> ## 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 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-14-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-13T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-14T18:45:21.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Trevor Mallard should never have been appointed as Speaker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b86b5f268b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Herald): [Why House Speaker Trevor Mallard should resign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3aef7c9fc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [How can Labour preach kindness, yet support Trevor Mallard?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4dfd7db4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Rules quietly changed so taxpayer coughs up for cost of MPs’ court settlements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6112bdf8ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [National wants to question Parliament’s Speaker over costly legal dispute](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84fc3570db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [Parliament must not take eyes off the prize, whatever happens to Trevor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=517984225d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Speaker does not intend to resign after $333k spent on defamation case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3fc1f82bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [David Seymour condemns Trevor Mallard for wrongly calling staff member a rapist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45b5d3e16f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Former MP Chris Finlayson says Trevor Mallard no-confidence vote is ‘ritualistic rubbish’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18467f3073&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National’s Judith Collins urges Speaker Trevor Mallard to resign over $300,000 legal dispute settlement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a41e75803&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Herald): [Trevor Mallard’s defamation debacle stinks to high heaven](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ab606140d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Beehive Diaries: Speaker Trevor Mallard, the legal bills and the H word](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8f807d52b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [‘He needs to go’ – Judith Collins on under-fire Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3a5d683ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Trevor Mallard’s legal dispute cost more than $330,000, National reveals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd7b6ce809&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard costs taxpayer $333,000 after rape allegation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2beee5dd97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins says Speaker Trevor Mallard’s legal wrangle after false rape claim cost taxpayers $333,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b491ca3ec3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National loses confidence in Speaker Trevor Mallard over $333,000 bill to settle legal battle over ‘rape’ comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a85c76ae29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Trevor Mallard accused of hypocrisy over NDA stance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=945a24ef6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [$333,000 cost of Mallard’s defamation case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38e0700909&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Bryce Edwards: Trevor Mallard doesn’t have the right attributes for Speaker role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4ec9e4fae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Week in Politics: Parliament’s referee at risk of losing his whistle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=166f28bfbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Will PM’s kindness get in the way of punishing Mallard?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb1d1a2ccd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Tim Hazledine (BusinessDesk): [Home truths about house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b518bbfc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Adrian Orr says new agency needed to fix housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aae653489&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr recommends new housing agency to coordinate response to rising house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81853f1541&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Reserve Bank’s Adrian Orr on Grant Robertson’s house prices suggestion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e77f842f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – No easy solution in housing crisis blame game](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35f463aa93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Reserve Bank rejects request for help fixing the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2dd2cca2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Government to wait until next year to act on housing crisis, despite skyrocketing prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=094782d00c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Gibson (Herald): [Property prices: Highest number of house sales in a month since March 2007](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=765a71c6e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Housing market prices hit new record high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b1d5e9b17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [House prices skyrocket to new high, most properties sold since 2007 – REINZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07988c7c2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast and Alexa Cook (Newshub): [Record house prices leave sellers in tears as buyers fight to win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f09294229e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [Please, no more stories about young people buying houses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3014534814&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Landlords the ‘unsung heroes’ of the pandemic – business leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5c1c8ef6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Masters (One Roof): [The big Auckland land grab: ‘Staggering’ amounts of cash being paid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d66a3c79f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (Business Desk): [Hot housing about financial stability not monetary policy: RBNZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72e2561cac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rebecca Howard (Business Desk): [Hot housing market to fuel interest in Fletcher, retirement villages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e0ba0ad78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Melville (Business Desk): [The high cost of house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62cc4ada73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenny Ling (Herald): [Our Hidden Homeless: Donations pour in to help furnish Northlanders’ new portacoms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20ae8245cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (NZ Herald): [Fletcher plans huge new housing development in Kumeu, West Auckland, but residents up in arms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfdb2bfda2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Royal Commission into terrorist attack; hate speech laws** Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Unprepared: How the spies and cops entirely missed the terrorist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3abca4f20b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Battersby (Stuff): [The question behind the royal commission – can terrorism be conclusively eliminated?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5af6e41187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Intelligence agencies’ failures highlighted but no accountability sought](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d038946bd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Christchurch gunman’s racist views traced to when he was 12 – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b56e6d6d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shomi Yoon (ISO): [Solidarity to fight Islamophobia, not more spies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db17d649c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (Stuff): [Policing hate: What are the proposed changes and will they make a difference?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb4b11d54e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daphna Whitmore (Redline): [Hate speech laws are attacks on democracy, free speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e987ea983e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour Government** Matt McCarten (E-Tangata): [Jacinda’s choice: Transformative or timid?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d608155c60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [IRD faces huge financial shortfall after delay in transformation programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c207b6c39a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Failure gets worse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74853565e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Character and tsunamis: Judith Collins reflects on a tough year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1230000fff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (NZ Herald): [National Party leader Judith Collins has regrets from 2020 but ‘I’m not a quitter’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a45f0a9f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Judith Collins reflects on ‘really weird’ 2020 and looks to the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcc3c616a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, and review of politics in 2020** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [The big challenges facing political parties in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de0347891d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [My Politician of the Year is…](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49af8806f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [The Week in Politics: Government ends the year on a high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a30290b205&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: Tragedy, housing and climate emergency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=703ab82cc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [One chapter ends, several begin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1232d2daa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [After the travails of 2020 next year had better be better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=522fc68ab7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Votes for Quote of the Year 2020 now open](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9026bce30f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [New Zealand’s Quote of the Year finalists announced after rocky 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11dc661e53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Booze, books and business – the best of 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae254bcd60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cherie Howie (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: New Zealand Herald Our Heroes Award 2020 winner: The Whanau of 5 Million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7ca9374b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy and work** Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Cash-rich firms need to find their ‘moral compass’ and pay wage subsidy back, accounting professor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc3e8dab79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katrina Shanks (Stuff): [There are 150,000 unemployed, so why are we short of workers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b95ba96ea8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (NZ Herald): [GDP preview – Making sense of New Zealand’s big rebound](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eef18f14bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Anthony (Stuff): [Government has no plans to issue vouchers for domestic travel, tourism minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15c942d9e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Merchant service fee regulation – why the Government should go harder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=296902c2e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Jones (RNZ): [How New Zealand’s film industry boomed during the pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e969f329c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [The government’s agenda to lift small businesses performance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9adec7d656&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (NZ Herald): [Our Business Heroes: Small Business, for powering through pandemic disruption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01daa78475&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [David Clark congratulates gaming sector for defying COVID-19 odds and growing exports 60 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ad4b0e7db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Government looking at making debit and credit card bank fees fairer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65e4f30c98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Giant Aussie predator AustralianSuper should be sent packing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ff4541f5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Te Ao Maori News: [Pacific trade agreement gets green light](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=917a0ab5ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Poverty and inequality** Rob Stock (Stuff): [The story of intergenerational wealth told through my ancestors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1c743d34e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vicki Anderson (Stuff): [Hector Matthews: ‘Our country’s greatest scourge is deprivation’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0ef07788b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [New Zealand’s Covid-19 vaccine order far lower than many countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40dfa59b0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Coronavirus: New Zealand sides with US, Australia and pharma giants in battle for ‘people’s vaccine’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7f88cc023&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mahmoud Elkhodr (Stuff): [An Australia–NZ travel bubble needs a unified Covid contact-tracing app. We’re not there.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e97a4c086&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Herald): [Why it’s time for a transtasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8643b8d0fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Lake (Newshub): [Queensland opens its borders to New Zealanders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4518807cf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Joyce (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Steven Joyce: Government’s reasons for Oz bubble delay don’t wash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43d2b33500&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern explains trans-Tasman bubble hold-up as David Seymour slams her ‘can’t do’ attitude](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dcc576c94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Travel industry says kia orana to Cook Islands, ‘now let’s get the trans-Tasman bubble going’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5dff70b42a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Australian Associated Press: [New Zealand and Cook Islands to launch quarantine-free travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93338d51aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Government launches new summer ad campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b133e1d473&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Travel operator seeks firmer timeline for Cook Islands bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01602c43c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): [Government needs to make trans-Tasman bubble a priority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f41b65fc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Covid showing little impact in Kiwi summer holiday plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06243cb20d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Unstoppable summer’ – Hipkins launches campaign to keep Covid-19 at bay over the holidays](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f15995930&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Stephen Colbert lavishes praise on New Zealand’s Covid-19 pandemic response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f83fbe115&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change and environment** Richard Harman: [Ardern and climate change; the gap between ambition and reality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96be2de5cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Otago Daily Times: [Editorial – New Zealanders back climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=467063a300&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Stuff): [Canada offers New Zealand a lesson in how to manage carbon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c0f9eca74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexa Cook (Newshub): [New Zealand absent from Climate Ambition Summit 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ed4414ba0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [New Zealand to watch international climate leaders summit from the sidelines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d4199a4e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christine Rovoi (RNZ): [Pacific Islands Forum leaders urged to target worst greenhouse gas emitters for climate action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27d2e2c72e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [How long is it financially safe to own a low-lying coastal home?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69b6c9afbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington Regional Council mulls 13% rates rise; climate change, transport culprits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a37fb931af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christina Persico (Stuff): [The six-figure salaries available at Taranaki councils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5422d58d66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Invercargill City Council’s $1500 per day external observers to be appointed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c62300091&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Stuff): [Hamilton City Council to present residents with 8.9 per cent rates rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d6ec02ec9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Trigger (Herald): [Shelly Bay: Mau Whenua ‘not done’ after court case funding pulled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e47b4f544d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Harvey (Stuff): [Maori ward opponents criticised over leaflet sent to 30,000 New Plymouth homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5c6a114a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (RNZ): [Hundreds show support for Maori seats in Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03e0e620dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Caesareans scrutinised at Auckland Hospital; new private obstetricians blocked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f8acef284&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liu Chen (RNZ): [Hospital bills of ineligible patients should be funded nationally – doctor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfd1e964f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** RNZ: [Stuff in 2020: ‘We are really holding ourselves to account’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ee0e1f5fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [NZ Initiative director ‘gobsmacked’ by far-right blog](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e363b076a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand Initiative to investigate content after staffer’s resignation over extreme views](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7acc8f511c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz Gordon (The Daily Blog): [NZ Initiative runs faster than the speed of light from its Chief Editor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1c7fef225&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NZME recruits digital heavyweight James Butcher to advance online audio strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffc0b08541&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Jamie Morton (Herald): [71 Massey professors hit out over controversial science shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c0ad4501f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Griffin (Stuff): [Don’t panic about poor Kiwi science test results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b150114f15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Woolcock (Newshub): [How Ministry of Education’s new food rules will change what you can put in kids’ lunchboxes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cac8d9aa1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [University of Canterbury academic Anne-Marie Brady cleared after complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69ce3e8af2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Imprisonment and crime** Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Deportees waiting more than 200 days behind bars due to Covid-19 travel disruption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3603e9ea5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Hurley (Herald): [Ministry of Justice worker dealing meth was arrested in Whang?rei carpark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a12f7cfc2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lane Nichols (Herald): [Auckland gun violence: Mayor Phil Goff wants a police crackdown on drug trafficking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3c139325f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Jim Flynn dies** Jo Mckenzie-Mclean and Jonny Edwards (Stuff): [World-renowned Otago professor and ‘giant amongst scholars’ Jim Flynn dies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82d31535e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Otago academic ‘giant’ Jim Flynn dies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ca28c2435&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jasmin Bull (Newshub): [World-renowned Kiwi scientist Jim Flynn dies aged 86](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e58443da93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [RIP Jim Flynn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b40d6fbbdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Ihum?tao land dispute: Initial deal expected to go to Cabinet today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e5b010cd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Accountability for terrible events: Are we too soft?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95328e0096&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eugene Bingham, Felippe Rodrigues and Chris Mckeen (Stuff): [Unwarranted: The little-known, but widely-used police tactic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a44719f1b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Roughan (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has failed over Whakaari/White Island](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=701bf95069&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Khylee Quince (Stuff): [Saying sorry to Maori is a good start, but it’s not an end in itself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5348e3398c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) William Ray (RNZ): Maoriland: [New Zealand’s forgotten name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f86147c8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (NZ Herald): [Transmission Gully legal costs mount while Wellingtonians wait for road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95389549c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maria Slade (NBR): [Minister happy with beleaguered govt agency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ff60e5d30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Monique Poirier (Kiwiblog): [Why I describe myself as a conservative](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76a8b1a589&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tiwai Point smelter closure: Power firms explore green hydrogen options](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fab2285766&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tiwai Point smelter deal facing hurdles, ministers tell mayors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=567d9775bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Maori and Pasifika can become ‘soul’ of NZ’s technology sector, young scholarship winner says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2dd94b8d3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mataroria Lyndon (NZ Herald): [Alcohol-awash Aotearoa, we have a drinking problem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01c5b7baa6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Muriel Newman (NZCPR): [The Big Lie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a73c8761f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ’s ‘documentary heritage’ to be housed in new Levin facility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb8483b355&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)