> ## 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 – 17 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-17-february-2021/ - Published: 2020-12-16T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-16T21:47:31.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Australia-NZ dispute over terrorist suspect in Turkey** Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Judith Collins defends Australia’s move to dump terrorist problem on New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb9ab431eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [How Australia snookered New Zealand and angered Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1761e61c53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Australia fails to meet its own ‘fair go’ test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=848990ca92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Trans-Tasman row over terror suspect deepens as Ardern accuses Australia of exporting problems](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=791a608b44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [ScoMo seems determined to turn NZ into a penal colony](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19883f02d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Arguing over terrorist in Syria risks further trans-Tasman tension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41791ccc4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien and Zane Small (Newshub): [Terrorist citizenship row: Jacinda Ardern’s call with Scott Morrison ‘constructive’, both acknowledge ‘complexities’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fc08a52b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern, Scott Morrison agree to work in ‘spirit of our relationship’ over alleged Isis terrorist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f868be5d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Trans-Tasman row: PM’s phone call with Scott Morrison ‘constructive’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0df073a478&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Plea for compassion towards children of Kiwi ‘terrorist’ detained in Turkey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e753cbdc1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Australian PM won’t budge over terrorist, despite Jacinda Ardern’s fury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74b5029a3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand ‘terrorist’ detained in Turkey becomes trans-Tasman issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5ffe4520a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern accuses Australia of ‘abdicating its responsibilities’ over detainee identified as ISIS terrorist at Turkish border](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9920e05f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Jacinda Ardern delivers extraordinary broadside at Australia over woman detained in Turkey – ‘Abdicated its responsibilities’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8ddc433e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Jacinda Ardern slams Australia over Turkey ‘terrorist’ detainees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09b279ca58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Brownlee: New Zealand citizen detained in Turkey responsible for herself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7333c2dca4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing and inequality** Chloe Swarbrick (Herald): [Tackling inequality in New Zealand requires political guts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b21533018&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Concerns over housing market frenzy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e216bb7d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [‘Jaw-dropping’ new data highlights NZ’s housing crisis challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=516ea88193&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Median house price jumps $118,000 in a year, says REINZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87a85453f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Alexander (One Roof): [Revealed: The Kiwis who want house prices to rise the most](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbdea85285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lisette Reymer (Newshub): [New Zealand’s housing market hottest it’s been in almost two decades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23434c3a7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [First-home buyers’ hurdle increases again, data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c790a2e8f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [House price index up 19% last month as buyers flock to auctions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=495bb9ad4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Wellington housing market: Median house prices see 27.7 per cent increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73e743347b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ethan Te Ora (Stuff): [First-home buyer ‘nightmare’: Wellington house prices hit record high as stock at record low](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=231cbe62a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Median house price goes up 2 percent – REINZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0893b1fe00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [REINZ data: Auckland house prices drop $25,000, sales fall 46%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0143e69cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Major bank clamps down on new build lending to investors ahead of LVR changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21315c91da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Amy Ridout (Stuff): [‘All we want is a chance’: Rental shortage continues to bite](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd5f673a02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Hastings District Council addresses housing crisis as more than 1000 people remain in motel accommodation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=780907de78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Salvation Army State of the Nation Report** Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Salvation Army calls for ‘brave policy action’ to stem increasing inequality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd834818e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (Stuff): [Salvation Army urged govt to use pandemic recovery to address inequality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9304a4d23c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Household income was up, but so were housing costs, before Covid-19: Stats NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2c94600e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Household incomes rising but the wealthier are doing better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d885e2fb92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid: Lockdown decisions** Lucy Xia (Stuff): [Hipkins ‘optimistic’ lockdown will be lifted with no new cases overnight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a0dc4f182&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government to make alert level decision after possible ‘false alarm’ lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b82942bfc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ’s Covid-19 response ‘lagging’ because it’s ‘extremely slow’ at embracing new science — Michael Baker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3508606a4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Covid debate becoming ideological](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa5ac241ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Covid-19: Ideal scientific policy doesn’t exist and if it did, you might not like it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8064567887&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sharon Brettkelly (Stuff): [Why Government pulled the trigger on lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79ee8e7a4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Cabinet decides today on lockdown, alert levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1b65cf3c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Cut and Thrust: Covid-19 Parliament – National holds back, David Seymour lets rip](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b56f001594&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern snaps at David Seymour, Chris Bishop after questions on Covid-19 saliva tests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9162aeb273&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [‘Glad there is an expert’ – Ardern appears frustrated at interjections during Covid-19 debate at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53440fb5b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Saliva testing** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Ministry of Health has completed just 140 saliva COVID-19 tests, despite having ability to do them six months ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71ed26ac56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins keen to see mandatory daily saliva tests for all arrivals and border workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a4a746db7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [National wants daily saliva testing at MIQ as epidemiologist slams ‘extremely slow’ embrace of scientific advances](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dfa385ef3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Explained: What are saliva tests and can they beef up our borders?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85ae775aa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Experts weigh in on effectiveness of saliva tests versus nasal swabs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74280f5235&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern pushes back on ‘attempt to build a case for our opposition to saliva testing’ as Judith Collins digs in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a23c9dab34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Economics** Richard Meade (The Conversation): [Would ‘COVID loans’ be a more affordable and sustainable way to support national economies?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ba167114d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government loosens requirements for lockdown business support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8153936c2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [Economists estimate Auckland’s lockdown will cost ‘$45 million per day’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85cbb75c46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Restaurants want immediate Govt support through lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6af953e938&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Auckland businesses forced to close doors struggling to pay loans from previous lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5569ca664f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Cost of cancelled Auckland events runs to millions for affected businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7bdcd4fe0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [Air freight subsidy extended for a month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=330e75f0dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccine** Collin Tukuitonga and Grace Shaw (Newsroom): [Why Maori and Pacific people should get the vaccine first](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e17c2a437&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Maori-specific Covid-19 vaccine plan to account for increased risk – Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13b8404fd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Expiration dates and ‘inevitable’ computer glitches – what challenges our historic vaccine roll out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fba55a9de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid: General** Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Government considering making Covid-19 tracer app mandatory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e361ba1a9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Lynch, Kate Newton and Aaron Wood (Stuff): [Covid 19: How the UK variant could spread and restrictions may not be enough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca981f8cfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Pullman Hotel reopens as MIQ facility while air filtration is installed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b9273cad6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosie Gordon (Stuff): [Taranaki health workers plead for more clinics as they struggle with COVID-19 testing demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbe1b0f575&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [We haven’t learned any lockdown lessons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54c7a12f10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Covid 19 coronavirus UK variant even more of a threat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7ff300849&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Gibb (ODT): [NZ urged to test wastewater for presence of the virus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=745e09d664&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [No new community cases overnight; Hipkins ‘optimistic’ Covid lockdown could end today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=333dddbaf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Iwi joining police to control checkpoints on Northland’s southern boundary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5529b55698&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Fears for south Aucklanders’ mental health amid third lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3477050b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rodney Hide: [The news is comedy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1340165b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Local government ineptitude has left the country broken](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf5e7edc1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Heads should roll over Wellington’s $6.4b transport plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bec2d8c5f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Stuff): [Transport Minister speaks after scathing Let’s Get Wellington Moving letter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=733ad21508&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Wellington density plans face ‘character area’ concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d947c86ba3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellingtonians support housing intensification in central city](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5df25815b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Upper Hutt City Council revokes restrictive brothel bylaw](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21d3fef440&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Dan Satherley (Newshub): [New Zealand already back in recession, we just don’t know it yet – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbf0b42583&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Westpac economists forecast second ‘technical recession’ for NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05e2494c6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rodney Dickens (Interest): [What the ANZ business survey will and won’t tell you](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31fa6c64d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [MBIE mulls mail future when NZ Post funding runs out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ed49d64f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Climate change** Jen Purdie (The Conversation): [As NZ gets serious about climate change, can electricity replace fossil fuels in time?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9502239ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Climate Change Response Amendment Bill contains sneaky new tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ecd8eed7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Media** Newstalk ZB: [Media researcher doubts Google will do deal with any NZ media companies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc0619a84e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Devon Bolger (Herald): [RNZ and TVNZ Christchurch moving in together](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6543d3440f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Karl du Fresne (The Spectator Australia): [New Zealand is being transformed, but not in a good way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad4cb29a9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Kris Faafoi happy with security arrangements at Beijing visa office as Canada opens inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d28ad39956&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lorinda Cramer (The Conversation): [The politics of the necktie — ‘colonial noose’, masculine marker or silk status symbol?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7580fa0da8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guy Trafford (Interest): [Exposing our own double-standards for cheap political points](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0e20f5514&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samira Taghavi (Herald): [Irony and obfuscation in Sexual Violence Bill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3187c8636&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bob McCoskrie: [Ministry of Health Advised No Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a107545b44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Conversion therapy: Green Party’s petition to end conversion therapy amasses 100,000 signatures in 48 hours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb529056ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Reason (Stuff): [John Parker’s cunning plan to loosen gambling’s grip on community sports funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56ca4ba82a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)