> ## 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 September 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-15-september-2020/ - Published: 2020-09-14T20:25:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-14T20:30:07.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Alert level decision** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Big questions linger after Covid-19 alert level decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baf21ec525&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Travel spike could thwart Government’s level 1 plans – Covid modeller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2db09143db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Science Media Centre: [Alert Level status quo stays a little longer – Expert Reaction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d216f67d2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Stuff): [Public health, economic experts react to Government’s alert level extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4781a7d24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Infectious person at Auckland gym shows why Covid-19 restrictions remain necessary – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d915f6a8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Politics seeps into alert level decision as Winston Peters, Judith Collins question restrictions beyond Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22dde1ac83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins says alert level restrictions ‘starting to look very political’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4489e65ac3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather Du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [The Front Bench podcast: Why is the rest of New Zealand still at level 2?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a52389ade&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [What you need to know about New Zealand’s alert level extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20590a1af0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern explains why those outside Auckland will remain at Alert Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=074d7c2dde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Cabinet extends current Covid-19 alert levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f9c3778c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [New Zealand, other than Auckland, to move to Alert Level 1 next Monday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70e30da7e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rotorua Daily Post: [Rotorua Marathon can’t include Aucklanders this year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c16398111c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Anna Whyte (1News): [Winston Peters says there’s ‘no need’ for rest of NZ to spend another week at Level 2, amid Auckland’s virus outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59a8020c40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters says NZ First doesn’t support Cabinet’s decision to stay at Alert Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4ccf8169f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Inconsistency could see NZ in Level 2 for Christmas – Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce59370adf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Katarina Williams and Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Physical distancing ditched on public transport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2f697c4a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Beehive’s on-the-fly virus reaction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ea698a776&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Masks to stay, but public transport and airlines can now fill seats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77c887d540&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Air NZ unveils cheap flights as physical distancing lifted for planes, public transport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=890fa43ff4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air New Zealand releases 160,000 fares under $50 as physical distancing requirements eased](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e7ec4a93d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Jetstar and Air New Zealand adjust after physical distancing on public transport eases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7924fa352&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jetstar announces it will resume domestic flights this week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c11ca76bf1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Air New Zealand’s Greg Foran: Rule change a boost for domestic airline landscape](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00b9cca473&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [Queenstown Mayor welcomes ‘sensible’ COVID-19 announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cabc7add4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Quarantine management** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Concerns over Ministry of Health guidance after COVID-19-positive quarantine hotel nurse attends gym](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dc392aaf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [The case to quarantine all travellers at ?hakea air base](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e15b71198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Duncan Garner (Newshub): [Exclusive details on Jacinda Ardern’s phone call to Scott Morrison about Bledisloe Cup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4c7c2badc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Dropping the ball](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c74a2fcc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shuts down talk of moving All Blacks’ Bledisloe Cup tests to Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b080a64cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Bledisloe Cup: All Blacks and election day clash not an issue says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3cc6b13aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Murphy (RNZ): [Bledisloe Cup tests will go ahead – Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bf4d7478b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National questions NZ’s ability to host major sports events after missing out on Rugby Championship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5b733019a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joe Porter (RNZ): [Quarantine rules set to force key All Blacks out of Rugby Championship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52e2dc0a4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Anti-lockdown march, rule breaking** Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Controversial Christchurch pastor questions Government’s COVID-19 response after church gloats of ‘over 100’ people at service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fea2397260&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Are Police tough enough on lockdown breakers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5de22b186&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** RNZ: [Election fake news weekly report to monitor New Zealand campaigning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e08c2571d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Strong similarities between National and Labour’s short ads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1c27ce269&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Judd (Stuff): [Online voting isn’t the be-all and end-all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3e407105b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew MacFarlane (1News): [Vote Compass: New Zealanders want water bottling companies to pay up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5dcf084e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Employers reveal their priorities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9660aa2e3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Herald supports a voting age of 16](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f97a04211a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Advance NZ** Nick Krause (Times Online): [Jami-Lee Ross not contesting Botany seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b51acaf0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Controversial former National MP Jami-Lee Ross won’t contest Botany electorate this year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4b0eb5508&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Advance NZ’s Jami-Lee Ross abandons attempt to retain Botany seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d7adbeec4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Ross pulls out of Botany](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd7f2f2be2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [The Outliers: Fears about Te Kahika’s controversial Covid-19 views](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e876dede48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shane Te Pou (Herald): [Why TVNZ should withdraw its debate invitation to the Advance Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9f4041a64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Labour Party** Max Rashbrooke (Stuff): [Labour’s middle-class inequality problem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75b09b5056&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Reinstating training incentive allowance ‘not going to cut it’ – beneficiary advocate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad2862f603&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNicol (NBR): [Why Labour’s ‘symbolic’ top tax policy won’t work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9da1e69da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Labour dedicated to Hillside — Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be7be0388c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Houseman (ODT): [Net effect of prayers — meeting the PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2beb61313&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** RNZ: [National’s education policy: Charter schools, colonial approach to Maori disappoint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a927f1060e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National promises to boost funding for students with extra needs, teacher aides, and charter schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5241274582&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National promises $1.9bn for education in learning support, teacher aides, character schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2e10cd439&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National pledge investment in school learning support, more teacher aides](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01642489b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National commits $1.9 billion to learning support, plans to scrap Government’s school zoning powers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2b1069278&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [National unveils $140 million transport plan for lower South Island](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c2fe5ac5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson and Mike Houlahan (ODT): [National promises $140m for transport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fafc7dba9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National South Island transport plan focuses on safety, cycling, rail and bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac28b9e139&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [National leader says Bezzant issue ‘dealt with’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7d7a62a05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National sticking by Upper Harbour candidate Jake Bezzant following ‘thorough’ investigation of allegation about his business record](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08d2383236&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Melissa Tapper (Newshub): [First-term MPs: Simeon Brown on his youth, synthetic drug law, and door-knocking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c072d6ba75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **ACT** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [ACT wants to unwind the Government’s climate and energy efforts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e836f58ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [ACT supports mining on low-value conservation land to fund ‘real conservation where it counts’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbd6fca7d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Te wiki o te reo Maori, election policies** 1News: [Jacinda Ardern says changing NZ’s name to Aotearoa not on her agenda, but wants people to use it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed7aeee4dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [National and Labour won’t commit to compulsory te reo Maori lessons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66e43e3704&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Winston Peters on Maori Party policy to rename New Zealand Aotearoa: ‘Headline hunting’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cee263a562&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Maori Party wants New Zealand to be officially renamed Aotearoa within six years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22dc39bb6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori Party pledges to change New Zealand’s name to Aotearoa, Greens, Labour spell out te reo Maori policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46769344b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Maori Party reveals policy to change NZ’s name to Aotearoa, make Maori history core part of school curriculum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=871bca4961&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Maori Party promises to rename New Zealand to Aotearoa if elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60e646e04b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Dame Tariana Turia: Original Maori ingoa to replace P?keh? names](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a15f374b37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton, Matthew Tso and Mandy Te (Stuff): [Support for Wellington to be called Te Whanganui-a-Tara following Maori Party’s language policy announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a437e7566&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Greens focus on free te reo Maori education to help fill void in classrooms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a39c7bced3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Greens warned fertiliser tax ‘will create pressure on farmers’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5afbeb6278&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Don’t just change your email sign-off: Embracing te ao Maori more than one week a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4611850e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Opinion: This week has lasted centuries – a link to our past and our future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cda5fe932c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [One million New Zealanders celebrate te reo Maori at the same time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36e65fde14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (RNZ): [Far North councillor to speak only te reo Maori during meetings for Maori language month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83b8243faf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Watch: Aotearoa’s first Maori Supreme Court Justice leads waiata practice as week celebrating te reo kicks off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a20e382c53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Te reo Maori needs its advocates. But so does satire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a01dddda74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Tick. Tick podcast: No time for anger as Marama Davidson accepted James Shaw’s apology immediately](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21f48659a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Greens promise to push for ‘fair, decent pay’ across retail, cleaning, security if in Govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2f2585993&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, rebuild** Newstalk ZB: [Grant Robertson: ‘This will be the worst quarter NZ has seen”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24717db55e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Here comes New Zealand’s biggest quarterly GDP drop ever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8997038c6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [No let-up in government borrowing over next couple of years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4620746de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Awful economic numbers already ‘ancient history’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78e7964d21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [ASB Regional Scorecard: Which provinces are coping best with Covid economy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0f9ded06f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Neville Peat (ODT): [Bold actions needed on longer-term issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=573f985d43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Solo parents face NZ’s biggest financial struggle, data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7367f38a53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Hyslop: [Tough Times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c4bad8bcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis and euthanasia referendums** 1News: [Explained: The Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6279dba255&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kadambari Raghukumar (RNZ): [Making a choice – a New Zealand resident’s journey with euthanasia in the Netherlands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2c27b131d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Liam Hehir (Democracy Project): [What the voting age debate tells us about our disconnected political media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97856bc4d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [The goodies and baddies of the 1pm covid presser](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab68d5056e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ellis: [We could all do with a laugh](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1dd587e67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** John McCrone (Stuff): [Why they want to bin the Resource Management Act and how that is a big deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e80c801f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Environment Minister: ‘We thought it was right at the time’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a01da8efed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Planners seek help with protecting West Coast’s notable trees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1dfc116cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Erin Gourley (Critic): [Student Group Forces Ravensdown to Care About the Environment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22e5727b70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Mike Beard (Press): [What should be done about the CDHB crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=657083cee2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Doctors still keen to have voices heard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fecc323c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [National accuses Government of failing to deliver on Dunedin Hospital as candidates battle to win safe red seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e45a762741&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [New $1.4 billion Dunedin Hospital to feature two main buildings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1548c8b46f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Suicidal teen put on a six-week waiting list, as mental health services overwhelmed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8701aec6c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [New suicide prevention research aims to help Kiwis understand why people take their own lives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35fead1f20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Landlords expected to act quickly after rent freeze ends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d408bdfa05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Homelessness four times as great as in 2017](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aedbc95781&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Gulf Livestock 1, Live exports** 1News: [Family of Kiwi missing after livestock ship sinking engages experts to create map of where crew could be](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7acc84d928&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Dilworth School** Melanie Earley and George Block (Stuff): [Dilworth School: What we know about the school at the centre of sex offending claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5af0887eea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Earley and George Block (Stuff): [Alleged historical sex offending casts ‘dark shadow’ over Auckland’s Dilworth School](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a883f688d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (Newshub): [Dilworth headmaster speaks out after alleged sexual abuse of 17 boys casts ‘dark shadow’ over school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53b6348e28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chelsea Boyle (Herald): [Dilworth School investigation: Headmaster appalled following six arrests for historical sexual offending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad6abb17fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Six men arrested after police investigation into historic abuse at Auckland school for boys](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a2d421e1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Six men arrested and charged in relation to historical offences](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10e4c1fe5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Six men in 60s, 70s arrested over alleged indecent assaults at Auckland’s Dilworth School](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc5d9f707b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Dominic Harris (Press): [Polls up and running for Christchurch local elections – which are 753 days away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84bd00e76d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice, corrections** Sophie Cornish and Blair Ensor (Stuff): [Rimutaka Prison: Drugs, tobacco and cellphones found in packages attached to delivery truck](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54c7a1207f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Elizabeth Stanley (Spinoff): [Why a radical approach is needed to fix our broken justice system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=daa30675ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** RNZ: [Health and safety measures at Auckland port under review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d688ce4495&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Helping 6100 foreigners stranded in NZ has cost $7 million in 10 weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c06c28995&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Overseas immigration employees on full pay, New Zealand staff struggle with tech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb973e2436&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [What’s eating Waihi? Battle lines drawn in the dig for more gold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ca360e481&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Otago University staffer claims senior leadership tried to push medical admissions caps](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25e8ff4a0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Covid-19 bringing New Zealanders home, Stats NZ data show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9db8cb92d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Press): [Fair-handed accommodation regulation a complex matter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5cec3d78e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lawrence Gully (Stuff): [Proposal for $1b Sleepyhead development under the microscope of independent commissioners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b905034104&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Northland flooding: $37m worth of damage to homes, land and vehicles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86659749a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Censor praises Netflix for response to use of mosque attack footage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fc2bace52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Breanna Barraclough (1News): [Chief Censor lobbies for warning after Christchurch terrorist attack video used in Netflix movie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0ffddc5bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter (Interest): [Most New Zealand politicians would rather appease a minority than unleash the majority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8d4574030&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Pumice layer delaying $140m highway was known about before work started](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=654e6612c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [500 survivors speak with Royal Commission for Inquiry into Abuse in Care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=439346a285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [‘You look better in the paper than you do in real life’ — concerns raised over transport boss’ ‘sexist’ comment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=612aff218a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordyn Rudd (1News): [Social media influencers must now say whether their post’s an ad or not](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1df495b6b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)