> ## 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 – 10 July 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-10-july-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-09T20:46:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-09T20:52:40.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Tiwai Point to close** Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Government subsidising practically everything plays hardball with Rio Tinto](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=094e92f931&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Sudden closure of aluminium smelter worst outcome for jobs, consumers and the environment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=112b9790e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Tiwai closure sad news – and an opportunity for the environment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d82f555f58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Rio Tinto are not good corporate citizens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af0c6f8427&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Why the Government was right not to bail out Tiwai ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=653f364906&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Auckland votes close smelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aab880f4e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Post-smelter plan must be readied](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39e3629f7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Southland Times Editorial: [Tiwai closure: let’s not cry catastrophe and go foetal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7750ce54fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: L[ooking for silver linings in Tiwai Point pain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2d8c51e05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Tiwai Point attracted controversy from the start](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d470e6f039&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Tiwai Point closing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e65970da2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Fallow (Stuff): [Departing NZAS told it must live up to environmental responsibilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8d527934b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Tiwai Point smelter closure: Government’s warning to Rio Tinto over $256 million clean-up of site](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b5528adc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leith Huffadine (Stuff): [Tiwai Point smelter closure: What happens to the electricity sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c85ce2e1eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Tiwai Point closure: What it could do to power prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3590ab419d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Tiwai Point closure: What Transpower must spend to shift excess power north](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc83b584b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Transpower considering bringing forward electricity grid upgrades at cost of up to $600m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c4cf91af1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Tiwai closure: assured short-term pain but maybe long-term gain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed36c956dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Gray (Herald): [NZ power company shares trade sharply lower on Tiwai Point’s closure plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b3a6ca574&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Brunskill (BusinessDesk): [Rio Tinto pulls the plug on Tiwai, wiping $2.8b off gentailers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=459a85d114&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Tiwai Point aluminium smelter closure will cause some electricity to become useless – Meridian](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f2d238f5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Meridian Energy’s Neal Barclay on losing biggest customer, Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point: ‘We will adapt’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03d00f21d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Contact Energy warns Rio Tinto decision could push up power prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de4a2edc2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [‘Sense of inevitability’ as Government refuses to budge on saving Tiwai Point aluminium smelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98ddfe8ccf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [ZAS says there’s still a ‘small window’ to keep smelter open; Govt won’t provide lifeline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d18c477b95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Tiwai Point smelter closure: ‘A real blow for the people of Southland’ – Finance Minister Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2af7f993a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tiwai smelter closure: A ‘tough day’ for Southland – Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16ff6badb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [James Shaw: What Tiwai Point closure means for carbon emissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39080d696a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (NBR): [Govt slams Tiwai smelter ‘window’ shut; expects lower power prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a2eb27f97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [‘Closing Tiwai is game-changing’: What is Bluff without the smelter?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6844640a5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Prospects slim for Tiwai Point aluminium smelter workers set to lose jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e6cd2bf7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Jackson (Stuff): [Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter closure: ‘It’s a real tragedy for Southland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d8fa196a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Southland faces ‘shattering impact’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d518907bb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan and Luisa Girao (ODT): [Hammer blow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=830a559af8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Stuff): [Southland leaders vow to fight closure of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0286dbfa44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding and Logan Savory (Stuff): [Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt ‘absolutely shattered’ by news of Tiwai Aluminium Smelter closure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b0986d1a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Smelter closure plans ‘shattering’: Shadbolt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d9a86f3a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Invercargill deputy mayor optimistic despite Tiwai Point closure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=464a8a4486&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Smith and Karen Pasco (ODT): [Despite devastation, community determined to support one another](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39d36410b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Reality kicks in for Tiwai Point aluminium smelter employees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=335e4ea9cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Smith and Louise Scott (ODT): [Chief: closure decision is ‘devastating’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e8f7cacfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Many firms entwined with smelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93b97e648d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [One third of port’s cargo at stake as closure looms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25a052317e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Jackson (Stuff): [South Port chairman: sad to see closure of mutually beneficial Tiwai smelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0cfc65cfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft, Rebecca Stevenson and Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Tiwai Point aluminium smelter to close, 1000 jobs to go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c79ddc945f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Rio Tinto announces plans to close Tiwai Point smelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb25c9d900&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Tiwai Point aluminium smelter to close next year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f77a34dbbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** John Armstrong (1News): [National ‘deserves the book be thrown at it’ after rogue MP’s ‘low-life behaviour’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b01945c809&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Dunne: [It is not every day one of your most junior MPs turns your party into the best reason yet for re-electing your opponents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4ca7e6c16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National MP Paula Bennett calls out Hamish Walker’s Covid-19 patient detail leak as ‘deplorable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fa581ab64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Michelle Boag offers to resign from Simplicity KiwiSaver board](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da414f43f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [High interest in National seat vacated by disgraced MP Hamish Walker ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30802f0007&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Peter Dunne on Hamish Walker saga: ‘MPs need more education’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0ca61d063&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s Todd Muller recognises need to check in on ‘younger’ MPs with ‘less life experience’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a16c4293d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Expelling Hamish Walker from National Party was never on the cards – Todd Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21407dfe9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Is Todd Muller the heir to Key and English — or does he have his eye on a bigger prize?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55cfd101e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter: [A Party Of Honourable Men?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6eabecd61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Todd Muller rejects question suggesting National haven’t announced any policies under his leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64c918c334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Todd Muller outlines five point economic plan, including big debt reduction push](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a2aae9873&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [National leader Todd Muller promises five-point plan to address economic downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61ce0bce31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Muller gives details on National’s economic plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77452eb857&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [National Party Leader Todd Muller pledges a return to surplus and major government debt pay down without raising taxes or cutting benefits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e44000079&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denna Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [National MP Judith Collins holds court in Taranaki during whistle-stop visit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0df5fb4dba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border quarantine facilities, compassionate leave, vaccine** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Border oversights continue as Covid-19 walks into a supermarket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e1ba5137e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Ministry apparently MIA for hours after managed isolation escape](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b5dcf150e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [The absurdity of no health advice for the Covid-visited Countdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecd3d54f0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Police officers and higher fences at isolation hotels from today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87af69711c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Police to be at every quarantine facility as Megan Woods delivers stern message for those absconding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=665ddba907&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Permanent police presence at Covid-19 isolation facilities from today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87a3de92be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small and Lisette Reymer (Newshub): [Government enforces 24-hour police presence at COVID-19 managed isolation facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3b7d09331&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Police at isolation facilities may mean public less safe – police union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00abc30f95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Police Association says cops shouldn’t be babysitting those in isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=355d3603fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cyrstal Wu (Newshub): [Expert says Government should consider the use of tracking bracelets for people in quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ac42341f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Stop smoko breaks to prevent more quarantine breaches, epidemiologist suggests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b67eac4767&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Blurred lines – balancing quarantine rules and personal responsibility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37d5be58cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [No need for Kiwis to worry after man with COVID-19 escaped isolation – medical expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78d161de55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [New Zealand must temporarily close its borders to new arrivals from today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ec49db0cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Auckland isolation escapee used free wi-fi, made 22-minute call on his way back to hotel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db53a1ddb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Leask (Herald): [Infected man who escaped Stamford Plaza hotel questions diagnosis and evidence on his trip](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64ba328b72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Megan Harvey (Herald): [Stamford Plaza hotel escaper’s ‘selfish act’: Isolation hotel guests’ anger as they’re stuck inside](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2428cc5c1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Healthline operator ‘had no idea’ about COVID-19 escapee, told Countdown customer ‘don’t worry about it’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd76f6e665&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Countdown says fully cleaned store opened for three minutes ‘in error’ after COVID-19 escapee visited, says ‘no risk’ to Patrick Gower or other customers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=071bd12779&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [‘Go back to where you came from’ – Kiwis in managed isolation facing abuse from the public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16a705785f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Patrick Gower (Newshub): [Judge warns Government over ‘illegal’ ban on compassionate leave after Kiwi misses chance to farewell dying father](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98bef84ec8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): [National vaccination tracking system too decrepit for Covid-19 vaccine rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ae926113e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): [So you’ve designed a vaccine. Then what?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43285e7f58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [The Greens will be vital to Jacinda Ardern’s re-election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37888e6112&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [TOP leader Geoff Simmons announces run in Rongotai](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2853cf5419&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Euthanasia and cannabis referenda** Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Euthanasia – Who speaks for the disabled?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1b3709039&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National’s Paula Bennett, Greens’ Chlöe Swarbrick go head-to-head over cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c133dad7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Ministry of Health finds records of 30 deaths of those with intellectual disabilities after Ombudsman investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f75405b0ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Ministry of Health unaware intellectually disabled people had died in its care, Chief Ombudsman report reveals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c9d35379f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Edward O’Driscoll (1News): [Doctors demand better pregnancy warning labels on alcohol bottles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05f2d49d4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Pharmac to lift dispensing restrictions, caused by Covid-19, for most meds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38db879d3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Mental health admissions will spike post-lockdown – DHB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f1700c254&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Government looks for new pathway for Maori mental health & addiction services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=076ff4af2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Trigger (Stuff): [Government appointment ‘best way’ to get Maori on health boards, reps say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9edb74ccd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Hawke’s Bay Hospital: ‘Vexed issue of air-conditioning’ may take 10 years for long-term fix](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9cf33e458&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Pollution limit exemptions for food-growing areas ‘grossly inequitable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b5866c058&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Manawatu Standard): [Lake Horowhenua freshwater exemption shows nationwide rules don’t work, says National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9aa319c098&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Iwi welcomes freshwater and environment package in wake of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c234b3a803&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Awatere River landfill spill: Council defends itself over earlier red flags](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d303975318&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘No easy solution’ to rubbish spill tarnishing sacred Awatere River, advisor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee1fa97f5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [1080 replacement poison, AI camera funded for predator free 2050](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2698183b7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [More hot days, fewer frosts: how NZ’s climate has already changed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2b8aadd92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Fighting climate change is a marathon, not a sprint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61edf65f3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) AP: [World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold by 2024, World Meteorological Organization says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5133dc6751&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Water** Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): [Water bottling plants ‘lawfully’ approved, High Court rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=821758d332&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Canterbury water bottling consents: Environmental group considers further action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c22d98d3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [ORC signals opposition to bottling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c73117cea2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Government to bail out councils with $761m water services investment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=080ec0eb96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Hawke’s Bay mayors welcome $760m water upgrade package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15ced6c7ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [National Maori Council wants High Court to decide water ownership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1de1d5bd78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Feed the Cat Queen: Your money guide to Work and Income](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5493de0a94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Covid-19 could spell another economic downturn for Maori, report warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7537b9deb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ng?i Tahu, Waikato Tainui want to break cycle of Maori going into blue collar jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dc3af64e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) D’Angelo Martin (Maori TV): [How to free Maori from blue-collar job bias](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ac6290cd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [New Zealand’s job market bouncing back ‘faster, better than expected’ – Trade Me](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=471b0c2cf8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Auckland programme to create 700 new jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8551f6a406&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand to ‘review’ its relationship with Hong Kong, as Five Eyes countries respond to Beijing’s national security law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f0406244b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New Zealand to review relationship with Hong Kong after China enforces national security law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08909991bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Foreign ministers of Five Eyes discuss Hong Kong on call – official](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb74624b5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Kiwis stuck in Australian detention protest deportation delays](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdffd28bbf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Helen Clark to head WHO Covid-19 response panel** AP: [Helen Clark to head new World Health Organization Covid-19 response panel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82946b5bab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Helen Clark to co-lead WHO panel looking into world response to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab2dcc2221&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Former prime minister Helen Clark to lead new Covid response panel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8974c18967&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Helen Clark to head WHO panel to review handling of Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe33463f49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Esther Taunton (Stuff): [NZ’s top dairy farmer ‘should be stripped of his award’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31fc66fc20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Farmers question Government’s plan to add $44b in primary sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=958dbbc665&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice and corrections** Anna Whyte (1News): [Amnesty concerned at prisoners missing minimum daily time outside cell during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=384b4816cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Violent offender tried 78 other programmes before South Auckland charity changed his life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbb84202f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** David Farrar: [Appalling misinformation from Auckland Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31e8d9010e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Auckland Council to cut over 500 permanent jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9b293ca5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [‘Boutique hotel’, turned into central-city emergency accommodation, slammed by mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb13f23c9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** James Power (Herald): [How 700,000 Kiwi houses just aren’t doing their job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d570ca3a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Northland mum had cold showers for a month after landlords didn’t fix cylinder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e01a3c859&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Damien Venuto (Herald): [The big Kiwi spender that refuses to join Facebook boycotts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e032fe81f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Julianne Evans (University of Auckland): [What does the future hold for the New Zealand media landscape in a post-COVID world?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dad2bb9630&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Andrew Ecclestone: [Why we need a full and independent review of the OIA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f647046a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [No guarantees for millions given to big tourism companies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fd4cbb633&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael SW Lee (University of Auckland): [A story of taxes, wealth and an Easter egg hunt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7d2880194&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcrot (Stuff): [Consumer watchdog sets standards for environmental claims made by manufacturers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9c1b4016e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Blommerde (Waikato Times): [Waikato University Vice-Chancellor remains tight-lipped on how he plans to attract new students post Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4de553a74e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [The America’s Cup fiasco](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea40975339&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Winston Peters’ surgery a success – Deputy PM thanks medical staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b5cb0a078&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [‘Confusing’ travel rules see tourists turned away from flights home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d79ffe277a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kaitlin Ruddock (1News): [Increasing carbon charges putting people relying on coal out of pocket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d52f4da3aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Economic activity and business confidence bouncing back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=380d615e83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [The yellow sticker crunch – Wellington’s earthquake strengthening problem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c34499840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [New safety issue with Rolls-Royce Dreamliner engines ‘could lead to cracks’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bdcd8c2f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [Two years on and nothing done – Petone to Grenada highway looks dead in water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ab7b21a1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Californian family’s bid to recover son’s body from NZ lake rejected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=984edfc13f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lindsay Wright (Herald): [Our naivety sank with Rainbow Warrior 35 years ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b27c7d4d27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)