> ## 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 June 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-25-june-2020/ - Published: 2020-06-24T20:46:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-06-24T20:35:19.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Auckland light rail, coalition tensions** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Phil Twyford, minister of embarrassing failures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f5c5278dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Pressure on Transport Minister Phil Twyford over light rail being ditched](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3f6ff42e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): [Political utu in the coalition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6112839a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [The Government’s handbrake: What else has New Zealand First kiboshed, blocked or modified?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55ba625a36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver and Jo Moir (RNZ): [Casualties of the coalition government continue to grow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c55f778c26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Fault and blame for the light rail failure: so many targets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f23da61eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Too many hands make light rail not work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98c93594ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Twyford, Shaw on future of light rail, what it means for Coalition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f5b9e6d79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responds to claims Government ‘tearing itself apart’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8b180f80a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern, Phil Twyford ‘disappointed’ consensus not reached with New Zealand First on light rail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80134a7e6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [James Shaw says NZ First are breaching their coalition agreement by axing light rail plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e60fa91c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Auckland councillor gutted by light rail delay announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed9ab8b794&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government’s flagship transport policy axed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45852b47ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [‘Disappointing and frustrating’: Auckland’s light rail process ‘ended’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=383793b74e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Light rail process dead; NZ First claims another policy scalp](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1e7678819&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Auckland light rail process ends after govt fails to reach agreement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cf4a3ae47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Government spent $5 million on failed Auckland light rail project, but Labour intends to resuscitate it after election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf3ae60694&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Auckland light rail dead; Ministry of Transport preferred the Super Fund’s bid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18e329cef7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland light rail process halted, future to be decided after election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a502af5d39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Auckland light rail canned for now as Government parties ‘unable to reach agreement’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f99d3e1fa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Cabinet unable to agree on Light Rail proposals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cde2804cea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Prisoner voting** Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Prisoner voting bill passes in chaotic night at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b783d5579&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Prisoner voting rights bill passes in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0921ee88d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Bizarre scenes as Parliament legalises prisoner voting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fd53e4d07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border, quarantine** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Health Minister David Clark brutally throws Dr Ashley Bloomfield under the bus while standing right next to him](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffca44ac82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Health Minister David Clark throws Dr Ashley Bloomfield under the bus – as he stands right behind him](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a190c4828&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Untested compassionate exemptions an ‘operational’ responsibility – Health Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d952971fb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Managed isolation testing failures lead to buck passing but no answers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc42084c4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Government unsure of how many essential workers have arrived](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7551b6520&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Health Minister David Clark admits he’s yet to visit a coronavirus isolation facility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94f8a43fb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Revealed – more than 1000 people may have left isolation without a test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7c59f4383&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Coronavirus tests refused as health officials find more than 400 weren’t tested](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3a73d6443&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Just how vulnerable are NZ’s borders?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b217dcf85f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield can’t ‘categorically’ rule out undetected community transmission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e01ddb816&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Ardern denies claim there is Covid-19 community transmission when pressed by Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccdf377762&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National’s Todd Muller suspects undetected community spread of Covid-19 in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d2db3eefc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 managed isolation and testing: by the numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29a4a5653f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [51 out of 55 people not tested before taking compassionate leave under level 1](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=212ef04560&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Why 55 New Zealanders were granted compassionate exemptions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04d854b4fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [How many border failures were there? David Clark won’t say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=883be38907&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cira Olivier (Herald): [Unofficial case in Rotorua quarantine after packed bus trip](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec39b8687e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Packed bus trip to Rotorua quarantine hotel ‘appalling’, says traveller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cdc75d9cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘It’s not so kind ‘ – rise in hostility towards NZers looking to come home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=304f9ba214&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lisette Reymer (Newshub): [Rotorua’s quarantined travellers, tourism operators upset with local isolation facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebf9b5c811&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Family of slain police officer Matthew Hunt granted permission to isolate together in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e95365278a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Her Majesty’s quarantine: My life in coronavirus isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=074e9d5b57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Community testing** Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Ministry of Health reintroduces high risk criteria for Covid-19 testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e69b6166a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Testing regime under ‘significant and unexpected’ pressure as tests hit record high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7821c51510&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): [‘Stressed’ people lining up for hours to get swab tested](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c234bf572&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jean Bell (RNZ): [Auckland community testing centres still busy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e7596ca7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Nixon (1News): [Traffic delays around Auckland Covid-19 testing station could put pregnant women at risk, midwife warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa70c99d59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [Doctors swamped with patients amid more Covid-19 testing and onset of flu season](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73f96c6693&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Whangarei ‘ran out of swabs’, experiencing a possible test shortage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e170cacac4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Homeless man quarantine claims** Matt Burrows (Newshub): [‘It’s really difficult to prove’: Michael Woodhouse defends claim homeless man got free two-week stay at hotel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4160359f71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Todd Muller backs Michael Woodhouse despite doubt over homeless man claim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=991d74127a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘I back him’ – Todd Muller stands by MP’s claim a homeless man bluffed his way into fancy quarantine hotel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e9c5cabff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Quarantine payment** ODT Editorial: [‘Fairness’ in co-payment plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1815717c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Taxpayers’ Union urges Human Rights Commission to speak up on Kiwis paying for quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2f0298f2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid 19 – loneliness, prejudice** RNZ: [People on low incomes lonelier during lockdown – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9712552b45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ a ‘whole lot less’ racially prejudiced compared to other countries amid Covid-19 – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ece7e3f2de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lincoln Tan (Herald): [Prejudice against Asians in NZ lower than elsewhere, study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc0e1fb337&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [New Zealanders have less COVID-19 based prejudice than US, Spain and Italy – research](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5120d8db2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business,** Wage subsidy 1News: [Businessman took wage subsidy despite believing company would survive without – won’t pay it back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=312acdd01d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Andrew Little confirms rent relief bill ‘under discussion’ three weeks after Cabinet decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a54aa3259d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [NZ First says commercial rent bill going back to ‘what we agreed’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ded10716f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Proposed change to help struggling businesses with rent put on hold by NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa1c874981&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Rae (ODT): [Tuapeka Gold to cut jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1437db0eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, monetary policy** Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Official Cash Rate kept at 0.25 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43e17f0e30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Economists set sights on August after OCR stays on hold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78412a0498&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [RBNZ says it may still need to do more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d42d2f58e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Election** Julie Iles (NBR): [TOP punts business grants and tax tweaks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e6b4d6055&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Science Media Centre: [Dolphin protection plan announced – Expert Reaction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37498d3101&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Fyfe and Michael Morrah (Newshub): [New fishing measures introduced to protect Hector’s and M?ui dolphins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=975b93a7c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Government crack down on fishing methods to protect New Zealand Hector’s and M?ui dolphins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bbcec0112&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Fishing restrictions boosted to protect M?ui and Hector’s dolphins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a02b0a89f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Oil, gas permits exempted from Maui dolphin protections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=981cf1da33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Government cracks down on fishing activities to protect New Zealand’s rare dolphins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16ace47881&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Rilkoff (Taranaki Daily News): [We may never know if plan to save M?ui dolphins works](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99c587a588&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brianna Mcilraith (Taranaki Daily News): F[ears for Taranaki’s commercial fishing future following new restrictions to protect M?ui and Hector’s dolphins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=224d803e26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Urlich & Simon Thrush (Herald): [Care for our marine environment has sunk without a trace](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7abf11f73a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Hawke’s Bay could become desert if climate change ignored – regional council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5d2976262&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Lorrey, Ben Noll and Lauren Vargo (RNZ): [Why long-term environmental observations are crucial for NZ’s water challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c1cadc24a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Lewis (ODT): [30% loss of ice in 4 decades](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=697b0508e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NIWA says ice lost from glacier over past three years equals the amount we drink](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc9b39d124&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kaysha Brownlie (Newshub): [Southern Alps glacier loses enough ice to supply NZ with three years’ worth of drinking water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0873fd1ce1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ihum?tao** Herald Editorial:[Time for a resolution at the disputed Ihum?tao land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6add39c3f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Ihum?tao deal could spark early election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0278a7a167&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Taroi Black (Maori TV): [Finance Minister confirms Ihum?tao negotiations continue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50b309219d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Government pushing for second media support package before election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=026326a041&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (NBR): [Maori media plan might be a Maori Party plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d51c410c95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [RNZ’s youth radio venture ‘put to one side’ because of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d5c9af6db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [AJ Hackett payout ‘corporate welfare for rich-listers’, economist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b223a4288b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Bungy business bounces back after bail-out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=049a84169b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [AJ Hackett Bungy gets $10 million boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adf550e9be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [AJ Hackett Bungy given $10.2 million to retain staff amid Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4278075668&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Public Health Units’ ability to identify clusters ‘significant point of weakness’ – review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eedaba479c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Johanna Reidy (The Conversation): [Bandaid or cure: a major health review remains split on how to reduce persistent inequalities for Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eee08e882a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [St John cuts 100 jobs, assures continued ambulance service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e313180a21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [$30 million hole forcing St John Ambulance to cull 100 jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67a0892a5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Ihumat?o and City Rail Link fall-out both cases where real leadership is overdue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18ea573b68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland budget: Council cuts 1200-plus workers with Budget hit to come](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=289a61719b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Councils under pressure to save and invest, to kickstart economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3e7a2f938&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Embattled Otago Regional Council chairwoman’s last stand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53b33423e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Bus users and pedestrians the big winners from Wellington’s Golden Mile revamp plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fade4fe0a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Brazilians seek New Zealand nous to beat Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6080d87b3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Insurance** Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Concerns raised over the RBNZ approving the sale of 200,000 AMP Life insurance policies to a Bermuda-based private equity firm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eda80cd797&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Statues, product names** Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate faces threats over removal of controversial statue of Captain John Hamilton](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a644b95012&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [There goes my collection of Viking records](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37eb87f75c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Tip Top to rename Eskimo Pies, Pascall to ditch Eskimo sweet name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d46877b9ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caitlin Ellis and Holly Carran (Newshub): [Tip Top’s Eskimo Pies to be renamed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1eb799d76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [New Zealand treats renamed over racist overtones](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9a5fceae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Pascall Eskimos lollies to be renamed over diversity concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5d8e53080&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Airways reconsiders plan to pull air traffic control services from seven airports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e00514721&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Migrant was stuck in limbo after Air NZ flights were cancelled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27c0b01fcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Government looking behind schedule on road safety targets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=479174d574&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Last passenger train leaves town as Dunedin’s Taieri Gorge Railway line is mothballed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32c957f39f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [‘It’s quite a sombre time’: union, supporters bid farewell to train](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea10663fbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Gangs** 1News: [NZ in a better position than most countries to manage gangs, expert says in wake of Mongols bust](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd8df877ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Gang arrests: ‘They’re not part of the team of five million’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63a4b5da6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Mongols MC raids: New Zealand needs to fix its attitude toward gangs and stop turning ‘a blind eye’ – Garry Webber](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=460926c1a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mitch McCann (Newshub): [Number of imprisoned gang members exploding in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7970987bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Housing NZ’s accessible homes goal should be much higher – Disability Rights Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3d4942962&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Hate speech law stalled until after election – no support yet from NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=097ebd4c6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Whistleblowers’ protection bill introduced to replace 20-year-old Act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba0ed95824&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Stuff): [New Zealand school children have become a bargaining chip in trade negotiations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec5b106cc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Will Provincial Growth Fund survive the election?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b912a172b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Tuariki Delamere files for urgent hearing into Treaty negotiations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=407b0ca1c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Victoria Uni faces call for students to be compensated over continued online learning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cb1f7b26a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The detail: Max Abbott and more – sexual harassment at a top university](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4af8bcdf27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Going to get tougher for NZ banks, but they’re expected to withstand the worst of Covid-1](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfd9a3eece&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Press): [‘Drastic’ cuts planned for Christchurch’s Arts Centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80275ffb17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harriette Boucher and Lorna Hallett (Stuff): [The battle for gender equality: Wellington teens’ feminist movement goes nationwide](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=214be338c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)