> ## 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 July 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-2-july-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-01T20:25:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-02T20:52:26.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **NZ First, fishing industry, light rail** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Talleys hosted fundraiser dinners for NZ First, but denies that’s behind delay in fishing boat cameras](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5952e85a2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Stuart Nash apologises to Winston Peters and Shane Jones over fisheries comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a237b9008&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conan Young (RNZ): [Fishing industry unimpressed by Stuart Nash’s comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=026256f68f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Frykberg (RNZ): [Shane Jones slams Greenpeace – ‘I am an apostle of industry’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af9678db42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [NZ First MP Shane Jones hits back at any suggestion he stopped mandatory cameras on boats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad9fbef1b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Winston Peters denies NZ First delayed roll out of cameras on fishing boats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb88975845&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Winston Peters (Herald): [Facts matter when taxpayer money is on the line](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5e853851f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phil McDermott (Herald): [End of the line for light rail in Auckland, at last](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d93067b8be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **National Party** Claire Trevett (Herald): [Todd Muller and the distractions of Judith Collins and Paula Bennett](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c15d8fde7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking: [What Todd Muller can learn from Judith Collins and John Key](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eed08585dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Is National down and out enough to consider a woman leader?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69f21bd913&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Todd Muller hints at ‘couple of changes’ in upcoming caucus reshuffle as questions swirl on Maori representation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a95d04fda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Rina Triponel (Maori TV): [Ex National MP says Bennett will be remembered as the ‘minister of punitive measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a53c872e6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **America’s Cup** Herald: [The America’s Cup controversy explained: What we know and why we should care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8e552688a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Public money for America’s Cup must be on hold until investigation is over](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35ed317545&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [America’s Cup: Hacker posed as European TV contractor then scammed Team NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78df03c88c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpiont: [Dalton: Team NZ’s behaviour is above board but ‘money is gone’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a38e163c5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [No freeze on public money to Team NZ or America’s Cup despite claims of improper spending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=223fdfc2ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Team NZ’s use of public money being investigated, but Grant Dalton says they fell victim to hackers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b914657ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Email scam: Team NZ confirms it sent funds to foreign bank account](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b3fc086a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [America’s Cup: Team NZ hits back at claims of financial mismanagement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d1769d345&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [America’s Cup: Police investigating Team NZ scam, working with Hungarian authorities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a346948700&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [America’s Cup fraud allegations: NZ, Hungarian police investigating alleged scam](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da1171586e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [America’s Cup: Govt concern at Team NZ financial management, threat to withhold funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=693ebb55df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [America’s Cup ‘circus’: Act leader David Seymour slams latest fraud claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d46eabfd11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens wealth tax policy, tax** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6890d6f281&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Macnamara (Stuff): [Here’s why wealth taxes often don’t work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec7c859da9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geoff Simmons (Interest): [The Greens’ wealth tax policy would be disastrous for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ace3b37289&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mathew Pottinger (Herald): [Green’s new GMI policy will perpetuate the welfare trap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=782276da9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Finance Minister Grant Robertson says current tax system ‘fair and balanced’ as Greens call for high-income earners to pay more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09cdd87531&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Ardern accuses Muller of spreading ‘blatant misinformation’ during spirited tax debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=544beaa378&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New petrol tax will be ‘really tough on those people at the bottom’ – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fc21a02ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Borders, quarantine** 1News: [John Campbell challenges Todd Muller on how National would open New Zealand’s borders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa642feca7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Grant Robertson accuses Todd Muller of having ‘consistency of a bored cat’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91a9040c98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Coronavirus: bursting the trans-Tasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f9877f165&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield reacts to second Victoria Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7018439a5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Cautious’ approach needed on reopening borders amid Covid-19 case surges overseas – Dr Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cb7cf8da7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [PM: NZ is a safe haven in a dangerous world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=676eb48d78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ardern warns Victoria is an example of how Covid-19 virus could re-emerge here](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d364ee9792&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says Victoria, Australia’s COVID-19 spike a reminder New Zealand ‘not immune’ to second wave of coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9858c6470&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s freedoms rely on ongoing vigilance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa0b8ba635&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air NZ scraps Auckland-Melbourne flights for two weeks due to Covid-19 spike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd094e3ff9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ won’t have to open up to EU travellers – EU representative](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e7b7a75a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)\\ 1News: [Some Air NZ crew ‘facing hostility’ when returning home because of Covid-19 stigma](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e942b8a8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern and Ashley Bloomfield put hard word on testing hold-outs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6b109aba2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern’s stern message to more than 300 who left managed isolation and won’t return calls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23bc99f1ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald:[Dr Ashley Bloomfield taking holiday after ‘relentless’ six months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f9d3a593f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Ashley Bloomfield thanks Kiwis for buying him flowers, sending cupcakes after viral David Clark video](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e9e13d0ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Meridian water spilling rort** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Opinion: Flaw in the electricity market laid bare by preliminary ruling against Meridian](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a46f26bed3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gerard Hehir (Democracy Project): [With great power comes no responsibility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2658d1e438&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Investigation into big electricity company highlights ‘bigger problem in the market’, Flick Electric CEO says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec69dbff10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Meridian Energy found in wrong in market abuse investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfe6215354&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ spy agencies** Tim Watkin (RNZ): [Spy raids on foreign embassies raise timely questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b016776c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Richard Prebble (NBR): [The ups and downs, ins and outs of political polls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36c78c1e92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Auckland The Opportunities Party candidate resigns in scathing online post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05a43a67d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum** Newstalk ZB: [Justice Minister doesn’t want foreign groups weighing in on cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c924a1701d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Drug Foundation told to make change to advert backing yes vote in cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=303b99d148&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Drug Foundation complaints rejected by Advertising Standards Authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=552591165b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Three different polls on the cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7853937bef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [New survey shows nearly three-quarters of Maori support legalising cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76139e4ed9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Snoop Dogg’s message to New Zealand over cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f64a4def1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland water shortage** Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Agreement to take more water from Waikato River reached](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=212194805c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Agreement reached: T?maki Makaurau to take more water from the Waikato River](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28b7f3fdac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Goff scoffs at paying for Waikato water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65a58d1f19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland water situation a matter of ‘national significance’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45baace65f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Hamilton City Council agrees to allot 25 million litres of water from its annual allocation to help Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71ad2da28a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [New Zealand heading towards recession – bank survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9563bc607e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Adrian Orr puts everything on the table to shore up battered economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2237a80a28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr – Banks getting the message on lower rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd9555e490&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr – Do low interest rates create social inequality?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7809e04627&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Infrastructure** Newshub: [$3 billion sprinkled across 14 regions: Government’s infrastructure spending plan revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f1043f3c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government reveals where massive $3 billion Covid-19 infrastructure fund will be spent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8fb462be8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government reveals how $3b infrastructure fund will be spent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba5954022d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Govt names first $240m spend from $3b infrastructure programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fe1a8aff0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [$260m for projects in region](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3562c817be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Roading upgrade to benefit iwi housing plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1dc6a1638&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Minister’s stern warning to early learning centres](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67f0f48005&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Choosing childcare: Is early childhood education actually good for kids?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb63934a0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Classrooms empty out as kids stay at home amid Covid-19 fears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fa8675c34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Belinda Feek (Herald): [Hundreds of Auckland pupils missing school each day due to sickness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36face195d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Principals want foreign teachers exempted from border restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=653e750840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Lewis (ODT): [Schools go better with free lunches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6bbd25b8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: C[anterbury University AI helps identify students at risk of dropping out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f62dec777&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [National will undo Government’s tertiary reforms if elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ac60c021f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [MP points out polytech plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a441d6fc49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Kirsty Johnston (Herald): [Pay transparency: Employee study fuels fresh calls for pay data to be made public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c648662a94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joe Gallagher (Stuff): [Fletcher workers got 95% pay rise, board members 200%… is that fair?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=897eb3be39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Legal workers’ union slams job advert requiring 98 per cent work attendance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58e5946af4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Migrant workers** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Shalini Ltd loses fight against $100k migrant exploitation penalties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b49ceac907&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland liquor stores ordered to pay $100k fine for migrant exploitation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e24e79bd63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Bottle shop labour exploitation appeal dismissed by court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cc7bc48c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Dairy farming business fined after worker crushed by trailer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed6612fa70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Welfare** Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Average debt to MSD doubles in five years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb97f2762d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leonie Morris (Stuff): [Why we need to break up with unfair welfare relationship rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aed3d161b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Personal finance** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Third of adults would fail school money course for teenagers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04ce15a889&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hazledine (BusinessDesk): [Scraping Paint and the Meaning of Life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b314af72b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health and disability** Dave Goosselink (Newshub): [Southland DHB told man to wait 10 months for cancer test after he collapsed bleeding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7b2a05d49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Powell (Democracy Project): [Continuing Scandal over Tunnel Vision Public Hospital Rebuilding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c195d14765&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Hutton (RNZ): [Future of respite care uncertain for severely disabled woman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e2c7555fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sahiban Hyde (Hawkes Bay Today): [David Clark approves $10m Hawke’s Bay radiology department upgrade after MP’s queries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f660b947d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Aaron van Delden (RNZ): [DHB grilled over decision to take away school GPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=475135ce6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport, road safety** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Transport Minister Phil Twyford finally visits Wellington’s troubled Transmission Gully](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=368afe9371&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [More delays for troubled national public transport card](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca05931689&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fergus Tate (Stuff): [Lives saved with lower CBD speed limits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=592a54b3d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Fullers ‘disappointed’ by manager’s scathing 3am message](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e45e9c7baa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Almost one-third of Kiwis admit to texting and driving, study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a451a95911&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) NBR: [$85m payout for lockdown delay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9860b01331&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Environment** Reweti Kohere (NBR): H[igh Court rules minister not biased over Buller mining decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fa75eded7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [‘Extraordinary’ effort from Kiwis sees plastic bags cut by a billion, one year on from ban – Ministry for the Environment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e113611af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Small dams floated after scrapped Ruataniwha project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebb40291ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Resolution needed for cull plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6adb1c21c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington economic agency faces many challenges, one being its leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b9296c6d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Vogel House owners ask for rates remission to afford renovations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea129b5494&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency raises council debt caps to 3x revenue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee56a01eeb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mahina Hurkmans (Maori TV): [Taupo councillor investigated over ‘extremely inappropriate racial tones’ in district council meeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa714f49f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Abbey Palmer (ODT): [Council, SdE agree to new recycling contract](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ad5805afc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Kaikoura residents say freedom camping problems outweigh benefits – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8e7c9de10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Paid parental leave** Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [New Zealand’s paid parental leave increase, and how it compares to other countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4c0b2c595&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Paid parental leave extension a ‘no brainer’ for PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fd6790ca7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern celebrates with cuddles and cake as parental leave extended](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1442ce9789&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Parents of newborns get four more weeks of paid parental leave in NZ, starting today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=342322d45e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice** Phillipa Yalden (Stuff): [New body to hear miscarriages of justice now open for business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0eeada7a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Family Court changes to come into force today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ee1ffe4d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Child welfare** Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [‘Tokenistic inclusion of Maori’ despite fall in state care numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37faf49fcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** Te Rina Triponel (Maori TV): [Maori tourism critical to country’s economic rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dac950c80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori tourism in Hawke’s Bay excluded from financial decisions – businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3348a8e01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): [Ng?i Tahu Tourism pulls plug on Queenstown hot pool plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db8d3b7956&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lorna Thornber (Stuff): [‘I’d love to support New Zealand tourism, but it’s too expensive,’ Kiwi travellers say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4932dc8eda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **ASB** Rob Stock (Stuff): [ASB to close nine branches and move 25 others onto three-day weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae8d0c7d82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [ASB shutting nine branches for good, further 25 to operate with reduced hours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08d957dc44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Nine ASB branches to close, 25 others to have opening hours slashed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ce1538b79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Film industry** Collette Devlin (Stuff): [$230m boost for screen industry amid demand to film in NZ ‘safe haven’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9adb78ec3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government announces film and TV sector recovery package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e9dd8f81f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand accused of failing to stand up to bully China, as Beijing passes Hong Kong security law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7c39bb72c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern, Winston Peters speak out against China’s new Hong Kong security law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9765829e05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Maja Burry (RNZ): [‘Strong response’ helps reduce Covid-19 impact on farming – Rabobank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2afec26c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Rae (ODT): [Petition calls on Govt to use more wool](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eefd7aec6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Urgent: A guide to all the laws being pushed through Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9573c60aa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [New law aimed at bringing down petrol prices passes first hurdle in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75365e253b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [US military may seek repayment from NZ for years of free meals in Afghanistan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c09bf3cb82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Holding APEC online – does it matter?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91deb06559&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Warm, dry homes and buildings are the ultimate job-creators – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07e632f2ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Government’s big day: Jacinda Ardern celebrates extended parental leave, $3bn in shovel-ready projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=781bbd7d3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Mitchell (Spiked): [New Zealand’s other pandemic – political correctness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73d5810c3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alister Browne (Manawatu Standard): [Statue of limitations: Time to unshackle from our colonial past](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8b8cbdc12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jean Balchin (ODT): [Cannot leave statues as they stand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=775320f59b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shows off ‘unusual’ household item in live Facebook video](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=327791ded4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [New Zealand activist receives death threats after protest against Western Sahara phosphate import](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf668c8fc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Woman sexually harassed in the Air Force starts new claim for compensation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3f215d3c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Stricter NZ superannuation requirements bill passes first reading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fc0fea426&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori astronomer Professor Rangi Matamua wins top science award](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca36351dbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Imogen Wells (1News): [South Auckland initiative reduces rate of family violence reoffending by almost 60%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e66f3a3d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland Airport expected to lose up to $90m, more job losses expected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42bb990e78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kevin Harris (Stuff): [Stuff to translate stories into te reo Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e906c5f24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)