> ## 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 June 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-17-june-2020/ - Published: 2020-06-16T20:25:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-06-17T10:15:48.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Health and Disability System Review, hospital stocktake** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Health system overhaul would be a gigantic fight. Is the Government up for it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff5bec11b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Heather (Stuff): [Why we should be sceptical about big health reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=445036fb5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Simpson splits up Bloomfield’s Ministry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45ac111b04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [One DHB for the South Island would be “plenty”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd685adedb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Elected Auckland DHB member Peter Davis welcomes plan to scrap elected members](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91f0b50807&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe, Bridie Witton and Piers Fuller (Stuff): [Losing elected representation on health boards ‘a mistake’ – board members](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b49b06444&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Concerns over political influence at health boards if overhaul proceeds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b32cc15df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Geary (Stuff): [Concern as review votes against district health board elections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74ece3101a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Whanganui Chronicle: [Health review: Reform will be ‘like trying to move the titanic’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00f3e77391&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Disability sector disappointed health system shake-up won’t give them their own authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e1fc62075&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff):[‘It’s weak for equity’: Health and Disability review could do more for Pacific people, say experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f7c3ad77a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Manawatu Standard): [Direction of dramatic health reforms endorsed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c452012fbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Autonomy the solution to Maori health – Janice Kuka](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e04f62ef23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Once in generation chance to tackle our health problems](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=943baa86f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [A health system we can depend on and be proud of](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d38d1b9c64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [DHB proposals are already a disappointment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f233e5222&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [The Maori Health Authority plan that divided health review panel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf7c291f16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Health system review explainer: How would you be affected?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ed756ceef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Elected board members and DHBs to merge in health system shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cfcf03b55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Government aims to slash DHBs, create Maori health authority in overhaul of health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b6d2f663a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [David Clark wants to halve DHB numbers, but won’t say which will go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03fbba186d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Health Minister David Clark ‘absolutely committed’ to district health board reductions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95f5cee6ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [A major health report recommends a significant overhaul of NZ’s DHB system – PM to lead the charge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d164f15250&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Ministers eyeing up major health sector overhaul including district health board dismantlement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5eeceb2367&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [Halve number of DHBs, drop elected boards: sweeping health system reform plan accepted by Govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f0024558f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Health and Disability System Review aims to end racism in New Zealand’s health sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=397df3c898&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Major review finds health outcomes worse for people with disabilities, Msori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=383b29fc62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Health and Disability Review: Maori health outcomes a ‘failure’, too many DHBs, centralised system proposed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a412806d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Sweeping reform recommended for ‘complex, fragmented’ health sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b4a5b4cb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samantha Gee (Stuff): [Review could have ‘major implications’ for top of south](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e47ad5a4cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Libby Wilson (Stuff): [Waikato DHB merger with Bay of Plenty, Lakes likely in health shakeup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=180baf91dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [TDHB’s future uncertain as Govt considers slashing number of country’s health boards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=007bb3526f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Hawke’s Bay DHB would ‘logically extend to include Wairarapa’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ddeba2625&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Piers Fuller (Stuff): [Loss of Wairarapa District Health Board ‘inevitable’ – former chairman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e605351cc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Southern DHB boss: ‘Too early to tell how we will be impacted’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=560c6a15aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Timeline: The evolution of New Zealand’s public health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4629e2f64e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Hospital stocktake pokes holes in Ministry of Health’s artificial intelligence vision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0343f9a91e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samantha Gee (Stuff): [National stocktake shows Nelson Hospital building in worst condition of all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2db511f485&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New cases, border, quarantine** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern should be furious at embarrassing border failures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61d1d4ba12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [New Zealand’s Covid-confidence gets punctured](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3ab68a7c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin and Collette Devlin (Stuff): [‘Our expectations have not been met’ says PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6f9f44d96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [PM says circumstances surrounding new Covid-19 cases not considered acceptable by Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60faaa73ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says protocol before two new coronavirus cases confirmed ‘did not meet our expectations’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a4090ba5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Clark grilled over new cases as PM admits checks were ‘not adequate’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79ec062092&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Medical expert calls decision to let two women with Covid-19 leave quarantine with no testing ‘completely unacceptable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f7398e8ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Hayley Jacobsen (Newshub): [Kiwis shouldn’t be ‘overly alarmed’ after new cases, but must remain alert – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=472e71b2bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz Macdonald (Stuff): [New cases as thousands fly in from Australia, Asia, Pacific Islands and US.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6002a4dfc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Expert urges use of face masks at airports after new coronavirus cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71768b7ab7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [New Zealand’s border controls – all you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bce3e5e5c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [New Zealand hoping to increase quarantine capacity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b10d3b206b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Anxiety after news of new cases ‘normal’ – experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d5680526e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Auckland hotel guests, staff isolated and tested after new cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a572818de3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Two Covid-19 cases in Wellington could put city confidence at risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14a1e606ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Health Minister temporarily suspends compassionate exemptions from quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02fae691ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Government suspends compassionate exemptions from managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a653bd73d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Government tweaks rules after two new COVID-19 cases emerge in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95595d0ce5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Government suspends compassionate exemptions from managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e90602edb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government suspends all compassionate exemptions for travellers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8c9aed901&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [People granted compassionate travel exemption now required to test negative for Covid-19 before leaving managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e8e54051f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Woman who stayed at same hotel as two new Covid-19 cases says she wasn’t made to do test before leaving](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c897f5afb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Timeline: New Zealand’s two new Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05bde8cce3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [2 new cases – Government halts all compassionate leave from isolation at the border](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7b0da0caf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Two new Covid-19 cases in NZ visited dying parent – Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=659735bfbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Two new cases in New Zealand, both arrivals from UK](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c23403e630&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): [Two Hamilton teens flee funeral after isolation exemption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=068b70e404&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Two teens given compassionate isolation exemption to attend Hamilton funeral located after breaking rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e86328460d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border exemptions, travel bubbles** Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Government allowed 26 Rocket Lab employees into New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e0efd6de0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Checkpoint: ‘[We should be allowed to be together’ – Auckland family kept apart by visa denials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9136cac42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Vessel contract secures Nelson maintenance jobs ahead of 48hr deadline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=069382c520&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Contractors fear lack of local workers to fill hundreds of harvest roles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63ccc33b74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Winston Peters hopes trans-Tasman bubble starts before September, confirms Government looking at Pacific nations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f21ebd8cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [The real reason why the Pacific travel bubble isn’t happening now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=feda149856&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election campaign** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Todd Muller’s speech shows the long shadow of the 1980s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1f535c688&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Election 2020: Prolific social media spend begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=666b6ad220&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Facebook ups political ad transparency, but won’t fact-check politicians](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d324cc59e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Facebook makes transparency tool mandatory for New Zealand election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f188fee1a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Breanna Barraclough (TVNZ): [Winston Peters quietly deletes ‘woke brigade’ campaign ad after accusations of copyright infringement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=addd83d176&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [David Seymour is standing for ACT in Whangarei – but he’s not that David Seymour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0efa9ed9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [ACT’s newest candidate – David Seymour, yes another one 53](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b9ad43363&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [David Seymour selected as ACT’s candidate for Whangarei](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ea22cca60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern is ‘frustrated’ she’s still on full pay despite promised cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0acc459163&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern still hasn’t had a pay cut – and she’s ‘frustrated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6016244009&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Politicians still receiving full pay despite 20 percent cut promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6a7bb4a90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern ‘frustrated’ she’s still earning full salary despite 20 percent pay cut promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3da1c1986&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Playground at Parliament labelled ‘monument to extravagance’ by National after running well over budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=109e7f441f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour Party** RNZ: [Labour Party tight-lipped on Ayesha Verrall’s future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=976f900d0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Health Minister should be worried as Labour recruits medical expert as list MP – commentator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f0d137266&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Ayesha Verrall touted as future Health Minister after Labour Party ranking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bfb747d6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Labour’s Ayesha Verrall’s actions were ‘unacceptable’, says National leader Todd Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fa641b201&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Statues, names, Black Lives Matter, racism** Herald: [‘I am a minority’: David Seymour criticises Andrew Little’s response to Black Lives Matter protesters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e3ed1e97c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern called out for saying NZ has always been against racism, despite dawn raids, Ihum?tao, Bastion Point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34f21728f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Vandalism of Sir George Grey statue ‘misdirected anger’, historian says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=242746be2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Tearing down statues – and revisiting our histories](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d22e2ddcba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [New Zealand has long history of attacks on statues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d809dbf46b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Recent statue attacks in NZ amid global Black Lives Matter movement ‘nothing new’, study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a85132cf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Queen’s corgi statues in Christchurch join list of vandalised monuments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c71793f992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [New Zealand’s dodgy place names and who they’re named after](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d96ccb0cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘It’s wrong,’ education expert says of teachers in NZ who tore down Black Lives Matter posters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c353c4db06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Parent wants Marist College to meet with families over racism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=785bc3a22e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Firearms** Derek Cheng (Herald): [NZ First MP Ron Mark: Firearms changes may have kept March 15 terrorist from getting gun licence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99035e773e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Labour yields to NZ First demands on proposed gun laws but still not a done deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dd1780c77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Outrage over allegation Christchurch shooter not vetted properly as more gun law changes proposed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aaaf86936&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Christchurch mosque shooter should never have been granted firearms licence, sources say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=757b6001dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Police Minister looks to tighten gun rules, create registry with proposed law change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc91c78761&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Gun laws: MPs continue debate on second phase of firearms reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63cac70dee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Firearms reform set to progress in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a1598a610&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Farmers pleased with amendment to firearms bill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aab9069ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** RNZ: [Police Commmissioner proposes restructure of top tier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc6dc854b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang (RNZ): [Police halt recruitment after large increase in applications](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73104f7bca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amberl-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [People need jobs – but police hiring has been put on ice for the rest of 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86257719ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreigners stranded in NZ** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Migrant workers get $37.6m temporary support package but it comes with a warning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58d228982e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Foreigners in New Zealand offered relief, but no cash payments ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b230011193&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Hopes fast-tracked housing project will ‘streamline Maori housing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86fade398e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Bradford (1News): [Signs rental property market turning in favour of tenants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52271f9214&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [K?inga Ora unaware of how many state houses meet accessibility standards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21ee30fb6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [New K?inga Ora deal to triple Te Kauwhata’s population within eight years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=382255f849&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland water shortage** Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Auckland water woes: Council uses emergency powers to draw extra 15 million litres from Waikato River](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ab17d63d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Watercare uses emergency powers to get extra 15m litres of water per day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccf24b3cbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [More to be done to address Auckland’s dire water shortage – Mayor Phil Goff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62adf9c343&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): [Watered down: A behind the scenes battle over politics, science, and water reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=feb2de1717&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lauren Waller and Warwick Allen (Stuff): [Planting non-native trees accelerates the release of carbon back into the atmosphere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b89a6f87fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Clarke Gayford’s latest dad cardie highlights the plight of M?ui dolphins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b69ded7f16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Infrastructure** RNZ: [Fast-tracking projects involves trade-off – Environment Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aeb46856d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Fast-track plan “missed climate opportunity” – officials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f17902b13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Auckland light rail now a campaign matter, Peters says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83bf288130&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [No such thing as a free lunch: Free public transport cost $110m during Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48e68d5e70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [Wellington’s other century-old troubled transport project finally gets going](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c23be4b6d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Queenstown international airport decision ‘years away’ despite report – mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ffdd553ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Angeloni (Stuff): [Six million work hours on Kaik?ura coast as rebuild nears completion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d824ed6ccb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom McRae (Newshub): [Residents forced to sell homes to make way for Auckland SkyPath feel robbed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3794b6461e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): Air New Zealand: [What latest top level departure means for brand rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eeca2fc0d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Apprentice training subsidy, wage subsidy, business** RNZ: [Government unveils $390m subsidy for employers training apprentices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c78721b600&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Mining company claimed $84k subsidy before director disappeared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2232ec611e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Childcare firm Kindercare proposes restructure after $7.4m wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=169337da59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): [Inland Revenue penalises small business for late lockdown payment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd6ef8912e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Consumer confidence drops in survey but glimmers of hope further out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44b6ceb272&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Belinda McCammon (RNZ): [Queenstown tour operators lash out at first post-lockdown event](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a43d376cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Simon Collins (Herald): [Playcentres win $3.7m to cover their deficit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0725a617d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Playcentres get urgent $3.7m boost, after fears jobs and centres may be lost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5bb3b40f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Education advocate calls for change in teaching dyslexic children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92b7fe282b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Students motivated to enrol by fees-free policy struggle with university, research finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0492fe60f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Exam escape: Massey University glitch locks students out mid-online exam](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f619f535bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary and extractive industries** BusinessDesk: [Farmers reliant on five countries for animal feed: MPI](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46545264f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [MPs move to prevent forestry price controls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a868d5c36c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) BusinessDesk: [Red meat sector’s election wish list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f24274366a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Mixed outlook for primary sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42af70b573&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Primary sector exports tracking $1.7 billion higher](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d788eed85b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Mike Mather and Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Waikato council CEOs following through on 20 per cent pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03a4e58a3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Groups call for ORC to get on with job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7769f249e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Johanna Mckenzie-Mclean and Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [‘Selfish’, ‘irresponsible’ ORC chair slammed for forcing three-week stasis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1bf111626&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samantha Motion (Herald): [Kelvin Clout switches sides in Tauranga City Council deputy mayor row: What he gave up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c469960263&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): [NPDC gets $9m release from investment fund to offset rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36f0e58f6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Peter Cullen (Stuff): [Working from home – is your boss watching you?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f47d72ca1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [‘Significant consequences’ caused to mental health when employers ignore workplace bullying](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87b29c3aa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Catherine Hutton (RNZ): [Family carers lament Labour’s delay on critical law reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51af2c6e43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Minister won’t bow to treaty group refusing to hold elections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86d61a2133&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Housing development destroyed historic rua after flawed consents process – Ng?ti Tamainup?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a22b9d65e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katy Jones (Stuff): [M? ori land owners lose legal bid to stop land sale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78651a655f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ani O’Brien (Stuff): [The elite readily accepted authoritarian rule, until their own political interests were at stake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b930c18fb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): [Why politics? 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