> ## 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 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-24-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-23T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-24T19:56:57.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Child poverty report and inequality** Claire Trevett (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s do-or-die child poverty promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6e56bc38f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Poverty figures a sigh of relief for PM – but will it last?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d79770f838&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Branko Marcetic (Democracy Project): [NZ’s economic “bounce-back” is a myth – but lifting benefits would bring it closer to reality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f706a6f23f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Solo mum living in tent with six kids in stark contrast to Government celebrating drop in child poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78f1d30c1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Child poverty: ‘Huge time lag’ means latest stats do not reflect post-Covid hardship – Andrew Becroft](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40fc8a7d24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Mind your Ms and Ps when you’re talking about child poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aed01bb34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Child poverty declining before Covid-19, but latest stats ‘profoundly bad news’ for children with disabilities – Children’s Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2486749b08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Children still living in poverty but number of wh?nau struggling to provide the basics drops – Stats NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0574ffd45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll and Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Child poverty declines: Maori, Pacific children worst off but some improvement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75f6ec8243&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sela Jane Hopgood (RNZ): [High number of Pasifika children experience material hardship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ef93ac8ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Government hails child poverty figures but more needs to be done](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8c902b23a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jean Bell (RNZ): [Demand for food parcels and housing soars in Bay of Plenty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c44c0e054c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Harris (Herald): [Hamilton mum forced to choose between living in a car with kids, or splitting them up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5ea0ff483&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Housing** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [We don’t know how many houses we need – we should](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68f443bbf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Johnston (Stuff): [Half of ‘new’ public houses not actually new stock](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5acd4e9766&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leonard Hong (Herald): [Housing crisis? You ain’t seen anything yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a84547850d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Home ownership scheme announced in 2019 has housed just 12 families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7e2adc1a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Property experts at odds over whether Government should lift K?inga Ora’s ‘unrealistic’ First Home Grant caps](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac59e70b55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Labour to support National Party bill reforming apartment law at first reading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08acbc5243&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Housing supply needs serious boost to meet changing demographic demands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4dff75d4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Marta Steeman (Stuff): [Retirement village operator Summerset posts bumper $230m profit as property values jump](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0798fd3ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Elinor Chisholm: [What is a mixed-tenure community? Views from New Zealand practitioners and implications for researchers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3d95f5b28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Agencies challenged to back Maori housing moves](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c713779eea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Auckland community outbreak** Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: Next few days critical after new community cases – experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7829f0f524&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernadette Basagre and Anna Loren (Stuff): [Auckland should go back to level 2 after new community cases – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=753c83423e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland still has ‘low risk’ of outbreak – experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31f85b52f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane and Emma Turton (Newshub): [Health officials need to find out how latest Auckland case contracted the virus – Siouxsie Wiles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f2667bc64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Why was New Zealand’s latest Covid lockdown the only option?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c92b533ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Coronavirus: ‘Short, sharp lockdown’ prevented wider outbreak, ‘more dramatic’ measures – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82ab33b285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: General** Abbey Wakefield (1News): [Covid-19 expert Michael Baker argues for more levels to be added to NZ’s alert system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=400232f82c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Vigilance needed as much as vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2de01dba1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Taxpayers to foot bill for extra weeks Australian spent in MIQ after refusing Covid-19 tests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c778082469&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Govt faced with competing advice on mandatory mask use – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5136549b93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Loren and Bernadette Basagre (Stuff): [Covid-19 ‘tough’ to control in schools, expert says as student testing continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4606623b23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cecile Meier (Stuff): [When will the Covid-19 vaccine be available for children?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=901ed08dc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (RNZ): [329 Immigration NZ staff to lose jobs, offices around the world to close amid huge drop in visa requests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b456267c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Skilled migrant desperate for his wife and children to join him in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbfd4dc968&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Bowel movements could have led to Covid-19 Pullman Hotel outbreak – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c397218020&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Trigger (Herald): [Australian refusing a Covid test should be deported, says Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e6506569b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Forget being grateful for level one](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a76eb75c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Local Government Minister not considering commissioners for Wellington City Council – yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=807865f7c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Invercargill City councillor: New media protocols close to gagging order](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c0eb2dec3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Invercargill City Council introduces new media protocols](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd0ba602d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellingtonians unimpressed by fractured city council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4374a4e6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Kiddle (Stuff): [Whose heritage do we in Wellington care about?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3381420f85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Green Party to issue a ‘please explain’ over Wellington deputy mayor’s cycleway vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e9a2a4b57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Stuff): [Councillors hit warpath after Govt funding for cycle paths dries up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96ed382c7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber Allott (Stuff): [Canterbury regional council rates could jump more than 24 per cent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27df3f9ef2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tara Shaskey (Stuff): [New Plymouth District Council, City Care fined total of $179k for 1.5 million litre raw sewage spill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e968c5cba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Maori wards law change: Northland councils may end call for submissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e6265cfa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Dover Samuels – hopes for Maori wards pinned on younger generation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02a16c4444&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [New app embeds Te Ao Maori in local government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a95ac0ee44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Prisons** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [‘Inappropriate’ pamphlet found at Spring Hill prison referred to police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f90822d8a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Corrections refers prison pamphlet to police over concerns it might incite riot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=955be5368d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [NZ needs ‘by-Maori, for-Maori, to-Maori approach’ to prisons, says MP Rawiri Waititi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=226c8fcfe4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Maori Party calls for ‘urgent inquiry’ into ‘inhumane’ treatment of inmates in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d229e7b70f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Te Paati Maori calls for urgent ministerial inquiry into treatment of prisoners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55f149aedb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Simon Bridges on Police head Andrew Coster** Amelia Wade (Herald): [National’s Simon Bridges says police commissioner Andrew Coster is too ‘woke’ for the job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f95353995b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern responds after Simon Bridges labels Police Commissioner Andrew Coster ‘wokester’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4958f37e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [National Party MP Simon Bridges lashes out at ‘wokester’ police commissioner Andy Coster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f016b0911b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National Party’s Simon Bridges doubles down on ‘wokester’ jibe against Police Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b15b0467a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Law and order** 1News: [Gang members grew to 8000 last year, Wellington sees greatest increase — National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53df7cc223&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christian Fuller (Herald): [Gangs in Hawke’s Bay: More patches, more players, fewer crimes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af822328a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jared Savage (Herald): [Video of gang’s botched $1m drug deal that brought down Comancheros leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6c0181697&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jared Savage (Herald): [Police Commissioner Andrew Coster wants to test ‘fit and proper’ licence criteria after it emerges 12 people on gang list can buy guns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05b748ce77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Man jailed for 7 years over kiss appeals in Supreme Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eba200026&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Nick Truebridge (RNZ): [Ex-DHB psychologist claims chronic failings in mental health services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62c6466a42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ministry of Health ‘silences’ criticism about NZ’s mental health system — advocate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34ec75eee8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caroline Shaw (The Conversation): [NZ’s smoking rates dropped dramatically thanks to a hard-hitting campaign. Could we do the same to bring emissions down?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c657366b3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [University orientation week drug testing reveals high levels of eutylone instead of MDMA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d583ee026&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **2020 election administration and political finance** Claire Trevett (Herald): [Shane Jones, Christopher Luxon, Anna Lorck – who got the most donations in 2020 election?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2762758cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Billy Te Kahika may have broken Electoral Commission election campaign spending rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4424e073d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Election 2020: 48 voters referred to police for voting twice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd13aead2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and government** Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ‘surprised’ at $12k bill for Winston Peters’ farewell bash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d152c9119&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins face media as Parliament returns to full strength](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbc214f4db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Seymour questions Ardern’s te reo knowledge as pair clash over police gang operation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=982dddaa77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cameron Slater (BFD): [Hang on a minute Chris, time for a fact check](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e595baecce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Environment Minister David Parker ‘frustrated’ at Tiwai smelter, WorkSafe to assess compliance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=557c5ec532&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Sanford to forfeit $20m vessel, fined for bottom trawling in restricted area](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17756154cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Nitrates in our water – the doubts remain alarming](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0768a980c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [The Forgotten Islands: Pest control plan halted by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcb7717feb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nadine Porter (Stuff): [Bowel Cancer NZ questions links between the disease and low nitrate levels in drinking water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8027876e99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gary John Brierley et al. (The Conversation): [Why we should release New Zealand’s strangled rivers to lessen the impact of future floods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d87be0982d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government not ruling out limits on nitrogenous fertiliser](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4841370efa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Gilbert Wong (The Big Q): [Is slavery a problem in New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fbbb707ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government considered $36 million tax break for company cars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba0a1e510c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Thousands of businesses taking up govt support package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17bc6db7aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Alexander (One Roof): [Don’t be surprised if mortgage rates start to creep up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4178b149a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [Wronged employees’ compensation increasing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1fb53156c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Covid-19 makes $1.6b hole in bank profits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=610cd4d435&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Stubbs (Stuff): [Think share markets are high? Think again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=217fdad01b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Banks making covid-forced working from home permanent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3956b5bdb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Adam Jacobson (RNZ): [Construction sector positive, despite Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=943281fc8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) NZIER: [NZ’s V-shaped recovery intact despite Valentine’s Day community case surprise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1c1a64367&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Agriculture Minister urges incentives to fix fruit picking shortage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73111143ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Southland Times): [Southland Federated Farmers welcome M.bovis review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bde82305ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Conversion therapy ban proposal** Sophie Trigger (Herald): [‘Protect us, and mean it’: Conversion therapy survivors call for bill without religious exemptions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddfbdf8497&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Greens table conversion therapy petition despite Government’s promise to ban it by 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fb279d920&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Wonderful’- Gay man who worked as conversion therapist backs Government’s move to ban practice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e16fd12d3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Clive Aspin (Waatea News): [Gay therapy on way out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bc8b36382&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Greens’ petition to fast-track ban on conversion therapy presented to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eac6c79e20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Greens present petition in support of gay conversion therapy ban](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb325f9f12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** RNZ: [Tough times for ECE services revealed in new Education Ministry figures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5a0a4795b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aorewa Rolleston (RNZ): [Te Tira K?puia back calls for resignation of Unitec board](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf3e2ac49c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kataraina Werahiko (Herald): [A mother’s anguish – How the school system demonises children with disabilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21d41afa3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Climate change and energy** Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Rising sea levels could erode parts of Auckland’s coastline more than 200m in next 110 years, report finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd7e9bc3fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Climate Commission must release economic modelling data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=038f7bbefb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [EV advocates know they’ve lost their argument](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1326f6e84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Blincoe (Stuff): [A better future for NZ: Electricity market must cut its reliance on gas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d2538f7d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig Stent (NBR): [Electricity sector can enable move to a carbon-free economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=833e423a27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Harry Lock (RNZ): [Climate Change Commission blocked by Facebook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ccf0a1d19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuart Smith; Arena Williams (Stuff): [It’s ultimately about making sure everyone feels okay to be who they are](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5a7aa95b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand backs Britain’s call for a UN fact-finding mission into Xinjiang human rights abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc5fcbea68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [NZ beats Australia on human rights of citizens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ff6c676a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Donna Chisholm (Listener): [The vitamin boom: Do supplements really work?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71c1931a5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Change to ‘safe areas’ in abortion law sought by Labour MP Louisa Wall, expected to get first reading backing from Act Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0942c4861&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [‘Chief barking dog’ Matthew Tukaki on putting Maori issues front and centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e0f9754c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Lueck (Stuff): [Freedom camping laws need reform but foreign tourists aren’t the only villains](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07ba2a5d6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Nickisson (Stuff): [Youth hui to give Marlborough’s young people a voice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a13e06afa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Pole dancer asked to cover up at Wellington fair says it perpetuates shaming of female](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e99208dce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Dann (Slate): [The Last City of the 20th Century](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7c28bdadd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Muriel Newman (NZCPR): [The Failed Ideology of Cultural Marxism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64f5f172ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) The BFD: [“Yes Prime Minister” comes to Inland Road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a452c2f3a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)