> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-19-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-18T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-19T01:31:27.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Newshub Reid-Research poll** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern goes stratospheric, Simon Bridges is annihilated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0949bc9602&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Politically Simon Bridges is a dead man walking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cefa2a244a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Simon Bridges still confident he will lead National into election despite personal poll rating below 5 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f304051ddb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Overwhelming number of Kiwis back Government’s lockdown decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0f00eca4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Can Bridges survive?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e71ac6381&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Can Simon Bridges tough it out as National Party leader?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48dec0e7b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [New poll puts Bridges near the death spiral](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32980ffd4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Can Simon Bridges hang on?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56664b223a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [National’s bad poll: Leader Simon Bridges on Newstalk ZB – ‘I’m the leader and I’m staying’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4d5dcae7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Poll says Labour’s Jacinda Ardern most popular PM in a century; National on the ropes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=370f03c2eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Jacinda Ardern, Labour soar in new poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7a83ea4a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National plummets to 30.6 per cent in Newshub/Reid Research poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0847b9b0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour registers big jump in support amid Covid-19 pandemic, according to new political poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1faa3cdbc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [National should consider ‘radical’ changes to catch Labour after ‘astonishing’ poll – commentator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1859ee7a34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): ‘[Panic is a weak man’s game’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=862723fcfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Latest poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd4c3feb68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cameron Slater: [Analysis of the Disastrous Newshub Poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80624f75a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Simon Bridges and National’s bad poll – the problem is he’s invisible](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6079019a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Polls during a crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=333b4d9f4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ coronavirus response, contact tracing app, pandemic plan** Jamie Morton (Herald): [When will we know it’s not out there?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30c2ff008a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [New Zealand’s readiness for a second wave in focus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37ae622d05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Why aren’t all new arrivals to New Zealand tested for Covid-19?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24ced77b87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [The end of the Ashley and Jacinda coronavirus show: 1pm joint press briefings to cease](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a9faa1136&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Authorities prepared to put dead homeless in freezers ‘indefinitely’ if Covid-19 overran NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4b3553832&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Customs investigating whether Ruby Princess cruise ship committed offences on New Zealand visit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6189583d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Breanna Barraclough (1News): [How Covid-19 is affecting New Zealand’s children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=348f7d8a86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Breanna Barraclough (1News): [Chances of Kiwi kids contracting mysterious syndrome linked to Covid-19 ‘very low’, but authorities on the lookout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c02d943bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Kiwi biotech firm gets funding to develop tests for coronavirus and M. Bovis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=352d66f0ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [The truth about hand sanitiser at Covid-19 alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c03ffabe8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jamie Ensor and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [‘Digital diary’ contact tracing application useful as Kiwis hold own data – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55885359aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (Stuff): [Government contact tracing app will launch Wednesday, PM says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1506418dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Goosselink (Newshub): [Government to release COVID-19 ‘digital diary’ app to track Kiwis’ movements at alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5f658ed99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Digital diary’ app coming for Kiwis to keep track of movements during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dad54120ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government to release contact tracing ‘digital diary app’ on Wednesday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f8f5d8d64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget, economy** Geoff Simmons (BusinessDesk): [Not a brave Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f626243798&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Direct cash payments would kickstart post-Covid economy, TOP says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1b4bd0f2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Shovel-ready projects to be unveiled ‘within weeks’ – finance minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc512834e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charles Finny: [How to export your way out of a financial crisis: A 10 point plan for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5358c238e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Raf Manji (Interest): [Don’t worry about the debt, worry about what it’s spent on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d2c7baec6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Debt for dummies: How the Government borrows money](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3db1c0df4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [What is a negative interest rate, and what would it mean for you?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98fcdb4468&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff):[ANZ tips Reserve Bank to lift cap on quantitative easing to $90 billion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afc1ffa2ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Economist suggests selling visas to entrepreneurs to help pay COVID debt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=114d3ebabe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Kepes (Herald): [Reinventing feudalism – Is this what we want for NZ?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9821e61efb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, employment, job losses** Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [Wage subsidy arithmetic hurts couriers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2117fd81b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bridie Witton and Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Public servants shun central city at alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c703a0d30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Fears up to 30 per cent of NZ manufacturing companies could close](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca96f8a068&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [James Hardie to close Auckland factory with loss of 120 jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d257533ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maria Slade (NBR): [SMEs soon have to make life-or-death calls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35e308baef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Brunskill (BusinessDesk): [Smiths City sold; more than 100 jobs lost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=633c0c5125&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Smiths City sale for $60m offers greatest opportunity for it to endure, chairperson says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d3ca3d359&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Supermarket workers on how COVID-19 chaos has changed their jobs forever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddedb5a170&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Dove Hospice lays off 14 of 59 employees after charity store losses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=beba02ebb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Mandy Te and Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [The future of NZ education uncertain and not necessarily online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=172392ec8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Lessons learned from schools’ return](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78ccf00636&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Back to school after lockdown: 80 percent of children return to classes with hygiene rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa15cc18cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer and Zane Small (Newshub): [Education Minister Chris Hipkins ‘pleased’ by 80 percent school attendance rate on Monday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28bc3205e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern assures anxious parents schools wouldn’t be opening again if it wasn’t safe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=335cd6ca0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Parents get ’emotional’ dropping kids off at school after weeks of learning in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98b3759a17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [85 per cent of kids back at school but rumour scares parents away in Whangarei](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc860f62f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Alert level 2 rules mean challenges around transport to school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4afbd24e8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwi kids head back to the classroom today after more than seven weeks away from school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f433a40eee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [Tech inequities will still impact students despite today’s return](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0723e54ce8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Back to school brings full tummies again for vulnerable kids, thanks to KidsCan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd1be4d3e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ———— Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government announces $278m push to incentivise all early childhood teachers to be qualified](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80716dd241&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [$278m boost for early childhood learning centres to bolster qualified workforce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=032b52c602&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Early childhood education gets $278 million for more qualified teachers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=460ff7b359&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Couch fires and parties feature as Scarfies return](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bc35d6f64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Police alerted to Level 2 partying](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03aae0d068&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Dunedin police shut down multiple student parties at weekend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac2679d4f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Restricted gatherings, Alert Level 2** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Cardinal John Dew welcomes review of church gathering rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70743fd4f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dubby Henry (Herald): [10-person limit to church services likely to lift if virus cases stay low, Ardern says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c70da31db0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [PM says religious services are considered gatherings, despite no specific mention in alert level 2 legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e5839e598&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Allowing strip clubs to reopen but not churches is unfair and illogical, reverend argues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de54282c9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Significantly less Covid-19 breaches reported to police in Alert Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b42d28699&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [250 mass gatherings reported in New Zealand since alert level 2 shift](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77a8f102b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Contradictory’ government guidelines confused retailers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38ab895b81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Covid-19 Alert Level 2 special: Bad loans, hotels, cyber-crime, anti-vaxxers & neo-liberalism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83c472814f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** Newstalk ZB: [Anne Marie Brady: New Zealand-China relationship not in danger](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e40eb20093&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Winston Peters should be sacked over China controversy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a118dcf99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Inquiry into Covid-19 outbreak** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [NZ among 62 countries calling for independent inquiry into outbreak of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64d8af4c70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [NZ ‘not interested in blame or a witch hunt’ as country joins call for inquiry into COVID-19’s origins – Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9db14eac4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [PM on NZ joining international investigation into Covid-19 outbreak: ‘We’re interested in it for learning’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7f5f017da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International bubble, tourism** 1News: [Ardern: New Zealand-Pacific bubble could be on cards next if trans-Tasman travel goes well](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1eeee3c086&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ1 Q+A: [Australia ‘may very well save the NZ tourism industry’ – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0e78dcafc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ1 Q+A: [Change in Covid-19 hit tourism industry will be ‘long-lasting’ – Finance Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f4842cef5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Tourism operators must find way to help Kiwis see the country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53a80e89c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Kelvin Davis: No magic wand in tourism planning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d765c29b6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Stuff): [Economic recovery would be faster if NZ linked to other safe countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cf2d7283e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration, refugees** Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Law Society says safeguards in new law will protect immigrants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5c9705d71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lee Kenny (Stuff): [Author Boochani still in Christchurch months after visa expired](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb06941be3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Government to give Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre $12m to bolster security](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e3b969a90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Air New Zealand, aviation** Dan Lake (Newshub): [Air New Zealand changes refund policy after Consumer NZ complaint about its practices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c8b3ddd8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Air NZ to refund customers transiting through US](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90b4fcdc11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): [Consumer NZ to lodge complaint over Air NZ’s refusal to refund all cancelled US flights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30603642ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): [Air NZ plans to lay off about 300 engineers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df0269c0e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Air New Zealand plans to cut almost 300 more jobs, union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ce21741f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Union tells Air New Zealand to bring engineering jobs home amid plans to cut 300](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b20b4a690b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Traveller resorts to placing classified ad to contact Air NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=426b9c6bef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Nelson airline gives food banks badly needed boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52250afab5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Expert predicts international travel could resume as early as 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=117ba89685&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Hopes Wellington can avoid becoming a congested transport basket-case again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14551e2d26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Toll planning to cut at least 33 jobs, union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65410cef84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Job losses expected at Toll New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66924c70ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Surge in commuters on the roads and a stress test for public transport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a28677ed0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Wilkins (Newshub): [Rush-hour traffic ‘quieter than in school holidays’ as staff encouraged to work from home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb27089b73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Stuff: [Air quality seen during lockdown won’t return for 20 years, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f04859a460&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [How the lockdown cleared our air](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21dd364054&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [Failing to protect the environment, again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=276e288d34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Auckland drought: Water restrictions breached 69 times as dam levels fall further](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94bd9880ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary and extractive industries** Mike Watson (Stuff): [OMV receives consent to explore for more oil off Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b287db2f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Oil tanker off Taranaki poses spill risk that could cost taxpayers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e7066b534&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Greenpeace calls on Government to fund $1 billion shift to regenerative agriculture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e98084c31e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘We need feed’ – Government’s primary industry boost not what farmers hoped for](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=618a10d79c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** 1News: [Councils under pressure as rates rises floated amid Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f9e2d9f7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Davison (ODT): [Hardship risk data aims to focus help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af778c2ce8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams: [Hokitika township needs to retreat from sea, councillor warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=372129034e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting: [Mangawhai ratepayer who fought sewerage scheme faces Friday deadline for $115k payment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e303b850e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Thomson (ODT): [George St retailers need to do research, experiment, be willing to adapt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c8cba5b9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Gavin Ellis: [No benefits in foreign ownership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dc531fc1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Bauer extends magazine sale process amid suggestions buyers drifting away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=361fe7e767&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Government plans up to $9m in advertising payments for New Zealand media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=761a74531c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Up to $9m in advertising to be spent by Govt in local media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d97f4ad22f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [State housing tenants mistakenly told their homes are uninsured](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5e06e2bb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colleen Hawkes (Stuff): [First-home buyers lose when tenant refuses to budge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34f4cf3fa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sport** Clay Wilson (RNZ): [Responsibility needed in spending $265 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25feecedd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [Sporting world ambushed by financial tsunamis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4639bba0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Leighton Keith (Stuff): [Provincial rugby players need to take pay cuts, TRFU chairman says.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef2567c307&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phillip Rollo (Stuff): [‘Confusion and uncertainty’ as community sports play waiting game](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ba1494d80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Crime** Ben Strang (RNZ): [Rates of gun crimes and killings using guns at highest levels in a decade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dab784c6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [$4.4 million seized and 93 arrests: How police used the coronavirus lockdown to tackle New Zealand’s gangs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e47329009d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Firearms, drugs, $1m cash seized in police searches during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e766ac0f3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cell phone tower attacks** 1News: [Tech expert dispels 5G myths after arson attacks on cell phone towers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=294aa50035&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Police investigate weekend cell phone tower fires](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ca8d1a612&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Telcos urge people to stop getting 5G ‘information’ from social media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd4fb28647&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Cell phone tower attacks ‘putting lives at risk’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83709592e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Corrections** George Block (Stuff): [The Kiwi corrections officers who helped stop an outbreak of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=efaa57dc20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Gender and leadership** 1News: [Having a good female leader beneficial to employee mental health, study suggests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcad672d97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Female leaders more beneficial to employees’ wellbeing than male leaders, study suggests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57c657f0dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Taub (New York Times): [Coronavirus: Why are women-led nations doing better?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f56741fee0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Defence** RNZ: [Military veteran support scheme survey gauges public opinion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=710dca7abd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aroha Mane (Maori TV): [A ‘kawenata’ aimed at well-being of military personal – Survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=561aec9593&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis health impact** John Gibb (ODT): [Heavy drug users risk life-long damage: study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=debf9379a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald):[Smoking cannabis linked to bronchitis and ‘bong lung’ – New Zealand researchers say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b9f3c7b24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Bong lung’ – Cannabis is bad for lungs, but in a different way to tobacco, NZ study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec233f12b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Heavy cannabis smokers can have badly damaged lungs for life – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8abf714d04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Population** 1News: [‘Significant event’ – Covid-19 migration pushes NZ’s population past 5 million for first time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=513d07adda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [New Zealand population tops 5 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc1cb77de5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [New Zealand’s population hits 5 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21b95e4a20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand population hits 5 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27801481f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): [Police ‘stocktake’ surveillance tech after Clearview AI facial recognition trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d42c82883b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Simon Bridges accuses Government of wanting to ‘get rid’ of COVID-19 Epidemic Response Committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c3f9e7410&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Shaw (The Conversation): [Experts are back in fashion – now more than evver we need to question them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bbd900f3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fiona Connor (Newshub): [Lyttelton Port Company announces independent investigation after culture of bullying exposed by employee’s suicide](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35eb2f8ab3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barbara Dreaver (1News): [South Auckland budgeting service charity forced to move out, uncertain of its future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3ee948d03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Manawatu Standard): [Lake Horowhenua trustees failed to declare conflicts before being paid thousands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b017393aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Massive jump in people needing to pay tax bill off in instalments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b3d296eae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tax debt balloons off back of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5acecdef2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [NZ’s four major banks to cut branch numbers to 50 each by 2030: Tripe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f54a3eed1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [ASB to phase out use of cheques](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f106369c4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Building costs might rise – or fall, report says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e8f96d913&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Willie Jackson: Maori party figures struggle for relevance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc4f5bdad5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Maori Party announces Mariameno Kapa-Kingi to run for Te Tai Tokerau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15d0ef2a07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waitangi Treaty Grounds trust welcomes first government funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=288a4e4b95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [New partnership between Government and advocacy group created to ensure victims of abuse are heard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de8c473f9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) D’Angelo Martin (Maori TV): [Marae encouraged to get digitally-connected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45e333724e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Family believes Covid move stress involved in retiree’s death](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b33df5e2da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Rest home asked to apologise for failing to properly care for resident who later died in hospital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6decec4be5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kadambari Raghukumar (RNZ): Voices: [Linking two worlds during 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