> ## 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 March 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-15-march-2021/ - Published: 2021-03-14T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-15T20:01:13.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Economy, wage subsidy, inequality** Branko Marcetic (Democracy Project): [When the US Government becomes more economically progressive than NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13cae2e6b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [Where did the wage subsidy money really go?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c326e7aafa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Why we should reframe the discussion on government spending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e86776449c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Treasury shows New Zealand’s 1 per cent is richer than we think](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1c3956ebc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ian Hyslop (Reimagining social work): [So, what now – more charades or real sociopolitical change?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b99dad60b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Mason (Otago Daily Times): [Top tax rate increase needs attention](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37a518685c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [IR warns high earners not to try to be clever dodging 39% tax rate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d06a13fedd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [This week’s last-quarter GDP number for 2020 has economists divided](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=caf379ea40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Phare (Herald): [‘This town is dying’: Tenants beg for help as Richlister landlord takes hard line ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc1193f989&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled) **National** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [National, and why it can’t win with the ‘next John Key’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f454365475&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [The National Party has the same problem as the English monarchy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49625667bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National Party ‘naïve’ to believe withheld election campaign review won’t be released to public, political commentator says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40bd0642f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Why Chris Bishop is becoming Judith Collins’ most valuable player](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4aab62f9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Woodhouse’s attack role keeps him on the move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ddd6ce1ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour government** Rob Mitchell (Stuff): [Raising the ghost of Helengrad: Big Govt is back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d411b991f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern needs to put her foot back on the gas and do something about Australia and housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2496a9f32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benedict Collins & Abbey Wakefield (1News): [Labour MP Ginny Andersen terminates ‘dodgy’ subletting arrangement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b4a748cef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Mothballed gender self-ID law back as a ‘priority’ for Govt – will pass this year, Minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=327d20c35e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Conversations about capital gains tax ‘miss the benefits’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5e4203c8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [A capital gains tax by any other name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=012dffb7b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Connor Stirling (1News): [Successive Governments’ inaction to blame for housing crisis, says Reserve Bank Governor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9ab03a6ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Capital gains tax on the table to fix NZ’s broken housing market, says IMF](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a21eb40cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brendon Harre: [Housing as a human right: Restoring New Zealand’s egalitarian dream?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a7116c9c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [$83m Ted Manson Foundation project is NZ’s biggest new philanthropic social house scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93f761c5da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Chaston (Interest): [Those in ‘the game’ borrowed more and paid down less](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01e290b404&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Pointon (RNZ): [IMF warns of ‘pronounced correction’ in NZ’s housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=447a7c8253&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [KiwiBuild house cost could rise as Government reconsiders price cap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e4ebbb96b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Are investors starting to step back from the housing market?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd3294a24b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Apartment law change ‘would make multi-unit living easier’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07cf54d98a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [On fire: Auctions are burning up sales](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08308146a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Government-supported ‘affordable’ properties for sale in Queenstown and W?naka](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ef05fcae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz McDonald (Stuff): [More new homes are being built in Christchurch – but they’re getting smaller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aa951e885&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (Stuff): [Student forced to choose between good grades and working enough to pay rent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99304721a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (Stuff): [Pasifika family say they cannot find a rental despite turning their lives around](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7d62aa3b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katrina Shanks (Stuff): [Where does the bank of Mum and Dad end?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd3f20b092&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch mosque attacks** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): C[hristchurch mosque attacks: How New Zealand has changed since March 15, 2019 – and what could still change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ae38b075b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Royal Commission report on Christchurch attack prompts initiative to improve diversity in public sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf137e5a41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gregory Fortuin (E-Tangata): [White supremacy is still the standard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05d3aa8817&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kamala Hayman (Stuff): [The job of combating hatred falls to all of us as we remember](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d06bd0b3fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Kiwis slightly more accepting of diversity two years on from March 15 attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4f6531a27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial – March 15, Christchurch mosque terror attack anniversary – Why it’s good to remember bad events](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d29088cbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lana Hart (Stuff): [On attack anniversary, worth reflecting on steps towards a better world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71fb3954a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** John Armstrong (1News): [PM’s excuses to drop Mike Hosking’s show ‘nonsense’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b290f5928b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [A week of media meltdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5751a2f341&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Claims of cancel culture and media bias get political](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71ecb19345&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [‘I make no apology for asking hard questions …’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b9bd7c800&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— E-Tangata: [The Maori voice comes in English as well as te reo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d98aba2dd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Rina Triponel (Herald): [Complaints spike as readers oppose use of te reo Maori in media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9e9027cf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Leask (Herald): [Investigation into sexual harassment allegations at The Rock MediaWorks radio station](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d1d4fff39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Mike Hosking under fire after calling Meghan Markle a ‘bandwagon-riding hussy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c94cbcb2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Clarke Gayford tweet** Jason Walls (Herald): [Was Clarke Gayford too quick with tweet on alert level decision that ‘hadn’t been made yet’?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3029d7adc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Political commentator urges MPs’ partners to let them ‘get on with it’ after Clarke Gayford Twitter post on alert levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=794333ee1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Barry Soper on Clarke Gayford’s controversial alert level tweet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5be908fe8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern denies Clarke Gayford knew Cabinet alert level decision before public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9236f2fabe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Stuff political reporters: [Points of Order: Missing Mike Hosking, and the case for giving Brian Roche another knighthood](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88d4e8897e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Beehive Diaries: a sequel to PM Jacinda Ardern v Mike Hosking, Simon Bridges’ in denialist mode](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e107d5b3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [The Week in Politics: Govt on point with vaccine for all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69c5e50638&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Maori Party silenced over police questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b44d5e7912&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Hannah Martin (Stuff): [One year on from NZ closing its border, what will happen next?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2df11878bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Do it once, do it right](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4992ef697f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Covid 19 coronavirus advisory group is a welcome move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df659f9dff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald Editorial: [Covid-19 jab fears are being allayed: Pfizer vaccine is proving its worth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=045b9ecd47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Not prioritising vaccine rollout plan by ethnicity is unfair, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d06506b980&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): [Up to 85.7 percent chance of further OutBreaks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd6df9a67d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [About 12,700 frontline workers have received vaccine – 21 refused](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fde40b216b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Australia’s deportees policy** Nicholas Jones (Herald): [‘Australia matters more to NZ than the reverse’, deportations ‘corrosive’: Mfat briefing reveals transtasman relationship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f56811aa22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Tensions between Australia, NZ over 501 deportees coming to head over differing foreign policy approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e0d319a48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Elizabeth Binning (Herald): [‘501’ Australian deportee: ‘I just thought they are not going to tear a mother away from her children’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c49c2ac90d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Foreign affairs and trade** Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [New Zealand must hedge bets in US-China techno tussle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67a3d6a191&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [‘Can you take yourself off mute’: Diplomacy in the time of Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2a40ade34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (Business Desk): [Time to Grow Up About America?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d79039ca8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealanders should consider Hong Kong part of authoritarian China now, experts warn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddb77a629e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Nanaia Mahuta, Australia’s Marise Payne ‘deeply concerned’ about China’s latest electoral changes in Hong Kong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b5a59537a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ and Australia condemn Hong Kong electoral reform by China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=280ff2a7ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conor Whitten (Newshub): [Peruvian Ambassador under investigation for alleged exploitation in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5231657ea6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Draper (Stuff): [‘Vaccine nationalism’ may lead to further issues down the road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b69364eed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International women’s day** Steven Cowan: [International women’s day 2021: A corporate talkfest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0da0964d67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Chaston (Interest): [Gender pay equality and women in leadership positions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a384a68a6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern made into Lego figurine for International Women’s Day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f63a008f6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington City Council sticking to its guns despite calls to borrow more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7dfddd1f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Wayne Brown (Stuff): [Councils led by former MPs never get anything done](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92fc037f73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Lessons from Waikouaiti water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=357c4c0b9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington regional council chairman Daran Ponter applies for chief executive role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccad3d48c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [On the topic of water and local body woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3a1db86ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Langford (Stuff): [Water meters could save New Plymouth millions over decades — council manager](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74a8820193&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Moore (Stuff): H[orowhenua councillor becomes first to have baby mid-term](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a080d7518c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [Council chief executive critical of Government water reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9eaa4ef471&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Shadbolt (Stuff): [Beware the bitter aftertaste of a free lunch from a politician](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c87bc8e46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Abbey Palmer (Otago Daily Times): [District council votes to join local body funding agency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b59c6c924d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland transport plan** Herald: [Auckland transport package doesn’t add up, urbanists claim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6427e0ad5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [South Aucklanders look set to benefit from cut price public transport under new plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d504c9d106&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Auckland’s new $31b transport blueprint ignores commercial freight needs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba6bdf95c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland’s $31 billion transport plan includes half-price public transport for the poor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=287f167284&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [$31 billion transport initiative for Auckand – T?maki Makaurau announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98e6bfefde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and climate change** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Government failing to act on promise to ban new mines on conservation land despite Labour majority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6229a20b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [New Zealand imported more coal last year than in any year since 2006, new data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d66fe10e56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robert McLachlan (Stuff): [Why the Climate Change Commission’s targets are so weak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=673814b9c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jon Duffy (Stuff): [What do the Climate Change Commission’s recommendations mean for consumers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f29e677059&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton: [Ages back, MoT came out with some ridiculous work on the merits of subsidising electric vehicles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57fc139426&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Elliot Weir (Critic): [Blood on our hands: Local climate activists taking on big corporations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01b4874bda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Nikki Macdonald and Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Lung cancer survival a ‘postcode lottery’ — Cancer Control Agency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a6c5482d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shaun Robinson (Stuff): [Has the Government lost its vision on mental health?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be92c3f118&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Will Harvie (Stuff): [Med students become more opposed to euthanasia while at uni](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35ffed15c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Ridout (Stuff): [Medical cannabis offers help for child conditions, but cost out of reach for many](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d477fdbfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernadette Basagre (Stuff): [Immigration office closure could worsen nurse shortage, industry leader says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08c6330149&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Medical bodies back an independent Maori health authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f43362d06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Graeme Jarvis (Stuff): [Pharmac review misses political elephant in the room](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e32e86f87e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Critic Editorial: [The Government wants as much money from international students as possible](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=455237a26d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Annabelle Vaughan (Critic): [Priority should be given to Maori students when it comes to teaching te reo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f1d2db0a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [A generation has been failed in maths – can New Zealand turn that around?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23528d676c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **America’s Cup** Tom Hunt (Stuff): [More than 1000 foreigners, including team sponsors, allowed into NZ for America’s Cup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cd5b5cdff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Man who attacked America’s Cup in 1997 auctions t-shirt on TradeMe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7115918248&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Watch: Rod Stewart speaks with Clarke Gayford about Sailing, flirts with PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70496f1b84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Abortion** Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Ministry of Health seeks innovative ways to deliver abortion services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bde8c7824&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [Revenge porn and abortion clinic safe zones: The issues tackled on first Parliament members’ day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d70a2fcb64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [Terry Bellamak, The Spinoff and the anti-abortion terrorists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dc6f752d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice and policing** Tim McKinnel (E-Tangata): [Injustice in justice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e53f6776b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett (Stuff): [Calls for prison discipline overhaul amid increase in assaults on Corrections staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87d8e6df57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Police Commissioner Andrew Coster under fire for article on data gathering](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e3d0682b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis** Waatea News: [Cannabis law reform unfinished business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=997d102000&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Frances Benge (Herald): [Fighting hard for sick kids in turbulent times vital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67fe82ef21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ankur Sabharwal (Stuff): [Why ‘fetch and fly’ is the hottest thing in immigration right now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2be7bead1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Open letter to Prime Minister expresses concerns for Rocket Lab’s planned ‘Gunsmoke-J’ launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04ce266a7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Business Insider: Sean Plunket’s next move, Westpac CEO’s charity ride](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93959c7cc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Keith Woodford (Interest): [Forestry issues still need much debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aed765a3a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (Herald): [National tsunami alert process ‘too slow’, but Northlanders back local alerts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4256e64c76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohny (Stuff): [The Nelson Tenths: counting the cost of a 180-year old broken deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb1e6b0376&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Never mind the tomato wars, food prices are set to rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37e560891a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [MP wants borders open to Aussies to save southern tourism towns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=313685e8e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Wellington calls for more gender diverse bathrooms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54727cffeb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)