> ## 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 June 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-16-june-2020/ - Published: 2020-06-15T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-06-16T11:10:39.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Labour Party list** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern rebrands the post-coronavirus Labour Party with her first real party list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85428e802e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Lydia Lewis (Newshub): [Dr Ayesha Verrall’s experience could prove ‘helpful’ to Labour post-COVID-19 – commentator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f7d2f3414&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defends Labour’s list diversity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c969e65ac7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Ayesha Verrall leads fresh-faced Labour party list for 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56d5936637&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour list revealed: Winners and losers – MP-in-waiting Dr Ayesha Verrall; and has David Clark been demoted?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6c473c2e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Health Minister David Clark’s new competition – COVID-19 expert Dr Ayesha Verral](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aba5b0abd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Infectious diseases expert Dr Ayesha Verrall, who rose to prominence during pandemic, to run for Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f76f1b77f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Health Minister David Clark drops eight places on Labour list after Covid-19 lockdown breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a526cf265&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Health Minister David Clark slips in Labour’s ranks, infectious disease expert Ayesha Verrall joins list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8287cebb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 adviser Ayesha Verrall to be candidate for Labour Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad0c811b12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Greg O’Connor goes electorate only for 2020 election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4cdde6a1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Maori Labour electorate candidates back on party list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ff3aac130&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Watson (Taranaki Daily News): [New Plymouth Labour candidate first out of the starter blocks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef75cf61d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Chris Trotter (Interest): [Todd Muller’s weekend speech: ‘I’ll see your kindness and raise you unconditional Christian love’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83d8203dab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Todd Muller says there are bigger issues to worry about than his gaffes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfdc820113&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [National poster slammed for upside down Maori flag](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01c9680657&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Nick Smith prioritises jobs in 2020 Nelson seat election campaign launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f2c6946b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Economic recovery ‘defining issue’ for 2020 election, says Nick Smith](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25747445c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National overlook sitting MP for new electorate, again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcb2772aaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, election** Jason Walls (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern’s promised pay cuts for MPs yet to kick in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=642c2877ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [David Seymour says he knows what it’s like to be a minority, has nothing to apologise for](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e907e97ae1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): N[ational leader Todd Muller coasts while Act’s David Seymour puts up a fight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f282e86770&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Colonial statues, names, Black Lives Matter** 1News: [‘They represent racism’ – MP Willie Jackson says conversation needed over statues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2368039d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern passes fate of colonial statues to councils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b13bf6dabe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Jacinda Ardern says removal of colonial statues the decision of communities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7b512525f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern won’t take sides on Hamilton name debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=013fe8b4b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Waikato Times): [Hamilton or Kirikiriroa? Call for referendum on city name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eec746f5a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate doesn’t want Capt Hamilton statue back in Civic Square](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db9d4a35f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [New Zealand’s offensive place names and the case to have them changed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7440c27656&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [History isn’t being rewritten by statue removals around the world – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=892b84bb17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Pickles (the Conversation): [Removing monuments to an imperial past is not the same for former colonies as it is for former empires](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c8b094b7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Sir George Grey statue in Auckland vandalised, smeared with red paint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae12d47069&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Sir George Grey statue in Auckland smeared with red paint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d8f0dd702&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin and Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Woman arrested over alleged vandalism of Auckland memorial statue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fa50ec5d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Woman arrested after memorial statue in Auckland vandalised over the weekend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be317eb0a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Auckland memorial statue damaged, police arrest woman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11ef348882&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Lianne Dalziel: New Zealand not part of UK or US slave trade issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e699744d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [West Coast man appeals for great grandfather’s statue to remain ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d36c6404f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): [Cromwellians divided over town’s murderous namesake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b51c216c13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Venue operator ‘very happy’ to change name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75eec62098&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Dunedin venue The Cook looks for new name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26e600dc79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton and Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Dunedin’s ‘Captain Cook’ set to sail as venue owner opts for name change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4de3770d44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Captain Cook Hotel gonski](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d444eb5d11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samantha Olley (Herald): [‘Embroiled in a controversy’: Rotorua Stockcar Club to rethink Confederate flag](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db8342ec5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Complaints about Maori exhibit not addressed for four years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1a5a83f9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [The anger’s not dissipating, so what should we do? ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76a17bd695&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Archbishop of Wellington rejects ‘all lives matter’ message at church](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7abbf8b398&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Black Lives Matter protesters denied entry to new Auckland mall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db74d04ef2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Appleby (1News): [Auckland’s glitzy new Commercial Bay apologises after Black Lives Matter protestors turned away following rally](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77b9afd29e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Protesters turned away from Commercial Bay after Black Lives Matter march](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=221aaa4866&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [More Black Lives Matter protests possible if New Zealand racism is not addressed, organiser says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e295b0eee5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Is David Clark up to reforming the health system?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0c62b58fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Edwards, David Galler, Todd Krieble and Collin Tukuitonga (Stuff): [Heather Simpson’s report should give priority to public health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5af3c5725e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Murdoch (The Conversation): [The next once-a-century pandemic is coming sooner than you think – but COVID-19 can help us get ready](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e86a0b5fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Powell (Democracy Project): [Should DHBs be the providers of rest home care?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d7cc5336c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Specialists concerned at University of Otago’s proposed medical school subject changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd19602d69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [A view into the future over another health crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3139695056&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Mental health units appeared successful in lockdown – Chief Ombudsman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e20db855bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Mental health facilities generally ‘got it right’ through COVID-19 pandemic, report finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8e2a20d2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Relaxing Covid-19 hygiene practices could cause flu-like illnesses to rise, doctors warn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1735b03270&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Virus lockdown restrictions squash flu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f09e3907de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Kilmister (Stuff): [Teen with spinal muscular atrophy campaigns for wonder drug to survive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c44ba99b96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Govt’s coronavirus response, ‘Unite for the Recovery’ ads** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern defends ‘Unite for the Recovery’ ads as Act leader demands they end before election period](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16bd013672&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [David Seymour attacks Government’s ‘Unite for the Recovery’ plan, accuses it of North Korean-style propaganda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1407bbc06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National Crisis Centre’s social media page puts political neutrality in question](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9c6f97c6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Siouxsie Wiles on virus elimination](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd7c4885bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border, migration, Trans-Tasman, Pacific bubble** 1News: [Avatar film crew’s border exemption granted after one week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd92e96c0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Avatar crew given the all-clear and free to move about](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aee4061d00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Juliet Speedy (Newshub): [Staggering figures show record number of Kiwis flocking home to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2acd99e6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Lowest number of arrivals to NZ since 1960s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0c0c41e12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Dita De Boni and Julie Iles (NBR): [Premature trans-Tasman bubble talk popped by officials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26d36d8f82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern explains why there’s no Pacific travel bubble yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e3e7dae3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More calls for New Zealand to include Cook Islands in ‘bubble’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=434b32b989&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [We can’t wait for Australia to kick COVID-19 – let’s find new travel bubbles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1425ab0366&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Infrastructure** Simon Wong and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Greenpeace concerned fast-tracked Government infrastructure projects don’t consider the impacts of climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d08abc2d60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [National accuses Government of an ‘extraordinary’ bypassing of major new agency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a08581329&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Red tape ditched as Government unveils new infrastructure law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7fffb2ab4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Environment Minister David Parker explains why fast-tracked infrastructure projects won’t be permanent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c707843d29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Government reveals ‘job-rich’ infrastructure projects getting fast-tracked approval amid COVID-19 downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=284b54e0ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Eleven infrastructure projects to be fast tracked for Covid-19 recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ebd66a406&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government reveals bill fast-tracking infrastructure projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fc6cf75dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Shovel-ready projects get the green light to go ahead under new infrastructure law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f34308a551&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fast-tracked projects need to be job-rich and properly funded](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d07a28d29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Housing, roading, rail, cycling and water projects among those named by the Government to go through special streamlined consenting process](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afea11d3cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Scepticism at Shane Jones’ claim new spend-up will create 800 jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8118add072&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Councils, KiwiRail gets $60m from Provincial Growth Fund for job creation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0971119e3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Brian Easton (Pundit): [The Wobbly Bicycle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bdb5c55a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Economic fog lifts a little, but this is not the time to hit the accelerator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b8e486537&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus elimination’s economic cost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc965662dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Splendid isolation costing taxpayers up to $10m a week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1e24e538b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Strong growth expected after Covid-19 downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59de825f7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [The recession starts here…](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e51d273d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Services sector up on last month but remains ‘woeful’ – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36cb5f98f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Services sector indicator bodes ill for labour market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d800634ea3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Forget about tax cuts’: Economist warns of hikes ahead no matter who wins election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d657f878be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy** Katie Kenny and Felippe Rodrigues (Stuff): [Ministry of Social Development U-turn to release wage subsidy data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a14db74d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Living wage** 1News: [Government playing ‘a lot of catch up’ to lift workers’ pay to living wage – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c98274bf8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘They need to do the right thing’ – Essential workers call on Government to pay them living wage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=029c9cddda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Living Wage campaigners hand petition to Auckland mayor demanding he keep pledge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8579e23b44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Union urges government to honour living wage promise to contract workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2241f80772&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Working from home** RNZ: [Hackers targeting working from home security flaws – CERT](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49dfc25855&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Migrant workers** RNZ: The Detail: [Trapped migrant workers – NZ’s new underclass](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e462d980e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [History-making researcher calls for more voices of Pacific workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eea6dee4fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Gavin Ellis: [How afraid should NZME be?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e24151a81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [TVNZ to cut between 70 and 90 jobs to protect ‘financial sustainability’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=740ec805d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ looks to cut between 70 and 90 jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b72287f95c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [Up to 90 jobs to go as TVNZ ‘safeguards the future’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5471bfd26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [TVNZ warns up to 90 jobs could be cut to ‘safeguard the future’ of state broadcaster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12fd6d9cd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: T[VNZ consulting with staff over new business structure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71fd5db84b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Maori media worried about Government’s single service proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15b92873e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Steven Joyce awarded $269,000 in costs after suing NBR](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f4e6901d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): [Frustrations over face-to-face lecture ban at some New Zealand Universities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8f4d4f609&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Jones (ODT): [Extra burdens require extra support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8213285ddd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council Budget: Greens call for creative thinking not “slash and burn”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=907efed892&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Auckland Council budget: Anger over plans to close animal shelter to save cash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b080022d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waikato council slams Watercare planning as Auckland mayor Goff warns of crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b035c9bea1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Auckland Transport backs down over M?ngere car park after 18-month stoush](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a91bc2046&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Questions raised over council’s stake in airport after $25m underwrite agreed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baf6cfd107&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Council organisation defends work on New Brighton](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf34dc9267&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Graham (RNZ): [‘A deathly silence’: New Brighton residents fume over agency’s lack of action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3568c2049d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Counting the cost of inaction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=feeea2a887&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Meeting called for July 8 to consider Hobbs’ removal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee3c375594&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Nine councillors seeking to oust Hobbs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45c78d74a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Smith (ODT): [Demolition option for vacant ICC buildings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02709a2e00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Nothing to worry about’ – Hamilton Mayor reassures viewers after appearing to faint live on TV](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=982abbe9d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Firearms** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Mosque terrorist was wrongly granted firearms licence due to police mistakes, sources say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58c2787ede&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [NZ First makes deal with Labour to keep gun law changes alive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f94ea1a4c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** 1News: [Police Commissioner will apologise to Maori over armed response trial if asked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f510d5a59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police officer who slapped teenager during youth programme keeps job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8222428db9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** ODT: [Massive Southland station could become conservation land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55b4e2d5c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Still no handover of Te Mata Peak land a year after purchase announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecadf70f5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter de Graaf (Northland Advocate): [Community effort saves public access to iconic Northland surf beach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=304c1af1d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Long read: How dead is light rail?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13cac5f64c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Confronting map shows reality of Auckland’s new speed limits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=956fc66f5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Rob Fyfe** Emma Russell (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern and Rob Fyfe: ‘Remiss of me’ not to thank former Air NZ boss for business work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd7f3b70fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Kepes (Herald): [What Rob Fyfe could learn from a humble neighbour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f70d576ada&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Stuff: [Southern Response in last attempt to avoid ‘opt-out’ class action over earthquake payments ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b94662ef39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [More than a third of Kiwis unable to last financially beyond a month if they lost their jobs, survey finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b2ec0f6a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Stuff): [KiwiSaver warning after financially hard-up Kiwis drained accounts by nearly $14m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7698950e9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Grim statistics at forefront as elder abuse awareness week begins in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e3e191eed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Cannabis referendum: Legalisation would be a ‘disaster’ for New Zealand – ex-detective](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed2befdf2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [High Court gives fertiliser group voice on West Sahara case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f84d37be4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Artwork of Jacinda Ardern and Ashley Bloomfield as superheroes reaches $2500 on Trademe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bee6a474ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Petition calls on UK to declare war on New Zealand ‘then immediately surrender’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc443d7ed8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [The unusual plan to get Jacinda Ardern to become British Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3557d85617&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kadambari Raghukumar (RNZ): [Covid-19 claims champion of Waikato’s refugee community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ed14e9b97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Dillane (Herald): [‘A nightmare’: Auckland residents stranded in India with baby in ICU and $20k medical bill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4e02536a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [House sales drop almost 50 per cent, but prices stay record levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b26999d90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [OMV signals commitment to Taranaki with $15m refurbishment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9aaa3d641f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Oranga Tamariki social workers’ te ao Maori knowledge questioned](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29918b3e1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 restrictions hit house sales in May](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=925f98e2a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Kilmister (Stuff): [MP urged son to see welfare service as animal neglect worsened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cc666051d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)