> ## 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 March 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-29-march-2021/ - Published: 2021-03-28T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-29T21:16:15.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – Housing announcement a blow for those at the bottom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a93c269dbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (RNZ) [Investor-economist alliance dominates media’s housing response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1091b3e008&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [Housing changes are a gamble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea97c7106f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in Politics: Property speculators under the hammer as new ‘political calculus’ emerges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56ada97688&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [It’s now ‘watch this space’ for the housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bee1dbcde9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Roughan (Herald): [Three cheers for the Government’s changes to the property market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d5584b2d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gordon Campbell: [On Labour’s less than radical housing package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7eec3f66e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [If we’re not building houses we’re ‘buggered,’ says economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc0a8797e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (Stuff): [Investor tax rule changes: Government ‘will take action’ if rents spike, Grant Robertson says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11369f27d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Housing crisis: Govt won’t set target for ‘affordable’ housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ee00ee449&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green and Ethan Te Ora (Stuff): [‘Not a priority’: Renters feel overlooked after Government’s housing announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf458e7863&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Housing tax changes – what happened when the UK tried the same thing, and how we’re doing it differently](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73627c8e27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Government’s shift on tax resurrects doubts it has battled to shake off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b42356edd7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ( Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Housing package: this term’s oil and gas ban?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b515a0e6e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Damien Grant (Stuff): [Housing rule changes hit retirement plans to help middle-class moaners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f421b9742a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Four reasons to feel sorry for property investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=692f24aff2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Government’s new housing rules seemingly spook some investors out of housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=809501f21f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [The great New Zealand house-price delusion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98ce2cb05f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of the Prime Minister’s Office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=582a385342&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matt Heath (Herald): [New Zealand, we need to talk about our real estate obsession](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76e0d3c52c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Terry Baucher (Interest): [The Week in Tax: Unintended consequences](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08e8707f33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Investor demand for new builds rises following Govt’s targeted housing plan – property expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26c37714c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Robertson (Stuff): [We have made some hard choices to help deal with the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01cbf20bd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brooke van Velden (Stuff): [Government’s noble promises going by the wayside](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e8d271688&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [Property investors aren’t doing themselves any favours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13e6a7f5ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Mixed use residential/commercial development owners must wait & see if new rules apply to them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da5bd06cfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hunter (NBR): [A housing policy on the hoof](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=621f0a6930&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Spooked investors, developers hitting pause on housing projects over Government changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17bb1c81e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Siobhan Wilson (1News): [Finance Minister ‘can’t predict’ effect Government’s housing package will have on rents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b03d3d457b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Investors stay away from South Auckland open homes after Govt housing shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61c7602574&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [ACT, Judith Collins on attack after Grant Robertson’s latest rent comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd3e4ac1c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: Housing, the bubble and Christopher Luxon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b24112ebd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann and Anne Gibson (Herald): [How far do prices need to fall to make housing affordable?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ca252c052&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [It’s long past time to hose down the housing market fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2a19036ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast and Crystal Wu (Newshub): [Rental advocates “horrified” at landlord threatening to kick renters out on coldest day of the year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5be769fb45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Green MP responds after Business NZ says housing package has other sectors worried](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb70454915&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Buyers and vendors unfazed by new housing rules, says real estate agency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ec5cc0c80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Housing crisis: Rent hike caps not on the agenda, but Government isn’t ruling them out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1dfa73358&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Labour MP David Parker brushes off landlords’ threats to hike rents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28f498afe3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [First Home Loan scheme changes: What can you get for the new price caps?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0623b75fa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Investor’s sleepless nights over prospect of ‘super negative’ cash flow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebcd315a75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [$500m-$1b more tax: How much new rental property rules could bring in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f55d938eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Ending homelessness ‘still a significant priority’ but need for shelter ‘isn’t diminishing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c349d7ea4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Bradford (1News): [Supercharged housing market sees boom in real estate salespeople](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72bc06e96a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Carter Holt stops supply to ITM, Bunnings and Mitre10](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bb581b345&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Concern grows over impact of timber shortage on New Zealand’s house building industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=960a00b143&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Carter Holt Harvey supply shakeup could change the future of housing in New Zealand, federation says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0a96bebe1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Bruce Munro (ODT): [An enduring imbalance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6986d1a0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Is it time to we all worked a four-day week?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0153fb5c21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Accounting professor calls on Hallenstein Glasson to revisit its wage subsidy decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9df7531027&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lynley Jenness (Stuff): [Why NZ should introduce an optional retirement age of 60 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdca3a3967&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dennis Wesselbaum (Herald): [Can we be happier with less?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30b98e602e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [$50 million Maori trades and training fund produces four jobs so far, since June](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=722e33a37c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [How do we look past supposed cold hard facts, face up to reality of M?ori unemployment?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7152e021d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Enderwick (The Conversation): [New Zealand businesses must adapt to a fragmented post-Covid global economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5fac4a934&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Reduced foreign labour in New Zealand’s fields a failed experiment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=888d6f2bdb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Businesses reduced by more than 1000 since lockdown – Stats NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7308c2edff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Lack of change by many small businesses after Covid called ‘deeply troubling’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3057572a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National and Christopher Luxon** Stuff: [Editorial – Putting some faith in politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc8d7829e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Why Christopher Luxon may try National leadership tilt this term](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c65e00a6a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Parliament and Government** Cathy Odgers: [If Jacinda Ardern was in charge of a Suez Canal crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=322231fd1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Why National chose to target Trevor Mallard instead of housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f6052db17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Beehive Diaries: Why Sir John Key bid big for Grant Robertson, Christopher Luxon’s maiden promos](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=261aa224ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Barry Soper criticises Jacinda Ardern for protecting Trevor Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f59f7aad73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [MPs keep it local in special debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98aa896ea6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Francesca Rudkin (Newshub): [Government needs to listen to health experts as ED crisis worsens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8536f42fd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Christchurch Hospital facing ‘tough’ winter as more patients than beds forecast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c17b8ead89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Remember Labour abolished the health targets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9143bd6fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Covid 19: A year on from lockdown, it’s time to don the personal armour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d26e350c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Clarke’s clothes and sausage rolls: Jacinda Ardern’s lockdown and the plan to open New Zealand up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68a1129a77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Covid-19: New Zealand needs vaccine target, National says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f9bdd3275&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Coronavirus: New Zealand could be model for world if trans-Tasman travel bubble opens – Michael Baker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f2a245ca8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National wants answers after error in vaccination booking system exposes hundreds of patient details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4a318c147&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [By the numbers: A look at the $3.7m in overdue fees for managed isolation and quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b91474593d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations; National security** RNZ: [SIS’s more open approach makes risk appraisal easier – professor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49d78eb902&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Foreign spy working in New Zealand says Security Intelligence Agency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2bb4f5dd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne-Marie Brady (Interest): [Transparency and NZ national security](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63530536c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [From ‘taking out the trash’ to ‘abdicating responsibilities’: Does Australia care about its relationship with NZ?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb7962416a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Racism** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Clamour to cancel TVNZ’s top popular cop show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92921c0ba4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Asian Kiwis warn rising racism could turn to violence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dff54d29d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Herald): [Everyday racism is alive in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=295b338a8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Law, justice and policing** David Farrar: [Serious Assaults have doubled since 2017](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a11dd92861&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang (RNZ): [Some frontline police refusing high-risk callouts prompts more training](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9daa0f7c98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenine Colmore-Williams (Stuff): [New Zealand an ‘easy target’ for money launderers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acad019bbf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) LawFuel: [The 2021 Twitter power list – New Zealand law’s Top 20 Twitter List](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=751bed13d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and climate change** Richard Harman: [Climate change proposals getting chilly reception](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e8ad15e44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): [Where is our next Fox River dump disaster?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f5939bc12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Big businesses under growing pressure to cut their environmental impact](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89a574280b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local Government** Felix Desmarais (RNZ): [The ‘black hole’ of transparency: Secret council workshops under the microscope](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=520d603966&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Greater Wellington Regional Council undertaxes and overpays staff for nine years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5423dd9dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Even more public money for journalism?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=249458b1b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Covid reporting has improved perceptions of the media, survey suggests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eaeb4bfeef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [The social welfare net is threadbare – can Grant Robertson mend it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbd959e9a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emile Donovan (RNZ): [The think tanks that help shape public policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfd36c1dfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: It’s important to fight for a New Zealand where people get a fair go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a2327fe86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Maiki Sherman (1News): [Rebuild of Oranga Tamariki underway following years of turmoil](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef589519bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Hollingworth (Newshub): [Controversy brewing over transgender children’s access to puberty blockers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7273a8c8c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman and Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Waikato’s $98m rail punt – will it get people out of cars?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=341c13306b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [School renames mufti day ‘be yourself day’ after students worry it’s culturally insensitive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e5b40d6b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Hart (Stuff): [Maxims of women’s movement now echo is schools and workplaces](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=910057bb50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)