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# Daily News Roundup – 15 June 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-15-june-2020/
- Published: 2020-06-14T20:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-14T20:34:48.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

**Colonial statues, place names, Black Lives Matter**  
Cherie Howie (Herald): [Race relations commissioner Meng Foon calls for dialogue on colonisation-linked statues, place names](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=695910634c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [NZ First Leader Winston Peters: Getting rid of historical statues ‘idiocy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33bbae4867&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Winston Peters outraged over ‘idiocy’ of ‘wokeism’ amid statue removal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df931513f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters lambasts ‘woke, mindless’ calls for colonial statue removals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6749981187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Winston Peters unimpressed with outcry over colonial statues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20033ce216&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Green MP Golriz Ghahraman says colonial statues should be removed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=786b61e058&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Wrecking historic monuments won’t help the Black Lives Matter cause](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f0581ed9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tina Ngata (Stuff): [Racism, monuments and ethical remembering ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5637adf97a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [Tearing down statues isn’t the answer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fda5bdb222&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Shane Te Pou (Stuff): [Statues belong in Te Papa, not in our public places](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b24487302e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Memorials to a foreign country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46047968d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Controversy over NZ colonial statues long-standing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bf463f030&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Aaron Goile (Stuff): [Who are New Zealand’s statues, monuments and places named after?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec57dbdf3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Shand, Aaron Leaman and Ellen O’Dwyer-Cunliffe (Stuff): [Where should Captain Hamilton go?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbf63219d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Hamilton statue removal ‘start of’ New Zealand’s journey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee3e5dd288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Hamilton statue’s removal raises debate over artefacts of British colonialism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=451603fc5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Historian says removing Hamilton statue ‘momentous’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8189f2f02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Hamilton City Council ‘weak’ for pulling down colonial statue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27fcee6139&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kirsty Lawrence and Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Colonial statue removal sparks name debate for Hamilton](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15be53c845&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Local iwi call for Hamilton to be renamed amid growing controversy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cd4a1e532&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): [Hamilton City Council takes down Captain Hamilton statue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=405f76a4c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
D’Angelo Martin and Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [Hamilton statue toppled on iwi request](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52897902b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Controversial statue of Captain John Hamilton has been removed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6105fd2eb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Captain John Hamilton statue to be removed from Hamilton’s Civic Square](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c31f4ecb29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Campaign launched to pull down Parliament’s Richard Seddon statue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b03bbb5ffa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Anti-racists should consider pulling down Parliament’s Richard Seddon statue – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8db0635ba4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Leighton Keith (Stuff): [Maori Party’s call for inquiry into offensive street names, statues could impact Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd1c36e693&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Swastikas and anti-racist graffiti appear on Captain Cook statue in Gisborne](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9091b5b536&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Captain James Cook statue defaced in Gisborne](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae679b63ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alice Angeloni (Stuff): [Calls to rethink name ‘Picton’ as history emerges of ‘cruel’ slave-owner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1fa1ff3fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Ng?i Tahu, Christchurch council commit to colonial monuments discussion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a147ec19f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Wellington should follow Hamilton’s example and remove statues, street names, local says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6378c4a038&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Captain Cook to be renamed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3076e380ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Lewis (ODT): [Protesters target two statues of historic figures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b58f02b132&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Jason Walls (Herald): [Justice Minister Andrew Little tells Black Lives Matter movement at Parliament ‘we’ve got to change’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f264a3e9d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Young people of colour demand to be listened to, not just heard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b61cbf7a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Masterton’s St Patrick’s Catholic Church stirs outrage after posting ‘All Lives Matter’ sign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9167acc87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Principal condemns ‘all lives matter’ comment after BLM poster removed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a29d15d0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Thousands of NZers march for Black Lives Matter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=086027f334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Thousands rallied against racism during Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Auckland and Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bdb0b018e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Hundreds gather in Hamilton for Black Lives Matter unity march](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae89c44cba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Activists urge white people to be allies in Black Lives Matter movement – ‘Everybody has a role to play’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9cf3cf4ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Former Polynesian Panther says New Zealand can ‘beat racism’ if it can beat Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd0dbdf138&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**National Party**  
Richard Harman (Politik): [Muller goes one way; his party another](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=757959d607&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): N[ational leader Todd Muller’s Te Puna pitch to the faithful](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c58051157&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [National leader Todd Muller promises not to raise taxes or slash benefits if he’s prime minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7e5abd373&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Todd Muller outlines National’s first-term priorities if elected, borrows Labour’s ‘let’s do this’ slogan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c205a6b737&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Shand (Stuff): [Opposition leader Todd Muller puts family at front of values](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1b41e52e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB/Herald: [Muller promises more welfare spending, criticises former National Govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f8c6700b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Todd Muller touts National Party’s government vision if elected in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d4d9b049d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [National leader Todd Muller lays out vision for New Zealand in key speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40513125dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [National Party leader Todd Muller’s ‘surprise’ priority: Breaking the cycle of dependency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=708e14a22c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Muller says 120,000 jobs will be lost by the election, more by Xmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2beb470f47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National MP Chris Penk’s lockdown book raises political donation questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0101e5dca9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig McCullough (RNZ): [National MP Chris Penk’s book derides government’s Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d36353785&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Government’s ‘Unite for the Recovery’ campaign**  
John Armstrong (1News): [Is Jacinda Ardern utilising taxpayer-generated revenue in order to run a ‘propaganda unit’?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e1fd5048b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [ACT Party demands end to Government’s ‘Unite for the Recovery’ campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8af0943fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**NZ First**  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [Can Shane Jones and his pork barrel avert NZ First election disaster?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18c8fd7947&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Justin Giovannetti (Spinoff): [Winston goes to war with the ‘woke generation’ as NZ First gets election ready](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7216c2ef92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Election**  
1News: [‘Pumped, ready to go’ – Minor parties ready to campaign for your 2020 vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29eabb0ac2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [The battle for ?h?riu: TOP is back, and it’s hoping to spoil a fight between Labour and National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2caef4ab3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [100 days to go – how parties are preparing for the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7399b6b4e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Maori Party dividing NZ by whipping up racial tensions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f953829288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Drug Foundation stands by ad campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79e72ee8e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament**  
Andrea Vance (Stuff): [The endless pursuit of trivia has resulted in paralysis in our politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e290f4ef3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Wilson (RNZ): Week in Politics: [Border control – the next big pressure point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=998dcb9487&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): Fact or fiction: [Slip of the tongue, is Shane Jones New Zealand First’s saviour?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28d4d48320&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Speaker Trevor Mallard reveals which MP he thinks deserves to be kicked out of Parliament more often](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ed88451b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Wage subsidy**  
Keith Ng and Matt Nippert (Herald): [The $12b question – Who got the wage subsidy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35ee39c484&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Matt Nippert (Herald): [Wage subsidy claimants investigate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a188ec9fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Anthony (Stuff): [Accounting firms collect millions of dollars in wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3068cd856&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim Hunter (NBR): [Metlifecare should pay back its taxpayer subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c69b345a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Katie Kenny (Stuff): [Very small business owners bemused by wage subsidy secrecy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbb13b6035&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**NZ’s Covid-19 approach**  
Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Epidemiologist says officials should reveal ‘elimination day’ data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a8082d10a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Inside St Margaret’s rest home cluster, with NZ’s last Covid-19 case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc852b06e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): [Behind the scenes in the battle against Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4aabb7064&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bruce Munro (ODT): [On the offensive: Otago Uni’s fight against Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72c07ed53f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane and Emma Stanford (Newshub): [New Zealand’s masterclass in ‘pandemic leadership’ can be adopted by all leaders – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18947c0d5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Here’s why NZ still has ‘significant clusters’ despite being Covid-free](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3582d8153d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Most parents worried about children at school after lockdown – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c46faa1e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Jobseeker numbers top 190,000 as Jacinda Ardern asks for feedback on COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd3d3e19ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Border, quarantine, Trans-Tasman/Pacific bubble**  
Piers Fuller and Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Government documents reveal money can open restricted NZ borders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=287c529762&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Avatar crew allowed into NZ without basis in immigration rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8094b4b718&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Double-standards at the border need addressing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=563f74bb0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Derek Cheng and Jason Walls (Herald): [Govt announces NZ border exceptions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb8116d187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Major NZ border rules relaxed: Essential workers allowed in, so who qualifies?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17a70ce258&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Border exemption changes made by the Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26ac031c20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1New: [Relief as easing of border restrictions allows America’s Cup challengers, others into NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52228518de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Julie Iles (NBR): [America’s Cup teams and families granted entry to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bb5758a09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Laura James (1News): [NZ’s marine industry losing jobs and millions of dollars due to border exemption rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2490a5b7d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newshub: Fe[derated Farmers wants migrant workers on Govt’s COVID exemption ‘A-list’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef1dcc443a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Kristin Hall (Newshub): [Government to make changes to managed isolation facilities following 1 NEWS investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96f6baad14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Alert level 1 impacts exercise routines for those in quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a102ddb69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Revealed – The cost of the blanket quarantine at the border](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36717e386e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Would a trans-Tasman bubble put it all at risk?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc2a5526eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Employment**  
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Companies offering uncapped sick leave say workers don’t abuse it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2afccd251b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Let’s outlaw the daily commute](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fa2393492&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Death of the office? Let’s hope not](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0f9d6486d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Returning bureaucrats lifting capital’s heart beat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9460b45d46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): After the Virus: [Work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74d2e8d203&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Migrant workers**  
1News: [Backpackers and seasonal workers stranded in New Zealand desperate for work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aedd4c5c90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New support hub for foreigners in Queenstown inundated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6de3477d62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Police**  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern’s big copout: Armed policing decision should never have been left up to cops](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=430ee13a55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kim Moodie (Herald): [Defence Minister Ron Mark calls for independent review into police arming](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11e9773d43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mihingarangi Forbes (The Hui): [Police Commissioner Andrew Coster agrees unconscious bias still exists within police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e25080ef71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Elers (Stuff): [Professionalise New Zealand police through education, better training](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a8505f5b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Blair Ensor (Stuff): [Top cop under investigation after speeding to police briefing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c554aa143&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Treatment of Maori by police more than just unconscious bias in the force, psychologist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d402b6aaed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Transport**  
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Genter takes aim at NZTA over light rail project stalling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae17ef2bb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Greens co-leader James Shaw ‘always disappointed in NZ First’ – this time over light rail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cc611d65c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Mayor says Light Rail caught in ‘election campaign’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=080d05a4e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Regions around NZ get $60 million funding boost for rail and roading projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e82d792f35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Russell (Herald): [Local councils and KiwiRail get $60 million from Provincial Growth Fund for job creation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29da445400&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZTA facing backlog of vehicle safety exemptions it must publicise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c31ce3fa1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Lengthy waits for driver testing due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76c5415122&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rosie Gordon ( Newshub): [Jetstar facing pressure to refund ‘deliberately misleading’ cancelled flights from lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91b94e1e74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Dowden (ODT): [Glaring anomalies in otherwise great idea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bddcdebb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andre Chumko (Dominion Post): [New city cycleway plan, and no public money needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fad015712&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Media**  
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: [Proposed single Maori news service alarms journalists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fc0ac8ea2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Plan to turn Maori TV into ‘authoritative clearing house’ for Maori news runs into flak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0bd162e99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Fears the future of Te Karere Maori news is on the line](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dc44d2e7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Maori broadcasting set for major shakeup as Government proposes single service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b95aff8536&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maori TV: [Te M?ngai P?ho CEO calls for immediate change to Maori broadcasting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71183bf5fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Dillane (Herald): [TVNZ set to cut 100 jobs to find $10m while they recruit new head of news](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aba99f5b39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andre Chumko (Stuff): [TVNZ looks to cut 100 jobs to save costs – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=485588cd2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Television channel Three owner MediaWorks posts big loss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a06a705f1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Duncan Bridgeman (Herald): [MediaWorks posts $25.1m loss, casts doubt on ability to keep going](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b4bfee392&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dita De Boni (NBR): [MediaWorks set to breach bank covenants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aefeddae3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [MediaWorks in talks with lenders as covid whacks earnings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eeccfcc770&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sam Hurley (Herald): [Stuff, Nine and NZME return to court over potential release of redacted material](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98c9e94324&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Mediawatch: ‘Arms Down’ demands win the day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=017b5ec997&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gavin Ellis: [That existential crisis again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ec8968e4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Politics and sport**  
Martin Devlin (Newstalk ZB): [Politics has no place on the sports field](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a47e8c6a34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Cheers echo throughout Dunedin stadium as Grant Robertson thanks essential workers for Covid-19 efforts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d51f6e58a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Keith Woodford (Interest): [Rugby’s role in a greater South Pacific strategic reset](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8072567f47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Brad Flahive (Stuff): [Auckland Council proposes selling shares in airport and port](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8618df901&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jo Holmes (Herald): [Auckland Council trying to guilt-trip ratepayers into forking out more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04e93119b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [?t?huhu community fights plans to stall town upgrade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1027ce7ec3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Top Christchurch council boss salaries dwarf average worker pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a89eebe41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Miller (ODT): [Hobbs not prepared to give up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f3690abaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Luisa Girao (ODT): [Invercargill City Council staff fear repercussions of restructuring proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=020aa4ae1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Proposed Fale near Parliament aims to celebrate Pacific people’s contribution to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5911ebb12b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Aurora Energy’s network changes only a start, mayor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff40faf97c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Aurora Energy upgrade will now cost $383 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bed519dcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Stuff Editorial: [Ambulance service should not be dependent on charity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8a352fef3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley Newshub Nation): [Health Minister David Clark admits institutional racism in health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=960558c5e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Government announces $92.6m for health system to cope with COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ac41122b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Govt announces $92 million investment into health services as part of Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eeffcd2d51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZ Govt unveils plan to improve Pasifika health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e856d8c65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Midwives reimbursed as part of Government’s $100 million health package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b0e88f6ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Nurses Union wants safety assurances after concerns about millions of masks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f8f879476&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Quality concerns over 4.9m masks in New Zealand – Ministry of Health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30fb6b8a73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Need for mental health services could double due to Covid-19, professor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0958ff332&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Academics call for end to alcohol industry-backed youth education programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed8959a8a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eric Crampton (Stuff): [It’s time to think seriously about paying blood donors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb2c0bb2eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tracy Neal (Stuff): [Study finds young adults slipping through gaps for rheumatic fever treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=283de3326e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
1News: [Two-thirds of NCEA exams able to be done online after big funding boost from Govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9842af013b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Government spends $4m to boost creative learning programme and hire 300 art teachers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9aa38fedf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Collins (Herald): [International students look to NZ after Covid crushed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=861b083a8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Collins (Herald): [Work dries up for teachers as borders stay shut for international students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebe85111da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley and Emma Stanford (Newshub Nation): [University head begs for return of international students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=539ac1660d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [National wants new international students back in NZ – but with new work restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f702f8662&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jake Kenny (Stuff): [Honesty and technology needed to crack down on online exam cheats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47776d4497&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alison Mau (Stuff): [AUT ‘toxic’ culture claims: Harassment ignored at university for decades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da0cbd68a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Child welfare**  
Claire Breen (The Conversation): [The state removal of Maori children from their families is a wound that won’t heal – but there is a way forward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b981e0b012&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [‘No way’ Oranga Tamariki allowed to take babies from hospital – Waitemat? DHB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c01cc10d3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melissa Chan-Green (Newshub): [Human barricade at Waitakere Hospital stops newborn babies being taken from mothers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=974c6171c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Environment**  
Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [International marine expert claims she was ignored over advice on saving dolphins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29ab87662d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Clarke Gayford gifted cardigan by knitting activists to highlight plight of NZ dolphins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=471fb20989&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jean Bell (RNZ): [Rangitoto channel dredging: Move to reject submissions ‘extraordinarily undemocratic’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=644be2ed3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lois Williams (RNZ): [West Coast Regional Council opposes air quality changes over coal heating](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b95da80c38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Southlanders determined to save their beloved Waiau River](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41b0463d48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Capital landowners lawfully clear native bush without resource consent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96e2a885e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Todd (RNZ): [Residents seek better monitoring of coastline as landfill rubbish spreads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ca22c335b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Tree protest group lay complaint over violent threats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fee4ef982b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Lazy recycling habits costing local councils hundreds of thousands of dollars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2992193022&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Orewa Beach seawall defence gets green light after lengthy court battle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0558c3a269&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
1News: [Government to spend $40m to underwrite delayed Wellington KiwiBuild development](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b126d001bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Housing bosses to front over Flagstaff state housing project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc560eb5d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Rotorua housing shortage: Council and iwi strategy touts thousands of new homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34e695260e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Time for banks to do their bit for housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0e8cede1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [Real Estate Institute calls for end to rent, eviction freezes as landlords struggle with COVID-19 financial hit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ed687c340&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): [Queenstown rental property prices in post-coronavirus freefall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a59d54e22a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Trade**  
Herald: [Trade Minister David Parker puts digital signature to digital services trade deal with Singapore and Chile](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7eed63df5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Digital trade agreement open to other countries to join](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ebb9e799a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Guy Trafford (Interest): [FTAs in the time of rising protectionism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edb2939d39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Concerns ‘mislabelled’ milk powder might taint NZ reputation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d86b1b359&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy, business**  
Liam Dann (Herald): [GDP data to show economy on its way into recession](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ee0ada1bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [What it actually means when the Government starts ‘printing free money’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58666bf040&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [Government opposes temporary GST cut to make ‘Aston Martins cheaper’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5df8ebc74e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bevan Hurley (Stuff): [Soaring sharemarket bears little relation to deepening unemployment crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4dee0575df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Covid-19 emergency Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme could be permanent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adb08bbfd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Greg Ninness (Interest): [Empty business premises are the most visible indicator of economic malaise and we are likely to see more of them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d9c6eece4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Infrastructure Commission says Covid-19 impacts 30-year plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=260f20f2a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Hall (Stuff): [How to build a smart and responsible recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5f7f819ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Why a Capital Gains Tax isn’t needed to boost economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b392740b86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Pall hangs over manufacturers as activity perks up in May](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3534584c71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [May manufacturing levels bounce to those seen during GFC](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4c1110778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Robertson (Stuff): [There are tough times ahead, but with a clear focus on recovery we will get through it together](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8dc844236&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Janine Starks (Stuff): [Let’s not waste biggest economic advantage we’ll ever have](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf75e5961d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katarina Williams (Dominion Post): [Covid-19 taking the sparkle from Wellington’s Golden Mile](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0ec777dd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Immigration**  
Bess Manson (Stuff): [Scores of refugees in limbo as quota system in holding pattern due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f720b6400&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Family sells business, house, belongings to move to NZ – but now stuck](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa1d7b0789&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [‘We’re stuck’ – Frustration as stranded family endures life in a shed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8529fcd99f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Newshub: [Duncan Garner blasts ‘injustice’ for Maori under Helen Clark’s Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a115e40915&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
George Block (Stuff): [Defence Minister defends huge military spend amid economic downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e7eee8a88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [David Clark ‘very keen’ to stay as Health Minister – but voters want him gone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f535fa35d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jehan Casinader (BusinessDesk): [Pike River re-entry was not just about politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8db2e546f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Rob Fyfe departs – when offers of goodwill get the cold shoulder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=438b77d404&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Rob Fyfe departs business advisory role with ‘no thanks’ from PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f784d30534&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Britt Mann (Stuff): [Golriz Ghahraman on growing up, Guy Williams, and the power of protest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6b8fb83ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Green MP Golriz Ghahraman details journey in new memoir](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60e2c1de50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Taonga degrading in leaky Canterbury Museum – director](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=447bb3e546&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1New: [Greece opens for Kiwi tourists but international travel still not advised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44989f44bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Act leader David Seymour: NZ First not saviours but enablers of gun law changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c2a21d2ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: Standing Room Only: [Covid-free NZ – the answer to the film industry’s prayers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=534c597ddd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Aged care staff unfamiliar with Covid-19 epidemiological terminology – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dd3c80095&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Eight years to check National War Memorial after warning from engineers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f0713a523&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mihingarangi Forbes (The Hui): [Released prisoner misses out on seeing dying wife one last time by just a few hours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a4e8f5a17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Guy Williams (ODT): [60 positions expected to go at hotels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbf8da042d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Bill’s semantics can affect industry a lot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b69e81cfd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Terry Baucher (Interest): [The Week in tax: wage subsidy extension, CGT back on the agenda, and time to top up your KiwiSaver contributions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1605d209a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Joyce awarded $269,000 in costs in NBR defamation suit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbaee2582c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)