> ## 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 September 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-16-september-2020/ - Published: 2020-09-15T20:25:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-15T20:22:54.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Election** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins and David Seymour battle for the right wing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0355b16e59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [How Collins and Seymour are divided](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=561a3ffc69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew MacFarlane (1News): [Vote Compass: Most New Zealanders support higher taxes for the wealthy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4832bc7577&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Are National and Labour both guilty of ‘misinformation’?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c399243f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) The Hui: Tamaki Makaurau candidate debate: [Peeni Henare, Marama Davidson, John Tamihere on Maori water ownership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5a617e776&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [New Plymouth candidates take to the floor for first time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a108509048&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Christchurch National Party candidate’s car vandalised and briefcase stolen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05b0cfa4b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Man who smashed the America’s Cup standing for Te Tai Tokerau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=372a442cc1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Key debate dates, when results will be released](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=976a2f09f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Will Labour ditching ‘fees free’ help get the Greens over the line?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8891a15ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te, Matthew Tso, Laura Wiltshire and Henry Cooke (Stuff): [University students may reconsider futures after Labour Party breaks promise of additional fees-free years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a8cead646&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke, Akula Sharma and Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Labour promises more school lunches, won’t extend fees-free programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49e6efcd11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Labour pledges to focus on apprenticeships, scrap decile system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db80ab5e45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Free school lunches are great – ‘hoop-jumping’ to get them isn’t, principal says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ad9cc0644&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Labour promises to extend free school lunches to a quarter of Kiwi kids if returned to power](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f9604657f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour will replace school decile system with Equity Index, a change ‘likely to be disruptive for many schools’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10ba5cb120&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Speaker Trevor Mallard embroiled in Labour Hutt South donations controversy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff30cdcfc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding (Stuff): Tick. Tick podcast: [Trevor Mallard on Parliament’s toxic culture and his own retirement ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25075b926a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caroline Williams (Stuff): [Auckland light rail will go ahead if Labour wins election, transport minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=024175d9eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National** Crystal Wu (Newshub): [NZ First says National’s plan to cut Government’s zoning requirements would lead to ‘white flight’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fc0d6b9c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National’s education policy: Charter schools, colonial approach to Maori disappoint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b3d612bd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): [Judith Collins flattered at being immortalised in ‘Bond girl’ tattoo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5d9e49fa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National’s Judith Collins ‘couldn’t be more thrilled’ at supporter’s tattoo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5508db1b62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [National Party leader Judith Collins immortalised in ‘Bond girl’ tattoo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8289dd95d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Dental care policies** Jonathan Broadbent and Murray Thomson (Newsroom): [Time for a state boost for dental care?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0498c05022&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National and Labour fall short on adult dental care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9d602e303&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [NZ Election 2020: National promises $30 million boost to childhood dental services, but nothing for adults](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6c4030b84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [National promises $30 million a year expansion of kids’ dental programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd31bcd33f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National promises $30 million yearly boost to children’s dental care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44e4643b08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National announces $30m childhood dental services policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c96088d79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Leader interviews: James Shaw and Marama Davidson talk wins, losses and challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9024138e51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [Green Party co-leaders front up to Taranaki principals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b87969ea5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Melissa Tapper (Newshub): [First-term MPs: Golriz Ghahraman on dealing with New Zealand First, the MP walking group, and Parliament’s culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0de1b6210&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New Zealand Public Party, Advance NZ** Matt Shand (Stuff): [$255,000 in political donations to NZPP: a party that never registered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57dc04ced6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [A flaw in our electoral transparency regime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64f166b0e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Afternoons: [David Farrier on ‘red-pilling’ and Covid-19 conspiracies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=523f127b42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Facebook cuts NZ election ad](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c28622e116&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Doyle (RNZ): [Little love lost as Jami-Lee Ross abandons Botany electorate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7ecd6d06e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** Mike Houlahan (ODT): [NZ First keen on the South](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd0841ee00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The Elevator Pitch: ‘What’s needed is a party of common sense’ – Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6b59a52f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ First pledges $10m to Mike King’s mental health initiative Gumboot Friday, if elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8aeee087a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters bumps into old school mate he hadn’t seen in 60 years while on the campaign trail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8fd8cc702&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘They’re a bit big’ – Winston Peters detours to The Warehouse in Gisborne on hunt for baskets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=714d22d37d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **ACT** Brooke van Velden (Interest): [The real roadmap to recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2aad76bc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ethan Griffiths (Whanganui Chronicle): [Act leader David Seymour visits Whanganui](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4a5055dae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Jason Walls (Herald): [National holds its breath ahead of tomorrow’s opening up of Government books](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8be6a673f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass and Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Grant Robertson on New Zealand’s ‘worst-ever quarter’ financial and PREFU](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc51ed1bd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Finance Minister Grant Robertson says GDP figures ‘won’t make for pretty reading’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d26380fe93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Caution: very large GDP fall approaching](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=842ec044f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robert MacCulloch (Herald): [Do not let this Covid crisis go to waste](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df678e920a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gordon Campbell: [On the transTasman tinkering with Covid-related poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88e6052761&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Be credible on spending – Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=512af15c7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Oliver Hartwich (Herald): [Why this is the biggest global bailout in history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=375134ff47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Why is no one talking about the debt piling up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17071c7685&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Employment** Evan Harding (Stuff): [David Parker takes ‘hardass’ approach to labour shortage during Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5ccec2745&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sean Hogan (1News): [Worker shortage sees fruit bowl of NZ facing the prospect of rotting away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6da900c134&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [West Coast women hit hard by Covid-19 job losses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a71794c17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [Here’s why we should talk about what we’re being paid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d804a3b842&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism rescue plan** Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Flawed tourism rescue plan was almost dumped](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72cd7402a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘I want to see proof’ – Tourism operator urges inquiry over Covid-19 recovery funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b85edc7d55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s coronavirus response** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Why Cabinet’s level 1 tease is out of step with its usual cautious approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=020492e688&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Ashley Bloomfield says COVID-19 ‘must have’ come through the border, Jacinda Ardern remains unconvinced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90b36ae282&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern admits COVID-19 outbreak ‘obviously hasn’t come from within New Zealand’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86ae43541b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Close contacts not getting into isolation fast enough to minimise the risk of spreading the virus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84f63e00bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Still a risk of COVID-19 cases outside Auckland – Dr Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7abe239fd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters accuses Cabinet of cherry picking Covid-19 data to bolster Alert Level 2 decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62f633beab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Prime Minister insists alert level decisions are not political after criticism from Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ca3901170&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Leading epidemiologist calls for mandatory face masks in New Zealand schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c25ced20b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Singapore move ‘a validation’ of NZ’s CovidCard approach, says developer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72971376e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Other countries are routinely testing for historical Covid-19 cases, why isn’t New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c4851a71d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [Bloomfield’s sobering warning: Hundreds of healthcare workers would have died without lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=968f487f43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Winston Peters targets lack of shared financial advice over Covid-19 lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb11301690&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ananish Chaudhuri (Herald): [Beware of being damned with faint praise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=206330ec33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [The Outliers: How the smaller parties vying for Parliament would handle Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0534a1778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Susan Strongman (RNZ): [Covid cluster confusion: What you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed3ba5034b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): [MIQ source of Maori-Pacific OutBreak & Next Wave 14 September 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ac95039a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Murphy (RNZ): [Some Auckland rest homes allowing visitors, with restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c21502602&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Mongrel Mob funeral is mocking all of us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c18d062cde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Earley (Stuff): [‘Significant number’ of gang members at tangi despite Covid-19 rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9894b1830a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Gang members flout gathering limits at tangi for Mobster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98ace28484&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Murphy (RNZ): [Some Auckland rest homes allowing visitors, with restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3506ef2901&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border exemptions, Bledisloe, quarantine** Victor Waters (1News): [Ardern acknowleges ‘bespoke’ isolation arrangement for Wallabies ahead of Bledisloe clash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8755734b24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Bledisloe Cup test to be held in New Zealand day after the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=138e5af7a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Bledisloe Cup: Wallabies can train together in quarantine in NZ – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=672bb88914&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Grant Robertson shakes head in disapproval as ACT’s Brooke van Velden blasts Jacinda Ardern over border promises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a08c571c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis and Euthanasia referendums** Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Cannabis referendum: Jacinda Ardern reveals why she won’t publicly take a side](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=141c17d03f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Marks and Colin Gavaghan (Stuff): [Euthanasia referendum: There is no ‘slippery slope’ to the End of Life Choice Act, say senior legal professionals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d973944c33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Companies now have to disclose their climate risk. Will politicians disclose their policies?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4b797ae4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Government proposes forcing NZ’s top 200 businesses to report on their impact on the climate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78afbbbc56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Mandatory climate-related financial disclosure proposed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dc8116060&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Financial sector will have to report on climate change risk in world-first move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d09f78312&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Eels, whitebait among NZ freshwater species most threatened by climate change – NIWA study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7dadfc8f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [Climate Change: Carbon prices must rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=028a54edd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvonne O’Hara (ODT): [Session on freshwater](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82ad1ec2fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brianna Stewart (Stuff): [Wellington sending more waste to landfill, not less](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8629533ca8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Extractive industries** Robin Martin (RNZ): [Industry insider sounds warning over risk of potential Maari oil field sale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf2ba12532&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (RNZ): [Victory for mining company in quarry battle with Marlborough residents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce52aca46a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Either fix the home-ownership crisis or get rid of EQC, you can’t have both](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a78ffbf5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Rent increases should be tied to inflation, tenants’ rights group says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c92d9f509&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern’s message to landlords considering increasing rents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b53afe64d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [New campaign draws battle lines over Wellington’s heritage buildings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23d562895e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington housing development remains on hold with no funding yet available](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=304035a6b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Attempting to make sense of recent developments in our never-dull housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57d83718ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Landlord group claims property investors ‘treated as scapegoats for years’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bde174710&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Harry Lock (RNZ): [Councils call for more influence over housing, climate change policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ceb905ec4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Proposal to turn Shelly Bay into national heritage park](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7f23b48f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Dominion Post): [Rooster breeding and crim-tackling: The curious talents of Wellington councillors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eae5e7ee04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Petition to scrap first-past-the-post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6b735d7c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Ashton (Gisborne Herald): [Shane Jones pledges $45 million to East Coast port idea rejected by council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=457e7450f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Huhu grub diet would deny coast $45m future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a34ebf7a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Hamilton City Councillors fail to score 100 per cent attendance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbcefbed0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Watercare boss says political focus on his $775k salary triggered resignation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5d9aa2f13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Watercare boss says focus on salary contributed to resignation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec3229443e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Hawke’s Bay community says mountain bike park plan ‘disastrously bad idea’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93576028cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marcus Anselm (RNZ): [Masterton District Council set to approve ‘overdue’ name change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=382d026b93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Cost ‘blow-out’ for Hastings’ Municipal Building means $5.5m extra for ratepayers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3774cedb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Danielle Clent and Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Auckland University students ‘appalled’ classes will resume on campus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=800cf9b749&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Wynn and Jake McKee Cagney (Herald): [University students want masks and distancing before return to lectures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e90cfccaf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Students impacted by lockdown can return to school for Year 14](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a38eabd6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [University stands by its equity measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72e8c93925&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Medicine pathways face legal challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b39c4c81e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Otago Uni will fight legal challenge to its med school special entry scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8e267f512&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Massey University silent on links to alleged human rights abuses in China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24330ec14f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Bid to retain work visa option for students stuck overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea496dfabf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [Payment for past prejudice: Te Wananga o Raukawa to get $8m state boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d632fe6fa6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Dilworth School** Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Old boy claims Dilworth School knew of continued abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=747df85168&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Dilworth investigation: Another arrest in relation to sexual offending claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c82a70eb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Charges laid against another man over alleged sexual abuse at Auckland’s Dilworth School](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb6d7d354a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** 1News: [Primary health care nurses, medical staff to stop work for two hours over pay dispute](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f590d8c324&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Nelson Mail): [MP calls for freeze on changes at community mental health service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb57895dba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Place names** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [John Tamihere concedes changing New Zealand to Aotearoa ‘might not’ happen by 2026 but ‘our aspirations to achieve it will never stop’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10723e92d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julia de Bres (Stuff): [Changing place names: what do we lose, but what do we gain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5dacb4e6c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Should Christchurch be renamed ?tautahi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5a2125a9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Chinese intelligence list** Anne-Marie Brady (Herald): [How China’s ruling party secretly builds ties around the globe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec9404baf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matt Nippert (Herald): [Warning as Kiwis ‘targeted on a grand scale’ by Chinese big data firm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1a4f12547&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [China intelligence firm’s ‘crude’ database capturing Kiwis likely aimed at projecting Beijing’s power](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cda41981fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch and Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [New Zealand politicians, diplomats, judges, and fraudsters found on massive Chinese intelligence database](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7eccd51f37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ academic on Chinese intelligence list with 793 other New Zealanders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88204d4188&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tiwai Point** Richard Harman: [Parker hints at Tiwai Point survival](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd6e236506&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Smith (ODT): [Most promising industry no substitute for smelter: Parker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2af9571e93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Claudette Hauiti (Waatea News): [Pakeha media playing ‘Gotcha’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57477604b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Broadcasting complaint upheld against Mike Hosking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ce0f3450d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Major report reveals $75 billion infrastructure deficit, warns of recession risks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de769a465c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Interest): [The US election – a geopolitical risk being underplayed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84bb684e8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Collins says govt dropped ball on UK FTA; Parker refutes claim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fd1beec89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Juliet Speedy (Newshub): [Christchurch lines company Orion and insurer IAG reach settlement over 2017 Port Hill Fires](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f326693170&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Heagney (Stuff): [Iwi feels betrayed over location of new KiwiRail freight centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d46e99d9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Hayward (Stuff): [Film studios easier to set up after Crown uses quake recovery powers to change rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d02b517e86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Interest-free credit cards: Not as unlikely as you might think](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a601980df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [‘Serious concerns’ raised about safety of P?hoi-?kahu highway north of Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=064d5983a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [New Plymouth mayor slams lack of progress on ‘diabolical’ highway](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e096cb6442&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Mosque shooter: Transport to court cost almost $40,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ea33eb889&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Timaru’s Theatre Royal to get multimillion dollar upgrade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32b0f7b86d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Haul of contraband found being smuggled into Rimutaka Prison](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e03066010&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Juha Saarinen (Herald): [Social media giants: Is it too late to rein them in?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ae60d6fab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Air NZ sells 70,000 seats in six hours after rules relaxed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1235f7ccd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Epineha Ratapu, one of the last members of the Maori Battalion, farewelled in Tokomaru Bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19074bdd41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)