> ## 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 – 25 August 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-25-august-2020/ - Published: 2020-08-24T20:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-08-24T20:08:24.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **PM’s levels announcement, govt management of coronavirus** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern faces little opposition to alert level extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a24fee6ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [A nervous week ahead for a suddenly vulnerable government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eea7fc802a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): [Covid “here for some time” say Ardern and Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=099a9c3b2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Experts welcome COVID-19 lockdown extension but warn it may need to be extended again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd3a617238&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Science Media Centre: [Alert level update and mandatory masks on public transport – Expert Reaction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c7d651057&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Covid levels will loosen but more lockdowns are in our future ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a3ead5bae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Lockdowns are not a long-term solution for pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dec3d4320&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Extended lockdown not what business wanted to hear, but right call](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99df444ef0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Ardern misses opportunity to put business up there with epidemiology](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebb32d5f1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [We must have a better strategy than continuous lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0393db8dea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [A waiting game](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c4c277519&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Keeping New Zealand at alert level 2 ‘overly cautious’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1d5d6340f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [No wage subsidy extension will mean job losses, the Government can and should do more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f24587226&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Alert level extension ‘disappointing’ – Auckland mayor Phil Goff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8b923ee2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Disappointing for all of us’ – Auckland Mayor addresses city’s Alert Level 3 extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f591a6c7eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub):[Auckland businesses devastated stores can’t reopen at weekend due to alert level extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6536c0032&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Another blow’ – Business reacts to level extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfa58e2b73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland businesses hit hard by lockdown extension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1495c85f3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Impact of Auckland’s COVID-19 alert level extension being felt by tourism operators across the country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f766c44fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Zane Small (Newshub): [Covid-19 alert level decision: Auckland to remain at level 3 until 11:59pm on Sunday, August 30](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eae1383928&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Auckland to remain under Level 3 lockdown restrictions until Sunday evening, rest of NZ stays at Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8fe015670&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern praises NZ’s efforts against Covid-19 resurgence despite ‘frankly terrible’ year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac28a27c51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘Our species is under attack’: Opposition parties react to alert level announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c637f84aed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Auckland’s COVID-19 outbreak ‘should never have been allowed to happen’ – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9000c64991&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins would seek public feedback on COVID-19 lockdown levels if elected Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d87adbc992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Auckland’s Alert Level 3 extension a ‘bitter pill for a lot of people’ – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e10d458d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [Covid-19 modeller warns ‘more time needed’ at Level 3 as lockdown decision looms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a77e64b108&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Ella Prendergast (Newshub): [Auckland cluster would have been smaller if Kiwis hadn’t got ‘relaxed’ under level 1 – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af23c61931&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Debates over NZ’s coronavirus strategy** John Roughan (Hearld): [A nation at war](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94b7df47f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Columnist blasts NZ’s elimination strategy, claims Kiwis ready to rebel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a851fc3e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media scrutiny of public health measures** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Unfashionable government criticism must continue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38e2ae45ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Morrah defends himself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4973253438&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Testing, masks, contact tracing** George Block (Stuff): [Managed isolation workers wait 10 days, still no test results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c80ae9e336&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Press): [If you have symptoms, the test is free, even at your GP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=461c9a949b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)\\ ————— Nikki Preston (Herald): [Masks should be mandatory in all public indoor places – Public health expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e9581a084&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Experts praise mask mandate but say it will be a ‘challenge’ for Kiwis to adapt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=850a2ccfbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Mandated masks may help stop yo-yoing alert levels, Bloomfield says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56edfa6f1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Wear a mask, save the economy’ – Economist urges Kiwis to do their bit to prevent future lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5b269a1a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Masks mandatory on public transport from level 2 and higher](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa8d13ee9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Masks mandatory in high alert levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5644001c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern announces face mask mandate for public transport, Ubers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ef5c53b80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— RNZ: [Rydges worker’s case: CovidCard could’ve helped solve mystery sooner – academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b05647967f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New Zealanders who suffered from Covid-19 say nation has become ‘complacent’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01d52de545&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pacific communities, Maori and Covid-19** RNZ: [Cautious optimism ‘triumph of community’ can beat Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f6a8343f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [Coalition’s border control failure led to Covid-19 infecting Pasifika wh?nau – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1b2eabc7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Mandatory isolation for positive Covid-19 cases ‘shocking, paternalistic and racist’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=718c7b913f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [South Auckland foodbank struggles to keep up with demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69b4e4e25b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Jason Walls (Herald): [Deputy PM Winston Peters provided consular assistance to ‘Bad Boy of Brexit’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a928e1ae1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Ashley Bloomfield on public servants featuring in Labour Party video: Staff were ‘thrilled’ to see Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90a82f97dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Advance NZ receives year’s second-biggest political donation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7445725b64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Interference in NZ’s election from foreign forces possible, politics professor warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb2a2f554a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robert G. Patman (The Conversation): [Populism from the Brexit and Trump playbooks enters the New Zealand election campaign – but it’s a risky strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b5e6de142&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul Spoonley (Guardian): [New Zealand election will show how much we have learned from Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a22f789a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Murphy (RNZ): [Ex-Gloriavale members say community told as collective who to vote for](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcceb2d285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Siobhan Downes (Stuff): [Best and worst election merchandise from New Zealand’s political parties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39b0d707d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Chris Trotter (Interest): [What will the political future hold for National’s Shane Reti beyond the October 17 election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab954906d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [National’s message to offshore Kiwis wanting to come home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5005738b9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [National pledging $200 million to fix state highway labelled a ‘death trap’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2176a15a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National proposes to spend $300m fixing Hawke’s Bay roads if elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90bc11c3dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Youth Wings: [Finding a second family in the Young Nats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f67944fe1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori Party** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [John Tamihere on why 2020 isn’t the Maori Party’s year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=637892e704&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Billboard racism: Maori Party co-leader has moko kauae defaced on hoardings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53018e007c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows and Ashleigh McCaull (Newshub): [Vandals target Maori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s billboards with racist slurs, paint over moko kauae](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78e98eb762&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Another accusation of racism from the Maori Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d59ecee57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (video) **Chlöe Swarbrick** Steve Braunias (Herald): [Ping-pong politics – KO, Boomer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=631cc3ba0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Voting age** Dan Satherley and Ella Prendergast (Newshub): [Teens hope court will declare 18+ voting age ‘inconsistent’ with human rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff5eaaaef3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Campaign for voting at 16 and 17, claims age discrimination](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38a03ab233&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Teens ask court to lower voting age to 16](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23c9d201f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum, alcohol harm** Doug Sellman and Tony Farrell (ODT): [A chance to change our approach to alcohol harm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbdea95827&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Hotu (Stuff): [This is about recreational use, not medicinal treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bad62fd1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch mosque shooter sentencing** Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [It was a calm and merciless slaughter. But Christchurch mosque shooting victims showed humanity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71889f0abe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Brown (RNZ): [Further victims to face Christchurch mosque gunman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28d2e030ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): [Christchurch mosque shooter appears moved as victim’s mother offers forgiveness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dec4dedfea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Clarkson (Newshub): [Terrorist appears shaken as victim tells her she forgives him](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19475594f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Mead (1News): [Mother of March 15 victim says she forgives man who killed her son](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fff113d3b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): [Christchurch mosque attack victims address gunman: ‘We did not deserve your actions’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df3f9ff980&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Mead (1News): [March 15 survivor bravely faces killer in court – ‘We are not broken’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a8f89faf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Clarkson (Newshub): ‘[You have brought the world community closer with your evil actions’, Al Noor Imam tells terrorist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b438dcbbe2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Kidd (ODT): [A mother’s loss: ‘my heart breaks millions of times’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fce61775ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Ensor and Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [How the Christchurch terrorist planned his attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffd51ce2b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marine Lourens (Press): [Mosque gunman killed worshippers as they pleaded for their lives ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=709a5de517&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Why heightened police presence needed during mosque shooter’s sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=050acf38f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tight security at court as mosque attacker’s sentencing hearing begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca62f977c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jody O’Callaghan and Blair Ensor (Stuff) [Security tight as March 15 survivors prepare to face mosque gunman](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8365120c65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Court takes stringent approach to mosque gunman’s sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b2238a900&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conan Young (RNZ): [Sentencing finally offers victims a chance to look mass killer in the eyes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f7e3dcbe8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): [‘A loner with a lot of money’ – A look into the Christchurch mosque gunman’s past](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72cb5fb758&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [‘Some people will never recover from what happened’ – former Islamic Association president](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3ea9dc4fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kelley Tantau (Stuff): [Anjum Rahman: ‘Victims will have a voice’ at sentencing for Christchurch mosque attacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8d7bbc271&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Canterbury District Health Board** Phil Bagshaw, Dr Gary Nicholls & Dr Stuart Gowland (Stuff): [Canterbury health board – here we go again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ef89b337d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Powell (Second Opinion): [Unravelling truths in Canterbury District Health Board leadership meltdown scandal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23d7eb7cf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Canterbury DHB crown monitor criticises management’s financial performance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1750f259a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [DHB resignations: ‘There’s a kind of resistance to a different point of view’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd6d24770b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Natalie Akoorie (Herald): [Health system review cost taxpayers $7.8m, consultants paid $2.7m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=651823a6ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenny Carryer (Stuff): [Can we manage hospital deficits without putting patients at risk?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=920e8f46b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Wilkins (Newshub): [Over 200 medical professionals launch petition calling for better medication for bowel disease](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38aa58f827&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Breast cancer sufferer and treatment campaigner dies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c65ef0653&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sela Jane Hopgood (RNZ): [Tongan man’s family appeals for help to cover leukaemia costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cdf800265&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Evan Harding (Southland Times): [Department of Internal Affairs wants answers from squabbling Invercargill City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfe058cdfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Department seeks assurances from ICC](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40e6ae0e3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Letter raises spectre of Govt intervention in Invercargill council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42c5a2a446&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Invercargill City Council internal tensions: Government investigates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e83d39602a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Shand (Stuff): [Council culture likened to ‘backyard scrag’ as review team called in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13e758e8fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samantha Motion (Herald): [Tauranga City Council conflict: MP Simon Bridges says mayor Tenby Powell should stay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0379202e0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Ratepayers cough up in confidential settlement of 8-year ‘rusty apartments’ case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=889ebe870e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Northland toxic chemical stockpile to be cleared at ratepayer, taxpayer expense](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cb47f3b54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [DCC’s bypassing of tender process cleared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b7b4f72ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Queenstown Airport boss ‘competely absent’ during Covid-19 restructuring](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8a6ef99f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Shand (Stuff): [‘Managed retreat’ of heavy industry near Tauranga marae investigated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f16569c727&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, economy** Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [How bad has lockdown 2.0 really been for business?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a577933cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Some hospitality businesses are abusing wage subsidy, says employee advocate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=723828038a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Travel industry meets with ministers to discuss support options](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b02992f659&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Record fall in New Zealand’s retail sales ‘not unexpected’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46261b6c74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Biggest drop in spending on record during lockdown, Stats NZ says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c978edf68c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ:[‘Unprecedented fall’ in retail sales in June quarter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf213ce77c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Comvita makes 90 staff redundant, posts $9.7 million full year loss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=666a3f9965&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Loren Heaphy (Stuff): [Tourism can support Maori women but at this time of crisis there’s been a devastating impact](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d74ae400cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [‘Smiley face’ in insurer’s internal emails about declining claim upset widow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a40b1c3ac0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Ng?ti Wh?tua ?rakei distributes $1.5 million to 3000 people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93cb9bae51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education, child welfare** Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Auckland reports to Oranga Tamariki halve under alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=273cbe4f24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [All schools in Auckland to reopen from Monday under alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=621ea07272&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Low-level tertiary courses put Maori in debt with no earning gain – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e95b3de153&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Otago university medical students fight proposal to limit Maori entry pathway](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f48da8d3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Early childhood teachers taking out loans to live, new study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fb297b19e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Children’s commissioner calls for age of criminal responsibility to be raised to prevent life of crime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5282c9ff4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Children’s Commissioner wants age of criminal responsibility raised to 14](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c1c31fd0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Hartwich (Stuff): [The vexing issue of Damien Grant’s ‘career-ending’ convictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e236a6060&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Gavin Ellis: [All we want are the facts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77ae1478df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [No help for struggling news media as relief package kicked for touch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b4414472e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [More than 100 wastewater treatment plants breaching consent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a4d4ff15a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): [Waste Management ditches plans for toxic waste plant in Canterbury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=408c51e339&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Pomahaka planting given $3.7m boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b127b9f3bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Hastings houses for homeless delayed as wait list rises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c9e26c270&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Waikato Times): [Rules governing housing density in Hamilton ‘outdated’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=698be366f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Stubbs (Stuff): [Will house prices rise and mortgage rates fall?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e6e715fc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [State competition might have got us a quicker Gully](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=168efdc644&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Mt Messenger roading project opponents protest outside High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b70e2c0c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tiwai Point** Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [No subsidies for Tiwai Point smelter, finance minister confirms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21d323cda4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Govt’s Tiwai stance unchanged](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7005fbe713&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tiwai Point aluminium smelter closure: calls for managed transition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dba0bc3bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Retirement savings, KiwiSaver** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Kiwis are clueless, careless and deluded about money and retirement saving](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c505106900&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Are you getting value for money from KiwiSaver?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e32b06e2d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Some KiwiSaver services fall short on service for cost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddc6133f07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** RNZ: [Higgins Contracting fined $270k over death of three workers in Bay of Plenty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=358851657d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Wilhelmina Shrimpton (Newshub): [Higgins ordered to pay $500,000 following three Bay of Plenty workers’ deaths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84a314d4c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Graeme MacCormick (Stuff): [Why the wealthy need to step up now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f10f6ea58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [Redundancies for passport staff labelled ‘slap in the face](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98a7f09068&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Boost for young Kiwis missing out on sport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d5ff9dc70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Lack of foreign workers a ‘disaster’ for agriculture, farmers say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a6cd4344b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cas Carter (Stuff): [Fur-real? Mittens the cat nominated for New Zealander of the year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af06e56613&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)