> ## 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 – 11 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-11-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-10T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-11T19:29:43.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Parliament’s tie-wearing rules** Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Speaker rules tie requirement to be dropped from Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ce1e3236a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Ties no longer required in Parliament as ‘appropriate business attire’ – Speaker Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ced984b7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Parliament’s great tie-breaker and why Rawiri Waititi got no support from Labour’s Maori MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c62002819b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [Editorial – To tie or not to tie?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29516bb0fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Trevor Mallard in knots over tie debate in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e739582e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Herald): [Why hei-tiki instead of a tie is fashion activism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e708208e1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [‘You do you bro’: Labour MP T?mati Coffey takes a crack at tie-strike from Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b38f9665b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jarrod Haar (Stuff): [Business lessons from the Maori tie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f41524f5a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Newstalk ZB): [Parliament tie stoush – is this really what we pay our MPs to worry about?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0e13b7a79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Parliament urged to ditch the tie and embrace diversity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d53c39305e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Maori Party’s Rawiri Waititi highlights unfairness of Speaker allowing Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March to wear Mexican bolo tie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5180ef370f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [The tie debate: Sales have waned, but young gen haven’t cut ties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac0d44a519&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Calls grow for Rawiri Waititi to follow parliament dress code rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79350566a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Rawiri Waititi getting kicked out of Parliament makes global headlines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23d0a695ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Trevor Mallard-Rawiri Waititi stoush: How soon could changes to Parliament’s dress code happen?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73930e297e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi allowed to speak in Parliament while wearing hei tiki instead of a tie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d9e332a59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Trevor Mallard allows Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi to speak in Parliament while wearing hei tiki in place of tie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee469cab62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Rawiri Waititi allowed to speak in Parliament without neck tie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41c009bdfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Tie debate in Parliament: Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi and Speaker Trevor Mallard face round two](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=872a005b5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Praveen Menon (Reuters): [New Zealand Maori leader ejected from parliament for not wearing a necktie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9a1d30154&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Necktie symbol of assimilation for Waititi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb56ceed0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New planning laws to replace RMA** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [RMA changes may smash the status quo but in a distant, far away land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baa922d44f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Parker is playing the long game with his far reaching RMA reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f3b0143ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Resource Management Act overhaul ‘no silver bullet for house prices’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=488b58ba3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Good riddance to RMA but hard work on replacement still to come – business groups](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=333a67aead&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government reveals new planning laws, but key replacement won’t be passed by end of 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5acdf9673&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Government scrapping Resource Management Act to tackle the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=267b2d399d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [RMA change will take years to boost housing supply – Parker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=981a24e9cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Government confirms it will scrap Resource Management Act, create three new acts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97eb4187fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [RMA reform and housing crisis: How the Government plans to fix a law that ‘is not working’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef659b282d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Good riddance to RMA but hard work on replacement still to come – business groups](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20a75af6c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Government plans to scrap 30-year-old Resource Management Act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb20f59d97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Government recognises Maori role in laws to replace Resource Management Act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9772baa31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [More Maori input into Resource Management Act replacement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=995a172eb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [MPs from all sides turn on Treasury, Reserve Bank and Labour over failure to act on housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed3f4bb240&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Reserve Bank Boss Adrian Orr warns MPs of debt-to-income risks for first home buyers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41355a0536&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Restraints on housing market demand ‘not going to solve the problem’ – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31bb90a6d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Economist: LVR rules won’t bring in big changes to house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2729940f3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [The government’s focus on housing to improve wellbeing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=547b537178&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [New tenancy law reforms positive for renters, landlords fretting over changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8f4b21f8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stephen Forbes (Herald): [‘Stupid and inconsistent’: Urban sprawl set to swallow 31,000 hectares of prime land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=850cecf590&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Barfoot & Thompson auction volumes up more than threefold year-on-year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45cdf684ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Frances Cook (Herald): [Emotional buying in the housing market a red flag](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a32a98bf66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [ANZ reacts to Reserve Bank officially bringing back LVR’s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=646c590ad4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maxine Jacobs (Stuff): [New Zealand Defence Force rent hike on ‘damp and mouldy’ housing rankles families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c6a4470f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Harris (Herald): [Inside Te Paamaru – the former Wellington Night Shelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5187a65025&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Mallard scandal isn’t, and shouldn’t be, over](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81b251dc8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Collins stands by failed no confidence vote, says Mallard ‘destroyed a man’s career’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55588a91eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Brooke van Velden delivers a maiden speech paying tribute to family](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=568c6b9f2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Green Party’s Dr Elizabeth Kerekere wants to amend Human Rights Act to include gender identity, expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7952769dae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New Green MP vows to stand against discrimination towards rainbow community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7eb1a57b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Stuff): [New MP reveals death threats, racism from top paediatric surgeon in maiden speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3196eca8db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Judith Collins says she won’t face leadership challenge soon, ‘if ever’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e939b5729&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ricardo Menendez March MP’s trip to Mexico** Herald: [Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez March explains his travel to Mexico](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67eeedb9dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Green MP Ricardo Menendez March gives details of overseas trip which saw him miss first week of Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acd6c75c98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [New Green MP travelled to Mexico to see step-mother who has aggressive cancer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4d706fc37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Green MP Ricardo Menendez March in managed isolation after visiting Mexico for ‘serious personal family matter’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c19c751ccf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Green MP in managed isolation after leaving New Zealand for ‘serious family matter’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90acac710a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Missing Marxist Mexican MP in MIQ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32e5dadc2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National leader Judith Collins rips into Green MP Ricardo Menendez March over travel to Mexico](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2483f0ef4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Green MP Ricardo Menendez March criticised for heading to Covid hotspot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afed52879b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Air NZ work for Saudi Arabia military** Fran O’Sullivan (NZ Herald): [Air New Zealand lawyers up for deep dig into Saudi fiasco](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b464c46bed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Air New Zealand pinpoints date Saudi Arabia Navy engine contract signed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59a72c175a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Judith Collins slams questioning of MP Christopher Luxon over Air NZ-Saudi controversy as ‘Green Party hit job’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff45a98e82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Yemen scandal no doubt reaches beyond Air NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dcd99fbd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy and work** RNZ: [Auditor-General calls for robust reporting of Covid-19 spending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1803201c92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Stuff): [Why did Covid ‘wave of job losses’ never really hit?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=966497b13b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Recovering job market continues to claw its way back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da01e3a0ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [National questions government debt projections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=633790500d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid** Mike Hosking (Herald): [Australia PM Scott Morrison has a Covid plan and a vision – NZ has neither](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5070d4518&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Katie Todd (RNZ): [No training or support for those making critical decisions, ex-MIQ worker says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df305325d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins rules out piggy-backing off Australia for vaccines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adc34469be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [Travel game-changer: Could vaccines soon open the trans-Tasman bubble?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25a00c61bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **CCTV building collapse scandal** Conan Young (RNZ): [Christchurch earthquake: Families of people killed in CTV building collapse bewildered at length of investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ffd7848dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conan Young (RNZ): [Engineers’ body ‘dysfunctional’ – spokesperson for CTV families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=566b2482db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [CTV families slam length of investigation by engineer’s body](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27c705a019&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sean Plunket departs MediaWorks radio station Magic Talk** Herald: [Sean Plunket departs MediaWorks radio station Magic Talk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d202968535&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Monika Barton (Newshub): [Controversial radio host Sean Plunket departs Magic Talk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6da7bda73f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Sean Plunket to leave Mediaworks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22f87eecb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl Du Fresne: [On Magic Talk and Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73f2f15168&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Morgan Godfery (Stuff): [I live in Waikouaiti. Was I lead poisoned?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c01e2eac9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Engineers for The Wellington Company turned away from Shelly Bay occupation site](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b8f93d5e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Shelly Bay dispute: Police called out as occupation continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e23779c7c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Mitchell (Stuff): [Why you shouldn’t book on a library filling the space left by capital’s luxury department store](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c46c927265&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Freshwater claims and rules** Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Ng?i Tahu leader says legal action comes after decades of government failure over fresh water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04a088d577&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lisa Tumahai (Stuff): [Why two iwi are claiming rangatiratanga over water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=006a811752&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [Southland farmers to consider further protest against freshwater rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42181f8815&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori wards in local government** Audrey Young (Herald): [In 24 hours we’ve seen the best and worst ways to make law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e2be062db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Bridges says Maori wards legislation insulting — ‘It says I’m not good enough because of my whakapapa’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8863de9215&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Waitangi Day and perspectives on the Treaty and race relations** Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [What Te Tiriti means for 2021 – and why it’s more important than ever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a4e922b0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National says a ‘culture of excuses’ and lack of consequences is allowing too much truancy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f507a9cfa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Brown (The Conversation): [Test or invest? NZ’s sliding international student assessment rankings are all about choices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39eae5bf15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ananish Chaudhuri (Herald): [The simple maths problems made not so simple](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fa45ecc2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health** Katie Doyle (RNZ): [Study finds half of Kiwi families struggle to afford healthy food in child’s first year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27d89d0839&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Two-thirds of Kiwis want clampdown on junk food ads to kids — Consumer NZ survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a451c5554&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Victoria University the first to run pill-testing stations in bid to keep students safe at O-Week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2069266b08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Banning Conversion Therapy** Bob McCoskrie: [Effects of ‘Conversion Therapy’ ban rejected by Kiwis – poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8aabb5304&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [National’s support for ban on conversion therapy a ‘consensus’ decision, despite concerns – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbee4897ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government advised to trim funding for Let’s Get Wellington Moving before NZTA bailout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e6ccbab04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Qiuyi Tan (Herald): [New Zealand sanctions on Myanmar: Will they work?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d95633d407&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Doyle (RNZ): [Food hardship in NZ children’s early years revealed in study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d891dcfc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Stuff): [New launch date for Hamilton-Auckland commuter rail service announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=310d398c80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Chinese New Year 2021: Wellington organisers celebrate 20 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ea002edb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maia Hart (Stuff): [New paint job for ‘racist’ sign intimidating neighbours in rural Marlborough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbde4cf87c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Next Rocket Lab launch: satellite for US Missile Defence, moon prep](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14420581db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuart Smith; Arena Williams (Stuff): [Get on board early with global carbon markets to get the best deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6275764de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Christchurch terror attacks: National remembrance service to be held in March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d5266e886&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Reserve Bank data breach: Adrian Orr gains high-ground as Accellion dodges questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d9c455f54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Joyce (Basset Brash and Hide): [What does it now mean to be racist?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d082f2f40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [War of words over bonehead Bridges whack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dca34849c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Internal Affairs probes complaints about Muslim Association of Canterbury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8652bbb16d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)