> ## 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 October 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-23-october-2020/ - Published: 2020-10-22T19:46:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-10-22T20:22:02.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Labour government** RNZ: Caucus: [Explaining The Red Tide: Kiwis hug Jacinda back as Labour breaks records](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e87f49af9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter: [“Change That Sticks.”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c78d7af87f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Questions over how far and fast Labour will go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20143b3e66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) AAP: [Analysis: Think you know Jacinda Ardern? With ‘handbrake’ now removed, think again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7f5e546a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Small steps beat radical change in Labour’s plan for the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f4d9f4d08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Labour-Greens relationship, Green Party** Thomas Nash (Stuff): [In or out: The tricky choices facing the Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fe4b90a5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Hill (BusinessDesk): [Time for a more independent Green Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf1da6b70b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Why the Greens are better not to go into coalition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66674ad505&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins heaps praise on Chlöe Swarbrick who ‘people on her own side’ get ‘very jealous’ of](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81e8320112&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National** Peter Dunne: [National has to confront some unpleasant realities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0b98c7e91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Hooton (Herald): [National in need of surgery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cfb89309b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Maori TV: [Deflated Reti seeks chance to ask voters how Nats can do better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8467e5fd48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Opposition benches await the vanquished post election-2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7beda2667&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Election, new parliament** Claire Trevett and Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour’s art auction fundraiser returns despite Serious Fraud Office probe in party donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21ed3d74b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Misinformation, complacency to blame for low Waiariki turnout – Labour electorate committee chair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e40f39b3de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [Some belated thoughts on the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a5fbc03d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Paul Spoonley (RNZ): [Does the new Parliament look like us?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16b6f48305&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New ACT, Labour MPs outline different stances on how to tackle poverty in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e069d52fc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [NZ Election 2020 quiz: Do you know these incoming new MPs?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef78e87187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Warning to new MPs: Social media data targeted by ‘cyber criminals’, ‘foreign intelligence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64db14af80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Irra Lee (1News): [‘No job like being an MP’ — How Parliament’s new faces are preparing for the role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3f794658c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [What would a new climate change minister mean for climate action?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=190496affb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **ACT** Richard Harman (Politik): [Sorry Roger; time to move on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f11a36d11f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosemary McLeod (Stuff):[It worries me that we now have declared gun owners in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08a3687228&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden on why she stopped supporting the Greens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35a541fe73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus** RNZ: Nine to Noon: [Sir David Skegg warns over public’s complacent attitude](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00be5e2f28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Experts warn against complacency ahead of Labour Day weekend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8fa0078ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Pub visit a ‘concern’ but COVID-19 system working – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7c32c203f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Bevin (NBR): [Health minister meets maritime union to improve port Covid containment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3dbf5a7b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Health Minister Chris Hipkins on latest Covid-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e1aa26279&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Why is Auckland’s Greenhithe pub case low risk, and should we move alert levels?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4737b9c76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Grant Robertson confirms there ‘is no plan to move alert levels’ despite community COVID-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7462675d10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Authorities ‘working very fast’ to prevent alert level shift after Covid-19 case visited Auckland pub – Health Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0dccb55a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Dust off those masks’ – Bloomfield warns Kiwis not to be complacent about virus over long weekend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5707ae10ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Infected Kiwi at pub shows importance of COVID app to avoid wide infection – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49ec2bbd29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Big Read: How did New Zealand’s ‘hero’ port worker get Covid 19 coronavirus?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af398ee227&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Two crew members test positive for Covid-19 on cargo ship thought to be source of NZ infections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8c14082b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Greenhithe Malt pub visit: Reasonably low risk but not no risk – Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbc104063c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Snap Fitness Browns Bay closed after positive case visited](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd5b65a16f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Lessons New Zealand can learn from Taiwan’s pandemic response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b598e59d0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border exemptions for migrant labour** Bryan Gould: [Priorities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf2439b07b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Sealord employing fishermen from Covid-19 hot spot Russia due to lack of ‘qualified’ Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=549142c5f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Salaries can be high, with lots of time off – so why can’t fishing boats hire Kiwis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff028a9c6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Serious health workforce burden looms: Experts say more migrant workers needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d00ecbc144&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Immigration roadblock ‘strangling’ entry of urgent workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd2cc230e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Let the fruit pickers in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=553590fe8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Justice denied: How unpaid workers miss out when bosses liquidate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7afffb908&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): [The cost-cutting consultants cashing in at The Warehouse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0622c57e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marta Steeman (Stuff): [SMEs are urging Labour to be more business-friendly now that it can govern alone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a42c5362c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Who will pay what share of downsized telco tax?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3124ec8352&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health** Newstalk ZB: [Budget is why Pharmac is letting down New Zealanders, CEO says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58bba6df5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Pharmac decision pending on life changing diabetes medication](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca3da20b2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eleisha Foon (RNZ): [Nationwide shortage of hormone replacement therapy causing concern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa61de2c73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Emergency patients often young, drunk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01ae4023c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Jean Bell (RNZ): [Auckland Council job cuts help save $78m: ‘A really good start’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=970c380603&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [A song and demotions mark extraordinary Nelson council meeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6639e10039&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Complaints upheld against Dunedin councillor who yelled at fellow councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f580b06b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Vandervis defends behaviour towards deputy mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1be2d09a11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Vandervis ruled in breach, on the mat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ba813e6b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [‘Screaming’ Vandervis investigated after ‘tirade’ at deputy mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cbaac4d82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Waikato Times): [Pay stays the same for Hamilton City Council boss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=425441cbe3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Council blunder means no liquor ban in city centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=748122ff06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Price ODT): [Public to get say on Queenstown Lakes District Council setup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc4db8b760&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christina Persico (Stuff): [Petitions for and against New Plymouth Maori ward referendum battling for signatures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb16eace7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wellington** Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Shelly Bay: Councillors heading into crucial deliberation with faulty advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2725fba817&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Wellington region expected to grow by 200,000 people in the next 30 year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6eda7e39b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Wellington council considers significantly higher sludge reduction investment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62a61fc11f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Identifying why people assault is key to safer cities – Wellington charity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97a700de7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Rate of assaults in Wellington 10 times higher than nation’s average](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d0a8ea7fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** The Standard: [Why Can’t The Ministry of Works Just Build Houses Like 1935?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6eb74f4e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [The Reserve Bank should not delay in reinstating lending restrictions on housing investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6788eec7d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Squeezing us in – the housing crisis is changing expectations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b900ade99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) D’Angelo Martin (Stuff): [Ancient ways of living for modern Flaxmere whanau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c3eb940bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Nurse has registration cancelled following racist social media posts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e22e57db18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Countdown proposed pay rise for call centre staff ‘unacceptable’, union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76c405ed16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Piers Fuller (Stuff): [Treaty claim over poor conditions for Maori women in shearing industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=609c6c293a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Guy Trafford (Interest): [Who will set agriculture policies in a group that has little affinity with rural issues and is light on rural talent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=281f257fe3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Major changes unlikely to new freshwater rules – WCRC chief executive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ea3ea9b83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Child welfare** Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Blenheim held up as exemplar of iwi working with Oranga Tamariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b46e839f66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Calls for Oranga Tamariki resources to be diverted to Maori authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3e44be0d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [Maori must be given their own child welfare agency – run by Maori, for Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f9e4fa1ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Twyford denies claims Government is backing NZ Infra’s light rail proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53fc707df0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Police and Waka Kotahi step up efforts on lethal State Highway 5](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed7b805150&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Drugs** Chris Marriner (Herald): [Helen Clark endorses book which advocates sale of cocaine in pharmacies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a129397848&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Helen Clark pens foreword for book recommending sale of cocaine, ecstasy at pharmacies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e6fca9457&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Karere: [Mongrel Mob chapter pilots programme to help members kick meth addiction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d51bac0067&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sport** Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [No girls allowed: League team risks disqualification for flouting ban on female star](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a047310c66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adrian Seconi (ODT): [Player handed eight-game ban by Otago association for racial abuse during game](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=664980eb96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christ Church Cathedral** RNZ: [Cost to reinstate Christ Church Cathedral goes up by $50m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c278c86c0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Gates (Press): [Cathedral leaders look for wealthy Cantabrians to donate $26m in a single year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ebb1fcadb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [How Christ Church Cathedral will look after quake-damage revamp revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7a889842c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Eric Watson** John Anthony (Stuff): [Eric Watson’s sentence reduced due to mitigating factors including testing positive for Covid-19, judge say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=194fb30a44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hunter (NBR): [Jailed Watson to be free by Christmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=800443ce45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Victoria Young (NBR): [Eric Watson appeal unlikely, sentencing judge says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47d4ec1219&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [MBIE accused of scrapping cladding fire-test proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b00e213ef5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ananish Chaudhuri (The Conversation): [Explainer: why the government can’t simply cancel its pandemic debt by printing more money](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f72d9ac7b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [TVNZ/RNZ merger back on after election but rationale remains sketchy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5e9da338a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Why some people just keep bouncing back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b76d344c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Government department had not tested staff ability to work from home before lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0072910abe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 the biggest challenge to Auckland Airport in history, board chair says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb7becd982&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [TVNZ to air US Election Special live from NZ, US and UK](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5710dd43f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Tui vessel operator seeks costs from govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee4eaf07dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Deena Coster (Stuff): [Last Taranaki iwi to settle treaty claim votes to accept $30m deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd683d8e7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [International humanitarian institutions managed by central power in Pyongyang – retired US diplomat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8785ad9488&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [New Zealand inmates receive ‘no consequences’ for assaulting Corrections’ staff – associate vice president](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4024f8c21d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Wiggins (Herald): [New Zealand woman ‘intended to facilitate a terrorist act’ for Islamic State denied judicial review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04edb991e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Court upholds cancelling of NZ passport on terror-related grounds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8119ca6d33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Revealed: The New Zealand regions Kiwis are moving to the least](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e9ba861b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)