> ## 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 – 29 April 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-29-april-2021/ - Published: 2021-04-28T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-28T20:27:21.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Health reforms: Maori Health Authority** Jo Moir (Newsroom): [Collins ignores facts for political point-scoring](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dae2edee36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National leader Judith Collins’ ‘segregation’ remark earns her Maori Party rebuke](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d19bcd8cae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Collins says her party won’t stand for ‘racist separatism’ New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3840a47d86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Judith Collins calls Maori Health Authority ‘segregation’ from last century](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f5b2c554c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National leader Judith Collins likens Maori Health Authority to ‘segregation’ of last century](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4f82cc6f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Judith Collins’ Maori Health Authority comments ‘hypocritical’ say some Maori health leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45e5a54aad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuart Smith; Arena Williams (Stuff): [Where Maori patients trust their health providers, better health outcomes follow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=876a4c629f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party: Review and leadership** Ben Thomas (Stuff): [The clearest signal yet that Collins feels under leadership pressure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6826ef4f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Echoes of Brash and Orewa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dad7430cf1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins says National ‘don’t believe in quotas’ as party considers measures to increase diversity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f9773b192&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [National proposes fixed rules for its future leadership bids](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fce9b5035&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [National to leave decision on review recommendations up to members](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abac181829&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Collins says National’s election review contains ‘nothing secret’, after internal party email sent to media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b91924e6fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [National needs better Maori representation and leadership processes, report says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d917e7ccf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Judith Collins says it’s ‘absolutely crucial’ National doesn’t introduce quotas, place ethnicity over merit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9274183f3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party: Donations** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Electoral Commission gives National warning over late donation declaration from real estate mogul, but will not bring in police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afd6f31c74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Electoral Commission cautions the National Party over tardy donation disclosure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d5d643ad7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National Party warned for failing to declare donation on time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa21611158&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National given warning over failure to declare $35,000 donation within timeframe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b31a3fc65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **M?ori Party referred to the Serious Fraud Office** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Police refer Maori Party to Serious Fraud Office over $328,000 in undeclared donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7feca9472a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Police refer Maori Party to Serious Fraud Office over donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e947eaaa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing crisis** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Cost paid to emergency housing motels by govt for damage unknown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=014349a3cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): [What can be done to curb rising building costs?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18301c1b1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Supply shortages should stop house price falls, Corelogic says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2c4f6e396&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Government buys hundreds of houses in direct competition with first-home buyers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b44f9c70f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Leask (Herald): [‘I told you someone would get killed’ – Christchurch man angry after complaints about social housing problems ‘fell on deaf ears’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd22e7059c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Housing market expected to cool as national median price hits $805k](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ab4c6420a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Will housing sink the government?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bb4dd5768&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Govt urged to fix emergency housing crisis after criticism from Minister Davidson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7c77feb0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Property report reinforces how hot the market has been this year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bf1cd3317&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government and Parliament** Audrey Young (Herald): [Rating Jacinda Ardern’s second-term Cabinet after six months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f47b772584&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Ayesha Verrall, Cabinet’s ‘grumpy doctor lady’ on her first six months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a534b8a6af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Media, communications and information** Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): [‘Here’s to another 150’ – Jessica Mutch McKay on the Parliamentary Press Gallery anniversary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0d400701e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Top-tier departures as Sky TV slims its executive team](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a19d17b2c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mathew Marques, James (Jim) McLennan, John Kerr, Mathew Ling, Matt Williams (The Conversation): [Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? New research shows which conspiracies people believe in and why](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1138b781a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Piers Fuller (Stuff): [Harry Potter quiz cancelled at festival delving into cancel culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=693b92cd99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Bromell (VUW): [Counter-speech and civility as everyone’s responsibility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a02645477&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Bromell (VUW): [Striking a fair balance when regulating harmful communication](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa4dd1428c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Damian George (Stuff): [Iwi to have voting rights on Wellington council committees, with mayor’s support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4af84ae56e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosie Gordon (Newhub): [Wellington City Council votes to include Mana Whenua in almost all meetings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4488311728&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Marshall (Stuff): [Taupo confirms Maori wards for next two local elections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b318aa562&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Matthews (Stuff): [Stratford District Council called out for lagging behind in establishing Maori ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=889adcd92b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Local government reform big chance for Maori voice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa46ca22be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Environment Southland proposes one-off 20 per cent rates hike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e893da06e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Trigger (Herald): [Wellington safety a matter of ‘urgency’ after students present survey findings to council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68698ec818&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): [Wellington isn’t dying, insists new Commerce Chamber chief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61865b2233&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **NZ-China-Australia international relations** Peter Dunne: [The Government is right to push back against the Five Eyes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8765cb08d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Terence O’Brien (Stuff): [How NZ can wield its soft power in dealings with China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8546bfb680&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) William Stoltz (Sydney Morning Herald): [Five Eyes split demands Australia reset with New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c2fd4b8a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Cramer (Stuff): [Five Eyes: What is it? And how has the intelligence group expanded into more of a diplomatic mission?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40ba37e138&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Nanaia Mahuta asks for advice about ‘processes, considerations’ of determining genocide, Labour to consider ACT’s proposed China motion next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a1eb9d26c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Muriel Newman (NZCPR) [Threatening Our Future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2590779688&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Political pressure rising on a political Reserve Bank](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d06064cce4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bernard Hickey: [RIP RBNZ independence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ec2192ae4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Modern slavery: Kiwis spend $34 a week on goods linked to child and forced labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db94eca9ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccinations programme and border** Zane Small (Newshub): [Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall defends NZ’s fall from #1, asks for patience over COVID-19 vaccine rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea697b9117&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse (Herald): [Survey: ‘Significant gaps’ in NZ’s emergency departments’ Covid-19 preparedness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f52e9628fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [Jacinda Ardern won’t support a people’s vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7be9c37ddc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Northland DHB misses Covid-19 vaccination target by nearly 4000 doses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42f21d6449&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government may axe promised roads, as costs mount in $12b infrastructure package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a06c68d0e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Wellington transport plans gridlocked as infrastructure package goes over budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1540f0ccc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ranjana Gupta (Herald): [Mitigating Auckland’s traffic woes through tax](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9d26fd0a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health reforms** Tim Dower (Newstalk ZB): [Is it time to make GP’s free?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=069c290c2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carly Gooch (Stuff): [Health board chair acknowledges health shake up an unsettling time for staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a68c586ae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Government announces two big hospital funding projects worth $150 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=708628f250&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** David Hall (The Conversation): [Without the right financial strategies, NZ’s climate change efforts will remain unfinished business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70cf4738b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Council taking more rigorous approach with teachers failing te reo requirement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=351a6a146c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [The Government will roll out changes to make birth-certificate sex changes easier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7e937b374&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zachary Meskell (The Big Q): [Is New Zealand really the least corrupt country in the world?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a963e6a1e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Police praised intelligence system after mosque attacks, despite shortcomings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4dd1a95a82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Unlawful Ihum?tao deal stunk from the start](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=368265ef31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Please share this article so that others can discover *The BFD***