> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-27-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-26T20:45:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-27T21:10:48.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Welfare** Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Former Green Party leader Metiria Turei puts Government on blast over new payment scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f8446682b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Question marks over new relief package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c79fcbd9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government defends unemployment payments, says it’s considering ‘social insurance’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=250c99a2b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Welfare advocates not happy with Covid-19 umemployment benefit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68bf2d890c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Covid-19 unemployment pay ‘real kick in the gut’, beneficiaries say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=406aac4cef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [National, Greens decry Labour’s ‘unfair’ new jobseeker benefit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=565cfa259e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Unemployed people urge Government to refund tax from redundancy payouts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f6c5e5c89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Ministry of Social Development to open call centre in Hastings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a467381d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Does Todd Muller’s economic pitch stack up?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=377b07df1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Todd Muller’s first day at Parliament as leader was a howler](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4677b57385&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National MPs already leaking as new leadership team of Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye suffers disastrous first sitting day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=deede0d145&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Todd Muller needs to talk economic recovery ASAP to avoid being branded the MAGA hat guy leading a divided white party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfa066b9cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson (Maori TV) [National signals plans for Maori, leader has more to learn about Maori Development says Joanne Hayes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6544e57aa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Maori pushed down National list – Jo Hayes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d18089755e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Herald: [Shane Jones ordered to apologise in Parliament after yelling ‘Ngati Epsom’ at National MP Paul Goldsmith](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=846f5517e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Shane Jones admonished for yelling out ‘ahh Ngati Epsom’ in Parliament as Paul Goldsmith stands up to speak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c49ca8b890&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Shane Jones scolded for yelling ‘Ngati Epsom’ at National MP Paul Goldsmith in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d2bd8f7be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Nikki Kaye wrongly describes Paul Goldsmith as Maori as pressure over National’s diversity grows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f91c6a872a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Nikki Kaye incorrectly describes Paul Goldsmith as Maori defending diversity of National’s Shadow Cabinet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae9496bbbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir and Jane Patterson (RNZ): [National Party MPs contradict each other over diversity in front bench](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c11cfcfb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National’s new deputy leader incorrectly describes Paul Goldsmith as Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74fc02e1f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade and Audrey Young (Herald): [National leader Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye’s blooper over Paul Goldsmith](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51a2e2ed6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): [Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db19cc4232&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [National leader Todd Muller backtracks on ‘Make America Great Again’ hat – won’t display it in office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89caf15276&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Todd Muller won’t be bringing Trump hat to new office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f721155d01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [MAGA backdown: Todd Muller won’t display controversial hat in office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c57f4269d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National leader Todd Muller makes u-turn over his controversial Trump MAGA cap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8081b1e328&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Derek Cheng (Herald): [Deposed National deputy Paula Bennett opens up: ‘Friday was a pretty brutal day’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fe8550a38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kiri Gillespie (Herald): [‘Once a peacock, now a feather duster’: Ousted National leader Simon Bridges reveals plans and disappointment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ba51292bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National’s Amy Adams insists she’s sticking with politics over Covid-19 crisis, not because Simon Bridges is out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d98dff1030&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Amy Adams explains COVID-19 Recovery role, looking at new ways to support vulnerable Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfc8e74f14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National has a ‘fresh start’ and will run the ruler over all policies, Willis says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d38f83dbf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [National Party MPs react to their new spokesperson roles on social media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=914d6f33dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dubby Henry (Herald): [National leader Todd Muller slams three Labour MPs for ‘abject failure’ in government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=864489b41e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Todd Muller’s clever move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d4965bc06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Commission for Financial Capability survey, economy** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Majority of households either in financial crisis, or on the brink](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77d92d213d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Lockdown was a ‘dark time’ for many: Retirement commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc5fba0d71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Survey reveals Kiwis living in financial difficulty, many missing rent payments during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ec0b36fbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Survey on how Kiwis coped in Level 4 finds NZ’s preparedness for financial hardship lacking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53aff72fd7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Rankin (Evening Report): [Analysis: Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65442d569f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Littlewood (Stuff): [We should use NZ Super Fund billions to help pay for Covid-19 recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e31ed56a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [Government should pause contributions to NZ Super Fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f99b4057b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, employment job losses** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Government considers extending deadline for low-interest loans as claims approach $1b](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ed5342bf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Small businesses in New Zealand apply for nearly $1 billion in interest-free loan scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a566fd5148&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Millennium & Copthorne Hotels slashing more than 900 jobs due to Covid-19 crunch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be67e2e15e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Millennium & Copthorne Hotels cuts hundreds of jobs during Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b789cf247&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John McKenzie (1News); [Nearly 200 jobs on the line as southern retail giants proposes store closures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03a02c7272&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Southerners saddened by H&J Smith proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ea480ddc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [TAB confirms 230 job losses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b03cb27890&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Pay reduction to end;some roles gone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3778b93d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tourism Holdings cuts 140 jobs at Kiwi Experience and Waitomo Group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2acb7ff76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Company behind Waitomo glowworm cave tours, Kiwi Experience anticipates 140 job cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4056a6b1da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Jobs numbers to plummet at AJ Hackett](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da2ecd6707&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Engineering firm poised to announce ‘right-sizing’ measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32c71682e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Employers encouraged to be generous with sick leave this winter as NZ remains on edge over Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=887f5a26be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [Staff can’t demand to work from home in post-Covid world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58cfe71549&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Dominion Post): [Wellington CBD may remain a ghost town for months as civil servants stay home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c6454e4ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell, Matthew Tso and Piers Fuller (Stuff): [Retailers in the regions benefit as more work from home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3ef285477&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border restrictions, secret exemptions** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Access Hollywood: Hundreds of foreigners slip through border as Avatar production resumes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1728811d18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) AAP: [Secret NZ border exemptions for key players behind Avatar sequel revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7296371f19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [PM plays movie guessing game when reporter forgets Avatar 2 title – ‘I was guessing Smurfs but that’s OK’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3fe8757c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Woodford (Interest): [Emerging evidence on Covid-19 informs economic recovery strategies, but getting it wrong at the border risks everything](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b82c21f85a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Auckland Council, universities want Government to loosen border to ‘reopen Auckland’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22ea53ec28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern, Scott Morrison discussed trans-Tasman bubble, say travel could occur at alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9991b80769&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ):[New Zealand border closure leaves immigrants ‘living like nomads’ overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e08b25a56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Todd Muller calls for ‘innovative’ plan to reopen New Zealand’s borders post-COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55e8f83fe4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s coronavirus response, public health measures** 1News: [Kiwis overwhelmingly agree Government responded appropriately to Covid-19 – 1 NEWS poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a398ffaf72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [ACT calls for Royal Commission to investigate Government response to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=754c59f4b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Dr Ashley Bloomfield urges New Zealand to have some perspective as impatience grows about alert level restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=948c3b318b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Dr Ashley Bloomfield ‘very confident’ NZ won’t see community transmission as Covid-19 restrictions ease](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=800d6cd198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard McKnight (ODT): [Time for return to normality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a695e8fff4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Contact tracing for groups of 100 possible in two days – Dr Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62bf63a0ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Minister welcomes ‘robust feedback’ on app from sight impaired](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=607762e93b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom PUllar-Strecker (Stuff): [Why the NZ Covid Tracer app may not be working for you](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f168f3c20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Passengers pile into Auckland Transport train during after-school rush](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cb3909d68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): [New 100 limit for gatherings: ‘Everybody’s been waiting’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eede2aab47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [What we know about Alert Level 1 so far ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bb45a467a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Dr Ashley Bloomfield makes dire comparison between New Zealand and UK’s deaths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a50fdff71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Dr Bloomfield reveals biggest challenges, what he’s most proud of during fight against COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49258a339b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Kiwis in Govt-funded quarantine hotels living in ‘filthy’ clothes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dfbe840a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Vaccine** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Covid-19 vaccine two years away, and could be NZ-made – research leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a03a9aefd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Expert has tough prediction on time frame for Covid-19 vaccine and end to travel restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b0bb3282f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [A game-changer’: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on the hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58899b5a21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Call for NZ clinical trials after Govt’s $37m vaccine spend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=026459f779&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government to spend $37 million as New Zealand joins global search for Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a7e6c3d72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ Covid-19 vaccine strategy: Government provides $37m for development, distribution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd2b4cac37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Imogen Wells (1News): [Kiwi scientist says New Zealand could be one of the first to find Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9965eaddf3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Vaccine research backed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34ef825c90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** Guyon Espiner and Kate Newton (RNZ): [NZF Foundation spent $130k on company run by Winston Peters’ lawyer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=048a01f8e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters slams ‘mythical, idiotic, stupid’ polls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25d932fba5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern v Todd Muller: Muted showing at first Question Time outing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=add67859a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [New National leader Todd Muller squares off against Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for the first time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5de15e131a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Todd Muller’s first question to PM as Opposition leader focuses on Government’s support for small businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3e48d3bfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** RNZ: [New Zealand 2020 election timeline: What happens and when this election year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=673b15d49e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Former Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown running for Green Party in Wairarapa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42c3171df5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Richard Harman (Politik): [NZ First forces Parker backdown over freshwater cleanup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f03fc39652&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Recreational fishers dispute effectiveness of new blue cod rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a581670d06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Kiwis happy with government action but keen for more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fcd2cdfc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [Why Climate Change Minister James Shaw made a podcast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0362c64c04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah McLaren (Stuff): [Climate Explained: Why countries don’t count emissions from goods they import](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ef3036855&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Fears Northland toxic chemical stockpile could cause fire, environmental damage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62bf79ffcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Guildford (Stuff): [He leaked poison into a creek, killing 1700 fish. He’s stuck with the $97k fine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68110bac55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganu (RNZ): [Covid-19 lockdown hindered Dome Valley landfill submissions – opponents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e210e58b4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport, roading** Amelia Wade and Jason Walls (Herald): [Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters railroads Transport Minister Phil Twyford’s light rail timeline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff1b19b427&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Transport Minister Phil Twyford says light rail on the way, but Winston Peters disagrees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72ea02ac8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air New Zealand projecting financial loss for 2020 despite cutting 4000 jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=707943cb1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Air NZ forecasts loss after little revenue during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d1d5dfab2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Air NZ says too much uncertainty to forecast earnings, but it hasn’t needed to draw on the $900m taxpayer loan yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e289189080&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Air New Zealand facing the most pessimistic of ‘black swan’ events](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f5a0a3c14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Almost 100 redundancies proposed at Transmission Gully](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2daf0d72d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Dominion Post): [Potential redundancies on billion-dollar Transmission Gully project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dcae595d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Delayed Transmission Gully restart plans expected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3780edc9ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Baker (Stuff): [Residents ‘sidelined’ by Pukekohe Expressway options](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5485af0195&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [InterCity buses resume service – but only at a third of capacity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f7cbd6fcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Houseman (ODT): [Dunedin may follow Queenstown’s flat bus fare structure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aca451feff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [Number of e-bike imports hits record high, could soon overtake new cars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74773f4572&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** 1News: [Government accused of dropping the ball in efforts to wipe out rheumatic fever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e0e290f2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Bill banning smoking in cars with children inside passes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4be9922e7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pasifika still struggling with smoking and nutrition – health advisor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fa8a8d710&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Natalie Akoorie (Herald): [Surgical mesh victim launches petition for right to appeal complaint decisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=642d0c8094&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis** RNZ: [Cannabis crop could contribute $490m a year to government coffers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bcef0a3a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [National leader Todd Muller signals cannabis legislation will have his support if New Zealand votes ‘yes’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea48a742ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Russell Brown: [Lately in cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=475f89385b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** ODT Editorial: [Stuff and things](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb02043dad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [Welcome home, Stuff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2f6991739&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Stuff has ‘really good relationship’ with NZME despite its failed bid to buy the company – Sinead Boucher](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2307d93c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Proposed overhaul: Social media giants could face fines for failing to take down illegal content](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96d30436d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ellis (The Big Q): [Are Google and Facebook taking New Zealand for a ride? A trans-Tasman divide on social media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bc2528358&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Katy Jones (Stuff): [Is dyslexia going ‘unnoticed’ in schools?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f8ba32729&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [‘Our pay is the lowest of the low’: ECE teachers call for pay to match kindergarten sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3cba08ee9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Children and teachers taking time to adjust to school again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ee1917ba7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **EQC** Liz McDonald (Press): [EQC accidentally leaks details of 8000 claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bb5a867bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [EQC error leads to information on thousands of claims leaked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a72033c79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [$200m problem: Why is Wellington’s central library closed?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f922f9bbc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington’s Covid-19 recovery fund at risk of ‘throwing money into a vacuum’, councillor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4b5a52023&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Queenstown rates decrease ‘not good enough’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acff803e21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Lewis (ODT): [Dunedin Harbour projects ‘delayed’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=759a87262b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: ‘[This is a delay, not a death knell’: Dunedin mayor on waterfront project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c0705e625&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Birchfield (ODT): [Tourism Waitaki to slash two-thirds of workforce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=645995e73c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** 1News: [Mycoplasma bovis eradication efforts reach two year milestone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d4b9988e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [‘Going hard and early’ pays off in fight against Mycoplasma bovis – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61787ec7c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Lessons learned from mycoplasma bovis helped in Covid-19 fight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dc0a906d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Maja Burry (RNZ): [Hauraki Plains farmers: ‘We just want some help’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ada825a242&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Farmers in drought say rain offers little relief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9444209019&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government announces $500,000 drought relief for Northland, north Waikato](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=546f317086&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Kiwis more positive about farming after Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5bfab608e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Farmers feeling less ‘undue’ pressure from banks, public liking them more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42d4b416ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (pyawalled) Rob Hewett (ODT): [Town-country split needs fixing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0916675a92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Foreign potato dumping ban urged as cheap spuds threaten jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e08ed29f90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Frykberg (RNZ): [Forestry reform bill ‘cumbersome and unworkable’ – industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38bf6f0c3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing, property development** David Hargreaves (Interest): [ASB says confidence in the housing market outlook has fallen to a near eight-year low, with expectations for this to fall further](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4aad1d2c16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Housing confidence falls to 8-year low, ASB survey shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bc42741c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson and Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Funding for property development and subdivisions dries up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f7a8f3c66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** 1News: [NZ Police knew Armed Response Team trials were flawed from the beginning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86cc2f38c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrei Alexander Lux (The Conversation): [Open, honest and effective: what makes Jacinda Ardern an authentic leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd1a4fee9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Max Rashbrooke: [Budget openness survey has mixed news for NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1eb9906b56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Tip-toeing around China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac3adade47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Auckland drought: Water restrictions breached 459 times, usage up 24m litres](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04d572b56a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Auckland water crisis: Usage falls as restrictions enter second week but further cuts needed to avoid major crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce1eae2220&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tagata Pasifika: [South Auckland head girl’s Instagram post sparks conversation over lockdown inequalities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccead4f0af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Auckland shops ‘deceived’ into handing out Scientology booklets, mistaking them for official COVID-19 pamphlets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97342dd083&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (RNZ): [Still not enough progress on keeping families out of court – independent panel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d6835d168&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganu (RNZ): [Kaimoana distributed to iwi through collaboration with Sealord, Moana](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14b0357a05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Firewood for wh?nau plan clears wood left from lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=727a5355ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Lake (Newshub): [Research reveals millions of Australians may be about to change their holiday destination to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d46d3e37a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)