> ## 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 May 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-17-may-2021/ - Published: 2021-05-16T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-05-16T20:36:55.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Newshub poll** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Judith Collins’ allegations of Maori separatism not working for National in Newshub-Reid Research Poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d47c200821&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Newshub-Reid Research Poll: The race relations debate – Kiwis think Judith Collins is being divisive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=222797d7f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Judith Collins being replaced as leader is now a matter of when, not if](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bf5539586&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Majority of Kiwis back trans-Tasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9c6db5d80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins’ personal support crashes in new poll, while Labour remains well-ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97a698d74e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Latest political poll: Judith Collins plummets in preferred PM stakes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4752f25b71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [National caucus to meet today in wake of bad poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97dd19e258&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [Judith Collins is in free-fall and no National Party MP is lining up to catch her](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa96bebbb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget 2021** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Budget 2021: How much money will be in the budget?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6e07793b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [‘Holding pattern’ Budget will need to plot a path to the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=025538c8c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Budget 2021: Is New Zealand on the eve of a new brain drain to Australia?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f026e8d15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Budget 2021: Spend or Save? Finance Minister’s dilemma](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44398cf4f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [Budget 2021: Why Grant Robertson won’t match big spending Aussies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca9aa9a27a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [Budget 2021: ‘It’s not a lolly scramble’ this year, Deloitte CEO says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e8476fec1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Pandemic not the only challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff6087a580&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Labour and the weight of Budget expectation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5540a1d15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Warwick Rasmussen, Bridie Witton and Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Pre-Budget wishes, expectations, and the lure of working in Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f0fa65ec6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brad Olsen (Stuff): [It’s time for the recharge budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=510c1d71c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Bayly (Herald): [What I would do if I was finance minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ece4ac5c5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [Post-Covid complacency the enemy within for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dec1aa9c8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Dalton (Stuff): [Budget must address stressed, overworked health workers who have ‘had enough’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf62993776&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality and poverty** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7fd4d9b5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caroline Williams (Stuff): [‘Stop the war on the poor’: Poverty action group protest stops traffic on Ponsonby Road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f4ad9de25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Easton (Pundit): [Are we really serious about child poverty?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=336cb47871&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Missioner Helen Robinson — ‘It’s not a job without pain’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38cc540570&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Major rise in benefits needed to get children out of poverty – Auckland City Missioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9d4229cdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Herald): [Kids need free school lunches, they can’t learn when they’re hungry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38dd912d2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rachel Graham (RNZ): [Some schools decline government funded lunches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57c773092f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration** Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [Population Policy debate comes into focus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9170e969d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Stuff): [Govt needs to rethink hostile approach to skilled migrants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67599008ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial – The immigration battle for skilled workers and investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a46d52d968&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Amy Williams (RNZ): [Wealthy investors due to arrive on new border exemption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b93afa85c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Immigration Minister to outline border policy changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9923b945db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March’s concern as Jacinda Ardern signals shift ‘away from low-skilled, low-paid’ migrants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cfc0a32be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Perfect storm’ of Covid and complex applications behind visa processing delays – Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f68e1cd3b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **He Puapua document and Maori self-determination** Emile Donovan (RNZ): [What is He Puapua?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce6c1bbc5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Partnership or separatism – negotiating the Treaty relationship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f58ee7100&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [It’s fair to ask questions about He Puapua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=369d2fce3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Nationals’ Shane Reti stands by Judith Collins’ views on He puapua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2e37cd367&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [“Systemic racism” is not the source of inequality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b245e49e76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Water reforms** Derek Cheng (Herald): [‘Deceptive and wrong’: Ngai Tahu rejects Judith Collins’ claims of asset co-ownership plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9e8915ea6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt advances plans to transfer 50 per cent of South Island’s public water assets to iwi ownership – Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7b9877854&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins: Government proposing South Island water assets co-owned by Ng?i Tahu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec5c54cf64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Government water reforms open the door to privatisation – Phil Goff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c70bab31a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Employment relations, pay freeze, and Fair Pay Agreements** RNZ: [Finance expert suggests redistribution of public sector CEO salaries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=350ff9c8ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Roughan (Herald): [This government of state servants is bravely tackling its toughest decision yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=268827e090&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Damien Grant (Stuff): [The Fair Pay Working Group will undo Jim Bolger’s enduring legacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=647e597703&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of the civil service pay freeze](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a1e759321&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [The pay freeze debate: ‘Crisis’ meetings, the Prime Minister steps in as Govt and unions in showdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e053527b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alex Braae (Spinoff): [How New Zealand’s employment laws changed forever, 30 years ago today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c31e820b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Joyce (Herald): [There’s nothing fair about Fair Pay Agreements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0d7acaf49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Government ‘pushes the reset button’ on public sector pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=973a8400fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** ODT: [Editorial – Misleading statements undermine trust](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6eb84eb67a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Even if it can find fraud in the wage subsidy scheme, MSD may be reluctant to chase it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46ad055b8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Hipkins’ comment exposes Labour’s lax approach to our money](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0ea3e83b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Campaign calls for more diversity in care sector hit hard by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d12ec8d752&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Couples sharing domestic burden would boost economy by $1.5 billion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27815245a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David McLean (Herald): [Sharing the load at home lightens load for everyone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71c52de62f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Act Party calls for Government to scrap ‘unfair’ road tax applied to marine fuel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2445b74e91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Nurses strike** Kirsty Wynn (Herald): [Pay restrictions after year from hell a bitter pill for Kiwi nurses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4ae931dce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Nurses strike: Tens of thousands to walk off the job for 8 hours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2e131530d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Nurses vote to strike for 8 hours over breakdown in pay negotiations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82a9edcec2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [NZNO: Strike action a ‘last resort’ but nurses united behind decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c96c7f51cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern honoured abroad, less so at home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fc4025ca9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tops Fortune’s list of the world’s greatest leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10635f1b84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tops Fortune magazine’s world’s greatest leaders list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da571a3f94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern ‘world’s greatest leader’, beating out pioneers of Covid-19 vaccines in magazine rankings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06bfc30e78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Portrait of Jacinda Ardern joins corridor in Parliament featuring artistic impressions of former Prime Ministers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0c513878d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Eight years on, Labour MP Aupito William Sio stands by vote against same-sex marriage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7128fe464&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Beehive Diaries: Simon Bridges’ confessions, MPs’ wayward texts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd67bac021&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [Points of Order: How to get from a gelato store to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd2f41cd99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing crisis** Janine Starks (Stuff): [Housing market still needs brakes applied, rent control could be the way to go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c84e6dbaab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Matthews (Stuff): [New Plymouth man facing another winter living in his car while waiting for a public housing space](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aafe3dc6b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Government must deal with appalling behaviour of emergency housing residents in motels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ef0b5720b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Six-month wait for supplies and becoming worse, builders say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=596a1ab407&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Makiha (Herald): [Emergency housing relief: Rotorua solo mother Sarah Murray reveals motel horror](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cceffc851&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Housing advocate: Homelessness a problem across NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce66247456&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Apanui Koopu (E-Tangata): [Things have to change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e9c3a6870&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Davidson pleased with progress toward preventing homelessness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a2027bd3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Contractors paid $500 an hour to help health board find ‘significant savings’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2fa1e9065&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Auckland Hospital surgeons’ pay tops $1m, more staff earn over $500k](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58d661fd1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emma Russell (Herald): [The uncomfortable truth: Top male doctors earn up to $73,000 more than female colleagues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dfc412cd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Herald investigation reveals sexism against female doctors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f7b6cf0f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [MP sends letter to health minister after concerns of cancer wait times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8752007a03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National pushes Government to provide 100,000 free counselling sessions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=113feabdf1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Wynn (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern replies to boy who gave budget advice on beds for sick kids](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3b1d1a333&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch Call** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Two years of the Christchurch Call. Are we any better off?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff75b90946&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT: [Editorial – Christchurch Call not yet realised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b20f24ea3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Christchurch Call focuses on tech companies’ algorithms, six countries join](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3551b1ce2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Biden’s absence from Christchurch Call summit does not make USA’s recent joining ‘lip service’ – Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7558573976&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Jacinda Ardern opens Christchurch Call second anniversary leaders’ summit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b34a9e85e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Plan for Christchurch Call to target social media algorithms welcomed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdcdc0a8cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Australian Associated Press: [Jacinda Ardern calls for ‘ethical algorithms’ to help stop online radicalisation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e902588e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Tess McClure (The Guardian): [No roadmap’: New Zealand mulls reopening options after a year of closed borders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=777a8b340d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern smacks down suggestion New Zealand to move to alert level 2.5 when borders open](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb8f8294c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Shocking news reveals southern reporting cutbacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6c40f79f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Bertrand (Stuff): [Hilary Barry on news cleave, ambition and finding joy in the little things](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=790c186efb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Access all areas? The past and future of community broadcasting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5653bc31cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Budget 2021: Public sector carbon cuts – $67m for low-emissions cars, coal burner replacements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54fa40314a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government reveals options for climate change policies in transport sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23c92f384d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Government could ban fuel-burning cars by 2050, with imports ending 2035](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d27e85e5ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Mandy Te (Stuff): [Wellington City Council set to have its first rainbow communities advisory group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e706c579b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sean Rush (Stuff): [City councillor: Why I changed my mind about iwi representation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88ae35d70b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Stuff): [People say they want Maori wards in wider Manawat? and Horowhenua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de08f81a4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Newman (Stuff): [Back of the Agenda – Maori ward decision triggers election shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ff7851546&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [British High Commissioner Laura Clarke doesn’t believe United Kingdom, New Zealand splintering, insists nations ‘on same page’ on China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf6f255b98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul Buchanan: [Between appeasement and confrontation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4365873821&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice** Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): [How New Zealand should tackle public gang warfare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b9f110e6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden praises Government for going after gangs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73ec4fc6a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Kiwisaver reform** Jason Walls (Herald): [The Government’s KiwiSaver moves will apply ‘competitive pressure’ to funds market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0660dc64f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [KiwiSaver default fund shake-up has a ‘buy local’ flavour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69ae47d408&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government on defensive as it chases target for school build programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e11d9e613b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Tackling racism in Aotearoa: Should white privilege be taught in schools?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adea3c7b14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [SFO charges an indictment on political parties – not the system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7412a9d2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jon Johansson (Stuff): [Influencing political policy, and the triumph of marketing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de09f7a3f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Earley (Stuff): [Auckland Libraries say there are no plans to get rid of ‘transphobic’ books](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d2b48d198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland light rail facing huge hurdles to get back on track](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=516d8b723d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gianina Schwanecke (Herald): [Hawke’s Bay sheep numbers drop 346,000 in year amid climate change concern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=688c1892e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [Want to make a better, safer society? Watch your language](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad61dec14b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kennedy Warne (E-Tangata): [The hope for change: imagining decolonisation here and now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a6da01b2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Maori Authority wants Eagle Brewing put before Human Rights Commission over racist comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b55b0ed6f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Please share this article so that others can discover *The BFD***