> ## 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 – 22 April 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-22-april-2020/ - Published: 2020-04-21T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-04-21T21:01:09.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **National Party response to lockdown extension, Simon Bridges’ leadership** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Simon Bridges fends off leadership coup rumours, says focus is on COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e2106ff4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Morning Report: [Bridges defends criticism of lockdown extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=010eaace53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Covid 19 was bad for Simon Bridges, he just made it worse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f6c73003e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Bridges defends his stance on alert levels after being ‘obliterated’ in online post that has 23,000 comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9315970600&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National supporters threaten to abandon Simon Bridges after Facebook post criticising COVID-19 lockdown extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af125a9940&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Simon Bridges receives huge backlash to Facebook post criticising lockdown extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a894e565c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Simon Bridges’ Facebook post criticising lockdown extension slammed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72d8ffdab0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Lockdown extension** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [A war footing from Ardern and misstep from Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbf207e83b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Health inequalities among Maori, Pasifika factor in lockdown extension – PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9601c8ce4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern: region-specific lockdowns challenging but not ruled out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a8fd4c995&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘It’s an ongoing effort’ – Dr Ashley Bloomfield urges Kiwis to stay vigilant as NZ shifts from Level 4 to 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ed63c5986&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Keeping New Zealand from returning to lockdown task for all Kiwis – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f70fb49b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Dr Siouxsie Wiles asks Kiwis not to expand bubbles unless it’s necessary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23307607e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Maori leaders back extension of level 4 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=395e0a28ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [North Island iwi urges whanau to stick to level 4](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70cc5c60a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Far North iwi want region to stay at alert level 4](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76b5aeeb7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [NZ cannot afford to wait for Covid-19 vaccine, scientists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a66f6f2a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Lockdown extension hopefully better in long run for businesses, says former Business NZ exec](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08d23433c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Doctors and nurses relieved at govt’s cautious approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e07849580e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Epidemic Response Committee question ministers over lockdown extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d77f9c13be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Small Business Minister criticised for lacking impact analysis of COVID-19 lockdown on ‘sacrificial lamb’ small businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b06bee41ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Ministers accused of making small businesses ‘sacrificial lambs’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f35868ea3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Whyte (1News): [Wage subsidy ‘doesn’t cut it’ for struggling small businesses – Simon Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88a6a041eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup: How healthy is our democracy under the Coronavirus crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b1705d789&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Kiwi patriotism, trust in institutions rise amid pandemic, major study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a97f1d2a6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [We need to learn to be critical of Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af6a271692&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Government piles pressure on crown chairs to cut pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b2b85689d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) New York Times: [New Zealand’s Lockdown Contained Coronavirus. Now Comes the Hard Part](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b170d455f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nick Perry (AP): [How New Zealand could pull off bold goal of eliminating Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea72fb7b42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Government extends New Zealand’s state of national emergency for fourth time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2757c6e206&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern answers your COVID-19 questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=200708d84f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Watch: Shane Jones and family keep busy in lockdown with planter box building](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c826741c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Parliament returning next week, but will likely have drastically reduced numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98e3816e0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ)): [Parliament to resume: ‘Zoom ain’t gonna cut it’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcd3d12b11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Leader of the House Chris Hipkins reveals when Parliament will return in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e87c9ece29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Contact tracing, asymptomatic transmission** RNZ: [‘Digital solution’ still missing in contact tracing efforts – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9d16ccd41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Scientists need ‘to do better’ to find ways to trace contacts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49ac801a08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Covid-19 contact tracing needs to be ‘totally ready’ before move to Alert Level 2, infectious diseases expert warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15b80ad0b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Dally (Stuff): [Asymptomatic Covid-19 cases ring alarm bells overseas but is it a problem in New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a87eed9156&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auditor General to review PPE** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Top-level investigation into Health Ministry launched as health workers say they still don’t have enough PPE](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dca3e53026&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Auditor-General launches review into distribution of PPE amid Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=328cfe545f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auditor-General to look into New Zealand’s PPE supply and distribution amid pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9a58361d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government PPE management to be reviewed by Auditor-General](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5c00e2b72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health system** Melissa NIghtingale (Herald): [Former WHO worker hopes pandemic response will bring more healthcare workers to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e21617865&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Over 50 at-risk staff working for Canterbury DHB speak out after being forced to take leave – ‘People die from it’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46190eebba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams & Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Hutt Valley DHB backs down after weeks, giving 93yo coronavirus test against government advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62913286ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Hayward (Stuff): [11 testing centres in Canterbury among almost 140 across NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=402fc4d0f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Rates of flu-like illness drop to ‘almost zero’ during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ab7329b05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ira Lee (1News): [Some success with messages urging public to seek necessary medical help during Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa24e4589d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [GPs have funding pulled just as they’re bracing for the ‘tsunami’ after the lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f14a5fcbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [GPs say promised government funding not received](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7727466502&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [GPs fighting Government to deliver on $22 million they believe was promised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dc4f65d0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewelll-Worrall (Newshub): [‘Baffled’ midwives pulling extra hours for same pay plea for help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6b7e51dd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Lockdown compliance** Jamie Ensor and Lydia Lewis (Newshub): [Four weeks into lockdown, leading expert couldn’t be prouder of Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02bd190a8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Newton (RNZ): [Traffic data shows New Zealanders staying put](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28fb02bd10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Cropper (Newshub): [More than 2000 Kiwis caught flouting lockdown rules as alert level 3 draws closer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a72781186d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Newstalk ZB/Herald: [Keep kids at home at alert level 3, professor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd21982b9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern’s former school Morrinsville College warns parents to keep kids at home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b04b829ef3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Early learning centres face a minefield of challenges to reopen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb741c5c73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [Maori educators to determine their own fate in Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f01ad0372&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Government reassures teachers, parents over school reopening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b34e3870d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Distance learning to continue ‘at least another three weeks’ – Education Minister Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=434056280d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Petition urging schools and ECEs to remain closed at Level 3 reaches 35,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ef51cc732&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [ECE services wary of level 3 reopening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6af86939b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [What will a return to school under alert level 3 look like?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39841f5a8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Playgrounds in schools, ECEs ‘out of bounds’ during Covid-19 Alert Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81baa27464&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Education Minister ‘encourages’ working parents to ask aunties and uncles to help teach kids at home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47d842d5de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast and Tom McRae (Newshub): [Parents pressured to keep kids away from school during alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2beacbd81c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katy Jones (Stuff): [Parents weigh up need to send children back to school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59bbd27fb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Special needs children advised to stay home under alert level 3 – Ministry of Education](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32d378d832&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Teachers need to accept schools are re-opening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f9668d412&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Decision to reopen should lie with school leaders, Teaching Council says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec3f2964a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Teachers ‘up for the challenge’ with schools set to reopen under Level 3 restrictions – Principals’ Federation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1984f5865&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Ashley Bloomfield and the Secretary of Education answer Facebook Live questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c96371b770&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Lessons for children to learn from Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04a95fc99b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Rest, care homes** James Fyfe and Ella Prendergast (Newshub): [Human Rights Commission advice on aged care facilities criticised for coming ‘too late’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=415eb68f1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Nine residents from Auckland rest home transferred to hospital due to staff shortage brought on by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4b1d500b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Oppert (1News): [Dunedin rest home staff who moved in during lockdown to stay on when NZ moves to Alert Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bd6e50e2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Meet the loving Auckland care home workers helping those who don’t understand the Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e12b2db10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Brian Easton (Pundit): [How Much Unemployment?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74a9b4613a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Infometrics: [Government can’t afford a go-slow on recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75f579f948&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Business and Government will need to join hands to steer clear of ‘dark places’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef99c7d93b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Roger Partridge (Herald): [Getting out of this mess will need more than good intentions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83e677172f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [New Zealand families ‘need cash payouts’ to force economy back to life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76c2c0d831&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tadhg Ryan-Charleton (RNZ): [Wealth of opportunities for NZ entrepreneurs after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18da81e3ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Banks lend more than $6.3 billion to businesses to help them survive lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f32732ad4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy** Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Wage subsidy biggest money scramble NZ has seen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ed0eb90b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [MBIE receives more than 1000 complaints about employers’ potential wage subsidy breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2b144a031&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emily van Velthooven (1News): [Employees won’t need to give back wage subsidy if employer goes into liquidation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4491496477&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [The Government has approved 80 per cent of all wage subsidy applications](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29aafaab4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment, migrant workers** Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [SkyCity worker feels ‘dumped’ after staff invited to donate salary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24f9a05429&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [New Zealand migrant worker market may face tough new policies – academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7252a05327&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Migrant workers in Queenstown without jobs, food](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b636b99201&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Cullen (Stuff): [Can flouting lockdown cost you your job?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f00f33fe1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Waikato’s Matangi Berry Farm and director fined $120k for breaching labour law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80fdcfea18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Council pay cuts – who’s taking them, who’s not](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e54ac6f0cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais: [Nationwide rates freezes, deferrals petition launched by councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6a27b02c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais: [Rotorua councillor wants ‘reinstatement of local democracy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b77c1d8ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): [New Plymouth district councillors approve rates relief plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8303d3d1d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Selwyn considers rates freeze amid efforts to reduce Covid-19 fallout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78ff714c97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams: [Buller gets ‘creative’ over public feedback on annual plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82949389bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marcus Anselm: [Masterton Town Hall debate moves online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=606f3496f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marcus Anselm: [Covid-19 rent cuts on the cards for Masterton trust](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b867af23dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Wellington hospitality sector looks to rev back into gear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c1b50cf9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Hamilton City Council opens applications for extended rates rebate as part of Covid-19 support package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82adff2bba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Community roadblocks** Steven Walton (Stuff): [Illegal checkpoints being dealt with, but ones with support OK – minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=146c3445e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [‘Ratbags and renegades:’ Police Minister Stuart Nash slams Mongrel Mob’s illegal roadblocks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39ae55a9b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Police will deal with ‘ratbags and renegades’ setting up roadblocks and checks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c5ad75ad5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [‘Certainly not appropriate’: Police Minister Stuart Nash addresses lockdown community roadblocks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ed25e6da5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality** Sarah Robson (RNZ):[‘It’s Christmas on steroids’ – foodbanks in huge demand across NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78b46b2599&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Foodbanks running dry under Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=254e0a47ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Why climate scientists will study Covid-19 lockdown for years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b6e97a6fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Councils tackling sea-level rise want central government direction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=873bc576cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) University of Otago: [Wellington flooding a Covid recovery reminder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=874afe2ca1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Department of Conservation budget set to take a hit from coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4254e58689&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** RNZ: Checkpooint: [Air NZ silent about Covid-19 cases as staff fears grow over quarantine exemption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d35f9316b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Lockdown announcement gives Air New Zealand a bookings bounce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a9dbf2b50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Transport readies more buses and roadworks for Alert Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb504d337a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Reserve Bank to remove LVR restrictions** David Hargreaves (Interest): [Removal of LVRs – it’s a bombshell and may be a very bad call](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=204530d1bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ashley Church (Herald): [The best thing to happen to NZ housing market in 7 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f97149c2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker and Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Reserve Bank prepares to axe loan-to-value restrictions for home-buyer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fa5007c4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Reserve Bank may relax banks’ limits on mortgage lending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d63a0d611d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Reserve Bank considering removing mortgage LVR restrictions to help boost economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=392d32164e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Reserve Bank proposes to axe loan-to-value ratios](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c7f4071ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** RNZ: [Forestry contractors urged to make worker safety their priority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcf1251732&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Moving Day for dairy farmers given green light](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7b6d79208&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Fuel** Garth Bray (1News): [Government could lose $250 million in taxes as fuel sales plummet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=193ee57367&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Falling oil prices could be a tonic for motorists and industry alike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7382570ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Why negative oil prices will not mean cheaper petrol at NZ pumps](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2a06cb16a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Z Energy selling fuel back to world market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5dfa34b0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Repatriation** Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [1600 New Zealanders in India could fly home this week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b019dfaa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More repatriation flights on the way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b55772909&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Peter Thompson (Newsroom): [Should the public subsidise media companies?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2670e8a210&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Sky Network Television boss Martin Stewart’s half-million dollar haircut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdf8727f41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Foreign affairs and trade** Don McKinnon (Herald): [A time to reveal our nation’s spirit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccbf12659f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Winston Peters’ privacy breach** Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Winston Peters’ trustee the subject of SFO raid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3f92327ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [SFO decision over NZ First Foundation will come before election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a78892dd28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [SFO will complete NZ First Foundation investigation before election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79a4bf6ecf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters urged to reimburse taxpayers the $1.2 million spent on his legal fees for failed privacy lawsuit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cff0f35182&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Paula Bennett ‘vindicated’ by Winston Peters’ privacy court case failure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd0bfdce59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Paula Bennett says Winston Peters should stump up for Crown’s legal costs over failed court action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47e9284a4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Ellen O’Dwyer and Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff):[‘He was a son that taught us so much’ – parents mourn Kiwi who died in Peru](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb5d0716e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New Zealand man dies in Peru from Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecc3d5dc68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Covid-19 prompts talk of bringing back Ministry of Works, which was scrapped in the 1980s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cb1ef206a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Shane Jones promises new jobs, economic activity in regions within 100 days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecf82cf4c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marta Steeman (Stuff): [Government tells landlords to step up with rent relief for commercial property tenants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c312c1449&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Inland Revenue changes wording on website after uproar over student loans, tax refunds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=066972c60e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Govt introduces stop-gap measure for wills, power of attorney](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1a41715d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [Final days for submissions on prisoner voting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f49a9095e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Ensor (Stuff): [Cafe at Police National Headquarters can re-open after misunderstanding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c08c5288ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Watch: Meet the dancing supermarket security guard bringing joy during coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fc1326b13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Decision on Mataura hazardous waste due next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca2fb0847b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fiona Connor (Newshub): [Mark Lundy’s lawyer on NZ justice system and why even the guilty need good defence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3f06b1300&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Confidence logistics and supply chains to operate smoothly during level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32808ae034&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Holly Carran (Newshub): [Building and construction industry planning for return to work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45ce244a37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Desperate moteliers house the homeless to avoid losing their businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9187074166&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)