> ## 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 September 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-21-september-2020/ - Published: 2020-09-20T20:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-21T20:33:30.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Election** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [National tries to deal itself in, but Jacinda Ardern has all the momentum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b419a57301&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Conor Whitten (Newshub): [Auckland Central poll puts Labour’s Helen White way out in front](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6afd2ad3e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [New poll results are in for the hotly contested Auckland Central seat, here’s who’s in front](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30d6ccd472&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland Central poll results out: Who’s in front?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bffa21303&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter (Interest): [With Auckland Central apparently set to tumble back into Labour’s arms, can the Greens can reach the 5% MMP threshold?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10aee106b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Emma Mellow: From humble beginnings to standing for National in Auckland Central](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=772a964dbf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ensemble: [Where Auckland Central candidates like to spend their time (and money)](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61678f876c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub Nation): [Shane Jones concedes NZ First can’t rely on Northland seat, vows to kill off Green Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc6782fcd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub Nation): [Shane Jones voting ‘no’ because the Greens are voting ‘yes’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=387c5cabb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [How poor, rural Northland could decide the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66b1cdd31e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Measuring the political pulse of Te Tai Tokerau voters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aff6a73935&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Labour and NZ First at war over Wairarapa as Ron Mark calls out ‘cocky’, ‘arrogant’ opponent Kieran McAnulty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=817f70eaa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [Is the public bankrolling Labour’s bid to reclaim Wairarapa? It certainly looks that way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99c643403e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern rides shotgun in Labour’s play for Wairarapa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c3f349619&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour hoping for political upset in Wairarapa electorate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bb6e795d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O’Connor calls for line in the sand over foreign ownership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b23022b9cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [‘F’ words key to economic development in West Coast-Tasman: O’Connor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fecde83ae7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Why your vote in Wellington counts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b57de2ff8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Local Focus: Which East Coast candidate supports workers and which supports bosses?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e56b3f551&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (Stuff): [Two valleys, similar needs, shouting to be heard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c69d24ead4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Newshub: [Election delay will benefit National, smaller parties – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d7f404038&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Election campaign focuses on post-Covid economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b1a88b46b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in Politics: Recession fires up the campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b41f2b39a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: Deep recession, tax stimulus and Judith Collins’ style](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d329ef943&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ben Thomas (Herald): [Fiscal prudence takes a back seat in this campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d94c5f2144&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Aaron Leaman (Waikato Times): [From Waikato to the world: the rise of Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78670c3535&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says public ‘difficult to control’ after being accused of breaking distancing rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1318852f53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [David Seymour criticises Jacinda Ardern’s lack of social distancing in selfie while on the campaign trail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78794c236b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Cyclist says National campaigners caused ‘near miss’ at busy roundabout, but MP Alfred Ngaro says there was nothing to worry about](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6172b40054&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Julie Iles (NBR): [International students big point of difference for political parties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d17c8fed5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emma Russell (Herald): [Maori Party’s health policy – Addressing ‘the inconvenient truth’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3548524196&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Wilson (Herald): [What that crash on the Harbour Bridge really means](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a492b846d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Dominion Post): [TOP leader Geoff Simmons chips controversial golf course idea back from the rough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70414bd316&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Macpherson: [Right-wing party puts more thought into Mental Health Policy than the others….](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25b063e519&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding (Stuff): [Tick. Tick Podcast: What to expect in Jacinda Ardern v Judith Collins debates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe7aaa00b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [The drama of the TV election debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c4690412d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Pulman (RNZ): [TVNZ to provide live sign language for major political debates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=488506e51b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [More than 2,800 places to vote in election, including a Te Reo Maori venue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eee8275f89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Electoral commission confirms voting place locations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=775e7fe1a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Electoral Commission releases full candidate, party lists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc33f31787&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National** Claire Trevett (Herald): [National Party campaign hit by Grant Robertson torpedo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41f4c54cab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [National’s $4 billion error overshadows party’s ‘slick’ virtual campaign launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7be4f131d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Self-inflicted wound stops National in its tracks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=803160fad8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jo Moir (RNZ): [National Party admits $4 billion hole in their promised spending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=851a266d4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Covid-19 alert level decision may spare National some shame](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=666e1fdee8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [‘Fair cop’ – National’s Paul Goldsmith admits to accounting mistake as Labour points out $4b hole](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1df712b11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Is there a $4 billion hole in National’s alternative Budget?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ba9739f70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [New fiscal hole? Labour accuses National of ‘basic error’ in its numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16c3f84568&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [National’s ‘$4 billion gap’ calls into question if it could run economy – Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab21b73221&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Judith Collins dismisses ‘$4 billion gap’ as ‘entirely inconsequential’, says Jacinda Ardern should apologise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb8d769f3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Paul Goldsmith calls ‘$4 billion gap’ in National’s fiscal plan ‘irritating mistake’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d4fc92f6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National calls $4 billion gap in fiscal plan an ‘irritating mistake’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a0113d70b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jason Walls (Herald):[Judith Collins in ‘bittersweet’ campaign launch, attacks Labour as ‘erratic’ and ‘lazy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0945bc87c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Judith Collins unleashes in National’s ‘telethon’ campaign launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=412d40666e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Collins promises to not ‘sugar-coat things’ in National’s campaign launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbd438ba00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Judith Collins’ full speech at National’s campaign launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a87abe6ba0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Audrey Young (Herald): [Time for Judith Collins to reset her leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3527a1b083&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [National raids the Covid piggy bank to deliver middle class tax cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa9606255e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [National’s 16-month income tax cut could do more to boost high income earners’ bank balances than get people out spending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14325f3261&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Nats find their fiscal sweet spot: the household wallet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31a34103ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [National’s tax plan so cynical it just might work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cb7c9f365&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [National tax cuts finally brings some decent meat to the BBQ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=109dccf31d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Tax cuts at a cost in Paul Goldsmith’s mother of alternative budgets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f657d6e195&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Can tax cuts reverse National’s fortunes?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7de6d0fb68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Free money for all under National – irresistible or irresponsible?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f43b9c6e5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [National’s $2.15 billion business tax break policy ‘savvy’, says tax specialist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cc9986b17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National’s tax cuts: Too much and not enough – critics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ccd708d4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Economist Cameron Bagrie on how National’s tax policy stacks up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca257c9549&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: Q+A: [National defends targeting middle-income earners with 16-month tax relief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0716718af6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [National promises $4.7bn in tax cuts in economic and tax policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f244e94346&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [National’s tax plan: What would it mean for you?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78177a2126&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s promising tax cuts, so how would they affect you?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19c89d37ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National promises 16-month tax cuts if elected, ‘$3000 into back pockets of average earners’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2faf6376ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National promises to slash income tax for 16 months to boost spending, if elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c9add3ce3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [National promises tax relief through lifting thresholds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ee6c12c7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [National dangles short-term tax cuts for workers, business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=113a2424f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins unleashes her vision for NZ’s economic recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76f805abd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Paul Goldsmith: ‘You can’t tax your way out of a recession’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49d8952d63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jason Walls (Herald): [National’s tax cut plan ‘desperate, reckless and ill-thought out’ – Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7861feae98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [National’s tax cut plan; Ardern says Collins ‘raiding’ Covid fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87d0a12494&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour disparages National’s tax cut promise as ‘desperate and irresponsible’; minor parties also pile on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd294c2a23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern rubbishes National’s proposed tax cuts as ‘totally irresponsible’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c96ce51c81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Winston Peters thinks National is trying to ‘bribe’ voters with tax cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d60661ed6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Paul Goldsmith ‘not surprised’ Labour ‘highly agitated’ over National’s proposed tax cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9ed273e1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Deena Coster (Stuff): [National to repeal RMA, reverse oil and gas ban, back ‘responsible’ mining as part of ‘pragmatic’ energy policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ed0184152&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National unveils energy policy that is ‘better for the environment’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbb7817e52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Judith Collins not worried about whether Dr Shane Reti wants her job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01110d9a21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dale Husband (E-Tangata): [Harete Hipango: Not a textbook politician](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00b283e830&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Is the South Island being left behind by the Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cf11b8b8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman and Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [How Labour’s new tax skims cream from Waikato’s fat cats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=572d121958&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Labour is promising more sick leave and a pay rise for 85,000 Kiwis if re-elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4ccb9a3bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Labour’s sick days, minimum wage increase promises see pushback from business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca67a4f103&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Labour pledges to increase sick leave entitlements to 10 days a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e77fa380cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Labour Party promises to double sick leave and raise minimum wage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05676dd802&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Labour promises 10 days’ sick leave, simplified Holidays Act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f145ac883&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour promises to double sick leave to 10 days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11130a85f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Labour promises to end tobacco excise tax hikes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4cd5cb617&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan and Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Labour would axe Provincial Growth Fund, promising ‘focused evolution’ of regional development](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a303f617d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour promises $200m for regions in ‘more focussed’ fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e34086edfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Labour unveils $200m plan to help regional development](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=336e5bee99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The Elevator Pitch: Jacinda Ardern reveals who she’d poach from NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ad86b1b6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Could innovation save the economy? Jacinda Ardern tries hemp icecream in Palmerston North](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a03dd8156&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dale Husband (E-Tangata): [Kiri Allan: Always raising eyebrows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e75f0eb00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Green School previously turned down for Provincial Growth Fund cash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6b29c3ca1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Recreational fishers applaud Green Party’s fisheries policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffb801b354&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Green party promising ‘boldest’ ocean protection plan in decades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5abd71baf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Green Party wants to protect 30 percent of NZ oceans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d494bc797&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Greens announce election pledge to ban bottom trawling, dredging in Hauraki Gulf](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2425a88bed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Green Party announces raft of new ocean protection policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2aa52f71e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [The great farming divide: why the Greens could become (some) farmers’ new party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9575b78fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [‘Urban food growing’ important for climate and communities – Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=705f4270a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Newman (Stuff): [Green Party plan for regenerative farming to start from the grassroots](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=939d88f1d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jennifer Eder (Stuff): [Green Party leader James Shaw tackles Marlborough issues on the campaign trail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fa60a2ae5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** Tagata Pasifika: [Winston Peters says mortgage repayments for Maori and Pasifika need to be 30-40% lower](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e5809cd0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Winston Peters slams Labour for ‘abandoning the regions’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7eb5501418&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters storms off after reporter’s ‘defamatory question’ about racing industry donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=384dfdedad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [Winston Peters has plummeted to a new low with latest policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=018f4ba4a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters lost for words after being asked if Jacinda Ardern is a Marxist – ‘I was never going to answer that’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8025ad3fe4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **ACT** Jamie Searle (Stuff): [ACT: Immigration critical to build economy, create jobs for Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b6b7262d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [‘3 challenges’ for next govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=151877750a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [Let’s give it up for hard-working Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1595af472&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Advance NZ** Jane Nixon (1News): [Ministry of Health to investigate new Advance NZ campaign video featuring clip of Dr Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08d6366dfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New Conservatives** Richard Harman (Politik): [Surging into National’s space](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=725f4c947e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Conservatives release party list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b92f05529&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Euthanasia and cannabis referendums** Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [Why I will be voting no to euthanasia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb0a5b27b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Moore (Stuff): [We often do death badly. We needn’t.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7aa24e6a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Graham Adams (The Democracy Project): [The religious right’s campaign to spike the euthanasia referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a1a5ed8f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [ACT leader Seymour rejects bishops’ euthanasia claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87f06599f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Experts discuss arguments for and against assisted dying ahead of election referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d578551c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew MacFarlane (1News): [Vote Compass: High number of New Zealanders support euthanasia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a54e0b351a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Doug Lilly (ODT): [Those opposing euthanasia are motivated by compassion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66b49344e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [Q+A debate: Should cannabis be legalised?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d18ae2550&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [How the social harms of weed in NZ compare to alcohol, tobacco, other drugs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6231f819c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy, business** John Anthony (Stuff): [‘Time to tax’ big companies who made windfall off wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f91d9a70cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [‘Ethically wrong’ for profitable companies to not pay back wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d553d474d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Wage subsidy test case proceeds to court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62c10cb0b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liu Chen (RNZ): [Workers ‘absolutely devastated’ about The Warehouse restructure – union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a3c1f58f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [More job losses at The Warehouse as restructure of dozens of stores confirmed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bee4e197ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Kelvin Davis defends Government’s tourism funding response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88fb30064e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Tourism Holdings defends Discover Waitomo Government grant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb975f293f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Tourism operators keep heads above water through second Covid-19 wave, but hope of trans-Tasman bubble fades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ce4f19581&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [More bad news for travellers as STA Travel’s debts surpass $10m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f28203a07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Economic crunch: Here’s what past recessions can teach us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=211da1e05c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hazeldine (BusinessDesk): [There is no ‘covid fund’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92d3e0f9ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Daly (Stuff): [Impact of strict border controls ‘indefinitely’ considered by Treasury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3651e620d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [This recession is about more than the GDP drop and debt mountain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed01b4193a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Grant (Stuff): [Treasury’s pre-election opening of the books tells an ugly story](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d180fb953&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Joyce (Herald): [Covid’s costs are coming home to roost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=996b7c142a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Phare (Herald): [Grey-haired and jobless: When Covid-19 demolishes your retirement plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f29446b8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Bowron (Stuff): [Putting hot dinners on the table for shovel ready men?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b30b000fa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tax** Andrea Black (Interest): [What would make the tax system fair, stable & sustainable for the next 50 years?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=242b2c005a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Mason (ODT): [Not many surprises in parties’ tax policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4735ede350&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus** Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Police admit releasing six people’s Covid status to prospective employers through vetting service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69ea3d4623&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kim Moodie (Herald): [Police shared private health details of Covid-positive people with prospective employers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59a1190abb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Police disclosing Covid-19 patient info through vetting process was ‘inappropriate’ – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b4de3f555&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police apologise for revealing Covid-19 status to prospective employer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1daad1392&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [The big trade-off: Economic activity vs lives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbf147c590&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [High economic stakes for every border scenario](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a20fe3d715&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [How new cases of Covid-19 might affect Auckland’s move out of level 2.5](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b99a019cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Big decisions expected today about New Zealand’s Covid-19 alert levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64066fdf0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks and Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Returnees should self-isolate after managed isolation, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77e31efca8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kethaki Masilamani (Newshub): [Fresh COVID-19 community cases lead to call for border restrictions review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=959906a29b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Man tests positive for Covid-19 after completing 14-day isolation stay with two negative tests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de1a8f7402&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Wang (NewsAu): [Trans-Tasman travel bubble on hold till at least March – Air New Zealand boss Greg Foran](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5acc7773b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [How far off a trans-Tasman bubble are we now?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd08131b41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Don’t come to hui in Northland, iwi leaders warn those who went to Auckland protest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eeb186a570&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education, child poverty** Tom McRae (Newshub): [New Zealand’s children neglected by system by going to pre-school hungry – education neuroscientist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f8ff7fc95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Kindy staff forced to choose which kids get shoes: ‘How do we decide who needs it most?’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2067944e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Preschool poverty: Kids turning up with no food or shoes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9924b00177&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Troels Sommerville (Stuff): [Financial strain from Covid-19 leaves pupils hungry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e28fb3cd05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Conspiracy theories, poverty harming attendance in Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=479f54018b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Christchurch Maori immersion school told it will get repair not rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b63b8a61eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sela Jane Hopgood (RNZ): [Funding boost for Pacific learners in regions hit by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8c9656179&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Early learning centres ‘reluctant to charge any more of a fee to parents than is necessary’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f2336f8fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Union urges political parties to extend pay parity to K?hanga Reo kaiako](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d4e2e0a5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Educators feeling the heat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41852a3bb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Support for legal challenge to University of Otago medical school admissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16a0db362c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [The legal challenge to Otago Medical School](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9b9a5c66f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): [Ng?ti P?rou protest through University of Waikato after racism claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ea54138d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Natalie Akoorie (Herald): [Ng?ti Porou h?koi shows support to Maori at Waikato University](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2721fb8ba6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Dilworth School** Isaac Davison (Herald): [Dilworth School sex abuse investigation: How the case was blown wide open](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9adb7f84c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): [Suffer the little children as adults experimented](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1056d0b76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Te reo Maori** Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Long fight for compulsory te reo lessons in school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91e8a9710e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Press): [A word of caution about bilingualism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db7941ba06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [There is no shame in not being able to speak te reo Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=420890bfc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Health minister planning to visit Canterbury DHB – but won’t say when](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19235a72cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Dental health misses out, again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86d0af3663&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [Breast cancer advocates call for free mammogram age-range to be extended in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=666e5aaa40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Thousands of children missed vaccinations due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5440a9c78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jehan Casinader (BusinessDesk): [People who are struggling won’t always ask for help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc1e2195d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ’s largest ever medical marijuana crop gets the go-ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3207d7b8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Disability** Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [‘An insult’: disability services provider fumes over tiny rise in funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1fcef524a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria University of Wellington: [Sign languages are real languages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=204208fc12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Trigger (Stuff):[‘I feel included’: How press briefings with New Zealand Sign Language are making a difference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=188c0696d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Liam Dann (Herald): [House prices rising again – that’s nuts right?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72d35a20a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caley Callahan (Newshub): [Demand soars for Wellington property, putting pressure on renters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ba59e073d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mikaela Wilkes (Stuff): [Demand for Wellington property sees largest annual increase on record](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5744dfab27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carly Gooch (Stuff): [Close to Home: Property investment no ‘free ride’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f02f7a5ada&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Tom Dillane (Herald): [Waiheke Island ‘full of activists and lunatics’ – former Auckland Council CEO Doug McKay’s microphone blunder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6523834e60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [External consultants called in to review Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme, including its ‘people and culture’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8386293488&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Matthews (Taranaki Daily News): [Stratford council to start conversations with iwi after delaying Maori representation decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d78f3fc3ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Maori spend attack misses mark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a14a1051e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Waikato Times): [City council’s desire for diversity irks deputy mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=584619ba93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Manawatu Standard): [Palmerston North’s city council might be too big](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f37c8e32a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Watchdog runs the numbers on Covid death claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a777db6b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: [School sports streaming stoush still simmering](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd61748ebf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Telecommunications** Nicholas Pointon (RNZ): [Industry body sees the bright side in ComCom’s open letter on telcos](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=167c8aa7e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Something needs to change’: Telcos ‘on alert’ to drop charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f51c9bfd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Ivan Diaz-Rainey (The Conversation): [New Zealand will make big banks, insurers and firms disclose their climate risk. It’s time other countries did too](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=386014318a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hunter (NBR): [A bureaucrat’s idea of climate action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c5af67057&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [One Hot Minute: ‘I was living my life like I didn’t believe in climate change’ – scientist Shaun Hendy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4008d2452f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Recyclers call on the Government to ban dumping of electronic waste](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=464248c0e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Litter still tangled in the banks of Managore Stream](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e60e65a69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice** RNZ: Saturday Morning: [Death, mana and Peter Ellis: lawyer Natalie Coates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05f015a3fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Justice Joe Williams on te reo Maori, and synthesising Aotearoa law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe77ce38f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Abuse in State Care inquiry** David Cohen (RNZ): [State abuse inquiry makes slow progress](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18de22fd12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [Abuse in state care: Jack Horton reveals details about his dark childhood](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3854ca5e88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Migration, migrant workers** Lincoln Tan (Herald): [Net migrant departures of 111,000 puts economic recovery at risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7075fba6b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Backpackers with STA Travel visas plead for access to promised jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a10d73f588&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Hipkins not budging on migrant workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c51f98282e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tim O’Connell (Stuff): [Tied-up fishing boats signal overseas worker crisis for industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f08613d83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): [New Zealand has role to play in resolving crisis on ‘geopolitical fault line’, Helen Clark says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59ec3462e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Burton (Democracy Project): [Covid and benefit payments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61df46cde2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Jacinda Ardern says NZ benefits from refugee community: ‘We are the lucky ones’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79cc8c81ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Samoa resumes repatriation flights from New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bed1afb8e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern urged to ‘hold the Australian government accountable’ for ‘horror’ Christmas Island detention centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5623ca96cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More than 2000 Aucklanders report water breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2324576f1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Government to provide support for planting of forests on Maori land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de35b4d61b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [A front row seat for the gender balance evolution in the public sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b373129b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Has the Govt done anything to close the gender pay gap?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1a20a6bd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gibb (ODT): [Alcohol sale controls lowered assaults: study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e077ff8520&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Caught in the middle of an alcohol monopoly, some residents say Auckland beachside community in dire need for change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=307bf2ec74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [Should we change New Zealand’s name?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5ac27513e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1New: Sunday: [SPCA staff facing ‘brutal’ online criticism, abuse from the public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8715f4d7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Gulf Livestock 1: ‘Every possibility that they are alive waiting to be rescued’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=425d4b2704&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)