> ## 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 March 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-24-march-2021/ - Published: 2021-03-23T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-24T09:01:23.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing announcement** Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): [Targeting New Zealand’s property speculators is popular, but won’t fix the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f65d39d578&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [The bets the Government is making with its sprawling housing package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f50d5037cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Labour takes its first big majority gambles on housing changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b589541836&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey: [Not a single new home announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86df59908d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Fielding (Stuff): [Sorry Jacinda Ardern, your housing policy isn’t likely to tilt the market for people like us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59b463a2c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [The government ignores Treasury’s advice and goes its own way on property prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a00fbb5f45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [House prices may fall more than 10% – Westpac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=022c0f394c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tony Alexander (One Roof): [Winners and losers of the Government’s housing market fix](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f420700362&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [After months of FOMO, housing measures run the risk of a hard landing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57dafb2f3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [Editorial – Finally, Government moves to address housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2006fb5eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial – House prices need to fall and Kiwis need to get used to it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a276f69d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [‘The odds of house prices falling have risen’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cc6b21971&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Q&A: New Government housing policy explained, how homes for 1.5 million people are affected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=167ce4b7e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [‘Chilling effect’: Housing policy could hit wider economy, Westpac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a848b413d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Housing changes: Don’t hold out for price crash, economists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66e42b8b69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Government’s housing announcement is no grand plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f00a6449d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Govt announcement will increase homelessness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb887f8255&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Hehir: [Labour gives up on housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aee281030f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (Stuff): [Housing policies will advantage first home buyers — if they can afford current prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5d86224ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [‘Chilling effect’: New policies could hit house prices by 10pc, says Westpac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b15cd0b41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Anger over Government moves against property investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9515a49974&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kaysha Brownlie (Newshub): [Renters could be worse off following Government’s new housing package – property investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f92508ef38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz McDonald (Stuff): [New rules could tip market in favour of first time buyers – experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7069d3ffb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government’s plan to help first-home buyers: What you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=855af7e2d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [What to consider if you have an investment property](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70eac3f67e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Housing Minister discusses new rules to cool housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aacc430634&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government’s plan to help first-home buyers: What you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb4ef49054&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Treasury suggested extending bright-line test for 20 years, pushed against interest deductibility, believes rents may rise out of new housing policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d826ddd300&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan and Mel Logan (Newshub): [Housing announcement: Landlords, commentators fume over Government changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd1fb4a7ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [First-home buyers react to Goverment’s housing announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43b31552fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [When quizzed if housing announcement is ‘transformational’, Ardern says it will ‘make a difference’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=debbe1ef13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Housing policy: What do the changes mean for you?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f9884b02f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sachdeva (Newshub): [Bright line doubled, $3.8b ‘acceleration’ fund in Govt housing package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=537168c454&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Housing changes kick in from this weekend as Government unveils major policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7081d696e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Housing: Government to double bright-line test and end interest writeoff in war on property speculation, will spend $3.8b on new supply](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f2cf2a945&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ethan Te Ora (Stuff): [First-home buyers say housing policy changes won’t help soon enough, while experts call them ‘a mixed bag’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c413c53070&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [First-home buyers big winners in housing sector shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99adcd55bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Duncan: [Is Ardern going social-democratic?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00ab77c20e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing: Tax deductibility changes** Greg Ninness (Interest): [Tax changes will ring in significant changes in the housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c59002ebfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [House prices to fall, rents to rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fd6273e54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Risk of ‘abrupt stop’ in housing market, economist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d671525261&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Clint Smith (Stuff): [Will the Government’s ‘big guns’ be enough to fix the housing crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c5c84494c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Terry Baucher (Interest): [Govt action against interest deductions on residential property income the big change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c0bcb4db8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNicol (NBR): [Property investor tax deductibility changes an ‘absolute nonsense’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50f47a2ea4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ashley Church (One Roof): [The Government just lit the fuse on a bomb that will blow up the housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24fbd05986&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Skyrocketing house prices could be halted by removal of investor tax breaks, pundits say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f5eafa449&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Landlord chiefs react to Government housing package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bf9d6ad33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Tax bombshell for property investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1eedd1000e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Property investors react online to Government’s housing package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ebedbee47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing: Ten-year bright line test extension** Audrey Young (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson choose wrong way to handle broken tax promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce87e7f72c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern and the mother of all broken promises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6dd37b366&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Housing: Grant Robertson says he was ‘too definitive’ when he ruled out a change to the bright-line test. Judith Collins says he lied.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f2dbb200a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Housing crisis: National leader Judith Collins says Grant Robertson lied to Kiwis over bright-line test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe6f990e7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Government removes blanket family home exemption for extended bright-line test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e44cf1357&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [What’s a bright-line test, anyway?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0edc471e57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government officials advised ministers against applying key measures of its housing plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b33268176d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern quotes National MPs to push back on claims bright-line test is a capital gains tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfc2544523&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Treasury advised quadrupling bright-line period to 20 years – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=638b5c2de2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Govt broke two promises with housing announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a1eb128cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing: $3.8 billion infrastructure fund** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Dusting off the ‘big gun’ to battle the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=906c99a6dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [$3.8 billion for housing infrastructure sounds great, but…](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e33614d4fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Housing): [Housing Minister Megan Woods on the ‘stumbling block’ that’s prevented houses being built](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c18640f86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Strings attached to new $3.8b housing infrastructure fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b0e23277c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Housing: Income cap extensions** Dan Satherley: [Housing crisis: How the new income and house price caps work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cf44e5b16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [House price caps to increase – but is it enough to help first-home buyers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c60f6ef20a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing: General** 1News: [‘Gone backwards’ — Northland family homeless again as housing crisis continues to bite](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8d0a87162&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Napier’s long social housing waitlist – the highest per capita](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6512fd9a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Housing crisis: Call for Commerce Commission to tackle ‘borderline disaster’ housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2c9f18bd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Commentator Bernard Hickey doubts Government’s housing announcement will be ‘transformational’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d064f5907&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Don Brash praises Phil Twyford, says he understood how to fix housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1fdb0fcd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Government still clueless over housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5269a4bb08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Calls made for separate Maori housing authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06ed9b1e65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Exactly what is the politics of kindness?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45691d639a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [The Insider’s guide to getting the laws you want](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d4c0df289&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Poll is bad news for Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0ef4f115c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sophie Trigger (Herald): [Australian rage, Jacinda Ardern, and why the language around female leaders matters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=089abdc923&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Progress on gender gap, long way to go for ethnic diversity: Champions of Change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=798a19b060&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Yawning gap on ethnic diversity in NZ’s major companies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98a0dd6b56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **SIS review of failure on Christchurch terrorist attack** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand’s national security apparatus remains shadowy, two years on from the March 15 terror attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb336e2554&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Christchurch terror attack: SIS report fails to answer key questions – Islamic Federation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c55c8e2ba3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mitchell Alexander (Newshub): [New Zealand spy agency NZSIS intercepted multiple potential threats to 2020 general election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=300d2871ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Climate change: Lawyers say Commission error has set carbon levels too high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d233fd585f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Why the leaders of School Strike 4 Climate had to move on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ed1c4f733&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Climate Change Commission’s ‘lack of ambition’ challenged](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f686420dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Llewellyn and Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [Govt’s 2025 carbon free target unreachable for vehicle fleet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6c177eecb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Not just a phase: How Gen Z is changing climate politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44a5aa6eba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health, drugs, abortion** Cate Broughton and Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Emergency departments in ‘crisis’: Long, painful waits for patients, staff burnt out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60565e5b1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Clark (Stuff): [We’re being left behind on drug laws](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d6c54cc9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand and Australia ‘welcome’ coordinated sanctions against China, but can’t join effort](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1266fa556b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [New Zealand says there is ‘clear evidence’ of severe human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e88c60c85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Mike Mather (Stuff): [Younger people getting more active in local government initiatives, survey reveals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40f8a7b820&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Hikoi calls for a seat a the decision-making table for disabled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39cc1366d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [City council investigation into mayor Wellington Andy Foster has cost ratepayers $12,600 in two months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d10e66aba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)