> ## 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 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-22-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-21T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-22T20:54:04.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing** Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [Should Reserve Bank overheat economy to blast free of low interest rate trap?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39bca7fa9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [You can’t lose with property mate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4aa9a412b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Housing Minister Megan Woods fires up when quizzed on lack of property shortage figures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4433f98fe6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill South (Stuff): [Single buyers get it rough when it comes to the housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec240e653c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Don Brash: [Housing still the mammoth in the room](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afc8f8e06f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [The trauma and privilege of buying property](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=561a068825&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Janine Starks (Stuff): [Investor ban would cool our boiling-over housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c9cb86d3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenee Tibshraeny (Interest): [RBNZ: LVRs could lower bank lending to property investors by as much as 40%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3724d165ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Cost pressures in busy construction industry start to ramp up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5bc060ab0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Matthews (Stuff): [Buying a $400k New Plymouth KiwiBuild house a ‘no brainer’, first-home buyer says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cf50bb166&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [State house theatre secures MSD funding, green light from K?inga Ora](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cac4ba1898&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ethan Te Ora (Stuff): [Rental law change ‘casualties’: evicted tenants fear homelessness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=639c5027dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Renters suffer from anxiety, sickness from unjust evictions – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23dc563ae1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Jackson and Evan Harding (Stuff): [Struggling Southland pensioners living in ‘draughty dog boxes’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a845b10d33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: General** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National wants MIQ out of Auckland CBD, calls for purpose-built facility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b650123bc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National proposes building of purpose-built quarantine facility on Auckland’s outskirts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ef428e693&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project: [The Queen’s Gambit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f73f55fc44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Kiwis back tough measures – but complacency a risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f36a80d930&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [The beginning of the end for Fortress New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6aa9f8ac6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan: (Stuff): [‘No justification’ for keeping Auckland in level 2, as Cabinet meets to review Covid settings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cec24520e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Covid-19: ‘No reason’ Auckland shouldn’t move to alert level 1 on Monday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c4cfa6538&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Why the answer to border breaches could be building back better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d64ad4e9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Why is Auckland not seeing a major outbreak?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a700759f2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Damien Venuto (Herald): [Wage shame: Why MIQ cleaners have ‘fallen through the cracks’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0962092805&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [MIQ staffers speak of human cost of working on the frontline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a6ebf5ecf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caryn Wilkinson (Stuff): [The workers stuck in the cycle of perpetual managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89d9ecdb65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Government to hire security teams for MIQ directly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9f7fdcd08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Short lockdown but is enough being done at the border?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7910c4521&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Riding Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s Covid roller coaster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0573d77a7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Anthony (Stuff): [Trans-Tasman bubble ‘increasingly unlikely’ before mass Covid inoculations, aviation analysts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eaa6bbdcb8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Kiwis should expect to pay more for Pacific travel when borders reopen – experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8f21253a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccine** George Block (Stuff): [Ministry assures doctors last year’s flu shot debacle won’t happen with coronavirus vax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40afdd088a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Louisson (Stuff): [Labour’s vaccine persuasion policy is inadequate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4a5ab8522&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus vaccine: All you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0a838a947&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Virginia Fallon (Stuff): [New Zealand’s Covid battle: The year that was, and the year ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aea0427547&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Simon Bridges ‘pulling pants down’ as soon as he’s eligible for Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb0aff416a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 vaccines: Pacific leaders hold fono on raising awareness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63077366b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Maori health workers must be trained to give Covid-19 vaccine – providers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7597814ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ immunisation director assures border workers, public about safety of Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7648fcdc33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Vaccines could be given at stadiums, schools, workplaces, pharmacies and GP clinics, Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=753086eae3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Managed isolation workers hoping Pfizer vaccine ends virus and stigma too](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44bc43eb09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [As the vaccine roll-out begins, NZ enters ‘new phase’ of managing virus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c0ec65edb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Is Chris Luxon the new John Key, or the new Todd Muller?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=360c6daa4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [A bluer shade of green](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6aa986890a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of The Seymour Gang](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b316e65a9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Karyn Henger (Herald): [National leader Judith Collins opens up about why she had to change: ‘People aren’t born resilient’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=283f46332a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Labour** Daphna Whitmore (Redline): [Labour will cater to the woke not the broke](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b0488af34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [Labour: Enforcing the status quo, and we’re the losers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76dff1c27b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alex Birchall: [What the Left can learn from Jacinda Ardern about the power of the collective idea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbd0e98a28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and government** Claire Trevett (Herald): [A win for satire, Speaker schooled on eggplants, is a Covid baby boom on the horizon?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=969dd86044&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [Points of Order: Berocca, BAs, and the Beehive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7fb39437a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National’s Anna Lorck ‘Berocca’ ad returns after parliamentary ruling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de0a5a2f00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [National’s Chris Bishop comes out on top in video stoush with Speaker Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33a0b8d4e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s video poking fun at Labour MP Anna Lorck can be re-published but with tweaks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=771dd21c93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [National Party ad featuring Labour MP ‘clearly satirical’, committee rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cdc4331e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Healthy debate proof parties can work together](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8bb57f6b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Rebecca Barry-Hill (Herald): [TVNZ’s A Current Affair host Susie Nordqvist: ‘The health scare that changed my life’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbdea6e3f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cathy Odgers: [Grant Robertson attempts to gaslight Peter Williams](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e425f7311b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Williams (BFD): [Peter Williams Hits a Nerve with Grant Robertson over ‘Great Reset’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9347a4f1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Bowron (Stuff): [The newsreader redundancy that wasn’t](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8716cb9863&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Facebook** Hal Crawford (Spinoff): [Facebook is running an uncontrolled news experiment on a whole country. Let’s hope it doesn’t work out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c6eac990e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Former New Zealand Facebook boss slams move to block Australian news](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c88d9b239&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [We’ll have better conversations than Aussie with Google/Facebook: Faafoi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4360ecb6fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [I’m backing Aussie’s fight with Facebook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=427d314c2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Alexa Cook (Newshub): [Study finds one in six Kiwis exposed to high levels of nitrates in tap water, links to bowel cancer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7dd7193b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Wellington city councillors ask Auditor-General to investigate irregularities in central library privatisation stoush](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7ce3585d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Stuff): [Time to stop councils’ ability to stand in the way of growth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15c392d33e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Stuff): [Palmerston North’s new councillor the first former refugee to be elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a7515ed24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Panel to consult with Invercargill ratepayers about best representation at council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13d54f16d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Andy Foster ‘destroying’ council’s credibility by pulling funding for park upgrade, says Chinese Garden Society](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8415f8c347&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Why Wellington’s Green Deputy Mayor voted against tripling cycleway budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fb78c0a46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Experts say elevated lead levels in Otago residents may not be just due to water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99fe140d6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jennifer Eder (Stuff): [Water reforms and record capital works behind proposed rates rise for Marlborough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e3aeac476&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Free (Stuff): [Cycling budget has to give in challenging times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ca1cb478e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Name calling and swear words: Details of Waikato Regional Council conduct complaint revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccd03c1327&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Auckland Council (Stuff): [What does the future of Auckland’s city centre look like?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b682bb6e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Matariki holiday could cost up to $448m as minister rules out subbing out another day off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cbf85e94e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anan Zaki (RNZ): [NZ could follow UK’s Uber ruling – employment expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23dd84e69f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [The RBNZ will ‘do’ nothing – but what they say will be vital next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad25fe9080&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Joyce (Herald): [Covid stimulus party risks waking inflationary bear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93624028e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Is Covid’s economic carnage still to come?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99d90ae359&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nadia Trent (Stuff): [How the port blockage threatens our global trade network](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec67a34632&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Queenstown business no longer viable without international tourists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6360ae9394&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Tourism industry warned it needs to hang on for one more year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b75014bd3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Cost pressures in busy construction industry start to ramp up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e84823a84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Diana Clement (Interest): [How to fix the retirement village industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aa078fd9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Terry Baucher (Interest): [The Week in Tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=420c59b3b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edward (NBR): [Todd Muller sceptical about UK rhetoric on free trade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e384841ac8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rebecca Stevenson and Pattrick Smellie (Business Desk): [Where to now for Air New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2d0ab209c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stephen Franks: [Continuous disclosure folly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9affd6aca5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality and poverty** Harry Lock (RNZ): [Survey finds 69% want income support for those in need increased](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b09e7faeb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ziena Jalil (Stuff): [Covid pandemic has highlighted how discrimination and poverty persist in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab5c79ba4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Covid crisis heightens inequality in Aotearoa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=785b865248&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Is funding tampons more important than feeding our kids?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55f2d115fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Migration and immigrants** Steve Kilgallon and Lucy Xia (Stuff): [‘It’s all fake’: Chinese migrant builders sold a dream, left exploited and hungry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de2f637601&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ankur Sabharwal (Stuff): [What future for permanent migration to New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=803106680f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Visitor visas extended for two months as Government warns ‘you are guests’ and further extensions can’t be guaranteed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0302d56326&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Australia-NZ dispute over terrorist suspect in Turkey** Peter Dunne: [Australia and NZ play politics over alleged terrorist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e52ab7b8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Standing up to Australia – what’s Jacinda Ardern’s game here?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35c35be9e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jonathan Guildford (Stuff): [Law expert praises New Zealand Government’s handling of woman set to be deported from Turkey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a34ece9492&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Alleged ‘Kiwi’ Isis terrorist: Suhayra Aden set to be deported from Turkey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15879cab5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) The BFD: [Diplomatic relations is Ardern’s weak point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd8b604779&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Katy Jones (Stuff): [Smaller classes, more teacher aides, says outgoing special needs teacher](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8af03c2b69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Stannard (Stuff): [Students’ declining ability in maths and science a concern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa6aae63e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Bowler (Herald): [Why we need to bring back night classes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89af6589e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Khylee Quince (Stuff): [Maths is everywhere – so we need better ways of learning and teaching it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b485f1aa0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Rising tides put up to 94 schools at risk of flooding and closures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3246015dcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [University apologises to its vice-chancellor after buying $5m mansion for her to live in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e89835118&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Treaty and race relations** Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [New Zealand on a revolutionary pathway, between Maori and the Crown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c31d0a6137&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dale Husband (E-Tangata): [Ngarimu Blair: For Ng?ti Whatua, a new fight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8c909b3b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanna Kidman (E-Tangata): [‘I follow the trail of blood’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f1da0b664&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Delahunty (E-Tangata): [Tripping over Te Tiriti](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44e64b9e29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fiona Connor (Newshub): [‘Traumatising’: Auckland woman assaulted, harassed over race says abuse of Asians is ‘moral pandemic’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8752aeae62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Kaumatua, last man standing in Nelson Supreme Court case, says ‘just give us back our land’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=456f96cc8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch earthquake anniversary** Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Quake anniversary: Why is Christchurch still broken?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33e032e45a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Hawker (1News): [Ten years on from the CTV collapse – ‘I still find it hard to comprehend’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=362bf483fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lianne Dalziel (Stuff): [The earthquake evokes memories we will never forget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b17658c9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Stuff: [Editorial – We need a solution to tourism’s pressures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd2cb75f36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katy Jones (Stuff): [Climate action plan launched by citizen-led group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=199ff52b9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Report paints Queenstown tourism as ‘ogre’ says Mayor Jim Boult](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4c8e37159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** RNZ: [DHBs and hospitals at staffing, funding tipping point – union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b355f5586f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica McAllen (Stuff): [Ministry of Health accused of ‘gagging’ Mental Health Foundation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f67429349d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Law and order** Siobhan Wilson (1News): [Tackling ‘an epidemic of sexual violence’ the aim of a proposed new law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30c70d1262&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Elite lawyers challenged on access to justice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bbfb75c44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Just take the guns off the gangs’ – politicians press for stronger police response to gun violence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9899d2acee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Revealed: The number of New Zealanders in court for cannabis-related crimes in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b17ad3014e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Air NZ work for the Saudi military** Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Saudi deals’ shifting sands could let Air New Zealand off hook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c0d541b10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [The crisis in Yemen demands an independent review of NZ’s military links with Saudi Arabia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=efe9ad4b81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Billy Te Kahika quits politics** RNZ: [Billy Te Kahika quits politics, shuts down New Zealand Public Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06c551012a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Freedom Party leader Billy Te Kahika says he is quitting politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=082c649a9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ troops to leave Afghanistan by May** Wayne Mapp (Stuff): [Two decades in Afghanistan: Was it worth it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ccf90804d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Post-Afghan future for Defence Pacific for Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baacf6f07a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Cameron Slater (BFD): [When virtue signalling goes wrong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1795d8f5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Pensioner loses $70,000 from NZ Super payments as overseas deduction policy once again raised in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eff24060c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Blackmore (Redline): [Please don’t sign this petition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44d26f53fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bruce Quirey (ODT): [Questions on NZ’s energy after drilling plans dropped](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0d209f940&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)