> ## 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 – 2 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-2-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-01T19:45:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-01T19:45:00.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Climate change** Richard Harman: [Now the hard part on climate change is about to begin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb3f696690&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Stuff): [What does declaring a ‘climate emergency’ actually do?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53c1cafbf8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robert McLachlan (The Conversation): [Climate emergency or not, New Zealand needs to start doing its fair share of climate action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d4775bc25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [If Labour says climate change is an emergency, how do they explain this?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a0fe4ffa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hall (The Conversation): [By declaring a climate emergency Jacinda Ardern needs to inspire hope, not fear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee5d9e6916&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Climate emergency: It didn’t have to be this way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=444cbc9bf7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Homes to start losing access to insurance within 15 years – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea24f2a139&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Anthony (Listener): [Survival of the species: Man-made problems pose major threat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e39e9a16c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [EV fee bate is being proposed again – but it’s still a dumb idea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cecd04d939&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says housing crisis comments ‘not about apportioning blame’ to New Zealand public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=024fa9696a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Is this the new capital gains tax? Speculation mounts over bright-line test changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdd3aeb626&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government’s bright line on bright-line test gets very blurry in first question time of new term](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bbcb3742f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Grant Robertson flatly ruled out changes to the bright-line test. Now he isn’t ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49badeafae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Robertson denies potential brightline test extension would be a new tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa716606e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB): [If Robertson has any integrity, he won’t break brightline promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18deef7a59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Bright-line test extension? Jacinda Ardern insists exploring property investor tax changes ‘right thing to do’ in clash with Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3881f5368&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (Business Desk): [Softening up for capital gains tax in all but name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9b4555458&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern faces tax and housing grilling in first question time of new Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=056ee5d96d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [Govt under more scrutiny over skyrocketing house price](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1109ac4969&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ling (Herald): [Our Hidden Homeless: Homelessness in Northland slammed as ‘unacceptable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de67fcf253&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Auckland’s housing market may be at a turning point and could start to cool next year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a3e8a571f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Give stuggling landlords $500k loans, Government advised in report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77ad8258d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [House prices inflate at fastest level in 16 years – CoreLogic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ea7310f76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [National property values see strongest monthly growth in November since 2004 – CoreLogic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe3a0ea892&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [The Housing Crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07c1c57349&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **China; International relations and trade** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [New Zealand should prepare for tougher relationship with China: experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3a1bd0da3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern reveals NZ concerns with China over its use of fake image in feud with Oz](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=171018405f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern chooses words carefully as New Zealand wades into almighty scrap between Australia and China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7d0e7bb1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – China debases own standing with propagandist jab at Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cee10caebd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand has raised concerns with China over falsified image of Australian soldier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7cefa61df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta scolds China over ‘disinformation’, stresses ‘respect for rules’ at APEC 2021 launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9163a4e0cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [NZ expresses concern with China about doctored image of Aussie soldier slitting Afghan child’s throat- Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d237899faf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [New Zealand registers concern with China over official’s ‘unfactual’ tweet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a34a1b79fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Jacinda Ardern says NZ can talk tough to China, but will do so ‘predictably’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e307aca673&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Maori economy takes centre stage at Apec opening, China-Australia tensions provide backdrop](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c5023b9d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ashleigh Stewart (Stuff): [Expo 2020: Over-budget NZ pavilion ‘key part of reconnection with world’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1236f074e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Child Poverty Monitor report** Stuff: [New report: Not enough food, warm clothes and fresh vegetables – thousands of kids living in poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=101e5df4b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Child Poverty: Govt was on track on meet reduction targets … before Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a0b9f1996&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Children’s Commissioner calls for action after report reveals one in five children live in income poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab3b41deed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Festival drug testing** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Government makes surprise move to give drug-checking at festivals legal breathing room](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=599373e288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [National’s youth wing side with Labour by supporting legal pill-testing – ‘It should not be their death sentence’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa334349e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Law for drug checks at summer festivals to be passed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d72aa4967f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (TVNZ): [Govt to protect controversial pill testing services at festivals — ‘no apology for prioritising safety’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92ea7eadf1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Government pushes through urgent legalisation of drug testing before summer festival season](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aacf08db65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Young National, Simon Bridges at odds over proposed drug testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcc76d7cd7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tax rates** John Anthony (Stuff): [‘Employees will feel this’: New top tax rate expected to have flow-on effect](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e808e4af6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Revenue Minister David Parker says trust tax rate could be raised if people use it to dodge new top income tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26366759ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey: [Will Labour hike the trust rate too?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7adfd87481&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Parker considering tax hike for trusts if avoidance prevalent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad416f5aea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Accountants gear up to ‘minimise’ new top tax rate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77614fb3fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Stuff’s apology for coverage of Maori issues** Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Te Ao Maori News): [Ma?ri Broadcasting Minister calls on media to apologise to Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=915039efd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Our Truth, Ta Matou Pono: How our business reporting served and protected European settler interests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7b3d56d05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Our Truth, Ta Matou Pono: National leader Judith Collins would like more mea culpa, a smidge more ‘accuracy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1de5c87171&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lawrence Gullery (Stuff): [Our Truth, T? M?tou Pono: How stats were used to stereotype Maori drivers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f12ad0c381&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Bale (Stuff): [Our Truth, Ta Matou Pono: This time it’s personal – seeing my ancestors in Stuff’s apology to Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89faf08011&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and election** Maori TV: [Maori vote up 15 per cent in 2020 election; biggest shift among young people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bdfcfb486&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Turnout up 3%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53f4d4bd59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [2020 vote splitting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e21cb3f563&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Koroi Hawkins (RNZ): [First ‘Ava and Turou held at NZ parliament for new Pasifika MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9099ac350e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Richard Prebble (Herald): [Labour singing from National song sheet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c82680e7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [‘I laughed at that’: Jacinda Ardern responds to republished book title labelling her ‘the most powerful woman in the world’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cac113d39f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [PM thanks Dunedin girl for ‘family portrait’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25bdf0994b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Winston Peters farewelled** Audrey Young: [Former Deputy PM Winston Peters farewelled at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27aad2d526&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Winston Peters bids farewell to Parliament at special event, but dodges media on arrival](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34a24d3750&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [MPs, foreign diplomats pay tribute to Winston Peters as he bids farewell to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fd5458dc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Somene’s got to defend corporate welfare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa41a77fc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Venuto (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Kiwi ad agency Special Group paying back $200,000 wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cb63b450e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (Herald) Herald: [Further reprieve: Government extends business debt hibernation scheme to October 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83f889d2d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [NZ economy set to end year only 3% down, ‘phenomenal’ result compared to most other nations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df1d338d60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Phenomenal’: ASB predicts GDP to shrink just 3 percent, ‘far better than previously expected’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17ed731b1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [NZ corporates show resilience and optimism in global survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=675975359b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Reserve Bank’s funding for lending scheme starts next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc0f02f6de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Westpac in the gun again over prudential breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c2c536423&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Jones sees the fruits of his labours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5be34448c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [NZ ranked fourth globally for support of women entrepreneurs, business owners – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fc94a325a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sick leave extension** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Sick leave extension to cost businesses almost $1b a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb4a0908bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Sick leave increase will cost almost $1b a year, officials estimate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c393ba500&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Sick leave extension: what you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=742073509f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council budget: A 5 per cent rates rise – but wait, there’s more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a7f84b565&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council budget: Ratepayers face 5 per cent one-off rates boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=706568d11c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance accuses Phil Goff of being ‘disingenuous’ with proposed rates increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=255f0f13f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Phil Goff proposes ‘one-off’ 5 percent rates increase after ‘unprecedented’ $1b loss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=020ed6f921&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland Council considers 5% rates hike for 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1230d6d0fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Rates and water bills could rise by $230 for the average Auckland household](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ef7d9f289&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Who will champion Auckland’s congestion charge debate?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=612763b001&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland considering congestion charge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5af4263e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Shelly Bay: The $500m boutique development, the protest group and the celebrity backer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f51515e08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Water meters are an answer, but not the only one](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fde3094f6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Council staff debate whether Wellington’s 20kmh cable car qualifies as rapid transit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b8d0c176f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (RNZ): [Water poverty in drought-prone Northland a ‘human rights issue’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7a990f255&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Angeloni (RNZ): [Maori wards ‘best for our democracy’ – Kiri Allan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1746eb979&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Shelly Bay occupation: Wellington weather knocks structures but protesters still smiling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be12918051&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Stuff): [Mayor: Slow Tiwai negotiations ‘incredibly disappointing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28ed68f6c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Whakaari/White Island disaster prosecutions** Shane Cronin (Stuff): [Scientists should welcome charges against agency over Whakaari/White Island – if it helps improve early warning systems](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=024e33186e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Whakaari – it’s not all up to the courts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=629128dc53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Lawyer explains legal implications of White Island criminal charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eee9586237&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Whakaari prosecutions ‘fundamental for closure’ – law expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5b774c34b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sandra Conchie (Herald): [Whakaari/White Island tour guide’s brother speaks out about WorkSafe charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea15d68ebd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood refuses to lay blame over Whakaari](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=116e565707&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [NZ’s high workplace deaths ‘not good enough’, Michael Wood says amid White Island prosecutions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e4b309f8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Whakaari/White Island eruption: Jacinda Ardern sees no need for royal commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46112a68b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Audit finds irregular spending at four Southland schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acab1afaba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Auditor-General warns schools to budget carefully](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=729b75f8a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Massey University launches remote learning centre in China amid border closure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4624bda9a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Wynn (Herald): [New study: Maori and Pacific academics paid and promoted less](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c40ab97c0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Maori and Pacific academics paid and promoted less in New Zealand universities – new research](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d423f928a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** TVNZ: [Ardern says Covid-19 vaccine timeline will be clearer before Christmas after being pressed by Seymour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e21ac827c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Philip Hill (Newsroom): [Putting an end date on the pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf464e542b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Jason Walls (Herald): [Money well spent: Maori ministers back $155,000 Ihum?tao consultants’ fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40b1d2a719&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [Understanding NZ’s privilege among migrants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=250f613097&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [We must re-think our immigration strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c626cc38e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Naish (Stuff): [“Crucial” evidence recovered from Pike River mine drift](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58b8e50670&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Air NZ planes run on pine tree biofuel? It’s viable, and MPI wants to see it happen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f80fa83cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Hospitals catch up with Covid-19 lockdown cancer backlog, Cancer Control Agency says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8d9b1f0be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Beth Teklezgi , Naledi Mthembu and Renati Waaka (Re: News): [Black New Zealanders are taking control of their narratives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebb25a3830&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Veronica Schmidt and Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [SIS ‘questionable’ for not reporting sex abuse to police – Inspector-General](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80155cb29e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Case of ‘forced marriage’ reported in Wellington hampered by jurisdiction issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bc4915e89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mariné Lourens (Stuff): [White supremacist Philip Arps back in court on new charge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67217e2c02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Discovery, Inc to combine businesses across NZ, Australia following completion of MediaWorks TV Ltd acquisition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b061dae9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)