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# Daily News Roundup – 12 June 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-12-june-2020/
- Published: 2020-06-11T20:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-12T21:42:01.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

**Election, cannabis referendum**  
Jack Vowles (The Conversation): [An election like no other: with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6815ce3522&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [100 days to go: How parties want to win Election 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37f1754a4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [Election 2020: 99 days out how are Act, the Greens and NZ First shaping up?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b80f7869b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Maiki Sherman (1News): [Maori Party launches extraordinary attack on National’s new leader, calling him racist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c093233faf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Unlikely, but he’s got a chance’: Todd Muller’s best path to becoming Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ab1512d5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [National promises no ‘dirty politics’ as Shane Jones looks forward to ‘vigorous’ Northland seat contest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=728c82d694&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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1News: [Complaints pile up following Drug Foundation’s ‘vote yes’ to cannabis campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ca14670b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Police**  
1News: [NZ First speaks out against officers’ access to assault rifles, ‘creeping militarisation of the police’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fde0b63f4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Police use of assault rifles must be reviewed – NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0400830e53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newshub: [Ron Mark calls for independent review into frontline police being armed with military-grade assault rifles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0be0ddf64f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bryce Edwards (TVNZ): [New Zealand’s police are still armed and dangerous](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82fda96590&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Shortt (Stuff): [NZ’s police have been ‘routinely armed’ for nearly two decades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a3514703f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Execution holsters arming plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08fc59196a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Armed response to Maori children ‘absolutely appalling’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12c84d55a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gordon Campbell: [On allowing the Police to use “sponge” bullets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58f4cce760&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Bradwell (Newshub): [Revealed: 11 of 14 people shot by sponge bullets in five years had mental health issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6168df0d0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Police now say Armed Response Teams never fired a sponge bullet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a6c136e22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ian Anderson (Stuff): [Sponge bullets not for frontline use: Police Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53cf40f3d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Sponge bullets: ‘No immediate plans’ for frontline use – Police Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c5900e167&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): [Why police violence deters many people from protesting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c68efcb7ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Colonial statues, names, museum exhibits**  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Would an inquiry into racist statues actually work?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08b5ce254c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Calls for colonial statues to go start to pick up in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb4f838ff0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Debate welcomed as Maori Party calls for inquiry into racist statues – ‘not erasing history, making it’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d61b1f7888&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Calls for NZ colonial statues to be removed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=651fd5e1bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [‘We can’t be blind to racism’: Maori Party seek review of historical monuments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01ae96bb5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Maori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer calls for removal of colonial statues in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43b3fa8ded&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Maori Party co-leader calls for NZ colonial statues to be removed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3dadad4ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Time to review colonial monuments’ place in society – artist Nick Tupara](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cdba37ef3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Spinoff: [‘Stop immortalising a legacy of murder’: Which NZ statues need to be toppled?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5948dfc15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Make better door knobs: What statues of old victors mean to me](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d9e0802f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff Editorial: [Time to reassess flawed historic figures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5031475642&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
No Right Turn: [We should not celebrate racists, thieves and slavers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b80a53e2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Man vows to tear Captain Hamilton statue down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3344622dec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Restaurants associated with slave trader Bully Hayes take differing approaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2899ac59f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alison Pugh (1News): [Canterbury Museum apologises for longstanding, ‘offensive’ exhibit depicting early Maori life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a0dd8ef70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jake Kenny (Stuff): [Complaints lead to covering of Maori exhibit at Canterbury Museum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0e7268f22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Marist College Black Lives Matter dispute**  
Zane Small and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Leaked audio: Marist College principal threatens police action over Black Lives Matter poster dispute](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61c54be9f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: Checkpoint: [Marist College’s Black Lives Matter conflict ‘an abuse of teacher power’ – Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da44294448&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Diocese to meet school after Black Lives Matter posters torn down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92a54f383b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Harry Love (ODT): [Commodification of education a distortion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a48a767360&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Redundancies, wage subsidy**  
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Grant Robertson urges big businesses to ‘rethink’ layoffs, consider small businesses ‘dipping into private savings’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e14210f139&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
The Standard: [Angry Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ae427e78b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alan Kenyon (1News): [Vodafone to cut between 100 and 140 jobs due to Covid-19 downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03df18c88a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Vodafone NZ says 100-140 jobs losses ‘inevitable’ after Covid-19 review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37f31c8f10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Job losses ‘inevitable’ at Vodafone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f9dbf1b2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Event Cinemas lay off 65 staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aea74426e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [South Island took harder Covid-19 employment hit than North Island](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6c7dbc501&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub):[Kiwi worker facing redundancy speaks of ‘independence’ that came with employment, challenges she now faces](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bacb36a896&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**NZ’s coronavirus response**  
Nick Wilson, Jennifer Summers, George Thomson, Amanda Kvalsvig, Matt Boyd, Michael Baker: [Five Key Reasons why NZ Should have an Official Inquiry into the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d21f5d8f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [Health experts: Why NZ needs a pandemic inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c244218f7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Max Towle (RNZ): [WHO urges NZ to do more work on its contact tracing systems](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8b303c47d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Government upgrades contact tracing app](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b05a0b3f71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sophie Trigger (Stuff): [‘Clunky’ government covid app used ‘minimally’ in Marlborough, businesses say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8282fc6d9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Perry (ODT): [Covid-19 testing centres closed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13ebc6fc23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News; [Dr Ashley Bloomfield portrayed as ‘Saint Ashley’ in Wellington storefront display](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6eef9c3e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Drawing of ‘Wonder Woman’ Jacinda Ardern, ‘Superman’ Dr Ashley Bloomfield for sale on TradeMe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee875facb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Border controls, migrants, quarantine**  
1News: [Expect more Covid-19 quarantine breaches as more people arrive into NZ, epidemiologist warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65fe3d55b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kristin Hall (1News): [Travellers mingling with passengers from other flights, members of the public during Covid-19 isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0aa4811f3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Harman: [Visa uncertainty threatens farm crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=475462ea5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Immigration Minister clashes with ZB host over quarantine facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f663c951b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Government keeping options on table to aid stranded foreigners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a07a4bde5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Hundreds of foreigners gathering in Hawke’s Bay ‘not sustainable’ – Civil Defence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c61017209&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Hundreds of Vanuatuans still stuck in New Zealand due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cef600976&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Philip Chandler (Mountain Scene): [Fears for Brazilians stuck in home country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=624fef9a4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Lake (Newshub): [Singapore Airlines and Changi Airport introducing ‘one-way transit’ system for Australia, NZ travellers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e1f89290b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Pacific bubble**  
Anna Whyte (1News): [‘We need to help out’ – Government eyes Pacific inclusion in Covid-19 travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fded602ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Finance Minister Grant Robertson defends lack of travel bubbles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ea2addd69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Imogen Wells (1News): [Cook Islands want NZ tourism dollars rather than aid money, local business leaders say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecf47c608c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Resort owner calls for Cook Islands bubble with NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f017d05dfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (1News): [Cook Islands to open border to Kiwis as pressure mounts for Pacific travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e07d170efa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Cook Islands will open borders to Aotearoa on June 19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0167cf17cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Covid 19 coronavirus-free Pacific needs our tourism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54605f64bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Aged care**  
Mariné Lourens (Stuff): [Rosewood rest home, NZ’s deadliest Covid-19 cluster, breached obligations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9104a9886e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [All rest home Covid-19 clusters were started by staff or visitors, review finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df1d25847d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [DHB took over management of Christchurch’s Rosewood Rest Home after breach of care obligations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5db02ff08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brittney Deguara and Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Report on aged-care clusters reveals how virus got in to facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12e4581dac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Aged care clusters introduced by staff or visitors – review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32b05ef9d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Ministry of Health report reveals aged care staff were ‘highly stressed’ by lack of communication over COVID-19 clusters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6dbaa3f21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: Checkpoint: [Aged care faces crisis as nurses paid less than DHB peers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30f83b19a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Richard Harman: [A report and a leak point to DHB reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac8c7326e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dubby Henry (Herald): [Funding boost for Counties Manukau DHB to free up Middlemore Hospital beds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1863a3fd64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Counties Manukau DHB gets $211m to improve hospital facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69abc3d868&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Major South Auckland health clinic to get $211 million for upgrade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35565c2ad2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Libby WIlson (Stuff): [Stuffy wards and subdivided bedroom among Waikato Hospital building woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5645ef738&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
George Block (Stuff): [St John ambulance services already ‘dangerously low’ as job cuts loom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8479c4c35a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Pete Hodgson (ODT): [Capacity of new hospital becomes clearer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cc27ef04a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Defence, Rocketlab launch**  
1News: [‘Absurd and abhorrent’ – NZDF denies claims training exercise is ‘practising killing protestors’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1376c92d18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [NZDF denies it’s going to spend the weekend ‘practising killing protesters’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0b679dee5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Navy reassures public on exercise which includes ‘blank ammo’ and ‘protesters’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9b2457205&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Navy to send a ‘Covid-19-free’ ship to military exercise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bc4ae69da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maori TV: [Activists want navy out of RIMPAC to avoid Covid-19 spread](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fffeb2d6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Primary and extractive industries**  
RNZ: The Detail: [Why is it taking so long to install fishing cameras?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68feaffaae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [James Shaw: Labour-Green coalition isn’t bad news for farmers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc45ca6564&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): [Proposed Organics Product Bill faces major opposition from industries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c13a0625a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Zespri reports $200 million profit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16cf61b77e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [West Coast mine to cut workers’ hours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=faf16c8711&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Simon Wilson (Herald): [What Auckland Council is throwing under the bus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9522d1f504&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brad Flahive (Stuff): [Auckland emergency budget: Council $224m asset sales misleading – councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d0ceb5c92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland drought: Water-short city seeks to take more from Waikato River](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f000b0bd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Louis Day (ODT): [Christchurch City Council’s commitment to transparency questioned in meeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90f3ae6083&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City councillors resolve ‘Facebook attack’ squabble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d56e8eaecf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington central city speed limits to be lowered to 30km/h](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81cd2b331f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Wellington CBD speed limits reduced to 30km/h with public support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e08b1da3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Napier council’s former CEO spent $4000 on farewell morning tea shout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e62c1409cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karen Pasco (ODT): [Upset over city council restructuring](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fe59df48d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Luisa Girao (ODT): [$1million income drop expected; rates rise cut to 2%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eba1a61d36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Complaint against Environment Southland deputy chairman made one month before he was notified](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b12783706c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Abbey Palmer (ODT): [Environment Southland investigates deputy chairman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69cad93aa6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Government promises $40 million to underwrite delayed Wellington development](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41091f1b5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Thousands of community houses ready to go, but need government funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9559d7855&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maria Slade (NBR): [Auckland CBD’s ghost rentals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83bde4b904&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Air New Zealand**  
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Air New Zealand reputation takes a hammering, survey shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68c9f336eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Covid-19 reputations: Air New Zealand nosedives, supermarkets rise – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3180d2f2ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Anthony (Stuff): [Investor outraged at Air New Zealand’s handling of airfare refund ‘disaster’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=189569d868&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Hargreaves (Interest): [Our national airline hasn’t denied informed media speculation that it may soon tap shareholders for more cash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=799455a0f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Howard (BussinessDesk): [Air NZ reviewing capital structure, yet to draw on govt lifeline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a79298c3f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Air NZ exploring options to raise capital – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=006d666343&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy**  
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [New Zealand’s economy among the worst hit by Covid-19 in OECD, new report warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1daa8b1dbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Newstalk ZB: [Report says Capital Gains Tax would help with economic recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b7bec616d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Consumer spending, Kiwisaver**  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [Lockdown’s once in a lifetime money lesson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd254ae58f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Card spending up nearly 80% after restrictions loosened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be9ae1d081&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [KiwiSavers should prepare for ‘wild’ swings in markets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2ca5872d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
Simon Collins (Herald): [Students stuck overseas can sit NCEA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e2322762e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Blair Jackson (Stuff): [Southern principal says high school changes complicated but help students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b120f62f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Students not happy with Victoria University’s plan to scale grades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b328a6790&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicola Shepheard (NBR: [University challenge: Post-Covid reorientation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73c2b0db4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Molly Houseman (ODT): [Donations saving students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d7b97793f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Pike River**  
Anna Whyte (1News): [National criticises low probability of body recoveries from Pike River](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f883fcb9a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [National’s Judith Collins accuses Labour of ‘politicising’ Pike River after Minister’s admission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33f0090c4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Labour’s Pike River disgrace now that victims’ remains will not be recovered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dc02309d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kim Moodie (Herald): [‘What we fought for’: Pike River families hopeful as military robot recovered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7d500fd2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Pike River Mine robot lost for 10 years finally recovered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c812ca0b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Pike River families hopeful for answers after mine reentry team recovers second lost robot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=761d747319&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Tourism**  
Guy Trafford (Interest): [While our borders are shut is the ideal time for a frank discussion to be held over the number of tourists allowed in and under what terms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=713f01990c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Small tourism businesses ask for DOC fee relief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1b8aad322&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Kaik?ura Whale Watch says $1.5 million funding boost will keep it running for another year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9a0196453&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Transport**  
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): [KiwiRail defends troublesome diesel locomotives – and wants to buy more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09922a3fc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Time running out for Auckland light rail proposal before election period](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=641a67e495&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Free e-bike charging and secure parking stations rolled out in Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7f9a740e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [After playing tough on commercial rents, did New Zealand First get ‘played’ by Labour?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df62c40bfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Employees allege liquor baron brothers owe $400k after years of exploitation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92528631c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maori TV: [Marama Davidson talks armed police, Oranga Tamariki and racist statues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c13108eb5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (video)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [NZME chairman Peter Cullinane says no point being disappointed in loss of shareholder support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e97841864f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Aussie shareholders forced NZME chair out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99ab40f938&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Spy tales: The asylum seekers who fled to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=154aa0ad62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Trotter: [One Cheer For Democracy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f20a1e41b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: Inside Parliament: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s ‘little dance’ as NZ enters Level 1](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a117e4d8b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (video)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Race Relations Commissioner blasts ‘appalling’ racist abuse towards young woman at Outdoors Party rally](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc2ff839e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Maori woman allegedly racially abused at ?wairaka while out on a walk  
Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Red meat sector beefs up criticism of EU trade offer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c52dc2d04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [MFAT payments to help NZers abroad were unauthorised – Auditor-General](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e17d1dc8d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [‘Weeding on a giant scale’ – tourism workers swap guiding for clearing wilding pines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d145643032&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Moore (1News): [Old West Coast landfill still ‘spewing out’ rubbish on beaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d257687dbf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Fears NZ construction workers will be lured to Australia as work dries up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e68673a45d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Libby Wilson (Stuff): [Hongi howler as Winston Peters deploys greeting after suggesting it should stop](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e33a1cd12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Sir John Key, Lady Bronagh sell Sydney apartment for more than $6.4m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffcf95e34b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)