> ## 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 – 21 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-21-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-20T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-20T18:39:21.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Parliament, and end of year reviews** Claire Robinson (Guardian): [Jacinda Ardern should make Speaker Trevor Mallard pay the price for his costly ‘mistake’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5d5cbd8eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Guardian): [It’s been an ugly year for New Zealand politics but there are grounds for optimism in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=517ecd6021&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Green Party co-leaders keen to stay on through next election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=400a728067&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [The best and the rest: Stuff’s 2020 political awards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=355c5356f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [Steve Braunias: Secret diary of … Christmas Carols](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80b9fd2331&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [The 2020 Interesties, our 10th annual awards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e6c645447&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [What a wild ride the year has been](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=683429c0af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [The one word Jacinda Ardern used to summarise 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f79448e646&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [‘A middle finger to 2020’: Jacinda Ardern’s New Year’s Eve prediction for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44b4e4edc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [‘Middle finger to 2020′: Jacinda Ardern’s message to Kiwis this Christmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6713033804&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [My biggest takeaway from Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=651ade0014&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [NZ First president and secretary resign while party reviews election campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ab2817552&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [President and secretary general resign from NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=642f44d027&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Revealed: PM and MPs will have their pay frozen for next three years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00459270a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Prime minister and MP salaries capped for three years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b6016c656&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Herald): [Goodbye to 2020, a shocker of a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15f21c5443&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [No charges against former National MP Andrew Falloon over unsolicited images](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e41fd5f62a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Former National MP Andrew Falloon won’t be charged over unsolicited images](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1547e9135&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christian Fuller (Herald): [Pirate flag-flying MP Stuart Nash: ‘I’m not planning any coups’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65cbb64cfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Report on Ministry of Health Covid response** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government dumps damning health report on last day of the year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39cca6eb3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Coronavirus: Govt releases Simpson-Roche report into COVID-19 response, funds another 18 months of MIQ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66028d859f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Covid 19: Ministry of Health criticised for Covid-19 handling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90fc2470fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Ministry of Health criticised over Covid-19 testing failures at the border](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0aa730f579&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan and Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Extra $3b for Covid response after review slams Health Ministry response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b2454191d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Peter Dunne: Last minute release of Covid report suggests we don’t have things under control](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c07f17d4c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ihumatao deal** Stuff: [The Ihumatao dispute ends with a tidy solution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6522887dcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Pragmatic Ihumatao responses?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90bc596fb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Ihumatao decision only the beginning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ba7f8a4ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Maori Council backs Ihumatao deal, doubts it will set a precedent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d48afa600e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Robertson insists Ihumatao deal means there will be housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02d0b16e2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Dower (Newstalk ZB): [Ihumatao deal shows what a weak, unprincipled government we have](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb7fc6e2b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Newstalk ZB): [Govt’s Xmas gift for the taxpayer? Ihumatao](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75d374bc9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [GDP bounce: It’s not time for a post-Covid party yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4d3887373&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Alexander (Stuff): [Hey big spenders: More people willing to splash the cash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fbce8b15a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Phare (Herald): [Briscoes boss Rod Duke: Why he likes making millions more than spending it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91e897037c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Bale (Business Desk): [Where the wild things are – why the super rich are buying expedition superyachts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4110491897&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Govt loan schemes for businesses broadened and extended](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e447e506a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [MediaWorks to repay staff who took voluntary pay cuts during Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=606eb18e7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Let’s back NZ to win this battle for Infratil](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=503df684a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Evan Harding (Stuff): [Smelter rehabilitation costs may not be known for at least a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f031bc327f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand companies need to keep up with global peers on sustainability disclosure – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f8377fa7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) BusinessDesk: [Business confidence highest in more than three years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f721478e62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Christoph Schumacher (Interest): [GDP 2020: predictions and reality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=512422a716&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid, vaccine, and border** RNZ: [Covid-19: Epidemiologist calls for stand alone public health agency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e4f1c2d79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Content or complacent? New Zealand’s happiness dilemma](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7fdd653d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Epidemiologist on what Sydney’s Covid-19 outbreak means for NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4f6c43870&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [I’m thankful to be spending this summer in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9774f9310b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [NSW cluster could decide future of our travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5a4732dbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Jenny Nicholls (Stuff): [Housing crisis isn’t unsolvable – if we truly want to solve it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=557e092368&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Newton, John Harford and Kathryn George (Stuff): [Stuff launches new measure for first home affordability](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c0a8ac369&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michelle Duff (Stuff): [Seasonal workers and holidaymakers to displace homeless](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=200936848b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Piers Fuller (Stuff): [The Wairarapa towns with no state housing and the struggle for a place to live](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15c8dafc43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tangata Whenua: [The Housing Dashboard (HUD)](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9337ddd32c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Heather McCarron (Newshub): [Homeless have little contact with health system, die extremely young – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fbb098087&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Under-pressure EDs prove need for health reform – Minister Andrew Little](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1524ed23fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Coronavirus: Chris Hipkins full of praise for ex-Health Minister David Clark, says ‘history will treat him more kindly’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99a5e695f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Libby Wilson (Stuff): [The doctor changing a ‘messed-up system’ from the inside](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e47807d04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Former health minister takes SDHB reins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=540fd53d70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Hodgson named as new head of SDHB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0b280c659&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Samantha Motion (Herald): [‘Gutted’: Tauranga city councillors react after learning they will be fired](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61efb93c8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Nanaia Mahuta confirms commission appointment to Tauranga City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=daca38d80d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz McDonald (Stuff): [Bill to fix ailing water infrastructure could hit $50 billion over 30 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=def089a5f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Rates owed in Christchurch after Covid-19 deferral over $1 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a6ab5e03c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [In a climate emergency, K?piti mayor wants to save airport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=290c702f8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Pollard (Stuff): [The P?keh? connection to racism in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ce1bad8be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald):[ Iwi group scraps High Court proceedings over Shelly Bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=567751d849&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Shelly Bay opponents Mau Whenua pin hopes on Maori Land Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=980efb05db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Shelly Bay: Group discontinues High Court bid, ‘not ruling out’ other options](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bce9e26dd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Poverty and inequality** Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [Caravan Christmas for many as housing crisis continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84eef25dea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Christmas hope for Aotearoa: Message from NZ church leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee7ca2c201&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Oranga Tamariki boss Grainne Moss under fire – but for what exactly?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aab55e2c17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Qian Feng (Global Times): [Wellington in no position to mediate Beijing-Canberra talks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a5ceb32d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [China state media takes aim at Nanaia Mahuta’s suggestion New Zealand could ‘mediate Beijing-Canberra talks’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8ad38bfb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jim Rolfe (Politik): [The Christchurch Royal Commission – a contrary view](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbbd1b7694&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mary Varnham: [Tribute to Jim Flynn, philosopher, author, genius](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a68e2e6eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris, Laura Wiltshire and Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Govt stretches fee-free funding to other training courses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=484721963c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caley Callahan (Newshub): [Threshold for police to pursue fleeing drivers cleared up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20b1191eb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Rise in pyramid schemes targetting Maori and Pasifika sparks warning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=663a856912&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [2020 hindsight – media in the year of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff4019a9b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Herald): [New Zealand spies, agents monitoring huge cyberattack as US government, companies hit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e72bec5fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Government orders review of WorkSafe over Whakaari White Island tours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c9ff95a98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)