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# Daily News Roundup – 20 October 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-20-october-2020/
- Published: 2020-10-19T19:15:01.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-19T19:15:43.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

**Coalition negotiations, shape of government**  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern holds preparatory talks with Greens but coalition looking unlikely](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e577e303c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern tight-lipped after talks begin with the Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec2d09aa9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern meets Greens leaders about Government discussions time frame](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2efee923f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [As Labour mulls whether to team up with Greens, Helen Clark says ‘politics needs long term relationships’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=789e579aca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Greens signal innovative ways of partnering with Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=509987f23f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Greens outline priorities in negotiations with Labour – ‘Policy gains rather than the job titles’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=459c8eedb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [‘No reason’ why Greens can’t work with Labour – James Shaw](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c23b71cc00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [James Shaw says not to read ‘too much’ into PM’s words](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=427142d2c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sally Murphy (RNZ): [Farmers want Labour to govern alone – Fed Farmers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f35696174&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Possible Labour-Greens government concerns Employers and Manufacturers Association](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2949bc9a3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Labour**  
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – Leftwing euphoria meets reality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14c9fbadd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Vote for Labour wasn’t a vote for transformational change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3eb5d03ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Yardley (Stuff): [Labour must govern from the centre in its own right](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c09a3656b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Why Kelvin Davis will probably be the next deputy prime minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4eeeb6b293&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Julia Gabel (Herald): [Kelvin Davis gets backing for Deputy Prime Minister role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f9103a450&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Who would be Ministers in a sole Labour Ministry?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3935d7a3f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Enosr (Newshub): [Two major unions welcome Labour landslide, call for Government to use ‘clear mandate’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=548a673fb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Labour raises more than $1 million in online donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e36ffb43d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Grant Robertson says he’ll continue ‘wellbeing’ approach if he keeps finance portfolio](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a16a5124f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [‘We don’t take this mandate for granted’ – Megan Woods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34536fe933&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Evan Harding (Southland Times): [Tiwai aluminium smelter a ‘priority’ for new Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba13a12ebb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Ihum?tao deal on cards for Labour now NZ First out of way, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f53e021f37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Labour’s promised tax hike may create rush to tax lawyers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d477aa2dfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Joyce (Herald): [The top six priorities for the PM’s to-do list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e8e98eb5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Pacific leaders congratulate NZ’s Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88f8677266&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Brockett and Ainsley Thomson (The Japan Times): [Jacinda Ardern’s stunning election victory holds lessons for U.S.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33ccb4c654&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Grant Robertson says he would consider veganism, if Duncan Garner keeps promise to go plant-based following Labour victory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6416c09a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Election**  
Richard Shaw (The Conversation): [Labour’s single-party majority is not a failure of MMP, it is a sign NZ’s electoral system is working ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec181e99a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karl du Fresne: [At least there’s no argument about who won the right to govern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64d786b13f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cas Carter (Stuff): [Rise of early voting changing our democracy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0c5aa2625&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [It was a truly historic election night](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bba52ababe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [National votes certainly went to Labour to keep Greens out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=222b93e19e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [How did the 11 parties that didn’t gain MPs go?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e975bb219d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): [A bit of swearing but no sausage rolls were thrown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78b971b996&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Kiwis weigh in on whether Labour should form coalition, Judith Collins’ future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2611cfa546&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Shugart (Fruits and Votes): [MMP in NZ: An example of “best of both worlds” in action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53300dd966&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Shugart (Fruits and Votes): [NZ 2020: Strategic coalition voting?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b22684a04d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Candidates in Wellington’s hottest race, Hutt South, front](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17e60bb0d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**National**  
Richard Harman (Politik): [Head on the block](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa2c721f1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [Judith Collins interview: Collins’ warning to National MPs and her own mistakes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e1c1ffb14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National MPs already leaking, predicting leadership coup after devastating defeat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c105114ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [You can’t blame anyone else – National was basically unelectable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f94be1046&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Justin Latif (Spinoff): [The National Party looks to get up again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57fd346fce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [What went wrong for National and why their Greens wealth tax attacks were a mistake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6695db3f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ananish Chaudhuri (Stuff): [Why the Nats fared so poorly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a80898c88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [National’s future not all bleak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4418a9a9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [National holding first caucus meeting today following resounding election loss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9c5f03abb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor and Ella Prendergast (Newshub): [Don Brash expects ‘sombre’ National caucus meeting, finger-pointing to come at later stage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba36d31f46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [National needs to take a ‘damn good look at itself’, Paula Bennett says following election loss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a18e74f22c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Former National MP Chris Finlayson on what the party needs to do now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6cb89870f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [‘Nothing like a good old defeat’ – Collins on leadership role, outgoing National MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=686031ead3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Massive defeat ‘a good opportunity’ for National to show its character – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5ed3ca39d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins reflects on National’s disastrous election result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db948479d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [National Party leader Judith Collins says ‘no bloodletting’, blames loss squarely on ‘tsunami of Covid’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ec75fdca6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Magic: [Does National need a rebrand across the board? Judith Collins talks to Peter Williams post election results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e875a5c998&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Judith Collins says NZ Election 2020 result ‘could’ve been worse’, wants to be National leader for the ‘long haul’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4c3517f6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Political commentator says the lack of MPs at National’s election night HQ ‘speaks volumes’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65fe513479&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Fiona Connor (Newshub): [Judith Collins’ genuine concession speech the best part of a depressing ‘party’ for National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2186f0be3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [High-profile National MP Chris Luxon touches down in Wellington and rules out leadership tilt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cd2d54e59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Christopher Luxon tells reporters ‘you guys are well ahead of your skis’ when questioned about National leadership ambitions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53076e2645&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Samantha Motion (Herald): [National’s Tauranga MP Simon Bridges answers leadership question and reveals priorities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20bc225b3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [Christchurch Waimakariri MP blames National loss on ‘leadership issues’, Jami-Lee Ross, a leak and scandals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c698bcbdcd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Political commentator on National’s horror election results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e0db93f1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [National Party licking its wounds following bruising election night defeat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ed155cd3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: Checkpoint: [‘Yo-yo MP’ Maureen Pugh not counting on bounce from special votes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cb9637633&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Maori Party, Maori seats**  
Caroline Fleming (Herald): [Maori Party’s Rawiri Waititi gears up to take party leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1dd314e69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
The Hui: [Waiariki’s Rawiri Waititi will become Maori Party co-leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87a8cdc110&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Rawiri Waititi: What Maori want from the new Labour government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d5cc60b86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (Guardian): [The Maori Party defied the odds because Labour has left Indigenous voters wanting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7f00b4ef9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Leonie Hayden (Spinoff): [The Maori seats: what happened and what’s still to come](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd8bcde896&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Taroi Black [Mataora returns to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70e47f47ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Greens**  
RNZ: Morning Report: [Greens sweep 10 seats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75e8d61d20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Teanau Tuiono, Elizabeth Kerekere and Ricardo Menéndez March: The Greens’ three new activist MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a31212456&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ACT**  
RNZ: [ACT leader David Seymour ‘very confident’ new MPs will succeed in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01bb54975f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Act may set up southern base](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e02b5403a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**NZ First**  
Piers Fuller (Stuff): [Ron Mark, one of Parliament’s colourful characters bows out, after six terms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=546a192b7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Advance NZ**  
David Farrar: [Tova vs JLR](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=433d60c0d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [‘Savage’ Tova O’Brien interview of Jami-Lee Ross gains international audience](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=244947b444&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [A look back at the most explosive political interviews on New Zealand television](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcd83ec624&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Electoral Commission rubbishes Billy Te Kahika’s claims Advance NZ a victim of ‘rigged election’, ‘disqualified votes’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20d71aa385&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament**  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [What happens next following Labour’s historic win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12aabcf824&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newshub:[A full list of all the MPs that make up the 120 seats in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b778b6cac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Who are Auckland’s seven new MPs?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b5fd18879&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Labour’s red tide sees its parliamentary diversity increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e1af2c9f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [‘Historical high’ – New Zealand Parliament readies for more diversity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9ae1e4db7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**New MPs arrive at parliament**  
Jason Walls (Herald): [The first day of school for newbie MPs at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14f7afced0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New National MPs face ‘bittersweet’ welcome to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b6e9c8256&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [‘First day of school’: New MPs tell Heather du Plessis-Allan about their inductions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba06320dd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Largest Labour caucus ever arrives for first day of MP-school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3aaf396bff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Throng of new Labour MPs descend upon Parliament after party’s landslide win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7a6363baf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour’s 22 new MPs welcomed with hugs and a warning Parliament can be ‘pretty intimidating’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1652b14056&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [New Labour MPs prepare for first day at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d57196d2d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [‘There is a lot to learn’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=880a457bec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Media**  
Gavin Ellis: [Video killed the radio star](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b9634813e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Spinoff: [Paddy Gower’s really good election night](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=851536f023&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Coronavirus**  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Why was the Health Ministry mum on a covid case?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e85c38fc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Public health expert slams lack of Covid testing of ship crew](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80ee83a31f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sally Murphy (RNZ): [Maritime Union wants foreign ship crew Covid-19 tested before docking in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad3222989e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Covid-19: Only six testing centres open in Auckland, none on weekends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e6ec514a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Glen Barclay (RNZ): [Health and border workers call for ‘work bubbles’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53e1e54553&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Bloomfield says Covid-19 case reported yesterday is ‘new border incursion’ and didn’t come from community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=895da4a8b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [The Big Read: Three things to know about NZ’s big Covid 19 vaccine roll-out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23536e5686&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brook Sabin (Stuff): [Opening the border: the big questions ahead for Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81dd777b96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [A housing stock-take after three years of a Labour-led Government – what was and wasn’t delivered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e39a73fee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [‘A bad thing’: Property prices doubling every 10 years increases inequality – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0848ac7b87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Christchurch City Council proposes changes to its community housing strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58ed2d0c32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Blair Jackson (Southland Times): [Southland District Council considers the future of its community housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbe5b62c8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Weeks (Stuff): [Huge jump in number of homeless young people needing help nationwide](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dc66489dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anne Gibson (Herald): [How Labour could change property: law on apartments, managers could be reformed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6c0c640da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Rents ease for Auckland apartments as students dwindle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77502850f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Jehan Casinader (Stuff): [Mental health reform could be Labour’s political legacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41a2f23df8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Krieble (BusinessDesk: [The outlook for health reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6babd4c6e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Industrial relations**  
RNZ: [Council of Trade Unions expects government to introduce fair pay agreements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50a7f07e8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Geoff Neal (Stuff): [Here’s why it’s getting harder to employ New Zealanders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0d0e9cb5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy**  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Avoiding economic groundhog day: what may dog us in 10 years if we don’t raise our game ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ac7b38db9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Why unemployment won’t rise much](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbb8020090&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Business**  
Aimee Shaw (Herald): [What a supercharged Labour Government means for business over the next three years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c9cfa6a5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Business braces for new employment rules under Labour government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cf99a8596&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tina-Marie Morris (Stuff): [Labour landslide victory hasn’t ruffled financial markets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45b1b48f55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Gray (Herald): [The financial markets give their verdict on Labour’s landslide win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76b2c5822a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Measures would squeeze businesses ‘doing it tough’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2de0be2fd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Taylor (BusinessDesk): [Foresters wary of new govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bc9cacfe0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Business ‘needs to know what Labour actually going to do’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=916e82f6aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Duncan Bridgeman (Stuff): [Can Labour mend its bridge with business?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5077f3a26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Business sector hangs on to election promises: ‘We need more support’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27efbd3842&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Daniel Faitaua (1News): [Eric Watson sentenced to four months jail in London court for withholding asset information from Sir Owen Glenn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef0979b7d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Wage subsidy**  
RNZ: [More than $11 million in wage subsidies repaid by Briscoe Group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d1ee7537b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Briscoe Group announces it will pay back the wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d76ac2428a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Semi-retired kindergarten teacher on weekend away nabbed vandalising Briscoes store over wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4108d74c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Travel bubbles**  
Eric Crampton (Stuff): [The election’s done, lets talk travel bubbles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b50abcf25c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff Editorial: [Bubble toil and trouble – NZ arrivals caught in Australia’s internal bickering](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f8e9d4511&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vanessa Brown (News Au): [Australian travel bubble in doubt as anger rises over Kiwi travellers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6637c05f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB/Herald: [Kiwis now popping up in Adelaide in string of travel bubble breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ba2c793e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New Zealand travellers arrive in Adelaide, outside of trans-Tasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3052b79053&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Sadler and Laura Tupou (Newshub): [New Zealanders allowed to enter Victoria without quarantining](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=236ed30980&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Council on track to cut staff numbers by 50](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b15b304faf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lois Williams (RNZ): [Recognition for Maori in new district plan for West Coast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcc95f6ca8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Wellington**  
Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [What does a Labour majority mean for Wellington’s transport system?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16f5d550d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [Billions down the drain: The overwhelming scale of Wellington’s pipe crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc461a7f6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Tourism**  
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Tourism wants $200 travel card and long-term plan from the Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b89fce6e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Tourism Aoteroa suggests giving $200 domestic travel card to all Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c4dbf6fdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Julia Gabel Grant Bradley (Herald): [Tourism leaders: Let’s make the most of Ardern’s star power](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ae180244f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Kiwis opting for backyard holidays to ‘relax and refresh’ – Tourism NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=297b7934cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Environment**  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [Climate change: Why some New Zealanders still deny it’s happening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43997be159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Olivia Hyatt and Jenny Easton (Stuff): [Climate Change: It’s our choice whether we react or adapt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c4241ad98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
nga Smith (ODT): [Two paths to a shared fate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86dc513156&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
Martin van Beynen (Press): [Canterbury University’s China expert gagged over complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c89ed9b2e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Hundreds of primary school principals back breakaway union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f96daa77bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT: [Southern principals back ditching NZEI](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdc3aa0bd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Polynesian Panthers**  
Melani Anae (E-Tangata): [The Terror of the Dawn Raids](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd36678182&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anthony Costello and Teuila Fuatai: [How the Polynesian Panthers’ legacy is alive today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=face12e566&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Solo mothers ‘belittled, degraded’ when seeking benefits, research shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce7f1a43c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Highton (ODT): [We need new solutions to meet the challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=062a42fde6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David W Collins (Stuff): [Don’t throw the RMA baby out with the bathwater](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e591855ad9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Ng?puhi protesters prepared to stand in front of bulldozers to stop development on w?hi tapu land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c7233bd9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jackson Thomas (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: CBD oil as easy to buy online as clothes, customer says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b4d56b7a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [Households hoarded an extra $800 million in cash during Covid lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9872b69b99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [Gender blind KiwiSaver needs to become fairer to women](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef524e8c94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [The future of cash: RBNZ developing strategy to secure its use](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d664b1927&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [NZ’s retirement savings system drops down global rankings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbe90c0251&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [Pike River 10th anniversary commemoration in Wellington divides families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47842027bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Positive reaction for PACER Plus ratification in Australia and NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f35a0c2725&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Former politician Georgina Beyer honoured at investiture ceremony](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=804dfcd886&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)