> ## 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 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-4/ - Published: 2020-03-31T19:32:36.000Z - Updated: 2020-03-31T19:34:33.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Public health strategy** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Lockdown ‘not enough’, top professor tells Govt video conference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a257d937a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Just when you thought the Opposition had become irrelevant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc6c801ab2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Sir David Skegg urges Government to show clear plan to eliminate COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d3484c5ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New Zealand still faces ‘major challenge to avoid tens of thousands of deaths’ – Health Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f95643450&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Health Minister David Clark says there’s no evidence community transmission figures being underestimated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc880464f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Broadening COVID-19 testing criteria applauded by public health expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e564615e3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Doctor says the expansion of COVID-19 testing criteria should have happened weeks ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17ec66436a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Calls to allow front-line health workers to test patients themselves](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=732fc94402&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM: ‘We need more testing’ Government orders a big boost in testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61897ab568&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Lewis (Stuff): [Government expands testing criteria, PM says test numbers need to increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf641b4ab6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘I want more tests’ – Jacinda Ardern says coronavirus test criteria being broadened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23edf24ecb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Hall (RNZ): [Northland woman calls for mobile testing units after Covid-19 runaround](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a69fc7af74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government using domestic charter flights to move Kiwis arriving from overseas to self-isolation location](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f411927bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Modelling** Jamie Morton (Herald): [Big Read: What you need to know about scary virus projections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c142a24e28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [New modelling shows thousands could die if Covid-19 eradication plan fails](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36f409d5c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New Zealand could see 8000-14,000 coronavirus deaths if lockdown strategy fails, expert warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd18893706&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Morning Report: [14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d197240fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Covid 19 coronavirus modelling is another wake up call](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a620cf9b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Enforcing the lockdown, government messaging, civil liberties** Grant Morris (Democracy Project): [Liberty and Lockdown: Talking about Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=788663c2ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brad Flahive (Stuff): [Why the PM’s repeated ‘stay at home’ message appears to be working](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b05be048aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): [Who does tomorrow belong to?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4e5c1d27d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Annemarie Jutel (Stuff): [We need solidarity right now, not judgment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bec781d92d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vera Alves (Herald): [Why we should be mindful of dobbing in our neighbours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fca25c9f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [NZ’s becoming a nation of narks – and I welcome it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76722b6116&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [‘We are in a pretty stringent environment as it is’ – PM Ardern on lockdown curfew](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8066e757f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Police Association’s Chris Cahill calls for curfew to ease pressure on officers during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c72c48832&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Police Commissioner urges all Kiwis to follow coronavirus lockdown rules ‘to really make a difference’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3658896c58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Outgoing Police Commissioner Mike Bush to bow out at Covid-19 select committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3dcbe75c08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [State of national emergency extended](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1004f77013&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [State of Emergency extended by 7 days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d4b533097&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Juha Saarinen (Herald): [New Medtech – Iron fist in a latex glove?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e3f90dd15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Nearly 10,000 reports of suspected lockdown breaches made](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e8d41d5f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Always blow on the pie’ cop returns with new message to stop spread of coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12c29637dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, business** Bryan Gould (Herald): [Lessons from a global pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b91aa391ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Lyons (ODT): [Wartime footing requires people sticking together](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=057121251a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Coronavirus crash won’t be pleasant, but every crisis is also an opportunity to change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ad967e3dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [New Zealand can turn economy around fast, be ‘wealthier than ever before’ – Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b9ae01756&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Reddell: [The old world won’t snap back and we shouldn’t make policy assuming it will](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dffe461144&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Sir John Key on why ‘it’s harder to get out’ than into a lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5912d0e26e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock and Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Major projects up for huge cash boost to reverse lockdown downturn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=869b942ae1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Construction companies on the brink](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73c0fb4256&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Construction sector calls for its own coronavirus alert levels to keep sector afloat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01c112ed13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Unemployment won’t fall back to 5pc for four years: BNZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f412c80f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Severe recession guaranteed in wake of coronavirus pandemic, economists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4628df5a42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Business confidence sinks but ANZ warns the worst may be yet to come](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1570e9855a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [ANZ Business Outlook for March makes for ‘dreadful reading’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e916d799b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) BusinessDesk: [Pandemic decimates business confidence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5296c73f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Business confidence at record lows – ANZ survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8a7cb87fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [NZ banks should be able to absorb credit losses – S&P](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1394375f83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Submit tax returns even if unable to meet payments, businsesses told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d713689eb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Dozens of Wellington businesses granted rent suspension](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00b1f6a281&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government finances** Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Grant Robertson, from fiscal prudence to $1 billion a week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=622b344d75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Strong NZ govt balance sheet about to blow out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13e4d65ac1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Whyte (1News): [Government had $1.4 billion surplus prior to Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33aa071a64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government books in surplus before Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e14c82ea6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Workers, wage subsidy scheme** Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [Employers unilaterally cutting pay during coronavirus lockdown are acting illegally](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0010dc8144&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Employers urged to act in good faith, support employees affected by coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87671c37a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [Wage subsidy and workers’ rights: Your Covid-19 questions answered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7915e64544&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Delays and confusion surround wage subsidy scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d33f25710&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Employers encountering obstacles accessing Covid-19 wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cae26da4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New Zealand’s minimum wage set to increase today to $18.90 an hour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df22d45a65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Renewed calls to defer tomorrow’s $1.20 minimum wage increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26596eb154&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Businesses want minimum wage increase postponed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c10858a9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff) :[$1.20 minimum wage increase to hit already struggling employers, manufacturing association says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5a441a780&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Tomorrow’s minimum wage rise is ‘irresponsible’ amid Covid-19, Simon Bridges says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9282da1cf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Supermarkets** Geoff Simmons (Stuff): [Give Commerce Commission power to investigate supermarkets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4afd12297&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Supermarket staff describe abuse, stress of restocking shelves in Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=827b6dfab8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Supermarkets to stay open Easter Sunday, but close Easter Friday to give workers a ‘well-earned break’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94aad91a76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says supermarkets to open on Easter Sunday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b69a4b6e55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Countdown to offer rent relief for tenants, hour of morning shop for essential service workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad5a7fd940&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Essential services and businesses** Anna Campbell (ODT): [Time to reassess our entire food chains to find better ways](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0ad75ddda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kim Moodie (Herald): [The NZ stores selling essential items online during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd960b790c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [To be essentially exceptional](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b8cf63cec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nina Hindmarsh (Stuff): [Confusion for vege shops and growers with some open and others forced to shut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1565a3baa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): [Queenstown milkman gives away 1000 bottles of milk rather than let it spoil](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db6c2cd8ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Millions of dollars worth of meat headed to landfill due to trading ban](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7da17ff747&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kristin Hall (1News): [Some Kiwi Muslims go vegetarian as lockdown rules see halal butchers close](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e787f16b42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Oliver (Metro): [You can’t always get what you want: An argument about what’s essential during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=325520a32c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Hospitals** Nicholas Jones (Herald): [NZ software to help decide who gets intensive care beds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86374da825&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kim Moodie (Herald): [Over 30 ICU beds fast-tracked at Christchurch Hospital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=050a307653&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ministry of Health reveals current number of ventilators available in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6db9f55aa8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [533 ventilators available in the New Zealand public health system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e65f4ab9af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Nicol-Williams (1News): [Essential health workers happy with new PPE distribution announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecca070d70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Thousands of doctors and nurses rally for more effective protective gear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a20579d81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Getting local companies to help make Covid-19 personal protective equipment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=175695634e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Over 70 staff at Queenstown hospital in isolation after two nurses contract coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a9174fc98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health system** Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Flu vaccine not available for at-risk groups due to supply issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01ade195a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Garth Bray (1News): [Some GPs out of flu jabs after coronvirus triggers early start to immunisation campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96870dbd7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [GPs will be able to prescribe more cancer drugs amid coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09d3b1ae4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [GPs could be forced to close over financial struggles amid coronavirus pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec6d5f250c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [GPs call for urgent financial help from Government as patient numbers drop](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06d8b89767&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [Covid-19 shows we were not prepared for a pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=509d0a3669&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McLean (ODT): [Outside delivery service blow for pharmacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45f1f76851&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Iwi checkpoints, border lockdowns** Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Green Party supports iwi checkpoints to ‘ensure protected communities’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b486494d6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [Iwi enforce ‘level 5 lockdown’ to stop spread of coronavirus in community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=800405a6e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Taroi Black (M?ori TV): [Prime Minister refuses to send personnel and resources to Tairawhiti](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8870e6eca1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Jackson Thomas (Stuff): [Auckland air quality improves by up to 90 per cent in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=263e0c7b37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Dramatic improvement in Auckland air quality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d1b10f826&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Green economy should centre on Covid-19 rebuild, Shaw says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed5e9b8cb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson and Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Emitters offered extra time to report footprints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7c5aa1ba6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hall (Stuff): [Stimulating the economic recovery with climate-friendly projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3968af2ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Covid-19 Campaign leaves Wellington City Councillors embarrassed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9713644278&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (RNZ): [Transparency a challenge for Northland during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5993aa9270&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Gisborne District Council boss gets right to spend $1m at-a-time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b3feb5f8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (Stuff): [Covid-19: $1.2m boost could cushion blow for galleries, theatres](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=311f3d4d68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Whakat?ne mobilises pandemic, civil defence teams](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c17a02f51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon and Skara Bohny (Stuff): [Nelson and Tasman councils intend to hold virtual meetings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88bb4bde3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Daniel Laufer (Herald): [Air New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fff179ce4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Air New Zealand unions plea over job cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15a7f669dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air New Zealand to apply for wage subsidy for its staff amid Covid-19 turmoil](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2c223d2a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [NZTA contractors to get advance payment while work halted during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c87e8c6257&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Government rolls back COVID-19 rules for local papers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=509bf60ab3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Restrictions on previously ‘non-essential’ media eased just a fraction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b69bd30186&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Remote community newspapers now considered an essential service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d119743199&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): [High-quality information has never been more important](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=177994aaed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [NZME staff told job losses are coming](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09e96fdb0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Hepburn (ODT): [Future for Radio Sport uncertain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=948cd22505&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Veronica Schmidt (RNZ): [How we’re running RNZ from home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=838ebe77e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ-Australia relations** Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern gets blood out of a stone from Australia – this time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a03aca0fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) AAP: [Jacinda Ardern to keep pressure on Aussie Government with Kiwis now eligible for wage subsidy scheme there](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d72a76dc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** RNZ: [Property firm apologies for ‘inartful’ advice to avoid rent holidays](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c75a8393b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [QV delivers a grim assessment of the property market after the lockdown ends](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c896d62c7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality, hardship** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [New self-contained units for Wellington’s homeless](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68cd827f5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Virginia Fallon (Stuff): [Heroes of the Frontline: Wellington’s soup kitchen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc25a50a55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nick Truebridge (Stuff): [South Auckland food bank demand more than doubles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea1660cc41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [KiwiSaver providers told to be ‘sensible and practical’ on hardship withdrawals applications](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27afa685d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tourists stranded in NZ and overseas, repatriation** RNZ: [Jacinda Ardern says repatriation of foreign nationals will take a while under lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dd09043ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [UK man stranded in New Zealand laments local TV: ‘It’s like a sixth form experiment’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74c898b323&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lincoln Tan (Stuff): [Stranded families running out of money for food and accommodation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf1ce15c19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sandra Conchie (Herald): [Waihi Beach couple stranded in New Delhi hotel room after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1554ddb5cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Kiwi whose elderly parents are stuck in Delhi pleads for Government help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c06507b904&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Guy Trafford (Interest): [The grass is greener here](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b98a83a615&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Fonterra seeing demand spike for some products](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84757234ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Concerns for welfare of surplus pigs as butchers around NZ ordered to close](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9232c029d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Alcohol, drugs** Southland Times Editorial: [Our locked-down problems don’t form orderly queues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04054908a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Stuff): [Cannabis users encouraged to take a break over lockdown period due to COVID-19 health risks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6efcc48e3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [People addicted to drugs or alcohol should ‘maintain their current usage’ during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0077170e77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Chris McDowall (Spinoff): [Every New Zealand case, mapped and charted, March 31](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f98416a1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Parole hearings held over phone for first time during coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0c37a3e48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kim Moodie (Herald): [Ministry of Health error names virus clusters after families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4fcc66b23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Figures show dramatic spending drop in first days of Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e006478c91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Rio Tinto to close one of four potlines at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d70549a17c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Mckew (ODT): [Hotels in Queenstown could close until end of year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42d3c40b9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)