> ## 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 November 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-18-november-2020/ - Published: 2020-11-17T19:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-11-17T19:02:40.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Housing** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern won’t stage Reserve Bank intervention as Government loses grip on house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aed485b4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [One-in-four property speculators dodging housing tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aab43e3bf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Government under pressure across political spectrum over inflated house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f4c136b00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Reserve Bank finds itself at the centre of a political fight it never wanted to have](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e88b0ef095&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wealth tax predicted as anger over inequality ‘reaches boiling point’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=932ddae6fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [First-class housing problems at the dinner table](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cec519723&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Prebble (Herald): [House prices only going up while credit tap’s running](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0795783ad0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern hints at lifeline for first-home buyers getting into recession-proof market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a22c644749&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Calls mounting for Government to do more to rein in soaring house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d9e1a7f7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Interest rates throw petrol onto housing inferno](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=277e6470ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Housing: Trade Me data shows average Auckland price has passed $1 million, increases in every region](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e43cc0a675&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rupert Gough (One Roof): [Will the return of the LVRs stop house prices from rising?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=068b0597fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s call to ask Reserve Bank ‘hard questions’ on rising house prices concerns Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32ca6ca09d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Justin Latif (Spinoff): [The struggle for South Auckland renters to keep a roof over their heads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d2398d2df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Monetary policy gets more political](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36d066690b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [The return of the LVRs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b5fd586be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Strongman and Murphy (RNZ): [Why 1 in 5 transgender people experience homelessness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1eab6d50eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Our nuclear-free moment could be just months away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4db41d532b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Time to consider petrol and diesel car import ban, says Climate Change Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b7b40b8d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Flying to LA might cost more — so be it, says climate chief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=caa86d574b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burgess (Herald): [Why the Decarbonising Fund will have no impact on NZ’s emissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dff0299e24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Shane Ellison (Herald): [Transport is ‘low-hanging fruit’ for tackling climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19f10589d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Watson (Stuff): [Existing gas pipeline infrastructure could be key to future hydrogen refuelling stations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e416c60176&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** John Anthony (Stuff): [Covid-19 vaccines won’t signal an end to border restrictions, experts warn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b186c6af67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government won’t confirm negotiations for Moderna coronavirus vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c03b1985f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [What the latest vaccine developments mean for NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=967c3179e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Legal expert comfortable with sweeping powers used by Government to make mask wearing mandatory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7e59c8a39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Covid-19: Chris Hipkins says Taiwan ‘is not itself authoritarian’ after making claim about mask use](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22af729e23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Chris Hipkins’ Taiwan comments the politics of ignorance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55fcfbf498&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [A lot of questions remain about mandatory masks on transport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0359e1f2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Supermarkets** Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Countdown commits to 20% Maori and Pasifika senior managers by 2025](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e617c5762&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Good idea, but consumers’ welcome will be tentative](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60f4915f87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Suppliers fear bullying from some supermarkets, Food and Grocery Council CEO says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5213af74d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Supermarket study: Jacinda Ardern promises to act on whatever Commerce Commission finds in probe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80806e743c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election and Parliament** Julia Hollingsworth, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Leung, Denis Bouquet and Henrik Pettersson (CNN): [New Zealand has just elected one of the most diverse parliaments in the world. Here’s how it stacks up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=103942f5b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) AAP: [‘Sick to my guts’ – Maori Party MP blasts Parliamentary oath of allegiance to Queen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1f716f230&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Newshub): [Labour’s largest ever Maori caucus elects new chairs Willow-Jean Prime and Rino Tirikatene](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=157ec1d296&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Rino Tirikatene, Willow-Jean Prime elected as Labour Maori Caucus co-chairs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78c385ec68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Good to see the Greens have less power](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f948405c7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Warrick Cliene (NBR): [Three wishes for our new progressive government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5647648a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Christchurch Star: [New Ilam MP Sarah Pallett on beating cancer and her road to the Beehive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c321c36bec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) NZ Herald: [Todd Muller opens up about his mental health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bf07cea7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Infrastructure report** Stuart McKinnon (Herald): [Decisions we make today will deliver prosperity for future generations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56b1bc2771&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Glenn (Herald): [Planning needs an overhaul](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7654a07dc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim McCready (Herald): [Bridging the troubled water gap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=747f14783d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Grant Robertson’s excitement on the Infrastructure portfolio](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=133f4e5136&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tim McCready (Herald): [Michael Wood says we need to get transport infrastructure moving](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af9ceaf03d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Parker (Herald): [On the ways to accelerate infrastructure projects and job creation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c53259f73b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ross Copland (Herald) [NZ Infrastructure Commission Boss on the new normal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5b5eb88ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **International relations and trade** Amelia Wade (Herald): [MFAT says still no evidence New Zealand meat is the source of Covid-19 in Chinese cool stores](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5577ec094d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy and work** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [‘Why have we been forgotten?’: Jacinda Ardern asked to move faster on pay equity for Pasifika](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e8b205fea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘Why have we been forgotten?’: Prime Minister urged to take action on gender pay gap for Maori and Pasifika women](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f411ed1e2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony and Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Sky City boss’s resignation ‘could be utu’ for job losses, union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=499f0cde01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [New report finds massive Maori business under-count](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a3abc0a6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Revealed: SMEs hit the hardest by Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4d9840d3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Tourism** RNZ: [Government looks to minimise costs of tourism to New Zealanders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7772f96b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Covid-19 forecast to leave $13 billion hole in tourism spending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9af40b176&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Tourism Minister’s blunt message to tourism sector: target rich tourists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a57766cb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Rates increase of 23 per cent forecast for Wellington City](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=881c40eeac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kiri Gillespie (Herald): [Tauranga City Council told to prevent ‘train wreck’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6baa3c6cdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Shand (Stuff): [Review team recommends Crown Manager be appointed for Tauranga City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee0cd428eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Damning report exposes troublesome culture at Tauranga City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5b13608cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Angeloni (RNZ): [Tair?whiti Museum refuses to exhibit Endeavour model](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f55ff5f095&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerry Wood (Stuff): [Mr Downs, Mr Thomson and the second Mt Victoria tunnel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f78b99dee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Drug laws, mixed messages and failed expectations, and tens of thousands in legal limbo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55b1163b92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Troels Sommerville (Stuff): [19 more refugees on their way to NZ after virus halted quota programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c79db7e370&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Colin Craig goes to Court of Appeal over Rachel MacGregor defamation ruling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b351e64c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Te Pae Oranga should have te ao Maori approach, put tangata whenua first, advocates say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8fd458d31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer and Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins accuses Government of ‘playing politics’ over Trump assistant Chris Liddell’s OECD nomination](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b42e7f891&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anton Trixl (NBR): [Get it right, and Auckland Light Rail could be revolutionary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a50af7068&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Nicola Shepheard (NBR): [The Great NZ Reset](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=522997831f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Pharmac and Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa locked in stand-off over drug funding decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ec54f7aa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Chaston (Interest): [A stable median age might be a good thing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb7cf69298&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [NZME strategy – good in parts, says Jarden](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=859d6de5fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Dr Siouxsie Wiles supreme winner at Stuff-Westpac 2020 Women of Influence Awards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dac6daf01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police Association pushes for firearms register to be put in place](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3f836d1d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cas Carter (Stuff): [Journalists should tell the news, not be it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8e221d037&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)