> ## 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 January 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-12-january-2021/ - Published: 2021-01-11T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-12T20:34:35.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Covid, vaccine, and border** Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): [Government accused of being ‘too relaxed’ over new Covid strains](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2ba8cd52e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Judith Collins on urging Govt to accelerate rollout of vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca26e00147&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government being lobbied to accelerate the Covid vaccine rollout ‘before it’s too late’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b71f9c66c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shannon Redstall (Newshub): [Coronavirus: Judith Collins calls for vaccine roll-out ‘now’, or consider closing the borders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db01830938&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer and Shannon Redstall (Newshub): [Block New Zealand’s borders to US, UK travellers to save us from new COVID-19 strains – Dr Michael Baker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=167350151a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19: Ban on UK flights should be considered, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a69aa716a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: New UK, South Africa strains of virus spook experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfe51c1672&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Gregan (RNZ): [Covid-19: MIQ nurses concerned about staffing, instability at border facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26ac07726a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [Desperate Kiwis turning to computer programmes to book spots in NZ’s Covid-19 quarantine facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef5416e1df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [The trans-Tasman bubble is dead for now: here is what needs to happen instead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f32bb90c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Covid-19 outbreak cost district health boards nearly $600 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=678cad9d8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [The case for closing our borders to the worst-affected Covid countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d38151e891&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Ashley Church (One Roof): [Is NZ doomed to a ‘painful correction’ in house prices?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8307482a94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Mortgage rates heading lower, further stoking hot housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c7e102109&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [The lowdown on New Zealand’s biggest tenancy reform in 35 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=322ae9319e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (NZ Herald): [Tenancy law overhaul: Kickback to landlord’s threat to leave homes empty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd09e7b253&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Stuff): [Will we lose rentals just when we need them?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cb46a0053&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **US politics and NZ** Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Donald Trump’s Kiwi ‘right-hand’ man Chris Liddell apparently working to salvage reputation in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e58f39a5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Aaron Dahmen (Herald): [Meet the Minister: Ayesha Verrall – diagnosing pandemic lessons and new challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=595ed58c1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Green MP Golriz Ghahraman accused of anti-Semitism over Instagram post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c2c5da7bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [Lots of aroha down at the food banks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce5c56b73b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Nikki Preston (Herald): [In-house fighting costs ratepayers thousands of dollars in investigations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=014ab38f44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Mayors spending thousands of dollars on food, wine and flowers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a555cb251&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Todd Niall (Stuff): [2021 is a new year but it brings the same challenges for Aucklanders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d93e29ad76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [From running marathons to running city councils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f490abc28f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police, prisons, and law and order** Cheree Kinnear (NZ Herald): [Police recruits left in the dark over training delay, calls for Government action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11beeeb2b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): [A former probation officer’s view: Maori-led decision-making needed to fix the broken Corrections system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de60eac971&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Reserve Bank cyber breach** Nicholas Pointon (RNZ): [Reserve Bank of New Zealand says it wasn’t directly targeted in cyber attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b441346f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Associated Press (The Guardian): [New Zealand’s central bank says its systems have been hacked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d2e4e5673&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Kepes (Herald): [The old cybersecurity lesson from the Reserve Bank breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a49d5c533&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health** Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): [Hospital staff unaware of free transport when discharging patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abebff4064&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Pharmac’s lack of Maori staff ‘appalling’, ‘unacceptable on every level’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45d2968098&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Drug checking group says most users won’t take MDMA if it’s revealed to be eutylone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0a8c7eefc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Tom Hunt (Stuff): [NZ stakes out independent position in criticism of Hong Kong arrests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccb9376257&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Pandemic pain sees hotel room income fall 40 per cent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d37ac3ce49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [A look at the changing tide of the military’s workforce and the women creating waves](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f898c46ac5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Genesis, one of NZ’s biggest carbon emitters, on renewable energy challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd417c0464&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Te Ao Maori News): [Let hap? write the history to be taught in schools, not the Ministry of Education](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe12d47c64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)