> ## 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 – 30 April 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-30-april-2020/ - Published: 2020-04-29T20:35:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-04-29T20:29:14.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Winston Peters is back, Ministry of Health proposed complete border shutdown** Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Winston Peters back on his podium with Covid-19 border closure bombshell](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad504e6c7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Peters takes on officialdom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b9ce4986d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Winston Peters comes back with a splash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ebed5379c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Reminding us that NZ First has a mind of its own](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f507cb90e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Dr Ashley Bloomfield justifies Ministry of Health’s proposal to block returning Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db2eb6abd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Foreign Minister Winston Peters reveals border shutdown rejected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=104535beda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Winston Peters says Health Ministry wanted to close borders to Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5e518c212&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Cabinet rejected full border lockdown as ‘inconceivable’ – Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e95cda303b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters reveals Government mulled complete border shutdown as Covid-19 crisis began](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2618910459&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Ministry of Health recommended closing border to returning Kiwis – Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=668ce82f16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Bryce Edwards (Guardian): [Move over culture wars, New Zealand’s post-virus election will be about economics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f03ce13ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern and Simon Bridges need more than a slogan and ideology in times ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db436a5b3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Government officials blocked from using popular Houseparty video chat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cf77ede08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National MP squabbles with Speaker over COVID-19 social distancing rules in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b26f525c60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross is forming his own political party – Advance New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0d8a1a870&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government, public service pay cuts** Newstalk ZB: [David Seymour: Government is lying about bill to cut MPs pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce133762cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [State Services Commissioner urges Crown entities and commissioners to slash pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cac207379&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Public health response** Audrey Young (Herald): [NZ ill-prepared, caught with ‘pants down’, says Professor Des Gorman; Jacinda Ardern rejects criticism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aa48d8422&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Top academic says NZ wasn’t ready for Covid-19 and was caught ‘with our pants down’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=043337c805&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Medical Professor urges health system reform in scathing review of COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dedbfa554&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Not closing borders early ‘squandered our major advantage’ – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c57cffd35f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [A question about false negatives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f11530e8b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Max Towle (RNZ): [‘New Zealand’s response has been one of the strongest’ – WHO](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ada4eab96b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Auckland lecturer claims COVID-19 too political and his ‘Plan B’ academic group is being ignored](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=785d6df594&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Holm (RNZ): [Beyond health and wealth: Lockdown lament for social and cultural life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c217a300b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Level 3 and beyond** Rebekah White (National Geographic): [How will this end?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df579f8bb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Businesses breaking level 3 rules** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Businesses breaking level 3 rules: ‘Who you gonna call?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da978282d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Densely-packed queues at takeaway outlets spark fears of disease outbreaks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a64de1ea8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Crowded takeaways could lead to more Covid-19 clusters, expert warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a86aae27a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Wendy’s CEO slams big players for not following the rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63dc3c4b0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [More than 700 complaints made about business practices in level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d7e5de8b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Over 700 complaints around businesses flouting lockdown rules after takeaways return](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48667207e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [McDonald’s says delivery drivers failed to maintain social distancing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bf7057ca9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Burger joint failed to meet social distancing obligations, PM says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8acc2194f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ‘concerned’ at overcrowding outside Auckland BurgerFuel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51cc10ef76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Unemployment** Cat MacLennan (RNZ): [Post Covid-19 job guarantee scheme a bold solution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bc6d60f90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Johnston and Chris Knox (Herald): [Analysis – who are New Zealand’s new jobless? Right now it’s impossible to tell](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8efd56557&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Benefit numbers exceed GFC – and worse to come](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f295486674&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [Unemployment higher than during GFC and rising – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2f97b5f58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Up to 160 staff at Farmers, Whitcoulls, Pascoes face chop](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=148ca4a30e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy** Newstalk ZB: [Winston Peters: NZ economy can’t go back to the way it was](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9141422b8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Winston Peters: NZ needs to rebuild economy without globalisation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4369d5a711&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Winston Peters wants New Zealand to start manufacturing domestically](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88fcfc779e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Can we remake New Zealand manufacturing after coronavirus?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0619e8932&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Perry (Maori TV): [Could the economic recovery cause another Maori migration?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=035d258c6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Idea to make NZ a billionaire’s paradise a non-starter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e9d6f3722&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Business, wage subsidy** Kate Macnamara (Stuff):[It’s not just the curve that Govt has crushed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84d280823a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Government dismisses calls to help pay business rents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef3f19e3b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz McDonald (Stuff): [Call for more help for cash poor small businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6457d40a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [National calls for ‘direct support’ for small firms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=726456008b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [Both sides of Parliament need to find answers for small businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=189b3bd36f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Hamilton (Stuff): [Big businesses must do their part to help small businesses survive Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edf3f60125&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Z Energy considers wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09f36b2ae6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirk Hope(Stuff): [Wage subsidy criticism of big employers is misguided](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=828c973094&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality, welfare** Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Charities run off their feet, delivering more food in a day than they usually would in a week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=349a40377e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [More than 10K requests for support from Queenstown-Lakes District Council ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc046a93f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) D’Angelo Martin (M?ori TV): [South Auckland M?ori wardens ramp up assistance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be453d727f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **David Clark** Tova O’Brien and James Fyfe (Newshub): [Prime Minister told David Clark’s house move took place prior to lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b59e69328e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [National leader Simon Bridges calls for Health Minister’s resignation after ‘third strike’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d164609802&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [Sacking David Clark should be considered an ‘essential service’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c53bf2306b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Health Minister David Clark defends move as opposition leader hits out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=053e637a88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Schools** RNZ: [Schools, ECEs reopen with fewer children than expecte](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17371fc2a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)d 1News: [Small crowds for early childcare centres reopening under Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ec3573e2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Dominion Post): [Porirua college has physical roll of one, with two teachers, as level drops](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e360944711&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Education Minister Chris Hipkins adamant schools safe despite criticism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a62cc90a39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kohanga reo student packs have fewer resources, parents say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8356de7cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Thousands of students head back to school under strict new Level 3 rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a4ad04c7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Back to school: Thousands of students head back to class](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d82c92454d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom McRae (Newshub): [Over 10,000 laptops ordered by Ministry of Education still delayed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=348f72e33c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich, Tapatahi (M?ori TV): [Education report shows whanau became closer locked-down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f761d78087&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Universities** Joel MacManus and Laura Wiltshire (Dominion Post): [Pay cuts being considered for Victoria University staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58c575a560&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Victoria University delays charging students for unoccupied rooms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6efbcb3e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Company prevented university from topping up cleaners’ wages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d8dc3577f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law and Lee Kenny (Stuff): [Lincoln Uni asks staff to take pay cut due to ‘declining student numbers’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59bbe52900&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Hall rebate not enough — OUSA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=feb1c3db2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Universities across New Zealand face collective half billion dollar loss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0521318ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid-19** Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Healthcare workers make up 1 in 10 of New Zealand’s Covid-19 cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e738008cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea): [COVID Update 29 April 2020 | Progress or Pitfalls? Data, Testing and PPE](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a68b7d1eaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health system** ODT Editorial: [Health’s shape must be considered, now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c064cb38e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Apology for man turned away from Hutt Hospital during asthma attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cdb3fd53b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [GPs suffering low morale and feeling abandoned during Covid-19 crisis, MPs told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0d92a9b67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Epidemic Response Committee hears from medical experts: ‘GPs are feeling almost abandoned’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf4e33778b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Canterbury DHB to allow visitors under alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f3937b463&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Sisters denied request to visit dying mother](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=303473ef56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Mental health workers warn of dire consequences of COVID-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c6d77ca24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Nurses Union** Grant Brookes: [Where to now for nurses?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55aebf2609&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Chumko (Stuff): [Three more resignations at New Zealand Nurses Organisation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c170118d51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment, conservation, animal exploitation** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [‘Overexploitation of nature’ spreads diseases like Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e437b20ac5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Climate change: lakes and rivers will become drier, increasingly infectious and toxic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=811851118f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams: [West Coast council reverses wetlands decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85badae035&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Quarantine** Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [24-hour walk ban for Kiwis isolating in hotels during alert level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a38b7292c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [New case in Auckland quarantine centre proves system is working – PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6186a5aed1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Quarantined travellers in Auckland hotel complain of poor food, rude staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd2947bb3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** Matt Burrows (Newshub): [China promises not to punish New Zealand for joining Australia’s inquiry into COVID-19 origins – Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f6588b2aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Foreign Minister Winston Peters on NZ’s foreign policy response to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=962da60069&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests** RNZ: [Elton John, U2 tickets among gifts given to PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56f95c2dc1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern’s perks: Concert tickets from U2’s Bono, Time magazine subscription](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e9f91c9d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small and Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [From U2 tickets to cigars from Cuba: The weird and wonderful gifts given to MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fca5a43f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [Concerts, sports games, cigars and a painting: Here’s what our MPs were gifted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c7a96b1d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Money from mysterious NZ First Foundation used to fund a NZ First MP’s UK travel junket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d29963d41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ First Foundation funded MP’s trip to Europe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32b922846b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Provincial Growth Fund** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [$48 million being pumped into regional economy through Provincial Growth Fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9532ed558c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Farming irrigation main beneficiary of $50m in PGF loans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9000ba8561&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Care of our elderly** Charles Waldegrave (Stuff): [Elderly need balance between protection and isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c79147662&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Blackwell (Stuff): [Aged-care sector doing its utmost to protect the vulnerable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8268343547&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [ACC, TVNZ partner to launch show aimed at keeping elderly Kiwis active](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8635f9cccf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Mandy Te (Stuff): [Tenants going without food to pay rent during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2d8c86eb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohny (Stuff): [Chance for ‘meaningful change’ for the homeless](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31b86d2845&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [More than 100,000 Kiwis taking mortgage relief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d89655eea7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrea Fox (Herald): [Sir John Key’s property market predictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acd2ba445e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Checkpoints** Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [South Taranaki checkpoint discovers many flouting level 3 rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff7984fe04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne (Stuff): [Iwi checkpoints might be polite, but that doesn’t make them legal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36de1388c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Police step in after community roadblocks unlawfully close off access to Northland beaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f6c094ab6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘My two-year-old son was confused’ – Auckland couple turned away from beach by iwi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ae94faa2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Great taste of Threedom](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7746dfb72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport, freight** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Air NZ crews hoping to halt redundancies until alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ee667284d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Air traffic boss says two years at least for partial Covid-19 domestic flight recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=684a6a91a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [When can we travel internationally again?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e8938043e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Coronavirus NZ podcast: Grounded – Will we ever fly again?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37d53f9d53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Future hazy for Dunedin airport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6355adb49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Cook Strait ferry operator StraitNZ consults staff as freight volumes drop 50%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=509c9c41aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cycling** RNZ: [Cycling popularity changes gear during lockdown and supporters look to capitalise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7109039f61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Dominion Post): [Bike lanes should be a priority for stimulus investment, Wellington cyclists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec31b26a28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Kiwisaver** 1News: [Recently redundant Northlander fights to use KiwiSaver to pay off mortgage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=accc91c5f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Littlewood (Stuff): [KiwiSaver hardship rules must be changed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7f492ac37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Government must let unemployed use KiwiSaver to clear debt, Picton man says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=562635cbdb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Grant Miller (ODT): [Most local govt staff have work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9871c71a8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams: [Kaikoura must make cuts before considering rate hike – councillor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=317050f81f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [West Coast Regional Council scraps rates rise, votes to borrow instead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f0249c42b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones: [Kawerau to spend nearly $1m on drinking water, flood protection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0aa96dc38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice, corrections** Stuff: [Deportees are sitting in prison cells after police cancel escort duties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e37b8ebf7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [From ‘Oh dear, this is hopeless’ to OK](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8216043c22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Chris Keall (Herald): [What’s wrong with Australia’s tracing app – and an NZ firm’s alternative](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71c63fcf7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Questions over Ruby Princess health declarations in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9ebe83ecc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers and Felippe Rodrigues (Stuff): [How movement changed across New Zealand during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d660ba501&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [Concern for vulnerable children after dramatic drop in reports to Oranga Tamariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c81fc76dc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Infrastructure and home building sectors vye for ”shovel ready” cash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df8f564ca2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): [Cruise ships set sail, leave debt behind](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7aee77ae46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Cook Islands relaxes Covid-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff0672d6ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Surge in demand for budgeting advice during Covid-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6a37b5f1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Reduced income means budgeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebde7c982a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ had $672m trade surplus in March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60241e2966&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Fiordland tourism operators frustrated with national park rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c4127cf04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Christine Rose (Newshub): [It’s time to end duck shooting for good](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5cfcaee8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Smith (ODT): [Legislator surged to act to get ouvea premix out of old mill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0712eef01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)