> ## 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 January 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-21-january-2021/ - Published: 2021-01-20T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-21T19:49:22.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Housing** Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Greens say house prices need to fall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19d28e61fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Green Party will continue to push for wealth tax, blast Govt for ‘not doing enough’ about housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f93d446b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [‘Government is not doing enough’ – Greens, National call for action amid soaring public housing need, high house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=359d675e79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Govt can’t, and won’t, do anything about the housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4089a1d13f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promises to fix what she says is New Zealand’s ‘housing crisis’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c82a81c225&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Public housing tops agenda at Labour MPs’ retreat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21b2082add&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Four-year public housing plan announced by Government, with North Island locations the ‘particular focus’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6631d3d9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Housing dominates Labour’s first meeting of 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ae302a457&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [New Zealand’s public housing crisis: Waiting list grows nearly 1000 in two months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82af67aece&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Youth homeless collective calls on government to provide better solutions for emergency housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9415772472&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George and Peter McKenzie (Stuff): [Aspiring landlord says more people should set up container homes for rent in their backyards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc4f911654&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Wellington shipping container ‘home’ for $390 not approved, council says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dca729e53a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ashley Church (One Roof): [My six predictions for the housing market in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e66ceccc18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Housing market’s ‘perfect storm’ and ‘unprecedented’ price gains](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2aab5a808&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [NZ’s property market has never been hotter: Trade Me](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfe27323ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Rent rise would mean hardship: tenants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78dba115a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **US politics and NZ; International relations** Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern congratulates President Joe Biden](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be0201f9ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern and Donald Trump, the end of the silent treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d101fdfd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [What will a Joe Biden presidency mean for NZ?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b1d19cca5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Chris Liddell confirms he’s pulled out of running for OECD Secretary-General role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d04f676de8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Chris Liddell pulls out of running for OECD Secretary-General role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c949b4d6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Herald): [Joe Biden Inauguration: New Zealand DIA deploys online counter-terror team](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c7fb421c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Twitter – The secret policeman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bff5b34685&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Xinjiang: NZ urged to follow Trump administration’s lead declaring ‘genocide’ in China against Uighurs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13d2828c45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** RNZ: [Epidemiologist Michael Baker calls for stronger pre-departure rules for travellers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84f2e72738&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [MIQ staffer quit just months into job because she didn’t feel safe from Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37c3f1f191&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Finding enough staff to administer the Covid-19 jab could be a challenge in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28812cfebf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: Ashley Bloomfield – vaccine approval just weeks away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b97f557b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid vaccine: How the Government can convince the quarter of Kiwis who don’t want one](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50fe773891&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jake Kenny (Stuff): [Use both QR codes and Bluetooth tracing, health officials say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b125138bc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Lynch (Stuff): [Covid-19: How likely you are to die from the virus, according to the latest research](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6762058964&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, inequality and work** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Smelter deal – save some outrage, there may be something we’re not being told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=377ef16886&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Murphy (RNZ): [‘Call back in 2022’: Shortage of tradespeople compounds with building boom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a24262344&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: New Zealand’s surprising economy should not be taken for granted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6266289d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Businesses rebounding from Covid downturn, survey confirms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de187176c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Economist says Reserve Bank could be the first to start raising rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1368b02689&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [NZ could be the first to lift interest rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3c63cc5e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alison Brook (Interest): [Is technology killing off inflation?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=486549442a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [The major KiwiSaver shake-up set to happen in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=979a8090e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [The $6b hole left by lack of international travellers. The regions doing well, and the ones which are suffering](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45d20f8261&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Plan B required as domestic tourism fails to soar](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f15733529&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Parliament and Government** Jason Walls (Herald): [The rise and charm of Kieran McAnulty – who is the Labour Party’s new Chief Whip?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b8fbe43cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Cannabis policing decision** Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [National brands decision not to inform police minister or staff about cannabis cull ‘unacceptable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=daaf86e951&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Police right to cancel their cannabis flights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a325762622&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National demands answers after police drop annual operation to find cannabis grows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa46f7dc6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter de Graaf (Herald) [Police: No more NZ-wide aerial cannabis blitzes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=119b15d4c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Cannabis referendum media coverage survey** Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Media bias exposed in cannabis referendum coverage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8969f6ad2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [I’m not surprised analysis shows media bias for the cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f98c3539fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Cease-and-desist issued to Shelly Bay occupiers in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f4fb57941&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Iwi protesting Shelly Bay sale serve developer with trespass notice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4093794a93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (Herald): [Opotiki councillor to complain to Race Relations Commissioner over Grey Power newsletter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=601c28e823&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate and environment** Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Auckland Transport unveils fleet of electric buses for new AirportLink service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fae49bb7b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Stuff: [Courts made ‘something of a hash’ of charities definition – senior judge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=065f6664ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Health minister ‘concerned’ as mental health annual reports are two years behind normal schedule](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3549e30bae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Ashby-Coventry (Stuff): [Junior doctors get immersed in Maori culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d1271d7b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Linda Mitchell (Herald): [Early childhood education should be a public service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be7417246d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stewart Forsyth (Herald): [We need more women leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c437900177&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Young people escaping from Oranga Tamariki homes sign of ‘unmet needs’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=184fecf5b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jade Temepara (Stuff): [How kaitiakitanga can guide us in our approach to the modern world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc87570d15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Robertson denies PM is on holiday until Waitangi Day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e823173092&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)