> ## 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 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-22-december-2021/ - Published: 2021-01-21T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-21T19:38:10.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Housing** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Labour announces that it will make more housing announcements this year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c2bea6185&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small and Conor Whitten (Newshub): [Backlash over Labour’s public housing ‘re-announcement’ prompts firm defence from Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73323d07d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter: [The Economic consequences of Mr Hickey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c382f5a99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [More public housing won’t ‘fix’ the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6529e9702c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Jacinda Ardern’s government facing continued criticism over its housing plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c4d256004&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Govt to unveil measures to address housing supply at May Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2a2581948&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Economist: Govt doesn’t have the guts to bring house prices down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6f1fc7f3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour Party pamphlet from 1919 shows striking parallels to today’s housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=111a8e6f4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern puts fixing housing crisis at the top of her political agenda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ea274470c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns pace of house price increases unsustainable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=110ffb3a13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Govt wiggles on housing hook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae3ba32640&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern details timeline for housing annoucements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ddf0cf9ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Why we need a war on debt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7cc37b13b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Public Housing Plan not whole story for Nelson, says MP Rachel Boyack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=211b994157&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Stuff): [‘There aren’t houses for everyone’: Hamilton mayor welcomes confirmation of new social housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d41d5e9b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Devlon Bolger (Herald): [Skyrocketing Queenstown property market bounces back after Covid-19 losses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4e99fec64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Westpac predicts 20% house price inflation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=751f751602&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **US politics and NZ** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Joe Biden brings the United States closer to New Zealand in first day in office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfbac478ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Let’s not overstate the benefits of Biden to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=029f2d9202&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hardens language on Trump’s presidency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c0733f7ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ better off but ‘formidable’ challenges for US – Tim Groser](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9d3929531&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [What a Biden-led US might mean for climate action in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d443f134f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Newman (Stuff): [The day Joe Biden helped kick-start the career of NZ’s longest serving MP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=079a349992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Kiwi expat and former Trump staffer Chris Liddell withdraws from OECD top job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c5e567cca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern declares 2021 ‘the year of the vaccine’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f70abc0cac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Smyth (Herald) [New Zealand’s delayed vaccine rollout threatens early Covid success](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e6e2d9b35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [PM declares 2021 ‘Year of the Vaccine’ – but professor doubts we’ll get rollout right](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=555ae9ae58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Covid-19: Managed isolation ‘leaky as a sieve’, warns Kiwi microbiologist returnee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=810a309775&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Covid-19: Maori to be prioritised for vaccination](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=552639e1de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Doubt over managed isolation facilities ‘full house’ predictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0f215d0fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Air New Zealand’s first quarantine-free flight lands in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fd62e07b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Covid focus critical, PM Jacinda Ardern reminds MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=faeb215fb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Some workers have more reason to be QR code-scanning champions than others](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6eab77b66d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [The Wiggles in hot water over NZ tour: Jacinda Ardern warns promoters not to sell tickets before booking quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da3eea7bcf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emily Brookes (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern sends ‘strong warning’ to event promoters after Wiggles botch up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe2d092719&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emily Brookes (Stuff): [The Wiggles contacted several MPs in desperate attempt to enter New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1352ca4ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Political Hot Potato! MP lobbies for The Wiggles after entertainers fail to secure MIQ space](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=268169d190&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Karyn Henger (Herald): [David Seymour’s second act: ‘I’d be the perfect husband!’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44f6f694a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [R?tana — of God, politics, spirituality and the sheer terror of the paepae for Simon Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7deffe943e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [German magazine names Jacinda Ardern ‘the best politician in the world’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5d7ae3752&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [German magazine View calls Jacinda Ardern ‘best politician in the world’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=745cbc36bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern demands ‘absolute focus’ from Labour MPs in first speech of 2021 dominated by COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4182f84e77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Government faces big challenges in next three years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47d1875b78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern admits ‘holding my breath’ as Kiwis enjoyed summer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36493b93b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Hamish MacLean (ODT): [9.8%rates increase proposed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fceb5aef67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [‘Beware the mongrel mayor’: Dunedin councillor Lee Vandervis uses blog to vent about colleagues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d790396167&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Claim and counter claim as $740,000 sculpture stoush rumbles on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03191e154f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (Herald): [Shelly Bay occupation: Mau Whenua ‘resolute’ after serving trespass notice to developers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94126c29f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, inequality and work** Brian Fallow (Herald): [Failure to boost productivity is keeping us poor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01a8b61dfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Confidence rises in the job market but young still affected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c48cbffe18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuart Williams (Stuff): [Despite global uncertainty, NZ should have a positive economic outlook for 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a53961d93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob O’Neill (NBR): [How our Reserve Bank was breached](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90c6d0e72c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** David Farrar: [Single sex schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b57f65e0b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Mu (Newshub): [Ministry of Education’s new food safety rules for daycare ‘very unrealistic’ – Early Childhood CEO](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b581d7201&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Renwick (The Conversation): [Expect the new normal for NZ’s temperature to get warmer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df080cf2ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Farah Hancock (RNZ): [Abandoned toxic waste in Northland will take two years, $3 million to clean up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=144470f4ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)