> ## 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 – 31 March 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-31-march-2021/ - Published: 2021-03-30T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-31T19:43:32.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing crisis** Claire Robinson (The Guardian): [Backlash to Labour’s housing policy has exposed signs of internal party disarray](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d18a82a3f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Housing – Ardern’s divide-and-rule tactics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f748a6d429&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National’s failure on housing risks making the party irrelevant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d298328f3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Public housing waitlist hits new record of 22,803 as new builds slow in January](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bc55144e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Have rents ‘tended to mirror wage growth’ as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern claims?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e36351ac96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Labour’s housing package a loss of credibility moment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b97f574156&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Government should underwrite bank lending to developers to speed up house building, property financier urges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a26fbbc476&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Housing crisis: Landlord tax changes are ‘bad policy’ – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c75b66d2db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Juha Saarinen (Herald): [We have the tools to rein in runaway housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2dc450c60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Keith Rankin: [Solving the housing crisis: making homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c3d38a0d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Strings attached to new $3.8b housing infrastructure fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4f5b785d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Tamihere (Stuff): [Unlike the squealers, I know I need to pay my way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c941fb3788&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Housing: National average asking house price up $100k over last year, 13 regions see record highs in February](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9acc56529f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Newshub): [Housing consents dropped in February but the home building boom is powering on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa5502953a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [Mortgage borrowers warned interest rate hikes likely in next couple of years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a6373dd89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [High house prices are the biggest barrier to social mobility and need to come down, says tech leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f486af6b10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Widespread implications to wood shortage – industry leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb3f43e394&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [NZ Inc’s ‘yeah nah’ Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dec866be6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [The Covid-19 reset: What now for business in the ‘nice, kind, hermit kingdom’?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98a0b11cc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Kiernan (Stuff): [Economic forecasting’s spectacular Covid failure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f67fb9e02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jarrod Kerr (Stuff): [Here’s what our economy needs to reset](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc9fec4c83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Rob Campbell: Humans are in collision with nature](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9488200712&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Robertson (Stuff): [Looking towards recovery after an ‘extraordinary’ year of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba90474ae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local Government** Felix Desmarais (Stuff): [The black hole of transparency: Secret council workshops](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3e9de056c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jean Bell (RNZ): [Tauranga Council commissioners spell out reality of infrastructure underinvestment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=143bac3d31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey: [Council funding review eyed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ebd7955a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Stuff): [Decision time nigh for Hamilton City Council on whether to introduce Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7751469d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Stuff): [North Island mayors expect bulk of climate change mitigation work to fall on councils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1b9cf3339&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (Stuff): [Wellington councils warned over risks around spending big on water infrastructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6ac2bf1af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Chain stores are not killing Wellington’s Cuba Street](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36b8832a8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Transport** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Light rail: the hard part is done, now get ready for the hard part](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dea090677e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Politics scuttled light rail in Auckland before, will it happen again?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7be0048bf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Auckland mechanic witnessed ‘threat’ over truck certification process](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ac1bb0071&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Hutching (RNZ): [Onehunga low traffic trial sees quiet streets but some loud critics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f70b8785d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [NZ transport system contributing to distress – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15d868a702&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Prominent businessman trial** Alison Mau (Stuff): [Destiny Church leaders fled lockdown for me, witness in businessman’s trial says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c0ae76648&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Hurley (Herald): [Inside story: The PR firm hired to do a rich-lister’s dirty work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=269c508e20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sam Hurley (Stuff): [Kiwi entertainer Mika X sentenced to home detention for attempts to derail rich-lister’s trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f9d0fd959&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrier: [Jevan Goulter, a special kind of creature](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bedef3b79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Sharon BrettKelly (RNZ): [The Speaker row – should Trevor Mallard step down?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2d9e05207&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National MPs agree on ‘compromise’ on water fluoridation which could see them support Government’s centralisation push](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5557dc2f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [NZ Medical Association says Government ‘failing’ to help Kiwis get primary care treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81dc487c21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [‘Unacceptable’ under-representation of Maori and Pacific GPs, ‘staggering’ gender pay gap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fd093bf1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Free consults at clinics as Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital experiences heavy demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef148c7c36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **International relations** Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): [MFAT approved military equipment export permits to UAE Land Forces](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25122a0ac4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [‘Yes, he did say that’: Diplomats scramble to contain fallout of Damien O’Connor’s Australia-China comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5467a48dcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New Zealand will continue to raise concern with China over Uighur human rights issues in Xinjiang – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e04a9c2367&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Stuff: [Editorial – Vaccination targets? Fair enough, but there’s a difference between focus and tunnel vision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d38f2fc22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Covid-19 coronavirus: More planning, less ‘policy on the hop’: Review findings into Govt response to August cluster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aefd1e70ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Five ways NZ can beef up its border](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a50c88b46a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Health ministers to receive first vaccine dose in next 2 weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad489a5d40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Will overhaul of rape trials see more innocent Maori men in jail?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a43c30ee9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [The irony in the Police Ten 7 racial stereotyping debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d146dd8004&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Media** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Media Freedom Coalition: New Zealand joins group of countries advocating for journalists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdec0afb45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Stuff launches The Monitor, measuring the pulse of corporate New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16683defd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Euthanasia: What happens if the drugs don’t work?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1355c7ee2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (Re News): [Benefits are going up, but only marginally](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=438cbe2493&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Newstalk ZB): [Who’s going to pay for the country we want to live in?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ada36758e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Government’s refusal to go further into Pike River mine a broken promise to some families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82cb1cb570&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Former NZ premier Richard Seddon’s memorial removed after fears bronze statue may fall on Wellington home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=106292583f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson and Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Government may pay twice for carbon credits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c45418ded&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)