> ## 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 – 12 August 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-12-august-2020/ - Published: 2020-08-11T20:46:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-08-12T21:02:39.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Community transmission** Ben Thomas (Spinoff): [What the Covid resurgence means for the election campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bff14f0f9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [In this new lockdown, Labour competence will be key](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60a8800ffd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [‘Extremely disappointed’: National Party leader Judith Collins blasts Govt; says it let Covid-19 back into NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51b06c1be9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Covid’s back and causes campaign chaos. But who knew what — and when?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a28808f4a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Judith Collins says it will be ‘very difficult’ to vote next month; speaking to Ardern, Electoral Commission about possible delay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=faf021b4f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Political parties suspend campaigns after new COVID-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad461b58b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins says move to Level 3 ‘the right thing to do’, but impacts could be ‘devastating’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aeba907a96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Election campaigning put on hold as NZ returns to Covid-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=128869d854&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Election campaigning suspended due to new Covid-19 alert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=710004dc2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Derek Cheng (Herald): [Chains of transmission may already be circulating across Auckland: Virus expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=459af4ac03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Science Media Centre: [New COVID-19 cases in NZ community – Expert Reactio](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=712eba111e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)n Stuff: [Aucklanders should be wearing masks, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc4a3a3423&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Experts’ warning of ‘almost certainly other cases’ after Auckland community transmission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f4aa0cdf8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Advice on dealing with anxiety, fear after Auckland community transmission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97db69c19a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— RNZ: [Live: Work underway on making masks mandatory in Akl – Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=689aba90d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New cases push New Zealand into resurgence plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65396b63f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [What happens on Wednesday after four cases of community transmission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bd8b33ff0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Shrill of emergency mobile phone alert system not heard by all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74ed1d2569&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Mt Albert Primary School student linked to COVID-19 community transmission cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ac434ce7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Auckland’s Mt Albert Primary linked to confirmed Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4d341f02e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland family who tested positive to Covid-19 have connections across city](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62e9d02ea6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Everything we know about the Auckland cases of community transmission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30252bc469&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Catastrophic’: Call for calm as Auckland plunged back into lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8fec867ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Herald: [Customers flood Auckland supermarkets as lockdown looms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=273b5f1706&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Auckland supermarkets overrun despite pleas against panic-buying](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f516bd982c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Countdown supermarkets pleads for people to ‘shop normally’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e732996126&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 panic buying: PM calls for calm as hundreds queue outside supermarkets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de533579fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jackson Thomas (Stuff): [Supermarket chaos as Aucklanders ignore PM’s advice ahead of level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e86da45cc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris and Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Online supermarket shopping struggles with demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1ae7da27d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler and Lydia Lewis (Newshub): [Late-night panic buying: Kiwis flock to supermarkets after COVID-19 restrictions announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30525e7b2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Panicked shoppers crowd Auckland supermarkets after new Covid-19 cases announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6726bde7b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jackson Thomas (Stuff): [Pop-up testing stations in west and south Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9042233dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 testing centres boosted after community transmission revealed in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77c0ddd799&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Move to level 3 will ‘send chills down the back of businesses’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8f28afd7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [‘Tell us the plan’, says Auckland Chamber of Commerce head Michael Barnett](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dc4651d50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Herald: [Auckland heads back into level 3 lockdown at midday – what you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5163a03c7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kim Moodie (Herald): [What can I do at levels 2 and 3? Here’s what it means for you](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4837bdba19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Auckland schools advised to close immediately](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aa49b1e70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Auckland schools to close as city goes back to alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74f3b840a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [Coronavirus three-day lockdown: what it means for Auckland and the rest of NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e2a8f15cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [What do the alert levels mean?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5faff46df5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [The Covid-19 alert level system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62450b0ca6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand moves up alert levels: What you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd355a9c00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [What New Zealand’s COVID-19 alert level changes mean for you](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48c02632ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland returns to Covid-19 Alert Level 3 lockdown – what you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de58cba69d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [What all of NZ outside Auckland should expect as Covid-19 Alert Level 2 begins again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=257715b8b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Herald: [Expat Kiwis react to New Zealand’s partial lockdown as virus returns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f5f163b09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [World media reacts to NZ’s new local cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ab491e9d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus – prior to community transmission announcement** Science Media Centre: [Where politicians stand on Covid-19 management](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6fc35c61a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Health system would ‘absolutely not’ be capable of rolling out Covid-19 vaccine, says NZMA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9103cb2ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Concerns NZ Defence Force Covid-19 cluster did not self-isolate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d49b864a78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern responds to Judith Collins’ accusation of ‘mixed messaging’ on COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bacd345059&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins says she ‘always’ carries a face mask to ‘be prepared’ for Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dbd815bd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Dr Ashley Bloomfield doesn’t flinch during his first test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=894754d916&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: Watch: [Dr Ashley Bloomfield takes his first ever Covid-19 swab test at testing station](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd1d0df90f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [DHB apologises after police called to resolve Auckland COVID-19 testing centre dispute](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a1caf2096&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Newshub: [Christchurch retirement village care unit in lockdown after ‘several’ residents display respiratory illness symptoms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8ae7eb3d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sherwood and Jake Kenny (Press): [Christchurch retirement village in lockdown after several residents display ‘flu-like’ symptoms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6197e2045&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [New Zealand praised as a Covid-19 ‘global exemplar’ by WHO Director-General](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf3e60e6b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Avatar worker avoids deportation despite Covid-breach warnings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c228dda537&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Federated Farmers wants agricultural workers allowed into the country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28b27c86d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government now charging for managed isolation for some Kiwis returning home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a100cc07d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwis overseas unhappy about ‘unfair’ managed isolation charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f6cf4d202&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Tahana (RNZ): [The frustrating pace of a Cooks travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c13490b2bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘There is no income’ – concerns grow over Cook Islands travel bubble delay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26224e08fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [National Party to address Roger Bridge allegations ‘soon’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54ecc24aa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Judith Collins reprimands senior National Party board member who used ‘Merv’ alias to undermine Auckland Central candidate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f91629c11a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Judith Collins on Roger Bridge allegations: ‘It’s not something I approve of’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30ecb58011&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [National Party figure accused of using ZB talkback to derail candidate’s campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1659f7fe97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Judith Collins needs to sort out National’s nonsense](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cc0c58ff1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Nick Truebridge (RNZ): [Woodhouse’s isolation homeless mystery man claim debunked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=030d103533&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Fact or fiction: Is National planning $80 billion worth of spending cuts?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87506da09f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) AAP: [Judith Collins tells Aussie media NZ Government is ‘useless’, has achieved ‘almost nothing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e7d8f384e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National’s law and order, conservation policies** Jason Walls (Herald): [National leader Judith Collins continues her party’s policy blitz on the campaign trail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d538f771b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [National forced to rush out law and order policy after accidentally sending it to Labour’s campaign chair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=680310e828&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Strike Force Raptor 2: The return of National’s elite gang unit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7b2ebc81f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National promises tougher stance on gangs, youth offenders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e99ff9f37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [National would set up police unit to disrupt gangs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d0955310e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Law and order: National pledges to ban gang patches in public, new powers to detain young offenders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=290c4a206b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National still keen on police ‘gang unit’, wants to relocate ex-prisoners to have fresh start](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c1ebf1560&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Mike Mather (Stuff): [New national parks for Coromandel and Catlins under a National government – Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e22574afb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [National promises two more National Parks, great walks and to be predator-free by 2050](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d1fb626df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National plans on creating two new national parks and Great Walks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2b264659c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National Party conservation policy pledges predator-free 2050 funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bd7e158b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern says Labour will turn Whanganui red](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6069b5488b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Covid 19, 5G and abortion: The Jacinda Ardern show hits Whanganui](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7287a6a3f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** David Cohen (RNZ): [Can TV debates really affect New Zealand voters?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6ac507b1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [ACT’s proposal to lower benefits ‘out of touch with reality’, says Auckland Action Against Poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a01b4ee72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Manawatu Standard): [Winston Peters challenges racing to get moving](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7791006410&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Winston Peters tells Paula Bennett ‘miss you already’ in light-hearted talk about election, COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d41d0d1fb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Do people vote on policy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=757f103fa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Electorate contests** 1News: [Meet the three women vying to represent Auckland Central after Nikki Kaye’s departure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0591962361&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Which of Auckland’s marginal seats could change hands?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a02d95f86e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [Te Tai Hau?uru hopeful quietly confident in a race to watch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c15c40533b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Local Focus: Waiariki candidates’ biggest election issue is Covid 19 recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d632d92ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Dalla (Manawatu Standard): [Rangit?kei candidates more focused on airing party rhetoric than digging into electorate concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2072583ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Katie Nimon, National candidate for Napier?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c90bfc379c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Judy Kendall, Act candidate for Napier?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc4267eef5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Stuart Nash, Labour candidate for Napier?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d70f9113e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is James Crow, Green candidate for Napier?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c09f70d1ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum** Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: What happened in other places that legalised it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf1db82341&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [A National-Act Govt may not legalise cannabis following a ‘yes’ vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5081f4f5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National caucus to vote against cannabis at referendum – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8d542cfca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Judith Collins tries to smoke out Jacinda Ardern on how she’ll vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fff66e2a09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern rejects challenge from Judith Collins to reveal recreational cannabis stance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cebc52c8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern refuses to say how she will vote in cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=364b62e537&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News):[Jacinda Ardern keeps recreational cannabis vote to herself despite Judith Collins’ challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc092a55a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Andrew Little reveals his experience with marijuana](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5a728ea39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Euthanasia referendum** Serah Allison (International Socialists): [VUW Panel on End of Life Choice Act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c9a5ee5ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Kiwi scientist Sean Davison struck off over role in assisted deaths in South Africa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8af6085ff1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Digital divide: Thousands of students now able to access internet from home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a04d9b1766&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Education agents back NZ as safe destination, but opportunity for students may be short-lived](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c1ee10aa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Focus needed on tertiary losses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ffc356533&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Public v private: The old boy/girl connection – and why faith matters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72427c5024&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Environment and conservation** Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Aggressive decarbonisation needed now – Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1b52efb88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [‘People have lived there 30 years’ — Breaking bad news about rising tides](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f16b7ea4ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Estuary management tangled in red tape – Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3367c3bab4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Price (ODT): [Govt set to announce purchase of an Omarama farm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58031d5eaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maia Hart (Stuff): [MPI could start ‘conversation’ on east coast p?ua ban soon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=501f695560&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui and M?ni Dunlop, (RNZ): [Rauk?mara Forest to be restored with $34m fund after years of iwi lobbying](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a32314d46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Irvine (Stuff): [Restoring the Aotearoa of yesterday for tomorrow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=589e0d8813&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health and disability** 1News: [In wake of 1 NEWS investigation, Ministry of Health admits flu vaccine stocks were low](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e29d695ba3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Hutton (RNZ): [Family fights chaotic system in caring for disabled foster child](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57cbe73aaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** David Hargreaves (Interest): [The new tenancy rules are here – for better or worse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23222a6ea1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Renters United launches campaign demanding politicians stop rent prices increasing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4be518070b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [New Zealand does not know how to build at an affordable price, property expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f695c7ea5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** RNZ: [Ports of Auckland gets green light to deepen shipping channel despite controversy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9265a0959&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Ports of Auckland gets sign-off for deeper shipping lane](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4497ef5f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Council slimming down its business units – Ateed and Regional Facilities to merge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d8baa3e29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicole Bremner (1News): [Review calls for better communication between Auckland Council and its five business entities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60b3623881&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council CCO Review: Rating the council agencies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1118ec3b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Watson (Taranaki Daily News): [Maori representation on regional council delayed until iwi fully consulted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b80a2570c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Bennett (Taranaki Daily News): [Let’s be on the right side of history when it comes to Maori Wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df81871d6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (Stuff): [Marlborough to get $6m to sign up to govt’s ‘three waters’ reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60c98fe25d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Conduct complaint developments behind closed doors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef910733e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Complaint not public, yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0b5499875&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Minimal risk from substance in Sawyers Bay: DCC](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28fa402738&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** 1News: [Nicotine-based pesticides under review in NZ linked to bird population decline in US](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=541965f506&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Boxer Gold potato herbicide approved by EPA for use in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b46e7e90e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maja Burry (RNZ): [Tractor training academy aims to fill Covid-19 labour shortages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41f11ba04a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [High $20/hour’ jobs available, but where are the workers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68c3004958&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, employment, business** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff):[Unemployment figures a welcome reprieve, but economy not out of the woods yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=853a5ff530&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Queenstown tourism company collects $10.7m from govt, slashes permanent jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2221a3d65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New service to help jobseekers opens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f76386abf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [NZIER report says increasing benefits would boost the economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=952a144de5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Fletcher Building expects $196m net loss because of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce5e294568&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Fletcher Building to post $196 million loss due to Covid-19 impacts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=437a1525c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: T[ruckometer shows increased transport movements in July](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c461c64ea6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Gambling** Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Kiwis blow almost $1b on the pokies per year – but where could that money be going?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9e963dad3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Retail sector missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars to problematic gambling, report finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d646b5bb07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Pokie gambling costing economy $400 million a year – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4016f646e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [An advance in the case against pokie machines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a504e3ba16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pike River** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Recovery workers removed from mine after discovery of ‘unusual’ substance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1dd63d145&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pike River mission on hold after discovery of carcinogenic residue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0dc612f5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Underground workers pulled from Pike River Mine after carcinogens found](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c351c72194&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Statues, place names** Mike Mather (Stuff): [Captain Hamilton statue’s fate not known until March at earliest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfa09d522a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald):[Future of controversial Captain Hamilton statue delayed until next year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d055b23a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Does Picton need a new name?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eaf33fa4b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Sam Hurley (Herald): [What a High Court judge ordered Jami-Lee Ross to do with SFO documents ‘leak’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c221e146c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bruce Munro (ODT): [Tarras International Airport – genius or madness?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66f01b3280&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Is China using NZ technology to modernise its military for inevitable war?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f1be707d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Could government prudence weaken the RBNZ’s firepower?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b533adedf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara: (Herald): [What $640m buys in the Reserve Bank’s whopping new 5-year budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=639a8bb694&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Jim Bolger on Winston Peters’ re-election chances and National’s leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32595df58f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Cullen (Stuff): [Workplace romances are common, so why did one cost Iain Lees-Galloway his 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NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56b8127592&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)