> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-28-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-27T20:45:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-27T20:32:29.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **National Party** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National sets up ‘intelligence unit’ to dig up info on political opponents during 2020 election campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7528a03552&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Todd Muller’s sink or swim introduction to Leader of Opposition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5df435f4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Longley (Newshub): [Dear Todd, the honeymoon is over – welcome to political leadership in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ace37a3d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup: Where is Todd Muller taking National?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9724b38d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [Muller could take a lesson from BoJo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a698c5f16a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donna Miles-Mojab (Stuff): [The MAGA hat is gone but important questions remain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cd233a9b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (NBR): [My advice for Todd Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f75a3c7691&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Could Todd Muller have had a worse start?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a498cb1be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National leader Todd Muller admits lack of detail for his Covid-19 economic recovery pitch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8310233ed1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Todd Muller rejects ‘great conspiracy theory’ he’s been campaigning to depose Simon Bridges for months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bf85fba68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party – Maori and Pacific MP rankings, ethnicity** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Todd Muller quizzed on Maori MP rankings, says nothing wrong with being white](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94f8430d47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Todd Muller defends lack of Maori on National front bench](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81e61755f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson and Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Judge National on actions, not ‘ethnicity on front bench’ – Paula Bennett](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f4f1f7151&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Judith Collins ‘sick of being demonised’ for her ethnicity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed5b15d2d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins calls question about Treaty ‘stupid’, says she’s ‘utterly sick of being demonised for my ethnicity’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c44f57695c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Dan Bidois defends Todd Muller over no Maori MPs on National’s frontbench](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65c3c385bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Labour minister says National Party is ‘blind to Maori’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38352137ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour MP Peeni Henare blasts Todd Muller, Judith Collins for being ‘blind’ to Maori concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ff8722511&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [National leader Todd Muller defends his deputy leader Nikki Kaye over Maori heritage gaffe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=811c7275fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [‘Ngati Epsom’: National MP Paul Goldsmith’s true heritage revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3b6b7fe46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aziz Al-Sa’afin (Newshub): [Paul Goldsmith’s Wikipedia gets changed momentarily](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94b0ae0867&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Welfare, job losses, financial distress** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government accused of buying middle-class vote, as Kiwis struggle to pay mortgage and rent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c3b0b49c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds Stuff): [Income limit stopped 1000 benefit applications in April, data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=541e6c1cdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [WINZ says wrongly denied benefits due to ‘isolated practice issues’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9052ba9b00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmund (Stuff): [12,000 headline-grabbing redundancies ‘tip of the iceberg’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=269fd092a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National ask if Government’s concerned ‘two-tier’ welfare will increase racial inequality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccdef1f65c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [The Green Party’s polite ‘opposition’ to government policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d2f41c9b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [Labour isn’t as left as the Greens expected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8dac66551&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)— Brent Edwards (NBR): [Coalition politics could stymie a social insurance scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5ce31cbce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Power companies resume disconnections again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=002b7b7e8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border exemptions, immigration** Amelia Wade (Herald): [Border exemptions: Poo-pipe engineers, chair lift expert and Avatar film crew among foreigners allowed into NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bc656825f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin and Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Film workers among 150 given exemptions to enter NZ amid border lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d2e1f824f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnettt (RNZ): [Immigration ‘lottery’: Avatar crew allowed in, America’s Cup crews out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=105ea94c70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Immigration form blamed for separating overseas migrants from families in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0871a16858&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke with the world’s most famous Chinese businessman during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ddb0dd5a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Winston Peters needs to push Jacinda Ardern on Oz bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fef6cedd08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff Editorial: [Questioning our post-Covid-19 path is the best way forward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=856642f118&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [Winston Peters talks sense](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16dd35b0be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern stands firm on level 1 move despite Winston Peters’ call](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9b4267656&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [PM Jacinda Ardern brushes off Winston Peters’ comments against Covid-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0187c68bf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters accused of breaching Cabinet rules in revealing Jacinda Ardern’s views on level 1 move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4537645c0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB:[‘Far too long’: NZ should be at level 1, says Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=658cb77b41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters wants COVID-19 alert level 1 now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed5d7d6a8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Defying Ardern, Deputy PM Winston Peters says ‘we have been in lockdown far too long’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c469f409b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Hopes to get Trans-Tasman bubble flying by July](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a28bd10c4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [‘Won’t be too long’ – PM says for trans-Tasman travel bubble after Peters’ criticism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd78c4a371&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern says wait for transtasman travel bubble not ‘too long’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e54cb1c91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Won’t be too long’ before trans-Tasman travel starts – PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d537012ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The Cook Islands eye early welcome back for NZ tourists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c486b1252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Comedian Melanie Bracewell reveals ‘extended cut’ of Jacinda Ardern’s earthquake interview](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dfffb50db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Elimination, contact tracing, quarantine** Ryan Boswell (1News): [Cracks starting to show in NZ’s Covid-19 health response – 1 NEWS reporter in managed isolation in Auckland hotel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ea6830225&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Ministry of Health considering plans for pre-departure testing, quarantine before travellers arrive in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=647ebf5977&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [No one in a New Zealand hospital with Covid-19 but it’s not time to celebrate yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6009d1977&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Emma Turton (Newshub): [Privacy Commissioner warns COVID-19 app developers, businesses to only ask for ‘minimum’ information](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ded9a06a13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Privacy Commissioner warns against over-collection of customer info](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e47017b80f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [New Zealanders having ‘difficulties’ scanning QR code posters with COVID Tracer app](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50499a7657&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carolyne Meng-Yee (Herald): [Grieving family believe St Margaret’s rest home resident died from Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5854b002be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Benedict Collins (1News): [Buyers caught up in delayed Kiwibuild development wish they’d never heard of the scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9733835a9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [KiwiBuild will take more than 400 years to reach original target](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2497062787&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Why house prices must fall – and why the news isn’t all bad](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a18d55af4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy, rebuilding** Liam Dann (Herald): [Where economists are looking for recession clues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6a8320e74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Maria Slade (NBR): [Economy may suffer from Covid until 2024](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed51cc9d70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Unemployment will peak at 8.1 per cent in 2022, NZIER forecasts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=424fba8b88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Stuff): [New Zealand’s China dilemma: your money or your scruples](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3796105beb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Jacob (Spinoff): [We may not like it, but we need China’s money now more than ever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7cc58e463&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gil Barbezat (ODT): [Bettering status quo, informed by science](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ed7c69094&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucie Greenward (Newsroom): [Designs for a sane economy after Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=974f9957d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Reserve Bank’s Financial Stability Report** Thomas Coughlan and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Cracks appear in coalition as Adrian Orr warns of further pain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04742f3cd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Insurers and non-bank deposit takers, Reserve Bank’s biggest worry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcdd7572a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [How bad could it get for banks? RBNZ spells out worst case scenarios](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1e5e61a05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Retail banks remain in strong position post Covid-19 – Reserve Bank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b63003aa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [RBNZ: Banks ‘resilient to all but the most severe scenarios’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=159e05df2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Reddell: [A mixed bag](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b40aa935a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Reserve Bank says worst case scenario might see falling house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7b5852e7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [RBNZ figures suggest house price falls in excess of 20% would start to produce large numbers of people in negative equity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82de0d746a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Commercial property sector ‘vulnerable’, $40b bank exposure to sector: Reserve Bank warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d79d21228a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [RBNZ says the banks have $40 billion of loans on commercial property with $5 billion of that in development projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d820bc2a90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [NZ agriculture faring well ‘but vulnerabilities remain’ – Reserve Bank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9039e7c08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Reserve Bank says in the lead-up to the level 4 lockdown some $800 mln of extra cash was pumped into circulation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4423b425ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Loans and lending guarantees prove surprisingly hard to give away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4de348143a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [ANZ asks contractors and suppliers to cut prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93f28986f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Pressure mounting on banks to slash payWave fees, explore alternative payment options for struggling businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=323db1416e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Smiths City advertises for new staff days after making 115 redundant ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7f525a6b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Workday reset no silver bullet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c27a81b8eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Mainfreight returns wage subsidy after making more money than expected in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9088f2943&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Non Pelletier (RNZ): [Mainfreight posts $148m profit but future is uncertain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9a7042467&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Fuji Xerox to axe 100 jobs as printing demand plunges after Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ddef754af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Fletcher Building likely to emerge weaker from Covid-19, analysts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11995a7eda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Spending bounced before and after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a0ed2ee00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health and disability** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Huge shortfall in public health investment, College of Public Health says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fd1a42c64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Powell (Democracy Project): [Too Many DHBs? The Wrong Question](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=772ffa5183&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Government’s ‘buy local’ commitment questioned in new deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2457c5d5f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Maori and Pacifica given priority in elective surgery waitlists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9acb3b1b02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Europeans placed at bottom of elective surgery waiting list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f299e3ab9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gibb (ODT): [Age-based inequity in dental health concerning: professor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=156c031315&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Academics say winter flu ‘outbreaks’ looming](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d9e8353da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [How the pandemic has impacted disabled Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ffed5a03a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [GPs push for balance between remote and in-person consultation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1af99fd2af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Auckland Uni students could be moved from halls so foreign students can quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=097ebc97e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Uni may move hall residents to accommodate international students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52e788e6c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [New Zealand risks losing $1.5b over 6 months if borders aren’t reopened to international students – Eric Crampton](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f07c1e3cab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [Growing support for student accommodation inquiry after rent paid for empty rooms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=615ccb1f83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [AUT students threatened with having grades, graduation withheld over unpaid bills](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b57f9fc7a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Massey bosses grilled over controversial Albany science shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67e5b64edf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Massey University science faculty cuts casual staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa006d8317&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pay equity settlement for teachers aides** Simon Collins (Herald): [Teacher aides win historic pay equity wage rises of 23 to 34 per cent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cf01d4ca9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Ministry of Education, NZEI agree on teacher aide pay equity settlement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c39f18f9d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Equity deal offer will see teacher aide pay rise up to 28 per cent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71706b30bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Milestone’ pay settlement reached for teacher aides](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc59e214a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Teacher aides get significant pay boost with pay equity settlement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17d81b2c70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Police allowed gang tangi during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19b476e4c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Armed Offenders Squad under major review, including whether it remains fit for purpose](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d48c5b7a58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police Commissioner: ‘High threshold’ for routine use of armed police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ce2279e14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice, corrections** Mandy Te (Stuff): [Ministry of Justice report projects increase of people on remand over the next 10 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdb8957253&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Prison population: Those awaiting trial expected to outnumber sentenced offenders by 2029](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9b1866c33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Public service** 1News: [Public sector’s reputation in NZ reaches record high amid Covid-19 crisis, survey shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e66aa1a84f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te and Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Community ‘will die’ if Wellington civil servants continue to work from home, National MP says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e2750bb04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Bloomfield, public servants wined and dined by Governor-General](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1f63ea58b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Bernard Orsman (Herald): [‘Horror show’: Auckland Council meets to slash $550m from budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b6ff1a032&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [False start: Wellington’s $200m library fix questioned](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a62b45b2c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Wellington council delays library decision to seek more advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49bbce39ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stehen Forbes: [Proposal to ferry cars from Ports of Auckland still on the table](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60f2be4b33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Hamilton city likely to help Auckland’s water woes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36328b127c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting: [Far North council considers Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2843b85187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Press): [Zero rates plan scrapped as Christchurch council struggles to contain coronavirus fallout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=318b3192ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Council reaches rates rise compromise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c126b05904&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Dunedin councillors back motion to limit rates increases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a3e0aaff7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [DCC reprioritises capital spending in wake of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7eb616e7ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [Commuter rail trial called off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d3eb5cf01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Key player backs putting waterfront project on ice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e60cf49e8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Molly Houseman (ODT): [$2 flat bus fare for city to be introduced as trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d69d8c380&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lawrence Gully (Waikato Times): [Waitomo councillors throw cold water on mayor’s rates freeze plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef42c2b9ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Manawatu Standard): [Proposal to give Palmerston North residents $10 spending money businesses rejected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1e38efd67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Experts say vision needed for Budget’s 11,000 nature-based jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03ed99b883&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Govt’s ‘zero-deaths’ seabird plan needs cameras on boats, groups say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b25e0337f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Plan to reduce death rate of seabirds launched](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb348f7e0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Selva Selvaraja (ODT): [We must protect our our soil; it is precious](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2503b9db2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald: [Cows’ welfare at stake if 1000 jobs aren’t filled, warn dairy farmers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20b459005f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [National’s new agriculture spokesperson David Bennett accuses Government of using farmers to just ‘pay the bills’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f218bfba58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (Herald): [Probe into Fonterra’s $50m farmer council asks the right questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6f4388f01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Transport** Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Light rail decision coming; Phil Twyford won’t discuss cost blowout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73cd641f47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air NZ adds flight times for Kiwis wanting to travel around country for work in Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d14fde79e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Christchurch couple back in court despite winning Southern Response battle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2467d7acac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Act’s David Seymour: Armed police enter family home seeking illegal firearm already handed in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a9ee06224&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne (Dominion Post): [Racial division in New Zealand is ‘permanently built in’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e55a16d890&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) M?ni Dunlop (RNZ): [Historic K?rewarewa urup? desecrated by Crown breaches, redevelopment – Waitangi Tribunal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ca5b95725&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 research: ‘I’m confident a vaccine will be found’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e10e6e7d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Vaccine time frame like asking how long a piece of string is – Science, Research and Innovation Minister Megan Woods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2935e52bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [MediaWorks staff to hear details of proposed redundancies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f58cbfd03c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [UK media star Noel Edmonds hopes NZ radio network will aid recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb05a5eb4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ Post apologises for delivery delays amid Covid-19, announces ‘massive push’ this weekend to catch 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