> ## 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 – 28 April 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-28-april-2021/ - Published: 2021-04-27T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-27T20:08:28.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing crisis** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Emergency housing costs weigh on Government books, costing hundreds of millions a year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac92db5908&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Government ‘ducking for cover’ over emergency housing – National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71d99367e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rotorua Daily Post: [Millions spent weekly in Rotorua on supplements to help pay rent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=369f7302de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [Immigration NZ looking into complaints migrant sex workers operated in former Wellington emergency housing motel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4c19b544a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Associate Housing Minister condemns Govt housing as inhumane](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84ee310c5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt says more permanent homes are coming, as it spends millions housing people in motels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a8ed06b24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington council social housing arm will be insolvent by 2023](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc5e81e323&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brooke van Velden (Herald): [Solve housing crisis by uniting New Zealanders with good ideas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=597ba09450&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Landlords retreat from market – but so do first home buyers: mortgage adviser survey out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=512512c213&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [House prices in New Zealand too high for buyers to get Government’s First Home Grant – data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebc2cfad9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Angelo (Wealth report): [New Zealand property market: An eerie warning from the IMF](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4aa1411a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Investors have no ‘moral obligation’, Property Investors Federation says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9576b9c05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Are Kiwi renters required to make beds under responsibility to keep property ‘reasonably clean and tidy’?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=215af9a12d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ-China-Australia relations** Malcolm McKinnon (Stuff): [Advancing human rights in China has nothing to do with geopolitics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=709c7ee00a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gerald Hensley (Stuff): [Five Eyes and China: No middle ground for NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ce151a264&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Five Eyes fuss ignores the lessons of history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f22d74dc17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [ACT party will file motion asking Parliament to debate Xinjiang ‘genocide’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ba5214782&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [China imposes strict anti-espionage measures on staff visiting New Zealand, Five Eyes nations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9604a68c16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Five Eyes nations haven’t asked New Zealand to take stronger line against China – Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad9a72973f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (Herald): [Nerves on edge in meat export industry as new China audits spread from seafood to apples](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d2fbc96a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Reddell: [Listening to Mahuta](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9375bf10d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health reforms** Emma Russell (Herald): [Health shakeup: Should New Zealanders pay to see a GP?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f56f88ca86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Wayne Brown (Herald): [Three cheers for Andrew Little’s health reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad123cb1be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Cullen (Stuff): [The human cost of centralising our health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b5b795b22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Chris Keall (Herald): [Study reveals level of NZ worker burnout – the symptoms and the cure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b83f121af2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ashley Church (One Roof): [The great leap back to Muldoonism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9faea049f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bryce Wilkinson (Herald): [The futile call for an effective Govt innovation policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aba79235e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ganesh Nana (Herald): [Small and far away should not be an excuse for lagging behind world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17f3b09841&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Reserve Bank proposals ‘effectively clarify what we already do’ – Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4d68aceb8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Kapiti News: [Local government review: ‘We need to make the most of this opportunity’ – Gwynn Compton](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8b6d22abe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (Stuff): [Local government review: Be more like us, says Marlborough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd378dd382&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Luxon backs call for supercity probe as part of local government inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54099adbda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [How to tell a denial from a non denial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d35ccf90e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Sir Tim Shadbolt falls out with council over ‘lack of IT training’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95f7364177&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull dies** ODT: [Editorial – Dunedin’s mayoral city builder](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db19beb078&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull dies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd51aafca4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz McDonald (Stuff): [Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull dies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebbe73d263&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccinations programme and border** Herald: [Bloomberg Resilience Ranking – Singapore overtakes New Zealand for top position](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=089af13f27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Man who flew from Perth ‘knew he should not be travelling to NZ’ – Immigration boss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ce4e1de9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Lake (Newshub): [Singapore, Hong Kong ‘in talks’ with New Zealand over travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53ce7cd6ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Boy with autism asks Children’s Commissioner: ‘Can you please come to my school and help me?’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f6e357f59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [Schools’ exclusion of children with high needs ‘common’ – advocates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a34b5d5d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louise Gould (Herald): [Matua and whaea victory: All teachers can choose te reo classroom titles, Ministry of Education declares](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=614028c336&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Government film subsidies to Amazon** Emile Donovan (RNZ): [Are Amazon’s tax funded benefits worth it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bad3078f9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Campbell (ODT): [Time for questioning useful Goliath](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=969be02acf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Prison and justice system** Tony Wall (Stuff): [A judge has ruled that police ‘formal warnings’ are illegal and akin to a conviction without trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f76e8d2468&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessie Chiang (RNZ): [Waikeria Prison’s role as a flashpoint for public debate about jails](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1409db4a82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Lack of food, overcrowding among issues at prison](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe5784b40d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Mental health crisis** Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Fears anorexic patients aren’t getting the help they need](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a42eea14b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Stuff): [Mental health service changes in Manawat? criticised as risky and badly timed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36de084b00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Francois Barton (Herald): [Toxic workplaces need to change for employees’ mental health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f20f0da6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **National Party** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National Party election review revealed: ‘Unrelenting focus’, Maori representation, calling out bad behaviour and the ‘Merv’ rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66d25c640a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Nats propose limiting caucus power to select leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7692169ac7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): [Newsroom’s big money backers revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acc1a88e8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Damien Venuto (Herald): [Jobs to go at TV3-owner Discovery NZ as restructure cuts through transtasman business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f077e1f7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Stuff: [Editorial – Who watches the watchers?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82cffed705&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Fuel taxes need to go – but we’ve got to find better ways to pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9a8e5840a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [T?hoe protest against their own](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df5b939c56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [The NZBustastrophe battle might be over, but the war isn’t](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ee9673057&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Slaughter (ODT): [Christchurch’s most deprived areas revealed in new socio-economic data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=327eabacc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eddie Clark (The Conversation): [NZ’s hate speech proposals need more detail and wider debate before they become law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4601f2766&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laine Moger (Stuff): [Maori and Pacific expertise excluded from science policy, report finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1e9bdca4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Transport Minister Michael Wood dismisses ‘frenetic commentary’ of Te Huia Auckland-Hamilton train](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=207ca63631&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Migrants join forces as deadlock galvanises action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=864471523f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hilary Stace (Public Address): [The case for a Royal Commission into Accident Compensation, Disability and Income Support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c73d91e91d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [NZSIS counterterror focus on white supremacists found new targets quickly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f988cc5f48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): [Controversy over abortion clinic safe zones heats up as Bill heads towards second reading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b23e6b3a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Wellington, Porirua report the best quality of life in new biennial survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed0555a1b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Please share this article so that others can discover *The BFD***