> ## 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 – 19 August 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-19-august-2020/ - Published: 2020-08-18T20:46:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-08-18T20:50:05.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Border** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Senior quarantine whistleblower says staff were refused regular testing programme despite pleas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=037ff93113&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Horrible sense of déjà vu over Government border blunders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=667d2f0736&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [As officials hunt for the source of Auckland’s COVID-19 cluster, there’s also a search for political accountability](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72a8411c6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [A war of ambiguous words](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a499ab30b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [When dissonance is a deadly serious failing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a27680ad15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [WorkSafe steps in to ensure safety of isolation facility staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4266970980&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter (Interest): [The two-thirds/one-third election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6396fba26a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Government feeling the heat over Covid-19 border testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b89aabdeb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Newsroom): [Of O-Rings and quarantines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40b8b3ec90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Kristin Hall (1News): [‘Blanket set of rules for everyone coming into NZ’ – Epidemiologist joins call for quarantine change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a7233d8ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Govt urged to do serology tests on border and isolation workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3f6b6e585&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyeux (Newshub): [Genomic testing the key to determining source of Auckland COVID-19 outbreak, says expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d0c5cbc7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [The day NZ’s second outbreak became a whole lot more complicated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=caf2c57c65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Amelia Wade (Herald): [Winston Peters claims mystery Rydges case is a ‘second border breach’ as 97 per cent of MIQ workers tested](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=314be9b4d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Winston Peters says heads should roll over staff Covid-19 testing failures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33d92625f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Judith Collins claims quarantine workers wanted Covid-19 tests but couldn’t get them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=514c005f01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins claims quarantine staff were refused tests, challenges Jacinda Ardern to release communications](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc42a7e05b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins unloads on Covid-19 border testing, calling it an ‘absolute failure’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cfc55fdc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern admits border testing coverage ‘not what we had expected’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a00a3fe40e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [PM Jacinda Ardern on border testing: ‘It was what we had instructed’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc87fa7a26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [PM points finger at health officials in border debacle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca2e350f9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Expectations of a ‘hermetically sealed border’ to keep Covid-19 out are not fair – Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4a1ae52cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Covid-19 border tests ‘did not meet expectations’ – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7cd993a11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Chris Hipkins: Temperature checks ‘the regular test’ for workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c3d5846eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block and Brad Flahive (Stuff): [Security guard leaks list of Auckland isolation guests via Snapchat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8debe1a7b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Security guard posted details of managed isolation returnees in social media privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=902f6b0b3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Megan Woods discusses isolation facility privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d007f26f69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s coronavirus response** Rod Jackson (Herald): [Learning to live with Covid 19 coronavirus is not a viable option](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88362350f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Knowing us, knowing them: NZ v Sweden Covid strategies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=746f1f777c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [‘We can eliminate this disease again’ – Otago University epidemiologist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c718b53d8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Mitchell and Michael Daly (Stuff): [While Covid-19 takes lives around the world, New Zealand’s response has led to fewer deaths from all causes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b92b148b78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang (RNZ): [Epidemiologists call for new pandemic plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93b20727a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [How genome testing is helping identify Covid-19 clusters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72170c178c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Expert explains genomic sequencing and how it helps NZ link Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71ea92bcf7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Mandatory Covid-19 testing of all ports staff reined in to only ‘high risk’ contacts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61d276d380&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Warhurst and Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Govt relaxes order for Ports of Auckland, Port of Tauranga workers to get tested, narrows criteria](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b47f1ddd97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Deadline for businesses to display Covid Tracer QR code](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70f25a1e1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [‘Privileged perspective’ to think everyone can get Covid Tracer app](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b73e37cefa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern says Donald Trump’s claim NZ is experiencing a surge is ‘patently wrong’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e51152049&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern says Trump ‘patently wrong’ to compare NZ and US Covid-19 outbreaks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2e51ddf57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [James Shaw ‘looking forward to seeing the back’ of Trump after his Covid comparison](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49ace4aa52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Donald Trump on New Zealand’s new outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae34d8ea9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [Dr Ashley Bloomfield dons mask and takes part in WHO social media challenge ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d0b88a1e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Tempers flare in distracted, distanced, unexpected Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=746e678ceb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Collins squares up against Ardern as the pair go back to sparring in the House](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbf1485099&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [MPs return to Parliament as National looks to challenge Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12520123d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern calls for politics to be taken ‘out of the COVID-19 response’ in clash with Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2efb2954e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election. NZ Herald-Kantar poll** Claire Trevett (Herald): [Poll – NZ First, Greens or Labour alone? Who voters want Labour to go with if it wins election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb1bb8b483&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a53c14631f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Winston Peters denies threatening Prime Minister to move election date](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39bd1ec521&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Locke (RNZ): [What parliamentary hopefuls make of their now-extended election campaigns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f1bff964e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Tips for aspiring MPs campaigning, without the handshakes and baby kissing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f611eb6182&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Smaller East Coast parties struggling to campaign under Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9d062b764&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rahul Bhattarai (Stuff): [Kaik?ura candidates welcome more time, bemoan unfair ‘air time’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ef9584a02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National MP’s election billboards ‘getting a bit of a hiding’ by vandals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=829e4e1697&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [We shouldn’t be taking sides’: Political candidate repairs rival’s defaced billboard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df66fe9b3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [TOP claims to be better for business than Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5669af6c34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Erika Harvey, NZ First candidate for Tauranga?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2be541005&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Cameron Luxton, Act candidate for Tauranga?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8008f02c0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Jan Tinetti, Labour candidate for Tauranga?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fe35eb425&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Simon Bridges, National candidate for Tauranga?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffba20d427&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): L[ocal Focus: Who is Meka Whaitiri, Labour candidate for Ikaroa-R?whiti?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f54d2473c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Heather Te Au-Skipworth, Maori Party candidate for Ikaroa-R?whiti?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04c5e2377b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Elizabeth Kerekere, Green candidate for Ikaroa-R?whiti?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb32d91b73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National’s Gerry Brownlee apologises for conspiratorial tone – but then doubles down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75c371d4d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Gerry Brownlee says comment to supporters won’t whip up distrust of media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=337045dde6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Gerry Brownlee under fire for email undermining media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c193b057a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [National’s Gerry Brownlee: ‘I totally reject any idea that I’m a conspiracy theorist’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85c47b336f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Collins says Brownlee’s inference Govt holding back Covid-19 information was ‘a bit of a surprise’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9af52b6211&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Conspiracy theories, false rumours** David Farrier and Dylan Reeve: [Webworm talks to the man who started the COVID-19 outbreak rumour in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a98195572&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Rumour, regret, and damage that can’t be undone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05807e0c76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (Stuff): [Those who shared Covid-19 rumour could be liable to the Harmful Digital Communications Act, Netsafe says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb33557203&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Ministry of Health hits out at ‘totally false’ health rumour about face masks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8be3e86d6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border exemptions, travel** Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Just 21 essential health workers granted entry into NZ during first months of border shutdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99d450a128&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): [Designer and ‘shapers’ for US billionaire’s golf course allowed in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa8b23ba86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [The Kiwis who have been on tropical holidays since the Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cc50cc678&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National goes cold on international student policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1459a9db96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Newstalk ZB: [Virus expert against students going back to school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc05984139&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Students back at school in level 3 is a health risk, principals say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6942ce0a6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland principal: Students at school in level 3 puts communities at risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b378a71075&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): M[aori high school students unfairly streamed in low-ability classes, report finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2015fb7d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Whakatane school misses out on free lunch scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d4cb19a8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland lockdown** Via Molyneux (Newshub): [Auckland could come out of lockdown before 26 August, says Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7e36272f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [Aucklanders have behaved unforgivably in latest lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83cc921729&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Small businesses across Auckland breaching Covid-19 rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85847d9839&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [Auckland at Covid-19 alert level 3, in pictures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c805cb86e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Aged care** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Dementia facility tried to stop Ombudsman inspection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f40094fd3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Health officials bar Summerset from testing staff, residents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f356854fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Thousands of primary health care workers to strike over pay parity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab542fc3c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1New: [Health workers testing for Covid-19 threatening to walk off job over pay, conditions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95fe651b16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Major nationwide nurses’ strike set for next month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80e61dbf81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Health expert calls for alcohol sale crackdown after study shows large liquor spending increases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9898723d50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Finance politicians Grant Robertson, Paul Goldsmith to face off in game of Monopoly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db3e52e6b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Abbey Wakefield (1News): [Steak with Dr Ashley Bloomfield? Charity auctions lunch date with Director-General](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4cc2344a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [$775k Auckland Council agency salaries must be cut – but it’s not the CEOs’ fault](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=696d5d793c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland water crisis: Raveen Jaduram’s resignation as Watercare ceo sparks blame game over water crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c8720c046&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Auckland’s big ratepayer-owned Co’s need reining in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6baa4c4992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Auckland’s colonial-era statues could be removed after vandalism, protests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fb32c0217&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Queenstown mayor slams proposed power price hikes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f13b1ae01f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waikato Times: [Council’s plea to ratepayers: Pay by direct debit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ce061a328&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, business, govt support** Liam Dann (Herald): [Economy Hub: Why new taxes may be unavoidable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd4c9e4b79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): N[ew normal still a nightmare for bars and restaurants ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cc4b710fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Cost of wage subsidy has Grant Robertson searching for ‘sustainable’ support measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4a7de6116&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Finance Minister on extending the wage subsidy scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65dfbe1751&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Economy faces deeper cut but 2021 outlook brighter – Fitch report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ce968e388&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Guy Williams (ODT): [Asia-Pacific tourism hope, economist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dc781c663&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Auckland has sneezed – are the regions about to catch an economic cold?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdc841b334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John McDermott (NBR): [Our economic performance, as ranked by NCEA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d0c57dadc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ————— Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [‘In lockstep’: economists say borrowing rates could plunge in line with negative OCR](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cebb96a5ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [‘Into the twilight zone we go’: Biggest bank predicts negative interest rates ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de0605919c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Economists at ANZ and ASB now see the Reserve Bank taking the Official Cash Rate negative next year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b7683b75d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Spectre of negative rates takes shine off kiwi dollar](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aea571ff17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Rob Stock (Stuff): [‘Staggering’ number of households behind on their mortgages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb6f57ebdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Pain in the pocket: The cost of deferring your mortgage for a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1efbd5eed0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Earthquake prone structures Wellington** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Documents show ministry blunders on Wellington’s Carillon tower](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b769bfc37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Politicians vying for Wellington Central support review of earthquake-prone building legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=065b8f32f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Call for Paraparaumu airport land to be returned to M?ori** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [K?piti Mayor calls for Paraparaumu airport to be returned to tangata whenua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c141a0299c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [K?piti airport land should be returned to its rightful owners – hap?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2660cfe941&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Zespri mulls best way to combat counterfeit kiwifruit in China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e8dc07452&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (Herald): [Zespri worried about extent of illegal NZ gold fruit growing in China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01299d753a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Lost, declined, and missing: Thousands miss out on iwi voting rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cafc28ef0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [OIA charging: Who charges for OIA requests in 2020?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c8f2ef665&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Leask (Herald): [Christchurch mosque attacks: More details released about gunman’s sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a05d16bd30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [The real winners of lockdown as retail sales shift online under level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2ebc189af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [‘Significant review’ of sports funding model needed, CEO says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cecf1ab4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Learning to fly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6518446ea1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [No change to allocation of $311 million tourism fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=264c9ee6f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: Revealed: [The new Auckland – the startling numbers behind future faces](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0eb0cfe147&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ryan Jennings: [Interview: A Kiwi Original – Pattrick Smellie | BusinessDesk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=967bc38c56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Cook Islands extends border closure for inbound travel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5055793dd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Silent memorial as Vietnam Veterans’ Day observed without crowds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fcdef6864&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)