> ## 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 November 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-25-november-2020/ - Published: 2020-11-24T19:46:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-11-24T19:54:50.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Housing** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Why Grant Robertson’s letter to Adrian Orr is a big deal and what happens next](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=058aecfa30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Robertson considering crackdown on property investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78c834aa71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [The reason for Grant Robertson’s RBNZ letter: House price inflation creates intergenerational unfairness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8d5cc065e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Grant Robertson shares the problem of house prices, complicating the Reserve Bank’s job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a46d4324b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Labour’s latest move on housing market probably won’t help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0629b6e02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Robertson’s letter to Reserve Bank dismissed as ‘political theatre’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27a426abbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr defends approach tackling inflation amid runaway house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fae87ef50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government moves to mobilise Reserve Bank in fight to tame New Zealand’s wild housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=311d80a864&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Can Reserve Bank dampen an inflamed housing market?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0203719c9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr defends approach tackling inflation amid runaway house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0eb8769820&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Green Party disappointed by Government’s housing measures, sick of ‘tired excuses’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b35afa8ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (TVNZ): [Greens say more needed to ‘fix this runaway housing crisis’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4858ec52d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Julie Anne Genter defends Greens’ housing policies amid conflict of interest concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0a87edd30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National, ACT thank Finance Minister Grant Robertson for taking their advice by writing to Reserve Bank on house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c2e9aad9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [National and Act jostle for credit over Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s RBNZ letter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2462570e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Tupou (Newshub): [Rising house prices prompt city-dwellers to move into the regions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6d84db6c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald) [House prices in spotlight as Reserve Bank fronts on financial risks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=808b825521&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Grant Robertson to RBNZ’s Adrian Orr: Work with us to fix house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f107e9b80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk):[ Orr says RBNZ already considers house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b83bf6ad75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Housing in Reserve Bank remit would make negative interest rates less likely](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f26fb2eded&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Finance Minister Grant Robertson requests Reserve Bank to consider how it can help stabilise house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5dd0d97783&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Dahmen (Newstalk ZB) and Jason Walls (Herald): [Govt opens books, Robertson takes big step to cool NZ’s overheated housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edf6f0e88d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Minister Robertson calls for Reserve Bank to tackle housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3e7843f4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Grant Robertson writes to Reserve Bank, saying it’s time to think about house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8e9cd6866&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (RNZ): [Robertson writes to Reserve Bank over soaring house prices, wants to give first home buyers ‘a shot’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2398b54af1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Can Reserve Bank dampen an inflamed housing market?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b110080c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The Reserve Bank and the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08c022f25e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Housing market: BNZ joins rush to put brakes on investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f29107444d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Newsroom): [Building pressure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b49be5f3be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [The rising age of first home buyers and why more Kiwis are carrying home loan debt into retirement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf3633eeb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Catherine Smith (One Roof): [Why Auckland landlords have put up rents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94affa19aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) One Roof: [NZ house prices – how do they compare to the rest of the world?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08821410f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (Stuff): [Tiny home rules to be made clearer under new Government guidelines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ccf62519b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Bail out local councils or face decades of water, housing, infrastructure crises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41fb4ec193&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester and Michael Daly (Stuff): [A look at the dysfunction and division within local government that’s made headlines over the years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd99284e8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial – Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s challenges closer to home in local government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6eff89eb9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Councillor calls for Royal Commission into local government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8230b1dd9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Council chairman accused of ‘dirty politics’ after surprise restructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=754148d540&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (RNZ): [Councillors boycott ‘dysfunctional’ workshops alleging harassment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ead445a52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Maori TV): [New councilor shows promise for relationships with iwi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30f9a7754e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Maori TV): [‘We’ve got to do this’ – Gisborne District councilor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e91bdd9d62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [Ports of Auckland can’t blame Covid for their failings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f69bfe9381&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Invercargill City Council** Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Invercargill City Council ‘needs to pull their socks up’ after review – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd61a638be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Mayors were right to have their say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=137fafa0ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Shadbolt plays blame game](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=193413b588&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Stuff): [Southern mayoral dispute erupts as trio criticised for input](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8af7bcf622&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Invercargill City Council meeting lasts five minutes, no mayor’s report included](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18e996e932&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Sir Tim’s turnaround detonates path for ICC progress](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63cad39c0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Stuff): [Chamber: Shadbolt’s refusal to accept responsibility concerning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb93313a44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Tim Shadbolt report: ‘Major intervention’ under way in Invercargill after claims mayor ‘struggling’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e02647f13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB/Otago Daily Times: [Tim Shadbolt not prepared to be ‘convenient scapegoat’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcb8255e40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Goosselink (Newshub): [Invercargill councillor disappointed to hear mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt rubbish review of council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e483778ce6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wellington City Council** Tom Hunt and Damian George (Stuff): [WCC set to meet for first time since Foster’s Shelly Bay protest visit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d0be59f7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City Council to launch investigation into Mayor Andy Foster after complaint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4012596c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Wellington City Council investigating Mayor Andy Foster after Shelly Bay vote complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9db59fb8aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Shelly Bay occupation: ‘We’re here for the next generation’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9db97ec363&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB): [Shelly Bay protesters vow to stage ‘peaceful resistance’ until at least March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c12ba0a36c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Maori Council’s Matthew Tukaki weighs in on Shelly Bay occupation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=463487d537&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Another tunnel pitched for Wellington as population tipped to increase 30 per cent in a decade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d34436f270&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election and Parliament** David Farrar: [How the pollsters did in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2ead76c31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Smith (RNZ): [A run-up on Parliament’s kick-off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=845c0fbc28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi ‘won’t acknowledge Queen alone’ at swearing-in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f8184824e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Naisi Chen feels ‘huge responsibility’ as only Chinese MP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfb8bd44a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March defends using ‘OK, Boomer’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4813ba932c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Minister for seniors criticises Greens’ Ricardo Menendez-March for ‘boomer’ comment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8065fd5081&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour Government** 1News: [Jacinda Ardern wants to remain friends with Winston Peters despite end of work relationship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=275790de99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Ardern has not met with Peters since the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b1e0281fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [Are Jacinda Ardern Supporters Just Like Donald Trump Supporters?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63a5b8e0f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern says ‘sorry to the Uighurs’ in Spitting Image sketch calling out China’s human rights record](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=517597e1b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Why Chris Hipkins was late for the Labour caucus class photo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42924decbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Oranga Tamariki** Whatitiri Te Wake (Te Ao Maori News): [Oranga Tamariki chief’s days are numbered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78f619f3b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [‘Good working relationship’ sought by Oranga Tamariki Minister, just no confidence yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cada51f883&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori, Crown must work in partnership for children – Kelvin Davis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ce2bcd98b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Newly appointed Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis is admitting issues in Oranga Tamariki and promising “there will be changes”.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fe716036e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Oranga Tamariki: Midwives and support workers detail heartbreak of wh?nau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edb8d5c357&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Children’s commissioner promises changes to how Oranga Tamariki deals with Maori babies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5444d65b20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations and trade** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [‘Don’t jump at shadows’: New Zealand yet to experience China’s aggressive diplomacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=774e1cc69d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Is RCEP a door-opener or just another acronym to learn?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ce8c87816&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [NZ faces formidable challenges to turn Apec aspiration into action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f7f690e11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy and work** Matthew Rilkoff (Stuff): [Incremental minimum wage increases a valuable tool in the battle against inequality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28912f1fbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Minister Michael Wood not ruling out matching minimum wage with living wage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b68683ff7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Minimum wage increase makes sense despite ‘creative destructions’ that might happen – NZIER](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b39004e86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Labour’s proposed minimum wage increase an ‘act of economic vandalism’ – ACT leader David Seymour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=333a35f30c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [From real estate agents to pet groomers: These are the jobs that New Zealanders can’t or won’t do](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95dee86bb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Coronavirus: How Covid-19 has affected workers’ Christmas leave](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37c9144923&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ann-King (E-Tangata): [‘Most times you let it go’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a823db4e32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [Legislative reform to include gender identity as prohibited grounds of discrimination urgently needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1432f2c299&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Will this spending boom last?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dcc5c8bae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) NZIER: [Unprecedented stimulus supports a V-shaped recovery for the New Zealand economy – NZIER Quarterly Predictions, December 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=450482d4fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Freight congestion pushing up prices and costing companies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=553f84ff7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** Grant Bradley (Herald): [Tourism New Zealand: $12.9 billion spending gap without international visitors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bc4c507a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Higham and Hazel Tucker (The Conversation): [Five reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting rich tourists would be a mistake for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5424bc8d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Domestic tourism isn’t enough to sustain sector amid Covid-19 pandemic — report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4a2791e62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Stuart Nash is right on the need for better tourists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d5a87beba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government starting to work through ramifications of a vaccine – but borders could be closed for another 18 months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7975f7c8bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng and Jason Walls (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern: NZ needs certain level of herd immunity before border restrictions eased](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89613419e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [The unbearable grief of not being able to say goodbye](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d84820aa9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern has ‘long conversation’ with French President Emmanuel Macron on collaborating to COVID-vaccinate Pacific](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=256e96a587&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Coronavirus: Government starting to work through ramifications of a vaccine – but borders could be closed for another 18 months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85d118b61d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Ardern: 2021 will be the year of the vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a852d4affe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Prisons and justice** Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [New Zealand may face torture case over women’s treatment in prison – laywer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7417521b97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Report of inmate gassed with pepper spray at Auckland Women’s prison ‘disturbing’ – Corrections Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2eb1b95912&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Law Commission finds flaws in DNA use for criminal investigations, calls for overhaul](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=801da33534&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis launches $42 million fight against school racism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c0208408d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [How are so many kids leaving school with no qualifications?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a6ece92f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Early childhood education concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b4c4ef32e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Doctors’ union calls for ‘bold’ action from health minister on primary care services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81f6b6e790&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [St John Ambulance officers call off strike in the 11th hour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7664872b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [Health Minister Andrew Little concerned as St John ambulance staff to strike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f9c37fc90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Tired of racism – of talking, writing, and living it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06af7a2d8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [The one giant favour social media has done for all of us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aaa80d533d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Leonie Hayden (Spinoff): [A hard day to be wahine Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fc069d562&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Mark Quinlivan and Mitch McCann (Newshub): [Police who responded to concerns about toddler’s welfare ‘mishandled’ 111 call, child found dead the next day – IPCA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e874ab7a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Police mishandled 111 call reporting concerns about Nevaeh Ager’s welfare in Maketu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a6924a1d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Peters (World Socialist Web Site): [New Zealand government, media downplay Australian war crimes in Afghanistan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca35e49a48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Almost 200 greyhounds were euthanised during the last racing season](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1bf44408d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Fake-meat fatigue: Have we reached peak vegan meat?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21d8e88907&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)