> ## 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 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-15-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-14T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-14T19:51:10.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Covid: New community outbreak** Audrey Young (Herald): [The best place to judge Ardern’s lockdown is from a rear view mirror](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5f855d59a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): [Ardern’s Year of Reckoning?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=634ab5ba8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [The advisors behind today’s lockdown decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6011053dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Police set up Auckland checkpoints to stop non-essential travel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84de122a0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: National, Act respond to Auckland lockdown move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8483eb237&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [‘Gut wrenching’: Auckland to shut up shop for three days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1736fe8e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Did we just stop summer? NZ back in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba12dbb715&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid-19 coronavirus: Auckland into level-3 lockdown; NZ to alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cd8ca85ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern answers questions following alert level move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f873fb97bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Covid-19: Fear of highly-transmissible variant sparks snap 72-hour lockdown of Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03bc01a0b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: Testing stations will be busy, prepare to be patient](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a86b1f1196&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caitlin Ellis (Newshub): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s message to New Zealand as Auckland plunges into lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=943307390b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Siouxsie Wiles (Stuff): [How we detect historical cases of Covid-19 and why it matters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dace4733c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Australia stops quarantine-free travel for New Zealand after Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81d612e10e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: Kiwis urged not to rush to supermarkets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cb5fbb31b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Spinoff: [It’s back to lockdown for Auckland. Here’s what alert level three means in practice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7486227a9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccine** Herald: [Editorial: Transtasman blueprint needed for future virus threats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31d7e7ac52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian R. Spisak and Eric J. McNulty (Newsroom): [The hidden costs of vaccine passports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0e47faeba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government looking into New Zealanders getting the Covid-19 vaccine at their workplace](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ebda698a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus vaccine: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern – jabs begin for border staff next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9f8ded195&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Jacinda Ardern confirms Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in New Zealand mid-February](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c045db8ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Hipkins ‘worried’ about Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in some communities ahead of rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15803c1f17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Lake (Newshub): [Covid-19 vaccine: What it means for New Zealanders and international travel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a03f48f92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 vaccine not a ‘magic bullet’, NZ expert warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a0e2dafe8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Covid-19 vaccine: New Zealand preparing for biggest vaccination programme in our history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0690b7ab09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Stuart Ritchie: Debunking Covid bad science online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b9d9be094&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Jacobson (RNZ): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Workers shouldn’t be penalised in vaccine rollout – unions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29d63faa4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19: NZ females more likely not to get vaccinated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8df112547b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Ministry of Education moves against Covid-19 conspiracy email sent by teacher](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6358988853&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: General** Scott Palmer (Newshub): [New community cases show Government has left New Zealand a ‘sitting duck’ – David Seymour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f385acd72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: Expert calls for tighter checks on travellers after hundreds of people arrived in NZ and went on to Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38fc78edbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eugene Bingham (Stuff): [MIQ as a transit lounge: hundreds fly to Australia soon after leaving isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09ddb08a40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Covid-19: Auckland Airport trialling coronavirus saliva test developed by NZ team](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57eb18028e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Geoffrey Miller and Mark Blackham (Democracy Project): [MP careers research shows “very diverse parliament”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ea6620a54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shaun Goldfinch, Robin Gauld and Ross Taplin (The Conversation): [Trust in government soars in Australia and New Zealand during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5a16b7a19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Speaker orders National Party ad mocking new Labour MP Anna Lorck removed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb74ac6db1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christian Fuller and Jason Walls (Herald): [Senior National MP Chris Bishop in hot water for mocking Anna Lorck](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80414d0da1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Stuff): [National MP Chris Bishop to face parliamentary committee over edited video of Labour MP Anna Lorck](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37ac9bc6b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [MPs finish 19 hour debate on speech from the throne](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e71d0b9cca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [Are we the freest or the most controlled?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c9861ca2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michele Hewitson (Listener): [The bogan whip: Kieran McAnulty on pies, religion and his infamous ute](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea7293c497&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Petitions get a dedicated committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c1118392b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards: (NBR) [From tie turnarounds to RMA reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97ab8f4960&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald) [Beehive Diaries: The charmer and the ‘smarmer’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9701de9b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Northern Advocate: [Northland list MP Mark Cameron ‘indebted’ to World War II heroes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d25685e9a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Piers Fuller (Stuff): [Parliamentarians go into bat – literally](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e241cfa8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament’s tie-wearing rules** Leigh-Marama McLachlan (Herald): [What Rawiri Waititi’s defiance over tie symbolises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4a5c0f0e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [MP wearing tie hails end of rule, while MP without tie says keep them compulsory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea50150af5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [Sir Richard Branson ‘delighted’ by Parliament’s removal of tie rule](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d17e32951&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori wards in local government** Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Nanaia Mahuta and the Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2517933a66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori wards key to ensuring local iwi represented – councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43d4a043f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Maori excluded in local democracy ‘forever’ – councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17fa31cee6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Maori wards: A voice on local council grounded in the Maori world view](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab5ed87956&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [Opposition to Maori wards “extraordinary”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de3b105bc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Doubt about value of Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f421553558&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Select committee hears submissions on bill proposing to ease creation of council Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2ea9a86af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (Herald): [Northland Regional Council working party wants three Maori seats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f6b8a93dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** RNZ: [Small voter turnout for Invercargill City Council by-election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b3a45a826&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [Wellington iwi continue protest of $500m residential development with peaceful occupation of Shelly Bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ffb11748b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington mayor defends proposed rates rise amid capital’s water woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb6b80cd2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Wellingtonians torn on proposed 17% rates hike: ‘That stuff needs to be done at some point’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18600dbf2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington mayor defends proposed rates rise amid capital’s water woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7f601bb22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Let’s Get Wellington Moving review: City’s transport plan at risk of failing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8a70237bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington’s traffic problems could harm economy – truckies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb83e91fd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eye of the fish: [LGWM spanked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4630d3d617&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Stuff): [Christchurch council spends nearly $30,000 undoing councillor’s unapproved trench](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54c04e207c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Water quality safety** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Our drinking water crisis: Pressure too much for councils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=205611fa43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Houseman (ODT): [Mayor mum over SDHB contradiction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36de719ae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Brunton (RNZ): [DHB denies pushing for secrecy over elevated lead levels in water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a777b4ffc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Peters (World socialist website): [New Zealand towns’ drinking water contaminated with lead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=636c2f839a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [What is the state of drinking water testing around NZ?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f9d269937&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing and inequality** Ben Thomas (Stuff): [Cashed-up former city dwellers are overheating the property market, and the regions will suffer for it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87c8b67eb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [Three large elephants remain despite RMA overhaul and higher deposit rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2f57b96a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [A longer bright-line test risks rewarding investors for locking out buyers for longer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b636ce891a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish Walker (Stuff): [House prices won’t slow while we have ‘free money’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5b2f0cdd7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [What’s the truth about property investors’ tax perks?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6bf818dc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brendon Harre: [Is the housing crisis bad for productivity as well as wealth inequality?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=905828e120&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [January property listings hit an 11-year high in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ec1e132e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Rent hike approach deemed insensitive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d8d8fa27c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Rental property market stirred not shaken by changes to the Residential Tenancies Act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a883e82f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Preserving New Zealand’s habitat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4de5ea542b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media funding from government** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Public purse to bankroll more of our news](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=934c8cfb1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi announces $55 million fund to rescue ‘grassroots public interest journalism’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c383699252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Public interest journalism gets $55 million boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59a8cf5aa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Should we care about Sean Plunket’s departure from talk radio?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fb767d7c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Telco unveils ethical advertising policy amid talkback turmoil](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72527dbb82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Broadcaster Sean Plunket says support has been ‘humbling’ since Magic Talk departure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=071cab46fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [The economy appears to be booming, but how long will it last?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb27df959a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [What should banks do with all the cheap public money the RBNZ’s FLP offers them?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c1cca772c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Brook (Interest): [Will infrastructure spending be too late for New Zealand’s post-pandemic recovery?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3e7c3247a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Grim message from Stuart Nash to tourism industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74fcdf8b1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Simon Draper (Stuff): [Contribution of Asian communities to our economy is often overlooked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09d3a2da55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Waiting for Godot and inflation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94da9689cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Kiwifruit growers’ PSA case: Government agrees to pay sector $40 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd0b75c6d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Trade talks between New Zealand and the UK get tougher](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=610663959d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Race relations and ethnicity** Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Maori academics are ‘lonely, isolated, and struggling to be heard’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6117b66418&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Let’s not get tied in knots over the little that divides us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c62d2c4d0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Rina Triponel (Herald): [P?keh? call for tikanga to change. Is it not okay to be Maori?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5dccb8b27a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hinekahukura Te Kanawa (Herald): [Waitangi: Speaking protocol on marae a matter for Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68acb7ceb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mamari Stephens (E-Tangata): [Reading the signs on a journey into Maori law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59ad5b5797&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pounamu Jade Aikman and Anantha Narayanan (E-Tangata): [‘Clowns wear suits, too’: the look, feel and taste of systemic racism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=685aaa3e05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maia Hart (Stuff): [‘Racist’ sign removed from driveway in rural Marlborough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8e275f578&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Climate Change: Auckland councillors sign up to tougher standards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5866d407d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Will Harvie (Stuff): [Scientists devise method to combat climate change using common NZ rock](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ba602f288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil O’Reilly (Herald): [Climate Change Commission report invites two major problems](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5523653bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Trade Minister Damien O’Connor wary of ‘ad hoc’ carbon tariffs proposed by Britain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecf33c794e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Pamu already facing climate change impact as it lowers emissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd0aa5e508&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Air NZ work for Saudi Arabia military** RNZ: [Air New Zealand names five other navies it is doing engine repairs for](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37eb006b7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air NZ reveals it has done work for eight different navies in past decade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d69edf1f88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Air New Zealand confirms it has done work for eight different navies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aec70d3b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Campbell Garrett (Stuff): [NZ must catch up on supply chain due diligence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d833c42e9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Air NZ reveals which other militaries it does work for](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c234b02e97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Business Insider: Air New Zealand, the Saudi affair and dodgy prawns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3620050fb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Government to keep majority share of Air NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73d59cd5e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Conversion therapy ban** Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Green Party calls for Government to urgently prioritise banning ‘harmful, traumatising’ conversion therapy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d9d975419&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Green Party calls to end conversion therapy, launches petition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37f0a7ea04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Green Party to launch petition calling on Govt to prioritise banning conversion therapy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=432f4a5ada&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Green Party calls on Labour Government to ban gay conversion therapy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4744e25587&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Mental health** Herald: [Long overdue’: Government’s $4 million funding for Rainbow community wellbeing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4053296e60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt to allocate $4m towards mental health services nationwide for rainbow youth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfd83589ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Bruce Munro (Otago Daily Times): [Budget justice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=553a3465e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reweti Kohere (NBR): [Don’t throw baby out with bathwater, litigation funder warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c94cb71536&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Monique Poirier (Kiwiblog): [Child poverty: where’s the urgency?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80aae78ab7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Hui hailed as first step in tackling ‘huge and terrible’ Maori cancer rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bec4f8f08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marc Greenhill (Stuff): [Collapse: CTV rescue hero’s sadness for those he could not save](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd67b13c85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government considering legal offence for livestreaming objectionable content](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=799bc94ba9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Hart (Stuff): [Speaking up when it’s none of your business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1612bbb8bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [New Zealand’s visa application centre in Beijing has links to Chinese security police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07808b7a25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Natasha Holland (Stuff): [Is anyone actually listening to the farmers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=285178557d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Big Gay Out: Corrections won’t attend after rainbow community shares safety concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d1585e024&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Greens unhappy next Rocket Lab launch will include US defence satellite](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8284cb1694&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Filmmaker: ‘We need to talk more about Christchurch’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2109550a74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)