> ## 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 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-23-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-22T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-23T21:15:25.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Covid: General** Liam Dann (Herald): [Riding Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s Covid roller coaster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=259bce9c1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Auckland lockdown was ‘frustrating’ but justified, says expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29df050188&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Experts call for seven-tier alert level system as Auckland moves to level 1](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8143c5198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [MIQ facility suggestion is poor timing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b394771ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Michael Barnett urges ‘more clinical’ response to Covid-19 community cases, Chris Hipkins says each case unique](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e926146ff6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (NZ Herald): [Epidemiologist slams ‘highly problematic’ border operation as Jacinda Ardern pours cold water over building specialist MIQ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2a2cfd3d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern throws doubt on National’s purpose-built COVID-19 quarantine facility idea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee70beef5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Ardern pours cold water on National’s proposal of purpose-built quarantine facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea4273ab06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [More than $700m of the Covid-19 wage subsidy repaid before alert level change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e12f35a1d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Gregan (RNZ): [Business support package opens today, to give alert level help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4a716dbad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government officials turned their noses up at a potential policy to subsidise Kiwis’ dinners out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ecc3265dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Ardern hopes Kiwis will make public transport mask wearing ‘new normal’ as mandatory rule remains](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=268ded7c41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Trans Tasman bubble looks closer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=281c885e97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Trans-Tasman travel bubble kicked down the road again, after initial ambition to start by end of March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad92c47e03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccine** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [PM should be bumped up the vaccine queue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c586f44bb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern says she will be publicly vaccinated — but not yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d352138c41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s deputy Shane Reti ‘happy to help’ Jacinda Ardern get public COVID-19 vaccination](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e442c8906&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says she will get vaccinated against COVID-19 publicly but is ‘torn’ over timing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c059e29911&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (NZ Herald): [Big employers on board with Government’s vaccine roll-out plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e9601536f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Canterbury earthquake anniversary** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Remembering Christchurch a decade on: Sir John Key says earthquake was his toughest day as Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c7e11fca4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [‘Bitterness of 10 years of injustice’ still churns for man whose wife was one of 115 killed in CTV building](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0cbe65ffb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Ten years after Christchurch’s devastating quake ‘anchor projects’ yet to be completed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6f847ac7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [10 years on, Christchurch deserves better from its rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a22a2a374&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Gates (Stuff): [Looking after traumatised young people is a legacy of the quakes, says PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=113a2e2c93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Then and now: The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake in pictures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5998a46f98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Remembering Christchurch a decade on: A raw, powerful account of the events that unfolded after the quake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc3d88a572&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Govt delays housing policy announcements to mid-March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00c7c0d7c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jade Kake (Stuff): [Housing rethink poses mighty challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e383f075cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (Business Desk): [Housing: From avoiding catastrophe to finding solutions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe45a377a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Records all around in the searing mortgage market in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de1c9d289d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (Business Desk): [NZ Initiative: Auckland to remain ‘crowded house’ for new arrivals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=feefcd03bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Immigration is the biggest single driver of housing demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f2432b3e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (NZ Herald): [Call for Government to support reform of apartment living legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55e9f52c50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rupert Gough (One Roof): [The Reserve Bank’s LVR rules and how they apply to new-builds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ede8180e3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Luke Malpass and Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [S&P Global ratings upgrade a massive boost to Grant Robertson and Labour’s economic management credentials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=689b8b8c79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Grimes: The RBNZ should tighten monetary policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1351ffdf25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [NZ dollar reaches 34-month high as S&P upgrades NZ’s credit rating](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f21fcb844&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Eyes on Reserve Bank: Next OCR move tipped to be up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcba58da62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [The Reserve Bank’s dilemma over its Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6090441410&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newshub: [What the Reserve Bank’s first monetary policy statement could mean for Kiwis – Simon Power interview](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cded250fc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality and poverty** Sophie Trigger (Herald): [Covid lockdown months not included in tomorrow’s child poverty statistics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16741c4b06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pasifika unemployment in NZ rising, report shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25495da1ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media, Facebook** Gavin Ellis (Knightly Views): [Thank God Facebook doesn’t supply electricity and water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=937cdea0dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Henk (Herald): [Facebook and the disinformation wars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccd2f42863&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) The Big Q: [Should social media companies be owned by the public?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=441665e1af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (audio) Steven Cowan (NZ Against The Current): [They’re Reading Our Socialist Commentary over There](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96151d6936&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland’s 10-year Budget: What you see masks what you won’t get](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ee5726f23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [ICC must tread carefully with media policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a93aa9dfbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Shades of the flyover vote as Foster makes last-minute library move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aeb5ed74e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Councillors and Wellington Mayor in full blown stoush over library](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd08faa1ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ Checkpoint: [Foster’s leadership questioned over Wellington library saga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c219eada9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (Otago Daily Times): [Petitioners push to get vote on STV on ballots](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72f7ba52e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Wainuiomata naming disturbs peace](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d6837d51e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Conversion therapy ban** Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Greens stir the pot on banning conversation therapy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbb9bae42e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Trigger (Herald): [Conversion therapy banned by early next year, Government reveals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc88888838&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Faafoi reaffirms ban on harmful ‘conversion’ practices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ba71d674b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) The BFD: [The Heart of the Conversion Therapy Debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=646f0bc3e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Maker of epilepsy drug warned over quality control](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d78b0960f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Up to 800,000 New Zealanders may have increased bowel cancer risk due to nitrates in water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b2c11ae83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Shaw (Otago Daily Times): [Better safe than sorry with lead in water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fede054716&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Otago Daily Times: [Lead not detectable in latest water tests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f2673d6e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Overhaul of confusing Holidays Act promised as Government accepts improvements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c70d930d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Holidays Act overhaul planned, including earlier entitlements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=618da0da21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Cribb (Stuff): [What has actually changed for women?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f06b0ef903&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Chris Trotter: [The French Connection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffbdb8496b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (NZ Herald): [Taxpayers foot $12,000 bill for Winston Peters’ farewell bash – an event he didn’t even want](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6852bec331&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary and extractive industries** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near beach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38f856cefc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Will alternative proteins become the norm, and what will it mean for Aotearoa?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=273808bb90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Millennials embracing plant based diets forcing restaurants to take notice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1950e482bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Corrections** Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Treatment at Auckland Women’s Prison ‘degrading’ and ‘inhumane’ – judge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07fe03eeab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Minister seeking details about ‘inhumane’ prisoner ruling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=844802e884&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change, environment** Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Storm brewing for the Climate Change Commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50c5ee5d22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ethan Griffiths (Herald): [Hap? concerns over Whanganui water bottling proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c38e008650&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National – Jami-Lee Ross SFO case** Sam Hurley (Herald): [Former National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross agrees to destroy ‘leaked’ SFO documents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56fa4658c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Business Desk: [Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross and SFO settle over sensitive document leak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dcbc808c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Ministry of Transport comes under pressure to rein in budget blowouts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bd6e72d68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [Annual cannabis operation culled in shift to ‘more significant and sophisticated’ approach to organised crime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3612b1edc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Far-right group threatened with legal action over use of Buy NZ Made trademark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3428d0cc95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Navy will be without war-making frigates the end of 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d27066cba8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Ewing-Jarvie: [Cake Stall Security](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ecb135dea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josh Robertson (Re News): [Reflecting on Captain Cook’s many mistakes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99ed49c796&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)