> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-20-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-19T20:35:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-19T21:16:22.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **National Party leadership challenge, Newshub/Reid Research poll** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Todd Muller, Nikki Kaye to challenge for National Party leadership – source](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df1641019a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Simon Bridges acknowledges coup attempt within his own party after disastrous poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13293d6647&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): [Simon Bridges to face National Party leadership challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fc82e05c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [MPs will challenge for National Party leadership, Simon Bridges confirms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dc3e6da45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National MPs doing the numbers to roll Simon Bridges as Newshub poll shows what Kiwis think of him](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dcc1c4df6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [National Party leader Simon Bridges expected to face no-confidence vote, how the week will shake down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c59351572b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National leader Simon Bridges expected to face no confidence vote next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d366046ff5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Todd Muller denies leadership ambitions despite endorsement by ex-PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5d88e02a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Jim Bolger backs Todd Muller as potential National leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8905e40a5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Who’s in, who’s out? What a damning poll means for National MPs while the party is at 30 per cent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afbde4be84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [‘End is nigh’ for Simon Bridges who may have just two weeks left as leader – Tova O’Brien, Michelle Boag](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e286885bef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Michelle Boag: Bridges could be another victim of Covid-19 fallout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b45c493723&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Simon Bridges: ‘Not worried’ about bad polls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68e528adb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘I’m the leader, I’m staying’ – Simon Bridges defiant despite National’s horror poll result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20c4485ee8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Fact or fiction: Is Ardern really the most popular PM in a ‘century’?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f94aead6da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Winston Peters ‘out to defy gravity’ after 2.7 percent poll result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddd9721bba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [National’s leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af38e4a4c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy** Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Nearly 60 percent of Kiwis back Government extending wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f3d9c780e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (Herald): [Meat company wage subsidy claims top $100m as exports hit monthly record](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=032c06de2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Davison (ODT): [Mayor calls on farmers to return unneeded subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc1e835251&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Meat company wage subsidies saved jobs, industry says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e57345a8dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Nearly 5000 find jobs via Work and Income in lockdown while 40,000 applied for benefit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eee37219c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, job losses** Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Businesses warned to be upfront about Covid-19 surcharges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d237f6ea7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Juha Saarinen (Herald): [Crispy-fried chicken coming home to roost for gig economy giants’ delivery workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=429adcfd67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Spending on the rise but there are winners and losers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60a5cfad0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Many businesses still struggling to survive in Alert Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df8ae48cdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [Hotel sector braces for tough 18 months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bb39ac0f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Carter Holt Harvey restructure puts about 160 jobs in limbo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2d774feb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Jobs under threat at Carter Holt Harvey Marsden Point wood plant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bdece747d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Carter Holt Harvey proposes to chop workforce at Marsden Point in half](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1d09af77b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, budget** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff):[A ‘Covid-free’ New Zealand could result in a new place in the world order](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7ae021b53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ Q+A: [NZ’s economy likely to bounce back faster than Australia’s due to stricter lockdown – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=834dea6714&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Interest): [Government debt and the intergenerational dilemma](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f188ca1f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Adrian Orr: Banks are going to have to be ‘forgiving’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e141836bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tahu Kukutai, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Tim McCreanor and Tracey Mcintosh (The Conversation): [Recession hits Maori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand’s COVID-19 recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e87bef0ea4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Davison (ODT): [Ranked: Which parts of the South will struggle most?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b89fd3b91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Quentin Finlay: [Social Democracy (and JM Keynes) rides again…](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b158f2866&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Could a free-money-for-all scheme catch on here?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c03ee6699&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [In the battle of the lightweights, Labour is winning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=670d3c37a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marama Davidson (Spinoff): [The budget falls short for people on low incomes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c57b2d35a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brendon Harre (Interest): [Reinventing public works to rebuild New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cab83e62f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Tindall (Herald): [The green, high tech opportunity NZ can’t afford to miss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f75673f300&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Reserve Bank, monetary policy** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [History-making times at the Reserve Bank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=562b70ed2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [RBNZ not expanding quantative easing programme any time soon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b166ae7b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Reserve Bank doubles down on promise to keep OCR at 0.25pc until March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4985cc9050&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [NZ mortgage rates need to fall further – RBNZ’s Geoff Bascand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c852e331f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Tracing app** Chris Keall (Herald): [NZ Govt tracer app enriches Jeff Bezos, not locals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2d762b504&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [NZ Covid Tracer: What our coronavirus contact tracing app looks like](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f9cb54ba2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government’s official Covid-19 contact tracing app becomes available](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09090f1b73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 tracing app launched earlier than expected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0de9d82534&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Government releases COVID-19 ‘digital diary’ app early](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f598b11db1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NZ’s Covid Tracer contact-tracing app released a day early](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccf62c4d7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Nanogirl breaks down contact tracing as official app is released in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8820cabfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Elspeth McLean (ODT): [Contact tracing tools an issue to keep tabs on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0767a97445&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Megan Harvey (Herald): [Do businesses have to provide customers hand sanitiser during alert level 2?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d59f683216&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [New Zealand joins World Health Organization response to coronavirus pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7f93d13a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Why Covid-19 conspiracy theories in New Zealand don’t bother Dr Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=071650229a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Abbas Nazar (Stuff): [Why coronavirus has infected conspiracy theorists so badly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fe4d20847&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Public health measures** Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [We may need 28-days of no cases to eliminate Covid-19, move to level 1](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d141bcf65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [‘Still a long way’ to Alert Level 1, with more details to be released tomorrow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fccb5d6a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government considering recommending masks on public transport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a41958662&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Pilots push for masks to be compulsory on flights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=304ef888b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Epidemic Response Committee** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Kelvin Davis cancels on Epidemic Response Committee after Treasury no-show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01d54c4a19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [‘Unacceptable’ that Treasury officials failed to front at Epidemic Response meeting – Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c03cbf60a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Outrage over Treasury no-show at Covid-19 Epidemic Response Committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46558e80e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Simon Bridges comes out swinging after Treasury officials a no-show for Covid-19 committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62ce55a479&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Winston Peters returns to court over superannuation leak** Newstalk ZB: [Deputy PM Winston Peters heading back to court, claiming to now know who leaked his pension details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d826dcaa6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver and Jo Moir (RNZ): [Winston Peters appeals superannuation case decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=efd00e4455&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Winston Peters pursues court action, claims he knows who leaked pension details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2758ae0488&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Winston Peters now ‘knows’ who pension leaker is, is taking privacy case back to court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=426b9cd9c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters appeals High Court ruling on alleged superannuation privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9529cd5373&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education and training** John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Deciles, zoning skewed by school choice for richer parents – ministry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10b4eeaae3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [NZQA in talks about university entrance requirements after lockdown – Holsted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3089e7eae4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Principal reassures parents over Covid-19 rumour that kept students away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=056c6276d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [Covid-19 a trip down memory lane for polio survivors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c45424364&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Caollins (Herald): [Polytech student numbers expected to leap in looming recession](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cb2aa7b36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Shane Jones: Training spend way to build Maori fortunes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccf3d969ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sahiban Hyde (Hawkes Bay Today): [Budget gives Ngati Kahungunu hope for ambitious trade training plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=009ae87f00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Wellington woman who’s loving carpentry job urges others to consider trades career amid Covid-19 upheaval](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ec458d1a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dawn Freshwater (Herald): [Universities can anchor our future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f0e1560a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Job losses and pay cuts as Auckland Council tightens belt due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=affa7a8fab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Pay cuts on the way for some Auckland Council staff as Covid-19 bites revenue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a455418928&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland Council ask staff to take pay cut due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e4635fc3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [High-earning Auckland Council staff asked to take 5-10 per cent pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a08e69a8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Mayor broadcasts ‘fat’ comment about senior staffer in Zoom mishap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0b72ad491&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Deputy Mayor accused of ‘telling off’ Wellington colleagues over media coverage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a31ff063c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Fewer migrants a Covid quandary for capital council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83115cc99b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Wellington parking tickets – over 500 issued a day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a596d78eb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [District council fined nearly $50,000 after discharging sewage into river in Waikato](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=104fa3905b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Council fined for wastewater discharge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9f9fb4b85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Submissions on Otago Regional Council spending for 2020-21 to be heard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ee5b982df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais: [Rotorua Lakes Council applies handbrake to CBD parking discussion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc5b5d5191&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ministry of Justice’s Crime and Victims Survey** Mandy Te (Stuff): [New Zealand’s largest-ever crime survey finds under-reporting, likely victims of crime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ab9c3948b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Indicators of who will be a victim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3288fed45d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang (RNZ): [Ninety-four percent of sexual assaults go unreported – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff0aa2db17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [‘Sobering’ research reveals 94 percent of sexual assaults in New Zealand weren’t reported to police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32682cd584&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News):[‘Sobering’ new figures show 94 per cent of sexual assaults not reported](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b84576cb25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Crime and sexual violence vastly unreported in NZ, victims survey finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01b9e21c2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Suicide rates and lockdown** Matt Burrows (1News): [Suicide rate was lower during lockdown than before it, provisional figures show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dc026f21d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Winston Peters at odds with Suicide Prevention Office, Chief Coroner over suicide spike prediction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e23c473648&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Chief Coroner shuts down false reports of lockdown suicide surge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c784828eb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Chief Coroner opposes rumours suicide rate increased during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed8550ba99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** David Farrar: [NZME loses again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aede435a2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [NZME does not rule out further legal action over Stuff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35008b6ed3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [What’s next in NZME-Stuff merger saga?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ad9355ad9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Edward Gay (Stuff): [NZME drops Commerce Commission bid to buy rival Stuff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f778ec7fee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [High Court declines NZME’s case for interim injunction against Stuff owner Nine, NZME withdraws Commerce Commission application](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=efeabc43f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [NZME refused an interim injunction against Stuff owner Nine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e66ee131a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZME declined an interim injunction against Stuff owner Nine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f28ef0669e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [NZME drops Stuff bid as court gambit fails](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c32a902fd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Transport** Kristin Hall (Newshub): [Calls for NZ businesses to re-think work related travel following pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1485f89a7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Demand for public transport slumps under Alert Level 2 guidelines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c1c64fa65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Knox (Herald): [Flexible working hours could save us from traffic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49f036f0e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Consumer, travel agents say airlines must refund, not credit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=373b7fbf07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Air NZ looks to boost domestic tourism with additional Queenstown flights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=714fb09822&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karen Pasco (ODT): [Air traffic decision opposed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e01e0a47f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Airways and NZ Air Line Pilots Association trade blows over tower closures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b487d43df1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Cycling on footpaths could lead to one death a year but have a $10m upside, report says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e48d70ff24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waikato to Auckland rail work resumes after lockdown delays](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27199f493c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration, international travel** RNZ: [Migration to New Zealand may halt for up to four years – demographer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4d8bb6022&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [No arrivals or departures for the first time in decade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e480a69238&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [International travel may not bounce back for five years – IATA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0f477a3b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Government pondering extra public holidays to encourage domestic tourism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41e8f2f469&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Makiha (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hints at more public holidays in NZ to encourage domestic tourism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adfa19c2f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sean Hogan (1News): [Tourism industry pushes for one-off public holiday to boost economy – and the Government is considering it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a500b77b1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwis urged to holiday in ‘own backyard’ as tourism industry struggles through Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=986cadc006&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Shand (Stuff): [Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis fronts to criticism of $400m rescue package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81acc7db9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13288d38ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Whakairo master carvers at Te Puia say government funding secures ‘legacy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee7dd7b615&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [$7.6m to support Maori arts and tourism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd640aed65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [One in three Maori living in damp housing, Census data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bf9722f96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘This is an issue’ – Number of Maori, Pasifika living in damp homes worries Dr Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fbeeee88f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Increasing household debt levels are not just a first home buyer problem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee6ec0f4e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Richard Harman (Politik): [Holding up the recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffeaaae24d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Green tape’ policies should be put on hold – Simon Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cad5db540&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Stanford and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Seven weeks in lockdown causes air pollution to drop 75 percent across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2924c9e1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland house waste during Covid-19 lockdown increases 12 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=556b9a881d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Press): [Christchurch ratepayers throwing away money with careless recycling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e8c175448&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Charities** 1News: [Lockdown forces a rethink for charities losing millions and unable to fundraise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e6488026f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [Red Cross withdraws driving service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=130e9c93da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** Tim Brown (RNZ): [Mental health calls make up quarter of serious police dog bites](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06317bbd47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brianna Mcilraith Leighton Keith (Stuff): [Man dies after being shot by police near Waitara, Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddd378e0f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Man shot by police north of New Plymouth dies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa16b7e25c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Man shot dead by police in Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c907f803bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Energy** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Genesis Energy admits hundreds of breaches of ‘win-back’ ban](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c63fcadb80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Liquidity test to trigger protection for minnow power suppliers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13c6da4e51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steven Walton (Stuff):[North Canterbury family quoted $14k to connect power to new home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=124ffc6bd7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Logan Savory (Stuff): [Education boss Penny Simmonds to run for Invercargill seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a526f38a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [SIT chief exec to contest seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9789a354e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Stuff): [Otaki candidates hit the campaign trail in effort to fill empty seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d74c3679c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [Are New Zealand’s new COVID-19 laws and powers really a step towards a police state?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e84fe8ea13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Fears delays to bowel screening could be deadly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d74e331d3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National Facebook ad ruled misleading by watchdog, party will appeal decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32fcedecfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern responds to Simon Bridges’ comments about her at-home hair dye job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7500697db2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern responds to Simon Bridges’ quip about her DIY dye job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f58f4c610&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Queenstown workers in limbo after job losses: ‘I’m pretty much trapped here’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d0650a2f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Cullen (Stuff): [When is a contractor actually an employee?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d49d04c495&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [The great $1.4 billion KiwiSaver panic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a074c187b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [A sporting return](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=717f559e97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [The ‘big concern’ about Australia’s new outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e28ec68e8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marae: [Maori woman living in Auckland’s plush Ponsonby targeted by neighbour with vicious racist letter – ‘You are not liked and not welcomed here’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18ee14c9f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Pulman (RNZ): [Covid-19 another example of too many mixed results for New Zealand’s disabled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12cd5e50dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Drought-hit Hawke’s Bay farmers get $500,000 from Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=414189f44b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Agriculture minister announces $500,000 assistance for drought-stricken farmers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57c8cfe395&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Wellington Justice of the Peace resigns from association after allegedly sharing Islamophobic posts online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=400a541f80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)