> ## 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 – 16 April 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-16-april-2020/ - Published: 2020-04-15T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-04-15T20:31:59.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Lockdown, government** Peter Dunne (Newsroom): [End this Orwellian version of NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62cad20158&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Duncan (The Conversation): [New Zealand’s coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34469846f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne (Stuff): [More government and more taxes – but there are hopeful signs ahead too](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aa20cb53f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ryan Anderson (Stuff): [Social distrust could linger after Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43728ce514&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Deputy Police Commissioner expresses ’empathy’ for iwi, but says fishing, hunting not allowed during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ec6a196ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [More than 1780 lockdown breaches as people still break the rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37bc6dc4d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern catches up with leader 18,000km away to compare COVID-19 ideas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77209e4824&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shares ideas with Denmark PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=285fc204e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Public health strategy, calls to exit lockdown** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Experts say they’re missing essential data needed to inform lockdown level](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=059c53941a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Shepherd (Herald): [Ignore ‘Plan B’, let’s stay with Plan A](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63b283836c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Concerns over case testing unknowns ahead of lifting lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb11661c15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [‘Strategic muddle’: Experts say New Zealand should look to Asia, not Australia, for Covid-19 advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42d10e04e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Clamour to follow Australian model hits a dud note across the Tasman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e34fd4c5bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern urges Kiwis not to compare NZ’s COVID-19 response with others](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25f5c13edc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Wilkins (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern lashes out at people saying elderly with COVID-19 were going to die anyway](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da2dd50d5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Winston Peters says country expected to move to level 3 next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c6ff9360d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Simon Bridges pushing for NZ to exit lockdown ‘next week’ to save businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec7c24911a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National Party leader Simon Bridges calls for work to restart ‘safely’ after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3ead66f46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Simon Bridges urges Government to lift lockdown next week, take Australian approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ba61c82c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pay cuts** Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM’s Covid-19 pay cuts won’t make a jot of difference, but politically necessary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c637b483db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Revealed: How much is being saved by public sector’s 20% pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b4a68723c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Here’s what Jacinda Ardern and Simon Bridges will earn after their 20 percent pay reduction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1bc91bbf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [PM, Govt ministers and public service execs including Dr Ashley Bloomfield to take 20% pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bb74f4093&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern takes 20 per cent pay cut alongside all her ministers and public sector bosses – even Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=791a073d1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy and Claire Trevett (Herald):[Jacinda Ardern, Government ministers and public sectors bosses take pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2086194f4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Calls for all MPs to have pay cut as PM, ministers take 20 per cent reduction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78f3c19130&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland councillors follow Jacinda Ardern and agree to take pay cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5d785eba3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Otago mayors donating 10 per cent of salaries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63f48d1ef1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Houseman (ODT): [Otago mayors band together for charity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b179883f37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Rest homes, Burwood** 1News: [‘It pricks my conscience’ – Chief Ombudsman investigating rest homes during Covid-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c97fe7651&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Ombusdman to inspect aged-care facilities following Covid-19 deaths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab3a26b9b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Targeted inspections of aged-care facilities after rest-home outbreaks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=706790023c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Top watchdog to inspect rest homes after coronavirus deaths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=619ca64039&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Parliament watchdog to inspect residential aged care facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e7a39d72d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Chief Ombudsman fast-tracks inspection of aged care facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69651ea088&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Canterbury DHB chief executive says Rosewood patients care has been ‘exemplary’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f589fbdfd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Christchurch DHB to provide more PPE to Burwood Hospital but nurses are scared it’s not enough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=452305c709&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Four Burwood Hospital staff contract Covid-19 after caring for Rosewood Rest Home residents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4831a5bd97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): I[nside Burwood Hospital’s Covid-19 ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e084c785c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health system, health workers** Andrew Connolly (Stuff): [Risk and redeployment of staff are why hospitals are quiet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=730e5ece0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara and Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [Almost 400 ventilators are on the way, but why do we need them?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4a9ec4cd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [DHBs apologise after casual workers not paid, hoping to pay next run](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0152a9505e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Wallaart (Stuff): [Uncovering some of the myths behind protective masks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea084931db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Cropper (Newshub): [How the Ministry of Health counts new, probable cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7a2f88a0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [DHBs urged to increase Covid-19 results to inform lockdown decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59407e5f96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [New phoneline for Covid-19 testing queries in the Southern region](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbe93f4267&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Auckland DHB accused of ‘stupidity’ in centralising mental health workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0ca2c8dfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Newton and Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [People staying clear of hospitals may lead to deaths and post-lockdown mess – doctors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f619720df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [Big queues for flu vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6db9b8faf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Trump freezes WHO funding** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern rejects Donald Trump’s argument for defunding World Health Organisation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c679a84a8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Trump pulling WHO funding ‘foolish’ – Helen Clark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2bff54c0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Tax changes coming to pay for Covid-19 response: What will they look like?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8125d38ae6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Economic fallout a ‘once-in-a-century shock’ – Finance Minister Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fda739e808&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Robertson: “It is the challenge I have been waiting for”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38367ad0e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Budget 2020 will be a ‘recovery budget’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0de24d875&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Grant Robertson promises more support for business, but loath to become a lender](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e90db47fe2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Could the COVID-19 pandemic prove to be a fillip for KiwiBuild?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9db6d4e942&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guy Trafford (Interest): [How will activity return?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c91f8d1ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwi exporters facing uphill battle to get products overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2668fd9370&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sara Walton, Diane Ruwhiu and Lisa Ellis (ODT): [Recovery chance for real change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=537ff5dbbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [A herculean task lies ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03a856947d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, unemployment, industrial relations** Kate MacNamara (Stuff): [This brave new world might be closer to the old one than we think](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=706fb32dc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [$3.2 billion business support package welcome, but more will be needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb88ca4629&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Govt to forego billions in tax for firms facing covid losses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=412f9144d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [More ‘safe’ activity will be allowed at level 3, but it won’t be a return to normal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5becc5870d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Finance Minister says businesses to shift to ‘safe’ economic activity under alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd2aadf696&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lisette Reymer (Newshub): [Business leaders reveal what they want to see change under alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4c8f8f495&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conor English (Herald): [Safe’ services could save billions and our health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fef35d3c8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Prebble (NBR): [After the lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ec1272b8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kristin Hall (1News): [MBIE cracks down on food services ‘testing boundaries’ during coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4745bb9ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marta Steeman (Stuff): [Commercial tenants’ entitlements to rent reductions may still be valid under level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a9049d173&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marta Steeman (Stuff): [The $3.2b small business package no help for commercial property, the Property Council says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93903fb088&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp and Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Refund rows over holiday cancellations continue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03e0111e20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Fears M?ori unemployment rates will surge after lockdown lifts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9ddcb5c58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Rudman (Politik): [How the crisis could sour workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28058d7504&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [Burger King staff fearful for jobs after receivership announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c57562be54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy** Reweti Kohere (NBR): [Simpson Grierson takes $2.33m in wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa7d0c0fad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Churches receive more than $1.5m from Government’s Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32f83a05ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Gavin Ellis: [NZ media in existential crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57c1f1c6fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Rescue on the way for desperate commercial media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=844544a86e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Media rescue package needed to save ‘industry on its knees’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb78be885d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Media companies reveal hit from virus, make bid for Govt help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cddab7b69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Media companies plead for Government help as revenue dries up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acc1b338a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Media industry’s future dire in wake of Covid-19, MPs told as Govt announces rescue package coming](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fff041d9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Iwi radio stations hoping for rethink for M?ori media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a13c967f5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Tax-exempt model suggested for struggling media companies amid COVID-19 advertising ‘free-fall’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bbe08d468&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Media bosses press for more govt advertising to tide them through covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59aa5b7842&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Whyte (1News): [Government told to stop ‘scoring own goals’ over advertising spending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cebd5b2a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Media bosses challenge Government to recognise damage of social media advertising](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c044ebe303&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar Strecker (Stuff): [TV companies running out of fresh shows as Government finalises media support package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d47a3600fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Mediaworks hit by a number of coronavirus cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee73141b7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Thousands of students can’t access digital learning on first day of term](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=473bd8bb8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [M?ori education providers tackle students’ internet connectivity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da3bb26050&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Remote learning begins for New Zealand students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e0a2ea947&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Worries as schools starting back leaves parents under-prepared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22adc8a1f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Online learning: Parents, students urged to prioritise wellbeing first, learning second – Auckland principal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0b0821138&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [What does New Zealand’s new school on television look like?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19b4778b08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Students say Government’s coronavirus grant only puts them further in debt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6bf86eb72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [University students say Government support package not doing enough to ease financial burden](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a19ab06b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Climate change: New Zealand’s annual emissions report shows ‘limited progress’ – James Shaw](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05a82d0ddb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Climate change: New Zealand emissions barely budge, transport emissions cuts urge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e442ffbc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise GIbson (Stuff): [Modest drop in greenhouse gases shows scale of challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d5934f9ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Climate change: encroaching seas to affect coastal homes by 2040s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6da955685c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew McRae (RNZ): [Agricultural emissions lower that thought, new data reveals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69bac818b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Conservation Minister affirms local board’s right to meet – despite iwi boycott](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5c438c48b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Govt urged to invest in West Coast wetlands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=510b0eda5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Earley (Stuff): [?wairaka/Mt Albert tree removal: protest encampment removed for ‘breaching’ Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d48024efb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Protesters’ camp at ?wairaka / Mt Albert removed for lockdown breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=965564909c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Stuff: [The $4 billion wish lists for Government funds after coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67f1d646b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Post-lockdown boost: 10 major infrastructure projects submitted as ‘shovel ready’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b40c5fca79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland identifies 73 ‘shovel-ready’ projects to begin immediately after Covid-19 lockdown ends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3376beedb8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Wellington’s request for funding for ‘shovel-ready’ projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aaaf6117b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [BOP councils set sights on ‘shovel ready’ projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c778ede36f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Todd Niall (Stuff): [Shareholder-activist critical of Auckland Council decision-making on airport stake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b3047be38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Tasman District Council Motueka ward by-election ‘must carry on’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0508185b91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Tasman District Council staff given pay guarantee to April 27](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4eca9cdda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Next stage for Matat? ’15-year ordeal’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3470b5909d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Lockdown for vulnerabl** Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Covid-19 lockdown tough on overcrowded households](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=305adb2b57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Christchurch family adjusts to lockdown life without usual support for disabled daughter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8320f51f65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Domestic violence: ‘If that bubble is unsafe you leave’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2caf8dcb51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chelsea Boyle (Herald): [Kiwis help Women’s Refuge give victims a ‘safe night’ during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=531c43d1d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Repatriation** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Winston Peters gets top marks from US Ambassador for COVID-19 work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8041ea6dda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Visa disruption leaves immigrants, businesses worried](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=098d5ad7a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government’s Peru repatriation flight arrives in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1315ea3a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Mercy flight out of India too expensive for some](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef36151347&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [What will alert level 3 mean for Air New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02ea794141&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [Air New Zealand’s big regional problem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a43d2a5ab4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Air New Zealand analysis of a change in alert levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b7a84e8cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Bus patronage drops by at least 90 per cent around NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2654abd90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [Coronavirus pandemic sees iwi push pause on vote connected to $200m bypass project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=389382f88c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Samesh Mohanlall (Timaru Herald): [Timaru meat processing worker diagnosed with Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=686d73bbd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Holden (Stuff): [Honey exporter donates $500k worth of product to Kiwi charities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f8e132eed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pacific** RNZ: [Aid charities still there to help Pacific after Cyclone Harold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73f89aa162&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Fiji government welcomes village-based lockdown measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b64e71ecf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Samoa eases some state of emergency restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=560ad2d3ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Concerns about schools opening in Vanuatu amid Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c27b648fd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Lockdown for Pacific an opportunity to reset diets says academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34e54a9ade&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **M?ori Party** Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [John Tamihere and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer selected as new M?ori Party co-leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aa3be7f3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [Taranaki iwi boss Debbie Ngarewa-Packer announced as new M?ori Party co-leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc642b6dc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New M?ori Party co-leaders announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b9405e45e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [John Tamihere, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer new Maori Party co-leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a91f2ad413&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing, property** Anne Gibson (Herald): [REINZ data shows property market at nine-year low](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bfd3cef2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Defence** Todd Niall (Stuff): [NZDF leaves South Auckland in the dark about imminent military exercise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bea6f06600&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows and Craig Hoyle (Newshub): [NZ Defence Force personnel spat on, abused at Wellington supermarket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d8516cc53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Christchurch couple left high and dry after botched quake repairs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83e3a81724&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tair?whiti Iwi Chairs calls for calm after latest Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ccb8fcde6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Police order Hone Harawira’s Covid-19 checkpoints to run correctly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fde1a6873c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samantha Worthington (1News): [Small Waikato town committee leaves community awestruck over food parcel deliveries amid Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd3e19ee0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Professor Anne-Marie Brady: Global crisis caused by regime you have been tolerating for decades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff8cd6d742&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [Small charities, non-profits, at risk during Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f29689a298&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwi warns of ‘real shock’ to those seeking benefit after losing jobs during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e5fb140d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Marsden Point oil refinery’s future under review amid pressure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7103c11ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Auckland’s empty streets captured on camera](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16ca455ea3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Kiwi musicians come together to create charity single from lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd98aeee86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Taranaki Daily News: [Funeral in lockdown for Taranaki’s mighty t?tara Dr Huirangi Waikerepuru](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=faad6f24ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [ANZ NZ made multiple breaches of RBNZ requirements – Deloitte](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9561d1f5d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Visa, Mastercard, banks & NZ’s retail payment systems, Part 5; The grand finale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5276589efc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)