> ## 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 September 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-2-september-2020/ - Published: 2020-09-01T20:46:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-02T20:52:09.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Green private school grant row** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Green co-leader James Shaw refused to sign-off on $3bn of infrastructure projects unless Green School was included](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca121ca96a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Treasury opposed Green School grant over lack of approvals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70da127e5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [James Shaw has a bigger problem than the Green School saga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb640af6f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [James Shaw fesses up, but put all future Covid projects at risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dce7cb531c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [James Shaw may get some reprieve if Green School funding treated as ‘loan’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9125fccc32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [The Greens’ “ideological tantrums”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3f2bf10af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [James Shaw attempted to claw back $11.7m Green School funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d41af614c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephanie Ockhuysen (Taranaki Daily News): [James Shaw says he warned Green School and New Plymouth mayor against going to Crown for money](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f27f7f0bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [‘Disgusting’: New Plymouth principal wants Green School to give the money back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a42ac2a5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [PM defends James Shaw over Green School controversy, but Winston Peters lashes out at coalition partner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cd62f7396&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [James Shaw calls Green School funding ‘an error of judgment’ as he searches for a solution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3a5ec2731&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Green co-leader James Shaw apologises for ‘error of judgement’ over Green School funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac5713de4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [James Shaw says approving $11.7 million Green School grant was ‘an error of judgement’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd1dd2567e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National Party leader Judith Collins says the Government should tear up its agreement to give the Green School funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f905e0cef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Taranaki school dependent on pokie funds – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19b93d3b89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins relays ‘absolute anger’ from New Plymouth schools over Green School funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bd09f4757&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Shaw greenmailed Government to get private school funded](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=793b7d3c6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Green School at centre of $12m funding debacle struggling with backlash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3286ac641&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s Covid response** Vaughan Elder and Hugh Collins (ODT): [Professor Michael Baker backs Auckland travel ban](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20a52e0510&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vaughan Elder and Hugh Collins (ODT): [Organiser stands by Queenstown conference with Auckland guests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a9f17a1ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Earley (Stuff): [Coronavirus: Google data show how seriously Aucklanders took level 3 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=461fe6e57a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Second round of border worker testing off to bad start with just 200 tested at ports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9a5a9fd71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [What’s next for quarantining travellers in managed isolation?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be8be91293&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [No quarantine or managed isolation staff have tested positive – Woods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6328a02918&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters claims officials ‘covering their butts’ over Auckland COVID-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66940e267a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Virginia Fallon (Stuff): [The week that changed everything, again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9558748b89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National still keen to let international students self-isolate in dorms once it is ‘safe’, says Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e011269e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Alert level 1 possible without finding source of cluster – Health Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dfcb91d63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Chris Hipkins: ‘No good reason not to send kids back to school’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59a7381351&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Hipkins assures Auckland parents it’s safe for students to return to school amid community Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a00a29e250&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins butt heads in Parliament over Covid-19 accountability](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ee29b446f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [‘Alternative’ Covid-19 facility could be used in southern New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da0d9f9ea5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality, welfare** Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [Winter Energy Payment ending despite record levels of hardship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=562efe57dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Covid 19 coronavirus wreaks a recession for the poor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e45f1f1e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [More elderly needing help as ‘true face of homelessness’ revealed by pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d73bb1294c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Delphine Herbert and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [71 percent of Queenstown social sector organisations at capacity as COVID-19 increases demand – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ef2efa9c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **CovidCard** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Bureaucracy hampering CovidCard development – innovator Ian Taylor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=715ab8da8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Sam Morgan gives up on CovidCard in frustration with Ministry of Health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28fef802c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Sam Morgan pulls the plug on CovidCard, claims Ministry of Health isn’t taking it seriously](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6cabf245f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [CovidCard trials to go ahead despite original backer Sam Morgan pulling out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfcfaa5dba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Frustrated Sam Morgan stands down CovidCard team](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d04886dee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [National sees place for CovidCard in border protection policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcdabe3a32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party Covid testing ad** Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [‘Misleading’ National Party ad left online by MP Simeon Brown despite assurances to Speaker Trevor Mallard it was deleted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=199063cd16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Judith Collins apologises over ‘misleading’ ad after Speaker forces National to take it down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b4e9f5c3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins apologises over National Party ad Chris Hipkins complained was misleading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6eae08238&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Advance NZ vaccination video** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Advance NZ vaccination video a ‘blatant doctoring’ and ‘misleading’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b583bcd721&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Parliament’s Privileges Committee unanimous on agreement MP Jami-Lee Ross broke rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b43fb6b87e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding (Stuff): [Tick. Tick podcast: The subtle and not-so-subtle ways politicians are wooing you](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=516d6b10b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [John Tamihere hits back after Don Brash said he wants Maori Party to ‘die’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a95a15c16d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Youth enrolment numbers lag behind older voters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb02dc88ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Waiariki candidates offer dynamic debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fb93b2ca1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hugh Collins (ODT): [Southland candidates pitch their policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2d4ae8099&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [Longtime campaigner wants better spotlight on economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c7eed9aee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum, Euthanasia referendum** Andrew Bevin (NBR): [Ministry of Justice withholds information ahead of cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7df02dae5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Malpass and Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: New poll shows dead heat in legalise dope vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c78c43bee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Driver (AAP): [Would legalised cannabis mean more drugged drivers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8456aa323&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Appleby (1News): [‘I’m voting yes’ – Tiki Taane calls out anti-cannabis lobby group for ‘twisting my words’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2dd7839e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Monika Barton (Newshub): [Tiki Taane hits back at Say Nope To Dope for using his drug history in ‘clickbait’ Facebook post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=858e3d8ccf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Widow says assisted death would have been a kinder option](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60d43ff1eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** RNZ: [Sick leave petition ‘fertile ground for Parliament to consider’ – Andrew Little](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f58fa2506b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Thousands back petition seeking more sick leave](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1652f8a1db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Hayward (Stuff): [Frontline nurses across the country will strike on Thursday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b51bb5fbdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephanie Ockhuysen (Taranaki Daily News): [Private lab workers say planned strike is all about fair pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1885de27c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Piers Fuller (Stuff): [Wairarapa bacon factory workers stand up for living wage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=346fa6a8bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cyber attacks** Chris Keall (Herald): [The year of the hacker: Why now, and is NZ a soft touch?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=439ee43c1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Juha Saarinen (Herald):[The return of the DDoS threat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b994215dd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff Editorial: [Victim-blaming plays into DDOS attackers’ hands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e97cc23eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [National security crisis apparatus gathered for NZX cyberattacks, GCSB targetted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ba89038f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Concerns cybercriminals will stalk jobseekers, target Government payouts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4e75b72e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [MetService latest NZ organisation to be hit by targeted cyber attack, TSB experiences tech issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6d3c1f84f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZX attacks embarrassing and unusual, head of TUANZ says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc7a5e05f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): [More New Zealand businesses likely to be targeted by new, complex ‘strain’ of cyber attack, expert predicts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18191ba8b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Health boss’ parting shot: If our hospital was built on time, we’d be in the black](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34be467fbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [DHB data shows scale of staffing shortages in mental health services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed86b34c4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Covid-19 lockdowns and vaccinations driving flu deaths down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f74d8e183c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **EQC** RNZ: Checkpoint: [EQC not equipped for future quake repair oversight – CEO](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d69a693567&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [EQC law must fix fault lines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f599193235&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Mataura dross storage** Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Government backs dross action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e0916a0f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1New: [Residents of Southland town anxious after third incident with toxic material warehouse in six month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=342015c636&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Victoria University spends $270,000 to cover students’ lockdown rent to hall’s private owners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54d32ed12c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Auckland private training schools may miss out on new fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=930bcd1971&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Construction expert praises National’s plan to invest in school buildings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69bf536ef6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Auckland principal says students need to make up for lost time during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b4df57f42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Judith Collins’ husband’s social media** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Judith Collins not worried about racist abuse hurled at husband](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd5cf9b762&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Judith Collins says husband David Wong-Tung makes his own social media choices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=891c9abea9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch mosque shootings** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern says she will talk to victims’ families about possibility to deporting mosque terrorist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b837ed2490&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Some want Australia to pay for incarcerating Christchurch mosque gunman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d987dee47f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Gunman joins Isis and IRA on NZ’s terrorist entity list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae204a84dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton and Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [Mosque terrorist designated a ‘terrorist entity’ by Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=823eb32014&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Man responsible for Christchurch mosque attacks designated a terrorist entity by Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7bf300130&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern designates Brenton Tarrant as ‘terrorist entity’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a572b1959c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Luisa Girao (ODT): [‘Significant conflict’ Invercargill council releases report from closed meeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6165a8b892&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt says ‘factional mentality’ needs to stop](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65d97c6b1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Dominion Post): [Experts mixed on future of Wellington library](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c9e51ea4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Matthews (Taranaki Daily News): [Kaum?tua repeatedly criticises Taranaki regional councillors at meeting over previous decision on Maori seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8a01e3e57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George and Joel MacManus (Stuff): [First-term councillor Tamatha Paul considering run for Wellington mayoralty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9ab017032&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kelley Tantau (Stuff): [Thames-Coromandel council’s no to climate change declaration hits High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88c82b64ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Fire service** Imogen Wells (1News): [Head of firefighter union under investigation over sexual assault, harassment allegations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=532b8ad4fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Clare Sziranyi (RNZ): [Firefighters’ union ceo investigated over sexual harassment and bullying complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c15ed1c2c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Liu Chen (RNZ): [Rotorua man rents motels to house homeless during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f2cbd9ab5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Rotorua Mayor promises to fight ‘dumping ground’ as crime rises around homeless motels in the city](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b56ec241c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Could boxes from China solve our housing problems?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be40f0b778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** RNZ: [YouTube overtakes TVNZ 1 for most views in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67feb6422c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [NBR appeals against finding it defamed Steven Joyce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b8dd248d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tahr** 1News: [Department of Conservation backs down over tahr control plan, but hunting group still unhappy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9099dd673b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Al Williams (Timaru Herald): [DOC releases reconsidered Tahr Operational Plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1aa0fb4f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Philip Matthews (Stuff): [Munted: ‘There was no dialogue, no transparency’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01895f70e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Loading Docs 2020: [OK Chlöe – What politics is really like for Aotearoa’s youngest MP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c9068fb1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Dental conference, Womad among events sharing $10m government lifeline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=933c090429&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Immigration bungle means stars told to apply for wrong New Zealand visa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6569277bad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Cook Islands reopens borders to New Zealand – but only to returning residents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cc63c2bb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Returning Kiwis will keep coming ‘as long as other countries mismanage COVID-19’ – sociologist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb983b7583&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [China’s ‘coercive diplomacy’ sharply escalating, New Zealand targeted – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ee5364778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Consumer NZ says New World price labels ‘misleading’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8eb9c6ae2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Violence against prison guards appears to be worsening as population decreases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af6e5e235c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Concerns about facial recognition system being set up by police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b8d33c383&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Waitangi Day event funding dependent on alert level planning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=992afb06e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Historic NZ War site in Northland gets $8.5m funding for restoration](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f546ae3c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lisette Reymer (Newshub): [Rural Waikato residents furious at ongoing plastic waste fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95ee713fa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland rail disruption: Poor state of city rail network will cost $200m to fix](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83ca2e0207&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwibank profit down $51 million from last year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c111e6c32d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Kiwibank profit down 47pc to $57 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12a714799a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)