> ## 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 July 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-24-july-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-23T20:35:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-24T03:45:24.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Parliament** Peter Dunne: [The 52nd Parliament is hurtling towards an inglorious end](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=569c6eedb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Dunne (Newsroom): [MPs: Pick them carefully, treat with care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d13fc40c01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Don’t expect ‘devoutness’ in politics, NZ First’s Shane Jones says of recent MP scandals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f70584cd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour’s Jacinda Ardern, National’s Judith Collins call for clean-up after Andrew Falloon, Iain Lees-Galloway sagas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6688315f5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Voting public growing weary of recent political scandals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3432ec0870&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern’s message to voters who might be put-off by Parliament’s sex scandals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbe8590ac6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Parliament’s culture back under scrutiny, but Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins handled scandals well – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9c5ae2753&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Why the latest Falloon, Lees-Galloway Parliament sex scandals differ from what’s come before](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b96e932677&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Why do we expect so much from MPs?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24119f26fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fiona McNamara (RNZ): [MPs’ bad behaviour shows Parliament needs to look at its workplace culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ea0385fea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brigitte Morten (RNZ): [Good MPs still outweigh the bad, but Parliament needs a spotlight on it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86cac1ad0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [We’ve had enough of scandals now – Matt McCarten](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=316e56f778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (video) Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): [The fragility of men in politics turns into a ‘little pandemic’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b860dd0c08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Verity Johnson (Stuff): [Andrew Falloon case is not a one-off – young women face this depravity daily](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f4f7c3371&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Question time: First term MPs on Parliament culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41cee74615&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Power and abuse within youth politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dff3a3290&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Smith (RNZ): [Parliamentary privilege gets an outing in harsh general debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e62a7329a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [An extra members’ morning at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f5cc29966&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Peters told to ‘move with the times’ after telling National MP to ‘keep shouting lady’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c0a834a4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Dr Bloomfield reveals Parliamentary rugby clash nickname – ‘Hospital Pass didn’t make the grade’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2362c6bec5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Andrew Falloon** Jason Walls (Herald): [Andrew Falloon sex-text scandal: A fifth woman comes forward with complaint against disgraced MP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=080a299849&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Police launch investigation into former National MP Andrew Falloon after allegations he sent explicit messages to young women](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18aa1c8f1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Police investigating former National MP Andrew Falloon over explicit image allegations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac76f2192b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Police confirm fresh investigation into former National MP Andrew Falloon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36014db70f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police confirm fresh investigation into Andrew Falloon texts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=460d85723c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Fifth woman alleges disgraced National MP Andrew Falloon was inappropriate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=913c42d044&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins reveals fifth allegation against disgraced former MP Andrew Falloon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e384b8814d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Another woman complains about former National MP Andrew Falloon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d50566225&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Iain Lees-Galloway** Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Government probes Iain Lees-Galloway’s spending after his dismissal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=887fac1459&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Ministerial investigation launched into whether Lees-Galloway used tax dollars to fund his affair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70eef18317&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Frmr Labour President: An affair with a staffer is a ‘big no-no’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14860fc1fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Stuff): [Contenders line up to replace Iain Lees-Galloway as Labour’s Palmerston North candidate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7db3f008d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National would need to cut tens of billions in public services to meet debt target](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97ada32bb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [National leader Judith Collins almost a pro on the campaign trail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46f002dc93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Piers Fuller (Newshub): [Judith Collins hits provinces in first tour as new National Party leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=602428709f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [National Party MP Anne Tolley gives emotional sign-off from politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf7d1d0bfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Chris Trotter: [In 2020, As In 1984, Young And Old May Vote Together](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be9492f169&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Leaders Unplugged – Hannah Tamaki, leader of Vision NZ, on gardening and why she won’t be kissing babies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba597dcd94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Calls for change to voting law for kiwis overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08b66173ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum** Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: What are we voting on in the Cannabis legalisation and control referendum?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b074761350&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: Who is behind the campaigns fighting for your vote?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad8badb815&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jackson Thomas (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: CBD oil companies set up in NZ as potential gold rush looms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9e3f2a6df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Cannabis rights are about rangatiratanga – TOP leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e3cd86ad4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joe Boden (ODT): [Opinion as well as science informs policy advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e726f7c06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Managed isolation** Emma Russell (Herald): [Vulnerable patients in danger – Nurses jump between ED and managed quarantine hotels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=574fcb2bce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Decision will soon be made on quarantine charges, says Justice Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10ac5444f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New managed isolation system ‘open to free market flow’, may see delays for Kiwis overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b780581646&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Greens opposed to $3000 fee for returning Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3050aed6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Maori TV): [“We should know where they are” – Brownlee on early exemption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb1e29fcca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Covid returnees occupied 40% of Auckland hotel rooms in June](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91f41baffc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [New data reveals portion of NZ hotel rooms quarantiners are staying in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0a7356f54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eric Crampton (Newsroom): [A different way of managing isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b5c8dd327&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s Covid-19 response, tracing** Dan Satherley and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [NZ lucky Government doesn’t have a ‘totalitarian bent’ in wake of COVID-19 response – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eef50e6bdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border** Zane Small (Newshub): [Air New Zealand agrees with Jacinda Ardern that separating transit passengers complicates travel bubbles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10e49599ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Transit management key to reopening borders – Air NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b536d4930e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [New Zealand should open borders to Pacific Islands, Taiwan: NZ Initiative](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=247aa8f8c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **China** Zane Small (Newshub): [Chinese Embassy lashes out at Anne-Marie Brady over Communist Party ‘interference’ allegations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a5a0c82cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Concerns raised over crash involving Chinese activists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b57870c6ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cushla Norman (1News): [Tokoroa car crash that killed two prominent Chinese dissidents could be ‘sabotage’ – academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1202291aff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phillipa Yalden (Stuff): [Chinese activists on way to protest at Parliament killed in double fatal crash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39ef3af211&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caroline Fleming (Herald): [Fatal crash: ‘Sabotage’ questions after Chinese activists killed in fiery Tokoroa crash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd15fe6a78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes and Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [TikTok local ban unlikely until NZ weans itself off Chinese economy, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baaad77850&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Southland** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Why NZ First scuppered government’s $100m Southland jobs announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fad61abd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Confirmation package was blocked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=954b872b21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Taranaki – Ara Ake Energy Centre launch** Mat Rilkoff (Taranaki Daily News): [The Jacinda Effect is real – the trick will be how long it lasts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8e1822a62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [‘Momentous’ occasion as PM offically opens $27m new energy centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a1e385640&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern launches Ara Ake energy centre in Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=359f773fe4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Charlie Mitchell, Olivia Wannan and Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Auckland, Wellington have lowest greenhouse gas emissions per capita](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5eb11f7c82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Revealed: Which regions are driving NZ’s emissions?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4248e69d29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Which regions are reducing their emissions, and which aren’t?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=663640ca38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waikato greenhouse gas production highest in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66dcbb45ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [New Zealand ‘bending the curve’ on emissions, figures suggest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2840b1ef6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Damian Rowe (Stuff): [Six kea killed in Fiordland during 1080 operation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf18add145&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [Mataura petition delivered to Environment Select Committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=163afb3010&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [Environmental agency to incorporate m?tauranga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c6a734021&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Wellington stream’s faecal contamination hits almost 400 times above safe levels for e-coli](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=630ba84847&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jared Morgan (ODT): [Manuherikia report to go to CODC](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8d628a41f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Moore (1News): [‘It’s an environmental disaster’ – Anti-litter warrior says Wellington beaches the worst he’s seen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9673823bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (Timaru Herald): [Eight threats against DOC tahr control operation referred to police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=025bb34ae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Katie Todd (RNZ): [Te Anau farmer accused of destroying 800 hectares of native forest in two years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f2f58e997&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Forest slash stretches all the way up east coast after heavy rain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44f3485c1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Jackson (Stuff): [Report: Farming in Big Glory Bay poses unacceptable risk to Bluff oysters in Foveaux Strait](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45ae21a3e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): [Auckland mussel farm faces local opposition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f37c71bf63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government moves to end minimum carpark requirements and remove low height-limits in bid to increase dense housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce88489d22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Councils told to loosen up restrictions to promote urban housing developments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a210815239&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Capital developers, resident groups at odds over new housing policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5e4c52d82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Govt to make high-rise housing easier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbd844e175&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [TOP leader Geoff Simmons urges major rethink on soaring house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=310167c87d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Kelway (1News): [As many as 4000 people could be homeless in Tauranga – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebd6d16af7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mani Dunlop (RNZ): [Landlord racism: Wahine Maori exposes prejudice with name change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4caeacc187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): [Petition and counter-petition to be launched after New Plymouth Maori ward approved](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04d6b49603&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Max Brough (Taranaki Daily News): [One time New Plymouth mayoral candidate shares his solution for the district’s Maori ward issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebe0dc2ef3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Press): [Water charge on ice as councillors protect Christchurch’s poorest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f28b61e92e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [‘Appalling’ death threat referencing Christchurch mosque shooter aimed at Auckland councillors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9707e162c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington ratepayers facing increase of up to 15 per cent to cover pandemic cost and future projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e55dcbe78d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Whakatane rate rise set for 3.9 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=803c290f16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eleisha Foon (RNZ): [Christchurch rates to increase by 3.8% on average](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb80099dd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Change to council electoral system may be voted on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3581dce7af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Houseman (ODT): [ORC spending on consultants ‘waste’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=066f963f7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Council charging ahead to get 20 electric vehicles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b48fa5126&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, infrastructure, business** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Wage subsidy ‘expensive exercise in delaying job losses’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da544c3340&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Why the wealth tax will never see the light of day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b31805b5f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) BusinessDesk: [Silver Fern repays wage subsidy, declares $12.4m dividend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b11f67162c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): [Why the shovels aren’t ready](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6afef88d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Yarrow Stadium upgrade gets $20m in government infrastructure spend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e45b265828&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [NZ First policy to slash immigration would harm economic recovery, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b0ae68bc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Brian Fallow (Herald): [Insurance against sickness and unemployment not such a sure thing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46e5112679&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Equal Pay Amendment Bill passes unanimously, touted as biggest pay equity leap in a generation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21310cabdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Fixing the injustice’ – new law helps fight for fair pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=255343c814&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Bevin (NBR): [Public service pay gap hits new low](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=569902083d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National cold on merging DHBs and wouldn’t create a Maori Health Authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d61b2b0eec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Natalie Akoorie (Herald): [ACC paid mental health specialists $41.9m to assess claimants, then hundreds lost cover](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c96b60d80f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Thousands of epilepsy patients back on former drug Lamictal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=654c2dda58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Strongman (RNZ): [Cancer patients, a deregistered doctor and a bleach ‘cure’ that’s still for sale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=213a4d627e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Josephine Franks (Stuff): [The hunt for the pupils who never went back to school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8c655eba6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Early childhood teachers calling for pay equity to hold paid union meetings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97899cc3ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Childcare subsidies drop 30 per cent as recession bites](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05d10fc5bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Travel rort inquiry not yet started](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=020c9fe4c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [AUT Chancellor accused of lying about sex assault, harassment allegations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd958cb2af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** John Anthony (Stuff): [‘We weren’t ready to handle this’, Air New Zealand CEO says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=391269bab5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air New Zealand fronts select committee over impacts of Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f311353bda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Air NZ to draw on $900m Crown loan in ‘due course’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4df28e268a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Electric vehicle industry group ‘concerned’ after government disbands it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f70b435e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tarras airport proposal** Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): [Christchurch Airport can ‘wait for me to die’ before buying his land, farmer ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=977f75a6fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Price (ODT): [Tarras block not for sale: farmer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=749c41f6b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Press): [No airport for Tarras until Queenstown reaches capacity, airport boss says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff3166ca7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Price (ODT): [Queenstown Airport is not in jeopardy — mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c65da0a19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Call to abandon Queenstown Airport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d100693580&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Kiwibank** Stuff Editorial: [Woke, broke, or master stroke: Kiwibank’s new responsible business policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d92b0d48e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwibank steps back from ban on business with brothels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d7e6bbffa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): I[t is not a bank’s job to decide who are the goodies and baddies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7858ad3bfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [Kiwibank ‘trying to destroy’ the New Zealand economy, miner says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0629cb43b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice** Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Government announces $50 million package to help ease backlog in court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba77f0ae8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Green MP Jan Logie fires shot at NZ First over courtroom changes for rape trials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9284e0790&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** Jonathan MItchell (RNZ): [Steven Wallace’s family’s long search for justice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85a59b8558&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police admit officer’s hair cutting assault on boy ‘completely inappropriate’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8410e38289&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ihumatao** elanie Earley and Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [Ihum?tao: Campaign group ‘winning’ one year on from eviction notices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78052941d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Ihumatao: One year since eviction notice served](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48c874b4e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson, Taroi Black (Maori TV): [Ihumatao protectors living up to the aspirations of their t?puna](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52a063e482&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pike River** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Electrical expert says explosion, rockfall trapped miners days earlier than believed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ed6c7838e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [New Pike River theory claims miners may have survived explosions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=397ea14c95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** ODT Editorial: [Where personalities make the news](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9712c9d4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Colin Craig Whale Oil defamation case** RNZ: [Colin Craig can take Whale Oil defamation case back to High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a7ac45edf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Colin Craig wins costs in defamation case against Cameron Slater](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9723405b5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Newstalk ZB: The Country: [Jacinda Ardern on MP scandals, Winston Peters and Tiwai Point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7b824030c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (Stuff): [The Government wants to filter the internet. Is that a good idea?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdbd676c50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Stats NZ advised risk 2023 census option would produce ‘very poor quality data’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9849c7b105&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Egg industry’s voluntary measures to control fraudulent labelling ‘ripe for abuse’ – SAFE](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf6e7494c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Private jet leaves Christchurch under cover of darkness after picking up two mystery passengers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aee85d34b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [IAG announces closure of 53 AMI stores](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0ef93b7de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Plea for Kiwis to continue donating to refugee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80170881cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [‘Drowning’ tourism industry presents election wish list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=445d6babc1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [South Island social service agencies move to living wage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=462bb2c65e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick Gower (Newshub): [Exclusive: Christchurch gunman flew a drone over mosque weeks before March 15 shooting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5599e952f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [UK-based NZers in race to get home with visas set to expire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e845844950&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Wellington name made official as national geographic board approves hundreds of place names](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c35e9eb31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Curtain call for New Zealand’s tobacco manufacturing industry as Petone plant sells](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac30bd8c7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)