> ## 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 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-4-may-2021/ - Published: 2021-05-03T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-05-03T20:36:57.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **China and New Zealand** Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): [Ardern’s speech was not an attack on China, or even a shift away from Beijing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0f6e31c5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): [Something for everyone in Ardern’s speech on China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3304203d01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Greens, Labour undecided over Uyghur motion calling for declaration of ‘genocide’ in Xinjiang, China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20f1f081f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Clark and Key advise Ardern on China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4078279af1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [Ex-NZ Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Helen Clark push back on China critics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5040416711&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Patterson (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern: [‘There are some things on which China and NZ and will not agree’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e7b705f0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [PM calls on China to act in a way consistent with its growing power](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73a84a8293&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NZ-China relations: Jacinda Ardern – there are some things we will not agree on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=164e5a06d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Sir John Key: New Zealand allowed a different stance on China to Five Eyes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a3a353fd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Praveen Menon (Reuters): [New Zealand’s Ardern says differences with China becoming harder to reconcile](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=85c6388c28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [‘There can be no guarantees’ in New Zealand’s relationship with China – Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd8f30fa2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern’s ‘grave concern’ for Uighurs: New Zealand-China differences ‘becoming harder to reconcile’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf1f3bfd05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Reconciling opposing views in managing the China relationship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6df3039237&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [‘Internal Chinese matters should not be interfered with’ – Wu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e081003d67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Grant Wilson (Australian Financial Review): [New Zealand’s engagement with China is clear-eyed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13b4a54bed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Concern 98 new buses headed to Wellington are linked to forced Uyghur labour in China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dfb73f31f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [NZ visa contract switched ‘at behest of’ Beijing police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6f59f45c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **He Puapua document and the National Party** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Collins raised questions Govt must answer – but her speech was desperate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98ca11b74f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [He Puapua explained: Discussion over Maori self-determination report ‘disappointing’ – author](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b04668046d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responds over Maori self-determination report He Puapua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d073acd0ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s Judith Collins predicts greater co-governance for Maori under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a96d04366&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern accuses Judith Collins of using Maori co-governance concerns to pick up in polls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=560cf12b9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [He Puapua report Collins called ‘divisive’ meant to create unity, author says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1de6e3d09a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Judith Collins raises ‘separatism’ claims due to low polling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f67a0fa5ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Bassett: [National, Labour and He Puapua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbe6a087dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NBR List** Emile Donovan (RNZ): [The Rich List – with added philanthropy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b91d4fe88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maria Slade (NBR): [New focus on profit and purpose](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e13b6ed2d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Nicola Shepheard (NBR): [Giving it up for Aotearoa: The future of philanthropy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e218d96f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tim Hunter (NBR): [Top 10 countdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d79470ec19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [NBR list 2021: What’s changed? Who’s in? Who’s out?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1532b1ad1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [New NBR List puts equal focus on profit, purpose](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1177eb50ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Graeme Hart is still New Zealand’s richest man, according to latest NBR list](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5b4273fd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [NBR List: The top Kiwi wealth creators of 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=892b296c99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Who is the country’s richest?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee7e741020&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Welfare and inequality** Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Carmel Sepuloni promises massive boost to Jobseeker benefit – but won’t say when](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b493cc34f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joe Boon (Stuff): [How the welfare system forced me out of work and fuelled my shame](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b7ef9db59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Over 200,000 early welfare benefit payments have been paid in last three months, figures show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=340555e39c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Beneficiaries, people with disabilities still waiting for action on welfare system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1e7153409&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Disability community ‘losing hope’ over Govt’s lack of ‘transformational change’ — advocate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be86f13a65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Free lunches in schools** Tom McRae (Newshub): [PM Jacinda Ardern pours cold water on calls for free lunches at schools to tackle rising number of wagging kids](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=160e34b819&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Free school lunches ‘screamingly obvious’ choice – Children’s Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5df3b1347b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [What countries provide free school lunches – and should New Zealand follow suit?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16c704a854&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing crisis** Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Labour’s Maori caucus stoush with Housing Minister Megan Woods over Budget 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8c0f8a8f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Welcome to The Mould Awards, Wellington’s gala night for property investors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd375073e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [MSD spends $5.5m on IT to charge for emergency housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1802d28789&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Nonsensical data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65b0c5a185&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Southern wait lists ‘criminal’, oncologist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0871b0487&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Oncologist calls longest southern cancer waiting lists ‘shameful’, ‘criminal’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31406ea2c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Tamihere (Stuff): [We already have a separatist healthcare system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8ca84db35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Little ‘not convinced’ DHB elected members provided sufficient local voice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97393fe4b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Don’t play sick children off against each other – Children’s Commissioner tells Pharmac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9fc14d8b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Only half promised shovel-ready jobs will be delivered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64d1e819a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Will unemployment rise? The real clues to the economy’s strength](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f39faa2369&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Labour market ‘in a better place than anyone dared hope’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9280ead99f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Four retirement bosses quit: Shakeup at top of listed sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d79b8896a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Immigration** Anna Whyte (1News): [Inquiry launched into New Zealand’s immigration settings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9121a63d8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Faafoi on NZ’s future immigration policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b9e60b7af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Government orders major inquiry into working-age immigration settings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5756c454bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Government turns sights on immigration policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14f251227c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local government** Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council’s budget survey reveals support, but avoids awkward detail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ff0009685&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Local Government code of conduct complaints have turned into a ‘monster’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7b81c9768&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ethan Griffiths (Herald): [‘Be brave’: Rangit?kei District Council votes to establish Maori ward in time for 2022 elections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79a96a0286&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid and border** Brittney Deguara and Felippe Rodrigues (Stuff): [Life is very much normal in New Zealand. Much of the world is on fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c21778cbe9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Cook Islands travel bubble to begin on May 17 – PM Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c71a0bf13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Cook Islands bubble: Negative for NZ tourism, positive for NZ wellbeing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba6476afde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [More border workers face job losses for not getting vaccinated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37039ba809&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media, communications and information** Jenee Tibshraeny (Interest): [How well is the Parliamentary Press Gallery serving the public?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8003c8fbb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ellis: [Journalists do not play piano in a brothel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=203a011314&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Kiri Allan** Mihingarangi Forbes (Newshub): [Kiri Allan reveals she has 13 pct chance of surviving cervical cancer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1db6506f15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Labour MP Kiri Allan shares the nasty comments she’s received amid cancer battle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d292899a74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Kiri Allan reveals grim cancer prognosis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57ce65215f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Deputy PM Grant Roberston setting up new ‘implementation unit’ to make sure Government policies actually happen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9f5887986&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter (Interest): [Redefining democracy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a85c8bc3df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nevil Gibson (NBR): [Identity politics defuses May Day militancy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e16b11e7d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Mongrel Mob hui: Chief Human Rights Commissioner says declining their invitation would be ‘dereliction of duty’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99e12ec5b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helene Wong (Stuff): [180 years of Chinese NZ history appear to count for nothing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b54e614ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Lagan (Listener/Herald): [Myth v history: The uncomfortable truth about the Treaty of Waitangi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cc4171c03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Please share this article so that others can discover *The BFD***