> ## 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 – 27 August 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-27-august-2020/ - Published: 2020-08-26T20:25:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-08-26T20:30:29.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Election, voting age** Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Public still backing Government and Jacinda Ardern despite second outbreak, new poll shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7347accf3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liu Chen (RNZ): [Poll shows large majority of Chinese New Zealanders still favour National over Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39e17e7df7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Judith Collins, Jacinda Ardern and the virus blame game](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39c0f96127&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Glen McConnell (Stuff): [National has a trust issue, but its plan to beat Covid-19 is increasingly solid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69fa70f32c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [TOP candidate takes up challenge to represent party again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76c2a932a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Nick Munn (The Conversation): [Lowering New Zealand’s voting age to 16 would be good for young people – and good for democracy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75c18c37fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [When do the kids get to vote?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fc0b892cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Sixteen – but not sweet enough to vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=791f4672a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border management, quarantine hotels** John Anthony (Stuff): [Concerns international seafarers came to shore for medical treatment without being tested for Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc245024c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Covid-19 border regime ‘very robust’ – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec04e4e040&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern hits back at Judith Collins for ‘implying without evidence’ COVID-19 outbreak came from border](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2745eb317e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [National points to another risk at the border: unknown number of returnees are not tested twice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22855ac5c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt rules out making day three testing compulsory at managed isolation facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edf0721b7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [‘Storm in a teacup’: Hipkins, HDPA butt heads on day three testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc143aecfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [I no longer trust Government to keep virus out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1ed7abb34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [What has New Zealand Government learnt from virus?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f269c528a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Willie Jackson hits out at Mike Hosking for ‘rude’ interview with Jacinda Ardern over COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b3e09f269&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— George Block (Stuff): [Military can now tell returnees to stay in their room](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5534c2b66b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Hotel where whistleblower raised fears now cleaned six times a day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d28f69e560&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Stuff): [Mother stuck in isolation concerned at cleanliness of hotel room](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1918da5a2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s coronavirus health response** Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig and Nick Wilson (The Conversation): [6 months after New Zealand’s first COVID-19 case, it’s time for a more strategic approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=737e3f1c68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Public Health Expert: [NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75e28344e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Magic: [NZ should move to similar approach to COVID as Sweden: WHO special envoy Dr David Nabarro suggests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2768732568&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Are we still a team of five million?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08a0766e5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Testing, masks, public health measures** 1News: [Aucklanders not heeding Govt’s call to ramp up testing despite increasing Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dfb74d16d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [First day of week-long Covid-19 testing blitz steady but not busy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4dd51921a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Cropper (Newshub): [Concern over Government’s testing blitz target as demand drops](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abb55bbb34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Immigration overstayers will not be pursued – government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=caa657c025&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland clinics confident of reaching 70,000 target](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6bd9ab682&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liu Chen (RNZ): [South Auckland doctors provide more test sites for community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fd0d8e3e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [Maori voice in Coalition’s Covid-19 surveillance and testing strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9701aab2ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pacific member to Covid panel to be announced this week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87c0ceba2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sela Jane Hopgood (RNZ): [Funding boost to support Pacific communities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1e992da9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sela Jane Hopgood (RNZ): [Pasifika social service hopes for more aid after supplies depleted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e91352e53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Pasifika volunteers desperate for sewing machines to help community amid face mask shortage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e8d442222&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Secondary students should wear masks on school bus, Health Minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00ff095eca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Mandatory masks: Taxi firm fears for passenger safety](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c70e9cf60e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Covid-19 QR code display to be mandatory on public transport, starting next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbebc67960&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [QR codes to become mandatory on most forms of public transport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d29d0c4955&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [David Seymour rubbishes NZ COVID Tracer App over no record of how close contacts are traced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4691e70226&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [The seven cases yet to be linked to the south Auckland cluster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95313823d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Worker on other side of Auckland border: Sometimes they let us through, sometimes they don’t](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5509e4f56d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [No checkpoints in Northland ‘as long as Aucklanders stay away’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f71c079cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy, incomes, business** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Greens join National and ACT in calling for wage subsidy extension in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06ad998aea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [No extension to resurgent wage subsidy despite longer lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc294ed065&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Grant Robertson on Covid-19 wage subsidy: ‘We are borrowing every single dollar we are paying out’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2798d83d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [The reason Jacinda Ardern thinks the COVID-19 wage subsidy should not be extended](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f18f1f9dc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [‘Anti the NZ way’ – Collins continues offensive over Govt’s refusal to extend wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21b93cade4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [Judith Collins calls for more Covid-19 funds spent on businesses rather than ‘the dole queue’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c13ffa8402&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Raising taxes on the rich to pay for COVID-19: Where politicians and experts stand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4330278671&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [$50b of Covid debt – are capital gains taxes back on table to repay it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e58f5cd0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Anthony (Stuff): [Incomes fall for first time since records started in 1998, Stats NZ says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da03c572a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Median weekly income falls 7.6% to $650](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fae936530c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Kiwis’ median weekly incomes fall for the first time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7777e18ec0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Air New Zealand set to post first full year loss since Ansett collapse era](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=794ee7992e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [OfficeMax set to shut down its retail stores](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a19bc19dc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Restaurant subsidy petition presented to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36b02f01be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Freshwater standards, primary industries** Jason Walls (Herald): [National’s ‘gone by lunchtime’ comments on scrapping freshwater rules ‘stupid, ‘reckless’ – Govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58b2cf9452&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins says freshwater regulations will be ‘gone by lunchtime’ and Government is ‘destroying this country’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=133b331588&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Freshwater legislation ‘gone by lunchtime’ if National elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4df14248b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn:[If you want clean water, don’t vote National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49a7b2f642&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Rae (ODT): [Winter graze rule changes announced](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f97c320a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Greens caught bending party policy to grant $11.7m to private school in Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d04945f89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Government to pump $11.7m into privately-run Green School in Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f2f0fd200&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brianna McIlraith (Taranaki Daily News): [New Zealand’s first private Green School gets $11.7 million from government for campus expansion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=121dfe945c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Huge Green hypocrisy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f7befa2cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Some Auckland students feel ‘disadvantaged by lockdown’, schools planning catch-up classes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb0f58eb60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Too many students forced to leave school as ‘act of sacrifice and love’ for families – head girl](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c83619f64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch mosque attack sentencing** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [High possibility gunman gets life without parole – law professor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7215cbd53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Graeme Edgeler (Legal Beagle): [Can the Christchurch terrorist be deported or transferred to Australia to serve his sentence?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6483d824e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Juliet Speedy (Newshub): [Christchurch mosque attack victims and families learn gunman won’t speak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b290d51117&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mariné Lourens (Stuff): [Christchurch terrorist won’t speak at sentencing for mosque shootings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7da3759561&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mariné Lourens (Stuff): [March 15 terror attack gunman ‘did not know us or our country’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a71c4815f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Christchurch mosque shooter won’t speak in court tomorrow before sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e39c3cbe82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): [Family of 3yo killed in mosque attacks confront gunman: ‘True justice is waiting for you in the next life’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc668fcd45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Leask and Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Victim’s son describes Brenton Tarrant as trash who should be buried in a landfill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9e3862651&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): [‘You are in hell’ – Anger as victims face killer in court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cba6ab703a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): [‘I saw the fear in his eyes,’ says man who chased killer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7708ac4c72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Clarkson (Newshub): [Judge praises victim who risked life throwing eftpos machine at terrorist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40d4d6cf38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Mead (1News): [‘You should thank God I didn’t catch you’ – Linwood mosque hero confronts Christchurch shooter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=497398e12a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Mead (1News): [Christchurch mosque killer called a ‘maggot’ at sentencing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbfdca6272&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Kidd (ODT): [Killer mute in face of grief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81613dff27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Damian George (Dominion Post): [Tensions among Wellington City councillors on show again during debate over iwi seats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3ae83e68b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Wellington councillors block tangata whenua voting rights discussion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34d87b4695&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City Councillor turns his back on waiata](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=040ec1caae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [I despair for Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a09166a79b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Invercargill City councillors react to government review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af9d40c618&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Second Code of Conduct complaint laid at Invercargill City council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80207ef48a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Approach to council issues ‘positive’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=542bf01bb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Advocates urge Invercargill City Council to look after lowest-paid workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d79ddd5c3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT: [Call to pay living wage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32678380fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Houseman (ODT): [ORC to keep first-past-the-post voting system — for now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3396a45bb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Opponent explains why Tauranga City Council Maori ward plan is flawed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7aa43a696&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kiri Gillespie (Bay of Plenty Times): [Former Tauranga city councillor Leanne Brown reveals extent of abuse, death threats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec72650fa6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chloe Ranford (RNZ): [Council fears law reforms will lead to higher burial costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=264f65fa08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Chief Ombudsman’s reports into secure mental health units** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Our mental health system remains deficient. Fixing it will require funding things that aren’t shiny or new](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=304ee5cf20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Damning report into NZ’s mental health units prompts Chief Ombudsman’s demand for answers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73866e53f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Degrading conditions at mental health units ‘disgusting’, change needed now – Shaun Robinson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2800997bd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** David Morrell (Stuff): [Government must move decisively, and not through ministry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0077554f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Canterbury health workers to protest cuts, Bloomfield in talks with board, staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc6e35e1c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Outgoing Canterbury DHB nursing director warns about cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7de86155f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Crown Monitor: Canterbury DHB’s defecit has got out of control](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51863d9925&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Hayward (Stuff): [Seven-storey building offering medical services, luxury recovery rooms planned for Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c112d91674&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maddy Lloyd (1News): [Thousands of NZers with inflammatory bowel disease plead for better access to medication](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a38c1a447&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Anna Whyte (1News): [Critical recycling report pushes for food waste collection and nationwide approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cbc903a07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Government invests $36 million in ‘high-tech optical sorters’ to help end manual rubbish sorting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39f82bcdf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura James (1News): [Auckland golf resort whacked with $86k fine for raw sewage violations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=caf1e03c57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Golf resort fined $86,000 for environmental pollution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eea70d0021&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [Three takah? died following 1080 drop in Kahurangi National Park](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32b9e4db93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Three takah? dead following 1080 drop in regional park, DOC confirms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c55b1f05cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland protestors suspend platform from native tree in attempt to save it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8630666eec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Maori arborist suspends himself in native trees in protest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c205bd1d99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Newstalk ZB: [MSD initiative saw landlords paid $3k a week for emergency housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92f44ee57a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post): [Rotorua motelier warns of potential emergency housing scam](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a8dc51457&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Auckland’s rough sleepers all housed in temporary accommodation ‘for first time ever’ – Lifewise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb69ebee4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Auckland charities bracing for second wave of homelessness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ca59b9a8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Not all homeless are jobless – Matthew Tukaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a57eff79c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Hundreds more to head to K?piti Coast as plans for 300-home retirement village revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8f238643d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Auckland rental posed ‘safety risk’ to children who locked themselves in bedroom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6477b5149f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [How would you like your mortgage deferral? Mild discomfort? Or long slow burn?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38d3b10565&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Murphy (RNZ): [Young queer and trans people face growing housing barriers in level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69ddb5c72b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [ASB expects house price fall to be far less dramatic than previously forecast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2b66eb110&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration, migrant workers** Newstalk ZB: [Winston Peters doubles down on tractor comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c5ec29241&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [RSE workers stranded in NZ: ‘Tonga needs to look after its own citizens’ – employer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58ee00895c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [Orchestras and ballet company fail to secure visas for top overseas talent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c8ad9c258&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [South African migrants separated from families plead for help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8a5dbf71a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **America’s Cup** Todd Niall (Stuff): [America’s Cup allegations: The road to resolution for Team New Zealand ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc0f6b9426&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [America’s Cup allegations: Audit finds no wrongdoing at Team NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd043b50dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Team New Zealand cleared by America’s Cup funding probe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28179c7d8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Investigation clears Team NZ of any misuse of public funds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7762507307&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [America’s Cup: Team NZ cleared of wrongdoing over finances – MBIE](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8feba3096&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [No Team NZ wrongdoing, but record-keeping poor: report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99b75dc6d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Bonus Bonds** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Why nobody should mourn the end of Bonus Bonds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3f94bbb33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [ANZ winds up Bonus Bonds scheme due to historically low interest rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16770fee0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Bonus Bonds scheme set to end after 50 years due to ‘historically low’ interest rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdc9c6c701&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Bonus Bonds coming to an end after 50 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33d5e8952c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Anarchist house destroyed by fire** RNZ: [Wellington’s ‘anarchist house’ facing demolition after fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79cd71e79a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington landmark on Abel Smith St gutted by fire to be demolished](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c85c62bb0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Historical Wellington building to be demolished following fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c05552dc4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Tara Shaskey (Stuff): [Manslaughter-accused police officers facing second charge of manslaughter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e2cd3e221&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Doyle (RNZ): [More than 20 youth escape from secure residences since 2015](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73f1f2dcf6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [Royal Commission of Inquiry gathering evidence relating to Gloriavale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25c49814d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Billy TK Junior terminated as White Ribbon ambassador after complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fec52ca2e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Serious cyber-attack on NZX could have been ‘easily avoided’ – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=978b7cdc57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Hugh Rennie QC: Adventures in business journalism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c4b3e8c8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Landlord refuses to renew lease for Manurewa community centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d018b5855e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Meridian suggests fresh government talks on smelter underway as it contemplates $1.3b write-down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81ba80ff7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Aviation industry member questions CAA report on drones](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bf4e1bcd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Support around the country for struggling Book a Marae platform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62092159ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New tourism data programme to help track recovery of sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa783c570c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)