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# Daily News Roundup – 27 April 2021
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-27-april-2021/
- Published: 2021-04-26T20:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-26T20:11:10.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

**NZ-China-Australia relations**  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [New Zealand isn’t ‘sucking up’ to China by learning from countries’ mistakes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a43506e56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Outrage over Nanaia Mahuta’s speech is really about Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=635ee167e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Where’s the real criticism of NZ and Five Eyes coming from?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84bfe2b3ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [The Five Eyes bluster will blow over, but beneath it lies a greater struggle for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72db313b01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta made just one mistake on Five Eyes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66407860c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Damien Grant (Stuff): [Entangled in Five Eyes: Guarded in stealth, an alliance it is not](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5911a0bb30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gehan Gunasekara (Herald): [Five Eyes has no place in human rights alliance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f3557e060&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [New Zealand’s tricky Five Eyes balancing act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32402d17b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [The Five Eyes and the Mahuta Doctrine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e84da8261&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [‘I said exactly what I meant’ – Foreign Minister defends contentious China comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8de98ec8dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New Zealand must be ‘respectful’ of China, even if there are disagreements – Nanaia Mahuta](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=890782871f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Nigel Farage on Five Eyes: New Zealand has ‘sold its soul’ to China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26133bc1b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Australia should ‘urgently reset’ relationship with New Zealand to ease China’s leverage – Aussie academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b489a0f366&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Transtasman foreign affairs ministers face Five Eyes questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdd9ceffa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta ‘open to getting advice’ about labelling China’s treatment of Uighurs a genocide](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bb8727d74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘We can’t just turn a blind eye to this genocide’: Kiwi Uighur says Government is ‘letting it happen’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef8b6013d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Latika Bourke (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern savaged as British Parliament declares treatment of Uyghurs ‘genocide’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5921b01821&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tony Wright (Newshub): [It’s time for Jacinda Ardern’s Government to stop denying genocide](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c85041fbb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Is the Anzac bond just a nostalgic dream?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=762cef865a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Australia takes New Zealand’s concerns ‘very seriously’, recognises ‘complexities’ in accused terrorist’s citizenship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbf4d43523&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Anzac Day**  
Chris Trotter (Interest): [Anzac Day 2021: Myths under pressure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33c6f92d36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rowan Light (Stuff): [Solidarity and difference — how Anzac Day reflects an ever-changing New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63ec45b46a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [More New Zealanders commemorating Anzac Day – NZDF chief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6c7e1b239&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health reforms**  
Keith Lynch (Stuff): [The plan to get rid of district health boards and centralise healthcare explained](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc4b3bed9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Health board fees of $5.5m up for grabs but new national system likely to cost more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8170d1a96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim Tenbensel (The Conversation): [No one is mourning the end of district health boards, but rebuilding trust in the system won’t be easy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5441d50058&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Bassett: [Little’s health reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39c2a63339&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Yardley (Stuff): [It’s time to end our bureaucratic obsession](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fecea97443&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Health advocates cautiously optimistic over Government’s plan to scrap DHBs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b4a63aae3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: Points of Order: [A total wipe out of DHBs, and Nanaia Mahuta sets a cat among the pigeons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18122e7fcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Marshall (Stuff): [Guarded hope that health reforms can deliver to this small town in rural New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd821f10b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Wilson (RNZ): [The Week in Politics: High stakes in the health shakeup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bf20b1735&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Verna Smith (The Conversation): [With closer ties to GPs, NZ’s new central health agency could revolutionise treatment of major diseases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d89dca2d3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Department of Public Health, University of Otago (Stuff): [‘Feathers will need to be ruffled’: Otago Uni academics call for strong action in health reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6cfb46c8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): [Reti critical of Government’s health reform plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7113db213&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): [Health system reform a radical and necessary move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0200f68781&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eleisha Foon (RNZ): [Health system reforms: Residents in remote areas expect timely service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bdf17d52f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Rural health needs resources, plan: union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ead0ff815c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health reforms: Maori Health**  
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Why will a new Maori Health Authority work, when mainstream systems don’t?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7122ce77b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Esther Ashby-Coventry (Stuff): [New Maori Health Authority ‘got to be positive’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50d6e5bcee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Moana Ellis (Herald): [What health changes mean for Whanganui region Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc65599f03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Don Brash ‘strongly opposed’ to ‘disaster’ Maori Health Authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db78c07af3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health: General**  
Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Wait list for colonoscopies more than doubles since bowel screening starts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f91e175af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Louise Ternouth (RNZ): [Antidepressants at all-time high: Maori, Pasifika, Asians left behind](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93458d5fdb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maori TV: [Maori prescribed anti-depressants 34 times less than other ethnicities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31ce47405b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michelle Duff (Stuff): [For an increasing number of women, the first line of defence against cervical cancer doesn’t work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52bdf0b3aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy and work**  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Finance Minister Grant Robertson on why he needs more powers to restrict bank lending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16d915b6f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus (Stuff): [NZ Bus hires PR firm led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s former chief as contract dispute drags on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4851124cfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [The body meant to resolve employer-employee disputes has huge backlog of cases with long delays common](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8396f28124&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Barrie Saunders: [A fairer tax system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bdc8e4b00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ananish Chaudhuri (Herald): [Small wage increases not behind inflation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a63e0ba40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [The next massive economic experiment – opening our borders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fc340015a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Caralee McLiesh, the Treasury Secretary who comes prepared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5568ac7f60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kirsty Wynn (Herald): [Rise of the tradies: Record numbers sign up as apprentices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67f15c33a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Wellington NZ Bus lockout: Employment Court rules in favour of drivers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79753e6e29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Treasury claims Rio Tinto faces ‘investor backlash’ amid frustration over Tiwai Point negotiations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea1c6a2c10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [Parker on Rio Tinto environmental reports: ‘It’s a start’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4c82b5171&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Miriam Bell (Stuff): [The end of record low interest rates is near](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90ea90e198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Bayly (Stuff): [Kiwis face rapid cost increases thanks to recent government decisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad7553dfc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Government could give Finance Minister new powers over banks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db3970209b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Carmen Hall (Herald): [The $17.5 billion industry that’s hungry for funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05c3b4e16d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Housing crisis**  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [‘Inhumane conditions’: Green Party minister condemns some emergency housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcc56034c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Christian Fuller (RNZ): [‘Motel generation’: Nearly 4000 kids are living in NZ motels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ececfc1d6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ethan Te Ora (Stuff): [After almost 20 years fighting homelessness, Stephanie McIntyre focuses on family and home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11ea272ed9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Crystal Wu (Newsroom): [Auckland house fire blamed on frustration over skyrocketing rents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37baa7a90e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast, Emma Stanford, Heather McCarron (Newshub): [Govt accused of running get-rich-quick scheme after National reveals motels being paid millions for emergency accommodation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca0733585f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Masters (Stuff): [‘There are so many buyers it’s just getting ridiculous’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d1bcc4827&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ethan Te Ora (Stuff): [‘It’s hard to breathe’: Dampness, mould return to Wellington flats as cold weather arrives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe136150ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Diana Clement (Interest): [Collateral damage from Government’s new housing rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b9ad93fb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Thomas Coughlan and Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Funding on the table in biggest local government shake-up in 30 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c2bacaf11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernard Hickey: [A review of how to pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=539174e967&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Local government review to focus on evolution over next 30 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06c9b569f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Botting (RNZ): [Northland leaders: Review must keep the ‘local’ in local government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad1722a9cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Mather (Stuff): [Southgate ‘keeping an open mind’ on local government reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58b1f80edc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Janine Rankin (Stuff): [Mayors open to review of the future of local government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ca13945b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Logan Savory (Stuff): [Working group yet to revisit Invercargill City Council media protocol](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c42e4bbb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council will cut far fewer staff than expected after upturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=828ed74e7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus (Stuff): [City at a standstill: Transport problems keeping Wellington from moving](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77fe3149ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Yardley (Stuff): [We are being swamped in local government bureaucracy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a920d4c72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Council manager accused of bullying gets appointed to a new council-paid job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d280ca4ea3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Covid: Vaccinations programme and border**  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [How Government opened transtasman bubble without raising risk at border](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd78c5ed7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Labour MP David Parker still thinks border system ‘damn-near perfect’ despite worker going 6 months without test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f71d2f053&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley and Emma Stanford (Newshub): [Simon Bridges predicts India ban will stay due to ‘incompetently run’ borders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4196e1b364&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Editorial: Nerves over stuttering start to travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9fc4e0659&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [Editorial: Our stepping stones towards long-haul flights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ccdf36516&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
John Anthony (Stuff): [Officials urge returnees to cancel MIQ ‘ghost bookings’ so others can come home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64e3d7f175&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [Government announces MIQ shake up to separate returnees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d0cbedb2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sapna Samant and Mohan Dutta (E-Tagata): [Shut the border, open the dialogue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff991457f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Media**  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Lifting the lid on how the parliamentary Press Gallery works](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=344c3c9011&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brian Easton (Pundit): [Destroying public service broadcasting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f4cbecf4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Dom Post readership plummeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7d4c16b79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gavin Ellis: [I hate racism…and chopped liver](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83d0ff42c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
E-Tangata: [Reforming Maori media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a0183abcf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Climate change and environment**  
Amber Allott (Stuff): [‘Rubbish at recycling’ – New Zealand ranks second last in international trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c65150867b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Poor score for New Zealand’s recycling systems – Consumer NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=747f91856b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sophie Handford (Spinoff): [‘Take it up a step’: Helen Clark talks climate change action with Sophie Handford](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=844a78dabb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Global climate summit: Jacinda Ardern urges nations to follow New Zealand’s lead on financial action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e2f785b03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Cowan: [There is no market solution to climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=433f0e185b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**National Party**  
Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of the Luxon Gang](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32b069d4c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bob Jones: [The National Party’s dilemma](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5545415977&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Tobin (Stuff): [Christopher Luxon discounts party leadership ambitions during Timaru visit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99c233a233&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament**  
Dale Husband (E-Tagata): [Che Wilson: Not your conventional party president](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32744ab545&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Smith (RNZ): [Dear Parliament, Try again, Sincerely, the Courts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=204b45139a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Government**  
Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [Centralisation is fine, but Govt doesn’t always get it right](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=789ece387b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [Government for the people on two fronts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7a49c76e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
ODT: [Editorial – Spotlight on animal welfare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9a8b3b07d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Willie Jackson (Herald):[ Why institutional racism against Maori exists in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33d12406b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jacqueline Rowarth (Stuff): [Want the truth? Trust the experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=531acda823&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Immigration New Zealand apologises and refunds over covert residence policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8e6ca1134&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

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