> ## 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 – 4 August 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-4-august-2020/ - Published: 2020-08-03T20:20:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-08-04T20:57:55.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Labour Party** Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns voters not to expect big Labour Party policies this election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6340f0719&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Labour’s hiding away this election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b94df4f640&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Don’t expect large-scale policies from Labour this campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6746b4640f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Labour celebrates having more Maori in government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=331dd08a21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens** Audrey Young (Herald): [Green Party confidence and supply deal – report card](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15b6eb497c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): [Green Party announces southern candidates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb7329b99c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): [A path to victory for NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cec901e96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** 1News: [‘Wish I looked like that’ – Collins defends potential National candidate after leotard image shared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6810a8ae1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Fitness photo of National Party candidate for Auckland Central circulating among party members](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe67690683&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National Party admits breaking own rules while trying to replace Nikki Kaye](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=499a81d6bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National rules ‘not strictly’ followed in Auckland Central candidate process](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe3db11fc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [National Party admits breaking rules when selecting new Auckland Central candidate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4da2b25a5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins confident Todd Muller ‘will be fine’, thinks it’s ‘extremely poor form’ to send former leaders to backbench](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7c3438db7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [National Party shuns supporters’ ‘offensive’ online page, asks Facebook to remove its name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25e5455571&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Act** Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Liberal or populist: Will all be revealed in ACT Three?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa44e8c22e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [David Seymour confident a centre-right government can win election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4bbecd358&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori Party** 1News: [‘Really hard ask’ for Maori Party to return to Parliament, political scientist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2a30f78e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Maori Party’s John Tamihere reflects on time with Labour, remembers feeling ‘assimilated, integrated and subjugated’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2894f495b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding (Stuff): [Tick. Tick podcast: Survey shows powerful polarisation along party line](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=810a06a524&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [What you need to know as election season kicks off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6afbfc0c0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern and National leader Judith Collins won’t say each other’s names](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbbc7154f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hawkes Bay Today: [Tukituki MP Lawrence Yule told taxpayer-funded signs breached rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0536bd9ed1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Despite attracting ‘stupid behaviour’ every election, billboards still fulfil vital role, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e22d74b48d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerrie Wateworth (ODT): [Election billboards damaged](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eadfc5cfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [We wanted to work with Billy Te Kahika, not for him – NZ Outdoors Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d48b9727b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Rawiri Waititi dines with his Te Waiariki electorate rivals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83fdc47cf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (video) **Cannabis and euthanasia referendums** Nina Hindmarsh (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: how legalisation could change access for medicinal cannabis patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15c052edbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Legalising cannabis – why would we be so dumb?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02921b8f29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate report** Jamie Morton (Herald): [Climate report: ‘Extreme risk’ to people, buildings and water supplies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e835550ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Climate change risks and opportunities outlined in government report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a556c7bee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [First climate change risk assessment lays out long list of threats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73ac947c97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Map shows New Zealand likely to get ‘extreme sea levels’ due to climate change, bringing more coastal floods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19339b60e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [James Shaw on national climate change risk assessment: ‘Forewarned is forearmed’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6097e78f83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Local doers must be enabled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=464dda3bfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Operation Burnham report** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – The Burnham report shows why we can’t trust NZ’s military](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb2ba1fc44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [Operation Burnham: the New Zealand military’s self-inflicted wounds will not heal by themselves](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7aa72f19c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Stuff on Operation Burnham](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e20553b9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s covid response, travel bubbles, testing** RNZ: [Melbourne epidemiologist sounds warning to NZ over hotspot lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a508ae240&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Meet Daniel Andrews, Labour’s biggest electoral asset](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f882a92a93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Graham-McLay (Guardian): [‘They didn’t close the deal’: New Zealand looks on in horror at Melbourne Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e777a6765&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Travel bubbles will need ‘absolute caution’, PM says, playing down airport preparations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1719bca60b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Perry Wilton (Newshub): [Auckland Airport changes could be in place for some time due to unpredictable virus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36ef2dc7bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Bond (RNZ): [‘Pacific neighbours in far greater need’ of travel bubble – specialist workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d56b52aa6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Travel bubble: Auckland Airport announces separate zones at terminal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ea538e0c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Auckland International Airport to be split into two zones](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d084bb4da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on travel bubble, virus response ahead of election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09cdb9ca9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern says Victoria outbreak pushes trans-Tasman bubble well into the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bb8c2ec7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern says trans-Tasman travel bubble ‘a long way off’ as Covid-19 takes off across the ditch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd04fc09a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [Why the Tasman bubble won’t happen until 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13f4cac4bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Ardern highlights Covid-19 testing regime in final post-Cabinet briefing before election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e697e39c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern on quarantine charges, border re-opening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5669eb4777&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Jacinda Arden urges complacent Kiwis to get tested](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=204d23026c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liu Chen (RNZ): [South Auckland clinic sees increase in Covid-19 tests taken](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e634300c90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Queenstown pop-up Covid-19 tests ‘an insurance policy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73cd58c48c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Kiwis urged to check flu-like symptoms experienced during pine pollen season aren’t Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=698a16fdd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Tony Blair commends Jacinda Ardern, Kiwis’ ‘top of class’ response to pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb054b0c9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Poverty, inequality** 1News: [Salvation Army fears sudden drop into poverty for ‘new group’ of Kiwis once Covid-19 wage subsidy ends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b0e1ddc0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [?tara soup kitchen never more important as Covid-19 upheaval hits community hard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb8bbbaebe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Maori food banks get bulk storage and distribution assistance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6befc85f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Animal welfare** Rob Stock (Stuff): [Animal welfare threats to New Zealand’s multi-billion dollar meat exports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=397f141be1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Revealed: The dental funding proposals the Government wanted to keep secret](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10f9f328ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan and Miriam Harris (Newshub): [Calls for urgent national Heart Health action plan to tackle NZ’s leading cause of death](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fe47b258b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [National denies it’s holding up vaping legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dbe9c6ab7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Lewis (Stuff): [Canterbury DHB loses two senior executives, clinicians write to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10f81a03bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [More Kiwis die from heart disease and cancer than Aussies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83a4b5c46d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Cancer: Breast reconstruction rates much lower for Maori and Pacifika patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=568aa44455&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [10,000 Maori could have liver disease without knowing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cd4c9fb5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan and Patrick Gower (Newshub): [Trikafta manufacturer to fast-track application to have ‘miracle’ cystic fibrosis drug funded in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b2c2ae96d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Patrick Gower (Newshub): [Sir Bob Elliott fights for cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta to be made available in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8e6dfdfe2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karen Rutherford (Newshub): [Trikafta campaign group calling on Government to fund ‘miracle’ drug for cystic fibrosis sufferers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=062c1d44c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Kiwi teen battling cystic fibrosis calls for Government to fund ‘miracle’ $470k per year drug](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ec6306789&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Givealittle page set up for Kiwi teen Bella Powell’s ‘miracle’ $470k cystic fibrosis Trikafta drug](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=289b70725a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** 1News: [Maori and Pasifika scientists ‘severely underrepresented’ in NZ’s universities, Crown Research Institutes – study](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8b879c923&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Maori and Pasifika ‘severely under-represented’ at science faculties, study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9af90e110b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lee Kenny (Stuff): [Budget cuts and job losses loom for education sector if overseas students blocked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e5d154e6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Herald): [How to speak China’s language without selling out New Zealand schools?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebfc797a5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Fears research into exhausted health staff could be stymied](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1828b741f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Violence, long hours, and stress: The state of New Zealand’s teaching workforce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2767a6877c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** RNZ: [Jacinda Ardern and Paul Goldsmith on their plans for the economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7731502ace&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscila Dickinson (Newshub): [Intention to spend reaches ‘recessionary level’ after post-lockdown surge – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f988952fac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** RNZ: [More Maori, Pasifika in damp, mouldy homes than previously reported](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b620e239eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill: What it changes, and who stands to benefit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2af6a2409e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kylie Klein-Nixon (Stuff): [Retirement: What housing options are available to the over 65s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b22b24b31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Emma Stanford (Newshub) [Government slammed as ‘most anti-landlord in history’ despite rising house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c9dbb20ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Housing shortage driving prices up across the country, new data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7377b1bb4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern promises to help family of six stuck in cramped emergency accommodation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55ea23c502&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** 1News: [Beneficiaries more than 1000 times more likely to be drug tested than police, new figures show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48fbbbe169&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Independent inquiry needed after Auckland man’s death in police custody while he wore a spit hood – top defence lawyer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fab26c307b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Spit hoods – Police in NZ breach own policy on controversial restraint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b03010e993&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Name suppression extended for officers accused of manslaughter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd856cd1a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs** RNZ: [China retaliates over New Zealand’s Hong Kong extradition treaty suspension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc0627864e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reuters, Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [China suspends Hong Kong’s extradition treaty with New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=044e75cbd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [China says it is suspending Hong Kong’s extradition agreement with New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=808cd346e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [China eyes suspension of extradition agreement with New Zealand – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f607f35fc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [South Korean diplomat accused of sexual harassment in NZ ordered to return home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f83216df8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Fire and Emergency** Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [Two dozen complaints of sexual harassment at Fire and Emergency NZ in five years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=631d9f5989&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Calls for independent complaints authority for Fire and Emergency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6f252a230&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration** Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Backpackers beg for visa extension, fearing Covid-19 if they have to leave NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f236aaeb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Foreigners stranded in NZ call for extension to visas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c15168e4d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** 1News: [National promises $330m, if elected, on lower North Island transport projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abbe5e328b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Traffic congestion levels lower than before lockdown – AA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f9a9e0b12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Government accused of ignoring dangerous Napier to Taup? highway](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6076e9410b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **KiwiSaver** Peter Dunne: [Leave KiwiSaver alone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b2a2bd270&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Stubbs (Stuff): [KiwiSaver could lead economic renaissance – if politicians leave it alone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c74909c3de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Samantha Motion (Herald): [Texts revealed: Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell considered resigning, called a colleague a ‘soft c\*\*k’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0af4077e11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Shand (Stuff): [Leaky luxury apartments case costs Tauranga City Council $1.5 million in legal fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dedb533be4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Waikato Times): [Massive support for switch to STV in Hamilton City Council survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90ec728226&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (RNZ): [Kaipara mayor warns of costs in water reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0daec3aebe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sport** Zoe George and Dana Johannsen (Stuff): [Sports Minister Grant Robertson labels abuse reports in NZ gymnastics ‘deeply concerning’ as calls mount for independent inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b95ea29e10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zoe George (Stuff): [NZ gymnasts allege they were physically pushed to breaking point, literally](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbc7c6bfde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The Detail: The science of transgender women in sport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78ee913288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Travel agent says billions at stake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aed022bc54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Half of Kiwis support taxing biggest earners at higher rate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1023a2432a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Shane Jones’ 10,000 job creation claim under scrutiny](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bebf980c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Tourism industry cries foul over the $311m Covid aid package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73d9c2badd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Hayward (Stuff): [Faulty electrical equipment started huge fire in Christchurch’s Port Hills, court hears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3a7a61cff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Orion accused of impeding Port Hills fire investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9194d0d2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [BNZ plans restructure that could axe 25 branch management jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ca3c7ab42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Significant Maori sites in Far North to be restored](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee90ff2d76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Christchurch mosque shootings: Brenton Tarrant prison bill to cost taxpayers $3.6m – Cabinet papers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41d139b857&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s message to comedian who joked about March 15 terror attacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6659b9157d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Coronavirus: Former PM Helen Clark talks about World Health Organisation panel, economy as world grapples with Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc559dfa7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Seymour (Stuff): [Empower Tiwai owners to build their own transmission line – then they probably won’t need to](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85004904a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ellis: [Let’s hit Cyber-barons with Australia’s big stick](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=487b07fc7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [Abortion, Harete Hipango and the PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d948713d86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Melissa Tapper (Newshub): [Melanie Bracewell on life as Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77afe0a61c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)