> ## 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 – 26 July 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-26-july-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-25T20:46:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-26T20:41:28.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Newshub-Reid Research Poll** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Judith Collins must take responsibility for National’s fall – but she’s not entirely to blame](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aab82e3df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern still soaring as preferred Prime Minister – but Judith Collins is convinced she’ll win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=094f0e0b4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [The destruction of National under Judith Collins as party sinks to 25 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=221cf8f9b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Voters want minor parties in Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce7e9b4c05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Richard Harman (Politik): [National’s polling points to wrangle over list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9365e4b96d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [National’s polling chooks come home to roost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6aa72adc88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Latest poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=901ad43620&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, week in politics, MP pay cuts** Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [Have politicians finally pushed the nuclear button?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5adbe31166&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [It’s gloves off or hands off for election run-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fbcd686d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls and Amelia Wade (Herald): [Speaker Trevor Mallard’s warning to bad MPs: Shape up or be publicly exposed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=984915e174&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard to MPs: ‘Behave or I’ll out you’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d1dfda5b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCullough (RNZ): [Mallard releases Code of Conduct following bad behaviour in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c204bcc428&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Parties sign up to code of conduct as Speaker warns he’ll out repeat offenders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=138493ad8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [Is this the end of the bad behaviour for the ‘gods’ of parliament?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94180ae3ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub Nation): [NZ election 2020: MPs insist they’re squeaky clean after week of scandals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25b0546c04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘We’re fed up as well’: Simon Bridges’ frustration with badly-behaving colleagues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8493aa8e7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Gossip no match for context in Parliamentary cesspool](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f462d1d9f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [NZ MPs in the confessional. Sorry is that a euphemism?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86cce4dfd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of … Andrew, Iain and Winston](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdb298e714&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in politics: A sense of fear in the corridors of power](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c8c5615cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Clifton (BusinessDesk): [Parliament meets Survivor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4a462242b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Inside Parliament: Iain Lees-Galloway and Andrew Falloon leave Parliament in disgrace](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbfcd9781b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [‘Crazy, dehumanising, frightening’ – departing MPs share their views on Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7de22718d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Smith (RNZ): [Clare Curran ‘relief, exhaustion, disappointment and hope’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8a06f7542&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jason Walls (Herald): [MPs’ pay cuts finally in effect after Jacinda Ardern promised them three months ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1cfdc1273&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Labour MP Greg O’Connor slammed for ‘tone deaf’ post about Covid pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f382c5651f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Grant Duncan (Stuff): [Are we less grumpy after Covid? ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a540b0e3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Partisan politics: Are Kiwi voters becoming more polarised?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=139d77eb78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [One crucial question will decide who rules us after the election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc6b5bef51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Fisher (Herald): [The Road Ahead: What matters to you?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fef7bbddf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: Q+A: [Amid political scandals, what do voters actually care about in the election?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7186f6d7d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Will political scandals influence voters in this year’s election?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bb4ac9f03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: Will scandal or substance dominate election campaign?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93d5f72a56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Sense of disconnect from politics ‘game’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e355340b1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Some Maori frustrated they can’t switch electoral rolls until 2024](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63cfe2c159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Leaders Unplugged: David Seymour on going teetotal, his inspirational mother, and building a car from scratch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=789af64c02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Who’s who in Auckland’s most hotly-contested races](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eacb0a0fe0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Election candidates quick on the draw in fight for one the country’s most hotly-contested seats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c76e942208&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Beck (Herald): [Election 2020 billboard vandalism: ‘We’ll put them up again and again’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b2fc2de53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Labour MP T?mati Coffey has election billboards vandalised, says he may be ‘target of hate campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9b4a39311&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [New Conservative ad compares candidate to Mandela, Martin Luther King](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8062d388e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Chaston (Interest): [Compare political party policy positions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8245ed0a6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland Central** Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Labour rules out deal with Greens in Nikki Kaye’s seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70976d3a59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Chlöe Swarbrick defends herself from Labour’s Auckland Central candidate Helen White](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a9dfeaaee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Helen White vs Chloe Swarbrick – War of words erupts over Auckland Central seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31a1ec3949&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [NZ election 2020: Greens ‘throwing everything’ at Auckland Central to ensure place back in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b7ccf62cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [‘Game on’: National voters galvanised by change of leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23c9b30d9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National lashes out at “scaremongering” Government, as ACT doubles down on cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47d4a7f84d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [National MP Hamish Walker granted leave from Parliament, set to pocket $60k](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eae9bd4ddd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [No show: Disgraced MP Hamish Walker won’t return to Parliament but still gets $60k](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5462a54873&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National MP Hamish Walker granted leave from Parliament, set to collect $60,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2e415a926&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National’s Hamish Walker won’t return to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90894fce19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Sarah Dowie: Other women were my harshest critics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7db3bda85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [More to outgoing MP’s career than scandal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b10bed0f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Audrey Young (Herald): [Coalition strains deepen over Tiwai smelter tactics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f01cd72110&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Winston Peters: old dog, same tricks but no bite](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a762894ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Greens co-leader James Shaw says having NZ First in Govt again is a risk not worth taking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bda4c36b17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens** 1News: Q+A: [‘Tax is love’ – Green Party leaders want to see taxes increased to build fairer NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8710630d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Greens look to fire up the base, get back to basics for streamlined 2020 campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0155263053&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Green Party outlines base of its policies if returned to government at election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91f3ba8330&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Greens launch campaign, urge Kiwis to ‘think ahead, act now’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d812245842&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Greens AGM: Sights set on social equality and animal welfare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bfe1b7dc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Greens unveil policy platform with focus on transition to green economy, tax and welfare reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=235f0505a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [James Shaw on the Green Party’s election launch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38425a6769&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: Greens: [‘We made a deliberate choice to fill the policy void at this election’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d7b806e21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Green Party farewells MP Gareth Hughes as he heads to Quarantine Island](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0300e22f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Iain Lees-Galloway, Palmerston North seat** Alister Brown (Stuff): [MP Iain Lees-Galloway’s political end harsh and hypocritical](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbd86ee6ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sandeep Singh (Herald): [Lees-Galloway’s removal was long overdue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e4fcbc1a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour announces new Palmerston North candidate to replace Iain Lees-Galloway](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47b59de5a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour selects new Palmerston North candidate after Iain Lees-Galloway’s sacking by Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75b13ab8d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Deputy mayor runs for Labour in Palmerston North](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f53a95396f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Manawatu Standard): [‘We think we can win’: Teen candidate William Wood firms after Iain Lees-Galloway falls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28ba6e8b05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Advance NZ, Public Party merger** Jason Walls (Herald): [Jami-Lee Ross’ political marriage to extremists a new attempt at political relevancy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f49d9d4d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [NZ Public Party leader Billy Te Kahika slams Jacinda Ardern, Dr Ashley Bloomfield in latest speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df0186321c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [New Zealand Public Party’s policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5adea954c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Jami-Lee Ross’ Advance NZ merges with social media sensation the NZ Public Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aeb4fdd38c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Jami-Lee Ross looks to Te Tai Tokerau as he plots journey back to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=379392ae69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jami-Lee Ross’ newly formed alliance with NZ Public Party aims to repeal Govt’s Covid-19 Response Bill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=310b055720&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Billy Te Kahika to stand as Te Tai Tokerau candidate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a6cbc8c00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Jami-Lee Ross launches Advance New Zealand party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e24ad1f24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **The Opportunities Party** 1News: Q+A: [‘We don’t have a sugar daddy anymore’ – The Opportunity Party keep focus on policy, not personality politics post-Gareth Morgan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edfa53b991&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The Opportunities Party launches campaign promising a universal income](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04e6ed7f18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Euthanasia and cannabis referendum** Isaac Davison (Herald): [Euthanasia referendum: Could terminal patients really be ‘dead by the weekend’?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4decfa39f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alexa Cook (Newshub): [Why the construction industry is worried weed will be legalised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=387292c25d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s coronavirus response, lockdown** Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [High Court case begins to determine whether level 4 lockdown was lawful](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43d1474f9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Judicial review into whether lockdown was legal begins today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88eaeabf01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Mediawatch: [Big bill for Covid communications](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f19d6c530&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (audio) Ben Leahy (Stuff): [Half of all Kiwis depressed during lockdown, while one in three hit financially](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a1fa07a4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Third of disabled or LGBT youth felt ‘unsafe in their bubbles’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18992a9450&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Inside the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak in Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=334fafccfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (video) Elizabeth White (Newshub): [Hundreds turn out for Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s rugby match](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bc6c6387a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Watch: Dr Ashley Bloomfield takes field in Parliamentary rugby match](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c853fca01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Managed isolation, returning NZers, tracing** Shaun Bamber (RNZ): [Opinion: Plenty to chew on when mulling costs of managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c3082fcf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lamia Imam (RNZ): [Tax dollars for quarantine help New Zealanders stay Covid-free](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a235d61d3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lydia Surplis (Overland): [The inequity of quarantine fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95252f366d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwi ex-pat in London says quarantine fees for returnees would be unfair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8894184006&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Codyre (Herald): [Charging for quarantine will hurt the most vulnerable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb28590700&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [National wants the ‘Hamilton 5’ to pay the costs of their own capture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccc078966d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Managed isolation shake-up, voucher system proposed to ease burden of Covid-19 quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58d9b8f40a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [NZ Initiative calls for changes to managed isolation systems](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5eddf947e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Is the deterrence for Covid quarantine rule-breakers enough?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08df299f31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Longley (Newshub): [We should be welcoming Kiwis returning due to COVID-19, not abusing them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8159b368f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman and Mike Mather (Stuff): [Hamilton mayor doesn’t want any more isolation hotels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eae0f46d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Inside Story: Sam Morgan’s Covid Card, blow-by-blow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3db16c42a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Keall (Herald): [Sam Morgan slaps ministry over Covid Card, ministry responds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb6aed769b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Ministry of Health clamps down as nurses flit between managed isolation facilities, hospital wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2811f6999a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Dedicated nurses for managed isolation ‘ideal’ – infection control expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84fd49e8a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ tempts Covid-19 fate by not introducing masks – researchers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67654acb3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Number joining NZ’s public housing waitlist triples in a month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31947d5347&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub Nation): [‘Took a strip out of my hide’: Phil Twyford admits KiwiBuild ‘failed to get traction’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42537ede32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [The year-old Progressive Home Ownership scheme makes first funding announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3575c726cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [First phase of $400m housing fund announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e978bf0abf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New scheme aims to help New Zealanders who are struggling to save house deposit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a78241f0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Govt fulfills promise to boost progressive home ownership – only just](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55862d568c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Making New Zealand cities go up and out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e145441eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hunter (NBR): [How to please a banker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dafe2e6668&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Landlords denying Maori rental properties: ‘There’s a lot of discrimination’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bd3d90f58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tiwai Point** Brian Fallow (Interest): [A cruel and cynical a piece of electioneering](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d7e9f1537&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [NZ First leader Winston Peters quotes Hitler, takes swipe at Ardern in Tiwai speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe2fdb7501&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory and Louisa-Jane Steyl (Stuff): [Winston Peters says Tiwai’s closure will impact on New Zealand as well as Southland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baa7f459db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Winston Peters calls out coalition partner’s Tiwai smelter ‘lies’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e50db2904&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Winston Peters’ Tiwai Point plan: ‘We’re going to take things back to the beginning’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e10139dd5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Winston Peters vows to save Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2292021e01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tiwai Point: Southland mayor keen to hear Winston Peters’ solution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f350b88023&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Energy** Jasmin Bull and Elizabeth White (Newshub): [Govt investigates ‘game-changing’ renewable energy solution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42760b5ea4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt looks to boost clean energy supply, commissions $30m investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eea972f820&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pumped hydro may result in ‘biggest infrastructure project since the 1980s’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2038f82a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Govt proposes central Otago energy scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e857fb771&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Govt eyes new $4b hydro-power project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca1cffba44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Keith Turner (BusinessDesk): [Time for new nation-building hydro project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5cf01c914&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, business** Liam Dann (Herald): [Where’s the economic recovery plan? Wait, sorry, I think it’s in my inbox](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb4fac0ff5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [How to protect and revive the post-Covid economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64c4d15e98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Keith Woodford (Interest): [Can low interest rates really stimulate the economy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86194c6f7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [More than $13 billion paid out under government’s wage subsidy scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f2c4838cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [Unemployment numbers show signs of slowing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e520732a8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Economist picks W-shaped recovery for Australia and NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=829a6c21d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Employment** Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Act paves way for entire industries to get a pay rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=804b2fb99d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Pay equity law passes with full support of Parliament after last-second rewrite](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=719c84829b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Politicians, businesses back equal pay law change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b07e0c5140&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Thousands return home, but are there enough jobs to go around?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f815f8cd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Thomas Mead (1News): [Weed-killer glyphosate found in New Zealand’s m?nuka honey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc09702f72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Newman (Stuff): [Sealord fined $24,000 and ordered to forfeit vessel for trawling in protected zone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8abf8f73d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Sealord ordered to forfeit $24 million vessel for bottom trawling in protected area](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=200155ac66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Sealord forfeits $16m vessel over Chatham Rise bottom trawling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23d9840084&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Fonterra granted right to refuse new suppliers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc415f5add&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maja Burry (RNZ): [Fonterra no longer required to accept milk from all dairy farmers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b9d915d0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Forestry reform bill passed by Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e04cca0357&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Fewer farmers than expected apply for drought funds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ec01c1628&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwifruit growers allowed to lodge PSA appeal with Court of Appeal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e3af2466c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Lois Williams (RNZ): [The case for coal in a cold climate – Reefton digs in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20ea4da9ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohny (Nelson Mail): [Ministry ‘hasn’t done their homework’ on proposed air quality standards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0ab640cf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Hunting groups condemn threats of violence to those carrying out DOC’s tahr cull](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98cfbbf6a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura James (1News): [Resurgence in use of single use plastic post Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07b33e7f5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Activist urges increase in public fountains to cut down on plastic bottles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f15856b940&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Students call for climate action restart after Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcbd63ee37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Kiwibank climate stance** RNZ: [James Shaw says Kiwibank, not ministers should decide on investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83a718e310&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [NZ First: from ‘greenest party’ to bashing Kiwibank’s climate stance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dbc0e7cef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wellington** Rob Michell (Stuff): [Golden opportunity or fool’s gold – the campaign to kick the car out of inner-city Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17b3164e89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Plan to squeeze 80,000 people in Wellington expected to focus on inner-city, sparking heritage fears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e06bfeb3c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Behrouz Boochani granted refugee status** Heather Du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Why has Behrouz Boochani been granted refugee status?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51a83721db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [National Party ‘hate speech’ a problem – Behrouz Boochani](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0719e61ea6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘I am happy’ – Behrouz Boochani plans life in New Zealand, eyes permanent visa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=628086c48a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Behrouz Boochani hits out at Australia’s ‘mistreatment of refugees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af5c34c1a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton and Lee Kenny (Stuff): [Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani granted refugee status in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b8b2dc204&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani given refugee status in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=980f261952&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Golriz Gharaman overjoyed as Behrouz Boochani granted refugee status in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b1d448f84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [National unconvinced Behrouz Boochani should qualify as a refugee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f4a109c7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Ian Powell (Second Opinion): [Smoke and mirrors in Budget for public health system?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=832edf03d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Libby Wilson (Stuff): [Build it like the DHB – from $7m to $16m and two years late](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90c0b3aea6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Espiner (Stuff): [The myth of Maori exceptionalism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d48a54c74d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Lewis (Stuff): [Hip and knee surgery harder to get on the West Coast as contract to extra surgeries ends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3295f0fffc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Strongman (RNZ): [Alternative cancer ‘treatments’ can increase risk – oncologist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a66999b3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rewa Harriman (Newshub): The Hui: [Mother of teen with cystic fibrosis pleads for Pharmac to fund new medication](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4257d96de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Steven Joyce (Herald): [Show an open door to international students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99ed2040c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): [Universities are crucial to revive the economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40f7cbe0a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Otago Polytechnic gets government grant for $31.7m trades training centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e7860f473&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz Gordon (Daily Blog): [Rethinking education](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=239fccff64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland public transport fare rises an early test of climate change commitment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c9f4a5e2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Riding on the footpath: NZTA delays decision until after election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b6abe06fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (Newshub): [South Auckland homeowners plan to take on NZTA over property damage from Southern Motorway construction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cef6376779&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: ‘[Pleasantly surprised’ Air NZ boosts domestic schedule to 70% of pre-pandemic capacity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95fc7823a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland ferry passengers in line for cheaper trips](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d146bc2161&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tarras airport proposal** Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Proposed Tarras airport likely to bring soaring emissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a10cef7681&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Air New Zealand keen on Tarras airport proposal as Queenstown infrastructure ‘insufficient’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe46e30749&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Drugs** RNZ: [Funding boost of $20 million to help tackle meth addiction in the regions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7a6dc2e89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government announces $20 million to fight meth harm in regions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f53a2fbd5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media, social media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: [Bauer finds buyers for return of the mags](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dcd7fcb51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: [Ad industry confronts diversity deficit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01a1de60bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Newton (RNZ): [Bad vibes: Rating political scandals by Twitter toxicity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2661bb820e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Leslie Gelberger** Melissa Chan-Green (Newshub): [Leslie Gelberger death: Ports of Auckland sentenced after collision with ocean swimmer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=117bae4c4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ports of Auckland fined over $400k following death of ocean swimmer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dce7d66fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): [Ports of Auckland fined more than $420k after boat hit swimmer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00631d516c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ihum?tao** Dan Satherley and Zane Small (Newshub): [Ihum?tao deal would ‘send a chill down the spine of taxpayers and property owners’ – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcae70d72a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins on Ihum?tao dispute: ‘Kiwis are sick of this nonsense’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75af7362d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Ihumatao: National wants Coalition to disclose if deal is on table](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7928d819ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice** Mamari Stephens (E-Tangata): [Rahui, mana, and Peter Ellis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d1855c004&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Despite best effort of Judges, three strikes is working](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=883e6507e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Belinda Feek (Herald): [Children’s care or protection: Calls for radical changes to made to Family Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d42d98ab4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Wh?nau Maori ‘torn apart’ by Family Court, report says ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e3366b46e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Jacinda Ardern turns 40** Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Labour Party MPs wish Jacinda Ardern a happy birthday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2ba60f52d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Clarke Gayford’s wish for his ‘favourite achiever’ partner Jacinda Ardern on her 40th birthday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ad0d1a159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour MPs wish Jacinda Ardern well on her 40th birthday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5268e8fe7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern turns 40: Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s happy birthday post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e78b2a5bc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Blair Ensor and Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Police predict the emergence of a new group of criminals post Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61b7af9c6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [The new, convenient symbol of racism against Asians in New Zealand is Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44a4b1a7a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Can we trust paid-for endorsements like the Consumer NZ tick and Canstar star?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=318a963d6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Census 2023: Iwi leaders want government to give Maori much more say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28f1485b30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [PM Jacinda Ardern reflects on Taranaki and its global potential](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1a315d67c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Mass poisoning led to law for new safe water national body](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c87a1abbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=990825da82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Sam Robertson battled Westpac Life for a year to honour its insurance policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35918c8bd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Survey finds support for individuals receiving benefit despite relationship status](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cdd429935&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Wilhelmina Shrimpton (Newshub): [New Zealand’s problem with ‘image-based sexual abuse’ worse than ever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee6a4a2ec8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government to give $32m towards new aquatic centre in Hawke’s Bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b88461404b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Influx of army recruits amid Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fb146222c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lorna Thornber (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern a favourite among bookies for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96ddb8a980&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)