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# Daily News Roundup – 1 October 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-1-october-2020/
- Published: 2020-09-30T19:15:01.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-01T20:17:23.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

**Newshub Leaders debate**  
Spinoff: [Leaders’ debate #2, election 2020: The verdicts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61e1dd253b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Election debate verdict: Ardern and Collins draw in round two, but is the die already cast?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=152f0275ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer and Zane Small (Newshub): [Reaction to Leaders Debate between Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cc02908c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Second leaders’ debate – our experts pick their winner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cfc194500&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Second leaders’ debate: Jacinda Ardern more assertive, but Judith Collins’ one-liners won the night](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c644ed8d7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch and Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern fires up in fierce second leaders debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e280d65ad7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Leith Huffadine (RNZ): [Leaders showed ‘a lot more energy and fight’ in second debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3527b46036&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brigitte Morton (RNZ): [Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins vie for public’s ‘rose’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af1e62a363&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding (Stuff): [Tick. Tick Podcast: The ‘double espresso’ debate: what we learned from the second Judith Collins-Jacinda Ardern showdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7e9fd54b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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1News: [‘Morally wrong’ – Party leaders at loggerheads over abuse of Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme by companies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d642b246d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins clash on housing and whether they want prices to fall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8845132514&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins find consensus on key issues amid political jabs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ce7434ca1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Judith Collins, Jacinda Ardern have fiery clash over New Zealand’s COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82a4f9e044&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Judith Collins explains why she called Jacinda Ardern ‘dear’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d23e9b546&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Judith Collins says people can make up their own minds about eating meat, Jacinda Ardern says good to scale back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87b06cf8e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Judith Collins, Jacinda Ardern dish out their opinion on US President Donald Trump](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8feeb4f7be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [As it happened – Newshub Leaders Debate with Jacinda Ardern vs. Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=725df7b847&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern v Judith Collins in TV leaders debate with Patrick Gower](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2abe2518d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newshub: [Watch the full Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins Newshub Leaders Debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37021f1c6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Hurley (Herald): [Advance NZ argues against MediaWorks in High Court after being excluded from debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=525c2b0bd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Advance NZ challenges Mediaworks’ decision to exclude them from debate in High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=274533baf3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Advance NZ says it is ‘unreasonable’ to be excluded from Newshub debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05a3f36a0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**M?ori Television Curia Research Ikaroa-R?whiti poll, Ikaroa-R?whiti debate**  
Maori TV: [Whaitiri leads in Ikaroa-Rawhiti but young voters undecided](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6601597f54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maori TV: [Maori voters throw their support behind Labour-Maori Party coalition, again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4bcd0df2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maori TV: [Most Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters want to legalise cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82536c94b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [New poll delivers more bad news for Maori Party in fight to return to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5a7290e27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Maori TV: [Panellists wanted more from Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b18c37082&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maori TV: [Three w?hine in tonight’s Ikaroa-Rawhiti election debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebfcb5df36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Patrick O’Sullivan(Herald): Local Focus: [Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidates on taxing the rich to feed the poor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac120e10dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Election**  
1News Comar Brunton Poll: [More than half of Kiwis think now is not the right time for tax cuts – poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ed04d7eda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Party policies on Ihumatao, Oranga Tamariki and te reo Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32cf3e7819&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Richard Harman (Politik): [Rivalry on the right as ACT battles the New Conservatives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=535377fafd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Sathelrey (Newshub): [National rejected zero-tax band for low-income earners because they already get help from Work and Income – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a9b82d334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Cutting benefits off the table in ACT coalition – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f7e3d906b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘We’ve got to build more houses’, Judith Collins says ahead of policy announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e566efce37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding (Stuff): [Tick. Tick podcast: National’s Paul Goldsmith on his $4b mistake and how he’s coped](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e94cba0051&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Labour puts supermarkets under the spotlight to cut grocery bills](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78fb4d72bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Geoff Simmons (Interest): [ACT’s austerity would be ‘economic vandalism’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db5bcde7d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Cormack (Herald): [Greens may have last laugh if NZ First fades away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=056a729d47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Who’s your preferred Prime Minister and Deputy – Judith Collins and David Seymour or Jacinda Ardern and James Shaw?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d9dd60d8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: ‘[That’s actually pretty good’ – Marama Davidson commends Laura Daniel’s cake efforts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13b631e74b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Charlotte Jones (Herald): [Labour poll has party ahead in East Coast race for first time in 15 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1da0d54fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cira Olivier (Herald): [Labour rejects National deputy Gerry Brownlee’s claim of ‘dodgy’ polling in East Coast electorate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=230718455b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Plugging in… to Ilam where voters are divided over who should keep the wealth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5d0354192&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Hauraki-Waikato electorate debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66a6fe5883&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Emma Stanford and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Coronavirus will impact how New Zealanders abroad vote – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41c7a1dc82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘Provocative’ campaign encourages Kiwis abroad to ‘meddle’ in election, by voting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5d7b2e4d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Reuters: [Overseas New Zealanders could boost Jacinda Ardern’s re-election chances – former expat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0f19f0043&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [The Kiwis overseas who can’t vote in this year’s election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c30cab20a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**SFO NZ First decision**  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [No need for Jacinda Ardern to waste breath on Winston Peters’ plight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99a4496220&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [The NZ First SFO probe and the party’s fight for election survival](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb3cb30386&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – NZ First Vs Serious Fraud Office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bf7612e56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Questions linger after SFO’s probe into NZ First Foundation – electoral law expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1cb922899&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Under-pressure Winston Peters tries to sell insurance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90f1bfa113&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Winston Peters rich to claim exoneration](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51d79828f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Hurley (Herald): [NZ First Foundation investigation: What happened behind those courtroom doors?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6f5df54b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Winston Peters claims NZ First unfairly targeted by SFO – ‘Why are we being singled out?’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6af11cae4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Winston Peters claims Serious Fraud Office biased: ‘It’s just unfair’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddfa0e8bda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Winston Peters claims unfair treatment from Serious Fraud Office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfebc5bf29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Winston Peters claims he once turned down a knighthood](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=904edd640f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins says she feels sorry for Winston Peters, but it is ‘all over, rover’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcca9337f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Duncan Garner (Newshub): [No-one wants to give Winston Peters the chance to hold the country to ransom again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f50bb5837&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Urgent hearing called over name suppression in NZ First Foundation donations case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a06483066d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [RNZ, Stuff to challenge NZ First Foundation-linked name suppressions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79f6a16945&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Cannabis and euthanasia referendums**  
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [New poll shows recreational cannabis likely to remain a criminal offence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd84ee4f3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Salvation Army calls for drug reform but does not support legalisation of cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7021bfee5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Salvation Army suggests decriminalising cannabis, rather than legalising it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c35a49cf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Miller (ODT): [Legalisation ‘most potent tool’ to reduce drug’s harm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed5faa4f8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: A ‘no’ vote would be a $1 billion mistake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8434921dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Alex Perrottet (RNZ): [How much do New Zealanders know about euthanasia law details?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8c27a3e6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sarah Nealon (Stuff): [Patrick Gower will host euthanasia debate: ‘Many people don’t know what they are voting on’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3518d5dd55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**   
Zac Fleming (Newshub): [The estimated cost of extending free dental care to adults revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dddc3a9d39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Labour and National’s health policies compared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=630db8f16e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Janine Rankin (Stuff): [Labour’s promised Pharmac boost ‘not enough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7c6beb1a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Health Minister pledges $31m to replace ‘unsafe for staff’ mental health unit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa9172dcd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Labour promises new mental health facility for Rotorua if re-elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=527f48c90e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Rotorua Hospital mental health unit confirmed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e381ef1605&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Act’s health plan – independent review for Pharmac, cut number of health boards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a6f01bc47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [ACT promises to ‘cut wasteful spending’ by reducing DHBs from 20 to 6](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fea7be6e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [ACT promises to launch independent review into PHARMAC](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bcdf5f170&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Treasury bites back at Canterbury DHB, blames poor management for ballooning deficit ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97805ca249&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Riley Kennedy (RNZ): [Candidates debate rural health priorities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c95e3e56e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [DHB office staff call for more action on pay equity claim: ‘What we need is an actual offer’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd0f41f8e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [ADHD medication use in NZ doubled in just 10 years – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3001d9b677&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Tiwai Point smelter**  
Tom Pullar-Strecker and Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Minister won’t say whether understanding on size of smelter discount already reached with Rio Tinto](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd9d3510a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Smelter future in political spotlight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84a658fc73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Labour’s Tiwai Point u-turn shows they accept we’ve got a looming recession](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f83217fe12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Rio Tinto playing the politicians like fiddles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87244c355c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Housing crisis now ‘housing chaos’ – emergency housing provider](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95c3694286&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Northland housing market under pressure as Kiwis flock home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a27ca97732&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Residential property listings at record low, Auckland asking price hits more than $1 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8b9dfa37b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Property price rise boosted by limited for-sale listings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb7fa24e27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Harris (Stuff): [K?inga Ora seeks power to approve own building consents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b116f19047&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Building consents for small dwellings hit a milestone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=992b24ed4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [More than 10,000 townhouses, flats, and units consented in the last year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=676e2c6393&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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RNZ: The Detail: [Protecting the past while preparing for the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=428565eed3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Guy Marriage (Stuff): [How high is too high for Wellington?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e58c5ebdf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Coronavirus, Trans-Tasman travel bubble**  
Jin Russell & Veronica Playle (Herald): [Plan B is no easy fix for Covid 19 coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=654dea75d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZ’s last Covid cluster ‘tied up’, but is it enough for Auckland to move to level 1?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=277d249c53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Ardern wants trans-Tasman travel bubble because Aussies and Kiwis ‘miss each other’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1587e18138&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jade Gailberger (NewsAu): [Jacinda Ardern’s message to Australia: ‘As much as we hate to admit it, we miss each other’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa99d5bf5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local Government**  
Dominic Harris (Stuff): [SFO investigations into Christchurch and Auckland mayors ‘ongoing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7d2d65f43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Panuku expands asset sales programme due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=968fe33280&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damian George (Stuff): [Council ‘bowing’ to developers should be concern ahead of Shelly Bay land sale vote, Jackson’s lawyer says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa00a87023&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karen Pasco (ODT): [Sir Tim compares himself to Trump, Johnson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6aa5858a39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT: [Dunedin City Council appoints new chief executive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91b346eba8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish MacLean (ODT): [From stop/go signs to council’s top role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=541b08666b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Justice**  
Stuff: [Offer of more than $820,000 to settle prisoners’ mistreatment claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a69af9c0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Governor-General to be asked to end longest serving prisoner’s sentence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbb6df674d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Environment**  
Gina Dempster (ODT): [Where the parties sit on waste](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=349478d461&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Molly Houseman (ODT): [No plan for further appeal of mining firm’s sentence for runoff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=040df6a451&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
RNZ: [Government announces $9m for teacher support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39f74a6afd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Whatman and Simon Walters (ODT): [Too much pressure in broadcast sport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a50b90eaa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Auckland Uni students want online exams after disruptive year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb2886d493&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Miller (ODT): [Uni set to back down; apology considered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86a28c5ef2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Dilworth School**  
Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Extra investigators called in to handle historical abuse claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5da793d63c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Dilworth School: Police receive more than 70 calls over investigation into alleged historical abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a305d6fa40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Police expand team investigating alleged abuse at Dilworth school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56c278e3af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Transport**  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Herald poll: Voters want combined road and rail tunnel for new Auckland harbour crossing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aead1175b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Newstalk ZB: [James Shaw on why Auckland’s second harbour crossing should be rail only](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8b968988b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Labour not sold on Greens’ ambition to investigate Hutt light rail link](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4272833303&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Let’s Get Wellington Moving business cases delayed by months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1882d4d4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Employment**  
Melanie Carroll (Newshub): [Pasifika women ‘work free’ for the rest of the year compared to men: PSA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34b61f3133&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Business, wage subsidy**  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Could NZ write off all its debt? What business leaders think](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=918c5b0f9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [When profit is a dirty word](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3eb887b43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Other**  
Matt Nippert (Herald): [Damien O’Connor’s letter apologising for accusations of leaking is itself leaked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f80b792513&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Solo mum can’t claim benefit because ex-partner got there first](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9f6d5a2d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [KiwiSaver provider Generate believed the first to invest in social housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0224f4b41c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New rules for police use of innovative technology](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61eae17767&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Police push pause on recruitment after huge surge in applications](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3884312b2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Hawke’s Bay iwi leader calls for tangi costs to be funded by Government for some Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afff6162d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Gibb (ODT): [NZ should speak out internationally: prof](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f525b32cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Lewis (ODT): [Peace and hope topics of conversation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bf1103598&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Surge of interest in ‘move to NZ’ searches from US during fiery Trump, Biden debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcbfd02a05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)