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# Daily News Roundup – 18 December 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-18-december-2020/
- Published: 2020-12-17T19:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-17T19:00:28.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

**Ihumatao deal**  
RNZ: [Ihumatao: SOUL marks the beginning of the end](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bd9015638&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Ihumatao protest leader celebrates land deal with Government, but not sold on housing proposals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0e132150f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
NZ Herald: [Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson denies Ihumatao will spark more deals for private land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ce25c2043&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [At Ihumatao after the breakthrough: Relief, exhaustion – but work not over yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=629d48a115&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Ihumatao deal: Labour accused of ’empowering radicals’ as Grant Robertson celebrates fending off his generation’s Bastion Point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38595ea86c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Pattrick Smellie (Business Desk): [Ihumatao: far from a done deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b99219e7fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Ihumatao: Deal struck between government and Fletcher Building to buy disputed land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=169aaa72a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [Ihumatao deal done: Government’s $30 million deal to buy the land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bdd284a56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Fletcher must front up over Ihumatao deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ced7d91bf1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Ihumatao deal reached: Government to purchase south Auckland land from Fletcher Building for $30 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ff706d85e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Julie Iles (NBR): [Crown agrees to purchase Ihumatao land for $30m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff1f5fe1aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Ihumatao campaigners say they can ‘begin to heal’ after Crown land purchase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f06bbd4eb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Taxpayers fork out $30 million for Ihumatao](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66c9ab4031&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Business Desk: [Fletcher to sell Ihumatao land to govt for $29.9m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3360e0fa18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Economy and work**  
Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Was the $14b wage subsidy well-spent?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8afdf82749&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [Editorial – New Zealanders saved our economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c20fee2cac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brian Fallow (Herald): [Covid’s clouds look less gloomy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06a5227424&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [GDP jump of 14 per cent completes NZ’s ‘V’-shaped recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08be996c15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Gray (Herald): [NZ economy bounces out of recession with 14% gain in GDP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c2caf3ddb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [GDP figures show economy rebounds from recession](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=caeea561b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Economy’s ‘roller coaster ride’ to continue into 2021, expert predicts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37c60991df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Top of the world – GDP soars as Kiwis party for their country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66622b30ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rebecca Howard (Business Desk): [Historic yo-yo as scarred economy bounces back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59456e21f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Farrar: [Labour economist who thinks capitalism is a scam appointed to head Productivity Commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=167be13808&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Cowan: [Fighting Coronavirus Capitalism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee15311bb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dita De Boni (NBR): [Criticisms follow appointment of new productivity commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e8117b159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Covid, vaccine, and border**  
Stuff: [Editorial – Vaccine deals wrapped in hope and caution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=611ddc41fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Daly (Stuff): [Covid-19: Why New Zealand is waiting to roll out vaccines, when some other countries have already started](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db34c1ddc1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand to offer free Covid-19 vaccines to everyone from mid-2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0aca1ea24b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Covid-19: Big challenge of vaccinating New Zealand is scale – microbiologist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e6f55b57f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Michael Baker warns against Covid-19 complacency following vaccine announcement – ‘End is in sight, but it’s not here yet’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8847d8e217&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
The Science Media Centre: [‘There are still many unknowns’: experts on the big NZ vaccine plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df56111d59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for Pacific Island neighbours, including Samoa and Tonga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80610ac318&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [Two new Covid-19 vaccines secured by Government, enough for every New Zealander](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7e0a53651&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [New Zealand spending $75 million to help Pacific nations access Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fb00d6182&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Government secures two new vaccines, enough for every New Zealander to be immunised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1a360b70f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Howard (Business Desk): [NZ has enough covid vaccines for everyone – Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=186b615f2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Housing**  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [More homeowners seek Govt help to make their mortgage payments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f4fcb2196&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [TOP calls for ‘housing emergency’ declaration as prices skyrocket further out of reach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af31918e2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mikaela Wilkes (Stuff): [TOP to Government: Declare housing emergency now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf7ad06786&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [ANZ: Falling house prices may be needed to solve housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4745bd1c06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Yardley (Newstalk ZB): [We should embrace ANZ’s move on property investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e282fea9c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ashley Church (One Roof): [Are NZ home-ownership rates really dropping?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5424006fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [National average house asking price reaches record high – Trade Me](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e84039ab1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Housing: Asking prices hit all-time high again, but Auckland bucks one trend – Trade Me](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2364aa751f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cate Broughton (Stuff): [‘No fixed abode’ a recipe for an early death, study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=787af610d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): [Council-owned houses abandoned and sitting empty in Wellington, as redevelopment plans drag on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3aad6393ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [$16.5 million in a week: Christchurch property market showing no signs of slowing down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76c441adc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament, and end of year reviews**  
Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Call time on politicians’ four-year quest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08834cf5d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Richard Harman: [Big sister Jacinda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db5babc5e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern reveals candid snap that ‘really captures 2020’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba6f2d31aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): [2020 political winners and losers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3185e72b8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Government still struggling to make progress on key issues Brent Edwards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8344c1e5c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Deena Coster (Stuff): [National looks to future as it comes to terms with loss in New Plymouth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91fd1e0430&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Trotter: [The Twelve Days Of (Jacinda’s) Christmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1e04f2cde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [‘Absolute hospital pass’: Judith Collins on a challenging year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f6720a3f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Damian George (Stuff): [Ratepayers fork out $354,000 for PR firms following Wellington water woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1431216e46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [New Plymouth faces decade of rates hikes to tackle infrastructure woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bc02e62c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Logan Savory (Stuff): [Invercargill City Council confirm external observers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d36981ee39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sally Murphy (RNZ): [Serious Fraud Office clears Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel over election complaint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=238e146a95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Serious Fraud Office clears Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel over election expenses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbddb74f14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Serious Fraud Office clears Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel over election complaint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=922ec209c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Shand (Stuff): [Tauranga City Councillors plea for Minister not to appoint Commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1767b32677&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Delilah Whaitiri (Herald): [Local Focus: Gisborne Maori wards depend on 5 per cent opposition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fefa9f6a87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lou Gane (Stuff): [Getting a Grasp on Maori Wards in New Plymouth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ebd1712a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Union says Middlemore Hospital’s emergency crisis part of a national problem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41355ddd69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Canterbury DHB’s $360,000 spend on external reviews ‘a huge waste of money’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=896eaccfaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Auckland clinic’s night closure could mean ‘difference between life and death’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5c93c8296&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Barnes (Herald): [Substance testing at festivals should widen debate on drugs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44ce31c315&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Angela Lim (Herald): [Mental health support that is fit for purpose](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0bf7111da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Minimum wage annual increase**  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Advice warning 9000 jobs could be affected by $20 minimum wage deemed ‘out of date’ by Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b729806c17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Minimum wage rise ‘at precisely the wrong time’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7cf64d6bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Minimum wage hike will boost local economy – minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75793a5c43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Government confirms 2021 minimum wage hike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75f2269171&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Media**  
Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Stuff referred to police over ads in community papers breached election day rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=344f0d1a3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Roast busters arrests**  
Melanie Earley (Stuff): [Roast Busters ringleader: ‘I’m ready to face any consequences’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4165fe1715&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Todd (RNZ): [Roast Busters arrests welcomed by anti-sexual violence campaigners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0ceb014da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Top defence lawyer on the Roast Busters case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e3172d48e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
John Moore (Democracy Project): [Jim Flynn – a philosopher with “dangerous” ideas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=444d9b56e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Members of 1995 Moruroa anti-nuclear flotilla ‘incensed’ that Steinlager ‘appropriated’ protest for new ad campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55e8c7a820&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicholas Lee (Stuff): [Transforming transport for climate is key to reducing emissions in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de1f4ce440&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Water bottling shows ‘complete disregard’ for Maori rights, r?nanga says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15fbd9246d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Freshwater regulations must be tweaked, but not tweakened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b40804d7bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Defence Force in court over death of SAS trooper Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=670a7c94f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Weekes (Herald): [Defence Force in court, charged over death of Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abab0b0fa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lydia Lewis, Rachel Sadler and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Coca-Cola removes ‘mum’ and ‘bub’ packaging after backlash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2726a67cd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Police Commissioner responds to allegations of bullying in the force](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d3099f0f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Julia Gabel and Chelsea Boyle (Herald): [Whakaari/White Island tragedy: Charges revealed in WorkSafe prosecution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd36357370&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Ngai Tahu wants Rio Tinto to engage with iwi over Tiwai Point closures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb223dc685&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim Hunter (NBR): [Ministry redacts emails on Stiassny resignation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d3b70a778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)