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# Daily News Roundup – 11 January 2021
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-11-january-2021/
- Published: 2021-01-10T19:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-10T19:06:47.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

**US politics and NZ**  
Chris Keall (Herald): [NZ Privacy Commissioner critical of Facebook and Twitter’s decision to ban Trump](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95875867e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [NZ privacy commissioner says social media bans on Trump ‘arbitrary and cynical’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac9ec5f35e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [PM should not ‘tiptoe’ around Trump’s culpability – professor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=713d72ba5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [US riots: NZ Trump aide Chris Liddell staying on to ‘lead successful transition’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=573d1fa409&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Facebook cracking down on local hate pages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14ca855478&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Covid, vaccine, and border**  
Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Covid-19: Where New Zealand’s imported cases have originated from](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=344cb57592&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): [Covid-19: Lockdown expected if UK or South African variant found in community – Shaun Hendy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c98b2380ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Spike in borders cases, Brisbane lockdown shows need for ‘extra vigilance’ – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=499d493afa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Covid-19: UK variant raises risk of community transmission – Baker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cc5cd54f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [How often bubbles have been breached in MIQ (and how many people have been penalised)](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=798ba14ae5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [‘It shouldn’t be this hard to come home’: Kiwi stuck in UK criticises MIQ booking system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b434bcfcaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ian Powell: [Covid-19: Elimination vs Mitigation – Learning from Asia and Europe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9249ea4ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT: [Clear direction crucial in tough times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c965f53f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Helen Petousis-Harris (Stuff): [When will life return to normal? A vaccinologist looks into her crystal ball](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e1c0acfcd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [Our kotahitanga Covid-19 response set us apart from the rest of the world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b0a2ab16e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland, Canterbury DHBs received stark financial warning from Health Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5d5b96ad9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stuff: [‘Bathing in mould’: Mother hits out at state of room in managed isolation hotel in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87d351560e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament and Government**  
Pattrick Smellie (Business Desk): [Next six months are make or break for Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e2c1e034a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alex Mason (Herald): [Meet the minister: Kiritapu Allan – from rural life to conservation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aaf8a4ab5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Economy and work**  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [2020 meant working more, earning less, lower standard of living, CTU says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f7268ce5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damien Grant (Stuff): [We could be staring down the barrel of decades of stagnation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85c1fb489b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kirsty Wynn (Herald): [The top jobs to emerge from the pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=121c7f7a32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Stuff): [Work and Income pays out millions in whiteware costs to Kiwis in need](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f9268b198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [How our Covid year revealed how risky consumer debt really is](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a3a0089cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andy Fyers (Business Desk): [Covid’s impact on working life – less than you might think?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8534c5877&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Emile Donovan (RNZ): [Covid-19: Franz Josef businesses in limbo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81a6fd9a00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Reserve Bank cyber breach**  
RNZ: [Reserve Bank likely hacked by another government – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e096bbe1ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Reserve Bank urgently responding to ‘illegal breach of data system’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42a5709b3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Reserve Bank data breach: Sensitive information illegally accessed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd18993606&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Happy New Year! Here’s your eviction notice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=955ec2b6fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anne Gibson (Herald): [Biggest tenancy law reform in 35 years: ‘I’ll keep my places empty’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23e6dd2439&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stuff: [K Rd Chronicles, episode 1: The Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c26e134188&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amy Ridout (Stuff): [They may be off the streets, but Nelson’s homeless community is growing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c6ee35e10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [‘She needs to stand up’: calls for mayor’s action on homelessness, safety](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e3abf197c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Liz McDonald (Stuff): [Christchurch holiday sites sold as developer plans new housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2102946566&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Climate change, environment and conservation**  
Oliver Hunt (Stuff): [Healthcare rethink required for carbon neutral 2025 goal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c11fcea4be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gavin Evans (Business Desk): [Genesis, major users to drive 2021 renewables growth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ce8a4db99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lee Kenny (Stuff): [Record numbers of electric cars took to the road this summer, but how did they cope with the great Kiwi road trip?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53343eca67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): [What happened to recycling in New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb55f1d465&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Funding on way for 19 projects to enhance waterways](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fec7e4cf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [What will our beaches, lakes and rivers look like in 2050?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d64c16299&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Analysis: Councils put the heat on Wellington’s congestion question](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d21a820f4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joanne Naish (Stuff): [The mana of Ng?ti Waewae: Gaining representation for Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a39feed96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Why Auckland’s beaches are unswimmable every time it rains, and what’s being done to turn it around](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c494971e36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Auckland water bills may need to double to plug fiscal hole](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2f2b5b85a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Auckland mayor Phil Goff says Watercare decision to double water bills in a decade too drastic from some families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65860578c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Charlie O’Mannin (Stuff): [Mackenzie councillors divided over a new Tekapo ward for next election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30dca3558b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Engineers withdraw from building consent work in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e1e430ec6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Police, prisons, and law and order**  
Cheree Kinnear (Herald): [Police halt training despite rise in gun crime, recruits left in ‘limbo’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68c0a65d3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Police postpone intake of new recruits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f677a71584&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Time to outlaw gangs following prison riots and shootings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bdfcb9c39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Trotter: [On Prisons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a6a42bf54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Charles Anderson (Guardian): [‘Forms of structural violence’: Waikeria highlights injustice of New Zealand’s prisons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a8d539513&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [Charity working at prison forced to make security changes after contraband bust](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37b5f368e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Southland Hospital pressure doubles in three months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1efb9346c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [The fallout of a GP shortage: the sicker you are, the more you pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd914d8673&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amy Wiggins (Herald): [Foreigners responsible for $68.5m of debt written off by New Zealand District Health Boards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f0cedfc70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Other**  
Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Hate speech – better to have the poison hatch out in the open](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c544949e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John McCrone (Stuff): [New Zealand challenged by Maori academics to decolonise its legal training](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e31776dda3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Fleur Mealing (Stuff): [Why this Kiwi mum wants to shake up your kid’s sex education](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ebe4d4174&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Troels Sommerville (Stuff): [Censor sensibility: The books you can’t read in New Zealand, and why](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f3da3cd03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Fisher (Herald): [Kiwi diplomat was a Russian spy, says NZSIS, author and historian](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d9681bb6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Will Harvie (Stuff): [Russia and NZ in ‘knock out brawl’ over fishing vessel in protected Antarctic waters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dc9b698e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cherie Howie (Herald): [The many strange names of New Zealand: From Wet Jacket Arm to Hoon Hay, what’s with our oddball place names?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9cbac8b4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [2020’s winners and losers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff8320bdc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Katie Harris (Herald): [NZ surrogacy laws: Dad pens letter to Jacinda Ardern from isolation hotel after two-day US trip to deliver sperm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a91747b248&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tina Law (Stuff): [Hotel name change sparks angry reaction from a small minority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d595a0951&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Intellectually disabled teen kept in prison because he had nowhere else to go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e8ae8dd80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [‘Asians can’t be vegan’: How Asian-Kiwis are smashing stereotypes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a5e7d5706&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Leask (Herald): [Louise Nicholas’ daughter Jessica’s story of addiction, destruction and redemption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f29d7a5e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: Mosque attacks: [Islamic Women’s Council welcome coroner’s information](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c7cbb71d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)