> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-18-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-17T20:35:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-17T20:34:44.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Budget, economy** John Armstrong (1News): [Jobs, jobs jobs or spend, spend, spend?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e9fbb9fd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup: A homecoming or still adrift – how radical is Labour’s budget?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=915fcbb043&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [National’s uphill battle on a Budget for a crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b2ac84c54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Dunne: [An extraordinary but pedestrian budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08fff54026&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [It wasn’t the ‘Rebuilding’ Budget, but Grant Robertson has now got the resource consent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=473d7b6524&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [The lights are on, the economy hasn’t been reset yet – thankfully](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c38358a48f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Grant (Stuff): [Economic vandalism destroys important legacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0657b5f710&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Lack of boost for ‘stingy’ benefits shows politicians ‘pretty much’ all the same – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c4b447657&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [The Covid-19 Budget and the consequences campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e021ccf89d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Grant Roberston and the Budget of a lifetime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9a80a02b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shamubeel Eaqub (RNZ): [A massive spend-up but not transformational](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26c6d6a61f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Tamihere (Waatea News): [A Generational Opportunity Lost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51cb8fb5b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=135cff600a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Roger Douglas (BusinessDesk): [Cult of personality trumps covid policy response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf7caccf1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Leigh-Marama McLachlan and M?ni Dunlop (RNZ): [$900m package for Maori ‘unprecedented’, minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e01f8e1b09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Pamatatau (E-Tangata): [The coconut wireless has its benefits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4729bdd39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) University of Auckland: [What the Budget means for women](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f8aed4354&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [Are women taking the biggest hit?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4af33faa24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Budget may bring overdue investment in Auckland’s poorest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=338978abec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [How Covid-19 will hit the Government’s books](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d0f74d7da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Grant Robertson says tax discussion will feature in election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=392857dea4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Pre-election tax debate hinted at, as ANZ says country may escape with ‘regular horrible recession’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf62798743&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Grant Robertson not ruling out tax hikes further down track](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fb9461397&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamysn Parker (Stuff): [Grant Robertson rules out capital gains tax, looks to economic growth to get out of debt hole](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acf91f2e65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub):[‘Mark my words… there will be new taxes’ – Simon Bridges’ warning over COVID-19 borrowing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11e93112ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Terry Baucher (Interest): [The Week in Tax Budget Special: what about Inland Revenue and better not talk about tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8b9a3a2de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Earmarking $20b for unspecified Covid-19 response is ‘responsible’, Finance Minister tells critics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=649206e102&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (Stuff): [PM Jacinda Ardern rubbishes National’s ‘campaign bribe’ Budget accusations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62c5d0ced0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern slams ‘cynical’ National during first public post-lockdown appearance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e85d93a5e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Paul Goldsmith concerned about ‘economic disaster’ with $140b debt expected from 2020 Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce1da6e0ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Stubbs (Stuff): [Could coronavirus be good for the economy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51afec631f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Applause and dismay echo in reactions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f3ff40a0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **After lockdown – economic and social recovery** Liam Dann (Herald): [We did it – now comes the shock of ordinary life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9a136f0cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Open borders to a small select group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8369358d2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Simon Barber, Vanessa Cole, Jack Foster and Anna-Maria Murtola (ESRA): [Future-proofing Aotearoa New Zealand for life after Covid-19 ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=338d2e9838&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy, welfare, unemployment** Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [NZ Couriers claim drivers’ wage subsidy: ‘They’re rorting everyone’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=910711afab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nina Hindmarsh (Stuff): [Farmers slammed for taking Covid-19 wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afe006586f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Prime Minister does not appear keen to extend wage subsidy past September](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87ce9eaf76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zoe George (Stuff): [Wage subsidy extension an ‘epic’ boost for SMEs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5f2b511e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Wage subsidy extension needs focus: critic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc4a6a0879&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [John Campbell grills Grant Robertson over Budget doing ‘nowhere near enough’ for social welfare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f75c178d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Support groups ‘only as good’ as Government funding they receive, says Trust](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31b5db7675&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Keeping NZ unemployment below 10%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3625f893c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Government strives to keep unemployment below 10%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d093a17f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [ANZ predicting higher unemployment figures for longer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aad4073fa1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Ministry of Social Development hiring to manage COVID-19 demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e454f12514&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [39,000 new people on unemployment benefit are richer than usual intake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26916e5cc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [High income earners, returning Kiwis among benefit applicants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb9b2b8aff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [The surprising demographic who took up the benefit most during COVID-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c0dd68d7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [More young, white, middle-class people become beneficiaries, as 2,422 more people received Jobseeker Support last week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89152bf788&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [How Covid-19 is changing our views on beneficiaries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02bacb0e47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mihingarangi Forbes (The Hui): [‘Burn our balance sheet’: Northern iwi leaders to cushion impact of COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd3105bb11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Extra Wh?nau Ora money may not cover rise in needy families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f759807b65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **MP pay cuts** Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [The politics of envy or the politics of fairness?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03164528dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [David Seymour wants MP pay cuts made compulsory, citing ‘offensive’ voluntary option](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b61ffe65f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Politicians pass temporary law for own pay cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d67f73da3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Cat MacLennan (Democracy Project): [Thanking essential workers properly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1c4baf8fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicole Bremner (1News): [After backlash, Countdown agrees to pay 10% bonus to staff hired during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7511be997f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Restaurant chain Good Group makes more than 150 workers redundant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54247bddb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Lack of humanity’ – Queenstown hospitality company lays off half its workforce in Covid-19 crunch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e9ee85069&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fiona Connor (Newshub): [Lyttelton Port Company workers say ‘rife’ bullying ‘tip of the iceberg’ after staffer’s sudden death](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4dc3d643ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Budget 2020: Executives deliver their verdict](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e7b26b357&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) NBR: [Budget reaction broadly positive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d42deaf107&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kirk Hope (Stuff): [A good today budget – but where’s the plan for tomorrow?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8932348e87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Prime Minister hints at business advisory council reboot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fde161833b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Katarina Williams Damian George (Dominion Post): [Our Dominion: Post-Lockdown – Wellington economy a long way from normality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=663dd3a07f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko and Kelly Dennett (Stuff): [New Zealand’s future in the hands of tech innovators and screen industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=676310c24f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Landlord Sir Michael Freidlander cuts many Auckland tenants’ rent by 80 per cent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b83bbd0041&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Public Health Response Act, lockdown legality human rights** Chris Finlayson (Stuff): [Lockdown was vague and threatening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3edb1c473d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Warrantless entry: Be wary of the contagion of stupidity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6990a86d9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [The fishhooks in Govt’s Covid-19 response bill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66250fda75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Level 2 enforcement law passed too quickly: Human Rights Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d0c2f514b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1New: ‘[Once Level 2 is over, they go’ – Jacinda Ardern defends controversial new police powers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d592cfcbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Level 2 enforcement law to be reviewed by select committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95be4f341f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Limit to powers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dcae0d208&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [National would be ‘crucified’ if it passed this week’s new laws – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd265f513a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donne-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [‘No rule book’ for dealing with Kiwis in quarantine hotels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7750c8eb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, week in politics** Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in Politics: It’s going to be the doing that matters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d9e79902e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Inside Parliament takes a closer look at the Next Level Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0466377cbf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National MP Chris Bishop rocks mullet at Parliament after losing bet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93b15cce3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [National MP Chris Bishop sports mullet for charity, jokingly mocked by colleague](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bfd5f53b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Clarke Gayford dyes ‘partner’s’ hair and gives Neve a haircut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19a88b85c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Did Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern let her partner dye her hair?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2ff0c80c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Restricted gatherings under level 2, distancing** Joe Grayland (Democracy Project): [Is the Government’s de facto ban on religious services a form of prejudice?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0a01219f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Southland Times Editorial: [Govt’s lack of faith in churches is showing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d13e8e0ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Simon Bridges pens letter to Jacinda Ardern on behalf of religious groups](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de564e459e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Simon Bridges pens open letter to Jacinda Ardern on behalf of faith communities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ed4adaf43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Drive-in service for Auckland’s Destiny Church at alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b72222aa06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Destiny Church performs drive-in service to prove large religious gatherings are safe at Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6c9155f3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Brian Tamaki says ‘very ignorant’ Kiwis don’t realise their rights have been ‘stolen’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03bd430ce8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Hayley Jacobsen (Newshub): [Brian Tamaki says religion getting in the way of Jacinda Ardern’s socialist ‘ambition’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c19d6aaad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [Heavenly Father commands no church this weekend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dbb67a5ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Maori Council welcomes unity in confronting government during Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e418e14f11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Bowron (Stuff): [Invite-only funerals could be a new – and welcome – trend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57bd064f9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ ski resorts announce plans to open after Govt exemption on 100-person limit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7662b58a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacMaus (Stuff): [PM Jacinda Ardern turned away from full cafe before being called back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bd25dd026&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford turned away from Wellington cafe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c278488661&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘She waits like everyone else’ – Jacinda Ardern turned away by Wellington cafe due to Covid-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=262a57dd87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern turned away from full cafe under alert level 2 protocol](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=341553f1f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education and training** John Gerritsen (RNZ): [800,000 children return to school for first time in almost eight weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bcba4caba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Students can expect schools to be different across New Zealand under level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bef798fd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Countdown on as Kiwi kids prepare to return to school after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b51b7ed0b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Nasty shock for teachers returning from lockdown as their registration fee more than doubles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdd208e4bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [‘Incredibly joyful’ – Surge of interest in homeschooling since lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42e06d2e89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Playcentres may have to cut staff, close centres due to funding following Budget announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29a356b266&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Playcentre movement directs funding ‘outrage’ at PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab5585c01a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherly and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): [‘Band-aid’ Budget won’t encourage jobless into education – students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=952b7f1b97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Medical School: Who gets in and why](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08707501d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Medical schools boosting Maori and Pasifika numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=525c016653&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristy Lawrence (Stuff): [Hamilton wins bid to host new national mega polytech headquarters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7428cbfeac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National calls for international education sector revival to help economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8767a94c95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Otago Uni’s message to students – no large parties during Covid-19 level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e3e55adad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Students start making their way back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5902f097d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Oldfield (Stuff): [Job losses threaten the quality of our universities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=808b769206&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws and Rob Stock (Stuff): [Yes, you can start over with an apprenticeship at 40](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=487cbe1a7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Child welfare** Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Kids going back to school hungry as parents lose jobs in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=314e31d318&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) melia Wade (Stuff): [Caregivers to get an extra $25 a week in $210 million Budget boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd5ee1c375&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Major funding boost in support for caregivers and kids](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86584e574a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Caregivers get $210m Budget boost from Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7199c47a9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Researchers to study Covid-19’s impact on children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46f8a62fb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waitangi Tribunal looks at scope of its Oranga Tamariki inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1146675fb8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [New $40m housing deal between Government and M?ori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e71dc1945&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New $40 million housing deal between Govt, Maori set to fix crisis made by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6710a09ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Housing shortage could soon be over: BNZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=930705d639&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [KiwiSaver should become mortgage repayment scheme for homeowners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a89aa1b7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** David Hall (The Conversation): [New Zealand’s COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=266b47205f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Budget 2020 labelled as ‘missed opportunity’ to fight climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3efc63009&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Joy (Better Futures Forum): [New Zealand in one year’s time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3c95f68af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Coal mine defends plan to expand as enivronmental groups raise concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d5826c14d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [EPA grants consent for OMV to drill up to 10 exploration wells](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89c286dc5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Angeloni (Stuff): [Peter Yealands issued infringement notices for alleged riverbed works](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d5acb09b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government spends up on re-opening Fiordland’s Great Walks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be9ff79d11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [$13.7m allocated for rebuild of Fiordland conservation, infrastructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=261bf1ccba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Contact tracing** Bruce Munro (ODT): [Tracking and tracing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6280bc79c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (Stuff): [Concerns too many tracing apps could do more harm than good, as NZ moves to level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25b2f29689&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Level 2 rule ‘flip-flop’ hasn’t helped – Retail NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6c7819c4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus in NZ, government strategy** Matt Nippert (Herald): [‘No time for a trial run’: Inside story of how NZ fought pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11e5c24b2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [Health inequities could put M?ori, Pacific communities at more risk of Covid-19 outbreak, model suggests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6cffc7099&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [How NZ can avoid ending up being the next Singapore](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67575c55ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Coronavirus Covid 19: What’s the difference between level 1 and 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=518de1564c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): [Covid-19 Maori Update 17 May 2020: Level 2 Positive Numbers and the Second Wave Risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4cd550ae8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘I wish we had a leader like her’ – Piers Morgan raves over Jacinda Ardern’s Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a8e6a2fd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Oscar Kightley (Stuff): [The world’s turned upside down when Piers Morgan praises Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7c03dcc5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phillipa Yalden (Waikato Times): [Study shows Kiwis stressed but resilient in face of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5894d09dad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kimberlee Downs (1News): [Kiwis volunteer to be deliberately infected with Covid-19 to speed up vaccine research](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dda2422e60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [NZME’s play for Stuff goes to court – again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48b638f4a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Edward Gay (Stuff): [Media firm NZME set out to hurt Stuff as buyout bid turned sour – lawyer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d4b79db8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NZME v Stuff owner Nine in High Court, Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5910555ae7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [NZME, Nine clash over exclusivity in High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e05ca75936&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZME seeks injunction against Stuff’s owner Nine Entertainment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74f08a1231&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Andrea Vance (Stuff): [RIP our jobs – and an essential public service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99c57270d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Hollings (Stuff): [A NZ without journalists: The implications of the combustion of our biggest news groups](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=843e36c320&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [A lonely Maori voice at the Covid-19 briefings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=613fdc157f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Freelance job market in for a shake-up as companies rebuild after Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=682fb4f56e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** Richard Harman (Politiik): [Dr Bloomfield to the rescue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28b1e879f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [Chinese Embassy disputes Peters’ assertion China didn’t want New Zealand going into lockdown ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83a7df6811&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [New Zealand joins calls for investigation into origin of Covid-19 in China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90a654ac10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** 1News: [Grant Robertson admits tourism industry ‘will not be the same again, if ever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d952b0e17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwis touring their own backyard maybe a lifeline for the tourism industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc2c3464f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Tourism operators don’t know if Government’s $400 million lifeline will be enough to save them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff9173150a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Unchartered waters: Wellington’s cruise ship plans run aground over Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8659a872e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Why Auckland’s transport billions might not move the climate change dial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95febccc21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Auckland light rail ‘on pause’ as cash set aside for Cook Strait ferries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70a65e3cfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [$400m to be spent on bigger, faster Interislander ferries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a55d333921&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National call for halt to latest petrol tax increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90d5d5a8fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National wants government to hold off on 4c petrol tax increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4747279f6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [InterCity bus cancellations leave transport options limited](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38be731b4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [E-scooters return to city streets after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a118656f95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Domestic violence** Lydia Lewis (Newshub): [Domestic violence survivor calls on the Govt for more help during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee3ae2bdc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [Family violence: Government’s $200m will go a long way to help abused women, refuges say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34b327f5ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sport** Tim Hunter (NBR): [Taxpayers’ money: the gift that keeps on giving](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=551677ce1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Geenty (Stuff): [Government’s $265 million sporting lifeline, but who is first in the queue?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a9814493d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Govt announces $265m sports support package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bf80ce696&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Gambling** Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Ban pokies for good? Salvo’s and Problem Gambling’s bid to Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09f7aa742e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Govt support for gambling hard to justify](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bc7812b73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington Mayor Andy Foster laments setbacks as election promises remain unfulfilled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7df88b657a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Wellington e-scooter trial wins 72 per cent public support ahead of council vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fef20ce3c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane and Hayley Jacobsen (Newshub): [Auckland water restrictions: Watercare CEO will ‘apologise to all of Auckland’ if drought-stricken city gets unexpected rainfall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b6257332b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jim Tucker (Taranaki Daily News): [A timely question to ask on council mergers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd91635426&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron van Delden: [Gisborne treatment plant a ‘must-have’ despite ballooning cost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ceb9882e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brenda Harwood (ODT): [DCC venues deemed unaffordable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c5260633c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [‘Emergency’ must be treated as such](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ea3df707b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cell phone tower fires** Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Why setting cell phone towers on fire won’t stop coronavirus ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d6a0daa32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordyn Rudd (1News):[‘Totally false’ 5G conspiracy theories blamed for series of ‘infuriating’ cell tower arsons across NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99ed950198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Kethaki Masilamani (Newshub): [Another two cellphone towers burned in suspicious blazes linked to COVID-19 conspiracy theories](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae80943ff5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Auckland may lose reception as cell tower sabotage continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32186b7f50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): [Police searched for suspects in unapproved trial of facial recognition tech, Clearview AI](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c25712d6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Canterbury District Health Board looks at infection surveillance system options](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b03c267a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Elers (Stuff): [It’s important to understand what drives the prime minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e83f4e2bef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michelle Dickinson (Herald): [The danger of misinformation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=223236770a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barbara Dreaver (1News): [Calls for Pacific and NZ Governments to work together to get stranded seasonal workers home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dcc135ec9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [TradeMe sellers warned thousands of times over sanitiser, face mask rip-offs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=478c752aa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [More refugee families to be reunited in NZ as Government doubles quota](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=713a777ea3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Golriz Ghahraman joins international call for poor nations’ debts to be wiped](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eedb9a3972&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick Thomsen (E-Tangata): [Language, identity — and ‘real’ Samoans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6ac3e0c12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reuters: [Westpac admits money-laundering breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bf9acf6c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Trevor Richards (E-Tangata): [The land of the wrong white crowd: Growing up and living in the shadow of racism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c2eed50f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [The great plaque mystery: Cold War Wellington spy case gets murkier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6698f79337&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nigel S Roberts (Stuff): [A sad sight and a sorry plight: PMs’ graves in Karori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f136255bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [No peace yet over Baxter memorial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=332ffa0958&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)