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# Daily News Roundup – 10 May 2021
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-10-may-2021/
- Published: 2021-05-09T20:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-09T20:20:29.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

**Public sector pay freeze**  
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ae9878494&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Why Jacinda Ardern needs to make a John Key-style u-turn on pay sector freeze](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e09777d24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alexia Russell (RNZ): [Pay freezing out your traditional voter base](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb97142dcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Muldoon or Richardson? Robertson cops it from all sides](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c9fa3e746&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [Labour in trouble with public sector pay ‘freeze’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b77d20107&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Branko Marcetic (Democracy Project): [Labour’s public sector pay freeze isn’t just a betrayal of frontline workers – it’s a rejection of mainstream economic thinking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98d82852c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Ardern says public sector pay freeze excludes the ‘too many low-paid’ workers in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7b97284e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Police Minister Poto Williams says three-year pay freeze for cops won’t hurt recruitment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f6b6fe415&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [Why is a Labour government encouraging its employees to become contractors?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef71691a04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): [Ardern penny pinching on nurses and police pay makes no sense](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cc248a73f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Pay freeze hits public servants but not contractors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea9b6f6d13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Government’s wage freeze and fair pay policy under fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bf9f83612&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Pay freezes and fair pay agreements: the unions get their biggest win in decades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f04f146681&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Union bosses to Government: We won’t take public pay freeze ‘lying down’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7010b2882&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Public servants ‘blindsided’ by hearing about pay freeze in the media first](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bcf147e4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: unseemly scrap, public service pay restraint, KiwiRail largesse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=923762ae6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Fair pay agreements**  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour accused of being ‘stuck in 1970s’ as Business NZ calls for Fair Pay Agreements to be terminated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5131314db0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Unions vs businesses: Fair pay agreement news staunchly divides factions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c15a2328ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Government announces ‘Fair Pay Agreements’ plan in radical overhaul of New Zealand employment laws](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d936348d5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Fair Pay Agreements ‘unnecessary’, hospitality business owner says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c543aa43fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour forges ahead with Fair Pay Agreements: 10 pct workforce support can spark negotiations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa41b62c7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Fair Pay Agreements will ensure working Kiwis get a fair go – Michael Wood](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3668e7b2cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Pay freeze and fair pay agreements; this week was more about unions than workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=271565da9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Is this government listening to itself?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47a25669b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Treasury reservations about fair pay agreements dismissed by government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb442dde00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**He Puapua document and Maori self-determination**  
Stuff: [Editorial – Let sunlight in to the race debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e9b9394fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Caitlin Ellis (Newshub): [Judith Collins calls for ‘national conversation’ from Jacinda Ardern after controversial He Puapua report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52a2477708&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [National and Act raise questions after leak of documents parties say recommend a major DoC shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c5ad691e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [He Puapua report bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1def181a39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Harman: [Collins prepares to ride Pakeha backlash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=376152e99d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Winston McCarthy (E-Tagata): [Orewa’s ugly echoes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=638d7bfc38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Siobhan Wilson (1News): [National’s opposition to policies promoting Maori equity unlikely to gain them much traction — commentator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=122e8fe277&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**China and New Zealand**  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New Zealand-China relationship: Aotearoa’s balancing act of trade and human rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96498778a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Elizabeth Beattie (Reuters): [New Zealand ‘shadow boxes’ over Xinjiang amid pressure to speak up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51bf390b7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jane Clifton (Listener/Herald): [NZ asserts its right to treat trade and security separately](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f91cb1aad8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Caitlin Ellis (Newshub): [China currently ‘very happy’ with New Zealand – international law expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e16d0a633&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [MPs fine with upsetting China, our biggest trading partner, by criticising ‘severe human rights abuses’ against Uighurs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d951a7dbf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Colin Peacock (RNZ): [China’s PR intensifies as media focus falls on Uyghurs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=856fe2e947&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Geoffrey…  
Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in Politics: Don’t interfere, China tells New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=758fa79086&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Siobhan Wilson (1News): [NZ should separate foreign affairs from trade when dealing with China, Asia analyst says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fede9a9e6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard**  
Damien Grant (Stuff): [Trevor Mallard’s blunders have cost him the mana required of the Speaker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=768f5c19bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alison Mau (Stuff): [Fireworks in the House will not fix Parliament’s dirty issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29720f873c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Trial by media — the defendant, Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fcadb271e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7566ec2f31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Waatea News: [Mallard squawk a test for parliamentary privilege](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c99fa1586&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing crisis**  
Mandy Te (Stuff): [‘It might wear off but I’m happy’: The woman who sleeps in a Wellington bus shelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25b886a667&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Miriam Bell (Stuff): [‘Five to seven years’ to fix housing supply problem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1ce4428c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mikaela Wilkes (Stuff): [Explainer: What are rent controls, and would they actually make things better for renters?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=964264ad0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [End emergency housing next year, National challenges Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4a18139b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ethan Griffiths (Herald): [How much is spent on emergency housing in Whanganui](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fab553c9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Miriam Bell (Stuff): [From Te Awamutu to Timaru, here’s where Aotearoa’s ‘affordable’ homes are hiding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66bccb23a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Reddell: [Banks, housing lending, and fixing housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f35165d89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Carmen Hall (Herald): [Rental crisis: Would you pay $30,000 upfront to get a rental? Tenants’ desperate measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f2c951bce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Rotorua moteliers fear penalties for refusing unwanted emergency housing guests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd9d8dfb18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Walton (Stuff): [‘It’s quite harsh out here’: Data reveals clusters of social housing in Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c9c5f78ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [House prices increased 21% in the last year, despite action to slow growth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=998b374a81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Karl du Fresne: [Maori wards: what councillors who vote ‘no’ can expect](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f09900bad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [What’s there to hide? Call to lift the lid on investigation into Wellington’s mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bae9732817&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jimmy Ellingham (Stuff): [Education and publicity could be key to reversing abysmal voter turnout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2aa1e1cf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [‘Faith wanes’ in council management of Waimea dam project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f2a384150&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Auckland congestion charge could hit poor hardest, councillors warn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3f7bda7aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy, Budget, and work**  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Budget 2021: Finance Minister Grant Robertson to reveal how tight money will be](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e694cc0e4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Budget 2021: Grant Robertson to reveal if there’s any extra money in the budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c22abe23c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Gray (Herald): [Financing New Zealand’s infrastructure and improved social outcomes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29d5f3afb8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Political pundit slams Provincial Growth Fund as ‘a disaster’, ‘giant slush fund’ after marae upgrade announcement falls short on delivering jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce2a0f726e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Covid reveals too many empty chairs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f885092f77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lucy Xia (Stuff): [Eight illegal workers detained, two deported after raids on Government-run sites in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d4a339132&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Draper (Stuff): [New Zealand Inc needs its workers to be multi-lingual](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0ce38ff92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Mike King (Herald): [Ministry needs to sort out crisis in mental health services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35e1bec768&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Davis (Stuff): [Health system overhaul ‘won’t make a difference in Auckland’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d16077dfd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Davis (Herald): [Maori leadership needed on health equity for all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8c742bff2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bridie Witton (RNZ): [Corridor nursing reaches ‘crisis point’ in the emergency department](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a7e0e1785&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Stannard (Stuff): [Health reforms should empower the people and focus on prevention](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfe1ef9ae5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Budget 2021: Government commits $53 million to help fight cervical cancer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=483e4cec4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Green (Stuff): [Cervical cancer self-test to be available from 2023, should reduce health inequality for w?hine Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7910b5fb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [High burnout levels in medical and dental professions, leads to errors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8ecfe9b60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Sir Mason Durie the first Maori Health Authority appointment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09dc300675&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Florence Kerr (Stuff): [Ng?ruaw?hia locals want the kind of healthcare first envisioned by Princess Te Puea H?rangi 100 years ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f14d1419cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Neil Warrington (Herald): [Why nurses are bewildered by the DHB pay offer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7306ce97a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Iwi leaders tire of political bickering over Maori Health Authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81c59ec1df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Youth mental health funding boost not enough, but a start – advocates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98c0204b99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonny Wilkinson (Herald): [Let’s ‘Be Kind’ – and that includes you, Pharmac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fa68b6fc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government to build new ‘opt-out’ breast cancer screening system to reach missing 271,000 people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=671a5c3e18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament and political parties**  
Bill Ralston (Listener/Herald): [National Party fracturing along religious lines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff9602f271&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Phil Smith (RNZ): [Public help makes good bills great law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27efca5447&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Points of Order: A single moment of moral clarity during a truly tawdry week at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e362b1b87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Christchurch Call**   
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Will the US joining the Christchurch Call give it any teeth?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c95f97a3e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [PM Jacinda Ardern: United States an ‘important partner’ as it joins the Christchurch Call taking on terrorists and violent extremists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=844e77a265&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Leask (Herald): [New Zealand, France to co-chair Christchurch Call leaders’ summit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74e13c5e57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Ardern and Macron to co-chair Christchurch Call leaders’ summit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d621358abb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Covid and border**  
Katie Todd (RNZ): [MIQ staff often feel unable to report breaches, union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5bf615535&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Editorial: Still waiting – vaccine rollout suffers from a lack of urgency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5674c93b42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [Covid-19 coronavirus: Many port workers missing out on vaccine, union boss says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e04c474d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Oranga Tamariki strip searches to be ‘phased out’ – Minister for Children Kelvin Davis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=494094f685&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Taxpayers shell out more than $12,000 to transport dead turtle, give it a funeral](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0d3548ef5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Returning endangered turtle’s body to Canterbury hap? right thing to do — DOC, Te Papa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=976fe19fca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Justin Latif (1News): [Are free school lunches hitting the spot for South Auckland kids?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6370ee9cb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brianna Mcilraith (Stuff): [Animal activists continue bid to speed up end of live animal exports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99698c8ffd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Te Aorewa Rolleston (RNZ): [Half of Maori women experience sexual or physical violence – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=603c25849f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Power woes: ‘We need a solution or we are going to wreck our economy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b772e4502f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike O’Donnell (Stuff): [NZ’s ‘trusted’ reputation is one of our greatest assets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed3a386728&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
James Goodhue (Stuff): [For regions to survive, they must avoid the temptation of urban sprawl](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2762a347a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brian Easton: [Why are we moving to Auckland?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b345c81eb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Daniel Laufer (Stuff): [When PR firms become the news, it’s a different kind of crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=618130a8d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Hart (Stuff): [We’re growing up as a nation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ae4e49f64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Twyman (1News): [NZ’s vaccination helpline labelled ‘dysfunctional’, ‘a shambles’ by adviser taking the calls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b6e4aa9ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Principal suspects teachers’ health issues linked to toxic mould](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=005d4ba1d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Less than 15 per cent of schools using Government-funded programme on sexual education](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcc82d6a12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dubby Henry (Herald): [Waikato University professor apologises after using n-word in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fa825de62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

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