> ## 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 July 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-30-july-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-29T20:40:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-29T20:27:03.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Managed isolation charges, escapees, border** Audrey Young (Herald): [Govt misstep on user-charges for coronavirus Covid-19 isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd91db87f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT Editorial: [Payment regime welcomed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f40799f380&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Quarantine charging is nothing more than tokenism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a92ed88d4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Govt’s puerile isolation hotel charging system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab37f05b29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Labour’s pandering quarantine charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1fcc4d572&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Winston Peters accuses Labour, Greens of ‘naked political self-interest’ over COVID-19 quarantine charging plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e650ef2dc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters slams ‘dreadful public policy’ that sees only some returning Kiwis paying for managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8618fb8bd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National and NZ First promise to charge more returning Kiwis after election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db26719d55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Parties divided over managed isolation fee legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7eed7faa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘Total failure’: Government defends charging some returnees for quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7074b08b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Megan Woods: ‘A good balance’ in quarantine charges regime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=903470a69f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Explainer: Who pays, who’s exempt from managed isolation fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e70abe387b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Will I have to pay for a stay in NZ’s managed isolation system? All you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d011f9d758&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Quarantine fee of $3100 to hit temporary visitors or those leaving country after new rules come into effect](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee92b0855a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [Who will have to pay the proposed managed isolation charges? Not many](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d7d7a115d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Government seeks to charge $3100 isolation fee for holidayers, temporary stayers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fd85bfa1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Government to charge for COVID-19 managed isolation in some cases: Here’s what’s been proposed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7b1278575&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Kiwis abroad anxious, confused at plans to charge certain returnees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e7368f244&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Trans-Tasman hearts breaking in wake of border closure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab4887152b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Isolation fee decision looms: Recovering Kiwi expat facing return home calls for compassion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08b56a768f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Hamilton family accused of escaping Hamilton quarantine hotel supported by NZ Public Party co-leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1af0d7f5a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Thousands, including hundreds of Kiwis, still flying out of NZ every week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12b6198bbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [UK grants last-minute visa extension for stranded foreigners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9f42ea914&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Judith Collins would allow Cook Islands’ travel bubble this week if Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=393caca59e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Air New Zealand puts hold on bookings for Australia flights until 28 August](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=880c43ca9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Small, easy grants to help people start businesses a useful part of the Covid ‘rebuild’ plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcf4464a52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (Herald): [National’s BusinessStart policy: Critics target mixed messaging, risks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ee4685c25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Risks to using KiwiSaver money: adviser](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bda806d67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ardern says National’s proposed KiwiSaver withdrawals for business start-ups would ‘undermine retirement savings’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd50690822&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony and Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [National forecasts funding start-ups with KiwiSaver draw-downs and tax credits would cost $97m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f49ebc5743&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [National’s plan for Kiwis to start their own businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f84d80a299&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [National promises the unemployed access to KiwiSaver funds to start businesses ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f5db4ec43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘It’s your money’ – National pitches policy allowing Kiwi entrepreneurs to withdraw KiwiSaver funds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=852b9deddd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Judith Collins reveals ‘fabulous’ business she’d create with $20,000 BusinessStart policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebf7593628&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Lost your job, keen to start a business? National’s BusinessStart policy enables $20k KiwiSaver withdrawals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c168ad04f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [National eyes KiwiSaver to fund new businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ff0839285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ————— Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Kiwis want clean election campaign – but Judith Collins has officially declared it ‘dirty’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95928a5d02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins touts strong interest in soon-to-be vacated seats amid recent controversies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15f52073cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Holm (Stuff): [Judith Collins’ comedic turn shows the risk of humour to politicians](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=916566ec38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [The rise and fall of Judith Collins’ eyebrow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5e65744c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newshub: Eyebrow raising: [Judith Collins’ masterclass on how to use your eyebrow to show you are joking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8914147ac6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Judith Collins on polling criticism and prison escapees ‘joke’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d462f88f79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [NZ Jewish Council ‘not at all’ offended by National’s William Wood Hitler ‘impersonation’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c8ab618a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Labour MP Chris Hipkins emerges as William Wood’s surprise ally after Hitler photo resurfaces](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a644bbbdac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘I’ve got your back’ – National leader Judith Collins defends teen candidate over Hitler impersonation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c4b6dba75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [National candidate subject of ‘nasty, dirty’ bullying after apparent Hitler imitation emerges – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e653b36975&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [National candidate’s ‘Hitler’ photo – Judith Collins blasts bullies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5734724763&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins defends National MP Hamish Walker, candidate William Wood from ‘bullying’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e0eed99e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Claire Trevett (Herald): [National MP Todd Muller ‘slowly rebuilding’ and ‘humbled’ by support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b9493fd44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Former National Party leader Todd Muller’s health improving, says Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81a9a727a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins gives update on Todd Muller’s condition after dramatic exit as National leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=366773c02d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Waka jumping law,** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Dead rat spit back up: Green Party vote to repeal waka jumping law with National, infuriating Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a21a42eb96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [James Shaw and Winston Peters go head to head over waka-jumping](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf85a913fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Winston Peters attacks ‘unstable, untrustworthy’ Greens for supporting waka-jumping repeal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c091b7c8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, Paula Bennett & Sarah Dowie valedictories** RNZ: [MPs absent from Parliament still receiving pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=145c3504d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Breanna Barraclough (1News): [Love hearts and frowny faces: Stats reveal how New Zealand’s politicians are faring on Facebook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1bd093fcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Paula Bennett bows out of Parliament ‘half the size but twice the woman’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1ba2124c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Watch: Paula Bennett signs off from Parliament with heartfelt and humorous speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a60566da51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Paula Bennett’s parliamentary farewell: ‘I went hard and full on’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=407b56ae10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [National MP Paula Bennett bids farewell to Parliament after 15 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=512e0fb4ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Jackson (Stuff): [Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie would ‘walk across hot coals’ to get out of politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34c6cce9d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Sarah Dowie comes out swinging in valedictory speech, calls for better treatment of women in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=931be1ca91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election, polls** Claire Trevett (Herald): [Leaders Unplugged – High tea with National Party leader Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da685d3d59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Newshub refutes claim highlighted by Judith Collins about ‘push polling’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8c163d19e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Polls, rogue polls and statistics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf3e02cac9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [National MP not relying on past popularity to win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a8f1af9b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Minor parties facing oblivion at election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5782e43c37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Election 2020: When is it and what are you voting for?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e63b0b258&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Euthanasia referendum: How assisted dying laws work around the world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=951a78dd56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (NBR): [Weed, death, and referendums](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94292c8473&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Resource Management Act** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Biggest RMA shake-up in a generation: how Labour’s planning laws will work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a28ef926e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [The end of the Resource Management Act is nigh](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ac6ba7745&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘Stand up for real things like a real Maori’: Winston Peters takes aim at RMA reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ea6d5e85e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Resource Management Act review urges more power for iwi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bc840e0c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caroline Miller (Stuff): [RMA reform addresses environmental needs of our urbanised society](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b909a64ebe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [RMA Reform Proposals: What You Need to Know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bb2457589&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Rip up the RMA and start again, says major working group review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c08878c763&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Panel suggests RMA be scrapped and replaced by two new pieces of legislation, which both address planning and environmental issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=207101cb8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Panel suggests repeal and replace of Resource Management Act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=399aad2002&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [The new RMA: fewer plans and consents, more Government direction and Maori involvement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f658b9ba7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Major parties promise timely RMA change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f0429b415&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Lockdown legality case, NZ’s Covid response** Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Lockdown legality case: Decision reserved on final day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=919f00b593&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Risk of unintended consequences if lockdown ruled unlawful, court told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baa82540f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Argument against Bloomfield’s decision not ‘sensible’ or ‘logical’, court hears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d4a090e64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Bridie Witton (Stuff): [DHBs don’t know if staff moonlighting in managed isolation and returning to hospital wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba37c416e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang (RNZ): [Government may provide indemnity to NZ supplier of Covid-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75060c6f6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Heagney (Manawat? Standard): [Lessons learnt from past pandemics can apply to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b171ea647&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Mass masking ‘key’ to planning for new Covid-19 outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d373c1dc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** Paul Clark (Herald): [Time for a reality check on Chinese interference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b33cf92341&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Chinese state media labels New Zealand as ‘chess piece’ playing ‘little trick’ with extradition treaty move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60914dfb6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: N[Z won’t be intimidated by China’s ‘megaphone diplomacy’ over Hong Kong – Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50857ad75a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Winston Peters says New Zealand has ‘limited steps’ it can take against Hong Kong security law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9a41a7759&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [New Zealand ‘will not compromise’ on suspending extradition treaty with Hong Kong unless new security law revoked, says Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fc9797811&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Winston Peters on potential retaliation from China after NZ suspends extradition treaty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8958b7d2e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [What NZ Govt’s delayed Hong Kong move means](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=beb38e3dfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Jami-Lee Ross wants to end the Chinafication of politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcc00c0953&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Oliver Lewis (Press): [Health Minister announces when New Zealand’s ‘largest hospital building’ will open to patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e86f21d420&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [How Auckland Hospital’s $262m infrastructure upgrade will be spent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d56ee12c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron van Delden (RNZ): [DHB stands by decision to axe school doctors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45829090fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Breanna Barraclough (1News): [All medicines containing codeine to be prescription-only from November 5](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03bbebc331&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isobel Prasad (Te Karere): [New framework to address inequity for Maori in hospice care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93e7a524ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephanie Ockhuysen (Stuff): [Nurse gets struck off for racist comments in first hearing of its kind – then walks out during karakia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f6b33a92d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hugh Collins and Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): [Mental health capacity concern for Queenstown mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78d7b2170d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Mills (Greymouth Star): [New Grey Hospital opens doors to public](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f9c25f037&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Welfare** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government promises to end ‘subsequent child policy’ for mothers on the benefit ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aee3e435fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Government to remove subsequent child policy from New Zealand legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=122cfdb53c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Damian George and Mandy Te (Stuff): [Heritage debate ensues over Victoria University’s plan to demolish Gordon Wilson Flats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df6e96a023&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Hundreds more families homeschooling after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4bcbd78ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [As Maori students faced education inequality during lockdown, iwi stepped up – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=439a8f6bd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Perry (ODT): [Student death: call for change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=332665d338&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Parents of student killed at Dunedin party speak about their push for change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d56de5017&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** David Hargreaves (Interest): [The first home buyer ‘surge’ may just be a natural rebalancing of normal demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7212c9f00f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Homeowners still seeking mortgage holidays, Reserve Bank data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a74bb9efc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Couple fears derailment of home ownership dream amid Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f910293cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Southcombe (Newsroom): [Could co-op housing solve our housing crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e405a92519&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** ODT: [Tim Shadbolt – ‘Fighting fit’ despite ‘obscure’ council report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12de69b33c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Southland Times Editorial: [What happens in vagueness stays in vagueness?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8884685236&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Hawke’s Bay to float setting up a climate mitigation unit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af5e3376df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Auckland Transport Devonport road: Surprise as community board rejects plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bf91b0cc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Kristin Hall (1News): [Rights of film workers in New Zealand could change under new bill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90a2d992dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Employers want Holidays Act reform – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff1e4bb9d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Lockdown created ‘perfect storm’ for ERA backlog](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a91b7748c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Climate Change Commissioner Rod Carr on the need for a national energy plan, what to do with Tiwai Point’s electricity, decarbonising transport and more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc050e5856&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Environment Court accused of multiple errors in Awaiti water take case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cb9a89794&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Activists celebrate after WorkSafe halts tree-felling at contentious Auckland site](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f531e524b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [More than 70 big retail closures in 2020, and warning more to come](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2d0dfd5f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Kiwi small businesses recovering faster from Covid-19 than those in Australia and UK](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6f02344da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Report suggests NZ small business revenue has rebounded well post-lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=defa4f2b5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Flight Centre NZ to make around 230 staff redundant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9fe327bab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Keith Woodford (Interest): [Regenerative agriculture is in vogue as a concept but what does it really mean?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a1c95faa6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guy Trafford (Interest): [Very mixed employment signals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1eacce6511&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Regional NZ has good questions as to why KiwiRail forgot them in Covid recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6151049f00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Dominion Post): [Another link in $2 billion asphalt chain north of Wellington facing delays](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cee4628c5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Iwi group accepts $300k from Minister after agreeing to hold election, then renege](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebe3dfdbe4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [New funding to help vulnerable, indebted announced by Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fdc8d21e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Clock ticking on Wellington water supply: ‘We don’t want to be Auckland’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a65f464cf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Court dismisses Phillip Smith suit against Corrections over rehabilitation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=589626fe47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Thousands of Kiwibank customers caught up in privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a14a25d50d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwibank sends wrong bank statements to thousands of customers in privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f21902ed0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Huge step forward’ – hapu welcome proposal to return Matakana Island land taken by Crown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca84de5eed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [What the Misery Index means for the Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4772db5a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lynley Ward and Kim Moodie (Herald): [Americans visit Immigration NZ website every 30 seconds, tens of thousands consider shift to virus-free NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d29582cf0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [MPs reach across the House to ban female genital mutilation ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=891134faa7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Confederate flag replacement ditches Stars and Bars for Maori culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e59a2eed73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)