australia ‘beating the crap’ out of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=874d2c3a25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Australian TV hosts joke with Winston Peters about stealing trans-Tasman border ‘bubble’ idea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6d31a4b5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Winston Peters says NZ and Aust ‘beating the crap’ out of bug](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=efc40b486f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [West Coast calls for eased Covid-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c334ec8a1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [More tourism businesses will fold if alert level 2 limits travel – industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f341d7433d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Fast food business break level 3 rules, workers abused** Alice Wilkins (Newshub): [Union receives complaints fast-food workers aren’t physical distancing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbaa7209f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [WorkSafe warns it will shut down businesses if they flout the Level 3 rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f7da272a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meagan Harvey (Herald): [Why New Zealand could head back into lockdown soon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f4507b7fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Fast-food burgers can’t become country’s banana peel during Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8118c2fa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Megan Harvey (Herald): [KFC workers abused during first day back from lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4728214846&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Essential workers, employment** Melissa Chan-Green (Newshub): [Supermarket staff abused six times more than normal during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a03d63194c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Sharma-Barrow (Stuff): [Spot the difference between the walkers and the workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70dc35b626&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Nelson New World staff member diagnosed with Covid-19, others isolated for testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f474225cc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern asks private sector to ‘value your workforce’ the way Government has](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b6d2e8f66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [The wage subsidy: Your questions answered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5573841909&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Staff angry and scared after Farmers, Whitcoulls cut pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53db3a883d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Lockdown** Cherie Howie (Herald): Locked down: [The four weeks that changed NZ forever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a2368847b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [A dance that’s lasted a lifetime: ‘It just wasn’t what you did’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91c3cec9bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Redundancies, 4-day working week and paycuts all on the table as Victoria battles $40 million deficit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26f984236d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Giles Dexter (Newshub): [Majority of teachers think students will need more help when they return to school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e55077223a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Small and remote schools get help as Govt moves to boost post-Covid rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d0e31e835&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Forrester (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern’s Covid-19 conversations with Suzy Cato](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfe4dcde6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Jason Walls (Herald): [MPs unanimously pass biggest tax support package in NZ’s history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7b7f415d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern encourages Kiwis to support local, says smaller businesses still face tough times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=540aec7572&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Opinions divided on Government rent subsidy for business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd0beaeaa1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Belinda McCammon (RNZ): [Queenstown business owners struggle with paying rent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35f1f9e1ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Businessman draws attention to lease clause allowing rent cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2219aa22d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Auckland’s centre is going to be a graveyard’ – MP Nikki Kaye](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07772259a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Community roadblocks** Matthew Hutching and Nick Truebridge (RNZ): Checkpoint: [Northland checkpoint remains with police help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea0765c28d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Maori Party co-leader accuses National of inciting ‘racism’ over iwi checkpoints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0c60cfd21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Police Commissioner Andrew Coster under fire for condoning community checkpoints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e90952687&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [If we’d shut down checkpoints there would’ve been protests – Police Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ef1af5b87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Herald): [‘That’s a disgrace’: MPs, Police Commissioner in fiery clash over COVID-19 community roadblocks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b92488e19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Castles (1News): [Some iwi-led checkpoints causing tension as they continue through Alert Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcaeba62a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Northland roadblocks should have been shut down immediately](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0ae2fd036&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality, welfare, hardship** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Breadwinner asks: Why can’t I access Government support?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0690f3f3f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [KiwiSaver hardship claims expected to spike up from July](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1519f24df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Huge demand for food parcels predicted to grow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0430eda22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [‘It’s so sad’ – Auckland City Mission says people who have never needed assistance reaching out for food grants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6eb98c430&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government doubles Winter Energy Payments for low-income families, over 1m Kiwis to benefit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=077649b67f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Brad Flahive (Stuff): [Auckland traffic pollution soars under Covid-19 alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68348ba833&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Can carbon offsetting still thrive?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13e5143fd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Charging for water bottling would become ‘another consumer tax’, company says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dea18fe98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [New water-bottling operation proposed in Hawke’s Bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baeae56b25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams: [Relief for sphagnum moss industry as West Coast council reverses wetland decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db5f29f1eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Remuera residents gagging at eel and sewage miasma](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=228f91c389&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Dominion Post): [No lockdown, but still code brown: level 3 kicks in for swimmers everywhere but not Titahi Bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98b1da2b8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Winston Peters hints at big changes for Air NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d1be529b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air New Zealand reflects on 80th birthday, acknowledges uncertain times ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e71eb50c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [Massive increase in Wellington bus users, but who’s paying for it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1ae7fa920&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Repatriation, quarantine** Gill Bonnett (Herald): [Work visa holders stuck overseas having ‘sleepless nights’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41b023c5f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fiona Connor (Newshub): [Call to Government for ‘quarantine queue’ by New Zealand visa-holder ‘left in limbo’ with wife and children stuck overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14a9b73daf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [‘You wouldn’t feed it to your dog’: Quarantining Kiwis blast Hilton Auckland over three days of ‘cold’, ‘vomit-like’ food](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=411e6bcef4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health system, PPE gear** Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Health sector could look to Air New Zealand for IT help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ba5695eec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Health reform urged as GPs call for delayed review’s release](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fe5945fef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Lockdown strategies helping New Zealand conquer influenza – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=163dfcab38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Ministry gives assurances over quality of its PPE stock](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6758443af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Sir Ray Avery raises concerns over Chinese masks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cccf413099&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Care of our elderly** Katarina Williams (Stuff): [NZ Aged Care Association gets audience with Ministry over rest home testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb6bf0e08e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Review into rest home Covid-19 clusters underway](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17b435fce8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Domestic violence** Kirsty Johnston (Herald): [Big Read: How we can stop men’s violence against women](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68d321f950&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Surge of family violence reports anticipated as lockdown lifts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4f62d3645&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bianka Atlas (RNZ): [The shadow family violence pandemic – and the link to animal ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3877ebb31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)[abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee20ac93a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Joel Maxwell, Matthew Tso, Piers Fuller and Virginia Fallon (Dominion Post): [Wellington City councillors and Mayor Andy Foster told by regional mayors to ‘pull finger’ following public spats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a04aad37ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Divided Wellington City Council finds unity the day it’s told to ‘pull finger’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5f00b6ecd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Locke (RNZ): [Kapiti mayor says Wellington councillors’ issues could affect region](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e5836f987&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kapiti News: [Kapiti mayor calls on Wellington City politicians to sort differences for the ‘sake of the region’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f75797968&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City first-home buyer rates rebate saved from chopping block](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bda252d03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Wellington tradie stung by dump fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5860e4418&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Doug Laing (Hawkes Bay Today): [Covid 19 economic impact: Napier council proposes rate increase and dipping into reserves](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1471b8c84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Invercargill City Council paycuts criticised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44606757c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Southland Times): [Council staff in Southland laid off, wages to be cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32d8e8ab00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McLean (ODT): [Dunedin mayor looks for budget revisions but not to ‘slash and burn’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=135ae27f07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Desley Simpson (Herald): [Council is acutely aware of your financial stress](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67ec63bb57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Permanent chlorination proposed for more Tasman water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4981ab21c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Provincial Growth Fund** 1News: [Regions around NZ set for funding boost, more jobs after Govt loans $48 million for nine projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21335fbd4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones: [PGF funding signed off for the Coast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1d13f6d49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Long wait for construction of Northland’s water storage facility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c2eb617f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [Was the Ashley Bloomfield bleach question bad?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9421ad36da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** Sam Hurley (Herald): [Police rape case: Cop jailed for sexually violating colleague still employed by police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e61e1cac52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Police sexual assault victim praised for bravery during ‘brutal’ trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09f3687bc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [New team reviews police armed response pilot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa2c496d59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pacific** Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge (RNZ): [Detained refugees look to courts for Covid-19 protection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c58338116&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: F[ormer NZ MP and mayor to stand for Niue parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0b135c2b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Samoa women register party for 2021 election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d572b94ca5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ and Australia send help to Bougainville for covid response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f017a4192&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Loan sharks** Stuff Editorial: [Protections for predatory times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb3d44c738&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Loan shark clampdown fast-tracked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8247ccdfc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government fast-tracks new protections against loan sharks due to added financial stresses of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2b814a33b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Tangi attracts 100, as some whanau stay home due to Covid-19 rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f436134a3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): [COVID Update 30 April 2020 | Checkpoints and Police share same goal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96d57bbdcf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben McKay (Stuff): [Aid agencies urge New Zealand to help poorer nations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4034dddd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick Gower (Newshub): [Son of COVID-19 victim warns of ‘sneaky’ virus that took his mum’s life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea8d5c1043&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [‘Goodbye, Mum. I love you’: Son’s diary of mother’s last days with Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43da6811bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Reusable cups at cafes are allowed, Ministry of Health says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3514896644&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Maori and beneficiary households most impacted by higher tobacco prices – Stats NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=572c69359b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Jobless immigrants face poverty, deportation, exploitation – immigration advise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=694dfad43f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Young Labour camp assault: Man to take suppression fight to Court of Appeal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5de7426d52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Far North iwi hopeful for future, despite dire need for food packs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9edeea1f59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [IR makes it easier to reimburse work-from-home expenses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99f6529ad1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): [Reserve Bank lifts LVR restrictions, seeing risk of banks being reluctant to lend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b95a381a7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Reserve Bank to scrap loan-to-value ratio for one year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cbd56ef10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [ANZ half year profits take a tumble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1de6cfd543&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZIFF 2020 to be held online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d27dcabab2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)