> ## 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 – 14 April 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-14-april-2021/ - Published: 2021-04-13T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-14T20:36:35.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing crisis** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Housing bonus: National say councils should be given $50,000 for every new house built](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb3a15d92f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [National puts up its solution to housing shortage woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e9be8baef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [‘Motel generation’ feared as emergency housing need continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=756f16bc65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [City council brushes off criticism over $400m social housing gap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ee1c0e935&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daily Telegraph (Herald): [Why billionaires are snapping up second homes in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0525d3ac73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Two-thirds of economists predict rise in rent on the back of Government’s rule changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae0359c6db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [‘Fake’ rent bills campaign irks landlords](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a499a147b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Collyns (Stuff): [Let’s not confuse retirement village living with homeownership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=614c4a5456&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Comber (Stuff): [Don’t confuse the property investor with the speculator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4929e0b735&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Alexander (One Roof): [Will landlords follow through on rent rise threats?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81ccfc2a71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Clifton (Listener/Herald): [Government’s housing policies hamstrung by reluctance to act on timber, power prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=888169df92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ewan McDonald (One Roof): [NZ’s most expensive properties: Who’s buying?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25e8060041&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Fears over ‘inaction’ on mouldy, damp, cold, sinking state house](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=219bba2d7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Drug reform** Tess McClure (The Guardian): [‘A lack of political courage’: New Zealand’s drug reform efforts flounder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73dbafe52f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins pours cold water on Jacinda Ardern’s hope for bipartisanship on drug law reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76fa6cb647&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party leadership** Claire Trevett (Herald): [Simon Bridges’ cryptic dance on Luxon-Bridges leadership talk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b6f48d257&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Irra Lee (1News): [Collins confident National caucus backs her as leader, amid ‘whispers’ of Luxon-Bridges takeover](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcd142bb0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [National Party facing another leadership contest rumour as Judith Collins seeks answers to party’s donations debacle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fabc1a8b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [National need to cool their jets when it comes to the leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bd72b4657&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori Party referred to Police over donations** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup -The Maori Party needs to come clean](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d34c47742d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘That’s the game’: Maori Party MPs warned attacks will come over donations scandal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1da61f556e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Ministers confident no taxpayer money used in Maori Party donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db3cba0f8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Jamie Morton (Herald): [Climate change: Why are NZ’s emissions still rising?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f0cc55e2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Uptick in climate-heating gases proves the need for a dry-year power fix — Megan Woods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=988393a5a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [We have missed every emissions target so far](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7be96349ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Greenies can’t have it both ways with EVs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2be115d225&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, Government, Greens** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Parliament takes its time on big human rights decisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f671adf951&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Hartwich (Herald): [The politics of legal sausage-making](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5c45f9a38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Is personal ambition behind the Greens’ latest kooky idea?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afc6ccd110&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New Parliamentary buildings** Amelia Wade (Newshub): [From waterslides to karaoke to a Coke Zero fountain: What MPs dream of at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94fd3e9950&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls and Claire Trevett (Herald): [New Parliamentary buildings include six-storey property next door, executive wing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3017ad6f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Parliament upgrade: Speaker unveils plans for three new buildings to future-proof Parliament complex](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=850bad46b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Parliament building to house MPs, staff planned for 2022 build](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7ec34c855&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local Government** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [ACT’s David Seymour compares Labour to Communist China after Tauranga commissioners vote for Maori ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a70e9826e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ethan Griffiths (Herald): [Horizons Regional Council seeking views on Maori representation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33227299c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Don Brash: [Maori wards again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=619c33b63c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Paul Eagle’s power play raises question of Wellington mayoral bid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=067857e687&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Report being finalised after independent review of Wellington City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=565d184404&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Sludge tax: Wellington ratepayers could pay new levy for sewage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94bc9937c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Richard Prebble (Herald): [It is Social Credit and it will ruin us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a82e6fb90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [NZ may have avoided ‘double-dip’ recession, NZIER believes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa2e028f55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Labour facing pressure to raise benefits in the Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b989d57ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gerald McGhie (Herald): [Exploring more trade possibilities with Russia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6e5598c41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid: Vaccinations programme and border** Derek Cheng (Herald): [All on track? Health Ministry urgently seeks several positions for vaccine roll-out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e406cb49b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Unvaccinated frontline staff our Achilles heel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09f5deac23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Mental health crisis** Libby Wilson (Stuff): [Nowhere to go for high needs patients stuck in Waikato DHB mental health ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f01029b216&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Mental health acute units went over capacity several times – Waikato Hospital review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c430f75054&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Safety concerns as nurses fill in for midwives on short-staffed wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aea93275bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Herald): [Maori in fight of our lives against cancer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a64a425c6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Wait (Herald): [Why nurses have rejected the collective agreement offer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecf17fa453&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [DHBs’ pay offer lacking and will put patients at risk — Christchurch Hospital nurses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4d1243699&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Anti-terrorism laws and campaigns** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern admits proposed terror law changes wouldn’t have prevented Christchurch terror attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=942b258329&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Christchurch mosque shootings: Government to widen counter-terrorism law gaps](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77527eb8c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Counterterrorism laws expansion bill follows up mosque attacks report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b60d51d346&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ardern says Christchurch Call making ‘tangible progress’, two years on from terrorist attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42a9675856&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Hutt Valley High School principal ‘beyond angry’ as classrooms close due to mould, leaks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c4c4f4e18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Public v private: Parents urged to consider children’s needs rather than prestige when deciding on schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60949f6800&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** 1News: [Exclusive: Government set to announce end to live animal exports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfe36d88dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Castles (1News): [Winston Peters shows he’s lost none of his trademark charm in rare post-election defeat interview with 1News](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1940a68757&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police photographing Maori woman at checkpoint ‘arbitrary, unlawful’ – IPCA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29f1c0bf9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Act Party president embroiled in charity probe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c69a06388a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Grant Robertson’s Air New Zealand letter puts airline board ‘in invidious position’: National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d313436b4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [‘That’ letter from the govt to Air NZ: what’s really in it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c64d0222bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Islands of the lost heritage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a8a18289a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)