> ## 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 – 24 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-24-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-23T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-23T19:08:53.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Parliament, and end of year reviews** Chris Trotter: [2021 will be about brown poverty and white guilt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8272f69b5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Guardian): [Photos of New Zealand politicians and their bookcases are creepily revealing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=490e1f5cfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [The lol-lights and comedy awards of 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c296d300b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: the 2020 year in review and what lies ahead for 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8ea586096&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Face off: Jacinda Ardern follows through with Christmas promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=614f76a4f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Don’t forget the lessons of 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bfbc16365&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Housing** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [No more excuses for Jacinda Ardern in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=773b5a4f6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Lawyer says client on bail told to leave emergency housing days before Christmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b3d63007a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Housing spending rises $12b in just 11 months: new Real Estate Institute data out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7d34a5334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Some of us blew $60.8 billion on houses in 11 months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6350026252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [How NZ’s economy continued to defy the forecasts in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce73945398&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Government-funded Covid insurance considered for 12 upcoming films](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b370972a7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): [Which businesses are on 2020’s naughty list?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=366163de4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Auckland light rail project too complex for existing public body – officials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92aa29a361&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Ministry of Transport rapid transit plan ‘needs to include local government’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcbc5638af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Breen (The Conversation): [Bilingual road signs in Aotearoa New Zealand would tell us where we are as a nation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5b79a31bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid, vaccine, and border** Brook Sabin (Stuff): [The Covid-19 problem at our domestic airports and how to fix it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=143ca442f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Cheaper to beef-up contact tracing than lock down Auckland, Government told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8945b9b199&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Relatives struggle with life expectancy requirement for urgent MIQ places](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02f2aed284&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice and policing** Stuff: [‘Cell buster’ pepper spray okay for now, but Corrections put on notice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9b1c8f715&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Children’s Commissioner probing how widespread police photographing incidents are](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6c216299a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell and Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [IPCA to take ‘very good look’ at police photography policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94e4a39103&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Steve Stannard (Stuff): [Pure New Zealand’s marketing machine will have to do better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79ed9e61ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Stuff: [New Canterbury District Health Board chief executive announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc8cbd7972&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Dr Peter Bramley appointed as new CDHB chief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f807466b7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington Mayor Andy Foster’s year in review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14909894e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Invercargill City Council compliance staff wear body cameras to record abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b281cacc0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Stuff: [Editorial – Feeding the hungry is more of a mission than ever in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a76d1f7b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Racism is well and alive’ in New Zealand – Race Relations Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=232110c765&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jake Kenny (Stuff): [Canterbury pub swaps colonial name for te reo Maori translation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e341346cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial – Our history needs wise words and even wiser heads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a45778c86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [Breakfast host Indira Stewart on using her voice to speak up for those who can’t](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de3be2dd11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuart Smith; Arena Williams (Stuff): [Peaceful resolution at Ihum?tao was always the aim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b969319cc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [T?puna Maunga Authority wins court battle in ?wairaka/Mt Albert tree war](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d1bc6c2ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Major milestone reached in Pike River operation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66c51123dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Horror, disappointment’: Hate material at Queenstown mosque investigated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8960c47114&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Hurley (Herald): [Auckland farmer loses sentence appeal for misrepresenting 3 million caged eggs as free range](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ebed14356&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)