> ## 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 September 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-1-september-2020/ - Published: 2020-08-31T20:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-01T21:46:04.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Education** Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Couple who called COVID-19 ‘manufactured natural disaster’ held ‘DNA activation’ event at Green School](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b24a7e488&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [James Shaw looking for solution in Green School controversy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59604e0788&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [Marfell School community tells minister ‘we’re shovel ready’ as Green School funding row continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0aca5a5089&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Clinton-Gohdes (Taranaki Daily News): [Green school decision is a symptom of a wider issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21bbc157f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [The $12 million school hosted a DNA activation event!](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d8eb581b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National gets out the cash hose for school infrastructure, a very popular way to spend money](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9055ed90d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National’s election promise: $5bn education spend over three decades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bc3849de7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [National unveils $4.8 billion repair fund for nation’s schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=327c84cf8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s multibillion-dollar plan to fast-track school upgrades in private sector ‘alliance’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78ddf6f6f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [National promises more certainty over school building projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a01a63159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ————— Lee Kenny (Stuff): [Qualified early childhood teachers could earn more working in a supermarket, says centre boss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6244f3e471&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jackson Thomas (Stuff): [Bible studies case dropped, as ‘opt-in clause’ added to law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e74cb1ba75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Why Pride is needed in every New Zealand school in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74d6925f6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Victoria University scraps ‘power-grab’ restructure after staff and student backlash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba2f0335d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Otago uni refuses to release document on med school quotas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08f8f35469&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Maori and Pacific medical education pathways vital to creating equity – University lecturer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26f25b49f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Incorrect testing message** Audrey Young (Herald): [How did the message get so twisted?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4b53a8bdb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says trust only ministers with ‘significant’ Covid updates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f09944c26a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Incorrect testing info pushed out by Govt four days before PM Jacinda Ardern’s correction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1805e01826&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Incorrect Auckland testing information kept online due to issues ‘lost in translation’ – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5829b96f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Ministry of Health conducting review into testing communication blunder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=beb8abae46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Review ordered into testing order blunder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=066c92b099&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [We will always fix it’: Jacinda Ardern’s promise to NZ over COVID-19 mistakes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30d469859f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [How a COVID-19 comms screw-up caused chaos in south Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2faaa8f5eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [Auckland’s last level 3 Sunday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd3bd67ea7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **NZ’s coronavirus response** Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Covid pivot point – Government may be starting to feel lockdowns get balance wrong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83026bd013&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [It’s going to be a long seven weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fa9f16690&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Alert level system revamp not necessary, academics say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0781ed75c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ should opt for Covid-19 containment strategy rather than elimination – John Tamihere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97f63390a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Should more New Zealanders be working from home?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=feb2873fff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Siouxsie Wiles, Michael Baker urge mask wearing to control Covid-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc8e445ed8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Ministry ramps up training, data systems ahead of Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a84c6d817f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Covid-19 vaccine a ‘fantasy’ – controversial epidemiologist Simon Thornley](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54a29c4cca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Covid-19 vaccine for New Zealanders needs to be the ‘right’ one, expert warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=434a67b73f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Even at Level 2, a virus can go viral](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ac3d34f6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Hollywood stars try to dodge isolation rules on entering New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8daa819196&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): [Kiwis urged to remember frontline border staff working under ‘stressful’ conditions as restrictions ease](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c543aedacb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Kiwis should be kind to border workers who are putting their lives at risk – union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f719c0a6b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows and Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Aucklanders sent texts with total strangers’ COVID-19 test results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32ac867343&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland moves to Level 2.5, Level 3** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Exclusive poll shows Aucklanders divided over lockdown extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7c2af6e82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [‘More risk’ in Auckland’s move to Level 2 this time round – Covid-19 modeller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6761dba0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [PM Jacinda Ardern says cases can be managed at alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37c62a27f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): ‘[Not at all’ a political decision: Jacinda Ardern explains Auckland’s move to level 2.5 despite new COVID-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0507e7113&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Expect more notice next time Auckland has to lock down – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47710ca931&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Lockdown’s been ‘really, really tough’ PM acknowledges, as Auckland moves down alert level](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=955f932bda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh, Josephine Franks and Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [PM, Auckland mayor talk city’s recovery at alert ‘level 2.5’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a676cf0b94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [To the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, thank you!](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96cc4dd2a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler and Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Children asked to return to school post-lockdown because their ‘futures depend on this’ – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93c44ff87f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Anxiety high as students return to Auckland schools at level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66ef1a640f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Harris and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Auckland schools expecting low roll call amid ‘alert level 2.5’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84f05074af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Kiwis urging Aucklanders to ‘stay in Auckland’ after flocking the domestic terminals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea031bc487&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vaughan Elder and Hugh Collins (ODT): [Aucklanders coming to Queenstown conference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59106674ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Aucklanders flock to airport for first chance to travel, Rotorua mayor welcomes tourists back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=526f0d4925&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern wants Aucklanders treated with ‘thanks and care they deserve’ as city enters COVID-19 ‘level 2.5’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f1078adb8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Jamieson and Steven Walton (Stuff): [Auckland visitors welcomed back to Queenstown and Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3a27efe7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [Mt Roskill church leader denies allegation of prayer meetings during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad8ffc1e58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Church investigated over allegation meetings were held in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dfebaab86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **EQC** RNZ: Checkpoint: [‘Needle not moving’ as botched EQC re-repairs still coming in – Megan Woods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccc597eba5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Press): [Government to change EQC laws to prevent communities suffering ‘years of trauma](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=165dcec66e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kaysha Brownlie (Newshub): [Government plans to overhaul Earthquake Commission due to its mishandling of the Canterbury earthquakes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bfdadf9a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Hurley (Herald): [Government commits to all EQC inquiry recommendations, legislation will change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=041e9f6893&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government plans to transform Earthquake Commission in wake of inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81e34bfa3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Govt to consider further socialising disaster insurance by lifting the EQC cap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c1474de88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis and euthanasia referenda** Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Social media users respond to ‘harsh’ cannabis legalisation campaign post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c95927338&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Illingworth (Stuff): [Euthanasia referendum: ‘The proposed law isn’t watertight’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02a17ff747&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (NBR): [Pandemic no time for referendums, Rocket Lab founder says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0aacdc442f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Judith Collins’ husband shares anti-Ardern Facebook posts** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Judith Collins says she can’t control husband after series of anti-Jacinda Ardern Facebook posts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=810d11a52c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins says husband isn’t sexist after anti-Ardern memes lead to him being racially abused](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1480844e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Judith Collins’ husband David Wong-Tung subject of racist comments after sharing anti-Jacinda Ardern social media posts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edf7b4b9d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins responds to criticism of husband David Wong-Tung’s anti-Jacinda Ardern social media posts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=435f4f338d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Judith Collins’ husband David Wong-Tung criticised for sharing anti-Jacinda Ardern memes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8277a3ae9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Judith Collins’ husband shares anti-Ardern Facebook posts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c84dcc2c73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cyber attacks** RNZ: Checkpoint: [NZX, organisations warned ahead of cyber attacks, GCSB minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=514441f9ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [GCSB Minister Andrew Little says it has no clues on source of DDOS attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dd014b890&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [GCSB warns cyber-attacks could get worse, issues advisory to all NZ businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd17cc86a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Stubbs (Stuff): [NZX may only have itself to blame for cyberattacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3c6c0b16a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): [How did the NZX find itself here?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=656b64217b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [New Zealand businesses urged to take data security seriously following NZX cyber attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b31c7bce5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Stuff, RNZ say they were the target of a failed cyberattack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ef98d9786&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZX interrupted but trading continues after last week’s cyber attacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a17fb2b897&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Dan Satherley and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [Businesses around the country glad to see Aucklanders back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4fa029518&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Business confidence drops in August](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1631b7b10c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Survey shows small businesses better prepared for alert level changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2b9cdfd43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Phare (Herald): [Business Hub: Rob Fyfe on Covid-19, advising the PM and why he likes tackling a crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc7721288d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health** Dominic O’Sullivan (Stuff): [Two inquiries find unfair treatment and healthcare for Maori: This is how we fix it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d28618aca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [DHB woes highlight system issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=446e3954c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Rheumatic fever robs career of promising young rugby player as NZ battles to rid the preventable disease](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c06c48fa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Stuff): [Palmerston North still waiting for mental health ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9235bdced&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Damian George (Stuff): [Councillor publicly apologises after turning his back on a waiata](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eee73a00a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington councillor publicly apologises for turning his back on waiata](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8e4241394&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [‘No ecologists on my land’ – West Coast Regional council chair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c75606c79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (RNZ): [Port Marlborough ‘disappointed’ after lack of consultation on freedom campsite](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7de12daf36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [‘I felt like we were holding on to a lie’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7aca1d257b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Houseman (ODT): [ORC to try to buy time for policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4820cc7084&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [What my Labour mates won’t admit about the Wellington housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec6cfd12b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Slim pickings for New Zealand house buyers as available properties dry up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=beb5b68f8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Record-low housing stock, sky-high asking prices as COVID-19 pandemic impacts market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9efc8f1b99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [House prices holding up during Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9440af0ad7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Police setting up $9m facial recognition system which can identify people from CCTV feed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71346a9a26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [If police think this is lawful and ethical, why did they try to hide it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5245ad76d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Migrant labour, employment** Steve Kilgalllon (Stuff): [No work, no pay: Sitaram Mukkumala’s unhappy New Zealand story](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ab6904ccc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Union calls for end to 12 hour port worker shifts after death](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7121a2d773&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Auckland wharfies make claims of lax safety, near-miss before man was crushed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53dd4ebc0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Nats would keep minimum wage exemption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc59a52fd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Mataura paper mill fire** Conan Young (RNZ): [‘We shouldn’t have to live like this’: Mataura resident on third toxic waste scare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a601560b4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Fire at disused Mataura paper mill storing potentially toxic waste extinguished](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68883610de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [\\No risk to toxic waste, but fire sparks fear among Mataura residents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b03dac5320&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Fire bosses say no risk of fire getting to hazardous substance at old mill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdfbdd4477&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Tim O’Connell and Cherie Sivignon (Nelson Mail): [Extinction Rebellion protestors chain themselves to fertiliser depot’s gate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=016c304097&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tiwai Point** Evan Harding (Southland Times): [Tiwai aluminium smelter proves to be a political hot potato](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0616f97fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** Sarah Bradley (1News): [Noumea-based NZ consul Bruce Shepherd dies, aged 55](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f6b2dcb0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Maori and Pasifika voices to be front and centre in international climate change talks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4fbc0ed66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Gavin Ellis: [Where has all the policy gone?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24c807a7ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Philip McKibbin (Herald): [Voting with all our hearts can make a difference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edc091050c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Charter flight to NZ for 30 Kiwi criminals, including a paedophile, kicked out of Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fd8cb6302&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Massola (Stuff): [Australia-New Zealand travel plan still bubbling away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=203b7820fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Freeman Apou (Stuff): [The dangerous Covid-19 infodemic and why no-one is immune](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85722e6287&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Public asked for thoughts on green building practices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd11c1105a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Frykberg (RNZ): [Red meat sector issues pointers for politicians](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cca3de38d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Calderwood Norton and Jordan Grimme (Spinoff): [The charity conundrum: should Family First get the same status as Greenpeace?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8805a04583&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Philip Matthews (Press): [Munted: Christchurch’s Wizard says post-quake CBD is avoided by locals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=120f67c7c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zoe George (Stuff): [Kiwi canoeing great Ian Ferguson felt unable to help put-upon paddlers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d61b3f26ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Fox (Stuff): [What do the new building consent exemptions really mean for builders and DIYers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5603db57aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Greymouth over-reaching with permit claim – Crown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e070cd25f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)