> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-29-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-28T20:35:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-29T21:39:52.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Fresh water reforms, environment, conservation** Richard Harman (Politik): [Swimming together; the coalition agrees on freshwater reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7030f4a70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [NZ First claims win as Government softens freshwater reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08a01cce22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [New Govt water reforms miss mark on nitrogen pollution, advocates say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1eff48585e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Science Media Centre: [Action for Healthy Waterways – Expert Reaction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b19f1f1e81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Explainer: $700m to make waterways clean again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d278db972b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Govt’s $700 million waterway reform brings mixed reviews](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd902c289c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [What farmers think of Government’s freshwater reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8eadd9c301&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Questions asked about regional councils implementing new freshwater policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=675d1be8f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [More time for farmers, councils in govt water reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b56473992d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Molly Houseman (ODT): [Freshwater plans meet with approval](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecf52e09b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Government confirms plan to clean up waterways but makes concessions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1f951dfb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Government pushes ahead with landmark freshwater reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f26f843d3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government sticks to strict waterways rules, adds $700m for jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cede67e1ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Govt reveals $700m plan to improve New Zealand’s waterways, stave off risk to ‘clean, green reputation’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=683735f7a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Government pumps $700m into cleaning up waterways](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82f22c456d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Finalised freshwater reforms half as costly as those proposed last year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff36a3a314&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [$700m ‘long-term’ waterways package could restore swimming at Lake Ellesmere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a67c312bfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): [A push for new coal mines amid ‘alarming’ fast-tracking of infrastructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80472da6ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [High-carbon ‘shovel-ready’ projects should be denied – Commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=606bf1f943&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [After the Virus: The Environment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f97f2ce9ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Hauraki Gulf recreational crayfish take slashed in half – scientists say not enough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=185bc1ba71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford: [Social distance rules see 360 tonnes of Marlborough’s recycling diverted to landfill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8fa63f382&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland drought ‘a wake up call’ for water supply](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21c89e8172&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Offshore wind farm proponents warned surf breaks will be protected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da173f0192&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Peter Dunne (Newsroom): [Only one thing matters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0864cd4a63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Missteps mark Todd Muller’s first week as National Party leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=896b0454d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Bridges must be licking his chops after Muller’s performance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10e7cba607&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): [Todd Muller: If the cap fits, hide it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ec95dc13a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Do the National Party have an ‘intelligence unit’ for the election?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b72ec9a06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Don’t just look at the colour of people’s skin’ – Bennett defends National’s largely white front bench](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e932a5644&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Politics is brutal and it’s public’ – Paula Bennett opens up about demotion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c6fee64af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Winston Peters mocks National MPs for ‘fighting from the backbenches’ against new leaders Todd Muller, Nikki Kaye](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=584b7afc7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Maori Party co-leader John Tamihere says National ‘pushing Maori’ away, but not ruling out working with them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dba512fe6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National says ‘no talk’ of cutting benefits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8732342e4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [National MP Maureen Pugh blasted for ‘misleading’ economic statistics comparing Greece and New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4381fc0e98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Tweed (Whanganui Chronicle): [Whanganui MP Harete Hipango picks up Maori Crown Relations portfolio](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce2537e48f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Tweed (Whanganui Chronicle): [TVNZ pulls episode after Whanganui MP Harete Hipango hits out at ‘insult’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a732fd64f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Parliament, election** Audrey Young (Herald): [The best and the worst – rating our MPs under Covid 19 Coronavirus crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a0995e987&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Dunne: [This is shaping up to be New Zealand’s most dramatic and unusual election ever](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c63f8a6295&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [James Shaw: A coalition with National ‘not up to leadership’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d9b735b95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Former Opposition leaders explain why the leader of the Opposition is the hardest job in politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43fb1f8515&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Trans-Tasman, Pacific bubble, Alert levels** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Opinion: Time to cool the hype on the trans-Tasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca224b4f95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Chan-Green (Newshub): [‘We are not safe enough for you’: Epidemiologists weigh in on safety of trans-Tasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=719dd4746b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Trans-Tasman bubble ‘realistic’ by September – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c3f29c2f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Travel between NZ and Australia could start in September](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb5dd85882&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Deputy PM: trans-Tasman bubble ‘can’t wait’ for every state](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ec74a0198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Winston Peters says a transtasman bubble can safely be done now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54ffce8a09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Winston Peters says he’d like to see trans-Tasman bubble implemented ‘yesterday’ when pressed in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fed82d2151&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Jacinda Ardern says trans-Tasman bubble could open in September, but Winston Peters wanted it open yesterday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ac22f4f71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): [No ‘health passport’ likely for trans-Tasman travel bubble, Ak Airport chief says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a94c292d40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [NZ health chief says Pacific bubble risks could be managed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb90a4d065&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern’s wriggle room on moving to alert level 1 early](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=364328fcba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [NZ could be declared free of Covid-19 in 21 days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53a8f589df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern compares notes with ‘early movers’ Singapore, Australia, Denmark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=387a9e1a54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Health Ministry ‘considering options’ to increase funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80bd50f319&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko and Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Covid-19 will make health inequality worse, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d33208523&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Testing gaps at virus-hit St Margaret’s rest home risked ‘catastrophe’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2c7e3d71a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [How were healthcare workers infected with Covid-19 at work? The Ministry of Health doesn’t know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be5ccd1d26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Unions challenge WorkSafe on Covid-19 infections at Wait?kere Hospital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21846b824a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Review highlights need for cohesive national contact tracing system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de4fd3e53e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bruce Munro (ODT): [WHO about to call for mass masking – Otago academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82736570ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton(Stuff): [Covid-19 cancer surgery delay meant Wellington man had chemotherapy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=143af35085&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting: [Saturday catch-up surgery to clear Northland DHB’s 900-strong backlog](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b8df8d947&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Maori waiting for elective surgery prioritised on waiting lists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e064413c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Maori TV): [Maori nurses call for immediate intervention over racial attacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b607128f58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): [Advertising Standards Authority to fast-track takedown of misleading Covid-19 ads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f876684497&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Strongman (RNZ): [NZ man selling bleach ‘cure’ slammed by scientists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c39c4776e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy** Ben Strang (RNZ): [Wage subsidy auditing figures only collected quarterly – MSD](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6618f877b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Private school pays back some of wage subsidy – but should it be paying back the lot?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8ac9c5fe9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Delivery firms say online shopping rush no goldmine, as Mainfreight repays subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=652b472024&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [NZ dairy start-up Happy Valley repays wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb3fcbfcfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy, employment** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [That light isn’t the one at the end of the tunnel, bank economists warn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9fcc78c2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Worse than the GFC already, labour market may enter ‘second wave’ of job losses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=482056ecb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Business confidence rises, but remains bleak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe39b3fce1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Job numbers plummet by 37,500 in April as COVID-19 economic impact cripples businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4dde79948&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Job numbers dropped by record 37,500 in April, Stats NZ says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cfdad6195&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ lost a record 37,500 jobs last month amid the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f336f8eb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jarrod Haar (Stuff): [A four-day work week could be the shot in the arm tourism needs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6571fdb1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 debt levels: ‘It’s really about having a job’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5484930a65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Banks are flush and part of post-Covid solution, says RBNZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eef8e4dc1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [RBNZ’s awkward about-face on bank capital and stress tests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5406f89c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [What countries have done to support the unemployed during the COVID-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63bda12024&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Overwhelming majority of Kiwis want to continue working from home, study suggests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01bae75904&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Most want to continue working from home… at least sometimes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b5fb79999&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Recovery** Jamie Morton (Herald): [What will NZ’s ‘new normal’ look like?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3709d0c20c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Back to normal isn’t enough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee03ca039f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: The Detail: [Changing our lives in a post-Covid world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1ad793999&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration, migrant workers** Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Immigration NZ to send workers to Queenstown to help migrant workers and employers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56b46a57ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Help centre for workers who have lost jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7954c639db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Tens of thousands of offshore visa applications stalled ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5910b5767&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Golriz Ghahraman hits back at ‘baseless assertion’ Manus Island refugee Behrouz Boochani won political favour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e017863a7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Alan Kenyon (1News): [Housing Minister passes responsibility for long delayed Wellington Kiwibuild development onto developer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abbbd6bb47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eva Corlett (RNZ): [House buyers now in financial strife risk losing deposits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab1207e19d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Internet** RNZ: [Proposed legal framework on objectionable content filter ‘a step too far’ – InternetNZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dab4f7b77b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government introduces law which could erect a firewall around New Zealand, concerning Internet NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1da90e4d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Arts and culture funding** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern unveils bailout for Te Papa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39b6e4ceb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern announces where $95 million for arts and culture sector will go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb007f7f29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern unveils lifeline of more than $57m for artists, museums and heritage services hit by COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3aabcec774&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Govt announces multi-million dollar funding boost to help arts sector recover post-Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a5911b3dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** 1News: [Air NZ should refund customers’ money for flights cancelled because of Covid-19 – Consumer NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baeeccd958&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Air NZ’s 777-200ER fleet may never fly again due to the impact of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=125e980ac0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Transmission Gully: ‘Stuck cleaning up expensive legal mess’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8129c6abf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [Animal behaviour’ in ferry queue sparks police complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f8ce605e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland public transport to be discounted by 30 per cent during off-peak hours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c8cb11930&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Logan Savory (Southland Times): [Mayor Tim Shadbolt says he no longer trusts his deputy Toni Biddle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83743b63f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Invercargill council revamped](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c97c895521&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington City Council pulls paper proposing 2026 reopening date for central library](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee1e83f322&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf and Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Days after Wellington sorts its waste, a sewerage pipe bursts outside police station](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbdd887bed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [German engineers ‘unsung heroes’ of sewage pipeline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfd5c73358&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Lewis (ODT): [DCC spends $145,000 on new campaign: ‘Dunedin, A Pretty Good Plan D’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e241e5879d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Jo Moir (RNZ):[Commercial property tenants still waiting for Covid-19 relief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bb8a1d018&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [ANZ asks contractors to take a pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6b26b86c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Newsroom): [Smooth the path for business to adapt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04f4ac82fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Public sector boards almost half full of women](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2216b618ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Education** 1News: [‘We are delighted’ – Teacher aides pay deal will bring security and decrease anxiety, union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0783fd8710&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl Goddard (Stuff): [The New Zealand Teaching Council is tone deaf and must go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e945897210&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Quarantine students in Queenstown plan backed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7afae19fa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eleisha Foon (RNZ): [Teacher calls for schools to teach race issues following student’s blackface social media post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d264bbf33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Westlake Girls High School under fire over response to blackface social media post by student](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bc19041ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Shane Taurima (RNZ): [Maori media must lead and inspire innovative change required for survival](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26029cd6ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Bauer mags sell-off process thought to be reaching key milestone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=854e183496&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Christchurch mosque shootings** AAP: [Christchurch mosque attack gunman’s sentencing delayed, court eyes international video screenings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a044bc80ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [More than 200,000 children may face hardship, children’s commissioner says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78d67ed8fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [Arming police damaging for relationship with Maori – Moana Jackson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d89014f77d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Moe (Stuff): [Charities are essential, yet often forgotten](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88f429bce1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Foreign investment rules tightened amid Covid-19 fallout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a09790b3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Police should not have allowed gang tangi, Nats say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=394e8ed600&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Steady progress with ouvea removal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b842cd017e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tourism will return to growth eventually – Tourism NZ modelling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1927c0829&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Tower Insurance cuts 108 jobs in order to secure ‘sustainable future’ for business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a462d73c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Christchurch events company cuts permanent workforce by 60 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee7917e0dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Auckland cafe’s sign telling employees to speak English ‘taken out of context’ – race relations commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3f3667876&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Covid-19 lockdown bear hunt commemorated with special NZ Post stamps](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24b745d3a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Commission warns electronics retailer Becextech over fair trade breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3146f32f2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Universal super transcends pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd5d45449f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)