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# Daily News Roundup – 31 July 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-31-july-2020/
- Published: 2020-07-30T20:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-31T21:06:23.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

**1News Colmar Brunton poll, opinion polls**  
1News: [1 News Colmar Brunton poll: Collins up as preferred PM, but National still in deep trouble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fd60a08b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [1 News poll ‘great for Ardern, leaves Collins disappointed’ says Jessica Mutch McKay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c5c82c25b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Who do you trust in Parliament? PM rates highly, Winston Peters least trusted party leader in latest poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4f4fde8ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Latest poll puts Labour at 53, National at 32](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da499e7369&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [National Party slumps in new political poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=243ae32aeb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Judith Collins, National flounder; Labour, Jacinda Ardern rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07bc0ad65e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National still in disaster territory in new poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=598a02c1d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [TVNZ political poll – National under Judith Collins at 32%, trail Labour by 21 points](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d409dfd8c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [National loses support to Labour and ACT in latest 1 NEWS-Columar Brunton Poll; NZ First struggling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11f0c92356&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Latest polls says Labour could govern alone; Nats hang in above 30%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58b4cf6371&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
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Jo Moir (RNZ): [New poll: ‘Bad start’ for National, Greens ‘defied the odds’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49bf69b2d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Latest TVNZ poll proves Newshub one ‘was an outlier’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19f79231af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Act leader David Seymour: ‘We have a great chance at winning’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a2063e6a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Tyson (Maori TV): [Peters says political polls are wrong after low result for NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f476b44995&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Josh Van Veen: [Polls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d8cd83e15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Election**  
Claire Trevett: (Herald) [Judith Collins yet to stop National’s polls bleeding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2eb6e9f9b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Election 2020: National staring down different shades of loss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=449de24cea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Harman (Politik): [A bad day and a bad poll — but National could still win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcc46aae5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Wilson (Herald): [Auckland election diary: Getting angry about poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12ddf59e0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Matthew Brockett (Bloomberg): [The Woman Seeking to Dethrone Political Superstar Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64f22a97b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Trotter: [Who Ya Gonna Call? Labour and the New Zealand Economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ccf0d3eb43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [New Zealand First and Greens again at war – sparring over accusations of broken promises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8511a62317&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Winston Peters accuses Greens of ‘misusing Labour’ in scrap over ‘waka-jumping’ repeal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffa42f2811&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dominic Harris (Stuff): [National candidate resists call to forgo ratepayer-funded salary during campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2f65ed2f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): [National leader Judith Collins makes confusing Christchurch Hospital car parking ‘promise’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2452d6f3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New Conservative candidate admits being ‘pranked’ after posting digitally altered image](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13c69f9cc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Ewing: [Be Like Angus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73217d8051&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament, role of media in politics, valedictory speeches**  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Labour MP Clare Curran worried a politician will kill themselves before news media examines itself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c3304ba66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Clare Curran says media culpable in toxic Parliament culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7f8a14a67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Stuff boss and owner tells staff that voluntary pay cuts will be refunded](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d131358cd7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Nikki Kaye, Amy Adams and Nathan Guy urge Kiwis to remember the good of politics as they bow out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e3eef3cdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Nikki Kaye, Amy Adams and Nathan Guy say their goodbyes to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8422fdb1d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [National MPs Nikki Kaye and Amy Adams sign off from Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84c48660ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Watch: Nikki Kaye drops the F-bomb as she bows out of Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54a76b72e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Nikki Kaye recalls Sir John Key telling her she’s ‘not f\*\*\*ing going anywhere’ when trying to resign after cancer diagnosis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a15085f86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Nikki Kaye drops F-Bomb in final Parliamentary speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b89bd6b815&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [National MP Amy Adams signs off with ‘be brave’ message](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d5ef5e1f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Covid privacy leak – Heron report**  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Covid patient leak inquiry leaves questions unanswered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=daf70026ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Analysis: Inquiry into Covid-19 leak missed a chance to delve into political murk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da52946174&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: Checkpoint: [Privacy Commissioner investigating Boag’s, Walker’s leak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47debcd2fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘Disgraceful and grubby’ but Hamish Walker and Michelle Boag unlikely to face penalties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c22570f55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Data leakers Boag, Walker did not consider harm to patients – Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de6f61edf8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Health Minister Chris Hipkins blasts ‘disgraceful and grubby’ COVID-19 data breach by Hamish Walker, Michelle Boag](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=210b685d58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘A disgraceful and grubby act’ – Health Minister unloads on Boag and Walker over leak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f356b24906&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Judith Collins: ‘You can’t play around with people’s privacy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50fb6e9681&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig McCullough (RNZ): [Covid-19 privacy leak was ‘deliberate and politically motivated’, SSC inquiry finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b337b4903&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [Covid-19 patients’ privacy breach ‘not justified or reasonable’, inquiry finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bd552b37c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Covid-19 data breach probe: Hamish Walker admits leaking over ‘pressure of being labelled a racist’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da1f8fc381&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Hamish Walker sent private patient details after being labelled racist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e39437cbca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Caroline Williams (Stuff): [Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust issued breach of contract notice over Covid-19 leak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b771b2188&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Ministry of Health issues breach of confidence to Auckland Helicopter Rescue Trust following COVID-19 patient leak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e436085df4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Revealed: The cost of the COVID-19 data breach probe – not including disgraced MP Hamish Walker’s salary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61dd05e6bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Managed isolation, contact tracing, testing, border restrictions**  
RNZ: [‘A balanced and fair approach’ – Megan Woods on charging for managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10cc9c3ae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [New Zealand teen’s plea to PM for exemption to managed isolation charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ead45d241&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Investigations launched after claims of managed isolation security guards falling asleep on the job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ffc0469ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Two areas of NZ told to get tested after NZ-linked Korean COVID-19 case returns second positive test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=320fe811a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Guy Williams (ODT): [Test call for resort visitors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6b4cd57d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [South Korea traveller visited Queenstown, Fiordland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ecd3d2007&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Hipkins, Bloomfield urge Kiwis to get tested for COVID-19 if asked, but haven’t been tested themselves](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81315cd582&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Chris Hipkins says too many Kiwis are ‘reluctant’ to get Covid-19 test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0246f00dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Doctors worried not enough testing for Covid-19 happening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20120c74d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Surgeon says New Zealand killing Cooks with kindness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a5bf78f76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ben Francis (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says officials looking into Warriors duo unable to re-enter NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5f0ea9369&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: NRL: [‘Looking to be resolved’ – Jacinda Ardern responds to Warriors players not being able to return to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90fa48c91a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Government plans $500 million expansion to K?inga Ora’s housing retrofits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=832d3b32ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damian George (Stuff): [The only way is up: Wellington reveals plans to house 74,000 more people in next 30 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc150bfcde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Twyford believes government changes will lead to urban intensification](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=803bccb098&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Judith Collins says MP ‘just got it wrong’ claiming last National Govt built 30,000 state houses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ff6a71c9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says it would be ‘fantastic’ if National’s false housing claims were true](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fa652ac85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [National housing spokesperson Jacqui Dean falsely claims they built 30,000 state homes when last in power](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=284e1b8d85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley and Lucy Walker (Newshub): [Fears of a homelessness explosion once wage subsidy runs out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91521b67a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Foreign affairs, trade**  
Bruce Munro (ODT): [Global Insight: Peters’ link with Brexiteers ‘blurs message’ on China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ed7f954bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicholas Khoo (ODT): [NZ-China link: hard thinking required](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=314a2a042e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen thanks Jacinda Ardern for ‘speaking up’ for Taiwan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cb44cdf7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reportedly asks Korean president for co-operation after diplomat is charged with sexual assault](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e2249a97d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Guy Trafford (Interest): [Navigating between elephants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa965d3e1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [New Zealand one step closer to reaching free trade deal with Britain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=070a382ad9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Resource Management Act**  
RNZ: [Resource Management Act changes good but ‘devil in the detail’ – law expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=973597ba63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Chlöe Swarbrick and David Seymour agree on scrapping RMA, but that’s where their agreement ends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33c86682b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Fed Farmers backs RMA overhaul but wants one law, not two](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e6780874f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Economy, business**  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Economists ‘might have to concede they overestimated negatives’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8971a7eb74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joanna Norris (Stuff): [NZ can learn from Christchurch’s post-quake mistakes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=061c2e712d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Sir Bill English warns businesses to prepare for W-shaped downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffad42c6bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hires Rob Fyfe back as her Covid-19 private sector conduit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68707d311b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Prime Minister brings back Rob Fyfe as business advisor for Covid-19 recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17ea72b887&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Andrew Little proposes fund for businesses, after NZ First pulls support for rent law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b1b6e6655&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Government drops commercial rent compulsory arbitration plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef0037476d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [Govt bypasses legislative change to commercial rent after NZ First disagreement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=103b95e443&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Law change to help commercial rent disputes axed after New Zealand First disagrees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5e063b5b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [NZ First slams ‘Muldoonesque’ move by Labour to solve rent relief impasse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3de00060f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Nicholas Pointon (RNZ): [Covid recovery business confidence boost has ‘run its course’ – ANZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=752d89602f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
David Hargreaves (Interest): [Business confidence bounce ‘running out of steam’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c38ecdc6e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Capital Markets report: Fran O’Sullivan – Putting the capital into capitalism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5a72268fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Capital Markets report: Simon Power – Let’s make the bold calls now, NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65524a956c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Yetsenga & Jennifer Kusuma (Herald): [Capital Markets report: Covid-19 pathway towards unconventional policies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=603a877915&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Graham Skellern (Herald): [Capital Markets report: Craigs Investment Partners sees remarkable post-Covid recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a258f04fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicholas Pointon (RNZ): [‘Woke’ funds increasingly popular during Covid-19 turmoil](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cc7a8a137&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dita De Boni (NBR): [Investment fund based on Maori worldview sets sail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d65e65efaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Welfare**  
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Covid income relief tracking behind expectations – Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=054177d974&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Salvation Army warns of strain on welfare services amid growing pressure from Covid-1](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50a6066f1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sophie Trigger (Stuff): [Covid support packages for wh?nau set to continue for next two years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91ec79519e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Drug driving testing**  
RNZ: [Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill proposes random roadside drug testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f16725c45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Details revealed of proposed new random roadside drug testing law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9eecf68de8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Julie-Anne Genter: Police release details on new rules to test drivers for drugs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41c534d1fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Tarras airport proposal**  
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): [Landowner who unwittingly sold property to airport apologises to community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a52d7982f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jared McCulloch (1News): [Locals demand answers over plans to build international airport in Tarras](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d75fd0b1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim Brown (RNZ): [Locals pack Tarras Hall to hear about town’s potential as flight destination](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbe9fafd93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Environment**  
Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage gets death threats over tahr cull](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adc9b3e10f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maja Burry (RNZ): [Farmers say new land bill has too much red tape](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ae24c23b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newshub: [Government steps up action on environmentally harmful products](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40bb496a5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Oranga Tamariki**   
RNZ: [Oranga Tamariki sees lowest rate of Maori entering state care since 2004](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e341f85a96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Oranga Tamariki blasted by Maori health expert as it claims outcomes have improved for tamariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4deb6132f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘They’ve become a threat’ – Lady Tureiti Moxon says Oranga Tamariki undermining Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fc90fcd5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Oranga Tamariki ‘beyond repair’ Waitangi Tribunal hears ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3556d81272&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Oranga Tamariki Waitangi Tribunal hearing: ‘Maori ready to take back our tamariki’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=978c70d16a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Treatment injuries for misdiagnosed strokes costing $1.5 million per year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0351015b7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Southland charity hospital one step closer to reality as old pub handed over for conversion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a631dc6adb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Auckland Council contract cleaners to get living wage following Covid-19 pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f60a43a8c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Moerewa locals clash with Council over ‘decades’ long sewage contamination issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73b80328a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Felix Desmarais (RNZ): [Rotorua to outsource wastewater management](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ab3e4d9a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tara Shaskey (Taranaki Daily News): [Barbershop swaps out traditional striped poles for koru pattern in support of a Maori ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55087c3603&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
Caitlin Neuwelt-Kearns and Jenny Ritchie (Stuff): [Why there should be no place for profit in early childhood education](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0215de19f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Walton (Stuff): [Students who paid thousands for cancelled overseas trips may not get refunds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea3ae8a1af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Privacy breaches**  
Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Otago, Auckland universities caught up in cyber attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4dd03f6e1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: A[uckland University alumni and donor information stolen by hackers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b64b79ab6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Police say ‘risk to people is low’ as more details emerge of major data hack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b7fe9cedc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Kiwibank breach ‘significant’ – Privacy Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=956b7b561c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Operation Burnham: Inquiry report into alleged civilian deaths during SAS-led raid to be released](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03dce64ece&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [‘Compassionate’: ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf6b8b7d95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)[Jacinda Ardern ranked world’s most eloquent leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=219e412d20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brian Fallow (Herald): [Lake Onslow hydro storage scheme is no pipe dream](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=895554467f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Janet Stephenson (The Conversation): [New Zealand wants to build a 100% renewable electricity grid, but massive infrastructure is not the best option](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7374cab62f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
No Right Turn: [Close Motunui too](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee108dea47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Govt announces $27m for new Naenae Pool building](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf0f31f0f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern bamboozled by Lower Hutt’s ‘zoomtube’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81038c3bef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Slavery victims ‘ecstatic’ at abuser’s prison sentence, says INZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e38365032&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [What does the new algorithm charter mean for NZ?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0dd641021&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Maxine Jacobs (Manawatu Standard): [Racial slur from rugby player sparks calls for change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a23e3c7fd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘Abhorrent abuse’ – New law aims to close loopholes allowing female genital mutilation in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b8bf457c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [5G is harmless unless you believe it isn’t – doctor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6cacd1c82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)