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# Daily News Roundup – 3 May 2021
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-3-may-2021/
- Published: 2021-05-02T20:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-02T20:15:11.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

**National Party: “Separatism” and He Puapua**  
Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Judith Collins’ speech raises important issues for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4bbc87848&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Ardern in the gun over He Puapua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b87b7cd7a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Judith Collins issues race relations warning, says Labour planning ‘two systems by stealth’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26d6d70862&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [Echoes of the past in Judith Collins’ speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28bc293393&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Harman: [Collins and National make a right turn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ebfaafaba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Farrar: [Collins attacks separatist agenda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cad5ca8f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Giles Dexter (Newshub): [Kelvin Davis attacks Judith Collins’ ‘desperate’ Maori governance speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1b3761334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Judith Collins’ campaign against Maori systems won’t win votes – commentator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72ec799617&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins defends speech suggesting Labour are planning a ‘separatist’ Maori Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef490f8420&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Government plans may lead to Maori systems for education, justice – Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e49ce2f09b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**National Party: leadership and diversity**  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [Does National need to change the way it elects its leader?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a22738bbf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Damien Grant (Stuff): [Here’s your problem, National: You need to take your leader seriously](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5ce07e4f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Simon Bridges blames National’s lack of diversity on being ‘decimated’ at election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7eb5845e33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Crystal Wu and Giles Dexter (Newshub): [National MPs admit ‘we’ve got some work to do’ on diversity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f343f8c9e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing crisis**  
Chris McDowall and Ben Leahy (Herald): [Interactive: 40 years of sky-high house prices – how your region compares](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79276aa8bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [After last month’s big policy announcement, what’s left for the Government to do on housing affordability?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16dd6f2efd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Housing crisis ‘tragedy for the future’ of children’s education, welfare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac2dad7a0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jane Bowron (Stuff): [House hogs needed reining in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddaa72dbd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Green Party starts new push for ‘reasonable’ rent controls to fix ‘very sick market’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfa1083f6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Rent controls needed alongside increased housing supply – renters group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3871faea7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kim Knight (Herald): [What’s it like when you don’t own your home? The housing crisis and renters aged 8-82](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=654ab100c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Cherie Howie (Herald): [Home Truths: First home buyers profiled in 2016 tell their stories](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ab6a51ae4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Rent controls should remain an option – Swarbrick](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d0ad1a6a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Rent controls needed alongside increased housing supply – renters group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c16d8774b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Carmen Hall (Herald): [Landlords face rhetoric of abuse as rents continue to soar](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f9547c6f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nadine Porter (Stuff): [Frightened tenants tell of worsening community housing horrors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0ce12ec7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kerre McIvor (Herald): [Government leaving taxpayers in the cold over emergency housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea6d6995d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [People don’t expect housing market to turn in year ahead, ANZ survey finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=957351cd86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amanda Clinton-Gohdes (Stuff): [The crisis of rental, public, and emergency housing facing Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea3fb2651e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jane Matthews (Stuff): [‘Best off’ status doesn’t solve Taranaki’s public housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13adb0db95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Shannon Johnstone (Stuff): [Hawke’s Bay rent increases are now the highest in NZ. Here’s the impact that’s having](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff6818890d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Stannard (Stuff): [Character of old houses can’t be found in ‘souless’ suburban builds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c279d34553&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Kathy Spencer (Herald): [Has Andrew Little been sold a pup on health reforms?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fae67b3f07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Will Harvie (Stuff): [Most dentists think a publicly-funded dentistry system won’t work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=302b9ffe7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [‘We are worried’ — doctors fear patients will die waiting in ambulances this winter, unable to access overcrowded emergency departments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0896c7dc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Poverty and high health needs ‘driving GP shortage’ in south Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c67e3922e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Joyce (Herald): [Health reforms – what’s in it for patients?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=923cca4397&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Virginia Fallon (Stuff): [Type 2 diabetes: ‘A tidal wave that will devastate the NZ health system’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c9828c42a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michelle Duff (Stuff): [Maternity safety officers to be appointed to DHBs – Ayesha Verrall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d294f30cd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cate Broughton (Stuff): [New Zealand criticised for ‘missed opportunities’ on cervical cancer screening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdcc22cdfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘When they refused me, they sentenced me to death’ – Bowel cancer sufferer slams Southern DHB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=313dc45658&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicholas Jones (Herald): [‘Functionally obsolete’ IT system at Auckland Hospital to be scrapped](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20c5295e62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kirsty Wynn (Herald): [Mum of sick 2-year-old writes open letter begging for kids’ hospital beds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c10ed66c4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Health: Pharmacy**  
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Pharmac likely to end blanket funding for kids’ cancer drugs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afcb5be3ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Pharmac drug-buying wish list needs extra $400m; calls for review to include funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=832293351a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ian Powell: [Pharmac’s welcome transparency highlights need for real bold Government action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=432a2cfd6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Robbie Nicol (Stuff): [The comically large catch in the Government’s review into Pharmac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=444dac6f35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy and work**  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [A ‘balanced’ Budget is on the way, but not in the traditional sense](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a0636dae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Janine Starks (Stuff): [Our ‘only hope’ in creating financial stability in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae31b74098&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Is central bank independence under attack?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15ba9e3461&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Reserve Bank, Treasury working to improve Maori access to capital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd28f4cbcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Roughan (Herald): [NZ’s tourism industry needs the rest of the world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=895b601187&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jane Clifton (Listener/Herald): [The Government’s silence on immigration is deafening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c72b5ea1a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Scheme that offered $1000 to relocate to pick fruit attracts just 339 people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=caecc29aa7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Hollywood blockbuster director James Cameron pledges to repay Covid-19 wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c332ffe26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Oranga Tamariki**  
Stuff: [Editorial – Oranga Tamariki’s failings exposed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b518135e57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Oranga Tamariki: Waitangi Tribunal recommends Maori authority to reform system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01f50279a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [Are Maori breaking the Treaty?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c68c7ed56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Mum whose child was uplifted backs calls for Maori-led overhaul of Oranga Tamariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c15390967e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Allow Maori to fix Oranga Tamariki, Crown told, after Waitangi Tribunal inquiry finds multiple Treaty breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73bc5dcf88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [‘Status quo cannot continue’ – Children’s Minister responds to Waitangi Tribunal finding on Oranga Tamariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1481e3b5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Waitangi Tribunal doesn’t recommend disbanding Oranga Tamariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=726af5225e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**China and New Zealand**  
Rodney Jones (Stuff): [The China Challenge: Why China’s disingenuity matters to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44031d67dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [National tries to find right stance on China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=406e6c9789&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Gerry Brownlee ‘more concerned now’ about Xinjiang after orchestrated China ‘propaganda’ presentation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f686844c52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Chinese Embassy rolls out ‘propaganda’ briefing on Xinjiang for New Zealand audience](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9f5739684&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
ODT: [Editorial – A revolution in local government?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd322b7788&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karl du Fresne: [Joyous hugs and kisses as democracy takes another hit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ec8ab98f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eric Crampton (Stuff): [Is local government fit for purpose?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45ffffd75c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damian George (Stuff): [City councillor Tamatha Paul ruffling feathers as bold moves cause controversy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c57090ff57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Complaint against Wellington city councillor Simon Woolf revealed after Ombudsman investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bd52bbb01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gwynn Compton (Stuff): [Local government review offers chance to transform Wellington’s fortunes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8da9e54cab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sinead Gill (Stuff): [Maori wards introduced in Rangit?kei ahead of next year’s election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae8c9ce54c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sinead Gill (Stuff): [District mayors feel left in the dark over water reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b9e5024a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Covid: Vaccinations programme and border**  
Lee Kenny and Kelly Dennett (Stuff): [Top epidemiologist calls on government to intervene as Kiwis prepare to travel to Tokyo for Olympics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4246475cd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZ’s MIQ system three times more likely to be breached than Australia’s – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2b736d09a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [Major vaccine milestone: New Zealand hits 250,000 Covid-19 jabs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a17c5e443&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Customs sacks nine border workers for refusing Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1067a0e84a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Dillane (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: MIQ hotels only two-thirds full after transtasman bubble, taxpayers pay $300m for quarantine in past year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8b6389fa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Editorial: Bubble, border breaches complicate strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=997d566521&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Act Party**  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Act leader David Seymour’s embarrassment: ‘Can’t afford to buy’ guy has an interest in three properties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d5a3bbcd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [ACT leader David Seymour admits he’s a beneficiary of property-holding trusts after years of saying he couldn’t afford to buy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=962021aba9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Uma Ahmed (Stuff): [ACT leader David Seymour visits Invercargill as part of free speech speaking tour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c4ab6d834&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of David Seymour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93a45c0b93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Parliament and political parties**  
Herald: [Press Gallery 150th anniversary: New Zealand prime ministers pose for rare photo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e9068d0eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [Prepping for Budget 2021 at Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4af216ac06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [Beehive Diaries: A leadership change and a bouquet for National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c548883019&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fact or Fiction: contested housing advice, electoral law, the pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcba132bd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Art commemorating Christchurch mosque victims hung in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2b1aa646b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Media, communications and information**  
Steven Cowan: [The Mainstream media: ‘Managing’ democracy on behalf of the one percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf78919bce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [The news stories making readers dumber](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f914f1e992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Points of Order: The Press Gallery turns 151, celebrates its 150th](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5144a6a83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
Andrea Fox (Herald): [Dive in regular school attendance rate bodes ill for the future economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd0a54f150&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Truancy ‘crisis’: 30,000 chronically absent students out of reach for under-funded services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e8b9d528c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Teachers feel ‘very unconfident’ teaching maths – Associate Education Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e6bc2969b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Robert Bartholomew (Stuff): [Our history of Maori segregation needs to be part of the curriculum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f37ebfab3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Is there a stage beyond Apoplectic?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=024ca867cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Chris Trotter: [After four years in office](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ee1b42ea4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jehan Casinader (Stuff): [Being ‘stale, pale and male’ doesn’t mean you’re obsolete](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd94dec934&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dave Goosselink (Newshub): [New Zealand faces blackouts, higher power prices if heavy rain doesn’t arrive in next few months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9181c4657f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Nippert (Herald): [‘Stuck in the dark ages’: Men hold 59% of the highest-paid jobs in government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3720520f2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Review of decision to bar controversial speakers from Auckland Council venue dismissed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=544982e192&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jon Johansson (Stuff): [I’m a republican, but my thoughts are with the Queen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17eb549a8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Marlborough’s new aquaculture rules have ‘scent’ of Treaty breach – iwi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e80683fab8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Facebook removes page for controversial anti-vax party Advance NZ — again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=557091c6de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Facebook takes down Advance New Zealand page for second time over misinformation breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d10c396ff8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alison Mau (Stuff): [When will the abuse end for NZ’s servicewomen?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aa48be8f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scarlett Cvitanovich (Herald): [Euthanasia: Are we ready for legalised assisted dying in New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c64c866ec3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Time for climate realism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a0f6563ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Moore (1News): [Kiwis forking out tens of thousands on fertility treatments to start family – ‘There’s not good funding’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0df2a2cd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Incidents of security guards photographing public ‘probably increasing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b0d776c4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

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