> ## 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 May 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-12-may-2021/ - Published: 2021-05-11T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-05-11T21:13:30.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Public sector pay freeze** Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM steps in, the melting of the pay freeze begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b1bb64ece&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Public sector pay freeze: Nurses warming to strike action plan – union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd8a598115&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Thawing freeze: Jacinda Ardern says Government is open to introducing step-based pay for more public servants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21a6a8d0c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [The Government blinks first as unions claim a win in negotiations with Minister Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a61af90686&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Govt eats humble pie with symbolic backdown on public sector pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a43600959f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Laura Meriluoto (The Conversation): [As the government is learning, a ‘wage freeze’ can come with unintended consequences](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe86b9d295&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [Why NZ’s public sector wage freeze ignores the lessons of history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9e7c21467&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Public sector unions say pay freeze talks with ministers ‘frank and constructive’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01d46e7775&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Public sector pay freeze probably won’t stick, Campbell says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aca6b0950f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her top ministers emerge from ‘constructive’ pay freeze union meetings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac3097fb99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Don Franks (Redline): [Labour’s divide and rule pay freeze](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e3486f251&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Chris Hipkins on public sector pay: ‘It’s the opposite of austerity’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd969b8730&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **He Puapua document and Maori self-determination** Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Will He Puapua propel Winston Peters back into politics?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bf4e0b822&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern’s odd response to Treaty report debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7747c5087b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern fires up at Judith Collins for ‘politicising’ Treaty of Waitangi partnership debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3be27bed4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aorewa Rolleston (RNZ): [ACC acknowledges commitment to Maori health outcomes with proposed new strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7626afe44a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Penny Simmonds (Stuff): [Time to throw light into the Govt’s unreleased, influential He Puapua report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd78d21d18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Don Brash: [Foreshore and seabed issue re-ignites](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ee84f5597&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy scheme** Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Auditor-General says ‘audits’ of wage subsidy applicants simply sought verbal response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2770456efc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [MSD under pressure to announce prosecutions under wage subsidy scheme amid criticism of ‘audits’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af3e93c2e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Auditor-General gives seal of approval to Covid-19 wage subsidy, with some suggestions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b42b88e60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [MSD told to further investigate wage subsidy scheme payments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=becbb812f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Auditor-general: Covid wage scheme admin was lax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddd88bc0fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Justice** Stuff: [Editorial – Govt right to target gangs with firearms bans, but is it overshooting?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b54afbe8ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Judith Collins denies systemic racism within police, as she pushes Government to add ‘teeth’ to organised crime crackdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5c72b2184&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Gangs, guns crackdown: Concern new police powers could perpetuate systemic racism towards Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d2e290b4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Gangs must prove they can legally afford flashy cars, assets and even shoes under new law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc39b54a12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Maori Party have ‘grave concerns’ over incoming laws targeting gangs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa9ddf43e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government to crackdown on organised crime with new laws on firearms, criminal assets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1c7ff7bac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget 2021; Grant Robertson** Madeleine Chapman (North & South): [The Man in charge of the money](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d117e760b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Public sector pay debacle makes Budget politics harder for Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15f80a0f0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Budget 2021: Act Party leader David Seymour reveals alternative budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=044314b59d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [ACT’s David Seymour weilds the axe in his alternative budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=292cbb521e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [What do businesses want to see in this year’s Budget?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98d65f2a49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [The last of Budget 2019, non-government bills, and a special immigration debate at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=411a643dc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [New Zealand’s new 39pc capital gains tax: ‘It’s pretty harsh’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75343e52ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Number of households in hardship surges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f01333eee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Amazon Web Services opens new NZ office, but no word on data centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c5e3a0ea1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Amazon doubles NZ staff, moves into larger digs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8627bf2277&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John McDermott (NBR): [Raising taxes, what is the trade-off?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cb13aa1e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Why won’t business leaders speak their minds?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=620071ea9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Fair pay agreements** Oliver Hartwich (Herald): [NZ’s labour markets have worked well, why overthrow them?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bff1e416b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Housing crisis** Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [Government must break emergency housing dependency on motels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2be2373350&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Ford (RNZ): [Heartbreak motel? Emergency housing welcoming, but unacceptable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1524734a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Plans for Wellington’s $400m social housing shortfall delayed until after Budget Day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=870d3164fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura James (1News): [Housing crisis leaving people with disabilities to shower on the floor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=330e39b0d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Government housing policy appears to be slowing rent increases – Trade Me](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bef0ab1cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Housing: Rental prices flat-line after ‘red hot summer’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40f5d2405d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wellington City Council** Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington City Council dysfunction goes from bad to worse after review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1354bea8f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt and Damian George (Stuff): [Personal tolls taken among the rancour of ‘Wellington Silly Council’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6847aa76be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington mayor Andy Foster apologises for code of conduct breach after critical report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d536268705&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Wellington transport plan rethink pivots to tackle climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b14ac8401a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Tina Law (Stuff): [City councillor defends dismal attendance record at briefings – labelling them ‘a waste of time’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a3932bacc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Maori wards will enhance Hamilton City Council decision-making, says leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c910bf0247&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aorewa Rolleston (Stuff): [Hundreds protest Maori ward delay in Manawat?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b67822e8ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sinead Gill (Stuff): [Hundreds of people join historic march for Maori wards in Manawat?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=047f76c65a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid and border** Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern blames ‘mismatch’ in data for delay in sharing info about border worker Covid-19 case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cec24f2d76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [When do we start demanding better from our Covid response?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fd3315f56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Parmjeet Parmar (Magic Talk): [A narrow opportunity for Jacinda Ardern to lead by example](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f40ca6a8e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New solar farm** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [$300m plan for five solar energy farms, providing 1pc of country’s supply](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2dbef02782&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): [New company plans NZ’s first major solar farms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36a6bc447a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrea Fox (Herald): [New North Island solar energy network an electricity market ‘game changer’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7333d5f2a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **International relations** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Xinjiang: New Zealand co-sponsoring United Nations event on Uighur human rights labelled by China ‘shameful travesty’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1ea63912a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Nanaia Mahuta calls on Israel to ‘cease demolitions and evictions’ as violence escalates with Palestinians](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac0ebb0586&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Is the Govt’s health approach to drug-related harm delivering?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed9e8f7326&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Moana Ellis (Herald): [Dame Tariana Turia wants Maori women to have leading health role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eaa68566bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Ministry of Health apologises for misleading minister and public on edited mental health report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df31854cf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Mixed messages on greening the roads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76329429d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Thousands of taxpayer-funded school lunches left uneaten by students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=287bdf6b4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte te Riet Scholten-Phillips (Herald): [Time to return kindness to migrant children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a195a21548&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Simon Bridges says new book isn’t a covert pitch for National leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a66dc2bc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Please share this article so that others can discover *The BFD***