> ## 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 October 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-14-october-2020/ - Published: 2020-10-13T19:25:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-10-14T19:40:08.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Wealth tax, Labour-Greens coalition negotiations** Tim Watkin (Pundit): [What Else Apart From A Wealth Tax? The Shape Of A Labour-Greens Coalition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2973b30868&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [It takes two to tango in talks says Green Party’s James Shaw over Ardern’s wealth tax comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f82511db07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Chlöe Swarbrick says Labour ‘disingenuous’ ruling out wealth tax, ‘ongoing discussions’ about walking away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17433c6b87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern shuts down wealth tax again as Green candidate sparks fresh speculation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2324170633&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Judith Collins rolls the wealth tax dice in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3381b0d6e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Grant Robertson: Greens entitled to their staunch tax approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=348336ddb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Seymour says Ardern unlikely to bring in wealth tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88a385757c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins insists wealth tax warnings are ‘absolutely responsible’ despite Labour ruling it out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55084d71ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Collins doubles down on wealth tax attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70513c127d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Paul Goldsmith: There will be a wealth tax under Labour-Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e49b19df45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Labour unlikely to back down on wealth tax – political scientist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce629b5320&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB: [The wealth tax isn’t dead just yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0b2c2531f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Behind the scenes in coalition negotiations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60287094cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ardern says 2017 negotiation loaf ‘just good baking’, after swipe from Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11fcea0f34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Liam Hehir (Democracy Project): [How to make your mind up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b7d6cf088&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Keeping ’em honest: A look at the glaring inconsistencies on politicking around the wage subsidy, JobStart and house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93b5937700&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [The election’s nearly over – was that it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06cc48eaf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Little fake news, some half truths in New Zealand election campaign – research](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b15c8913a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Minor parties posture for Government positions but face nervous wait on referendum results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdb329b1d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [A wasted opportunity on cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e717875fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [What goes through people’s minds when voting?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1579691233&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Global media calls win for Jacinda Ardern, warns her popularity ‘will be tested’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=133e859410&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Benee says, ‘Get out and vote’, shares views on youth politics and the cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=545be8f77d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Facing dim prospects at home, young Kiwis might vote with their feet and leave](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33f25a5cd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [New Conservative candidate shares photo of 11yo girl in anti-rainbow campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c44b2f694&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [False Profit: Full and unedited video with Advance NZ co-leader Billy Te Kahika](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bd9bfc617&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Thomas Manch and Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins in the battle for the Capital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8a04c1609&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tight race for candidates in Hutt South and ?h?riu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=554ecd49c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Paul Eagle looking for second win in Rongotai](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfe558a713&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shannon Johnstone (Hawkes Bay Today): [Tukituki candidates ramp up campaigning ahead of tight election race](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27b75e76ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Pasifika community gears up to vote in Labour stronghold of M?ngere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8017cbf580&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Anna Whyte (1News): [Each party’s top 10 policies outlined, in 40 seconds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fece04d58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [Labour, National, ACT, NZ First, and Greens’ economic policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54bb8178a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Global pandemic is still taking lives, Grant Robertson warns as finance men go head to head](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3796936c5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [What Election 2020 means for The Treaty/Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Ng?puhi and Ihum?tao](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94d0b91ecc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) NBR: [How much you say? The dollars and cents of Labour and National’s election promises updated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b768a893b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michelle Duff (Stuff): [Political nonsense about abortion law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd02d8117a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National** Jennifer Curtain (The Conversation): [NZ election 2020: as the ultimate political survivor, Judith Collins prepares for her ultimate test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e646c2f99c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National’s marginal and list MPs’ jobs at risk in countdown to polling day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35ab36e131&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Judith Collins’ final week attacks ‘bizarre’, ‘desperate’ – pundits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c13af4b0bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Judith Collins calls Jacinda Ardern a ‘liar’ over Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b52bac350e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘She lied to us’ – Collins attacks Ardern on campaign trail, challenges Labour leader to sue her](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e14d899ff3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Judith Collins says Jacinda Ardern ‘lied’ about Covid border testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2628df9826&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Brittney Degara (Stuff): [Judith Collins blaming obesity on ‘personal responsibility’ is ‘shallow, lazy and wrong’, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3241ba13b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux and Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Judith Collins blasted for saying obesity is a ‘personal choice’ for which people must take responsibility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10f38b5849&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins says obesity is ‘generally’ a weakness, urges personal responsibility over blaming the ‘system’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f040f64c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Health researcher calls Judith Collins’ obesity comments “heartless”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fff0048ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [We need to stop “individualising” obesity, health lecturer says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82a2861b74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Judith Collins: Obese people must take responsibility for ‘personal choices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48bf37be9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Claire Trevett (Herald): [Judith Collins on Wellington’s transport ‘disgrace’ and a Labour-Green government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9894a0feb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National’s Judith Collins says Wellington’s transport issues ‘even worse than Auckland’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc85a3368f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [National Party leader Judith Collins hits Wellington in final week sprint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcfafd2e32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour** Richard Shaw (The Conversation): [NZ election 2020: Jacinda Ardern promised transformation — instead, the times transformed her](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08a183ea75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julia Hollingsworth (CNN): [The small-town takeout store worker who won over New Zealand — and the world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e588d1a34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) AAP: [Ardern defends broken fees free promise on visit to uni – ‘We needed to fill in that skills gap’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4644dc0c58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern gets hero’s welcome from students, but disappointment over broken fees-free promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ca69ba5a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern touts progressive credentials in rockstar student rally](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1942a55201&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern adds her weight to campaign in marginal Hutt South seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f8fe78e58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Victim advocate service in Labour’s plans, says Little](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de80f17fb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Labour releases full manifesto, reveals ‘top priority’ in Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c776d45075&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [Jacinda Ardern: The business sector say she’s a pleasure to work with](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7996fb884c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern helps make wooden figurines of herself, Clarke Gayford on campaign trail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ce9baac26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens** 1News: [‘Sweating it slightly’ – Green Party appeals for strategic voting to secure Parliamentary future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca2d448913&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Cronshaw (Herald): [Green Party says the days of vehicle camping anywhere are over](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73156fb24a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Green Party’s values questioned by ACT after candidate calls David Seymour ‘stank-ass leader’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a31fc2e89d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori seats** 1News: [Tamihere, Henare put their case to voters in hotly contested Tamaki Makaurau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7af791d441&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Uma Ahmed (Stuff): [Te Tai Hauauru frontrunners say housing and jobs the big issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfa0c54c5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** Jo Moir (RNZ): [Winston Peters returns to in Tauranga in final campaign sprint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96cbe0cbb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Winston Peters heads back to where it all began, for what could be the end](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f088d2553&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Winston Peters dismisses polls, warns of ‘Green, Labour nightmare’ in animated Duncan Garner interview](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=054fc1b906&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘Sorry sunshine, no thanks’, Winston Peters takes on Covid-19 denier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4fa9f2bff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters breaks 40-year no sweets rule to try Laura Daniel’s latest masterpiece](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dee6727941&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Provincial Growth Fund’s future up in the air, looking dicey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=405f6f4def&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **ACT** Amelia Wade (Herald): [What 11 Act MPs would mean in Parliament – according to leader David Seymour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf86d38493&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [David Seymour’s ACT Party campaign of a lifetime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e1677c55a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis and euthanasia referendums** Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Why the cannabis referendum is too close to call – and who’s to blame if it fails](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b35b654e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Chlöe Swarbrick, Duncan Garner’s heated exchange over decriminalisation vs regulation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02cec917ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [NZ Medical Association’s U-turn on cannabis causes backlash from doctors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce454ad09e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [NZMA and the cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61e4376070&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald):[5 things you need to know about the cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91a00ce4db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robert Hamlin (ODT): [Cannabis legislation raises public good concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eae1aacd01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Carolyne Meng-Yee (Herald): [Lecretia Seales’ parents on voluntary euthanasia and her legacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0a41c82ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Advance voting** ODT Editorial: [Early voting analysis needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f460e459f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [With days left to go, early voting for 2020 election surpasses all early votes in 2017](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32eb7015c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Advance votes surpass total in 2017](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e93801e347&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Isabella Durant (Newshub): [Advance voting expected to blast past Electoral Commission target](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f96573cba7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Jason Walls and Ben Leahy (Herald): [NZ Herald-Kantar poll reveals what Kiwis think needs to happen to house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=228dd89426&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [TOP: major parties don’t want to spook voters on housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11de559eaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Minor parties back modular homes as part of solution to NZ’s housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=213c23e0e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Housing market continues to hit record highs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b088930574&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [RBNZ will need to pop the housing bubble: Kiwibank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21d10ca62d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Westpac’s economists say they underestimated the impact of interest rate cuts and wonder if the Reserve Bank has over-stimulated the housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b36630c7f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Reddell: [Housing, the Reserve Bank, and interest rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4399d4fe81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Interest rate war predicted as banks look to lend more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ad2cc43be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Low housing stocks driving prices to record levels across the Wellington region](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d00cdd37c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz McDonald and Jonny Edwards (Stuff): [Christchurch house prices reach record high as low interest rates boost demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b904061ea3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Eloise Gibson, Olivia Wannan and Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): [How the Government’s $100m ‘climate resilience’ projects stack up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d72cdec11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [‘Climate resilience’ quarry’s Govt funding appears uncertain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6c43a7748&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leith Huffadine (RNZ): [Politicians have a ‘mandate’ for climate action, how do their policies stack up?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=255eb7ed65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [The Chart – election edition: A climate change conundrum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7dc693c3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ellen O’Dywer (Stuff): [The Last Lake: ‘Huntly won’t be dumped on anymore’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44f9333042&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **RMA** Eugene Sage (BusinessDesk): [Greens’ RMA reform bottom lines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19abeb7350&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Resource Management Act to go – but what will replace it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e661b2007&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Primary and extractive industries** Jamie Mackay (Newstalk ZB): [A farmers’ guide to voting (for those sitting on the fence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f48784edd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)) Andrew Bevin (NBR): [Forest owners upset by major party policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df21607340&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eric Frykberg (RNZ): [Growers warn ‘time is slipping by’ for harvest amid dire need for picker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76732c1810&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sharnae Hope (Stuff): [Climate protesters block Huntly coalmine and push national mining conference online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2ddf2addb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Protesters shut down mine near Huntly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00c653d13b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, jobs** Kate Newton (Stuff): [What might help to curb unemployment?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b91fbb570&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Moore (1News): [The Warehouse employees feel ‘disrespected’ over hundreds of job losses after company claimed wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=212128bb95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The Warehouse workers ‘dejected, annoyed’ over restructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ac8978f87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Aviation caterer appeals ruling that found it breached employment law during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18f71e89ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Should staff be paid minimum wage when they don’t work?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03ecad93f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Bosses call on next government to prioritise partnerships, infrastructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccea473f56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caroline Fleming (Herald): [Future of Kawerau’s Norske Skog Tasman mill uncertain, job loss speculation ‘premature’, company says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e648c4bff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Auckland job listings down 40% in September quarter – TradeMe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43a651cff2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Porirua City Council to repay Covid-19 wage subsidy after questions raised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3c82101e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Porirua City Council told to pay back wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5dcd6c36e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Porirua City Council to pay back wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87da4fec64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Porirua council to return $2.6 million claimed under Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39038ec1db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Sir Tim too tired: Biddle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=132164ba57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Smith and Abbey Palmer (ODT): [Mayor’s deputy call can be fought: academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df4b4565a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Govt access to encrypted data** RNZ: [Threats to freedom warned if social media unlocked to Five Eyes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=153900b017&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand joins call for access to social media encrypted data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b30404fa5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Privacy and the trust we need for the Government to protect all of us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=191b01d10f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Fees hike for domestic students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65c411c158&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Court challenge to Otago University’s admission process weak – law expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=690a4667eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly and Steven Walton (Stuff): [Surge in demand for rooms at New Zealand university halls of residence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5c41a63bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [High-needs ‘underfunding’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae9b78a8fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): [Why missing school matters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b9281cb40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kim Moodie (Herald): [New scheme sees trainee teachers immersed in classroom – and fees covered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe0e264038&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health and disability** Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Shane Reti’s plan to fix Canterbury DHB channels former Labour minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67f73724f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Manawatu Standard): [Midwives’ shortage prompts closure of Horowhenua maternity services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d21f981e4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kim Baker Wilson (1News): [Waitemat? DHB grapples with shortage of nurses and too many paramedics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dd6f3b98f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Hutton (RNZ): [Parents say Trust for the disabled was deliberately run down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f299766074&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus** Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Leading public health expert ‘irate’ over WHO lockdown advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f32d5973f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Isabella Durant (Newshub): [WHO official’s anti-lockdown comments aimed at virus-ridden countries, not NZ – experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6974fafe75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘NZ is in an advantageous position’ – WHO spokesperson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=302782872b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt ‘acted unreasonably’ converting Stamford Plaza to Covid-19 isolation hotel – Chief Ombudsman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7808e7d881&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Investigation underway after member of the public books room, enters Covid-19 hotel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18642d0e2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Woman books room, walks into isolation facility at Auckland Airport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a0efcedf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pfizer vaccine ‘a very likely prospect’ – Megan Woods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f56e4d012&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [Ministerial source reveals vaccine development seriously advanced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51769d5ee9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Who will get first access to Covid-19 vaccines?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0e674e2d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan(Newshub): [The surge of doctors fleeing the US to New Zealand to escape the coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc3830ed54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Deja vu feeling of freedom: New Zealand’s virus restrictions a distant memory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fb73c7b3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [PGF ‘lolly scramble’ fails to support top of the south, says National duo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d7fa76aa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Is a four-year electoral cycle too long?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65d50d158e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [How New Zealand’s election compares to the US Presidential race](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d2dfa03cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [The very fine line between a genuine volunteer and exploitation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbc424ef8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Pokie machines: South Auckland’s ongoing struggle with problem gambling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=481a86dd18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Safety concerns for Oranga Tamariki staff after protesters hurl abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb3d2e3e87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Police refuse to release file into allegation pregnant woman thrown to ground during arrest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=557bace34e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Newsroom): [Chris Finlayson halts the National Library madness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec0ce30d97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Nippert (Herald): [South Canterbury Finance finally receives last rites](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f1af6e7cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [South Canterbury Finance’s $485m curtain call](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69beed9354&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)