> ## 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 – 23 April 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-23-april-2021/ - Published: 2021-04-22T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-22T20:20:39.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **NZ-China-Australia relations** Chris Trotter: [The Kangaroo encounters the Taniwha](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a3fc2285c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Speculation Five Eyes will become Four Eyes is completely ridiculous](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38d2516e9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Mahuta has to defend her Five Eyes comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8758ccfbb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Commentators need to calm down over Five Eyes, NZ and China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=471f528aed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta talks up NZ’s role in Five Eyes amid waves of criticism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0400a42692&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne takes no issue with New Zealand’s Five Eyes’ wariness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d419d3d41f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anthony Galloway (Sydney Morning Herald): [Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s remarks on China blindside Australian officials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ff293f103&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labelled the ‘West’s woke weak link’ over reluctance to join Five Eyes’ China stance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbeb8f21b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [A ‘changed’ China creates contention between Australia and New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef08eea514&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Defence expert says NZ’s in danger of being expelled from Five Eyes alliance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df2fe3d505&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) AAP: [NZ given reminder from Australia that Five Eyes is ‘a vital strategic alliance’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a96d343f01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul Buchanan: [“A View from Afar” on NZ foreign policy independence reframed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ec7ac7bfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [NZ-Aussie ministers paper over Five Eyes cracks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3424d2d9a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrew Bolt (Newstalk ZB): [NZ has left Five Eyes ‘in the lurch’ over China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=523f5880fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Australian PM Scott Morrison to visit New Zealand in the coming month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9af66bbdca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Foreign Ministers Nanaia Mahuta and Marise Payne all smiles ahead of likely tense bilateral talks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad04d5c76a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health reforms: General analysis** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Andrew Little’s bold plan shows the way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=367c4e728d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Our bold health system shakeup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37657a3d08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Health system reform: What the experts are saying](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f90a222c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Bold changes for health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7fc6749bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [New $500m hospital for Whang?rei, wh?nau empowerment, key priorities in health reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2388c1c47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Andrew Little admits there are ‘gaps to fill in’ as Government looks to shake up healthcare system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=232944fd05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Govt health shake-up ‘bold, necessary’ – veteran DHB chair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=332645d90c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Stuff): [Consumer voices could be lost in health reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7d47f2363&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Scrapping DHBs will lead to marching on the streets – Woodhouse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69354e81d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Hunt (Herald): [Is the DHB shake-up a chance to make healthcare more sustainable?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a49479822b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Experts hope reforms will help ‘crisis’ in access to trans healthcare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8456811d2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Hodgson accepts Little’s criticism was deserved](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=468f8748c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Southern board singled out as example of need for change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5b3509a37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health reforms: Maori Health** Barry Soper (New Zealand): [Maori Health Authority not the right way to get a level playing field](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98249dc1a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Addressing inequity among chief concerns for Maori Health Authority out of Porirua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=478f29ee53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [John Tamihere calls for new policy to tackle racism in health sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd98c8b879&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Maori Health Authority must include holistic wellbeing – Ng?i Tahu health provider](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bac9612e2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Maori Health Authority ‘could be a big step forward for our people’, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df1fe40ada&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Maori health professor: Prioritising Maori health will fix generations of inequitable outcomes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f94fcdfd0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** ODT: [Editorial – The story of subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92664c021b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Grant Robertson moves further into Reserve Bank sphere with eye on ‘wider government objectives’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a177b86fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [‘Slow’ Reserve Bank forces Government’s hand, economist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a83dba8740&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [What the planned bank deposit guarantee scheme means for you](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c183a923fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Digital skills are essential skills](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25d89b7c61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Poverty and welfare** Max Rashbrooke (Stuff): [Plan and budget both AWOL in child poverty fight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e90ba9c7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni hits back at National, Greens over welfare attacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1380b08378&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Stats NZ corrects child poverty, household income statistics after errors found](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d67721eb1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Bishop (Stuff): [Why we’ve paid the Aussies almost $1.3 billion in the past 21 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=faaf987072&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing crisis** Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Private infrastructure charges ‘the answer to boost housing supply’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77852ce6c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government paid $75 million to top 10 providers of emergency housing over four years, new figures show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83759cb4a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Housing crisis: Price for rentals hits new all-time high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=919dba6817&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl Puschmann (Herald): [TVNZ’s Renters is everything wrong with NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e25a844f0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council budget: Costs cut by $119m, but worries about impact on staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d74934ee84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Hastings City Council to consult members of the public on Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d879aff76d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew McRae (Stuff): [Waikato councils must be amalgamated – Chamber of Commerce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fba9ab07a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Stuff): [Lock out notice issued ahead of Wellington bus drivers striking tomorrow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28231dbbdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City Council is not brand Coca-Cola](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0f8d115bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Maori ward ‘must be effective, meaningful’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9a78016a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccinations programme and border** Johnny Blades (RNZ): [Will NZ support a vaccine intellectual property rights waiver?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91dac9d45c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Govt to move to risk-based approach for handling flights from Covid-ravaged countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b2b895213&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Post-Covid travel – the only way is up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50e5d99a52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ben Strang (RNZ): [How a family fled and returned to MIQ facility in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0fdb1f596&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern calls on other countries to follow New Zealand’s lead at US climate change summit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31a2ded1f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [NZ makes no new commitment at Biden climate summit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91cdb2e85f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Time for action’ – Helen Clark urges climate change response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6121b6c982&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sonia Mazey and Jeremy Richardson (Newsroom): [How high hopes in Wellington may be dashed in our cities, farms and homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f870f30dc1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Seymour outflanks Ardern on hate speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b04304f56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Royal Commission into Abuse in Care blows $56m budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f7b0ae041&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government looks to phase out fuel taxes, road user charges under transport review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01bce5c697&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samantha Gee (Stuff): [Demand for youth mental health services at crisis point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d19e3c34a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Underspend in community mental health funding as GPs say they can’t afford to pay for space](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bf6219c70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): [We need an honest debate on Gallipoli and a fresh approach to history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f93f7d16cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maria Armoudian (Herald): [The big lie about the Armenian Genocide](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ee03ea7cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Lynch (Herald): [Framing debates as left or right is pointless](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=576232407e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)