> ## 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 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-16-april-2021/ - Published: 2021-04-15T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-15T20:11:57.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **National Party leadership** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [My message to National – and how to avoid another leadership fiasco](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69d714a82b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Dunne: [National needs to sort out what it stands for before it thinks about leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=869a12989a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Duncan: [The National Party’s leadership woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=537ba978b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Richard Harman: [So Grant, what’s next?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca3666a43e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid: Vaccinations programme and border** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Government is taking the p\*ss when it comes to MIQ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43f39e4985&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Chris Hipkins offers half-hearted support for Covid testing register](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51737df36f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [How are officials this useless and still in work?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7fbdbbfb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [The billion-dollar plan to get everyone who wants a jab vaccinated by 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c925c3847&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [MIQ security guard’s testing hiatus: Ardern maintains company, guard to blame](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=201da2a3aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Williams (Magic Talk): [Why you should be sceptical of Hipkins, Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f67668e242&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Newstalk ZB): [Officials prove once again we’ve survived by dumb, pure luck](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5af5312ceb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing crisis** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Standard & Poor’s predicts an ‘orderly unwinding’ of house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c16aa02a8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Growing hesitancy in housing market as fear of missing out gives way to fear of overpaying – industry insiders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0411d2d774&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [House prices soar as sales rise to 14-year high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77d607d2f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ethan Te Ora (Stuff): [Wellington has the most understocked housing inventory in the country, says new data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2872f72d9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green (Stuff): [The only way is up: high-density housing key to responsible land use in Wellington facing climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af5ebd0553&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Wellington house prices jump nearly 25 per cent in a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3879e503a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local Government** Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Welcome to the new age of Maori power as Hamilton council revokes Maori ward decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03dcee5fce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [City councillors welcome review highlighting poor governance, allegations of bullying, and lack of direction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d95851d939&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Wellington Central Library adopts gifted name: Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5287b54268&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [No new pokie machines will be allowed in Wellington as council passes sinking lid policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0aa7ddeb4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sinead Gill (Stuff): [Maori wards vote may be close as Manawatu councillors split over issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59b5fe94bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Public to have say on Maori wards in Hamilton](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d98696183&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Stuff): [Ratepayers fund Waikato Regional Council chair’s ‘feel-good gifts’ at train launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f61e4826c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Covid-19 committee carry-on catches Labour lacking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c105ecb5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Labour reprimanded for treatment of National MP Chris Bishop at testy parliamentary committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c5bf0c595&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour’s ‘patsy’ questions prompt Speaker Trevor Mallard to give National extended scrutiny of COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42f0df45db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** 1News: [Three billion dollars for about 7000 jobs: Has the Provincial Growth Fund worked?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccf046bbf7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Amazon may be on the way to New Zealand, as Government signs subsidy deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=886010be2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Hospitality businesses predicted to be hardest hit in wave of insolvencies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bb3dac99e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Energy Minister Megan Woods not ready to give power firms the ‘Telecom’ treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afc2e9ded5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Record shift off benefit ‘sign of improving job market’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5504ad422&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Grant Robertson letter to Air New Zealand: What chairman Dame Therese Walsh thinks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b51439a72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Reserve Bank signals ‘prolonged period of time’ before monetary policy changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa5cad1571&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Climate change** 1News: [Govt not living up to promise of Ardern’s climate change-nuclear-free moment speech, James Shaw admits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=233f4f072f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Does ‘people power’ distract from corporate responsibility?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7071ba7d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Are we doing enough to prepare?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2bf7f6972&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Climate change plan – emissions impossible for farmers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dba3cc7fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Transport** Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Slow start for passenger numbers on new Hamilton to Auckland train’s first week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3ca1f82d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Slow start for Hamilton to Auckland commuter train, plans underway to lure more passengers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d9c2db18f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [NZTA needs to listen to their own people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad9122d2f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Lucy Xia and Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Government to expand school mental health, wellbeing programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d77ec6fa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Business case for new Dunedin hospital to go before Cabinet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a68329f2ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Smoking’s last gasp](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bd794ffc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government proposes drastic cut to tobacco retailers, limiting sales to specific R18 stores or pharmacies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9480c1a0c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Law and order; Justice** Geraden Cann (Stuff): [String of gang incidents in Auckland this week suggests escalating tension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba020736fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Police told to carry guns on average once a week, figures reveal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bc747307e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Johnston (Stuff): [The court said she was lying about being abused. She did a year on home detention. She wasn’t lying](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8afe69df6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Live animal export ban** Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Live export ban may cause backlash from trading partners, Southland Fed Farmers boss says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77ec2c0093&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Live export ban wrecks a growing industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8003469530&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Chris Trotter: [Can the state pull the lone wolf terrorist’s teeth?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fba7538ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Drug reform response confused](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd610866f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Report suggesting removal of now-mouldy classrooms ignored by ministry – school’s board members](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03e06e1a2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Report shows extent of dairy farming destruction – environmental activists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1392ed33a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul Thomas (Listener/Herald): [The real royal crisis and the effect it could have on New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a2d583c18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Entire board of Museums Aotearoa abruptly resigns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24b3e2d9a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Law Commission proposes changes to succession law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0381da5b5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Law Commission proposes changes to ‘out of date’ succession legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5575fe0f98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Will Prince Philip’s death spark renewed debate on NZ becoming a republic?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f4bfa57f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bruce Munro (ODT): [More than 67,000 animals bred for testing at Otago University – but simply killed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ba71c5ae3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)