> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-25-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-24T20:35:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-24T20:35:09.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **National Party leadership change – commentary, analysis** Richard Harman (Politik): [Adams’ return signals what really lay behind Muller’s campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dafb835ef7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Armstrong (1News): [Todd Muller is capable and qualified despite uninspiring opening as National leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc409961e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Anatomy of a coup: How Todd Muller felled Simon Bridges and who helped him](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02abfc8910&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Malpass and Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [How Todd Muller took Simon Bridges by surprise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ff3c9314b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Will National’s new broom of Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye be enough?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d75b200349&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Todd Muller wins Nats but can he really win the country?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b955905d5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Now comes the hard part for Team Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c256be3c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction?: National’s new leader must turn party’s fortunes around](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bb29027fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): [National gambles on new leader Todd Muller but crucial days ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b61690ed0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [For Simon Bridges, self-belief and rat-cunning weren’t enough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d65c44777b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Todd Muller makes it all about the teams](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea03d0f3d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Passing the baton: How different will National look under Muller?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3732041f72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [The first Todd Muller show felt like an attempt at the first Jacinda Ardern show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7213eff25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Analysis: Todd Muller delivers conciliatory, statesmanlike speech – but it will take more to beat Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93cb85810b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Spooked MPs opt for unknown Muller to avoid a rout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb2e25090b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Todd Muller’s first days and the storm in a MAGA cap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a8acbb3e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Hehir (Democracy Project): [Rise of the blank slate political leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70b8871317&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Neale Jones (Stuff): [Muller-mania? Yeah, nah.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d555fef354&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [Where Simon Bridges went wrong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f72437bae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Is Todd Muller’s National victory a win for the climate?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c721fa813b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of … Todd Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e1a85167f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT Editorial: [Fresh face, fresh hope?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f737d81c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): T[odd Muller could well be our next PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60d296a446&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Newstalk ZB): [Todd Muller, Nikki Kaye and the new National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf1a35058a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: Checkpoint [Todd Muller ‘gives National a much better chance’ – Linda Clark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb47f751a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National leadership change will drive away Maori votes – Godfery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=769aa4ce67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley( Newshub): [Former National coup winner Dame Jenny Shipley backs new coup winner Todd Muller to beat Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb281d257c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) The Hui: [It’s a no from Tau – Former National MP doesn’t think Muller has what it takes to win the next election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=506abf6ec2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Katie Bradford: Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye face ‘massive task’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c69ddb12b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Jason Walls: How Todd Muller will change the National Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec4a127bf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Peter Dunne: National’s leadership move a game changer for election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=386ed1287d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Neale Jones and Michelle Boag react to Todd Muller becoming National Party leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fa7a63469&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National: Caucus, reshuffle** Claire Trevett (Herald): [National Party leader Todd Muller’s reshuffle rebuff of Simon Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be220d251b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Cropper (Newshub): [National Party source reveals who Todd Muller wants in campaign team](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c814ef73c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCullough (RNZ): [Todd Muller making swift changes to National’s front bench](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d87a50f6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Megan Campbell said to be new National Party chief of staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f9f694e12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub Nation): [Friend or an enemy? New National leader Todd Muller plans to keep Judith Collins ‘close to me’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d25515dcbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Todd Muller rolls Simon Bridges to become National’s new leader – but what’s next for Judith Collins?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c183b1aa4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Cropper (Newshub): [Todd Muller fights to make himself household name, unite divided caucus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d02c8df6a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newwshub): [National MPs have mixed feelings as Todd Muller takes over as leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae3423d730&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Muller’s colleagues weigh in on leadership change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d90c2e56b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [MP called ‘useless’ by Simon Bridges gets last laugh](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=719d25bb3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [List MP vulnerable backing losing horse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c225e55fb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Useless’ MP Maureen Pugh says it was an ‘easy choice’ not to vote for Simon Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5d0e71817&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul Goldsmith (Stuff): [It’s been a tough week for Simon Bridges – but this isn’t tiddlywinks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afc576e9b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [What National Party MPs are saying about former leader Simon Bridges on Facebook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15786f1f9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National: MAGA** Damien Venuto (Herald): [Todd Muller’s MAGA hat is not okay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff101180c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Golriz Ghahraman ‘exhausted’ at debate over Todd Muller’s ‘MAGA’ hat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03d329d858&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ryan Bridge (Newshub): [It’s out of control Todd Muller is being persecuted for owning a Trump hat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b20d97090&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Both sides’ to blame for partisan breakdown in US politics – Todd Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2c787e95f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub Nation): [Todd Muller defends owning ‘MAGA’ hat, says no one cares about his Hillary Clinton badge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f8db3c5af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [New National leader Todd Muller doubles down over MAGA cap in office display](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25d22fbe5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [New National leader Todd Muller doubles-down on Make America Great Again cap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e1098a7e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National: Political positioning** Dan Satherley (Newshub Nation): [Where Todd Muller stands on cannabis, same-sex marriage, abortion and euthanasia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=500c81157b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub Nation): [Todd Muller to take on small business portfolio if elected Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be7c05da69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New National leader says he would’ve fired David Clark over breaking lockdown rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=450e655291&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [National’s new leader Todd Muller to focus on helping small business owners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2369633214&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [National Leader Todd Muller takes over small businesses portfolio – sees it as a major focus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96c044dc3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [New National Party leader Todd Muller talks to Lisa Owen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74a165f4de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [National Party’s Todd Muller faces divided caucus, fires first shots over Labour’s bows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0427bb5c66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Labour has failed to deliver’ – Todd Muller gets into campaign mode as new National Party leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2eb7c7932&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: New [National Party leader focused on NZ’s economic recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb8c97c77a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Todd Muller praises Jacinda Ardern – but reveals why he thinks Kiwis will vote for National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9232c58409&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Todd Muller’s first speech as leader of The National Party summarised: What he’s promising to bring to the table](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc259576c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New National Party leader Todd Muller: ‘I’m not interested in opposition for opposition’s sake’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3830a11bdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National: Muller and Kaye** Dileepa Fonseka (Newsroom): [Muller the ‘unflappable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4571b6468&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karoline Tuckey (RNZ): [Who is new National Party leader Todd Muller?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e9e251aca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [New National Party leader Todd Muller’s favourite things](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11fb9298c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Todd Muller, the new National leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=592eaf67d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Who is Todd Muller?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d7856f2a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [David Farrar on National leader Todd Muller’s polling numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24988a44d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [National deputy leader Nikki Kaye says Todd Muller ‘most decent person she knows’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15c4f99840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christian Fuller (Hawkes Bay Today): [Tukituki MP Lawrence Yule describes Todd Muller as ‘stunning individual’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=579ecb26c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [New National Party leader Todd Muller responds to Chlöe Swarbrick’s ‘OK Boomer’ jab](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aff577394&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Hilary Barry, Jeremy Wells get to know National leader Todd Muller speed date style](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eaa45b22e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Deputy Nikki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c918364cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Wilkins (Newshub): [Bay of Plenty reacts to their MP Todd Muller replacing Simon Bridges as National leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcb371ddde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National: Bridges and Bennett** Thomas Coughlan and Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Simon Bridges, the scrapper who couldn’t stop scrapping](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6be2259a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jehan Casinader (BusinessDesk): [What Simon Bridges could have learnt from Michael Jordan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08654c1875&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Simon Bridges’ position within National to be worked out in time, new leader Todd Muller says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ac7b0f3cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Simon Bridges’ questioning of Dr Bloomfield ‘not politically clever’ – Mike Williams](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52ccc1c39f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [A look back at former National leader Simon Bridges’ life in politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e8a17aa05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small and Matt Burrows (Newshub): [The rise and demise of Simon Bridges: A timeline of his key moments as National leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4587c469fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [A look back at the memorable moments of the Simon Bridges-led National Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b00c2ff92f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Simon Bridges on losing National Party leadership: ‘It’s been a heck of a ride’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf4c2eb2be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Defeated National Party leader Simon Bridges responds to being ousted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3cc83eadf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub: [Paula Bennett: The loyal National Party servant who just lost her job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e79e0439a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [What previous National Party leaders did after leaving top job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7230a2dcf8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Role of media in National leadership contest** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Prominent pundit pulls back over Muller link](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08936a46f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [That media feeding frenzy: what’s the point, exactly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af82afeca6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National: Relationship with NZ First** Vita Molyneux (Newshub Nation): [New Zealand First MP Tracey Martin says Labour shouldn’t rely on support in upcoming election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=182154531c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Winston Peters says refreshing NZ First policy under Todd Muller would be ‘intelligent’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d262eb2fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Todd Muller says it’s ‘quite possible’ that ‘maybe’ National could change its position and work with Winston Peters after the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=697ed48dda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Todd Muller leaves door open to working with Winston Peters after election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b55666cdc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National’s new leader Todd Muller won’t rule out working with Winston Peters as election looms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90beaa8975&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— **Ardern’s leadership** Damien Cave (New York Times): [Jacinda Ardern Sold a Drastic Lockdown With Straight Talk and Mom Jokes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26f0506519&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: P[ainting of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spotted outside Auckland dairy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa2b2061f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus** Derek Cheng (Herald): [NZ v Australia – How did the lockdown performance compare?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40174ef2cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Meet Ayesha Verrall – the intrepid specialist who pushed Govt on contact-tracing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99ccd17bce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lincoln Tan (Herald): [Kiwis in good mental health after lockdown, survey finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7ce46ff8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [New Zealand on track to shift to alert level 1, but not yet – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5e53a446c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bevan Hurley and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [As politicians weigh risk of reopening the bubble, a top pandemic expert says he’d happily get on a plane to Australia tomorrow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=062b5e3bc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Michael Baker on what needs to happen for move to level 1](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0336d2e18c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brad Witton (Stuff): [Covid-19 vaccine ‘long way’ off, NZ could be bottom of list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=036df2d6bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwi company ‘cautiously optimistic’ on developing Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab360aac7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise McNabb (BusinessDesk): [Kiwi company enters race for covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22ac9e8fa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katherine Ravenswood (The Conversation): [Low staff levels must be part of any reviews into the coronavirus outbreaks in NZ rest homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d48379811&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pounamu Jade Aikman (E-Tangata): [Partnership is critical during a crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4340276bd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Health Ministry defends time to release Covid-19 tracing app](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=529540f90e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [The Ministry of Health’s NZ COVID Tracer app is ‘Big Brother gone mad’ …](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0003ecc96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Air New Zealand passenger shocked after social distancing rules broken](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98640b799a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Man arrested after refusing to wear mask on plane](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2d995e818&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Two Auckland premises shut down overnight after failing to comply with Level 2 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bc5b15c63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Two Auckland pubs shut down for breaching level two restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65412e22c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Gates (Stuff): [Church leaders call for gathering limits to be raised to 100 people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa5441bae2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Churches say it’s time they were allowed to fully reopen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a57407f3f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Siouxsie Wiles (Stuff): [Misinformation found in a quarter of Covid-19 videos](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6616e17a40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Liam Dann (Economy): [Massive popularity a risk to Govt focus on rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b37d28d87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian Easton (Pundit): [What The 2020 Budget Forecasts Mean](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90c8b0d08b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul Conway (Interest): [Rebuild must be about improving productivity ensuring the benefits are widely spread](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6822e1cb08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Provincial Growth Fund reset with $600m to help economy recover](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=956c574a45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Some projects dumped as Provincial Growth Fund prioritises quick timing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=579fc2bdc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Provincial Growth Fund to spend $600m to help economy recover](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f08ff23cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Provincial Growth Fund cash shifted to economic recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=334c47dec5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [QE Orr’s tool of choice should the RBNZ need to do even more to prevent deflation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f44b570049&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Concerns govt lacks vision for Maori economy post Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02847c13e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Govt provides assistance to regions hardest hit by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c58c4d7693&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Targeted response could be needed for rural communities – NZIER](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87af82e559&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health and disability** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Silence on funding future frustrating for New Zealand’s deaf community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92eadce23a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Elwood (Dominion Post): [Allowing cigarette sales in lockdown a ‘wake-up’ call for NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a79753bc24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [How much cigarette prices have to rise to get most smokers to quit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98020bea0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [68 complaints of treatment delays, issues due to Covid-19 reported](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=785ba2390e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [What your hospital did to get ready, and what comes next](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f579a3fe34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [New Christchurch Hospital building ‘not fit for purpose’ – board member](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9649ec4e7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right turn: [Labour is still underfunding our health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ee3632cde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Health alliance shows worth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13aa2b085b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin McDougall (Stuff): [NZ health researchers fear loss of funding due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2266f51bd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Spike in rheumatic fever cases in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce3bd348cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Measles victims died after catching superbugs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7ef831fc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Screening programmes resumed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bfb20c35e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Forbes (RNZ): [Middlemore nurse injured in attack: WorkSafe urged to act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46f75b255a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Urgent calls for action after Middlemore Hospital staff member violently attacked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfbf550a33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [P?keh? consultant psychiatrist backs university medical school selection procedures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f0527c32c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Lack of evidence supporting medicinal cannabis benefits for arthritis sufferers – research](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d4da70258&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Murphy (RNZ): [Trans NZers unable to get gender-affirming healthcare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=288a65891a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlagan (ODT): [Suicide prevention targeted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfb390de5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s $1000 Facebook habit must end](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8db2d2c03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Auckland Council reveals half billion-dollar funding shortfall thanks to COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=387eab7d95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland Council predicts $500m loss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93e5e172f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [New legal challenge launched against Wellington’s Shelly Bay development](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7066b11996&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Rebuilding Wellington’s central library could cost $67m less than earthquake-strengthening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cfb252927&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [$200m bill to repair Wellington’s closed central library](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4da5e12d5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Fix or demolish: residents to get say on keeping damaged library](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=896d03fde7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington’s beloved Mittens the cat awarded city’s top honour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=327d830aa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang and Karoline Tuckey (RNZ): [Wellington celebrity cat Mittens awarded honor by mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f876a9cf4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Celebrity cat Mittens ‘his floofiness’ awarded key to the city by Wellington’s mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64baeba25a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Via Molyneux (Newshub): [Wellington’s iconic cat Mittens given keys to city in ‘COVID Friendly’ ceremony](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b011b08d1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Natalie Akoorie (Herald): [MP Tim Macindoe wades into tussle over land compensation at Peacocke](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9ccdfcfac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Christchurch residents give council its lowest rating](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2381f6f59c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohny (Stuff): [Nelson councillors not allowed on port, airport boards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a23eec9089&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting: [Mangawhai rates battle ends with $115,000 payment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b41ddf97c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford: [Marlborough iwi fear council plan fails to protect ‘potentially hundreds’ of sacred sites](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aecaba767a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais: [Rotorua mayoral, chief exec offices undergoing $1.7 million renovation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b65c662626&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [CBD plan must rise above pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca88d0591a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Building consents** 1News: [DIY about to get cheaper as Government relaxes need for building consents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a28ba5589&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Government exempts home improvements, low-risk building work from consents process](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=262f965df8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Consents for some low-risk home improvements scrapped](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c32e2f21a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Marshall (Newshub): [Builders divided over Government scrapping consent for low-risk projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78637e445c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** Robert Patman: [A new geopolitics will emerge from Covid-19, and NZ can be at its forefront](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=808d3a9291&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [New Zealand raises concerns over China’s contentious new security law for Hong Kong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ee0f12e50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ govt concerned over China’s security law for Hong Kong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d4c1dc2c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government concerned about controversial Chinese security legislation in Hong Kong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac2ff6ca07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [New Zealand Government ‘reacts with concern’ as China tightens grip on Hong Kong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=003db983b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, employment, wage subsidy** Liam Dann (Herald): [Job security slumps as new survey maps financial confidence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07e8c4a827&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Thousands of wage subsidy complaints evaluated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd885d0836&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Legal workers’ pay cuts revealed in union survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee36512b28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Redundant worker asks: What am I if I don’t have my job?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fc352bd76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Government’s Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme has lent more than $824 mln to more than 47,000 SMEs so far](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51c1f87c7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More jobs at risk unless conditions for alert level 1 detailed, Business NZ says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a044cd1a6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Smiths City rescue leaves 115 staff in the cold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4864a6600c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Smiths City votes to go into receivership to hasten sale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67a097eeb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Customers vote with their wallets as retail spending dives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f62f30c08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Small businesses want banks to permanently halt Paywave fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0067169e3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Avatar producer Jon Landau on his return to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc52add73f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Welfare** Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Don’t leave us with no hope, Filipino migrants plead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27f57343b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [MSD boosts job loss and employment support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef900e9d14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New public holiday** Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Race Relations boss wants New Zealand Land Wars holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b786f9232d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Call for public holiday to mark Land Wars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b02c6dfd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Who pays for a new holiday?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aab921d5ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Road toll jumps back up after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3a844abc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air New Zealand adds to 3500 job losses with cuts to executive team](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d1559f800&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Experienced trio exit Air New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e0e82eda7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Air NZ – two years to lift back up to 70%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47162fa940&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Auckland Airport shelves most of $1.2 billion of works](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed3ffaeeea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordyn Rudd (1News): [Work begins to shorten Auckland Airport runway after damage in touchdown area caused flight diversions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ee5f76ba1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Money problems add to Civil Aviation Authority’s woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6e81bdc9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Planning for climate change amid the pandemic recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6419557b57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Boynton (The Hui): [Not so fast: Iwi wary of plans to speed up resource consents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6ddd004a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samuel Kilmister (Manawatu Standard): [Waste seeps into Rangit?kei River for 18 months, as officials mull possible fixes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=637aff9c1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland water** Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Auckland’s water supply in doubt following dispute over Waikato River water usage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec376e1022&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Clash between Auckland and Waikato over water rights as drought worsens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88b74b7acf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Explained: What caused Auckland’s once-in-a-generation drought](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6f6b449db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Watercare wants Aucklanders to change water habits as concerns mount over drought](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f3288ca89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [Auckland’s water shortages and the process obsession](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=648fbf4166&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Education** Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [Playcentre Aotearoa says 100 centres are at risk of closure unless funding increases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55ea85ea56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Preschool teacher fee hike could leave centres short of staff: lobby](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75399bfdde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Planned registration fee increase could see teachers forced out of Early Childhood Centres – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ed7b36547&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Samantha Olley (Herald): [Ministry of Education device delivery a ‘logistical nightmare’ principals say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c54acde53f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Gibb (ODT): [University of Otago lectures mostly online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5dd95f857d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Could this be the mystery Stuff bidder?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19b41a5d19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Paul Thompson (RNZ): [Tonight we celebrate, but the party mood won’t last long](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e58a4b59d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Voyager Media Awards: [2020 Winners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c569b04ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sport** Mat Kermeen (Stuff): [Anger at Winston Peters’ ‘make racing great again’ leads to petition against Government funding for racing industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4c9210278&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Sailing: Government admits Covid-19 could hit America’s Cup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95973b7f27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Rally New Zealand to be cancelled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19d0bf56ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Paul Spoonley and Richard Shaw (Herald): [Time for a new, less adversarial, approach to politics?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=158eeea91c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bruce Munro: [Bill Birch on Robert Muldoon, pushing the Clyde Dam project through, inequality and national crises — then and now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bb75a124f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [How the banks react over the next few months is likely to be long-remembered by the public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2741a6113f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah McQueen (Stuff): K[iwisaver: Why save for retirement when you can’t survive right now?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1665d95b74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Barnes (Stuff): [Working for good: 4 day week employees should volunteer for charities with extra time off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6121086640&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maddy Lloyd (1News): [Navy veteran wishes Pacific nuclear protest in 1973 didn’t happen after suffering rare cancer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5e29b8d95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Grant (ODT): [NZ’s war dissenters finally being honoured](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30acb99acc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mihingarangi Forbes (The Hui): [Fletcher called on to return Ihumatao block after collecting $68 million in taxpayer-funded wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc42b9461c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Castles (1News): [Shane Jones calls iwi’s reason for barring access to Cape Reinga ‘cultural mumbo jumbo’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1087a6aa8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sahiban Hyde (Hawkes Bay Today): [Hawke’s Bay baby uplift: One year on and mother has full access to her child](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdb731fc6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [The future for Wellington means never going back to how we were](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b208b49a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett (Stuff): [The price of literature: writers take on Government over fair pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92e0a8ba1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [Tourism Minister backs freedom camping](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=befbfb7dd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Surge in Americans looking to move to New Zealand during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=378b4db5d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cushla Norman (1News): [Influx of potatoes from Europe could ‘decimate’ NZ industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8854efa63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Aspiring jockey Sophia Malthus paralysed at work says ex-boss’ appeal ‘extremely distasteful’ after reparations cut by over $100,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e132c7cb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Audible ad featuring Clarke Gayford taken off Australian TV due to ‘dangerous’ message](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edc1620cfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)