> ## 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 November 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-23-november-2020/ - Published: 2020-11-22T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-11-22T19:26:42.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **National Party** Richard Harman: [Goodfellow beats off challenge and calls for unity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3085f50d7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [Sir John Key’s speech a chilling glimpse into the future for National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4f74d729b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [‘Reflective’ National Party meets for first time since election drubbing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f900a359f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Sir John Key slams in the bitter pill to National Party faithful](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a34710d244&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [John Key to leaking National MPs: ‘If you can’t quit leaking, quit the party’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd5fc6c53c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Sir John Key on Peter Goodfellow’s ‘media bias’ against National: ‘Only ourselves to blame’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06c82ce7c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National’s own failings cost it the election, says John Key](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f1db7a09d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caitlin Ellis (Newshub): [Judith Collins on why National lost, how it can win 2023 election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a832cbd66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National was ‘far too focused on ourselves’, but will come back stronger – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94b96c2349&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National president’s lockdown ‘tyranny’ jab shows party isn’t on the same page ahead of attempt to rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abd89bbb8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Covid-19 reduced election to ‘a race of celebrity leadership’ – National Party president](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fec54caae7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [National ‘needed to be a unified team with a credible message’ – David Carter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68532e2281&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Peter Goodfellow to remain National Party president](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa429bea1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Peter Goodfellow retains National presidency – former MP joins board](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f792f900b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National Party gathers for AGM: ‘We must give NZers a reason to vote for us’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbb6a31517&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Nats’ election post-mortem: Will Peter Goodfellow get to keep his job?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=653d63539b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [Twenty years of inaction has led to a ‘toxic’ NZ housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00d6510abf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [MPs should be put in public housing – Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=031397e258&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Dunne (Interest): [Pass-the-parcel game on housing continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6e7ef2d72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [House prices have risen 5 times as much as wages for typical first home buyers over 3 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa2acf6240&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [‘We’re building houses for rich folk’ – Economist says NZ is building the wrong types of property](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d99456ba89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Reserve Bank ‘asking for trouble’ with cheap lending, ‘completely out of touch’ – economist Shamubeel Eaqub](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7760377662&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Ardern should cash in some political capital to intervene in housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=447410410f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Alexander (Stuff): [Why are house prices still rising during the pandemic?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=372c5718ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Monique Poirier (Kiwiblog): [The one thing that can doom Jacinda Ardern: disappointment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f30b4310d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Rattenbury (Stuff): [PM should follow first Labour government and offer ‘rent to buy’ scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=942ab2200b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Bayly (Herald): [Government should call in Reserve Bank for housing chat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aacc7cba4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [First-home buyers going regional to get on the property ladder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c026b0703c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Earth to Government: Printing money has consequences](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1da50c0cbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Terry Baucher (Interest): [The Week in Tax: ‘To save capitalism, we must help the young’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03d1e63b84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Christchurch struggling with Government’s high-density urban housing directives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a61ed8d52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: housing, tourists and infrastructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=239f3399fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [Review or tweak? Government confronts body corporate reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a883af4a84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [The Week in Politics: Fears grow over Reserve Bank’s lending programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28fd6fb439&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour Government** Dale Husband (E-Tangata): [Willie Jackson: Primed for politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30b29ce058&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter: [The Political economy of Pride And Prejudice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dabceb01d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour’s largest ever Pacific caucus prepares for term ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=761fe18ffc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Beehive Diaries: Health Minister Andrew Little’s ‘undercover boss’ sting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97a7fef12d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Wellington** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Wellington, I’m sorry to say it, but your good days are over](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b9d9c45a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Wellington sewage spills 20 times higher than acceptable target](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6de92b4ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Media ‘gatecrashed’, councillors not welcome to forum so good ‘they may not return’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95cb80329e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington needs to consider ‘economic cost’ of racism, says former refugee Guled Mire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5e5b53e89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Shelly Bay lobby group ‘doesn’t want to know’ where $440k donations came from](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=193bf0256d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Mayor Andy Foster literally putting up tents as Shelly Bay occupation begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66181976d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexa Cook (Newshub): [Wellington iwi group Mau Whenua to occupy Shelly Bay development land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2178a338f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Damien Grant (Stuff): [Auckland Council has become a bloated, debt-laden monster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3039ae4c80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Tauranga City Council needs an intervention](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff9b29f6b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Tauranga council divisions remain after mayor’s shock resignation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a78cb3d34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Tauranga mayor’s shock resignation: Tenby Powell calls for Government to step in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9be3eb1840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kiri Gillespie (Herald): [Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell on his resignation: ‘I’m more sad than anything else’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c0767cf69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Tauranga council divisions remain after mayor’s shock resignation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89fb786ecf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell resigns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e525e5dbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Invercargill’s civic turbulence put into perspective by Tauranga’s civic torments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34e99f9c50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Former Northland councillor wants referendum on Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f15d0acb8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jean Bell (RNZ): [Auckland Council relationships with urban Maori versus mana whenua under scrutiny](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccd5923f63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [The P?keh? who became the face of a movement to give Maori a voice at the council table](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3169d0c0b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Failed ousting exposes party political influence in local government – chairperson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f307308c0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): [Councillor criticises having all-male panel shortlist chief executive hopefuls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5603506339&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Angeloni (RNZ): [Gisborne elects youngest-ever councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=925dc0412f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election and Parliament** RNZ: [Survey: New Zealanders want parliamentary term increased](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5becf9f080&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Dodgy digital election ads: Does the watchdog need teeth?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bba3c8fed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Statistical anomalies in the 2020 New Zealand Election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3231d18861&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Act’s MP bootcamp: How the nine newly minted politicians are getting match-fit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d94d39848b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Second Maori Party-sought recount comes in with tiny gain for co-leader John Tamihere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1d0e49ff6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [NZ tribalism – how close are we to the polarised US?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f4007d658&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [A conservative coup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f20b9dfddb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations and trade** Derek Cheng (Herald): [New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta pushes back on China’s Five Eyes warning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2239a5d472&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Minister for Waiting? New Foreign Affairs Minister called out for not fronting for interviews](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44522f7b4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta asks China to ‘reflect’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e04d07f020&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [NZ will keep advocating for democracy, despite China’s ‘eye poke’ threat – Nanaia Mahuta](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76e3027154&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [China warns NZ, other Five Eyes nations to stay out of Hong Kong situation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e61fa675ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [China says Five Eyes, including NZ, should face reality on Hong Kong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=475c5406bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Simon Bridges backs NZ Government in Five Eyes’ spat with China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3298131e92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [China rebukes Five Eyes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ffaf0a671&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [China’s taste for more trade a plus for NZ – specialist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2d9527d1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [China says Five Eyes, including NZ, should face reality on Hong Kong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4053445849&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Is this the start of a new position from NZ on China?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fbf9969e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [International law expert Al Gillespie expects New Zealand will be urged by Five Eyes to ‘speak up’ more as China beefs up threats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00908a59d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Wu Xi (Business Desk): [New opportunities for China-New Zealand cooperation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=954b96c20e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Simon Draper (Stuff): [Maori values continue to resonate with Asian counterparts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4d4b47b8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government spent $26 million on Apec hosting prep before Covid forced the summit online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44d37d8561&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [‘We must not repeat the mistakes of history,’ Ardern says in APEC opening remarks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f60c788da3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern warns against protectionism as APEC leaders agree on free trade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7344c4e283&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Hart (Stuff): [Biden should look to Ardern’s playbook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14a79daab8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Matt McCarten’s public revenge on exploitative employers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc67a1505c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Quarter of Kiwis keep working past retirement age, double that of Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe6d497b7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (Business Desk): [Young people bearing brunt of unemployment burden](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=046eefff6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Steven Joyce backs call to rein in Reserve Bank, says axing wage hike is the answer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73773a7790&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [The heavy metal light at the end of the Covid tunnel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e674129921&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Infrastructure report: NZ playing infrastructure catch-up after decades of under-investment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc0e625a3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt and Bevan Peachey (Herald): [Private sector investors can make major contribution to NZ infrastructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a107616d79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robert MacCulloch (NBR): [The next three years: An economic policy forecast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42bc309174&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Electricity companies accused of using ‘confusion as a marketing tool’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ca5adcc1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Migrant workers and benefits** 1News: [Government wants ‘Kiwi first’ approach as industries call for migrant workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff836b1f1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Migrant workers to receive emergency benefits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e71c5e203&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Benefits for migrant workers to match standard dole rate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9708876f8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Migrant group calls for emergency benefits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e4f5742c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Tourism Minister Stuart Nash must adjust his approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38ae8bff6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): [No reason for Tourism Minister to start bashing tourists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc028d63da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Time to grasp the freedom camper by the horns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff32a2d170&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [Track and trace task force has nothing to go on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f64ad0db3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Fears wealthy tourists will leave many operators ‘high and dry’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=344fe0f6dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ may become ‘Florida of South Pacific’ without young tourists – YH](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87de474b19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Campervan ban not the answer to attracting ‘high-value’ visitors – Tasman mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bd24f51cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jehan Casinader (BusinessDesk): [We don’t just want rich tourists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd211f58bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Defence forces** Stuff: [No room for complacency over war crimes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41c7d274c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ Defence Force must expose troops’ ‘guilty secrets’ – Hager](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=499793b194&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [HMNZS Aotearoa: Covid-19 again scuppers best-laid plans for Navy’s big new ship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0502cf3d70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Lois Williams (1News): [How dirty is NZ coal? – Mining lobby faces conservationists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f108c84125&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Apec: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern mentions her ‘climate sceptic’ grandmother in speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=372028b188&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [O’Connor: Tweaks to new freshwater rules coming](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34218e1af4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Shameless profit’ – Maori Party co-leader wants seabed mining banned in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7610a3b775&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice and policing** Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Prisoner numbers fall 1089 over last 12 months, largest drop in over 20 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ab346e437&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [New Police Minister wants more diversity but treads softly around race](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=caad4da9c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Irra Lee (1News): [‘We’ve got to see the whole ecosystem’ – New Police Minister wants holistic view in tackling family violence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61d6deedb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [MIQ spaces available but separated families told rooms all booked for now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57aef33a3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Chris Hipkins on being minister of Covid-19 response and adapting to challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae46789dad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Misinformation about Covid-19 vaccine a ‘concern’ as NZ awaits rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a047723982&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cecilia Robinson (Herald): [What Covid can teach us about female leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f627ade4fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health** 1News: [Independent review claims St John in ‘serious financial risk’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2eda197455&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ministry of Health apologises after people with bowel cancer wrongly advised to get screened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=865273a6f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Diabetes treatment in New Zealand racist – medical experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3fd66aa13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Nelson-Marlborough Health boss spent $22k on travel expenses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5da69e1a86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Drugs** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [The Government should look at legalising pill testing before it goes on holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=868db64696&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Wellingtinny: Could the capital become the Colorado of New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f238ec516b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lisette Reymer (Newshub): [New Zealand’s growing meth crisis ‘ruining people’s lives’ – frontline staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97876edb9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Government aims to get ahead of school roll growth curve: Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb7dd630cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon and Amber Allott (Stuff): [Government announces funding boost for South Island schools with skyrocketing rolls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90ad8de007&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Schools footing bill to teach teachers how to teach reading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b17242f33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Mike Houlahan (Otago Daily Times): [Privacy law refreshed to reflect the times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02a6d3f3e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Peters (World Socialist Web Site): [No justice for families 10 years after New Zealand’s Pike River mine disaster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b400658d39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Bridgeman (Herald): [Can NZME keep up the momentum?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20207cb206&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [Te R?nanga o Ng?i Tahu chair ‘grateful’ for re-election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6970c830bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton, Charlie Gates and Mina Kerr-Lazenby (Stuff): [On reverse culture shock: What it’s like to call New Zealand home again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d35edf31e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Te Punga Somerville (E-Tangata): [(Not quite) 250 ways to start an essay about Captain Cook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46d3a1d81f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Nielson (Herald): [Dame Anne Salmond awarded prestigious Blake medal: ‘A legacy we all benefit from’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fde3b9b1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [‘It’s my job not to switch off’: Women of Influence winner Siouxsie Wiles on her important role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09d070270d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Business Insider: Graeme Hart’s superyacht Odyssey sold to Kiwi businessman, Bauer’s magazine price, Phil Goff’s tape measure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cab5724ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)