> ## 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 January 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-19-january-2021/ - Published: 2021-01-18T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-19T19:34:48.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Parliament, government, and extremism** Chris Trotter (Interest): [Trump’s surprisingly large army of New Zealand supporters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8000de9b7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won’t say if she’s backing Chris Liddell for OECD’s top job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04052a360b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Familiar titles with a new twist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b1c22163d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matteo Di Maio (Newsroom): [We know what you read this summer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=898b803773&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** RNZ: [Covid-19: New Zealanders have to wait their turn for vaccination – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f13e6dc48e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isabella Durant and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Other countries need coronavirus vaccine more urgently than New Zealand – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cba02dafc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Woodford (Interest): [The winding path of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa5feac16b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Why the 2021 covid challenge rivals 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f920372982&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ian Powell: [Weaknesses in pandemic planning behind $37 million PPE debacle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82754134e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bill Ralston (Herald): [2021 is not the year of salvation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d54b00c73c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zane Small (Newshub): [Professor Michael Baker hails Covid-19 elimination strategy as UK looks to mimic New Zealand’s quarantine system almost a year on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e95dbed0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus tracking: We’re poster slackers but taking to Bluetooth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06104f4315&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Promoter claims border approvals a ‘game of favourites’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0d302db0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton: [Aristocracy of Pull continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfca20e51c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Drop in Covid-19 QR code scans prompts warning from DHB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=041913f154&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Stop! Scanner time: Why use Covid-19 app at work or gym if I have a swipe card?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=845f21838a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, inequality and work** Louise Ternouth (RNZ): [Foodbank still grappling with demand resulting from Covid-19 impact](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c980013a76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Michael Hill should pay back wage subsidy, financial education specialist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1475ea613f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [‘It’s a very profitable smelter now’, Meridian boss says after price beat-down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cd17cc7c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (Business Desk): [Smelter extension beyond 2024 unlikely – Meridian](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f8c61814e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Nicholas Pointon (RNZ): [Covid-19 contributes to shortage of plumbing, electrical and glass supplies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59d833efd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Risks of deflation are now receding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c24381c24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Why getting your five-plus a day cost more in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3de03e4b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Survey reveals negative impact of Covid-19 on working life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=629af63534&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Mitchell (Stuff): [Covid helping NZ crack billion-dollar gaming market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7913cd02c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk) [The economy needs support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7413aa68cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Housing** Matt Burrows (Newshub): [The New Zealand town where house asking prices have skyrocketed 132 percent in just 10 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b288785d96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Edward Yiu (The Big Q): [Why do housing prices soar despite a Covid recession?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6f9ae9cdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Housing build proposed for Dunedin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf4b122ccc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Rule changes could lead to 2500 new homes for Dunedin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=953f9b499c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Property management company criticised for discouraging landlords from renting to tenants with intellectual disabilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6dbd1f099&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Know your rights: What landlords must read before biggest tenancy change in 35 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4977dc2534&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Daria Kuprienko (One Roof): [‘Tenants will have a lot of power, more than what investors are used to’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f0ff865b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Amber-Leigh Woolf (RNZ): [Climate change strikers back for more in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=898cada5e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Milnes (Herald): [Conservation Comment: Can the team of 5 million beat climate change?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d03bba3cc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Bruce Munro (Herald): [Disgraceful waiting list for elective surgeries at public hospitals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbabff0a05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Hundreds of pensioners with breast cancer overlooked for routine breast screening — Breast Cancer Foundation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbb4bc0b2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Drinking culture in New Zealand putting ‘lives at risk’, worse than in Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=158f190a57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [O Week drug testing likely](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c79502ab5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Law and order** Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Jared Savage’s book Gangland banned from prisons by Corrections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88437fe70d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Prison’s book confiscation breached Bill of Rights Act, Arthur Taylor argues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9bd6f4a0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police apologise for mistaken arrest by armed officers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f397ca6c69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Schools will feel impact of 2020 lockdowns in 2021, Education Review Office warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e52024b00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Only a third of senior high-school students enjoyed learning in Covid year – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=802ef0a32f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Effects of Covid-19 on students’ learning in NZ will continue into 2021, report warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=396ab57885&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Michael Bassett: [New Zealand’s modern cultural cringe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d43907d73f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Puhoi Pub renames its ‘racist’ bullock horns, calls backlash ‘desperately stupid’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23e3bf98d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marcus Anselm (RNZ): [Water becomes a commodity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcc4bb9b96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jean Bell (RNZ): [Opinions on Tauranga City Council governance still divided](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=254e792007&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ellis: [Change must be highly contagious](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a533d88c46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland public transport fares to rise 4 per cent but off-peak travel cheaper](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e28e85985&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Johnston (Stuff): [Women are the primary victims of human trafficking. New Zealand’s plan to stop slavery forgot them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2eb987d70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Draper (Stuff): [Biden’s America will call on New Zealand for Asia Pacific support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef35242457&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Nathan Rarere named as new host of First Up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9c3adf175&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)