> ## 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 November 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-2-november-2020/ - Published: 2020-04-02T19:46:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-11-01T19:09:29.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Greens and Labour coalition deal** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Green deal radically strengthens Ardern while gagging Shaw and Davidson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2afdbea182&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern’s agreement with Greens shows her iron fist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bdccb4b5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Labour gets to be magnanimous, the Greens get a good deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9736c8306&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: Editorial: [Jacinda Ardern shows deft touch with governing deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d682c4fcc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): [Greens had no grounds to decline generous deal from Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48199cd55d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [The Green Party would find it hard to truly attack Labour under this deal – but it’s not clear if it wants to](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1512b5f285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Greens ‘gagged’, ‘lapdogs’ under cooperation agreement with Labour – former MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54a9e74f70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [The Baubles of office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5961c6a274&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): [Meaningful Labour and Greens Agreement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5932a5d8d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Co-operative spirit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8bf1c7838&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane and Emma Stanford (Newshub): [National ‘irrelevant’ to Parliament as Greens accept a post-election deal – professor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14c82e68df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [James Shaw on new co-operation deal; Greens won’t ‘green-wash’ Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01fc32179f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Labour and Greens formally sign cooperation agreement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ee452f7c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Labour-Greens: Jacinda Ardern, Kelvin Davis, James Shaw and Marama Davidson to ink co-operation deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=544a834dee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern and Greens sign deal agreeing to agree to disagree](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dd249c236&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Key Green Party membership overwhelmingly backs Ardern’s new Green deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc14396dab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Labour and Greens make cooperation agreement official](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82a8f335a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan and Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Thomas Coughlan and Henry Cooke: Green Party votes to be part of next Government with Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6561a0bad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Greens to join Government after approving Cooperation Agreement with Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a2ca133b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Deal or no deal?: Labour offers the Greens ministerial portfolios](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2008598b24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan and Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Green Party co-leaders get ministerships in deal offered by Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a768a1c39c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Labour offers Greens two ministers, no parliamentary handcuffs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13785b1d60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Farrar: [The Labour/Green deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6d0bfd114&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Greens accept Labour’s offer for ‘cooperation agreement’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cb65c6cc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Greens accept Labour’s deal to form a government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10815564d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [New Green MPs: ‘There are expectations of us’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3facd8f58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sela Jane Hopgood (RNZ): [NZ Greens Pasifika MP ready for the challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5462ec575f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gordon Campbell: [On what lessons the Greens should take from the demise of Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b587d849c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [If you are in politics, what’s the point unless you’re in charge?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdfae6de64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Signed, sealed and delivered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a71290fb5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Maori TV): [Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says she will continue to stand for Ihumatao](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c032d0534c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum results** Chris Trotter (Interest): [What a bummer: New Zealand votes ‘no’ to legalised cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbb05333da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [How drug reform advocates just lost the battle for a generation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d37105fcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern might be relieved to lose on cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9394f057e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather Du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [It’s not Jacinda Ardern’s fault that NZ voted against legalising cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=535c0946af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern voted ‘yes’ for both cannabis and euthanasia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f19a1d42d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern defends refusal to say how she voted on cannabis until results came out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6cf9dfb4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ardern rejects notion she didn’t have ‘courage of her convictions’ to reveal her cannabis vote before election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce1fadd3d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern keeping cannabis referendum vote secret was ‘ethical’ – political analyst](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21fcfc335a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Monique Poirier (Kiwiblog): [Why the “yes” campaign wasn’t convincing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28334da728&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Mckenzie-Mclean (Stuff): [Did misinformation sway cannabis referendum votes?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=762ffd055d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley, Delphine Herbert, and Isabella Durant (Newshub): [Cannabis: Drug policy experts look for silver linings in referendum defeat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38671f2829&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Calls for decriminalisation as legal cannabis looks unlikely](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d680a310d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘That plant will find a way to get legalised’ – Patrick Gower on weed referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcea7fa420&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Govt urged to reform cannabis laws despite reeferendum ‘no’ result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=308bb7315c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Herald): [Small spark of hope remains for cannabis legalisation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=274f10ea3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Longley (Newshub): [Despite what Chloe Swarbrick says the no vote was never about eliminating weed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5749570a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Chlöe Swarbrick’s message to cannabis haters after failed referendum: ‘Well done – it still exists’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c50800060&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Greens not giving up on ‘yes’ vote yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68a745280a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Clark (Herald): [A no vote won’t deliver a cannabis-free New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1d43e5a7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Could special votes change the cannabis referendum?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1578736e0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [We’ve made the right call rejecting cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b97859421a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick swipes at Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for holding back cannabis view](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baf6c8fe87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Recreational cannabis no vote could hurt economic opportunity, entrepreneur says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5eff1cbeea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nina Hindmarsh (Stuff): [Referendum results: ‘devastation’ for cannabis legalisation supporters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c9c76a49b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch and Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Cannabis legalisation abandoned by Government, Greens won’t concede defeat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef24bc8575&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori Council calls for police to address discrimination in cannabis arrests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5956b3a0a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): [Referendum results have massive consequences](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e7cfac4ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Euthanasia referendum results** Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Doctors prepare to put euthanasia law into action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e3d066b3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Euthanasia referendum: Bittersweet result for supporters who have lost loved ones](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5166db814d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Vickers (Herald): [‘Thank you New Zealand’: Matt Vickers’ emotional tribute after End of Life referendum result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57a5fae6ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [David Seymour expects hundreds of Kiwis to choose euthanasia in first year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79448671fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast, Isabella Durant, Miriam Harris (Newshub): [Euthanasia referendum: Medical experts call for increased support for palliative care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=836502b8ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Huhana Hickey (Stuff): [Where are the safeguards for Maori and the disabled in end of life law?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea09e0882b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [‘What a great day to be a Kiwi’ — David Seymour celebrates euthanasia referendum passing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d7a7774e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [‘From someone with terminal cancer, thank you’: euthanasia advocate elated at referendum ‘yes’ result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6ec04fc23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New Labour Government** Richard Harman: [“A very strong mandate”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f2f9b09c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald) [Jacinda Ardern’s new Cabinet: Who’s up or down, in or out?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1389f4e86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [The Government’s dramatic plan to fix planning laws that’s a lot less dramatic than you think](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7c28a81da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [So now we have a new government. What’s next?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86b040bc6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Ardern: New government will have strong focus on Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=050b2a860d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): [Labour and the Maori Caucus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5704f3e1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of the Ardern Gang](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b49f00ef7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Tackling poverty in Mana: New MP Barbara Edmonds brings her lived experience to bear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b42f4f754b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Khylee Quince (Stuff): [Why the ‘three strikes’ law should be gone by lunchtime under the new government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5273770364&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zizi Sparks (Herald): [Putting a Tauranga lens on Labour’s election promises – what are we in for?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f59ffe9360&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Labour caught selling off state homes to tenants after rubbishing National policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7d9e41a08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [Landlords racing to beat the return of loan-to-value restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ce2731f53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [House vendors seeking to cash in on Covid with 12.7 per cent leap in average ‘asking price’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5abfb2264d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [‘Absolutely fed up’: NZ’s property market will take more than LVRs to fix](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84ada8cd54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Mitchell (Stuff): [Skyrocketing rents push people out of NZ’s most expensive city: Porirua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c67b073fe9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Council-owned property company gives first-home buyers a fighting chance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=624e1e3e74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Alexander (One roof): [Why this astounding turnaround in such a short period of time?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd3ea4daf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz McDonald (Stuff): [How will Christchurch’s housing look in 30 years?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ac4790e1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bindi Norwell (One Roof): [Is 2020 on track to be a record year for the housing market?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85bf3939bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (OneRoof): [New OneRoof data shows how current housing market compares to boom years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38ef601ffc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Bottle-O boss Grant Simpson steadfastly refuses to speak about migrant exploitation in some of its stores](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72c97ae157&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liu Chen (RNZ): [New migrant group: ‘No exploitation of any kind is tolerated’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dcf1890e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Litia Tuiburelevu and Hugo Wagner-Hiliau (E-tangata): [‘Pick your own damn fruit’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d15c401c6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Unemployment figures to reveal extent of economic damage from Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c94d7e653a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [Wage subsidy questions raised after more than 10,000 audits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cdeb57280&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [Waiting for the third wave of unemployment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ce61a9971&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [Spending huge to save us all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42d3a91839&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steven Joyce (Herald): [It’s when, not if, world kicks our assets ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b98e8bc9e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled) Jason Ennor (Stuff): [The good (and not so good) changes to NZ employment law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c479eba4b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Taxation and wealth** Katrina Shanks (Stuff): [What does it mean to be wealthy in New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb77a660f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hazledine (BusinessDesk): [It’s too late to tax the rich](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10921d6d99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Terry Baucher (Interest): [The tax tipping point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=781dae8287&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Here’s how high-earners might avoid new top tax rate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8feb8db291&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations** Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Iran threatens legal action against New Zealand government if SIS raid is ‘proven’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f96effb14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62e375a278&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Why Jacinda Ardern can’t call Donald Trump a creep … even if he is](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a22cec8e89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): [Expect no favours at the OECD from ‘local boy’ Chris Liddell](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2360d16d03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Simon Wilson (Herald): [Why I’m afraid – for the US and NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb621c9c04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council: Has the super city merger brought prosperity or pain?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=262a374be2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council enters its challenging teenage years – and there’s plenty still to do](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=111a975e46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council super city merger not perfect but ‘better’ than what came before](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d34bf96ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Goff (Stuff): [Auckland’s biggest challenge lies ahead in providing for booming population](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1ad67e914&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ngarimu Blair (Stuff): [More must be done so younger Maori see themselves represented by Auckland leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=885682660d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Ruapehu District Council backs Maori Wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7bfdf19cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [‘We needed to sell land to survive’: Wellington iwi bares soul to council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5de04b3111&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff):[Taxpayer Union lends support to Dunedin council over unapologetic councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b214352fad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Three year terms, 5 per cent threshold, and coat-tailing could all change under electoral law shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c2ac74a5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Public should decide on four-year term – not the Government: National MP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53368cc788&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – A diverse yet narrower Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12d0236d89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: Does the 5% threshold need to be lower? ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=129be9d271&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Beehive Diaries: National Party’s shrinking pains, the Greens take a leap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17f76c530b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Former MPs** Audrey Young (Herald): [Winston Peters’ future job prospects – could he be the next ambassador to US?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f639c5489&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zoe Hunter (Herald): [Former National deputy leader Paula Bennett tells of her journey from politics to property ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34a0e44736&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled) Simon Shepherd and Finn Hogan (Newshub): [‘I felt frightened’: Tracey Martin reflects on controversial tenure as Minister for Children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4116f24c79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Porirua, Wellington, doctor bending rules to get help for mouthfuls of rotten teeth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e59eefbebd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Yachties criticise price for New Zealand entry as favouring the rich](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b584f7aec0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Government air freight funding needs to continue beyond border opening, airlines say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61141997ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [New Zealand ranked the most ‘Islamic country in the world’ in annual index](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f30ed0b4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Merepeka Raukawa-Tait (Stuff): [Our Maori babies were failed by the State – who will make it right?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ed0f7deaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [‘With power comes responsibility:’ Govt departments warned over sensitive spending of taxpayers’ cash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82f2fc42dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Damian Rowe (Stuff): [National Park review is now three years overdue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03bc2af601&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Genaro Oliveira and Brian Tweed (Stuff): [Education crucial in overthrowing racism in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b79a67459b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More than 200,000 abusive tweets towards female candidates during elections – Twitter bot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e10caa747&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jehan Casinader (BusinessDesk): [Pokie machines: they’ve got to go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac19b4c0df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Peters (World socialist website): [What is behind the crisis in New Zealand’s National Party?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08c15ea365&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)