> ## 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 January 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-27-january-2021/ - Published: 2021-01-26T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-26T19:41:31.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Covid: Vaccine** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [New Zealand catching up to allies on COVID-19 vaccines but mass roll-out won’t begin until mid-year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b39d8b3075&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Not much time for DHBs to get ready to administer Covid vaccines, vendor warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21c4bbfab7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Health staff train up to administer Pfizer vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0231be872b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [PM says government approval for Pfizer vaccine possible next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38cfb6b30a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Angeloni (RNZ): [Maori health leaders gear up for ‘people focused’ vaccine roll-out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34f62533d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says vaccine campaign will be educational so sceptics know it’s safe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8da2882281&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pasifika nous to be tapped for NZ vaccination rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94153aef80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Govt full of hot air over Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d5d8b89ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [Can employers make vaccination mandatory?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0531ce81d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Borders and travel** Jason Walls (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern – New Zealand’s borders likely to remain closed to most of the world all year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef4498b5ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Covid-19: Jacinda Ardern says country-to-country bubble with Australia looking increasingly difficult](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=facd3eef41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern’s ‘disappointment’ at Australia’s decision to close border over Northland COVID-19 case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d59cdf9ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern outlines where Kiwis could travel in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d0d39ce11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [Bubble trouble: Did Australia just sink all hope of trans-Tasman travel?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4dffa7afa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Aussie border closure is an overreaction but works for ScoMo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d7964aaa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Australia one-way travel suspension a ‘cautionary message’, foreign affairs minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7449577a88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Not all of The Wiggles’ crew have applied for entry to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f972d89851&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Just 32 per cent of border exception requests approved since March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b197e0992c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: MIQ** Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Poor PPE, guests mixing and lax attitudes: Couple share concerns after MIQ stay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a51d659c5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Chris Hipkins says Covid-19 transmission via isolation hotel ventilation ‘less likely’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b9c2bb429&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Hotel ventilation systems ‘certainly possible’ as mode for Covid-19 transmission, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf8684213e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Chris Hipkins explains why it’s hard to separate returnees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c44c72131d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Cracks starting to show at MIQ, returnees say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35c1fef125&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid: Iwi checkpoints** Liu Chen (RNZ): [Opinion divided over reinstating iwi border control checkpoints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4e720224a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter de Graaf (Northern Advocate): [Police say Northland iwi Covid checkpoints not needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ab51611b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Northland iwi leaders to reinstate checkpoints after latest Covid-19 community case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23cd325c77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: General** Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM paints picture of a ‘normal’ Covid life – but not for a long time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a218f497f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Covid-19: Three big questions we’re now asking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7edb4e15e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [COVID-19 modelling expert urges Kiwis to prepare for level 4 lockdown in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8578eed33f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [New Zealand had remarkable luck avoiding summer COVID-19 catastrophe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14a4d9458c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Iwi ask for water, toilet facilities as people wait hours for Covid test in Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9e27b0752&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Ngatiwai calls for more resource for Covid-19 Northland testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf1d359450&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Covid-19 outbreak in M?ori, Pasifika communities could be ‘catastrophic’, leading GP warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63b56399e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Codyre (Herald): [No way home for Covid recovered who still test positive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed5c7983f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Covid 19 coronavirus: Two new cases in managed isolation, 1500 community tests in Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22a6f7b8e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Newstalk ZB): [We all have a role to play in keeping Covid out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebb1d4a3e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Study reveals key to getting more people scanning Covid Tracer app](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a530534af9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): [Northland man with symptoms waits almost 10 hours for test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=244f61d33a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse and Karina Cooper (Herald): [People who visited locations of interest turned away from testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59970d0387&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ ranked best place to be during Covid-19 pandemic for third month running](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52469e7e4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohny (Stuff): [Nelson cafe owner takes Covid precautions to next level](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90f3838231&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [QR codes at DOC visitor sites being expanded](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=454a35fd5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Dileepa Fonseka and Kate Newton (Stuff): [Rents soar after Covid-19 freeze ends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7d74f2aa1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Economist suggests strategy to cool the hot housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a4003f5e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins calls for emergency housing law change in first speech of the year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eeb825462a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [National leader Judith Collins calls on emergency plan for housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4b9fb7060&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Judith Collins says National and Labour must work together to solve the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=003a72693e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins suggests National and Labour fix housing crisis ‘together’ by copying Canterbury quake response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e13667a57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) BusinessDesk: [Use quake-style powers to speed house-building: Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dfc580406&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [Housing market “defying logic” says Oceania](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=230b3410c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Auckland woman calls for housing ‘system’ shake-up as she struggles to buy first home in hot market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=466e7270f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Are heating and cooling standards for landlords over the top?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28ca6c89da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [It’s affordable, but not as you may know it: $750 a week for three bedrooms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=528a43531a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ashley Church (One Roof): [The Bright Line Test and other silly laws](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3cbc14b56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Judith Collins speech** Richard Harman: [Collins promises to be kind as she points National to the centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfc81cfd94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [RMA reform plans put Nats on tricky tightrope](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44069bb3f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [National leader Judith Collins calls on emergency plan for housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba0d349aa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Judith Collins focuses on housing, Covid-19 in National’s state of the nation address](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9aae23ccb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Collins confirms she’s started writing political thriller set at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4af485d8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Oranga Tamariki** Michael Neilson (Herald): [Maori leaders to head Oranga Tamariki advisory board appointed by Kelvin Davis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f10d29834a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Oranga Tamariki Minister Kelvin Davis announces new all-Maori board of advisors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61b614f0f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Chlöe Swarbrick (Herald): [How to make NZ a better place? It’s down to you, me, us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ba6269d1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Logan Tutty (Herald): [R?tana focus on internal issues with no politicians around](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fbf38849c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Ratana leader wants Ratana to ditch Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44cde66d50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (Metro Mag): [The 25-year-old campaign manager behind Chlöe Swarbrick’s Auckland Central win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80160e26f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [New Zealand first foundation case: Duo charges moved to High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0684ad063&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Hurley (Herald): [NZ First Foundation investigation: SFO’s political donations case against accused duo heads to High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3937056a95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Katy Jones (Stuff): [Schools shouldn’t ask parents to provide devices, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=625f6ef999&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Schools prepare for children in ‘survival mode’ as term starts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cffaed425d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Inequality among pupils as schools prepare for new term](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7fec9576d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Ministry of Education process stifled complaints of abuse at childcare centre, teacher says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be905cfee7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Heagney (Stuff): [Thousands of free lunches to be dished out by local charity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67521be75c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Brother Tom’s wise words still ring true](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8dd9a24a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Children miss out on vital health and development check because of lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=940969567b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Property owner says loan guarantee scheme shows Labour sees sector as ‘like arms dealers’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=571a63e0dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [The help firms will get if there is another Covid lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce1fcf1814&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Estimated $5b in wage subsidies paid out unneccessarily – philanthropist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff3aec2bc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government commended for helping businesses survive pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=292049b43d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Hundreds of injured people paid less than minimum wage, despite vow to change ACC law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1cfe7eaa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Hotel Council Aotearoa says it will take years for sector to recover](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ca6375fd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **NZ-China free trade agreement** Richard Harman: [The China trade agreement; you can’t always get what you want to get](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c9e0fecd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand and China upgrade free trade agreement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a490bdd64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New Zealand signs upgraded free trade agreement with China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c835471606&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [‘Our future is not guaranteed’: Students rally outside Parliament to demand climate action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df7c8b2770&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Prepare to be shocked: Sunday’s big carbon budget reveal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=282c69e827&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Protesters demand rapid action on climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60c52c9d5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Harrington (Stuff): [New Zealand needs to start taking extreme heat seriously](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9406149164&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Christina Persico (Stuff): [New Plymouth councillors recommend supporting Government law change on Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b003c5c34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herewini Waikato (Maori TV): [Maori ward issue sets off Taumarunui fracas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=216ba519c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Doug Sail (Stuff): [Waitaki District Council praised in independent assessment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46955cea8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Contaminant dumping: Minister says companies must comply with consents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44c5ea9e64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Wellington pop-up library deemed safe, despited ‘quake-prone’ sticker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a88d91774a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [‘National embarrassment’: How Wellingtonians reacted to the city’s sewage pipe water woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5520160d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Russell Tregonning (Stuff): [A different way forward for Shelly Bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e946281097&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government didn’t look at value for money when weighing up $10b light rail decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23d8c43af0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dane Giraud (Democracy Project): [It’s time to “hound” beagle into doing his job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=398d70d125&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robert Ayson (Incline): [Biden and Democracy: Implications for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e0a8b1be0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Opposition mounts against proposed land swap that could create 1000 Upper Hutt homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5d8fad498&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Partners and children of some visa holders mistakenly added in extension email](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bd361000b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Are online tools the solution to gaps in NZ’s legal system?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b264bb187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Problem Gambling Foundation says it’s ‘a shame’ Kiwi music giants Six60 being used on scratchie tickets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1741fd3773&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)