> ## 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 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-20-may-2021/ - Published: 2021-05-19T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-05-19T20:19:52.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Budget 2021** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Budget 2021: Newshub-Reid Research poll shows Kiwis are on board with expected benefit increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5bec500c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Budget 2021 set to deliver more money to NZ’s poorest and those hardest hit by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ec7847c30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Budget 2021: Benefit increases, rent reforms needed to tackle child poverty in New Zealand – experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=992a47fbd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Grant Robertson prepares for a Budget of balance, not transformation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=651e98ab94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Grant Robertson’s ‘balanced’ Budget likely to raise benefits, but not pile on much more debt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61e7fa09c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [Budget 2021: Doubt there will be any major announcements as Government manages $105 billion of debt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5e4240ba5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Today’s the day! Finance Minister Grant Robertson prepares to unveil Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df15097ad7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Wilson (Herald): [Budget 2021: Three ways to measure ambition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e90710654&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Infrastructure, income support, reversal of property investment changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2249513b12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Budget 2021: What it will mean for NZ government borrowing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=810bad60dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [NZ businesses want more infrastructure spending in Budget, according to survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32033ed0bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Budget 2021: What I want to see – Paula Bennett, Sue Bradford, Neale Jones and Jon Stokes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4b41a2107&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Searle (BusinessDesk): [The Budget 2021 challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16dbc678e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephanie Rodgers: [Benefits, Budgets and b\*\*\*s\*\*\*](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=131caaaba0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Irra Lee (1News): [Budget 2021: What the Labour Government has promised so far](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df31138520&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Cut & Thrust: National MP Shane Reti’s Budget dynamite flop, and who said the F word?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d9d6e6106&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman: [Government too busy to let Robertson do much](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff25e33e02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Russell Palmer (RNZ): [The Budget and why it matters: What you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e4e582891&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cameron Smith (Herald): [Budget 2021: Businesses’ wish list as outlook gets gloomier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8252b854f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Budget 2021 has not much room for housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fc800a521&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [Budget forecasts are no sure thing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fdad15220&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Climate activists hold low expectations for budget’s climate focus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6a02d2288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Racism, He Puapua, and Maori self-determination** Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Judith Collins: The lady’s not for turning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10ea5011a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – When playing the race card doesn’t work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1e5dad73a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration reset** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [New Zealand needs migrant workers more than we think](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=973e91b952&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Making rich migrants give to charity won’t work, says recent NZ resident](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c484081f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [National MP Erica Stanford says focus on immigration is personal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=168306fcf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steven Cowan: [Jacinda Ardern: Making New Zealand Great Again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=157852fd23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Number of non-homeowning MPs falls further](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ab67d1327&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josh Robertson (Re: News): [NZ’s 120 MPs own 247 properties between them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aedd16e773&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Bassett: [The Newshub-Reid political poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86f9e5f8e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): [Wellington is getting short of good days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51af397853&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman and Mike Mather (Stuff): [Kia ora, council: Hamilton leaders vote 12-0 for Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41301465cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marcus Anselm (RNZ): [Masterton councillors to vote on Maori wards for 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7d2c1c218&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Moore (Stuff): [Haka erupts as Horowhenua District Council votes unanimously for Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11ff0880d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lawrence Gullery (Stuff): [Establishing Maori ward for Waip? ‘just common sense’ says mayor Jim Mylchrest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8499b34752&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Mau Whenua stands firm against Shelly Bay deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cd1664a87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Goff ‘not convinced’ by water reforms proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=195389fe78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington Water has exhausted all available front-line workers in the region](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a10f71f71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations** Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Now is the time for NZ to be brave, and stand up to Israel and China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=457efa2a60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Green Party’s motion to declare Palestine a state fails in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1a5dd7682&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Andre Chumko (Stuff): [The extent of marketing behind Aotearoa’s Covid-19 health campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=520e48bb77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Budget 2021: Covid-19 vaccine programme revealed to cost $1.4 billion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b437bd962e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Chris Hipkins admits he may be forced to scale down Covid-19 vaccine rollout as DHBs exceed targets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8efebca524&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [Public increasingly expect leaders to be honest and empathetic, survey indicates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a75677613&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Govt rejected expert advice to vaccinate 160,000 Maori and Pasifika earlier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eec3dc93b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ history curriculum** John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Draft history curriculum misses 600 years of Aotearoa New Zealand’s past](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8817ac97a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Chris Hipkins applauded in Parliament for saying he’s not ‘threatened by Maori history being taught in school’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73eaa70562&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Education Minister says it’s ‘a damn good thing’ for students to learn influence of colonialism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27f1d5ce01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Chris Keall (Herald): [DHB attack: Why Justice Minister Kris Faafoi won’t make it illegal to pay a cyber-ransom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d3d60206a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [New Zealand’s hospitals battle daily cyber attacks: Ministry of Health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1029c4cf81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Will Harvie (Stuff): [Hydrogen storage may be key to zero carbon NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8c139f324&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Stop coal mine extensions now, says influential energy report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e037bfc4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Richard Harman: [New Zealand at centre of British trade row](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1a486f485&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Bill to increase sick leave from five days to 10 days passes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2881993653&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** 1News: [Use of court sanction against beneficiaries explodes under Labour despite Ardern raging against it in 2013](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72690d392d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Herald): [Progressive politics in New Zealand is on borrowed time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=399a953d88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Gangs in NZ ‘crisis’: Bay of Plenty has most members in New Zealand, police figures reveal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39b4c90ca9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government gets Christchurch rapid transit moving – slowly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b881a7ba17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Virginia Fallon (Stuff): [Shame on those questioning who eats a free school lunch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=546d67bc93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [Former, current radio staff at MediaWorks fear ‘toxic culture’ won’t change despite review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=372ad5a946&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Alexander (One Roof): [Rise and fall: Which way will house prices and mortgage rates go?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd72493eb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Monika Barton (Newshub): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reveals she ‘has an idea’ for her wedding dress](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7af11d83ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern marriage: PM reveals wedding dress details, guest list dilemmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=880de2e9b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Please share this article so that others can discover *The BFD***