> ## 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 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-22-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-21T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-22T19:32:28.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Parliament, and end of year reviews** Chris Trotter (Interest): [How the state was reclaimed for the people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6378016582&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Shaw (The Conversation): [2020 hindsight: can New Zealand apply the political lessons of COVID-19 in the year ahead?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d3fc06a2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ‘Stuff political reporters’ (Stuff): [How good were our political predictions for 2020? Well … we missed Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3555baf7a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [David Seymour calls Jacinda Ardern a ‘superb leader’ in rare public praise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d32641e5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Doomscrolling’ is word of the year for 2020 – Public Address](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29393c374d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Dancing with Neve to ‘bad children’s music’ is Jacinda Ardern’s new fitness regime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18e4faf67e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Point of Order: [Mr Speaker wrongly cried “rape”, and then apologised – now let’s see if he becomes Sir Trevor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95e35d5085&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** RNZ: [The Warehouse Group to repay $68m wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2921b1411c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [The Warehouse Group to repay $68 million wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b007e14408&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Stubbs (Stuff): [Why a $20 minimum wage is good for business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7402a068b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charles Waldegrave (Herald): [Raising minimum wage way for New Zealand to bring about inclusive growth, productivity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee936bf4f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Tough 2021: Early signs of debt stress creeping up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2caa443b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Victoria Young & Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [Hanging on: Liquidation figures decline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da7c5008e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Donal Curtin (Economics New Zealand): [Where is fiscal policy going?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd619e1622&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Government buoyed by GDP growth but challenges lie ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e2d8e3c5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Tiwai Point smelter: Uncertainty for workers, local economy and environment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a42134e01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Reddell: [Productivity, Productivity Commission, and all that](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e4414caea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid, vaccine, and border** Cas Carter (Stuff): [NZ tops the brand charts for 2020 – but how do we take advantage in a world of Covid?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8bf627199&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Otago Daily Times: [Editorial – The lucky Covid country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b933cf50f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [New Covid-19 variant hasn’t yet been identified in New Zealand, but expert says likely to get here](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=761c19e360&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Epidemiologist Michael Baker: ‘We will be bringing this virus into New Zealand’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56f650f298&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Covid-19: Trans-Tasman bubble unlikely to open as planned due to Sydney outbreak, economist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a2f467031&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Dahmen (Newstalk ZB): [There’s an isolating curse to our Covid freedom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08919e762c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Top epidemiologist warns what Sydney’s Covid-19 outbreak means for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d7771e585&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (Business Desk): [New waves of covid-19 could pop bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=552ae757db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (Business Desk): [NZ’s Pacific diplomacy – vaccines, aid and China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b026127bc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Housing** Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Addressing the housing crisis: What NZ can learn from other countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03f38fe21b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Residents express hopelessness as houses in poverty-hit Otara sell for $1m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a25599544e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Mortgage advisers say banks are more willing to lend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=021a7d6bd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Susan Strongman (RNZ): [Lack of South Auckland abortion services ‘unacceptable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eea6f6f6f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Pharmac to fund two new type-2 diabetes medicines, targeting Maori and Pacific patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0fba28406&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Kiwis going into debt to pay for drugs other countries fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b5a7364e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Covid-19: ‘Significant’ disruption to primary healthcare caused by coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fc8506aa1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Clinical council advises SDHB to cancel surgeries in Invercargill and Dunedin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad41cbe1ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Issues remain with informed consent around hospital procedures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e0688501e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Thanks to my state-of-the-art app, there’s an apology in the pipeline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1bc14a58e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Ratepayers pay $92,000 for membership of libertarian think-tank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da4122a255&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Dunedin councillor loses legal case over $12 parking ticket fallout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4af5270908&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Kidd (ODT): [Vandervis fails in legal battle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b3c0ef879&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change and environment** Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): [Biogas could help reduce New Zealand’s emissions – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7392eb0ca6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [NZ wastes a Tiwai smelter-sized chunk of power each year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cddc49e22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Gavin Ellis: [Before I was rudely interrupted…](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3cdc97672&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carol Hirschfeld (Stuff): [How Stuff tackled the 2020 election, in the shadow of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81227df7d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Corrections wins bid to stop Stuff journalist interviewing Phillip John Smith](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f027095005&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Spy partners’ focus dictated lack of Far Right intelligence, GCSB boss says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc4b1174c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Locke (The Spinoff): [What’s missing from the report into the Christchurch terrorist attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2e996f8a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Auckland City Mission says demand for food parcels and gifts soaring ahead of Christmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4db64cdd0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Not all good outcomes are attained by hot pursuit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c08b68da90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Water reforms come with $46b bill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f2aa25187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Katy Jones (Stuff): [Iwi teams up with students to ensure ownership within grasp for wh?nau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f352996cd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui and Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Questions raised after police officers stop youths to take their photos](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb779ad112&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)