> ## 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 March 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-4-march-2021/ - Published: 2021-03-03T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-03-04T20:17:29.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Covid: Govt messaging, blame, compliance** Claire Trevett (Herald): [The Prime Minister, Case L and the pickle of confusion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59477d10ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Growing calls for an apology after Unite Against Covid-19 post contradicts Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b0f0184e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Unite against Covid-19 Facebook post contradicts PM’s claim infected KFC worker was told to isolate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4081dadd47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [‘Badly worded’ self-isolation health order issued nine days after cluster was discovered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2572a7e4fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Ministry post says KFC worker was not required to isolate, despite PM’s claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=272a8b6419&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Government website contradicts Jacinda Ardern’s KFC worker claim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9821f31901&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Who was told what, when and by whom? A timeline of the messages to the Papatoetoe High School community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34c3a000fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [Lots of law, not enough order — the government must be clearer about dealing with COVID rule-breakers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cedd82e28e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins says contact tracing systems have become too complex](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3af49b8d00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Maori TV): [Sorry – a word that ‘Case L’ may never hear from the government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61d2fd5285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins says Covid-19 messaging needs to be ‘spot on every time’ after confusion sees contacts skip isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44de5d4599&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Hipkins, HDPA clash over what KFC worker was told; timeline on what was said when](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e49d651f32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1New: [Hipkins backs PM, details ‘very clear’ guidance given to KFC worker who went to work while ‘symptomatic’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc2a9d3c23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Gregan (RNZ): [Hipkins backs Ardern after Case L says she wasn’t told to isolate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=664cb541b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Govt spent $1.3m on Covid-19 adverts in two weeks, but did it miss the mark?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc64e21f51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Te Anau locals criticise Brian Tamaki’s lockdown-defying South Island travels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c068666f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: General** Jamie Morton (Herald): [Three questions about NZ’s road ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0078912efb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Longer lockdowns, $30b wage subsidy, and food rationing in Covid worst-case scenario](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b17d56aef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [There’s light at the end of NZ’s Covid tunnel – but still a long way to go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a960604c9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Are we being kind or not?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7ef53e27a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Testing drops as contact tracing lags – are we drifting?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=726486141d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Williams (Magic): [Losing faith in our media and its framing of Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bc10b40be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Hawkesby: [Government must look at other ways to contain small clusters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30fde81bf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Insanity’ – Medical expert slams Government’s recent contact tracing efforts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17c9848afe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid contact tracing targets missed due to scale of operation – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd27b0434e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Did Bishop Brian Tamaki and wife Hannah deserve the wrath of the Government in ‘escaping’ Auckland?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d0a0a4d42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Destiny Church lashes out at critics after Tamakis flee Auckland lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c82afc6fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lane Nichols (Herald): [Destiny Church lashes out at critics after Brian and Hannah Tamaki flee Auckland lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e21d961cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Danielle Clent (Stuff): [Destiny Church leaders fleeing Auckland lockdown ‘completely irresponsible’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01b0cb9941&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Govt investigates phone app that detects Covid-19 before onset of symptoms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6093c7d74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Stuff): [Covid-19 coronavirus early-warning app: Govt close to deal with NZ’s Elarm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ae518bedd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ella Stewart (RNZ): [How Auckland children are being affected by another lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=308134c43f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Microbiologist on efficacy of ‘deep cleans’ after Covid exposure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e65c9924ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Managed isolation payment proposal** 1News: [Despite union and business support, Govt rejects National’s pitch to pay full wages for self-isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=683bed49f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government rejects full wage for isolation payments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9481bcb07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National wants government to pay wages of those self-isolating](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c99ba8b7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: MIQ** Michael Neilson (Herald): [Frontline MIQ workers share experiences earning minimum wage while carrying burden of a nation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=801615b5a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Burrell (Herald): [MIQ price hike ‘crippling’ for migrant families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc59e264a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Construction industry seeks MIQ quota to cut delays in bringing in staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a91134add&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Airey (Herlad): [Napier woman told to self-isolate despite completing MIQ stay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09ed8b20bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccine** Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Government criticised for ‘rolling maul’ vaccine strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=670beded7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [New Zealand beating Australia’s vaccination rates with 9000 doses given](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23791573e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Health expert wants travellers prioritised for vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07f7b2cfd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donna Miles-Mojab (Stuff): [Structural racism produces Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fedf22cda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Workers, business, economy** Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Staff complain that ‘pandemic clauses’ are leaving them without pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb81f565a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Wage subsidy to make return on Thursday, payments go out Monday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c014aad89d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): [Business leaders are right to ask the tough Covid questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0d646b343&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (NZ Herald): [Business knocking on Jacinda Ardern’s door](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f208c04a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [How will NZ reconnect? Grant Robertson defends Government strategy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=352e71a33e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman: [What if the tourists don’t come back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2675e6decc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [No immediate panacea for housing crisis post-Covid, business leaders told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a73fde9d64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Nash visits Franz Josef and Fox Glacier: ‘He’s left and we’re empty handed’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e29dc07f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Businesses again eligible for wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c3e0d6fb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Housing** Anne Gibson (Herald): [Housing boom ‘past peak’, prices to fall, interest rates to rise: Westpac chief economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd5ca246d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [House prices continue to surge, but easing market predicted later in year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96adb383a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (Business Desk): [House prices will slow and start falling in next three years — Westpac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d76b796dad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bernard Hickey: [Dawn chorus: Housing inflation raging in provinces](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d73c5f90fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Hamilton house prices continue to climb](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32963cb66c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Building boom continues to charge ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=627e38cbd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (Stuff): [Pensioner reliant on temporary support to make rent as housing market shuts out retirees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe7c465f1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Editorial (Stuff): [ICC housing rentals: who had the tenants’ backs?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fcba57fedf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) TVNZ: [Could two Auckland developments serve as blueprints to solve NZ’s housing crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f98af28643&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [‘Wokester’, cancel culture issue a winner for National, says party pollster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fea68f295e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [The woke madness of Marama Davidson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=daa4e59980&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [The True Parliamentary Opposition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=738e56c3f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [RNZ warmer than TVNZ on merger in front of MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eefdd03378&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Faafoi hopeful Google and Facebook will negotiate with NZ media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3478bc717&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Kris Faafoi hopeful meaningful talk will occur between Facebook, Google and local media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fb90e4078&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Lee (Kiwiblog) [Fourth Estate for a price?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d0a953801&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health, Pharmac review** Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [Health Minister says it’s ‘deeply worrying’ not everyone has access to secondary mastectomy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ad1dac133&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Pharmac review lacking patient voice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c614274328&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Cancer Society says Pharmac review doesn’t go far enough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26f8147511&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Fast food sector sees Covid-19 as marketing opportunity, says report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7765f1ab7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local government** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government cut $239m from proposed $1 billion water bailout fund for councils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df817ab61e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Auditor-General rejects request for investigation into Wellington City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2f458f27c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington Library stoush: Auditor-General won’t investigate councillor’s concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce49ff2b7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Hutt City Mayor Campbell Barry and eight colleagues call for resignation of fellow councillor, having ‘completely lost confidence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2992e9b70c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Trying to bully a Cr off Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=946d28d3cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): [‘It’s a start’ – first steps made to establishing Maori Wards in Matamata-Piako](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b1c12c0db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Climate Change: Aucklanders urged to put heat on council compromise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b19a348f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marcus Anselm (RNZ): [Bank closures: Mayors deliver plea for more bank branches to Beehive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=003ba1690e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Christchurch City Council-owned Vbase changes its name to Venues ?tautahi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbb9ef0a1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohn (Stuff): [Council must shake off ‘deep-seated belief’ that it is ‘incredibly hard to deal with’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc22b4903e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Treasury has it wrong on film subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a83648fd6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Teenage beneficiaries forced to choose between going hungry or paying rent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3a375f0d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Covid reality bites: Business closures spike 130pc](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf2ccce778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Andrew (Spinoff): [A wish list for all that capital gains tax revenue, which doesn’t exist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b572f1264&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donal Curtin: [What if they threw a party… and nobody came?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14de2d02ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Let’s Get Wellington Moving in shake-up, officials signal budget blowout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69cb637b3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Let’s Get Wellington Moving to be overhauled with new independent chair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4705d51468&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Council wants to make sure Wellington Airport expansion won’t undermine transport goals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=895a935f6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (Herald): [MoT hands off on Auckland port productivity and auto project – but not eyes off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb4a4f65ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Child welfare** 1News: [Children’s Commissioner pleads for more funding to better monitor Oranga Tamariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab83d11afa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Former Oranga Tamariki boss Grainne Moss makes final appearance, laying out achievements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a152745cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Chief Ombudsman** Audrey Young (Herald): [Court quashes decision by Chief Ombudsman on basis of ‘unfiltered’ emails to Speaker Mallard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61ae71c8ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** George Ritchie: [Love You: Public Policy For Intergenerational Wellbeing by Girol Karacaoglu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c860904f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Stallard Olivia Hyatt (Stuff): [Have your say on Climate Change Commission’s historic report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1820fc927c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Bullies in blue an indictment on police culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e0e5b801d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Hughes (Herald): [Can our public service be trusted? Yes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ba684c60b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [NZ Super Fund now re-considering Chinese investments linked to Uyghurs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dad5a5c149&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [New Zealand’s first drug saliva test offered in Canterbury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9939f2ba5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuart Smith and Arena Williams (Stuff): [Christchurch was not always given the support needed to rebuild and cope](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7c025e68b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [People unlikely to oppose push to turn away violent kids at school](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8f313ded0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Nealon (Stuff): [The generational trauma stemming from war in the Waikato](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a95fd4fdcc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Critic Editorial: S[tudents Were Exploited In Orchard Work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58a722f369&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Brown (Herald): [Plastic piles up in our world of confusion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f01a88cd2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [More work needed to tackle our ‘make-take-waste’ culture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd495a73a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Moana Maniapoto (E-Tangata): [Jemaine Clement: ‘They’re tough here’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0079e6c0eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)