> ## 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 August 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-14-august-2020/ - Published: 2020-08-13T20:25:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-08-14T21:41:23.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **National Party suspicions around Govt response, conspiracy theories** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [National Party not constructive with conspiracy theories](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0313086a8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Government has well and truly stuffed this up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de452535b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [50 New Zealand health experts urge political leaders to ‘resist temptation to scaremonger’ over COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbdd0cb364&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O”Brien (Newshub): [Gerry Brownlee backtracks on comments as Government ministers hit out at spread of ‘misinformation’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23e46cf5b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Winston Peters blasts Judith Collins for spreading ‘steady stream of misinformation’ over COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de30f629e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Winston Peters: National ‘undermining democracy’ with Govt consultation claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ed68a9e80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Green Party hits out at National ‘casting doubt’ on Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a7b0afba8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Greens’ James Shaw slams Collins and Brownlee’s ‘dangerous rhetoric’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65ca961010&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Gerry Brownlee denies COVID-19 questions make him a conspiracy theorist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28a1194e92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Judith Collins hits back at Grant Robertson after he called National’s Covid-19 claims ‘nonsense’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=045abefc0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern’s message to COVID-19 conspiracy theorists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1885f6112&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Coronavirus: “dangerous” Covid-19 conspiracy theories on the rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c3ab9c7b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Covid-19 social media theories debunked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9187d06af9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse (Northern Advocate): [Lockdown protest stops traffic in Whang?rei](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=473ec7364e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Covid-19 deniers vandalise Christchurch’s Bridge of Remembrance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d378d2f7ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Calls for later election date** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Politicians confounded by second outbreak, as battle lines drawn for delayed Covid election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=441187fa9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Postponing the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e635a27ec1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Duncan (The Conversation): [Voting is an essential service too. New Zealand can’t be afraid to go to the polls, even in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4199179f83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Nine to Noon: [Should the election be delayed?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e6f09e941&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus alert changes present Election 2020 challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd28f3b14a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [National’s election delay call purely political, says James Shaw](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41f3d701e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [TOP slams National’s ‘Trumpian response’ to Covid-19 outbreak, says election should remain in September](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b5fe241a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Don Brash: ‘Delaying the election should be considered’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22b7244015&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [There’s more than one way to delay an election. Here’s how](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76c3b8d736&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [‘Health first, politics second’ – NZ First leader Winston Peters open to election delay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7356f64ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins calls for PM to stop making Covid announcements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90e078e88b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Current outbreak** Herald: [Winston Peters claims Covid-19 cluster linked to quarantine breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34865b6a81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters claims current Auckland Covid-19 cluster could be linked to quarantine breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4db65f6490&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Health Minister Chris Hipkins discusses efforts to find ‘patient zero’ for latest outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a3ce7175b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: Health Minister: [Origin of latest Covid-19 cluster still unknown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c05b3bd2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Only a matter of time before mysterious Covid outbreak solved, Dr Bloomfield says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f7b67cca3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Anna Whyte (1News): [All new Covid-19 cases in NZ to be managed in isolation facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd3b2f6026&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [All New Zealand’s confirmed COVID-19 cases to be put in quarantine facilities from now on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d11bf4db5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Derek Cheng Herald): [Jacinda Ardern won’t ease restrictions if she wants to be cautious](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d466d8dd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government faces lockdown decision as cluster grows and its source remains a mystery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8df039bd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Cabinet to decide future of alert levels, decision to be announced at 5.30pm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e9902ae0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [New Zealand will know its Covid-19 lockdown fate by Friday afternoon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7f56955cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Kim Moodie (Herald): [North Shore primary school student positive, Noel Leemings closed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6e69e0209&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Two Auckland primary schools, preschool close amid positive Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=445dddf517&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lane Nichols (Herald): [Americold coolstore worker was on nightshifts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f66aac540&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [NZ has 17 cases of community transmission – here’s what we know about them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ddca6b928&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Chan-Green (Newshub): [What we know about New Zealand’s 17 cases of community transmission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55d287b33e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Timeline of New Zealand’s newest Covid-19 community transmission cluster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbec45444c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Expert advice** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Covid-19 lockdown extension likely – disease modelling expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=701bdabc4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nick Wilson, Amanda Kvalsvig and Michael Baker (The Conversation): [Masking the outbreak: despite New Zealand’s growing COVID-19 cases, there are more ways to get back to elimination fast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa6c8ee234&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gibb (ODT): [Genomic tracing used to find source of latest outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bb688f223&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Welch (The Conversation): [Why New Zealand needs to focus on genome sequencing to trace the source of its new COVID-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e90fad9387&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Walton (Stuff): [Reasonable likelihood Covid-19 is outside Auckland, says mathematical modeller ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=526a2a813b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conan Young (RNZ): [‘Huge risk’ people won’t trust vaccines – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=267ad4b3d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Imported goods as outbreak source an unlikely theory – Professor David Murdoch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcef750a55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Covid-19 transmission from cool store goods ‘unlikely’ – Dr Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79577005b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Can New Zealand learn anything from Australia’s lockdown?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01f53710d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Questioning NZ’s covid response** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [ Lockdown life can’t go on much longer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9aacc5aa2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Covid’s other resurgence: rumour, conspiracies and doubt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=689ed5fea2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Herald): [When is the cost of Covid-19 lockdown too high?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58211f8a46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bruce Munro (ODT): [Global Insight: Sealing border would hit too hard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f24eeaa24a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Quarantine, border management** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Nearly two-thirds of Auckland’s COVID-19 border, isolation staff had never been tested a week ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7ea30a325&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass and Andrea Van (Stuff): [Tick. Tick podcast: Judith Collins says border and quarantine will be central plank of National’s campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d817a4f81f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [Leave Auckland alone. Is it time for a radical rethink of quarantine?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d639f1a829&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Precautions in place at port, boss says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8c3bf4dce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Contact tracing, testing** Katie Kenny and Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Coronavirus contact tracing: Are we seeing the benefits of promised improvements?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=496788891f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [The country didn’t take contact tracing seriously](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9fcd9c26a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Sam Morgan’s CovidCard: The cases for and against](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d75dfd1b63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Sam Morgan says Govt should roll out text service within days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70c227a11d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk):[Auckland’s Covid-19 testing rates fell away in lead-up to community transmission outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f00d12daf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hugh Collins (ODT): [Auckland arrivals with symptoms booking Covid tests in Queenstown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4d42a3669&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Covid testing centre to move to Eden Park from Friday amid record Auckland testing numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aac52b446b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 testing in Auckland breaks previous single-day record](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=660ec6d1dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Rotorua testing centres busy after news of family’s travel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcb9008fdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mitch McCann (Newshub): [Anxious Rotorua residents flock to testing centres amid concerns of COVID-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=787bf9e8ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waikato adding extra capacity to meet testing demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecf0deccce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [Testing workload a struggle, Dunedin doctors say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aacee9bda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Green Party co-leader James Shaw ‘feeling fine’, thinks his chances of having COVID-19 are ‘vanishingly small’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b31f836efc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Green Party co-leader James Shaw awaiting COVID-19 test result after developing cold symptoms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c28a8d9704&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland** Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Mayor Phil Goff flagged concerns with ministers of a second outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=191478955a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Melanie Earley (Stuff): [Few Aucklanders seem to be wearing masks in public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=468b219e30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Over 300 vehicles turned back at Auckland checkpoints in first day of lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b1602aa7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Empty streets in Auckland as region enters day two of alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94c0f2b562&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Calls for compassion for family at centre of virus outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e397ff5f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christine Rovoi (RNZ): [Pasifika health official stresses importance of being prepared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=346f657ca5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Quarter-million children home from school in Auckland under Covid-19 alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93640f33ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: More than 99% of Auckland school students are staying at home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=906bdb5e11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Iwi, regional responses** Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Iwi considers placing alert level 4 rules over rohe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6450584dfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Taranaki leaders urge Defence Force to secure region’s borders from Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cade81e71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): [Taranaki mayors and iwi call Taranaki bubble if North Island moves to level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=758132f02b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Supermarkets, supply chain, price gouging, consumer behaviour** Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cracking down on price gouging during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b35d6eb3fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern says she’ll be keeping ‘close eye’ on face mask price gouging](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2120540a63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Foodstuffs says shops’ grocery sales doubled throughout North Island](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a6da4771e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Countdown ‘disappointed’ after supermarket staff verbally, physically abused by customer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=764e9419df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [David Seymour shocked COVID-19 alert level 3 rules still ban butchers, greengrocers from serving customers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=666877764b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony and Denise Piper (Stuff): [Police checkpoints hold up truckies but supermarkets say supply chain running smoothly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=253f84161b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [Truckies want fast lanes in and out of Auckland to keep supply chains intact](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24fc98591f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Don’t make these shopping mistakes, Consumer NZ says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0706bbcd0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government aide for business, economy, employment** Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Next wage subsidy scheme may not be limited to Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f07f1a68e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Wage subsidy, business support signalled by Government following new Covid-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7569baf722&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Economy taking $400m hit a week at current alert levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=321f15e3ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [What your employer can and can’t do over alert level 3 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14dc13902d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bob Jones: [Irrationality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6a9b2c24c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marta Steeman (Stuff): [Retailers wanting rent relief told they have to extend leases in return](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea44d868ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Hairdresser chain: NZ commercial landlords stingy on rent help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53c58e69cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [New survey shows Labour gaining support from small and medium businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c17ad36312&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Tick. Tick podcast: Judith Collins walks back National’s debt target, saying its ‘aspirational’ and not ‘set in stone’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57ee58d5bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour Party** Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): [The Transformation of Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1693b5ddd7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Hosting elections in prison: what prisoners will go through](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdf6879a47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Newman (Nelson Mail): [Labour and ACT strong performers in top of the south political survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b94eba9d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Kelvin Davis proud of government achievements for Tai Tokerau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8839e7a4c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Costser (Taranaki Daily News): [NZ Outdoors Party puts up Te Tai Hau?uru candidate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e671e6413b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Euthanasia, Cannabis referendums** Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Euthanasia referendum: What drugs are used in assisted dying, and how do they work?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e53f17bbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: Is now a good time to invest in cannabis stocks?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=135a048d16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Simon Wilson (Herald): [Election diary: Who’s doing what about the housing crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=163dc0121c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [Gang members in nearby emergency accommodation linked to anti-social issues in Wellington’s ‘Pigeon Park’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ea74e029c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [NZTA leaked report reveals high-level failings, conflicts of interest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=086fd520a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lorna Thornber (Stuff): [‘An eerie experience’: Thousands of Air New Zealand customer cancellations result in near-empty flights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9645d7c6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Air New Zealand halts flight bookings to Melbourne, Brisbane](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdb1ba6405&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Air NZ puts bookings to Australia on hold due to new restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0aceb06d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Twice as many teenagers with ‘significant’ depressive symptoms in 20 years: study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d41ddb307&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eleisha Foon (RNZ): [Mental health study on young people shows they don’t feel heard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=110e8b25de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sela Jane Hopgood (RNZ): [Mental health support for Pasifika receives funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffcfafb300&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [A quarter of Napier City Council staff have ‘checked out’ or do ‘the bare minimum’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc66857498&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Waikato Times): [Beloved political pioneer Hilda Ross pulled into Captain Hamilton debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa27e26858&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): Y[oung councillor says four-year local government term would help oust ‘useless’ councillors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcb2be910b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Wellington convention centre named T?kina, botanic gardens area named Paek?k?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f86ebac251&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [One of Wellington’s important future buildings, the convention and exhibition centre, officially named T?kina](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc289d22b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (Stuff): [West Coast council staff email accounts hacked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cce2c4f50b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (RNZ): [Ward residents oppose proposed freedom camping site](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36c242ee6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Facebook Live use gets thumbs up in British study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f6d7580be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [The damning timeline against Martin Matthews](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e4e0ff34d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [America’s Cup allegations: High Court closes door on new details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc7d9e4efe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Far North counsellor says public support for convicted child rapist will scare victims off reporting crime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c01f81773b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Sexual Violence Bill in limbo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac27ae32df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Spinoff: [Meet the cast of Youth Wings, a new political documentary series coming soon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=266aaa9e30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Christchurch attack victims, family members from overseas in managed isolation before gunman’s sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7dfd8b989&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Mosque attack victim devastated after request for overseas family to join him at sentencing denied](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11184ac57e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang (RNZ): [Police add almost 1300 officers to ranks, but fall short of 1800 target](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58263b5f14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Three Waikato farmers fined a total of $116k for illegal effluent discharge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a15f42f4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Detecting cow burps from space — NZ’s role in global satellite mission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e597b93f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Rubbish responsibility – keeping stuff out of landfill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71cb8a9a4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jim Boult (ODT): [Airport for Tarras plan fine, so long as it doesn’t happen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edb8b45ddc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [New book reveals friendship between Jacinda Ardern and Meghan Markle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85ad48a82a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)