> ## 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 March 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-3-march-2021/ - Published: 2021-03-02T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-03T20:26:31.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Covid: Govt messaging, blame, compliance** Branko Marcetic (Democracy Project): [We’ve cut the Govt slack for its own Covid missteps, so let’s do the same for workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74d9a5eb1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josie Pagani (Stuff): [Let’s stop this lockdown blame game, finger-wagging won’t get you anywhere](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72d398a9ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): [Bloomfieldian Optimism – The Tragedy of Case M](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=739c0733da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter (Interest): [Sunday services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fad1f2199&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Govt under pressure for ‘confusing’ messaging – Ardern pushes back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a8b61e09b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub):[ Jacinda Ardern, Ashley Bloomfield push back on COVID-19 KFC worker Case L’s miscommunication claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45801e9870&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Bloomfield details ‘multiple attempts’ to get in touch with KFC worker who says she was never told to isolate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad9fd43249&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern says 15 calls made to KFC worker’s family](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b3e5ba299&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: More starch and less soft soap for Covid rule breaches?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9e5151693&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT: [Editorial – Covid-19 compliance issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a7fd25eb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Auckland cluster families who failed to isolate are ‘remorseful’, no need for punitive approach – Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea55adc1f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Unclear whether lockdown rule-breakers will face investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc8dc9b35b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [How public health rule-breakers can be prosecuted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a583a4fc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Ashley Bloomfield says he won’t refer self-isolation breaches to police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72b8ab87a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Police 105 phone line overwhelmed as people seek clarity over rule and report breachers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b14395198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Church group breached alert level 3 rules by meeting in south Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=997dab9332&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘We should be TikToking’ – Collins calls for better messaging](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48342bebb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Bloomfield rules out appearing on TikTok or Tinder to communicate Covid-19 info — ‘It’s the PM who dances’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ea3015a2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [‘I was told it was too casual’ – Ardern jokes about Instagram post to outline challenges of Covid messaging](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=534f85e7ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern used Tinder to advertise in 2014, now she’s endorsing TikTok for COVID-19 messaging](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c6aee8a15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern on rulebreakers, reveals who’s next in queue for vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f3a61409c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Williams (Magic): [Team of five million – yeah right](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5434642893&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Williams (Magic): [Jacinda Ardern admits it’s ‘propaganda’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dea5226b0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Govt response** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Three tough choices that will define the Government’s Covid response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=739183e11a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Covid-19 requires a Royal Commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fafcd2fe7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Bassett: [Jacinda’s Luck Running Out?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffb53efdcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [We need to keep asking questions about the Govt’s Covid response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e48d3ec500&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Government defends early exit from previous lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7ee27fcdb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crystal Wu (Newshub): [International media reacts to Auckland’s 7-day lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=842ee63360&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Managed isolation fees, workers** Lucy Xia (Stuff): [‘Where is our compassion?’: managed isolation fee hike hits families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b5f473bd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Burrell (Herald): [MIQ fees for temporary visa holders set to skyrocket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c84af9db60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Government hikes managed isolation fees for temporary visa holders to $5520](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49e1310947&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [More Covid-19 MIQ workers getting living wage, but half still struggling with inadequate pay, union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83382b2677&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccines** Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [Errors in New Zealand’s first week of Covid vaccinations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0604c61b30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Business** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Business leaders need to stop pulling punches on Govt criticism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2770c48cad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Asking businesses to bear brunt of lockdowns ‘not sustainable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c23172c42b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hugh Collins (Herald): [Tourism Minister Stuart Nash and region’s MP Damien O’Connor to meet struggling West Coast businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3f674fa11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: General** Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Maori and Pasifika hospitalised more than other ethnic groups – new data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f346215c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National wants boost in Covid-19 self-isolation payment to match person’s full income](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=531f056adc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (Newshub): [Calls to adjust support payments based on income](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb36f66f5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Far less testing done during latest Covid outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20991a5ad0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Wynn (Herald): [Survey: Kiwis say working from home one of toughest challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9da2c5caca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** David Hargreaves (Interest): [It’s housing investor hunting season](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06e68d050c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Wellington city’s average house value exceeds $1 million and the rest of the region isn’t far behind](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5d73463f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [NZ’s average dwelling value increased by $21,275 in February](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eac937934f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Sharp drop in new home completions in Auckland at the end of 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=129d2e06d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [House asking prices up nearly $90K in ‘completely out-of-control frenzy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca32a8e7cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Wellington first-home buyers drawing on ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ amid soaring deposits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23b8e63e5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Rent subsidy gift for speculators](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c16d1f8aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Time to change our housing mindset](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af396a07cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Masters (One Roof): [Housing affordability: ‘There is no short-term solution’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ad8321cb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Houpt (Stuff): [Mum ‘beyond exhausted’ after being rejected from more than 130 Tauranga rentals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ffb421dad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Another case of no homework from the media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02bf8e26a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (Business Desk): [Tauranga looks to break housing ranks, Gisborne at ‘highest level’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b84c25452&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Andy Asquith (Stuff): [Is local government in New Zealand fit for purpose?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e452e97b12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Why Wellington’s Mayor should have known better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e66c9a0fa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Neil Holdom (Stuff): [Mayors can’t be effective if councillors are not ready to work constructively](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2dc9c1783&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hilary Beaton (Stuff): [Now is the wrong time to cut back on library spending](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d4156ec44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Proposal to privatise parts of Wellington’s central library building set to be overturned](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2685b22355&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington Water Committee chairman David Bassett to resign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9b6001a73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Media muddle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b41b1a21d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Big repair bills for water pipes could soon be a reality for residents across the region](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e49b9b133&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Public submissions open to gauge support for Taranaki Regional Council Maori constituency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a00f470ea3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [The man bringing council and iwi together with meaningful talk and careful listening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd4e2c6d77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland’s Watercare prosecuting alleged water theft, as incidents on the rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=897fa3f3ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Devon Bolger (Herald): [Impacts on major projects in Christchurch costing council $6.5m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcbd21b34b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Council proposes targeted rate for owners of vacant land in central Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=786250c7c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Invercargill City Council’s 35 percent rent increase to be staggered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14dc1db69f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Ananish Chaudhuri (Stuff): [Wide CGT, including on family home, best answer to inequality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b5783b2d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Here’s what you should be earning… at any age](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f710527d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Reserve Bank says Auckland lockdown confirmed monetary policy stance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0d60a85a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [ASB’s huge interest rate hike for deposits still ‘unattractive’ – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43d5c58987&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pharmac review** Stuff Editorial: [Pharmac ripe for reassessment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7d9d799ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Pharmac inquiry promises to look at transparency, but not funding decisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7537a3ba50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern appoints consumer rights advocate Sue Chetwin to lead Pharmac review into funding, equity ‘concerns’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=808bf8b406&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Pharmac review to focus on speed, transparency of decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d20784c6e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Anna Matheson (British Medical Journal blog): [Transformational change in New Zealand means putting communities at the heart of decision making](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78e58344ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Maori TV): [Set them up to win! Shane Reti on Maori health providers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66a1269d55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Larissa Howie (TVNZ): [Endometriosis sufferer says public health system dismissed her agony for 17 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e15b4c9c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lyndy Matthews (Herald): [Stigma and shame do not help smokers quit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7753490952&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Police** John Weekes (Herald): [Police bullying report: Dog-eat-dog workplace cultures and cronyism must go, IPCA finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc8665a657&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [IPCA report: Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says bullying behaviour ‘unacceptable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66c286e6f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang (RNZ): [IPCA finds significant elements of bullying within police workforce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdaf22b10c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change and environment** The Conversation: [NZ’s Climate Change Commission needs to account for the huge potential health benefits of reducing emissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6975de107&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guy Trafford (Interest): [Big carrot and small stick, or small carrot and big stick?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0eeeb8dde5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Full removal of all stored Southland dross and ouvea premix likely four years away – council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09e90bcbf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nadine Porter (Stuff): [Demand for natural fertilisers increasing as environmental reforms prompt change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df171ba1b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Why the proposed policies for getting to net zero emissions are the worst option](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fabb383be1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** David Law (Herald): [Does more money always buy better education?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b10ccd426d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Increased spending won’t fix Kiwi students’ academic decline – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72d674c02a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [‘We need a solution’: Principals push back on forced enrolments, saying it puts kids at risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee3a7fc5ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Bernard Hickey: [Reclaiming our information](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ed5e0bca9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Venuto (Herald): [Online ghosts: Facebook’s millennial ‘reach’ is thousands above NZ population](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dea7bc7077&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Lisa Marriott (Social and legal studies): [Privileging white-collar crime in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=769cd4e4b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Bromell (Georgetown Journal of International Affairs): [After Christchurch: Hard questions for policymakers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1615732d2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [MPs are failing to hold electricity giants to account](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c9bd3b88f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (TVNZ): [Greens leaders pull out of KiwiSaver scheme distributed by Kiwibank after Yemen war link](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73ff0a92fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Ombudsman’s emails see decision taken away from him](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27299292e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Public transport slump a ‘structural shift’, with work from home to stay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d7607e3e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Revived interest in kaupapa-driven Maori Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba15513425&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Marae invasion threat over water treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb1245802b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Free app for learning Moriori released to help revive endangered native language](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50448ba7f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Siouxsie Wiles among New Zealander of the Year finalists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eac7c8baa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Farid Ahmed, mosque shooting victim, New Zealander of the Year finalist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb23d75326&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohny (Stuff): [‘We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re in Nelson’; LGBT+ community cautiously optimistic on crossing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44fc73967a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Marriner (Herald): [‘God will never forgive you’: Protesters confronted at Auckland Pride March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cca42b24d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Christchurch far-right activist Kyle Chapman selling Nazi toy figures in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=740769a661&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)