> ## 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 September 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-25-september-2020/ - Published: 2020-09-24T20:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-25T21:07:45.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Election** Tim Watkin (RNZ): [Sending out the political assassins as National shoots itself in the foot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fd0c2a5be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Dunne: [Greens’ fate uncertain, but the rest of the election jigsaw is beginning to look remarkably settled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=200341d562&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [Will the polls move this close to election day?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bb318b447&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ali Shakir (Herald): [Sorry Jacinda, I’m going passive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2ebfc5dda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Leith Huffadine (RNZ): [RNZ’s guide to The Outliers for general election 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b524e20f62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter: [Majority Rule Requires Majorities That Are Real](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91b785d56e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) AAP Fact Check: [Has state housing wait list increased under Labour coalition?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=734c8beb9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern’s debate claim on child poverty fact-checked as ‘misleading’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2ce6fe4f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [More budget problems for Goldsmith while Peters goes back to school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a893b48517&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reweti Kohere (NBR): [How much you say? Tallying up the dollars and cents of Labour and National’s election promises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0ae9494b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff Editorial: [Civics education – we need to get our act together](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f3e5fd2bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Nicholas Jones (Herald): [What’s the plan to improve our health? Policies compared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be27b27614&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Vote Compass: Kiwis divided on whether more migrants should be allowed in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7b1913020&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Manawatu Standard): [Palmerston North candidates at odds over immigration and refugees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b60151075&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [What’s the plan for law and order? Policies compared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=807519f5be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Geraden Cann (NBR): [The not-so-forgotten tech sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94d63edaca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): [Nats’ tech policy a real point of difference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4d9d59c0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ————— Georgie Ormond (Herald): [Local Focus: Whanganui candidates argue whether farmers avoid paying for their pollution?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45e0c820a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Tricia Lawrence, NZ First candidate for Bay of Plenty?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c3748ad74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ogden (Herald): [Local Focus: Who is Angie Warren-Clark, Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73a5c8acea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Candidates on Napier’s biggest issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb661d326e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens** Simon Wilson (Herald): [Why is the Greens’ wealth tax so terrifying?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ade386f579&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zane Small (Newshub): [Grant Robertson ‘reaffirms’ Labour won’t adopt Greens’ wealth tax, confident of economic ‘rebound’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1c4c2f675&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wealth tax not a bottom line for Green Party but they will push for it – Shaw](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=712e76efdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Greens’ James Shaw says wealth tax is ‘priority’ but not a ‘bottom line’ for Labour coalition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=578206d977&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Greens co-leader James Shaw walks back Green MPs ‘bottom line’ wealth tax comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43817911b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Brian Fallow (Herald): [National’s spending plan is just incredible – literally](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6072dcf6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Patterson and Russell Palmer (RNZ): [National says fiscal plan stacks up after Labour insists there’s another mistake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a46382d47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins on working with Act, foreign workers and National’s fiscal mistake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=465819e75a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Why National won’t make its proposed tax cuts permanent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9d511a483&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Judith Collins targets younger demographic – at daycare – with fist-bumps and advice on drinking milk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca4341367c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Complaint over National’s Lawrence Yule billboards fails](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1d22acc28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Nothing wrong with National MP’s billboards – Advertising Standards Authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=975f819813&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Advertising Standards Authority dismisses complaints National MP’s billboards are ‘misleading’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=082e86a671&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [National MP’s ad under investigation after complaints it’s misleading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cdccbab9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Agriculture policies** Katie Doyle (RNZ): [Agriculture industry, environmentalists lukewarm on National, Labour policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3829f54e22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Harvesting the urban-rural divide ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec1b974d95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National promises farmers return of foreign workers and a rollback of regulations on water and climate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6820cf3173&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [National leader Judith Collins unveils agriculture policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8749210fa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National pledges to ease legislation for farmers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13f69bf39b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National promises to stop farmers being ‘regulated into oblivion’, if elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=317c321ebb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern says National’s agriculture policy would take country back ‘decades’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81f8dcd825&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour leader Jacinda Ardern not pleased with National’s farming policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=562c641821&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub):[Jacinda Ardern bags National as ‘backward-looking’, says Labour ‘absolutely’ understands farmers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14912b7bfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘I don’t know why she’d say such foolish statements’ – National’s Judith Collins hits back at attacks on farming policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36fd14c60d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** 1News: [New footage from South Island farms reveal cows living in knee-high winter mud](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba574ad555&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Conditional prohibition’ on live cattle exports to remain after ban lifted next month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6d522b47d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws and Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Strawberry farm desperate for fruit pickers could offer Kiwis better pay: union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c36d097f56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Smart thinking needed to fix seasonal job gap – Willie Jackson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78e1aa9935&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maja Burry (RNZ): [Lower sheep and beef farmers sentiment chief contributor to rural confidence fall – Rabobank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=450427aefc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour on hate speech, free speech** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Labour wouldn’t stop with just religion in hate speech crackdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58419eaa05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants stronger hate-speech protections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b207ae32aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Labour promise tougher hate speech laws if re-elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08db2f57e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Al Noor Mosque imam urges reform of hate speech laws to protect religious followers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=798904b922&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [David Seymour fears for freedom of expression as Jacinda Ardern plans to beef up hate speech laws](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6439c8fe7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [You’ll miss Winston Peters when he’s gone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=666501bd85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [NZ First MP Ron Mark recorded saying he’s not interested in party vote, only wants electorate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7db6685ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori Party** 1News: [John Tamihere says it’s ‘disgraceful’ a Govt ministry sought advice about his potential conflicts of interest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7898a80107&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Maori Party wants capital gains tax, halt on immigration until housing crisis is fixed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cffd5b9ca5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Edward O’Driscoll (Newshub): [John Tamihere picks unlikely preferred coalition partner for Maori Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45ed51b499&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori Party housing policy includes immigration halt, homes on ancestral land](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52dce670d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Maori Party wants taxes on ‘ghost’ houses, capital gains from rentals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d857cb868&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **TOP** Dan Satherley (Newshub): [TOP keen to work with Maori Party after unexpected endorsement from John Tamihere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b5a665f05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [TOP’s green Robin Hood plan – tax high emitters extra to pay for more electric vehicles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6acaf9a520&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [The Opportunities Party’s Geoff Simmons misspells electorate’s name in advertising campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93c7fcebaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **ACT** 1News: [David Seymour skydives to highlight plight of struggling tourism operators](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfb3cd9d00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis and euthanasia referendums** Marta Rychert and Chris Wilkins (The Conversation): [The missing question from New Zealand’s cannabis debate: what about personal freedom and individual rights?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f485db162&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lydia Lewis and Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Ex-synthetic drug user tells MPs to ‘pull their heads out of their backsides’ and legalise cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d178d8db04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Controversial euthanasia ads accused of being ‘designed to mislead and create fear’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b386fc74b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Rebecca Moore (1News): [Calls for long-term investment, upgrade of ‘clunky’ public health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e2b0fe9c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Fewer children being immunised – research](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e748281ef8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Mental health** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Need for New Zealand mental health services at ‘breaking point’ – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fc11fa15f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘I had to step away from the fire’ – Todd Muller opens up about intense panic attacks, mental health struggle as National leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=486b46c77b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Todd Muller reflects on the panic attacks, anxiety he faced as National leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed3c0aad61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [This Government talked all the platitudes on mental health, but it’s the same ugly result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a4fc6c9fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Disability** Catherine Hutton (RNZ): [Closure of purpose-built gym and pool a disaster for disabled clients – advocate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8d28d3142&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green (Stuff): [People with disabilities share stories of lockdown in new book](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=187f3fc984&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus** David Murdoch and Magnús Gottfreðsson (The Conversation): [Covid-19 and small island nations: what we can learn from New Zealand and Iceland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=009d99d3b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Cropper (Newshub): [Two returnees in isolation at Pullman hotel denied chance to see dying parents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30325c727d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [Why is the Dio School Foundation a charity?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=481c7efe65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Students hit by lockdown offered catch-up classes during holidays](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33400a6a8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brianna Mcilraith (Stuff): [Applications for Green School principal have opened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4e1a6d042&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [Professors call out racism as a ‘major issue’ at universities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75f9c08662&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waikato University staff lead project on racial oppression](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbe5179962&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Finding racism is easy, tackling it takes more effort](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d8451115d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mariné Lourens (Stuff): [Otago Uni accused of being ‘deceptive’ about medical school admissions policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3a7bcfd9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Group calls for mandatory sexual consent education for tertiary students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6d7d35cbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Abuse in care inquiry** 1News: [Lake Alice survivor’s grim testimony of abuse and mistreatment at psychiatric hospital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=484b1553d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Edward Gay (Stuff): [Lake Alice survivor says she can’t get closure without justice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=034d8e2ca9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry: Sexually abused man still fighting for apology](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8ef6713fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew McRae (RNZ): [Abuse in care inquiry: ‘Prison guards were more caring’ than welfare homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d2a2f70e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew McRae (RNZ): [Man suffered sexual abuse in psychiatric care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0366eb9a2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Edward Gay (Stuff): [Abused in state care as a boy, still fighting for recognition decades later](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13f91dc425&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Rob Mitchell (Stuff): [Why it appears Kiwis won’t stand for Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90229246ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Hutt City Council faces $1.3bn bill for water pipes upgrade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6404da902d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Auckland port deaths: Union says health and safety expert should lead review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4b1bc0d5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [No pay rise for city councillors — authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b35ca844f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (RNZ): [No more shovel-ready funding for Rotorua Lakes Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3119812fda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): [Bid for more ‘shovel-ready’ funds for Queenstown Lakes District Council fails](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a40fb139fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Southland Times): [Southland Chamber of Commerce raises concerns about Invercargill City Council performance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83df96c2ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Jason Walls (Herald): [James Shaw’s $50m schools spend-up – cash to replace ‘old, dirty’ public school boilers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa4f88f1c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Eighteen schools to replace coal boilers for clean energy, costing $50 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=306fd8b4b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Coal-free heat for 18 more schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0635948775&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Clean energy coal boiler replacement fund rolls out to more schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4c8ebf85b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robert McLachlan (Stuff): [Flight to nowhere sends the wrong message in climate crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65a2aaacff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland drought: Water restrictions eased to help businesses affected by ban](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df8e27c46b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jean Bell (RNZ): [Slight easing of water restrictions in Auckland next month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a4a53012b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch mosque shootings** Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveils memorial at Christchurch’s Masjid An-Nur](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5946296553&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Ardern helps unveil mosque plaque in memory of 51 Christchurch terrorist attack victims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4d8445739&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern in Christchurch to honour Al Noor Mosque victims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5d71dbc1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Christchurch terror attack victims remembered with plaque unveiling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f7dbdb076&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Housing shortages continue to bite in south Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf626fcba3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marta Steeman (Stuff): [Housing entrepreneurs Ockham Residential launch their 14th Auckland apartment project with plenty of KiwiBuilds included](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec661d2a05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [How companies capitalised on the Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4de5f376d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Business leaders keen to ensure climate action stays on agenda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9095cda577&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Partnerships vital for ‘massive’ emission reduction investment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b6e21ea10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kirk Hope (Interest): [The economy, a smart border approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5004c2e796&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration** Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Uncertainty for immigrants as visa extensions fail to materialise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=901300eae5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Call to sort lack of foreign workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03979772ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim O’Connell (Nelson Mail): [Ten-year-old faces deportation over special needs schooling support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba707aaf21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Kiwibank** John Anthony (Stuff): [Kiwibank to pay remediation totalling $5.2m to more than 48,000 borrowers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13ab570601&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwibank to pay borrowers total of $5.2 million over mortgage systems failures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc21a0425f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwibank to pay some home loan customers in ComCom settlement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e285ed7a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Gloriavale** RNZ: [Former Gloriavale member takes legal action for removal of trustees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c148c62495&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Current Gloriavale members sneak out to openly criticise leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=089a4ab2d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [What 100% renewable energy does to power prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=022f5ecf62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Prompt payment discounts still around despite Government wish to see them gone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81e24dce5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Researchers plumb secrets of building financially strong households](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7a74ad8a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Johnston (Stuff): [She spent $50,000 trying to get safe. In the end, she gave up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8820dbb451&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [‘Ludicrous’ longest serving prisoner, with dementia, is still jailed – lawyer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2bfc0f593&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Labour’s Failures Part 2 – One billion trees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8b53ab8fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Regulator calls out concerning behaviour in financial services firms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ffe6c3551&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Brunskill (BusinessDesk): [The FMA is running out of patience](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cbd0ea604&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Financial advisers need to act — Faafoi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d1d521707&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Funding for Lending – how it pushes down your mortgage and term deposit rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8773a3773e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Auckland restaurant ordered to pay nearly $50,000 for exploiting migrant worker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6a8859bb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland restaurant ordered to pay nearly $50,000 for exploiting migrant worker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d89cd53304&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gerrard Eckhoff (ODT): [Wealth redistribution is not a simple or perfect tool](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1a7530665&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Grant Robertson hits out at ‘ridiculous’ Rugby Championship changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0f051b7eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [Nationwide meth use dropped by almost a third during and after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c84c6e6d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern features in reboot of British television series Spitting Image](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=976a5e728f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Three countries agree to join search for Gulf Livestock crew – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e7be41d91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [China, South Korea, Taiwan reportedly agree to help search for livestock ship missing with two Kiwis on board](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36c4583b3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)