> ## 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 November 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-19-november-2020/ - Published: 2020-11-17T19:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-11-18T19:15:09.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Housing** Alice Wilkins (Newshub): [Tax reform needed to solve New Zealand’s housing crisis – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79f8b3beda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Housing crisis: Green Party urge prime minister to reverse ruling out taxing property wealth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b191da46a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Housing crisis: Judith Collins reluctant to push for change to Reserve Bank’s mandate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b40dd6db3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [No controls on how trading banks use funding ‘recipe for disaster’ – Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11a39527b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Judith Collins wants brakes on lending that’s ‘continuously pushing up house prices’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee1a1470f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louis Houlbrooke (Herald): [How the Govt is fuelling the housing market fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26640f927c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Herald): [Who’s afraid of the housing market?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f61bdd3e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (NewstalkZB): [Is there really angst in the housing market?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34daf87c30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mikaela Wilkes (Stuff): [Dear Jacinda, we need to talk about housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a6ee1e1a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [First home buyers hit record high in market share – CoreLogic report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ee1861d11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Houses for 300 low income tenants opened today in New Lynn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60d86d7e0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Barbara Allen and Michael Macauley (The Conversation): [The hard, ethical choices New Zealand will have to make when a COVID-19 vaccine arrives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e37efcdfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Government agrees to buy 5 million Covid-19 vaccines for 2021 and 2022, once it passes testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=438937fb86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19: Government agrees in principle to buy Janssen Pharmaceutica vaccines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90e82d43c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Tougher border testing rules to strengthen Covid-19 barriers after recent community cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d958837bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National staffer came to Parliament after working at border hotel, before officials gave the all-clear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e39858a38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [US paid for ambassador to fly on private jet so he could avoid NZ’s managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e82ab8aab7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Masks: better late than never](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2747258e2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Auckland police to patrol transport hubs as mandatory mask order comes into effect](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aca274f52b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Andrew Bashford and Joanna Silver (Herald): [Climate change and infrastructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a83840a687&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katy Jones and Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Maps forecast large areas of Nelson underwater from sea-level rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35e9e7f97b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [More than 4000 Nelson City properties included in new sea level rise hazard index](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe8e66fab0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Seabed mining appeal: Crown accused of ignoring M?ori rights to foreshore and seabed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc8b81db69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green (Stuff): [Environmentalists rally to ban bottom trawling in our oceans, with 50,000 signature petition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e7eb239b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Steinlager goes carbon neutral – cutting 10% of NZ’s beer market emissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=515e8c0623&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Labour Government** Branko Marcetic (Democracy Project): [If Labour rests on its Covid-defeating laurels then its headed for a big fall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71b98df430&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Against The Current: [How do you like it so far?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b426f92297&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election and Parliament** Business Desk (paywalled): [House leader Chris Hipkins defends Parliament’s sitting programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e93c171bfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Hall (Newshub): [House Leader Chris Hipkins hits back as Judith Collins criticises Government’s ‘lazy’ Parliament schedule](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9300a55609&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Richard Harman: [Covid recovery cannot return to the status quo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8552c7055d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Regional economies bounce back from Covid as Kiwis open their wallets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ccd507e73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Venuto (Herald): [Supermarket prices: Commerce Commission probe did nothing for petrol prices, supermarkets won’t be squirming either](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=341d8426fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Supermarket study to drum up trouble where there isn’t any](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbf9fca83c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Judith Collins says tackling unemployment shouldn’t be Reserve Bank’s job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09c5f1a25c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern reflects on ‘awakening’ teen work experience that entrenched her support for ‘vulnerable workers’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8d41ff24c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): [To call in sick or soldier on? A dangerous decision to make in the Covid era](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3086590753&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Prosperity gap in Auckland has changed little – south and west lag](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76c69bea29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Pointon (RNZ): [Foreign investment fell by 70 percent in first 6 months of 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1ecf2c376&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern throws doubt on Australia’s bid to pinch Kiwi seasonal workers with $2000 incentive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6004b525c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Jacinda Ardern makes ‘plea to Kiwis’ to take up horticulture jobs at home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61f94cbf06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Australian Govt offers Kiwi seasonal workers $2000 bonus to pick fruit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8e415202c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Massive construction boom across Otago facing labour shortage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b923b14f64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Plenty of overseas visitors still arriving in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37af08e960&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern ‘convinced’ tech sector can turn TIN into economic gold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1806c58053&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Government promises action on infrastructure deficit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=388bba0490&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Melville (Business Desk): [NZ needs an outcomes-based infrastructure plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=956fc4932d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Worries about what a hard Brexit will mean for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa651e1f18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Chaston (Interest): [We don’t like them but we tolerate trading with them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4dabe894f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNicol (NBR): [Foreign investors still eye NZ opportunities, says Simpson Grierson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e42c37756&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [Reserve Bank seeks internal review after accidental disclosure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d80b88312&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Reserve Bank admits breaking own embargo on Funding for Lending scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c897d634aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Reddell: [Funding for lending and other myths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6746155ce3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** Stuff: [Editorial – Should New Zealand become a playground of the super-rich?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9f6b040f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Stuart Nash, who wants to ban campervans without toilets, says he’s never been caught short on the road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c43ed5654&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald/Otago Daily Times: [Govt’s focus on wealthy travellers welcomed by Queenstown’s mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b545c022ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Wellington residents balk at idea of double-digit rates growth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f22639e8f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Capital’s mayor plays down prospect of large rates increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5a1fe8974&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [?p?tiki votes to poll ratepayers on M?ori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59f8b441d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Emotions run high as Hawke’s Bay Regional Council debates M?ori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a22ad08660&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Dita De Boni (NBR): [NZME makes unabashed pitch for advertisers to exploit all its platforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2dfc2d0fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Hilary Barry named TV Personality of the Year, Gower wins award for cannabis documentary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65c7b31829&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Animal welfare** Sally Rae (ODT): [Farrow crate use ‘saves piglet lives’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=220a77fc21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Shearer shortage could lead to serious animal welfare issues as summer kicks in, farmers say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c41446ad9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Hunger means school kids suffering headaches, stomach cramps, nurse says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb201c4ac0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Auckland DHB indicates potential change for city’s child dental care system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf86d26738&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Prosecution of M?ori for cannabis offences falling – Police Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4f8933438&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Teacher aides say they finally feel recognised after pay boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd1f5ba6c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Covid-19 forced universities to move online, which is good – but we can’t digitise human connection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9edf1f7f06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Hehir (Kiwiblog): [Hehir responds to Garrett](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e08325c29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Stuff): [Manawat? Gorge replacement highway gets the final go-ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e6c4ec260&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government spends $30k on social media influencers to woo young people into trades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=179bf9c1b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [The Warehouse has dropped Pete Evans, will other NZ retailers follow suit?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e07395152f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Bookshops cull Pete Evans cookery books over neo-Nazi symbol](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c57778e3b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [NZ records lowest-ever fertility rate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=306a8fb73b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerry Harvey (Stuff): [Clarke Gayford drops a hint about his wedding to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd24a9086a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)