> ## 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 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-25-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-24T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-24T19:53:48.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing** Richard Harman: [Government has little to say about housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c1552672a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Housing affordability at worst point in ‘at least 17 years’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5150b457e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Jacobson (RNZ): [New Zealand housing affordability plummets to historically low levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51bd00e4d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s Nicola Willis in disbelief as Megan Woods reveals results of Progressive Homeownership Scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cbadaef7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Progressive Home Ownership Scheme houses just 12 families in seven months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a3bedeec3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Govt’s Progressive Home Ownership Scheme houses only 12 families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c51905d5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Housing crisis: Auckland housing affordability among fastest-deteriorating in the world – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=952b5beb40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [My Wellington apartment is depressing, yet my rent just went up $100 a week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82d1e697a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [RBNZ sees house price inflation above 22% by middle of this year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ab4da1eee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Taroi Black (Maori TV): [Change the Maori land laws: Marama Davidson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7a2bf0fc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Housing affordability heads into uncharted territory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ed646f981&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Inequality and child poverty** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [More than 40pc of millionaires paying tax rates lower than the lowest earners, Government data reveals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac7ccf2d08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Limited progress in child poverty, but it’s not on track yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7998738c33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Max Rashbrooke (RNZ): [Tackling child poverty a mountain that keeps getting steeper](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a085e3016&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Are the child poverty figures really a win for the Govt?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aac04288c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Children still living in poverty but number of whanau struggling to provide the basics drops – Stats NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c21fff5852&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Housing and benefits key to child poverty action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=508afcb556&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brenda Harwood (Otago Daily Times): [Good and bad news in Sallies report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42f44430a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Policing and Simon Bridges** Jarrod Gilbert (Stuff): [Simon Bridges v Andrew Coster: The National MP went too far in his attack on ‘wokester’ police commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=618bb59759&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bethan Greener (The Conversation): [Policing by consent is not ‘woke’ — it is fundamental to a democratic society](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59dee3f7d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Simon Bridges is right to call out Andrew Coster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d1e7414d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Simon Bridges told off by Judith Collins for attempt to insult NZ’s ‘wokester’ top cop](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2414ad33f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Collins on Bridges’ wokester jibe: ‘I wouldn’t call someone that’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=650075339c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Judith Collins attempts to pull Bridges into line over ‘wokester’ attack on Police Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d73731adc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reuters: [Judith Collins distances herself from Simon Bridges’ ‘wokester’ comment about Police Commissioner Andrew Coster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e60939132&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Raid their premises:’ Judith Collins call for tougher action on gangs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d73490d05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Discharge without conviction for sports star ‘important for Maoridom’ – lawyer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0b5f7c19f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Corrections** Daphna Whitmore (Redline): [Government threatening free speech rights over prison protest leaflet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce0a671925&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Whatitiri Te Wake (Maori TV): [Prison advocacy group calls for Kelvin Davis to resign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d485513a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Prison reform group hits back at Correction Minister over claims of violence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=910ed7efa6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Waikeria riot advice sparks war of words](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27ae79b3c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Jason Walls (Herald): [Parliament storm out: National MPs Paul Goldsmith, Simon Bridges exit after argument with Speaker Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f650ec4e61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Simon Bridges swears as he storms out of Parliament after stoush with Speaker Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1be346bcca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National MPs stage Parliament walkout after argument with Speaker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfd663ee4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s Paul Goldsmith, Simon Bridges storm out of Parliament after tiff with Speaker Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8978ce038&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Simon Bridges storms out of Parliament in spat with Speaker Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a9c65a633&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Goldsmith: National doing it’s best for Speaker’s system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1edf77e7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [ACT calls for NZ Parliament to recognise Uighur atrocities in China after Canada declares ‘genocide’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c8ed76d93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March’s MIQ application** Zane Small (Newshub): [Green MP Ricardo Menendez March defends applying twice for emergency MIQ spot as Judith Collins calls for answers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5edcdce427&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien and Zane Small (Newshub): [Green MP Ricardo Menendez March tried not once, but twice, to get emergency spot in MIQ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef978c4da1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Green MP tried to nab emergency MIQ spot on grounds of national security!!!](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b408972334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Green MP Ricardo Menendez March sought emergency room in MIQ a second time for ‘national interest’ reasons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00a0255a10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Green MP Ricardo Menendez March applied for emergency MIQ spot twice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14d7001f4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government: Maori wards** Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Labour denying democratic rights of ratepayers with Maori ward move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51a42bd990&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Labour’s push to protect Maori wards is political dishonesty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0c139df22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Bill to abolish local veto on Maori wards passes despite National’s marathon opposition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a169fccf2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Maori wards amendment bill passes final reading in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27ce4e686b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Smith (RNZ): [The hungry, hungry parliament: The bill that ate Wednesday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dce93ce9f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Changing Maori ward laws means Whang?rei must list poll opposing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc2b504c0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Hawke’s Bay Regional Council opens consultation on Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14b29123c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government: Wellington** Dominion Post: [Editorial – Wellington City Council needs adult supervision. Now.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fd7561365&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Analysis: Wellington City Council the place where no one wants to be](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=187c6cf0c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington Mayor Andy Foster announces independent review of city council’s governance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbba4ae97c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington Mayor Andy Foster calls for independent review into city council, calls for end to infighting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c95f44ffd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Independent review of Wellington City Council ‘surprising and disappointing’ – Councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf12cc9e22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington Mayor Andy Foster announces review into council governance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d74a144d2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington councillors taken aback over independent review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d8b73b172&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [‘Rancour and partisanship’: Independent review of Wellington City Council announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bef7da02d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Wellington cycleway over budget by $70m before construction begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5cdc5738e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government: Christchurch** Tina Law (Stuff): [Report highlights big operating costs and lack of transparency at Christchurch Foundation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9e9a896b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conan Young (RNZ): [Christchurch Foundation under fire over a lack of transparency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cd96ca611&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (Stuff): [Poutini Ng?i Tahu reject mention of other iwi in new district plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cc5784096&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Stuff): [Plan to charge Christchurch residents for water labelled ‘absurd’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6465b9f7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Environment Canterbury opens consultation for rates increase options](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74bfe7deb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Christchurch council seeks clarity on cost of multi-million dollar climate change strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79e0fd169a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ryan Boswell (1News): [Up to 30,000 Christchurch households could be stung by proposed excess water charge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca4e77785a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber Allott (Stuff): [Canterbury’s proposed rates hike – a move in the right direction, or anti-farmer?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c0cd4fb71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government: Auckland** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Auckland Council to pay $10 million to homeowners after Commerce Commission investigation into insulation loans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c53610703c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Council suspends home improvement scheme after uncovering billing errors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a3c7c7824&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Auckland Council warned over ‘lending failures’ with ratepayers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=117cfe5978&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Dillane (Herald): [‘Hard to see the explanation’ – $2m wage spike for Auckland Museum staff riles council CEO](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=578566bb0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local government: Other** Stuff: [Editorial – What the hell have you done, Invercargill City Council?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb49d99808&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Stuff): [Sir Tim Shadbolt says he refuses to be muzzled by city council, laments ‘sad day’ for freedom of speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6f8ac6f39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jimmy Ellingham (Stuff): [Local body voting malaise cannot continue; by-election turnouts an embarrassment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0b9b6e7d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kiri Gillespie (Herald): [Tauranga City Council commissioner lays down law: ‘We’re not here to rubber-stamp stuff’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a83976d3d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber Allott (Stuff): [Otago Regional Council promises accountability if it caused fish deaths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db0ce0b3ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Zac Fleming (Newshub): [PM Jacinda Ardern promises to deliver two key solutions to New Zealand’s dental health ‘epidemic’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=117e6d4ef5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [New Zealand risks exodus of critical migrant healthcare workers due to immigration anomaly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c850b222a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Private health patients costing public system $11.5 million a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a330fdced5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Taxpayers paying millions of dollar for private healthcare – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b11eaaf0f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Minister defends work of Canterbury health board Crown monitor – despite deficit growth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79f83fcefc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government promises to reduce cochlear implant waitlist with extra $6 million investment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08803239de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pharmac and drug buying** Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Pharmac knew of epilepsy drug change risks – inquest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fda8de3433&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brooke van Velden (Herald): [We need to make Pharmac relevant for the 21st century](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f29e8ed9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Epilepsy drug deaths: Medsafe told Pharmac it was ‘not desirable’ to switch brands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41e4dbe32b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sharon Brettkelly (Stuff): [Urgent call for framework to treat rare disorders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b43a2d43c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Mental health** 1News: [Andrew Little says mental health reforms ‘largely on track’, following criticism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bec9406fe6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Government pulling funding for Mental Health Foundation’s COVID-19 campaign ‘doesn’t make sense’ – CEO](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b68e690bdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ministry of Health ‘silences’ criticism about NZ’s mental health system — advocate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c17c6db33d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Josh Van Veen (Spiked Online): [New Zealand is not back to normal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f756cf7e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Covid-19: Call for earlier vaccine rollout for South Auckland amid outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d12454fed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Casual plus contacts calling Healthline for advice face hours-long wait](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=867e5220f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Health officials did not attempt house visit of student who later developed coronavirus, despite failure to reach them by phone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d4d6dbea2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NSW shuts border to Auckland, Queensland and Victoria require Kiwis to quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=003832fecf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Law expert warns Covid-19 vaccination passports might lead to discrimination for some](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72446811db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Green Party calls for Government to help developing nations access Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12ee7a332e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [No new community cases ‘good news’ but Auckland in a ‘holding pattern’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e4c6f2763&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Expert confident latest cluster of COVID-19 cases can be contained](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1137db8f64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton: [Border Costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8919c4511e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Thornley (The BFD): [What Is the End Game for New Zealand with COVID-19?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0dc41a698&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [NZ’s ‘unacceptable’ risk higher than Australia’s – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcd373b7ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [‘Return the favour’: NSW Premier calls on Jacinda Ardern to open borders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea74b38c14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Loren and Bernadette Basagre (Stuff): [Covid-19 ‘tough’ to control in schools, expert says as student testing continues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fd3b32f70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Has Grant Robertson’s $50b bet paid off?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68cd107f3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Graeme Buchanan (Stuff): [This whistleblowers’ bill could make us fair game for the bullies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=644c5efc6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Davis (Herald): [Looking beyond growth for a Covid recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a297f24aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gilbert Wong (The Big Q): [What are the economics of happiness?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b3c396204&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robyn Walker (Stuff): [Tax obligations for businesses claiming Covid-19 support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2cdb2d8f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Bank funding costs fall as interest rates paid to savers tumble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20ac871f77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Bank profits fall amid Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e76f59feb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Sweetened Tiwai contract, dry weather, to weigh on Meridian’s 2nd half](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a477e25be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Skilled migrant residency programme in need of review – Faafoi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0191ecf098&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Reserve Bank OCR announcement** Katie Bradford (1News): [Reserve Bank boss says no ‘free lunch’ for housing investment as return of LVRs looms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de288eb394&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Reserve Bank stays the ‘dovish’ course](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=416f06c338&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [RBNZ pushes back on celebrating recovery too soon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d53ac378a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [Reserve Bank leaves OCR unchanged – ‘prolonged stimulus necessary’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e12793205d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [RBNZ not yet confident economic recovery is sustainable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0411c84127&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donal Curtin: [An OCR cut isn’t dead after all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d50fa4621&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [OCR on hold at 0.25 per cent as Reserve Bank signals it will stick to its guns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b46444becd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourist towns in trouble** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Coronavirus: New report reveals extent of Covid-19’s impact on West Coast jobs, businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59e3fef8c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Herald): [Why Queenstown and tourism needs government help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a6f69e1ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liz McDonald (Stuff): [Glacier region pleads for Government help to overcome Covid crisis as tourism mecca fights for survival](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b25319991&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and water reforms** Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): [Why water reforms need to go further](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc4a4553d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Awe-inspiring waterfalls and vital rivers reduced to open sewers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6f979c56c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phillip Neal (Stuff): [Federated Farmers: Charge for freshwater compliance risks damaging relationship with council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4b7497007&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hall and Nina Ives (The Conversation): [New Zealand’s COVID-19 stimulus is a ‘lost opportunity’ to move towards a low-emissions economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=239f479f79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gianina Schwanecke (Herald): [Hawke’s Bay wind farm will create 260 jobs in 3 years, but iwi’s long term concerns remain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50078960fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Kaipara clean up body interim step to wider iwi governance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e9a821c47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Herald: [Editorial: Disabled access to schools should be a right](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3508a1e0d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Teachers will soon be taught to unteach racism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1df87931c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Troels Sommerville (Stuff): [Kaum?tua call for resignation of Unitec board chairman in wake of racism row](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d1940e1c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Ministry of Education to monitor modern classroom noise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62a1046c4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [NZME hopes for ‘Facebook’ millions after cost cuts return it to profit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36bd3bb058&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NZME beats full year earnings guidance, signals return of dividends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae092eb8b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZME reports $14m profit in turnaround from loss last year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb127c16c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Danny Watson and Leah Panapa to replace Sean Plunket on Magic Talk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be75b3781a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations** Newstalk ZB: [Australian reports: Deepening friction between Australia-New Zealand officials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b4ab54bd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More NZ women & children in Syrian camp: radicalisation expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a2ceae1d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessie Chiang (Newsroom): [Trouble in the Pacific](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7633762a48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First Foundation case** Sam Hurley (Herald): [NZ First Foundation case: Accused pair slowly edge to trial, suppression appeal to be heard in June](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab385268e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [New Zealand First Foundation case: Fraud accused duo set for High Court trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a20173f1b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ First Foundation donation case: Trial scheduled for mid-2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0472833e67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Fears grow data hacked from Reserve Bank may be leaked by ransomware group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e214197468&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Data breach: Reserve Bank likely facing $250K ransom; files from other victims made public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf6ee6112d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [National Fale Malae looking for new site after consent uncertainty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9377b8b21e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Williams: [The fight for free speech: how we can all help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f23d17d2da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [Conversation therapy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e7281ce12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Hatton (RNZ): [Organisations hold onto pokie proceeds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19f0b28f20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Bitcoin could give NZ charities global fundraising reach, says Heart Kids](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83620b6a72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Virginia Fallon (Stuff): [Thirty years on and women are still being told we’re asking for it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dbb9c5ced&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ursula Cochran, Kelvin Berryman, Hugh Cowan (Spinoff): [A decade on, NZ is yet to properly reckon with our tolerance for risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a73db577e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Stuff): [Funding still possible for HCC projects says Waka Kotahi, councillors sceptical](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7aaa888a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Delilah Whaitiri (Herald): [Local Focus: From hui to zui, iwi sees added benefits from treaty negotiations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a2c464a45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aorewa Rolleston (RNZ): [Moriori Treaty settlement passes first reading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2db594273&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Borrowdale (Metro): [The ‘green fairy’ prepared to defy the law to give people what they need](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=297f6b3da7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)