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# Daily News Roundup – 17 August 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-17-august-2020/
- Published: 2020-08-16T20:25:01.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-17T20:36:50.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

**Election date**  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Decision day looms for Jacinda Ardern as Winston Peters threatens retaliation if election not delayed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d142abee7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
Richard Harman: [Peters hints at constitutional challenge to PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39b137008d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to announce decision on election date today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=073d6761b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Claire Trevett (Herald): [Return of Covid-19 tilts election playing field on its end](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0deff2bb5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Newstalk ZB: [Collins: It would be ‘completely outrageous’ to keep election on current date](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=284ed3acaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Peters pushes for election to be postponed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a0797e533&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Amelia Wade (Herald): [Pressure mounts on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as NZ First pleads to delay the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cef27e12a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Winston Peters calls for election to be delayed until November](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db378a42ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Scott Palmer and Caley Callahan (Newshub): [New Zealand First leader Winston Peters calls for election delay after COVID-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b304b7b76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

NZ Herald: [Editorial: Election date becoming a tricky dilemma to resolve](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=670a1d68b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Dan Satherley (Newshub):[‘No right time’ for election amid ongoing pandemic – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32d6ca7f05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: Q+A: [Election could run safely at Alert Level 2 over ‘several weeks’, Health Minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e850ddd127&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Postponing the election? Careful what you wish for](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f94d95f022&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Our most unconventional election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1a560bc79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Mai Chen (BusinessDesk): [Legal advice to the PM on moving the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77ed58a797&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Julie Iles (NBR): [Delaying the election: a procedure-intensive undertaking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bea340d09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Brent Edwards (NBR): [Covid-19, the election and Jacinda Ardern’s pedestal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cfacdb0f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

David Farrar: [Five reasons why the election should be delayed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1556db1425&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

David Farrar: [Countries that have delayed elections due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11ee11a492&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern will announce election decision Monday morning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3a4427108&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Election date decision Monday morning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=478c672254&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Herald: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to announce any election delay on Monday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baaffa6d91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Peter Wilson (RNZ): [The Week in Politics: Should the election be delayed?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5c6e44b3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Inside Parliament: How will the election campaign be affected by latest Covid-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82935eda40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Benedict Brook ([news.au](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99d57c6e9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)): [Jacinda Ardern: Huge decision NZ PM has to make on August 17](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13bf3dc69d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Border staff testing, safety measures**

Derek Cheng (Herald): [Government failure to safeguard border astonishing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=154a023726&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

1News: [Health Minister ‘frustrated’ at staff testing blunder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7cc0d22e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Health Minister confirms lack of testing for border officials and isolation staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0278d44737&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Jason Walls (Herald): [Health Minister Chris Hipkins faces increasing pressure over another major testing blunder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07dc4bdc79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Covid-19 testing for border workers ‘ramped up’ after Government pulled ‘big lever’ to make it compulsory – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a68ed4485&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Testing of isolation facilities a ‘gap’ in NZ’s Covid-19 defence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3a22cbe9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Megan Woods says testing ‘only one tool in the toolbox’ after revelations nearly two-thirds of Auckland border staff hadn’t been tested for COVID-19 a week ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8eb4fb2659&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [Lack of testing of staff at border ‘extraordinary’ – Skegg](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e479fcb2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [Border worker appalled at lack of testing and safety measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=048c55e749&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: Q+A: [National to announce border policy – ‘we would make sure it would work’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dd8f3d0d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Dan Satherley (Newshub Nation): [Collins promises border staff will be tested for COVID-19 under National, calls existing efforts ‘pie-in-the-sky’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0d81fe7cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Winston Peters’ quarantine breach claims**

Herald: [Winston Peters maintains border breach led to NZ outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afbc7404f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Jacinda Ardern not expecting apology from Winston Peters after quarantine breach claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=418e8202ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Dan Satherley (Newshub): [No evidence for Winston Peters’ claim new outbreak caused by quarantine breach – Health Minister Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=674f4d68c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**NZ’s coronavirus response**

Cherie Howie (Herald): [Professor of public health Nick Wilson takes Government to task over response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0e32ec6df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Matt Drake (Spiked-online): [Jacinda is no saint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f23fd2b626&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [How New Zealand can avoid lockdowns in the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecdc58af2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern is the master of spin – but the Government dropped the ball](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c038c825b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [No alternative to Covid-19 lockdown strategy, says Health Minister Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e29bce1175&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Kirsty Johnston and Virginia Fallon (Stuff): [False positive: How the coronavirus crept back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=854f7356b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Caitlin Ellis (Newshub): [Australian health official labels NZ’s COVID-19 response as ‘very dangerous’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66f188be04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

John Weekes (Stuff): [Elimination of Covid-19 still best strategy for NZ, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe00c7ddd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Coronavirus alert level yo-yo: More lockdowns shouldn’t be necessary – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8b398e1df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Herald: A[cademics praise PM Jacinda Ardern’s messaging during NZ’s lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17c3d62523&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Amelia Wade (Herald): [Mandatory masks? Health Minister Chris Hipkins not ruling it out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0696fa4aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Alison Mau (Stuff): [Time to mask-up, New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=859c79ed55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [On the extended lockdown – will we comply?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93326065da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Kate Hawkesby (Herald): [Combating Covid 19 coronavirus requires competence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9ad556a75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Damien Cave and Serena Solomon (New York Times): [New Zealand beat the virus once. Can it do it again?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84249ee396&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Newshub: [Jacinda Ardern gives heartfelt message to Kiwis over COVID-19 resurgence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94d40d74ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern’s consistent, safe approach – with wriggle room](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=552bd5b755&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Henry Cooke (Stuff): [NZ stays split as Covid-19 outbreak forces 12 more days of lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33805833cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [‘Together, we have got rid of Covid before’ – Jacinda Ardern’s rallying cry to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27b3f6482c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Jetstar halts all domestic NZ flights until end of Level 3 Lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=311feceed9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Nicole Bremner (1News): [Pakuranga College principal slams Health Ministry over mistakenly linking school with Covid cluster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb0e3273bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Chris Hipkins explains how Pakuranga College got wrongly named in Friday’s COVID-19 briefing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02c9715dda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Dan Satherley (Newshub): [British politician sparks ‘police state’ fears with false claims about NZ’s quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7287ac211d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

AAP: [Ruby Princess outbreak: ‘Inexcusable’ errors made by NSW authorities allowing passengers ashore](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4341064a92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Emirates Team NZ: America’s Cup will continue under Covid-19 alert levels 3, 4](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=393af651e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Conspiracy theories, rumours, Opposition**

Andrea Vance (Stuff): [The truth is out there, but National’s looking in the wrong places](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83fd42b789&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Dan Satherley (Newshub Nation): [Health officials trying to stamp out rumours as well as COVID-19 – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5eb4532b3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

ODT: [Editorial – Opposition tactics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=061c5a4caf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Gerry Brownlee admits getting into a ‘bad spot’ over Covid conspiracy theories](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67d2af9c81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Ben Leahy (Herald): [Gerry Brownlee on questioning the Govt and conspiracy theories](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc507b3fca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42a17953d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Stuff Editorial: [Truth is the first casualty of the second wave](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d3f5d86fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Mihingarangi Forbes (The Hui): [Block or engage? How to deal with wh?nau caught up in conspiracies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c936e4758&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Fiona Connor (Newshub): [‘No link’: MBIE shuts down rumour blaming Auckland’s COVID-19 outbreak on girl breaching quarantine to visit man deported from Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14c95a40bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Minister of Health blasts false Covid-19 family rumour as ‘totally and utterly wrong’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e09cdc7667&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Chris Hipkins and Ashley Bloomfield slam spreading of ‘vile’ rumours about latest Covid-19 cluster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebae7195f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Testing**

Rachel Sadler and Lydia Lewis (Newshub): [Auckland mother, children potentially exposed to community cluster asked to pay for test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e7539f843&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Health Minister warns of potential Covid-19 processing delay amid high testing volumes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abd03623f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Emma Turton and Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Nurses working 19 hour days to meet COVID-19 testing demands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4658efdf7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Laura James (1News): [GPs feeling frustrated with issues around community Covid-19 testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1b3564b0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [‘Completely unacceptable’ – Healthcare workers verbally abused, attacked at Covid-19 testing stations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92ddd041dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Emma Cropper (Newshub): [All 12,000 Auckland, Tauranga port workers unlikely to be tested by Ministry of Health’s deadline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6072fb22a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Matthew Littlewood (Timaru Herald): [Covid-19 testing to take place at all ports in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91e237f2cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Up to 6000 people require mandatory testing for Covid-19 at Ports of Tauranga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9b3be1450&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Dan Satherley and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [Staff in Auckland and Tauranga ports ordered to undergo testing for COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97cda33ec2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Patrick Gower (Newshub): [Government cracks down on ports of Auckland COVID-19 testing amid outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=689fb67124&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Pacific communities, Cook Islands**

Barbara Dreaver (1News): [Opinion: Should we identify the first Covid family as Pasifika? Yes, and here’s why](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5778108ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Pacific leaders increasingly worried about Covid-19 misinformation speading online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dea7a50dba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [‘Complacency is not an option’ – Pasifika leaders mobilise to help Samoan church community with Covid-19 case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67e01001a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Cook Islands flight from Auckland cancelled due to possible New Zealand Covid-19 link](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d25529c521&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [NZ Government steps in over Rarotonga flight after prominent Cook Islands doctor gets Covid-19 in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4000e3937d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Sally Murphy (RNZ): [Cook Island community seeks guidance from New Zealand Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dff9ed7fdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)c

**Quarantining positive cases in hotels**

1News: [Quarantining Covid-19-positive cases prevents spread within households – Dr Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d34f34c68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [Quarantine policy shift is ‘racist’, critics say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=171fa6872a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Aged care**

RNZ: [Push for aged care staff to be tested on site](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78475eeb03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Kaysha Brownlie (Newshub): [Rest homes say they’re still not getting enough PPE](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d7792a507&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Rural areas and vulnerable communities**

RNZ: [Tokoroa Covid-19 cases spark unease in vulnerable rural areas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58b6810942&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Janine Rankin (Stuff): [Ruapehu iwi call for regional lockdown after Covid-19 case visited skifield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd96c0a8b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Iwi calls for immediate regional lockdown around Ruapehu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84cde254f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Tourists asked to steer clear of Ruapehu as iwi call for lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=298e2dbfaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Maori Party wants to move to Covid-19 alert level 4](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44ff3c109b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Maori Party urges immediate move to Level 4, border closure and delayed election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f1438efdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [Iwi band together for Covid-19 response, checkpoints to continue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=391574b3e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Auckland**

1News: [Waiheke Island locals annoyed at Aucklanders taking day-trips for lockdown escape – ‘It makes a mockery of it’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4eee82063e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Tess Marshall (Newshub): [Hundreds of Aucklanders flock to beaches, parks, breaking level 3 rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=981b97196f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Police turn around 605 vehicles for non-essential travel at Auckland checkpoints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0d59298e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Economy**

Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Here’s why lockdowns are the best economic solution, too](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd5f668a35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Do the health gains of ‘lockdown 2.0’ outweigh economic pain?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f757535b51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [‘Little lasting impact’ if lockdown short, below level 4: Westpac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6de9bd99fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

John Roughan (Herald): [Lockdown not a sustainable response to pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5504beee8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Liam Dann (Herald): [Don’t panic, this will not sink our economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1aa419b86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**Business**

Caitlin Ellis (Newshub): [Health Minister Chris Hipkins asks Kiwis to report COVID-19 price gouging](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59f09f88ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Phil Goff warns Auckland businesses to play fair amid reports of Lockdown price gouging](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7174fc362b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Rob Stock (Stuff): [Remembering the lessons of lockdown as Auckland returns to alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eea85ba21a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [New Zealanders encouraged to ‘continue to spend’ following extension of Covid lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8e8a44331&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Crystal Wu and Perry Wilton (Newshub): [Butchers urge the Government to allow them to open during alert level 3 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ee8d5a301&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Rob Stock (Stuff): [Poll puts Labour as the preferred party for business owners for first time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f93d7a7d72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Wage subsidy**

Tom Pullar-Strecker, Rob Stock and Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [More wage subsidies coming after level 3 alert extended in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c166b361b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [Cabinet extends wage subsidy for third time as second lockdown continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5fbd45a4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Zane Small and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Wage subsidy to be extended nationwide as COVID-19 alert levels stretched out for 12 days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=381a3efd25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Herald: [Wage subsidy extended as businesses brace for ‘extraordinary’ lockdown disruption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4994869565&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [Hospitality and retail welcome wage subsidy extension, but call for targeted support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b0da2fb08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Welfare, hardship**

Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [More than 70,000 New Zealanders have signed up for benefits since March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f0ef0cd9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Election**

Moh Abdul Hakim and Sarah Choi (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern’s star power comes with risks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=265f6ec650&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Could Labour gets its way on tax without an election mandate?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b40b93a014&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Cecilia Robinson (Herald): [Key election questions Labour and National must answer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3461f038e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Khylee Quince (Stuff): [Maori voters need to stand up to be counted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be567adb96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Cannabis and euthanasia referendums**

Newshub: [Cannabis referendum: Most voters ‘not prepared’ to vote according to evidence – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29cb439bdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Deena Coster (Stuff): [How will Taranaki candidates vote in the cannabis, end of life referendums?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce540f7550&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Jonathan Guildford (Stuff): [Protesters in Christchurch march against euthanasia referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c9174d10e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**National Party**

Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Where to for the National Party as the coronavirus looms?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fce199fd4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [‘Merv from Manurewa’ aka Roger Bridge resigns from National Party board](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7daac185ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Roger Bridge, ‘Merv from Manurewa’, quits National Party board](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8888ac90a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [Roger Bridge resigns as National Party board member](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1884cf2044&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [National’s Dr Shane Reti offers to help Government with Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdbc221296&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National Party local official urges party to oppose lockdowns as ‘breach of human rights’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f28418b770&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [Something here just doesn’t add up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6f78746cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Act**

Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [ACT slams Government after coronavirus lockdown extension, National stays silent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21515224fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Zane Small (Newshub): [ACT leader David Seymour wants New Zealand to ‘accept new reality’ that COVID-19 is ‘here to stay’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fefb15492&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Health**

Ian Powell (Democracy Project)l: [Centralised authoritarian culture behind Canterbury health crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ca7629f06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [Canterbury District Health Board faces fifth high level resignation since last month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff40572246&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Florence Kerr (Stuff): [Cancer testing appears to be struggling to make up ground lost during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b7d679806&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Oliver Lewis and Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [Canterbury’s plan to ‘pool’ non-urgent patients labelled ‘unacceptable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19a1de31ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Felix Desmarais (RNZ): [Testing, quarantine resources under pressure at Lakes DHB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6512b78fc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Counties Manukau DHB could delay some non-urgent surgery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77785c5256&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Luke Kirkeby (Stuff): [Maori GP strives for equity through national medical group appointment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7782114a9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Education**

Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Canterbury Uni orders review into publication by China expert Anne-Marie Brady](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b77126690&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [Fewer than 50,000 foreign students remain in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4122724e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Newstalk ZB: [Auckland Grammar headmaster unhappy with lockdown extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9c16b935e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [Home learning resumes on TVNZ Duke](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d834b59a3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Media**

Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: [Covid’s comeback sparks calls for more transparency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfa1d3234f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Mediawatch: [Merv’s moment & Paula’s callers – politicos on talk radio](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=064a07966b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (audio)

**Housing**

Rob Stock (Stuff): [State helps nearly 45,000 retirees struggling to pay their rent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e4bc313bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Tony Alexander (Stuff): [Here’s why the housing market may shrug off another lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3779e93202&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

1News: [How Auckland’s Alert Level 3 rules will impact renters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd25659e6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Mandy Te (Stuff): [Public and experts talk about Wellington’s plans to house 80,000 people over online platform Zoom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fe9a9b715&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Migration**

Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Time to get real about who we’re letting into NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93bdc85d7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Bess Manson (Stuff): [Ready or not – expats fly back to the nest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad26df6aee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Keith Woodford (Interest): [A resource-based perspective on immigration](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fca6a5bc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Transport**

Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Former NZTA employee claims leaked report breaches his privacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3225b39862&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Phil Pennington (RNZ): [‘A culture of leaking’: Inquiry fails to find NZTA culprit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e336c3b16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

John Weekes (Stuff): [‘She made our lives hell’: Transport Ministry fraudster Joanne Harrison’s former in-law says exposure long overdue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83189fbe0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Local government**

Rob Mitchell (Stuff): [Local government parties on, but is it the ratepayers left with the hangover?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=259f1a5942&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Marty Sharpe (Stuff): ‘[Don’t blame us, we don’t decide what we’re paid’ – the catchcry of mayors and councillors everywhere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b5c7d62ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Kevin Moratti (Taranaki Daily News): [Democracy and the petition on New Plymouth’s Maori ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a9026930f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Environment**

Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [From age 13 to 88, climate ambassadors call for action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdd53de98a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Chris Trotter: [Hi-Viz Vests Among The Trees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b15548ef7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

**Other**

Herald: [Auckland-based Belarusian says New Zealand must speak out against post-election violence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eae9518c38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Edward Gay (Stuff): [Calls for languishing Mount Eden Prison to become a crime museum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67b1c42cc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Greenpeace and the pursuit of Big Charity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b60265ea1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

RNZ: [Family care payments bungled but government won’t back pay them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9c838a7bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Brad Flahive (Stuff): [Judge slams Oranga Tamariki over vulnerable children living in hotels for a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=155569eb7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

John Boynton (The Hui): [East Coast’s forestry slash problem not going away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5cb2570f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Rob Stock (Stuff): [‘Fair’ finance law should have banks and insurers asking: ‘Why only us?’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df357a0f81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Aaron Fox (Stuff): [Do we really want a smelter with no guarantee of raw material supply or access to markets?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9a00efec9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Wellington police apologise for notice telling public to stop giving food and money to the homeless](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fffa6c8b27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Te Papa defrauded of $120,000 over more than a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73140405a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: The Detail: [The harmful machines that work for public good](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=426319a2c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

Zane Small (Newshub): [The reason House Speaker Trevor Mallard wouldn’t want to spend COVID-19 lockdown with Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a69ccd6054&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)