> ## 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 – 18 March 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-18-march-2021/ - Published: 2021-03-17T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-17T19:10:40.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing** Jenee Tibshraeny (Interest): [Next week’s housing policy package to include ‘incentives’ to invest beyond property](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8739e46e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [The Green Party urges ‘bold action’ on housing ahead of Government’s first housing package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=638854f040&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Greens urge capital gains tax in plan to address housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=520d34c42e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Greens on housing crisis: Investors must be taxed and forced to cough-up cash deposits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f453b5bfd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Property investors’ record run could soon end: Corelogic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b8f0bb17e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Green MP hopes to make it easier for people to buy small apartments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4d58a0473&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Landlords selling properties make median $300,000 per sale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfdb536e94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [New housing development breath of fresh, warm air for Porirua wh?nau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fd9d7c4a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Motels no place for mokopuna](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cfd547de4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National needs permanent Maori board member, review finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd0253a4c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Simon Bridges kicked out of House after spat with Speaker Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f165074be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Simon Bridges kicked out of House again after row with Speaker Trevor Mallard over ‘sexism’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10bac52501&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Smith (RNZ): [Everyone deserves a defence – even Patsy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=499e65fb09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Issues, other than Covid, will start to haunt the government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbfbc62dba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Ecclestone: [Ministry of Justice supports review of the Official Information Act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f59589f0ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **America’s Cup** Claire Trevett (Herald): [the real benefit of the America’s Cup to the Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=816d815983&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steven Cowan: [The bloated corporate monster that is the America’s Cup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42022a730f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [America’s Cup: PM hails ‘brilliance’ of victorious Team NZ, govt commits more funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e4c4065d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Cabinet signals $5m for Team New Zealand’s next America’s Cup defence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1989a2d834&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [America’s Cup: Jacinda Ardern on Team New Zealand’s victory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20153fca47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Team New Zealand will need taxpayer and corporate cash immediately after America’s Cup, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6edd4ccee2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [America’s Cup: Talks set to start on whether next defence will be in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c55a8ae593&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: Editorial: [The America’s Cup is now anyone’s cup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5b8933d29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (editorial) Grant Bradley (Herald): [America’s Cup venue question: Business leaders call for Team New Zealand to stay put](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fc009dd48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Foreign affairs** John Bishop (Stuff):[ Are the Australians really our friends?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eb098302b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Boy’s deportation by Australia a breach of rights, says Children’s Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b0b9c9106&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Why the cost of standing up to China’s human rights abuses will only get higher](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcf9bc3c4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Britain to ‘invest deeply’ in New Zealand, strengthen Five Eyes partnership – integrated review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5227fca7e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ihumatao** Zane Small (Newshub): [Ihumatao deal under scrutiny as Housing Minister Megan Woods accused of using KiwiBuild as ‘slush fund’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de6bd58f41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Ihumatao campaigners promise to ‘stay forever’ as $29.9m sale of site completed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=840c5a6b78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Ihumaatao housing likely outcome of housing fund spend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bad010432&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [National attacks solution to Ihumaatao mess](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccc158b472&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid and border** Ben Strang (RNZ): [Defence Force MIQ workers confused by double standard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00aa0244cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New graph shows vaccine rollout timeline, how many jabs expected per week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=769d77ccd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Prisoners among the 1.7 million people to get Covid-19 vaccine from May](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04432fbb31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Abbey Wakefield (1News): [Covid-19 vaccinations could reach 50k a day during peak of rollout — Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e483cc599&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Rural health workers declining Covid-19 vaccine due to ‘hours of travel’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6f5817495&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Trans-Tasman bubble expected to start by the middle of April](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=510c909327&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Transtasman travel bubble still at least three weeks away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8403ae664b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Roberts and Brent Thomas (Herald): [Tourism bodies plead for transtasman bubble progress](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07584004ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Business leaders call for more transparency on Covid advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3eea298b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Tom Hunt (Stuff): [$500m Shelly Bay development clears significant hurdle in High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=330a4b703e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington mayor Andy Foster’s chief of staff quits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1385977be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington Mayor Andy Foster loses second chief of staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad2a2537ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Concern over ‘climate change sceptic’ addressing Wellington City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06984d4965&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (Herald): [Maori wards challenged: Move to overturn Whangarei District Council vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03ba0206fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) [Lawrence Gullery (Stuff): Waipa District Council opens up debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03ba0206fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)[ on whether to establish Maori ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21b8fa5aa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch mosque attacks, hate speech** RNZ: [Human Rights Commission backs compensation package for Christchurch terror attack victims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbfac1ba5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gibb (ODT): [Optimism over countering hate speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37b4ac5ec4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Terror attack victims deserve more financial help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa3d6fca33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Worker exploitation and ‘ethical’ capitalism** Louisa Cleave and Paula Penfold (Stuff): [Government investments approved despite links to human rights abuses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8759b323e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [Shipping company slavery accusations ‘concerning’, Mahuta says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6040af330d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [KiwiSaver provider owned by New Zealand Stock Exchange outed as biggest nuclear investor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fab561ad7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Media** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Minister says planned launch of Google News Showcase in NZ is ‘encouraging’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f6761e096&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [Tech giant co-opts media for fight against vaccine misinformation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d30257645&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): [Google news plan doesn’t get government off hook with media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1fa2152d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Corrections, Justice** Stuff: [Corrections signals pepper spray review on eve of prisoner’s court case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=243fb1f96c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Government moves to fix botch-up that saw hundreds removed from Child Sex Offender Register](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a920228de3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse (Herald): [Child Protection Act changes in response to hundreds removed from child sex register](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad15818fae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Yaara Bou Melhem (ABC): [New Zealand’s troubled waters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=932e618539&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Lueck (The Conversation): [A green tax on long-haul flights favours rich tourists. NZ needs a fairer strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf5116e4d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change and energy** Imran Ali (Herald): [Consents sought for massive power station in Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73601a1321&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cameron Burrows (Herald): [Chasing the biggest carbon emissions reductions for the lowest cost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2443fe20d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Primary industries** Catherine Iorns, Mike Britton, and Allan Brent (Newsroom): [Pastoral lease reform: back to the future?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c744bd938&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): I[ntensive winter grazing rules deferred until May next year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01223fabfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Inland Revenue trying to claw back $90 million from our 390 ultra-rich](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d95d632705&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emile Donovan (RNZ): [Imagining a monarchy-free Aotearoa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c164283d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Three Waters reforms: Government launches workshops to explain to iwi, councils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=622d797d32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Acting Oranga Tamariki chief Sir Wira Gardiner urges aroha in decision-making](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ae01444c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Women’s anger met with wall of misogyny around the world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c085fc5793&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)