> ## 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 – 20 April 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-20-april-2020/ - Published: 2020-04-02T19:46:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-04-19T20:40:49.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Today’s cabinet decision** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Decision day dawns for PM Jacinda Ardern over Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c6454ab42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Armstrong (1News): [Why New Zealand has to remain in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7822263300&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (Herald): [Govt needs to lock down convincing exit strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15a4dc7bd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [What will be on cautious PM’s mind as lockdown decision looms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8ef369aad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern could be in for a lot of political pain if she decides to extend lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=725466e961&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [It’s a big call tomorrow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1b0691aec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Critical decision looms for PM, Cabinet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b50830e8de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Striking balance between economy and people’s health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f5e7ee3a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Winston Peters – ‘No value in saving people if greater social damage caused’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb33e22f4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: P[M’s former chief of science: ‘Won’t be long until we go to level two’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ffc52a873&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Sir Peter Gluckman explains what it could take for alert level 3 to last only two weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c561e1993&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National MP under fire for saying NZ will move to Level 3 on Thursday, despite no Govt decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3104e00569&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Isaac Davison and Kirsty Johnston (Herald): [Scientists sound level 3, contact tracing alarm bells](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=486ea4494d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [National tracing: the weak link in the route to level 3?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d78d4a5a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [The case for far more covid testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e8bacce8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: Nine to Noon: [Level 4 to level 3 – What is the data telling us?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7259622172&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (Stuff): [Is New Zealand ready to leave its level 4 Covid-19 lockdown?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f24b2d3e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern wants everyone to keep a coronavirus diary to help with contact tracing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d48f067730&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Lumley (Stats Chat): [Prevalence estimation: is it out there?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5619ff74e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government strategy** John Weekes (Stuff): [Was the Covid-19 lockdown the right call for NZ?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f0f32cc03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rod Jackson (Public Health Expert): [Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1087746e36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Woodford (Interest): [Monday’s COVID-19 decision will be a defining moment for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53c23212fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gary Payinda (Herald): [Let’s put Covid ‘herd immunity’ out to pasture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d98d580384&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Hehir (Pundit): [Contra Damien: What Libertarians Get Wrong About Preserving Freedom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=683953e2af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Why no man is an island](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1261d6bfbf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The Secret Diary of Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d98cc4703d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Megan Harvey (Herald): [Clarke Gayford defends Jacinda Ardern’s lockdown precautions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec09335fd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Grant Schofield (Stuff): [When all public health decisions lead to some harm, which is the right one](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bd8297e82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Grant (Stuff): [A challenge to the well-meaning tyranny of busybodies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ff6833579&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Berka (The Conversation): [Protecting lives and livelihoods: the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b77f86e48a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Health experts feel censored over alternative lockdown plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b99aaaa49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Graham-McLay (Guardian): [Debate over when and how to ease New Zealand’s lockdown turns personal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab7f26d17d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Richard Harman (Politik): [What is “the Quint” and why is it running New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=265c051723&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Health Ministry consults with spy agency GCSB for Covid-19 tracing, amid privacy concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c02acbe556&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Attorney-General’s decision not to release COVID-19 lockdown advice angers Opposition MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fdf2090c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Parliament to sit again a month after adjourning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2941aa828&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (Dominion Post): [In an emergency, value counts for more than price](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5486cfdd35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [Five ways New Zealanders’ lives and liberties will be heavily controlled, even after lockdown eases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=510c48b88e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [Powerful or powerless? What can the Epidemic Response Committee do?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61cfcc48f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pilita Clark (Financial Times UK): [Arise Saint Jacinda, a leader for our troubled times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aa971cfe1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Life after lockdown** Mariné Lourens (Stuff): [How NZ’s Covid-19 lockdown has changed our lives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74ff52a6eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): [What the numbers say about how the lockdown has changed our lives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97a0b53fd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Andre Chumko (Stuff): [ECE centres beg Government to keep childcare centres closed under Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e707031bce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Ella Prendergast (Newshub): [Teachers want right to choose when their own schools re-open](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=812092b38b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kaye Brunton (Herald): [Reopening schools unfair to low-decile families and teachers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0de40c54c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Ministry clarifies who can go to school in alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e97205007b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [10-pupil bubbles and physical distancing – life at school under Covid-19 level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=388a3f3b35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [What does level 3 mean for early childhood education and schools?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f213371f79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [As a number of foreign schools already open, what can NZ learn to prepare for ours?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c024c40591&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Three babies have virus amid fears of rise in cases when school returns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f6a9b016c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katy Gosset (RNZ): [Lockdown bringing little emotional harm to most children – psychologist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ec58f7d3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [NZ universities face ‘huge’ funding shortfall if Covid-19 border restrictions stay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b02ee779cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Kindness must replace blame in the politics of unemployment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f604173c43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Redundancy hammers mental and physical health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ab236cadb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Watkins and Marine Lourens (Stuff): [Where will the jobs be in a post-Covid-19 world?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5c42267c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Work visa rules relaxed during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=465bf1b93b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Andrea Fox (Herald): [Govt keeps ‘faith’ as concerns mount about wage subsidy honeypot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89a6539b35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Government pays out just shy of $10b to support 1.6 million in work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24c1721366&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Wage subsidies paid out to businesses hits $9.9b](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d1c52091c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [NZ insurers save $100 million as drivers stay put during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44d6b83cab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— John Anthony (Stuff): [SkyCity asks staff to donate salary into hardship fund to help those it made redundant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88551a9b7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [How much government support is Fletcher Building getting?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=696491add7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [How law firms are coping and which ones have taken up the Government wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0d64664b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [The Warehouse to cut salaries and wages until move to alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50dae0bcc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Rob Fyfe: Preparing us and business for a life after Covid-19 and lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f174babc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy** Liam Dann (Herald): [Why strong lockdown gives NZ the economic edge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e28e400ad3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [What will the pandemic economy do to the cost of living?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a53cd3dbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [What shape will the recovery be: V, U or L?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4633feaecd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Sir John Key says economy could be in ‘recessionary environment’ for at least a couple of years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=021dde1e64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid-19 and M?ori, Pacific communities, iwi checkpoints** Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [How M?ori are helping M?ori handle the pain of the Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9771fd0bd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Elers (Stuff): [Special coronavirus response for M?ori baseless and unhelpful](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f4a4c7cce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Newton (RNZ): [Covid-19 deadlier for M?ori, Pasifika – modelling predicts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddf5bc4909&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [M?ori twice the risk with Covid-19, but there’s time to reduce ‘avoidable deaths’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35504d6714&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Strongman (RNZ): [Virus and recession a devastating combination for M?ori and Pasifika](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf7dd42c2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [M?ori health workers target greater Covid-19 testing in Auckland and Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6900810480&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerensa Johnston (E-Tangata): [Whose land is it anyway?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15ae309bb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [MP asks police to stop ‘illegal’ checkpoints, iwi disagree](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30a5ce6226&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Castles (1News): [Calls for police to shut down M?ori-led roadblocks as public report they feel ‘intimidated’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2dff4c3c0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows and Mitchell Alexander (Newshub): [Northland MP pleads for ban on community roadblocks after Kaikohe couple ‘harassed’, ‘detained’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af91737579&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health system** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Why aren’t we giving health workers more Covid-19 protection?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa8dd90d19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Wallls (Herald): [Government to spend $200m on bolstering New Zealand’s PPE supply](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ec9080063&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Bay of Plenty mental health staff and patients tested after colleague tests positive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85eafe9f52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Patients miss out on surgery under Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=648ff47be3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Chan-Green (1News): [Donations to St John Ambulance, other crucial charities plummet during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8e6f35427&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Dominion Post): [Sewage testing for Covid-19 begins this week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82b1813f38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Medsafe to restrict importing and sale of Covid-19 test kits after calls for regulation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c18b4f330&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [New Zealand’s war-like Covid-19 campaign could significantly curb the spread of other viruses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8f7ab8ae9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Hospital plan must be enduring](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1142cd8ff8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Expected floor area seen as inadequate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0464959fab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Blood donors urged to plan May, June bookings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebd22f450d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Care for elderly, prisoners** 1News: [Age Concern fears Level 3 lockdown will still leave elderly lonely and ‘desperate’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e8a5fd698&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Prisons are winning the war against Covid-19 as rest homes struggle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae2c09da6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Aged care workers praised amid pandemic fears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c984976b22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality, welfare** Mihingarangi Forbes (The Hui): [Are we being kind enough to beneficiaries?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=470f66276f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) The Hui, Lana Andelane (Newshub): [$25 benefit increase ‘making a difference’ for beneficiaries during lockdown – Carmel Sepuloni](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82d8a045a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (1News): [People in poverty struggling even more under alert level 4](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b89c5c9314&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News:[‘Living on baked beans on toast’ – Auckland’s lower income areas struggle amid Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fad907b75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike O’Brien: [The ‘new normal’?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60dd63687a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More than 40,000 Pasifika assisted in NZ during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=929228897e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) M?ori TV: [Majority of Covid-19 M?ori response package ‘fully committed’ to M?ori communities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec179d6113&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [Coronavirus will be worse for women unless we act now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e89805f8d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): [Thousands in Queenstown facing hardship from Covid-19 downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6fb02f46c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): [$380,000 in vouchers distributed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d12b1e6a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Lockdown compliance** Nikki Preston (Herald): [Kiwis warned relaxing and socialising could lead to new outbreaks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d009d45920&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Lewis (Stuff): [Traffic at Christchurch intersections up from early lockdown drop](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4de8b85a8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (Stuff): [Mobile phone tracking shows how Kiwis complied with lockdown at Easter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9809bf5762&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealanders largely staying home during lockdown, data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfb26fb063&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Man sentenced to month in prison for lockdown breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f4e86f135&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Two claiming lockdown makes them illegally detained, sue Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6aded18e1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs and trade** Richard Harman: [China sends medical aid here](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2641c35bac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Wu Xi (Politik): [China’s Ambassador pledges support for NZ: giving back with “precious jade”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f83cb8116&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne-Marie Brady (Stuff): [Could an alliance with Taiwan help NZ survive the coronavirus cataclysm?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=593c9d05e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Stuff): [New Zealand’s response to pandemic far better than most countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c764f228a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Natalie Akoorie (Herald): [Hamilton council CEO does U-turn on pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60a54f2620&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Hamilton City Council boss pivots on Covid-19 pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f1f897a4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Poor wifi means Auckland Mayor Phil Goff must keep up 86km office commute in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf02ebd414&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Council bosses take pay cuts of up to 20 per cent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fe9e41a3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council may lower rate rises and suspends hotel rate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=988a6eb507&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (RNZ): [Council pay cuts would be ‘immoral’, Rotorua chief executive says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c1274a3fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (RNZ): [Northland councillors not taking pay cut but encouraged to make donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ad5380a49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohny (Stuff): [Nelson Council staff take pay freeze but it’s still business as usual](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d9283a578&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Southland Times): [Southland’s elected leaders join Shadbolt in declining to donate portion of pays to charity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b71b1b60e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [David Parker tells councils to keep consenting during Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42a2079585&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Mayor Phil Goff open on lower rate rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53042fbcf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Manawat? Standard): [Manawat? District Council considers holding rates amid pandemic crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e15d7e32d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Dominion Post): [Tensions boil over as Wellington mayor accuses councillors of putting personal ambitions before city](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d24fe0387&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerry Prendergast (Stuff): [Wellington, put party politics aside and work as a team](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db186b04e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [M?ori consultation ‘window dressing’, BOP councillors say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2236b78c03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Councils wrestle with rates hike decisions as Covid-19 costs emerge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3bfd78cf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [West Coast may borrow to fund Te Tai o Poutini Plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=062da5e7af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marcus Anselm (RNZ): [Appointment likely for busy Featherston board](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e4b5d9332&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Russel Norman (Stuff): [Covid-19 is easier to see and visualise than climate change, but no less dangerous](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec76584a48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Covering Climate Now: Why does it take a pandemic to make us act?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1747503a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Covering Climate Now: In search of solutions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9d08f7388&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Can we defend NZ’s staggering natural carbon reserves?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4f6a22838&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Should you work from home after the Covid-19 pandemic to save the planet?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccf0ddd204&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kay (Guardian): [By failing to protect our water we have failed everything New Zealanders value](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6f1e93069&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** John Anthony (Stuff): [Vaccination cards and seat spacing: Air travel in a post-coronavirus world could be vastly different, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=099878146d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Greens want nationwide rail connecting cities to save economy from coronavirus crash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc390fb225&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Greens’ $9b rapid rail plan excludes South](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39b8316cd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Regions expect air service after government loan agreement – Originair boss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32becec21e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (Stuff): [With flights grounded indefinitely, how will travel agencies survive Covid-19?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be0962fbf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [North Shore homes to be demolished for $360m SkyPath project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=040cca3288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** RNZ: [Lockdown highlights risks of poor accommodation, housing group says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1778305e6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Damp homes: Lockdown ‘is not as safe for some as it is for others’, housing advocate says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e8ae6332a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [What happens if your house is worth less than your home loan?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d58fc36c1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Repatriation** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [How to get thousands of Kiwis home when the world is shutting down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=850e7663fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lincoln Tan (Herald): [No NZers will be turned away from mercy flights because of money, MFAT assures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6b1471ecb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwis stuck in India, Philippines to fly home in coming days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab1b213c69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Global pandemic a chance to re-set New Zealand tourism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c81880b212&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Mediawatch: [Entrepreneurial expat journalist urges media to look beyond ads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=649a4d5090&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Dairy jobs on offer as Covid-19 lockdown stems flow of migrant workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d165091c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kaitlin Ruddock (1News): [Agricultural sector under pressure to feed Kiwis amid coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97970af8ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Farming at level 3 to look little different](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c61eec49b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Lack of market access still a concern for growers in level 3 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0387012097&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Construction industry** Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Construction $3b shutdown cost dwarfs $7.6m benefit – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b6a0b9b8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lawrence Gully (Stuff): [Builders asked to adopt new safety measures to stop Covid-19 spread](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e8019482d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pacific** Katrina Tanirau (Cook Islands News): [The Cook Islands declared Covid-19-free](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1546456b74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Cook Islands become one of first nations in the world to declare itself Covid-19-free](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a753a41016&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tonga extends border closure until mid-June](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29533b2cd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ Hercules delivers more aid to Vanuatu following cyclone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3941dc7e9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Electorates** Jason Walls (Herald): [The electorates for more than 342,000 people will change ahead of the 2020 election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb7e20a7de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [11 electorate names and 30 boundaries changed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97d53c113b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Commission confirms Brightwater move from Nelson to West Coast-Tasman electorate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cee5021f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [A new Auckland electorate and more than 300,000 people affected by boundary redraw](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3301e8deb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alex Braae (Spinoff): [New names, new boundaries: How the electorate changes will affect you](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98c3d0fe69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Robbie Nicol (RNZ): [The Good Citizen’s Handbook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4d45de8e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adrian Orr and Rob Everett (Stuff): [Financial regulators vow to remain vigilant, urge financial institutions to do the right thing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d441d750c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Southern MPs put in the hard yards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=521bb15005&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Anzac Day commemorations at your doorstep](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70c440f67a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christian Fuller (Hawkes Bay Today): [Company aware virus was active on Ruby Princess, court told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce67440550&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)