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# Daily News Roundup – 14 July 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-14-july-2020/
- Published: 2020-07-13T20:15:01.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-14T20:34:58.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

**Todd Muller resigns as National Party leader**  
1News: [Todd Muller resigns as leader of Opposition, National Party in shock announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=870735fc1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Todd Muller quits as National Party leader for health reasons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ffbf0ea09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Todd Muller resigns as National Party leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=215639f697&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Todd Muller resigns as National Party leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=888e728ff5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Todd Muller resigns as leader of the National Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8ce4d016e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**National Party**  
Chris Trotter (Interest): [Muller should emulate Trump’s 2015-16 strategy, telling National’s voters he will ‘drain the swamp’ of the waters polluted by years of dirty politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a3179c9d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Covid patient info scandal reeks of ‘organised campaign’ by National, author Nicky Hager argues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aaf8160206&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s Amy Adams describes Todd Muller as ‘straight-up person’ who ‘could’ve been clearer’ over privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09dcc9a159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Boag provided private email to receive patients’ details – Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24242655b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Ben Thomas: Recapping a bad week for Todd Muller and National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c0254d86a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Inside Parliament: A nightmare for National after Covid-19 patient leaks, isolation escapes mount up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b73e482567&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [National MP Amy Adams apologises for wrongly claiming party candidate Catherine Chu is Chinese](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93811861c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [National MP Amy Adams apologises for incorrectly describing candidate Catherine Chu as Chinese](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a2c48d48a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**SFO investigation into Labour**  
RNZ: Checkpoint: [Serious Fraud Office launches investigation into Labour Party 2017 donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b76fd8be4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Serious Fraud Office investigation into donations made to Labour Party in 2017](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a1c60c7b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Hurley (Herald): [Serious Fraud Office launches investigation into Labour Party donations from 2017](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5220bb96b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Serious Fraud Office launches investigation into Labour Party donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf4e64facc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Julie Iles (NBR): [SFO to investigate donations to Labour’s 2017 campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c0b3446c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Farrar: [SFO announces investigation into Labour’s 2017 donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ed968917b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
No Right Turn: [Our dirty Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f57ee486ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Election, referenda**  
Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [My biggest hope for the election is an increased turnout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52de3e8141&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Strong (Stuff): [General elections are nearing, which means it is fake news season](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8911519dc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
AAP: [With comfortable lead in polls, Labour going policy-free in election campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f950d7d855&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Green Party: Better to spend $1.5b on solar panels than roads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=003c3280c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [New Zealand’s Chinese community needs more political representation following Dr Jian Yang’s retirement – Kai-Shek Lue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cc006bc94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)y  
Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Wairarapa electorate explained](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74147ddac2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Swastikas painted on New Conservative political campaign signs in West Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c7ff18515&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Megan Harvey (Herald): [New Conservative party’s electoral campaign billboards defaced with swastikas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=802205d9a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Newstalk ZB: [Official pamphlet on cannabis referendum accused of making subjective claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20d5f7cc27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Act**  
Zane Small (Newshub): [David Seymour rejects that ACT’s paying lip service to anti-1080 activists with conservation policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79399a9685&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Act’s new welfare policy seen as similar to ACC](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32e8a51411&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [David Seymour: New policy will make welfare modern, fairer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1a00e3ed3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Quarantine**   
Michael Daly (Stuff): [Bloomfield confident in NZ facilities despite Victoria’s Covid-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1960737db9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Free hotel quarantine for NZers leaving for holidays ‘not going to happen’, Health Minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b479eccde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Blame for isolation breaches lies with rule-breakers, not Govt – Health Minister Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bede51ce1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Paul Hobbs (1News): [Woman who was first person accused of escaping Covid-19 quarantine hotel appears in court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87b2a81c84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Security guards at managed quarantine hotels can be sworn in as temporary constables, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=242deca887&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [People in managed isolation have access to healthcare – minister Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2215a1ac3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katarina Williams and Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Wellington appears to be getting second managed isolation facility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5d03cdd0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Ship’s 28-days-isolated crew allowed ashore](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=561775c877&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [US author Alex Berenson says New Zealand putting returnees into ‘indefinite confinement’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e42874a2a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Deportees from Australia**  
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Outrageous timing for Australia to resume deportations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fabccd7f31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Thirty deportees to arrive in New Zealand this week: ‘We’re obliged to receive them’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47b3cda064&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Health Minister Chris Hipkins hits out at Australia for sending back 30 deportees amid pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9058fd1a7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Government won’t reveal which Auckland hotel will house quarantining deportees from Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f29e76fcaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government will keep location of Australian deportee isolation hotel secret to stop ‘vigilante justice’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ec97e2f68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Govt won’t say where Kiwi criminals deported from Australia will be isolated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0a87075cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Govt won’t reveal where deported Kiwi criminals will be housed for isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32bead421a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy**  
Brian Fallow (Interest): [They’ve got plans – and they are remarkably similar](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e59dcbcf5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Sir Stephen Tindall among group of rich people wanting higher taxes to aid Covid-19 recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa462e2c7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): [Sir Stephen Tindall joins world millionaires calling for taxes on the rich to be raised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32e5784d4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Helicopter money: Should New Zealand follow Britain and introduce spending incentives?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5c1f0922e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Business**  
Isaac Davison (Herald): [SkyCity applies for wage subsidy extension, angering laid-off workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8111886ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Businesses repay hundreds of millions of dollars in wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00b4781c1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Harry Lock (RNZ): [Rent relief delays leave businesses pleading with government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=832d192940&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Harry Lock (RNZ): [Govt delays over commercial rents causing ‘pain and expense’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a36b411868&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Rental car firm Avis Budget Group redundancies puts 800 jobs on the line](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f78564e2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Scenic Hotels down to 200 staff, may mothball all its West Coast hotels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b693d76b4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Christchurch mosque shooting**  
RNZ: Checkpoint: [Christchurch mosque shooter’s sentencing: Lawyer Marie Dyhrberg discusses precautions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e7bc243da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Judge will tread ‘fine line’ in court as Christchurch mosque attacker opts to represent himself, Queen’s Counsel says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d3f1c3b4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Annabelle Tukia (Newshub): [Mother of Christchurch mosque victim is disappointed shooter is representing himself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d82744f6f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Brenton Tarrant sacks lawyers, will represent himself at sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ded01ae1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eleisha Foon (RNZ): [Gunman to represent himself at sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45deb6e9e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Christchurch mosque shooting: Brenton Tarrant to represent himself at sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=362a4fa7b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Mead (1News): [Christchurch mosque attack terrorist sacks lawyers, to represent himself at sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e57c4b1eba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Police**  
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Police acknowledge claim against racial bias was false](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77efed52f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Demelza Leslie (Newshub): [Family of man shot dead by police 20 years ago continues fight for justice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=735148afc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Family of Steven Wallace take case against police to High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e680e39299&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Weekes (Stuff): [Police phones wrecked, stolen, missing cost taxpayers more than $600,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5874be4600&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Top cop allowed to return as ‘our man in Hong Kong’ after lewd comment ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bb57b072c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
RNZ: The Detail: [Borrowing to pay wages – St John ambulance needs treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cca357895a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff Editorial: [Let’s label liquor industry stalling tactics correctly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ac1eacbf1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Doctors and patients anxious after pharma giant Apotex quits New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c37e2da5bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Blistering attack by leading doctor on own employer after mother’s death](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6454efa087&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Transmission Gully**  
Joel Maxwell (Dominion Post): [Another $5m advanced to Transmission Gully builders as negotiations drag on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=230726f39d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [NZTA buys more time for Transmission Gully negotiations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95fbffa9ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Transmission Gully gets $5m more for work extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1a88dff87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): [Govt outlines $200m in support for Auckland Council projects ahead of budget deadline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c81c18b97a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Miller (ODT): [ORC lagging on consent monitoring](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4510151159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Perry (ODT): [Council waste pitch will include site tipped as next dump](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba7e795166&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Water quality, provision, infrastructure**  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Auckland river and stream faecal contamination ‘widespread’ – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f3f73845b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Marcus Anselm (RNZ): [Health report keeps spotlight on failing water supplies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a84fa7d3c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Havelock North campylobacter study estimates 8320 were infected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb8b19420b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [Dam overflows as city keeps up bid to save water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94f3c46cd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Shannon Redstall (Newshub): [Auckland’s rainfall still not enough to break the drought as dam levels are still low](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12ea902fd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington water woes: Crucial report was lost in archives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b8d36d628&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Tiwai Point**  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Impact on electricity sector of smelter closure ‘cannot be overstated’, analyst warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fcd1b0d01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Yardley (Stuff): [Rio Tinto not a charity case, no more handouts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45d901507f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Environment**  
Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [Retired doctor launches parliamentary hunger strike for climate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6f9f1538c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): [Speeding up shovel-ready projects ‘risky’ in the wake of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39db296704&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Auckland trees: Dozens of mature natives facing the chop in ‘chainsaw massacre’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=637dceb828&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Primary industries**  
Esther Taunton (Stuff): [NZ Wood ad ‘implies farmers are dumb’ if they don’t embrace forestry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6bce5f132&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Urban spread: Farmer accuses councils of ‘economic vandalism’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b64829cc87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Riley Kennedy (RNZ): [Virtual Fieldays crashes after launching due visitors flocking to site](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bc50a78ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Fieldays, normally the southern hemisphere’s largest agricultural event, goes online-only today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49fe9851d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Riley Kennedy (RNZ): [Virtual Fieldays a ‘world first’ for agricultural events](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03f020c631&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Cancel culture**  
David Farrar: [Fighting the cancel culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=320d994450&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Andrew Ecclestone (Stuff): [An updated Official Information Act must strengthen our right to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4abc5afc03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melissa Chan-Green (Newshub): [Anti-racism campaign launched after spike in racial attacks towards Asian community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7447777e61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Pandemic tests NZ-China relations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4fccaec87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus and Tina Law (Dominion Post): [Bike boom: Cycling is way up in recent years, but why don’t our cities reflect that?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f58ee08d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [How electric vehicles might keep the cost of electricity up after Tiwai closes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43c8025969&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Twitter struggles to explain why Vision NZ political candidate’s tweet was promoted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=815af8388e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Cohen (RNZ): [David Cohen: The outsized importance of university rankings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0994b57e4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ryan Anderson (Stuff): [Uni students want more support services and more say post-Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2383b6ac95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Elers (Stuff): [Birth of liberal churches an example of religion working as it should](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=361e0caf3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maxine Jacobs (Stuff): [Protests on foreign issues sharpens focus on systemic failings at home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2025188e8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Women of Influence: Is flexible working actually a trap for women?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d87b8232d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)