> ## 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 – 15 April 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-15-april-2020/ - Published: 2020-04-14T20:46:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-04-14T21:21:09.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Public health strategy** Virginia Fallon and Bridie Whitton (Stuff): [Call for return to normal life puts tens of thousands at risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35567f8928&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Cabinet urged not to play ‘Russian roulette’ with New Zealanders’ health by rushing lockdown decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d382fb114&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Don’t look to Australia for lockdown example, says expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ee0b6096a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government still has work to do to prevent playing ‘Russian roulette’ with Kiwis’ health: epidemiologist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=650decd05e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gibb (ODT): [Lockdown hasty exit a risky gamble that could cost lives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c5ee30e03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Level 4 lockdown needs to be done once and done right to stamp out Covid-19, expert urges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17be5a7641&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Academics propose easing restrictions, lockdown no longer needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96b2a3d98e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Simon Thornley on why he believes lockdown has been an overreaction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e13f08902&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [The pressure goes on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a23e342302&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 surveillance system needs more attention – epidemiologist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=067ba7b4e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Professor calls for more transparency in reporting of rural Covid-19 statistics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61455cb22a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Without clear evidence, this is no time for a hasty retreat from lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43d0b14a9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Next steps crucial to keep support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12bea4a79f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zane Small (Newshub): [MPs question New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown as Australia’s lighter approach produces similar results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ea7bbee02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Have we gone too hard in this lockdown?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8a2cedf9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Relying on other countries for vaccine ‘wrong approach’, top scientists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eea77bf967&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 vaccine development programme urged](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5673d5aa20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Richard Shaw (The Conversation): [Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last until the country’s elections later in the year?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0a9e8dfaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Boris Johnson’s ‘digi kiwis’ no longer working on NZ Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e5c4e69e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says NZ can’t ‘take our foot off the pedal’ with COVID-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23c98e11a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New Zealanders shouldn’t assume lockdown lifting next week – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34313414f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern wants as few ‘restrictions as possible on New Zealanders’ while trying to eliminate Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1e29a2afe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Government extends New Zealand’s state of national emergency during COVID-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a677f922ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [State of national emergency extended for another seven days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c205ad753&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Winston Peters says fishing critics need a ‘sense of humour’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f0afc3d61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Very lucky to be surrounded by kindness’ – Jacinda Ardern thanks family for help during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d648b279b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Treasury modelling** Zane Small (Newshub): [Treasury’s scenario of up to 26 percent unemployment ‘unacceptable’ – Finance Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4088b7c105&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Grant Robertson won’t accept worst case scenario of hundreds of thousands additional unemployed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=200c96a2a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [Covid-19 is much bigger than the GFC](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6565fad040&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Unemployment can be kept below 10 percent – Treasury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee6f69c65f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Four years to low unemployment possible post-covid: Treasury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=060ba60364&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [What the Government needs to do to keep unemployment below 10 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfe62587d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Unemployment could hit 25 per cent in worst case lockdown scenario – Treasury modelling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3a6491778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Reddell: [The Treasury’s economic scenarios](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18a96ce8cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [We’ve stopped worst effects – now let’s get ready for the next crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef6cc40421&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Too-short ‘failed lockdown’ would be worse outcome for economy in long run, bank warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9fb907d09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter (Interest): [The lesson of history is ‘liquidate orthodoxy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fddbcc2492&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Economist warns of ‘very challenging year’ ahead with a ‘lot of pain’ to come for Kiwi businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3822a21523&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [New Zealand economy won’t look ‘normal’ for a long time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc360e40d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [Loss of international tourism ‘a game-changer’ – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61f0998745&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, job losses** Anna White (1News): [Nearly $9 billion in wage subsidies paid to 1.4 million workers across New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03e1eaa6ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Coronavirus: Government package offers $3.2b worth of tax and business assistance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7380c375d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Government launches new $3b business tax package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77576d2f6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [$3 billion tax break to help small businesses survive Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f869fe413d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [SME tax relief, new commercial tenant measures introduced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d64ec838b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Raft of new measures announced to provide relief for small, medium-sized businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3b7822e88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Business tax changes worth more than $3 billion unveiled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=447abe6014&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Appetite for business, mortgage holiday schemes fades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02dd193ca7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Rules changed to allow commercial tenants and mortgage holders given more time to sort their affairs before landlords and lenders swoop in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28db785690&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Increase in sustainable business could be more feasible after lockdown, advocate says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2ebc100fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Never a better time for employers to integrate flexibility, EMA says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec1ee1e695&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [Employers must consult before making staff redundant during Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a859208306&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Burger King NZ owners in receivership, hopes of sale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84d6643b5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Owners of fast food chain Burger King go into receivership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07a2cc02b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Venuto (Herald): [Can Burger King find a buyer? Retail expert’s view](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c6c5df329&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Burger King operator in receivership, blames coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8e5f6525b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [2degrees proposes to cut its workforce by 10%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9f5900bc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [2degrees to lay off 120 staff, slash costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e4a41ad16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Michael Neilson (Herald): [Climate Change Commission warns high emission economic recovery could deepen climate crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e6220a095&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Climate Commission warns high-emissions coronavirus spend-up will spark new crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1c6bbe2a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reweti Kohere (NBR): [Climate commission encourages green lens on virus recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39a25798de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Teuila Fuatai (Stuff): [Fleeing or living – questions from the frontline of climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dc492c655&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Raf Manji (Stuff): [NZ should lead move to fossil-fuel reduction treaty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6df3e1c17f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson and Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [How to live lightly while in home lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95fb74e1db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Will the lockdown combat mindless consumerism?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e7066981c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Doyle (RNZ): [NZ’s native birds thrive under Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96191aea5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (Stuff): [Conservation minister affirms conservation board’s right to meet – despite iwi boycott](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a522c7dfb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Funding pushes efforts to eradicate stoats on Rangitoto ki te Tonga / d’Urville Island](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f71230d4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Fletchers, construction** Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Fletcher Building receives $66.3m through Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2ad882d71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Grant Robertson hints at construction workforce coming back during alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c66d1985c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Rest homes** Hamish McLean (ODT): [Aged-care facilities in focus as New Zealand deaths rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c413db3ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Aged care review announced as death toll grows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca7d680c20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Dr Ashley Bloomfield disputes suggestion Rosewood Rest Home residents were left to die in hospital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed78374bc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [CHT St Margarets facility identified as Auckland rest home cluster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a12ff4c042&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Man unable to find out if mother-in-law moved from Rosewood Rest Home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9ad027a0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Some exceptions for visiting dying relatives at rest homes – Aged Care union boss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b30754e123&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Masks and protective gear** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [PPE still not available to some nurses at Burwood Hospital, site of six COVID-19 deaths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95ba44ba49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Healthcare provider struggling to get enough PPE](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd77fdf6c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gary Payinda (Herald): [Surgical-type face mask should be safe enough to use on frontline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b00b9942d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Essential workers** Dubby Henry (Herald): [Eight healthcare workers in Auckland’s DHBs have Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2110152037&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [Publicly-funded workers ineligible for subsidy ‘should continue to be paid’ – PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8065c84c08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Frontline workers finding alternative accommodation to protect their families from COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65bd4b36b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marlon Drake (Stuff): [Our essential workers should all be on a living wage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f9d8c3e33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [Essential worker leave scheme: 70-year-old ‘can’t even sleep at night’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86489c0658&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Term of distance learning begins for teachers and pupils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e806a6cca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Tens of thousands of Kiwi kids lack internet, devices for online learning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba537b9c0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Imogen Wells (1News): [Online safety filter available for kids at home learning remotely](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ccb6c0c23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Secondary school principal wants NCEA level 1 suspended for 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f108df9aa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [How to cope with kids learning at home during the lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b38d7cf0b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zac Anderson (Stuff): [As a principal, it’s bloody awful not knowing if our kids have eaten today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1822c9d424&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— ODT: [Government’s student assistance package decried](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8323af252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Course-related costs limit increased as part of COVID-19 tertiary relief package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7481495683&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin & Lee Kenny (Stuff): [PM Jacinda Ardern announces tertiary student support package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ede1ba068c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [Childcare centres expected to be ‘flexible’ about fees during lockdown, Education Minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b6c78b946&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Time to let NZME and Stuff merge?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=426f346279&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Big cuts announced by NZME in latest COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8def18ddf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZME to cut 200 jobs as advertising revenue plummets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c1330b3f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds and Tom Pullar-Strecke (Stuff): [Media company NZME cuts workforce by 15%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a131c0e08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZME cuts ‘200 positions’, asks employees to take 15 per cent pay cut for 12 weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c529746b39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [NZHerald, Newstalk ZB owner NZME cuts more than 200 jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3edf517cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [NZME slashes 15% of workforce as advertising plummets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=113e9afe56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local government** Tom Hunt (Dominion Post): [Wellington Water polls residents on dumping city’s sewer in Cook Strait](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86b4c96e63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham (Stuff): [Coronavirus NZ podcast: Over-rated? Why councillors are meeting in secret](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c41a4a216a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (RNZ): [Northland councils’ rates under spotlight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f3fb64f3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Ratepayers asked to pay what they can; DCC to look at options](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43f45de83b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Central Otago rates to be invoiced as usual but scope to avoid penalties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a53500b23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Repatriation, ex-pats, migration** 1News: [‘I’m grateful to be home’ – Kiwis stranded in South America return to NZ on rescue flight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=193d3be3c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liu Chen (RNZ): [Family back from Wuhan: ‘Everyone is trying to help us’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=423909d82f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [I’m a Kiwi overseas – what happens if I get sick?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d67e9736e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More Kiwis arriving than leaving for first time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=523602039d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Regional flights in doubt after shutdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6caf4645f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ananish Chaudhuri (Herald): [Air New Zealand pilot layoffs – there is a better way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d551875512&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Melanie Carrolll (Stuff): [Air New Zealand credits spark complaints to Commerce Commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=298844833f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Long term grounding of large planes is 400 hours per aircraft](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83ad0d6e78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pacific** RNZ: [Fiji police arrest more Covid-19 restriction breachers, including one of their own](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a83d456138&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Fiji Health Minister warns that Covid-19 screening is compulsory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db4479cdea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Godfrey (RNZ): [Many homeless or without electricity in Fiji after Cyclone Harold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23bdc58bf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Cyclone Harold has already cost Fiji millions of dollars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7663ecb3e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wharves and coastal roads in Tonga need repairing after Cyclone Harold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45c234f513&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Koroi Hawkins (RNZ): [NGO backs Vanuatu’s disaster officials as it gets OK to distribute aid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b9cff04f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Deaths of fisheries observers** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Death on the high seas; the mysterious death of a humble fishing observer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9324da30f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Latest death of Pacific fisheries observer highlights protection flaws](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfdfc70d0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Lockdown breaches, enforcing the lockdown** Virginia Fallon (Stuff): [Police report 1452 breaches as Kiwis continue to ignore rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0996ed1b1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Castles (1News): [Former MP Hone Harawira defends travelling to ‘essentially fabulous’ Easter breakfast with sister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47142caba7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Hone Harawira says 600km trip, meal with family in Auckland ‘was safe’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e400570aaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): [Former MP Hone Harawira causes stir after trip to Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfbe931e89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Iwi checkpoints** Dean Nathan (M?ori TV): [Closing gateway to Far North to protect against virus great for community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aa88a6646&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Taroi Black (M?ori TV): [Ruatoria checkpoint worker feels let down by police decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa3b5c5fbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sport** Steve Hepburn (ODT): [Sport must wait: Gerrard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3890b942c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vinnie Wylie (RNZ): [Former All Black Eroni Clarke appointed to NZR Pasifika role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48f622b677&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Essential turf maintenance can resume at golf courses today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fb9e80c68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Tapatahi, Tepara Koti (M?ori TV): [M?ori orgs getting homeless into iso-proof accomodation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe8daa5804&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [The rise of cultural reports in the New Zealand criminal justice system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e63619e018&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Monique Poirier (Democracy Project): [Politicising a crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1a885a4e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Call to millionaires: Come to ‘Sanctuary NZ’ – for a price](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dab1c9854d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Opening date for Te Nikau Grey Hospital dependent on Covid-19 situation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d882ad565b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester and Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Four months on, here’s what we’ve learned about Covid-19 so far](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=858cab5b68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Christchurch’s $475m convention centre opening pushed back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ae5fda738&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lawrence Gullery (Stuff): [Lingering drought prompts more calls to rural helpline during Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=318a497dde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Juha Saarinen (Herald): [Dangerous anti-5G conspiracy theorists cross the line](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93276fe17f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Funeral directors and families battle with restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d8f0ec4f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Sir John Kirwan urges Kiwis experiencing lockdown mental health issues to utilise new online tools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1e5279cf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Optimism arts sector will bounce back from Covid-19 blues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f71df61bf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom McKinlay (ODT): [An art to profit us all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=873029f6d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)