> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-4-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-03T21:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-03T22:11:21.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **UMR poll** Matt McCarten (E-Tangata): [Jacinda Ardern’s rising tide](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0b11d5d82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Poll won’t roll Simon Bridges but that doesn’t mean he’s safe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e479d3eb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (stuff): [How much has Covid-19 truly changed politics?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=793a2ff9a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [National has a difficult decision to make](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=328781920a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [National plunges into danger zone for Bridges in latest UMR polling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa37b0659e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Leaked poll shows big jump for Labour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2479a0151&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [A leaked poll shows National has dropped below 30 per cent, and Labour at 55 per cent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a56ed88569&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien and Zane Small (Newshub): [National drops below 30 percent in new poll as Jacinda Ardern’s approval skyrockets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9b63d0da2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Time for the Government to open up to more scrutiny of lockdown decisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfed1109d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Wyatt Creech (Pundit): [No Public Policy Is Costless.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=941d723268&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Winston Peters sends Ardern a message as political constraints loosen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cea9a42a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Wily Winston Peters giving Jacinda Ardern a headache](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8eb12b608&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s crisis handling – were we hoodwinked for our own good? And the power of words](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22e2b00159&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Inside Parliament: How NZ is ‘beating the crap’ out of Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7df163a11f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Clark caught up in ‘movergate’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f07610ff9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Judith Collins calls David Clark the ‘Phil Twyford of this year’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3deb6eeb2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Little (Taranaki Daily News): [Now is not the time to relax, let’s finish the job of beating Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b208e6258d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ruwani Perera (The Hui): [Marama Davidson’s journey from activist to politician](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e88a2fd1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Contact tracing, testing** Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Woman on flight with Covid-19 case contacted by tracing team 4.5 weeks later](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45c6fd6487&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) OASIS: [COVID-19: Tracking and Tracing Apps in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a27ff410f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Roughan (Herald) [The threat of contact tracing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afcb94b15c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Ensuring people show up for Covid-19 testing biggest challenge – Clark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bcc6e8b72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Iwi health services on major mission to test more M?ori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=236ff2518a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maddison Northcott and Steven Walton (Stuff): [Govt has no plans to use rapid antibody testing as ‘not reliable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec848933be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Lockdown legality** Juana Atkins (BFD): [Government and Police Lockdown Actions NOT Legally Supported](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bd406fba4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Legality of police action during covid 19 coronavirus lockdown questioned in legal quarters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5af2e0db26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Was the lockdown illegal?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a39c2ce6fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Reweti Kohere (NBR): [High Court upholds Bloomfield’s lockdown order](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8888e06027&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Community roadblocks, rahui** 1News: [Northland iwi ends lockdown community-led roadblocks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53122287e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Elers (Stuff): [Iwi-run coronavirus checkpoints are a nonsense but police aren’t stopping them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=775d680849&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [Iwi checkpoint data shows non-compliance with level 3 travel restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1bc837c61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones: [Murupara checkpoints at centre of ‘vigilante’ stoush](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5fb6bd31a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kereama Wright (Maori TV): [Taupo hapu’s rahui is to protect not penalise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3a0536f3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Level 3 breaches – fastfood, tangi, parties** Phil Pennington and William Ray (RNZ): [Fast food workers speak up about feeling unsafe due to level 3 breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af057101f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [Sacrificing fastfood workers in our coronavirus Hunger Games](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7818f9dcf3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [People not adhering to social distancing getting Friday night takeaways](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9eb39ef486&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Tangi attracts 100, as some wh?nau stay home due to Covid-19 rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e0e10eaca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Grant Robertson says more than 100 people attending tangi in Christchurch ‘disappointing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69efb22d2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Restrictions on tangi and funerals difficult for Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdd0fff87f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Lincoln Tan (Herald): [Counties Manukau worst offenders for alert level 3 breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79be59730c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [1200 public reports of people breaching the alert level 3 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d56dfd08e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (N [NZ Police issue stern warning to gangs breaching COVID-19 response protocol](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36918bde5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Level 2** Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in politics: Getting out of Level 3 might not be so easy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65472fe2b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Survey finds Kiwis want an unrushed, considered decision on moving to Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57277b159f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [The rules around level 2 to be decided today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c71b050af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Simon Bridges holds steady on leaving Level 3 but health experts disagree](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58010e8e97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [National leader Simon Bridges says New Zealand should be in alert level 2 now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ef7d95f6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt adviser: Next Covid-19 lockdown move might have to be to ‘Level 2.5’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a89abedf0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [With no detailed guidelines from Govt, some businesses begin to plan for Alert Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e7b151d69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [West Coast’s leaders want region’s lockdown rules relaxed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33cc4e8bec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Infrastructure projects allowed to bypass RMA, environmental concerns** Richard Harman (Politik): [Parker’s new fast track RMA law may only be the start](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bb25e2e4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Greens raise concerns about planned law to fast-track resource consents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2f4748c00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Cabinet approves new legislation to fast-track resource consents and boost economy as it emerges from lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a30b4b164b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Notoriously slow road projects may move to fast lane under new Covid-19 economic plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0b72839e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Transmission Gully delayed as govt fast-tracks new big projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6894c3b313&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Cabinet approves fast tracking of shovel ready projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a386d803a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Fast-track consent for ‘shovel-ready’ projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d251b5a91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Fast-tracking welcomed by Otago Southland Employers’ Association](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72cb291068&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Shovel-ready projects choice must consider environment – lawyers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d54d44cdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Rebuilding NZ** Sue Bagshaw and Phil Bagshaw (Press): [We need a new vision, based on co-operation not competition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e408d7a288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Cohesion among Kiwis threatened post-Covid, say experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d4a97137c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Upheavals like Covid-19 don’t change human nature](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dc53f2e11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul Buchanan: [Thinking of a post-pandemic future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=480396b12b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Liam Dann (Herald): [Is it time for another economic revolution?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdcf636334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Life under level 3 – Is New Zealand’s economy running at three quarters of capacity?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75a5b992db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Reddell: [Rebuilding a shattered economy in a post-Covid world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=115c4585cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Max Rashbrooke (Stuff): [Those left unscathed by the economic crisis must do their part in the recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cd4cb4aa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Lyons (ODT): [Flat payment misses point of hardship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f704f15bce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [The Opportunities Party proposes $250 per week universal basic income](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4a4a65952&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Credit data shows shocking rise in financial hardship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bc5d60bf1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Thousands of Kiwis stop loan repayments as the financial impact of COVID-19 hits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cc6d67023&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Your country needs you to spend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2b9a02906&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Consumers must ditch disposable consumption mentality to buy NZ Made](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b406296d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Covid-19 has sparked a ‘Buy NZ Made’ resurgence – will it last?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42d7cdc80f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Dyson (Stuff): [This is why spending local is so important](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4bfa3a751&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michelle Dickinson (Herald): [Would economy have fared far better without lockdown?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cb166ddb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Global observers praise NZ for squashing Covid-19, but warn economy will pay the price](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44c426f835&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Rogers (Democracy Project): [Democracy dies where corruption thrives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38dd94a19d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business loan bill** Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [On what was worse than Parliament mistakenly passing a law enabling taxpayers to lend billions to business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14a5fafe73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (stuff): [Parliament passes the wrong law in an afternoon of urgent lawmaking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7033d06c93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [Govt steps in to offer small businesses $100k interest-free loans as banks fail to ‘meet needs’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c201ebb0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Government offers small firms zero and low-interest loans up to $100,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd2cf2340a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government to provide $100,000 interest-free loans to businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7df9d20ba5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Govt throws kitchen sink at struggling SMEs but loan guarantee scheme changes detail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c60b88f0f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Harry Lock (RNZ): [‘Criteria so loose:’ loan plan for SMEs needs to be targeted – National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c361aa16b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business** Blair Ensor and Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [Wealthy liqour store barons claim $550k Covid-19 wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a043202c67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Dairies among biggest strugglers as NZ returns to Covid-19 Alert Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=489939ac67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [NZ’s choice – Surf curve or be crushed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff5db7c9e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Open NZ as a safe haven to businesses rather than billionaires – columnist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=750ac574ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [Small towns take a hit, but residents say resilience key to recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bb7e4e150&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Angeloni (Stuff): [Coronavirus to hit ‘harder and deeper’ than Kaiko ura earthquake](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e01401c5aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Boynton (Mata Media): [Maori Business Models can help Rebuild the Economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49c4829053&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Gaynor (BusinessDesk): [Directors want more money for less work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc9aeed53c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Health system** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Nurses on Waitakere Hospital’s COVID ward say management put patients at risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d805fa9f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Nurses on Auckland Covid ward felt bullied, ignored – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d75a46b2bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [‘Beggars belief’ that PPE would fail – Waitemata DHB nurse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80b2c62e32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Caution advised after calls to release Health and Disability System Review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9aa8e2f55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Hollingworth (Newshub): [Experts says Ministry of Health not providing enough details on website](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5100e76b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Experts call for change to system of reporting Covid-19 cases to keep Kiwis more informed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=762673cd8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Lockdown averted major ICU influx: DHB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a36b78de4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Southern DHB releases worst-case scenario modelling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d792bcf7fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Pasifika community have lowest rate of Covid-19 infection in the country – new figures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4b40c21d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Davison (ODT): [Dentist queries lack of PPE from DHB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=848368d0cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [DHBs defend charging ‘low’ car park rates for hospital workers despite calls for no fees during Level 3](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8afe1c59c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Otago prof’s plan for Air NZ to fix our health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ac1be62bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Taylor (ODT): [Lessons from history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1024cdc39f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ doctor who helped fight SARS pandemic in Hong Kong shares lessons learned](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed19f3f8ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Price (ODT): [Govt ‘moving’ on vaccine research: scientist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=703ee03add&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Hospitals urged to consider putting off some surgery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1421392435&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones and Nikki Preston (Herald): [Elective surgeries ramping up after 30,000 operations delayed due to lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2d7326cee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) James Baker (Stuff): [‘New Zealand doesn’t have help juice’ – Pharmac’s decision leaves family stuck abroad](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c27927563&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Flu vaccine** 1News: [‘Not every New Zealander will get a flu vaccine ‘ – Govt comes clean on supply of flu vaccines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d0689ff23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [‘A complete debacle’: Flu vaccines about to run out despite Government’s claim all Kiwis can get them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37f0137554&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Leaked Ministry of Health email reveals NZ facing temporary shortage of flu vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ba410d4e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Flu vaccine orders put on hold as ministry waits for more stock](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9d3e5cf7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Rest home review, care for elderly** Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Union worried workers’ voices not being heard in rest home review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a7c1c4644&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Aged care workers not being included in Ministry of Health review, union claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1210262652&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michal Boyd, Merryn Gott, Jackie Robinson and Aileen Collier (Newsroom): [Care homes: the myths and realities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96dfbae0bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [More support needed for the elderly even outside lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26cb823852&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Mental health** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Mental Health Foundation and police push back on suicide spike rumour, says there is ‘no evidence’ rate has increased](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9395e66dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Mental Health Foundation shuts down ‘irresponsible’ suicide claims being made on social media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52d424152f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dubby Henry (Herald): [‘No evidence’ suicide rate up during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86d17064d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Strongman (RNZ): [Working at helplines a relief for some during Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6eeb516980&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [How many unemployed? We’ll have to wait to find out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b09fc6a979&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Goodbye to crowded offices, new work spaces in store post lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c398131e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum** RNZ: [Lower THC limit needed under proposed cannabis regime – Drug Foundation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ed6035ace&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Hayley Jacobsen (Newshub): [Proposed cannabis legislation strikes ‘really good balance’ – NORML](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93969e3576&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Government reveals cannabis referendum legalisation details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cab4a33d88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Govt reveals final cannabis legislation to be voted on in referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbcc88e1c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [What Kiwis can and can’t do if cannabis is legalised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07cd08e900&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Press Editorial: [Cannabis could soon be legalised in New Zealand, and it’s up to voters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c541c5f56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Reeferendum: Don’t like weed? Why that shouldn’t be a factor in how you vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e857607d81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [What Kiwis can and can’t do if cannabis is legalised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b08faebe07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Universities** Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Auckland Uni lecturer says work-for-free request ‘a kick in the guts’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bda5b57f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Blommerde (Waikato Times): [Waikato University breaks the chain as they stop accommodation charges for empty rooms during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a567993283&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [University students continue to pay for rooms inaccessible in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=006ca41768&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Stuff): [Victoria University of Wellington backtracks on charging students for unoccupied rooms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0688f0da1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Hipkins announces $20m fund to help tertiary students to learn online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dccd807ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government announces $20m Covid-19 fund for tertiary students to access devices, internet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=684097f51a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Promoting NZ universities to the world ‘could help save economy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65a05587e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Stuff): [From deficit-mindsets to academic surpluses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33f7e4f6ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Schools** 1News: [Covid-19 school closures ‘won’t have a lasting impact’ on students, says Education Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12152fe082&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katy Jones (Stuff): [Businesses are illegally employing students during school hours, principals say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7a1a463d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Natalie Akoorie and Chris Marriner (Herald): [Furious parents speak out over cancelled trips](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74d7306de0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Foreign affairs and trade** Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Why Winston Peters isn’t afraid to upset China with COVID-19 inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef06bff86a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Woodford (Interest): [Why and how did China’s markets become so important for New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=407cbc7e1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Price and Vaughan Elder (ODT): [Asia bubble mooted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d0604a9b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Winston Peters not keen on including China in Asia-Pacific COVID-19 ‘bubble’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f5b7e38f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Bubble plan worth floating](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9547595ef1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Auckland Council** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Cash-strapped lobbyists spend $12,000 publishing council ‘rich list’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d5a25a3ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Lobbyists release names and photos of top-earning Auckland Council executives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8bf6bc4883&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Auckland Council salaries: 86 officials earn more than $250,000 – Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86f5407a6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Campaign group’s ‘rich list’ claims seven Auckland Council staff paid more than Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1264ca0f89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Covid-19 shows us our priorities are no longer as urgent as they seemed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d1880e362&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Council lends a helping hand while assessing its own financial need](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0e9af182a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)s **Local government** Dominic Harris (Stuff): [‘Heads stuck in the sand’ – fury over warning not to offer coronavirus rates relief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ef175a0c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones: [Whakatane locals petition for safer streets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f40e139c0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Complex sewerage pipe work to begin next week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=582d4f821d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Ryan (ODT): [Zero rates rise would come at a cost, Waimate mayor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=466a44a4d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): P[SA and Invercargill City Council to meet over pay-cut plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d6a7ddc36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Motueka by-election: Voting papers awaited](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15be15b21c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourism** Caley Callahan and Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [No guarantee domestic tourism will be allowed under COVID-19 alert level 2 – Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07ddbf8e84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais: [Tourism isn’t dead – Rotorua Lakes Council’s domestic tourism hopes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09269af9b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Holden (Stuff): [Mackenzie mayor attacks hotel closures and tourism job cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4540d1e6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Kelly Dennett (Stuff): [‘Political muckraker’ Tova O’Brien: ‘Take a step back before you have a go’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7838d741f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) The Great Debate: [Mike Hosking Debates Against Himself on COVID-19 Response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=890ec128bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Mediawatch: [Eyes on NZ on Air under new management](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45a3415c44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mihingarangi Forbes (Newshub): [How M?ori media will prove vital in the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6076b57a0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [MediaWorks sets up $20m advertising fund for SMEs Covid-19 relief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59366663aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Sign up for Newshub’s new newsletter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=383c0a6bfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** John Anthony (Stuff):[Cargo flights could be used to repatriate Kiwis stuck overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e95d5b2b65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Another 50 cargo flights a week, to and from New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1a9e473b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Physical distancing at airports ‘impossible’, Heathrow chief says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11ac4541eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): W[ellington public transport may not meet level 2 demand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=143fcf3499&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Almost 100 Transmission Gully workers no longer in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55f8e284e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Transmission Gully project ‘likely’ pushed out to 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92a6817a1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron van Delden: [Resoration of rail link ‘high risk’ – KiwiRail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24df6d49db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Kearns (ODT): [Hasty move disservice to workers, community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=277ae08d7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Repatriation** RNZ: [New Zealanders still stuck abroad hope for extra repatriation flights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21389ce876&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Desperate Kiwis in South Africa write letter to Jacinda Ardern asking for help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce3af71fa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Welfare** 1News: [Government doubles Winter Energy Payments for low-income families, over 1m Kiwis to benefit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f80b21321e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Welfare agency contacts 65 more foreign nationals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b63745e38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Paul Mitchell (Stuff): [Tenant advocacy groups call for increased protection for boarders amidst coronavirus crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a343299ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Call to address housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa06a89171&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Heroic work to help homeless in coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edbafd6ddb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election candidates** Aroha Mane (Maori TV): [Two wahine Maori announce their stand in M?ori electorates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc5593ffff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Maori Party announce Hauraki-Waikato candidate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4ee4b1ce7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Lewis (ODT): [Labour’s Taieri candidate confirms lockdown location](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae4fc2df95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National puts up virus expert to contest Science Minister Megan Woods’ electorate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7658d94d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): [Fish and Game ‘imploding’ as Government plans intervention](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bccbb10f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mihingarangi Forbes (The Hui): [Jacinda Ardern explains what the Government’s doing to help M?ori during the pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9ab4da252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Booze, lockdown and Kiwi drinkers in the Covid-19 era](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fd2733c97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Helen Clark: Women leaders better in Covid-19 crisis ‘because they don’t have such big egos’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a957a83e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Struggling nonprofit that employs disabled Kiwis has overnight turnaround after plight revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed61f41c68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Stenhouse and Takashi Shogimen (Newsroom): [Why Kiwis embraced lockdown so willingly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56ab1252ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Expats feel the pull of home in time of crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cce9455df3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Edward Gay (Stuff): [Transgender prisoner spent three weeks in men’s prison](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b4cff5546&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Hunting mysterious billionaire bunkers: Big business or bunkum?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd25e68243&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kate Green (Stuff): [Construction sites have stacks of new rules, but how tenable are they?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25fb0a5a58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eleisha Foon (RNZ): [Spike in racism during pandemic, Human Rights Commission reports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1ddcc4dc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dale Husband (E-Tangata): [Alan Wendt: The Interpreter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a07ee036ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirkpatrick Mariner (E-Tangata): [Just to ‘kia-ora-fy’ is to fall well short](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52b2f7b7b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Funeral directors call for immediate rule change so more people can farewell loved ones during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff53cd7d58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Mckenzie (1News): [The ‘curve crusher’: Dr Ashley Bloomfield becomes the face of fashion brand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=231aea5c23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)