> ## 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 – 3 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-3-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-02T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-03T19:11:29.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Waitangi** Peter de Graaf (Herald): [Labour returns to Waitangi’s Te Tii Marae after three-year absence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4d579f46a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Labour MPs return to Te Tii marae, but Jacinda Ardern’s first visit as Prime Minister is another question](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=848b3444b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lloyd Jones, Shane Jones (Herald): [Treaty of Waitangi and race relations in today’s New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a46a939fbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [No PM yet, but Labour Maori caucus heads on to Te Tii Marae at Waitangi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88cbca03f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) M?ni Dunlop (RNZ): [MPs back at Te Tii Marae as week of commemorations for Waitangi Day begin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b48ac95136&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins says National wasn’t invited to Waitangi’s Te Tii Marae as Labour makes its return](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cf41a905d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Waitangi Day: Labour’s Maori caucus met with small protest over land sale at Te Tii Marae](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c61b6602e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): [Happy White Waitangi Day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7f39afc61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Uncertainty around ministers returning to Te Tii marae in future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4feab23b95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori wards in local government** Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s Judith Collins describes plan to abolish veto of Maori wards in councils as ‘quasi-constitutional’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40b25d2d22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [The case against Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96f909001b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Why scrapping Maori ward referendums actually makes sense](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=291da0e898&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [ACT opposes ‘divisive’ plan to end veto of Maori wards in councils, described as ‘racist’ by Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09bdcffc36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [No Maori ward for Christchurch City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a27a81d59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Wellington City Councillor files notice of motion to establish Maori ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef4acba788&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Notice of Motion filed to establish Maori Ward in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8c9030925&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Motion filed for Maori ward in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68233e9eb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Local Government NZ says establishment of Maori wards will make a big difference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c91fa1cfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Andrew Judd ‘absolutely’ vindicated by Maori wards decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f553010045&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josh Robertson (Re: News): [New law makes it harder to overturn Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e1f2f0058&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Angeloni (RNZ): [Maori wards: East Coast MP backs dumping of ‘grossly inadequate provision’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42cb780ea7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Retirement homes** Stuff: [Consumer NZ warns of retirement villages’ ‘financial sting’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd82c0cbf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Newstalk ZB): [Retirement Villages Association pushes back against call for regulation overhaul](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78c6f9dd44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Retirement village regulations need overhaul: Consumer NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=904215b7b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Retirement village contracts unfairly favour providers – Consumer NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d865dc8d9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Retirement villages and residents clash over contracts, government to consider review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49a39871e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): [Retirement villages hit back at Consumer NZ criticism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9cf43669f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Climate change** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Choosing gas for new homes could be money down the drain, says Consumer NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8dfe869ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Expect car prices to go up with new standards, Motor Industry Association says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec470d27d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Southland Times: [Editorial – Climate change is historic record](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f4d92a3a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – The politics of climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aff7beb3ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Shaw: Farmers can cut herds and still make a profit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43619b2d86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guy Trafford (Interest): [Own-goal can be avoided](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f698abfbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Todd Muller: Why farmers should remain calm about climate change report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d76e1b9be1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nick Truebridge (RNZ): [Climate Change report: What’s the future of gas?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf7efa78b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Finance Minister confident climate change measures will be affordable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fa26526b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Climate Change Commission joins chorus of voices calling for EV incentives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19a954377b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Expect car prices to go up with new standards, Motor Industry Association says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=863e675f79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eye Of The Fish: [Climate goals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=327cc2c80e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Can businesses be shamed into paying back the wage subsidy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5881effec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Charity calls for Pascoe Group to repay wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac1093e295&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Unemployment set to rise further – but again to nothing like the levels earlier feared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b86e19daae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Farmers department store must step up and pay workers the living wage, Union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f82931b476&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Why good jobs data could point to higher interest rates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e51f3b2f92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Don’t let the Reserve Bank just give the Government money, Treasury warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=540a728e2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John McDermott (NBR): [Top 10 reasons for slowing economies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=509176e623&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Tourism Export Council’s wishlist for Government ministers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30247bdb49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health** Hannah Martin and Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Cancer in NZ: Survival rates up, but inequities persist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc458ed715&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Patient advocate slams cancer agency report over ‘wall of silence’ on Pharmac funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c91aa0664&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Maori twice as likely to die from cancer than non-Maori, new report finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=904053e33e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Increased threat of armed violence on DHB’s agenda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4716f15df5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Greg Ninness (Interest): [The average value of NZ homes increased by $17,184 in January](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81b4a5a4e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Overseas owners selling NZ residential properties at twice the rate they’re buying](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e763d6344&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brooke van Velden (Herald): [My solutions to the housing affordability crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f45260194&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kylie Klein-Nixon (Stuff): [How to buy five houses in one year during a pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=052683e963&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Home ownership is the Kiwi dream, but not like this](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a82bdbe11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cira Olivier (Herald): [Emergency Housing clients throw rental opportunities to stay in cheaper accommodation, rental agent says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bef08bf6e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Investors to sell their ‘crap’ houses while housing frenzy lasts – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a8fefb6bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wealth of trouble: Average house price eclipses $800k and growing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0235bacab3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Housing heat spreads: Christchurch records sharpest growth in 17 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cad2b57870&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ethan Teora (Stuff): [Wellington flat compared to ‘dungeon from Parasite’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6db6c33c84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [NZ’s biggest builder wins consent to buy 20ha Riverhead site for vast housing project](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b48f86132e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Emergency housing: Youth in emergency accommodation felt ‘safer on the streets’ than in NZ’s motels – Lifewise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ec68898c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Michael Neilson (Herald): [Water crisis: Estate owned by Auckland rich-listers controls more water from Waikato River than city itself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b13ddd308c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Wellingtonians caught in a sea of PR muck](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3dede9964&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Shand (Stuff): [Anne Tolley to chair Tauranga commission to replace dysfunctional councillors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14a9aa4853&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Former National MP to chair commission to replace dysfunctional Tauranga City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e300c71c84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Candidates deny voter interference in M?ngere-?t?huhu Local Board byelection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ece935bdba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Cool is uncool, Wellington warned a decade after embracing coolness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c81b749e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Jamie Morton (Herald): [Covid-19 vaccines: The 10 big questions answered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89c1cf7207&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block and Simon Plumb (Stuff): [Breakers star Tom Abercrombie’s family do MIQ at $3m home after complaining about hotel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80ac85f664&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Critically ill dad and teenage son separated by MIQ application limbo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f54217ebeb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [No guarantee Pfizer vaccine will be approved in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1bfdfaf5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and government** Aaron Dahmen and Courtney Winter (Newstalk ZB): [Govt urged to move on banning conversion therapy; Collins labelled ‘ignorant’ for taking no position](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec10bbd1ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Boring Judith Collins won’t beat caring Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f20f47d1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Whatitiri Te Wake (Maori TV): [If Nats want to win Maori seats, they must first apologise to Maori – former National MP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d2771b8cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [There is something fundamentally wrong in NZ’s teaching](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8874492a1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Expert panel called in to shake up how maths is taught in schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37e57f55eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Mathematics failing is hard to figure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d802f002e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Tim Brown (RNZ): [Government to pay half of bill for Mataura mill toxic waste removal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99df1382a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Rogers (Herald): [How to restore public confidence in intelligence agencies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=847ba8a556&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (Spinoff): [The risky PR play of Eric Watson and Chris Liddell](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28b9dee81d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Young Muslims want more than ‘tick-box’ exercise from govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=244873c6a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Constitutional reform vital for Maori – Professor Makere Mutu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14853ede70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government unveils $150m Ngapuhi Investment Fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcca4a30c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [$150m fund established for Ngapuhi while negotiating Treaty of Waitangi claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f008e38cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)