> ## 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 November 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-27-november-2020/ - Published: 2020-11-26T19:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-11-27T19:29:30.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Opening of new Parliament** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [New Parliament brings old debates as Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern fail to shift dial on first day back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7811b7bc55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [New Zealand’s first African MP Ibrahim Omer recounts harrowing journey to Parliament as a refugee in maiden speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad0f36e0bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [How an East African refugee working 80 hours a week cleaning became an MP: Parliamentary maiden speeches begin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=504ecc7389&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern vs Judith Collins: 53rd Parliament kicks off in a blaze of fiery debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1dfd6a829&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Parliament opens to robust exchanges between govt and opposition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a553b1d8d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern speak to MPs after State Opening of Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffef35f363&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [From refugee to MP: Labour’s Ibrahim Omer says he’ll fight for low-paid workers in maiden speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4e1f8ad5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Opening of Parliament – Governor-General’s Speech from the Throne](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36ccc1f39e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Following mum’s advice, Kelvin Davis spared NZ from his singing voice during Parliament waiata, he jokes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48fa3d3706&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Is it time for Parliament to cut ties with wearing the tie?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac1b2f960d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Should Parliament cut ties with ties? Shaw asks for rule change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a17a847be9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Speaker to consider dropping ties from Parliament’s dress code](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0795ebfba9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori Party back in Parliament** Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Maori Party storm out of Parliament’s first session, protest ‘tyranny of our democracy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dc0c4ac26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Maori Party MPs walk out of Parliament in protest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1d9333dce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election and new Government** Richard Harman: [Shaking up the Nats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0342adac84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter: [Spit & polish: A National Party story](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=447b425144&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Labour sets out its three-year agenda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3787d680e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Jacinda Ardern ‘deeply grateful and humbled’ by rural support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e50287e837&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Poll on electoral changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3be6941c41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Matthew Hooton (Herald):[ Labour won’t let property bubble keep growing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dac464df1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Build like the Boomers did’: David Seymour says housing taxes ‘zero-sum thinking’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3ba930b8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Grant Robertson, the Reserve Bank and the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b2a45395b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Robertson: A bright-line test extension wouldn’t be a ‘new tax’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca9b2301fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Orr refuses to be Robertson’s whipping boy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=973ca2a063&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Spare us the finger-wagging over house prices, Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b578d8524b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [Economy Hub: Adrian Orr on the politics of house prices and working with Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7adafef7de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [The Government, not the Reserve Bank, will have to tackle New Zealand’s many housing-related issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ffc508ed2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Taking the politics out of the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e5ead44d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Adrian Orr says Reserve Bank wants to introduce debt to income ratios to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f96e700a97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [New Zealand Initiative on the housing crisis and how it can be fixed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e4bf79bd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Adrian Orr says Reserve Bank wants to introduce debt to income ratios to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6e6fb9079&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Reserve Bank Governor not hopeful agency could help with housing affordability](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad819e68b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Chloe Swarbrick, David Seymour spar over housing crisis, capital gains taxes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a782f1344e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [David Seymour frustrated with government’s capital gains tax approach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67929708c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Will the Government keep its capital gains tax promise?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=912f44b06f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Reserve Bank Governor to discuss tax changes in talks with Grant Robertson over house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75f20bacaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk):[ Kabuki dancing and the great Yes, Minister tradition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56dde44cca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Reddell: [Robertson playing distraction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a7abe4933&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Rehm (Newsroom): [NZ’s housing debt dilemma](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c4f2fc563&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Reserve Bank raises spectre of wave of ‘managed sales’ of homes in March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0d05f426c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Home sellers racked up $4.4b in profits in Q3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be0918f9fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Rent costs up again in most regions ahead of summer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7299e4c6dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Dingy Wellington flat going for $815 per week – and people are queuing to pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c3117720c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Housing waiting list continues to grow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d73032c3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Oranga Tamariki** Jo Moir (RNZ): [Kelvin Davis, Peeni Henare at odds over Oranga Tamariki comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=781efc7db6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Defence Minister Peeni Henare forced on defensive in scrap with cousin, minister Kelvin Davis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=193086505a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davidson (Herald): [Kelvin Davis ‘disturbed’ by Oranga Tamariki’s removal of foster children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fb797f932&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Gates (Stuff): [Oranga Tamariki emails details of suspected teen suicide to reporter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7a2ab8034&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Whanau Ora commissioning chair calls for Oranga Tamariki head to resign over failures towards Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e8158591a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [The Ferguson method](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=936feca44d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate emergency** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB):[ What is the point of declaring a climate emergency?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2d135033e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government to declare climate change emergency in Parliament next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=805277075d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Stuff): [MPs will next week vote on whether or not Parliament should declare climate emergency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23b72f4f45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Jacinda Ardern to declare climate emergency on behalf of New Zealand next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a862d1c20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern to declare a climate change emergency in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6e8dbd790&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [Climate emergency declaration: Greenwashing the status quo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3ac5bb95b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [Climate Change: An emergency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f95a640169&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Meaningless signalling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46ff4ba110&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border exemption for horticultural workers** Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Government’s seasonal workers move ‘not enough, but a good start’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8132b54273&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Government annouces first major border exemption with 2000 horticultural workers coming in the new year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=806aeaf7f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Government to let in 2000 fruit pickers from Pacific – but with living wage catch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea742c485d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Public-private possible fruit-harvesting answer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90d3cc5805&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Pacific workers to pick fruit in NSW while NZ Govt ‘picks fight with farmers’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=851e2ed285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [If Govt wants to fix the skills shortage, they need to let people in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09f276f8ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Marta Steeman (Stuff): [Critics urge Ryman Healthcare to repay the $14.2m wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c66306dd87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Media company Stuff to trial unlimited sick leave for staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61ed6b7790&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Continuous Disclosure: What happens to markets, post Covid?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6788d39399&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [New Zealand records biggest annual trade surplus in 28 years as imports drop](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69de42db98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (Business Desk): [A big tax boost for Government coffers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19bc118b8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [National challenges the government over rising public debt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b7e2ab7d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid** Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid-19 coronavirus: Kiwis to get free access to vaccine, Governor-General confirms in Speech from the Throne](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e8e6fd1c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Whyte (1News): [Covid-19 vaccine to be free as soon as ‘available and safe’, Governor-General says on behalf of Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cce015a935&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Coronavirus: Government confirms Covid-19 vaccine will be free in speech setting out goals for next three years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a50491e6dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Government must crack on with Covid vaccine delivery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75edb8d71b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Second cricket team caught out by CCTV as players test positive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec15f3486b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [NZ has lowest Covid-19 death rate in OECD](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=484a2c51cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Coronavirus: Women still leading the pack in Covid card trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=089f1c0009&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Royal Commission into terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques** Stuff: [Editorial – We must always be vigilant about the terror threat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87863a4bca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Mosque shooter’s interview with royal commission won’t be released to the public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=048ef90d31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Royal Commission’s findings on Christchurch mosque attacks handed to government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a14ab4e1f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Royal Commission into terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques finally handing over report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f76bb0bdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ella Prendergast, Miriam Harris and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Christchurch mosque attack: Islamic Women’s Council says Royal Commission report must be released this year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e88f00e9e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government’s light rail project** Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auditor-General finds fault with Government’s handling of Auckland light rail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72f090a728&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Auditor-General warns Government he’ll be watching light rail closely after ‘unusual’ process](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27ba97a752&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Watchdog raises red flag on $6b light rail ‘process’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6fb7e1352&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local government** Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): [I’m searching in vain for a sense of outrage over Wellington Mayor Andy Foster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc91116f20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [What Tim Shadbolt has in common with Donald Trump](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90b49f4e49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Stuff): [City council’s assumptions exercise ‘just meaningless box-ticking’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa0530e0b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Housing woes can’t be addressed by creating ‘Stalinist, gothic monstrosities’ in Wellington’s Khandallah](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9633dcdae3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations and trade** John Weeks (Herald): [Chinese spy sent to NZ to track Taiwanese migrants and then abandoned the mission has visa bid appeal dismissed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7d825f291&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Foreign Affairs Minister: No backlash from China over Five Eyes statement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=812a6a293c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Lack of specialists adds to burnout and long waiting lists, research shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24862f5ada&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): [Inequity in cancer care at every turn for Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55a9becb79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [Period poverty campaigners disappointed by delay to Government’s rollout of free products for students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3695814a94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Murphy and Susan Strongman (RNZ): [High costs, long waits: Trans healthcare barriers across NZ remain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f60cf8ba9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** RNZ: [Principals struggle with meeting needs, despite teacher aides pay deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbf58321ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington High School lockdown: Police speaking with two young people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47ba05ad02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Cornish, Tom Hunt and Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Wellington High School locked down after ‘credible threat’ of attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f89b24a33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Salvation Army report reveals decade-high benefit numbers and fears for the ‘Covid Christmas’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba729c37a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Salvation Army report finds social needs increasing in all areas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2974ac7f33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Swarbrick (Stuff): [Drug law reform is staying on the political agenda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de500a6afe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More than half of New Zealand lakes surveyed ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d938c2458b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Disagreement means hap? and iwi will not be on trust to run Te Mata peak park](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bd5eea23f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joseph Mooney (Stuff): [Seeking sensible fixes for freshwater rules, staff shortages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c695a665f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Abuse in Care: Catholic Church loses bid to keep names of abusers secret](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d706fef34b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Macfarlane (1News): [Nearly a third of all ‘serious’ cyber-attacks in NZ targeted public sector, report finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d53e7955d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NZ Herald audience breaks records in extraordinary news year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfbd73bc13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB/Herald: [We’ll discuss it’: Black Caps consider kneeling prior to first T20](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9528742e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)