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# Daily News Roundup – 5 February 2021
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-5-february-2021/
- Published: 2021-02-04T19:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-05T20:20:33.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

**Waitangi**  
Richard Harman: [Waitangi; challenging sovereignty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ae447c77e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Ardern denies switching to ‘foundational change’ was because ‘transformational’ was too hard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12c3474436&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [It takes a lot to keep Judith Collins quiet – but Waitangi tried](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7885bac929&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Political platitudes give way to change at Waitangi: Women will speak on the mahau](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bac87df616&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Waitangi: Ngati Hine leader Waihoroi Shortland calls on Ng?puhi to step up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7857efcedc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Judith Collins says not being allowed to speak at Parliamentary powhiri in Waitangi was sexist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c78c80f8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maori TV: [Shane Reti issues a wero to Ngapuhi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39a0d1fb5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [MPs welcomed to Waitangi with plea to fix Maori woes, not ‘sit down once a year and go back to Wellington’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fc1f092be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [Waitangi week: Jacinda Ardern hints at wedding news ‘soon’ as she and Collins welcome possible backdown on women speaking at marae](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b692d6b35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Newstalk ZB): [Ardern denies empty promises to Maori – and hints at wedding news ‘soon’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58cb1c4e4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘This is Aotearoa, there will always be clouds’ – PM defends her Government’s record for Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42b918a2f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Waitangi: Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy speaks on NZ history, Te Tiriti and the constitution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1b72e167d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy praised for ‘personifying nationhood’ during ‘stirring’ powhiri at Waitangi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ec121a033&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Waitangi 2021: Jacinda Ardern speaks at Te Whare Runanga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2084a0038&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [The unfortunate accident with the pohutukawa tree](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1c4f46f51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM’s Waitangi promise to Maori, Collins assured of speaking slot next year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=481dd56882&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cathy Odgers: [National need to decide who they are](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eea0a5c3de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [Divisive or unifying? What Kiwis think of Waitangi Day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cf8d27f92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Climate change**  
Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Climate plan more radical than 1984](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea69d09a47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brian Fallow (Herald): [Pragmatic path to cutting carbon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1caf718801&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Climate Commission’s recommendations is just another report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce228e4c56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Marta Steeman (Stuff): [Climate change report: Gasfitters fear for their businesses while consumers rethink installations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ece73493d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Waatea News: [Maori key to climate action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=518f0ecb62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): [NZ needs its own Project Warp Speed on climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9fe9e3bdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Foreign policy, China and international relations**  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Nanaia Mahuta lays out vision for NZ foreign policy: China for trade, US for defence, and Pacific at the centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15df7a4c84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Minister of Foreign Affairs vows to bring indigenous issues to forefront](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51182e8e8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [US President Biden name-check in major speech by Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=116a28075c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Covid: Vaccine**  
1News: [Kiwis won’t get to choose which Covid-19 vaccine they get, says Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a5dae0b4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [New Zealand wasn’t slow in ordering Covid-19 vaccines, says Pfizer boss](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b81897782&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New Zealand preparing in case of early Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine delivery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53b66d2f73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine: Covax forecasts doses for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49ae425b34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Vaccine could be targeted at young to avoid ineffectiveness in over 65s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=483d14760d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZ offers assurance to Pacific on vaccines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b822b97dd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Ministry of Health urged to be transparent with Covid vaccine rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=355850836a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Can your boss call the shots on Covid-19 vaccination?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb9a8ae9ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Covid: General**  
Sharon Brettkelly (Stuff): [Covid advisor Rodney Jones on the outlook of NZ and the need for an ‘MIQ reset’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e7277d415&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Experts weigh in on Air NZ-funded research into modelling relaxed Covid-19 border rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c63922fce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [The new Auckland Covid-19 case poses ‘very low’ public health risk – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f28716fd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [‘Hard and early’ lockdown was the right economic strategy: Economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=055e3f1c06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Covid-19: NZ aiming for herd immunity ‘later in the year’, Dr Ashley Bloomfield says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=119a284824&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Sadler (1News): [Coronavirus: Why it took several tests for New Zealand’s latest case to return positive result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a329d303e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Maori wards in local government**  
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): [Disproving the big lie](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc1cc8b2d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Trotter: [Safeguarding Maori wards: A significant treaty victory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4de7501bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tumamao Harawira (Maori TV): [Auckland super city to establish Maori ward?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8f4074e2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): [Nixed Maori ward back on the table in Marlborough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87cc246095&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
Katie Bradford (1News): [Data proves lack of supply is driving New Zealand’s housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40fd793ebc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anne Gibson (Herald): [New house consents rise fast: Stats NZ data out for December quarter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c9b59f7da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Record building consents reaching levels that could surpass their 1970s heyday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c983dd6e81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anne Gibson (Herald): [Tenants on blacklists written by landlords, managers: ‘Can post anything they like’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce4f5c5ead&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Tenant ‘blacklists’ another reason to regulate property management: REINZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=707d2035a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Property Managers Institute labels controversial blacklist site a ‘disgrace’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f11bca5440&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anne Gibson (Herald): [What landlords say about bad tenant blacklist after complaints to Privacy Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4747b571a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [We’re building enough houses – Westpac](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=007a0d491f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Local government**  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [Climate change: Lobby group threatens legal moves to make Auckland Council act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da8b138577&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Wellington water woes: ‘We’re dealing with some very old pipes’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39e9e11ea5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Wellington water woes becoming daily disasters, council under pressure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=840e11f463&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tina Law (Stuff): [Christchurch City Council-controlled companies yet to fully implement living wage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29c15208f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Time for Hamilton to put aside cultural fears, embrace partnership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df6e033d8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City Council agrees to underwrite World of Wearable Arts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e049fc414a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damian George (Stuff): [Council underwrite secures World of WearableArt for Wellington for next five years, amid Covid-19 uncertainty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c21465628&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Waatea News: [Tauranga clean-out chance for change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b720e92ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy and work**  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Unemployment data could push Reserve Bank ‘back to square one’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a527e00f92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Editorial – We should celebrate economic success, but not for long](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87c8880a33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Business confidence rises with hopes for ‘stronger activity’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bdb078568&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington unemployment rates to remain below national average for several years, according to report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ded304d2d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Reddell: [Reforming the Reserve Bank, continued](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bab5fa7b4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [We’re letting laziness take over](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12f00a1ab0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Good economic news is masking a mountain of debt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac05459710&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**New Zealand history and the school curriculum**  
Stuff: [Editorial – Three big themes in a new view of history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecb27973fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Teacher’s suggestion for Treaty of Waitangi lesson sparks online debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=660b3ebe0a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Teaching some NZ history is better than none at all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60e7a862f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Basset: [Labour’s history curriculum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e175391f18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Matariki date announced**  
Te Rina Triponel (Herald): [Matariki Advisory chair ‘excited’ to welcome new public holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e96194d36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern announces first Matariki public holiday for 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b90711433&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel Maxwell and Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Aotearoa’s first Matariki public holiday to fall on June 24, 2022 – get ready to wrap up work on a Thursday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b2cb227eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Changeable Matariki public holiday ‘fantastic’, a ‘great step’ forward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dd885b0fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
1News: [‘One-size-fits-all’ teaching approach doesn’t always work for poor performing NZ students – Ministry of Education](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89cb52c9f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [New Zealand failing to identify high-achieving science students at school, research finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4c163a840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alison Mau (Stuff): [Bullying at AUT rife, processes to resolve sexual harassment inadequate, review finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8135f650df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Ed Hitchcock (Democracy Project): [A simple way to solve the problem of the MMP threshold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96fb9cb818&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Daly (Stuff): [New Zealand remains world’s fourth best democracy, according to The Economist Democracy Index 2020, in the year of Covid-19 lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5915fe0709&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Keith Lynch (Stuff): [John Banks and racist callers: Is talkback radio getting worse?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3cebcdb5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Government planning new fund for community journalism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a108369cf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karl du Fresne: [Thrashing a lame dog](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=deef1fc2cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Robert MacCulloch (NBR): [Jacindanomics does not exist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=096b88f8ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Aaron Dahmen (Newstalk ZB): [Revealed: $175k spike in taxpayer cash going towards Police informants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc74db077b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Government funds Tiwai Point study after being ‘left blind’ on its condition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b030b4cb5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Kate MacNamara (Herald): [New Zealand’s medicinal cannabis supply in jeopardy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e7def26fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Gareth Hughes to write a book about Green Party stalwart Jeanette Fitzsimons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1da6ef7dad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melanie Earley (Stuff): [Rainbow Pride Auckland Parade returns to Ponsonby for second year running](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b60bcfa1f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Ng?ti Kahungunu joins Ng?i Tahu in court action seeking rangatiratanga over freshwater](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a44b2121e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Te Ringahuia Hata (Waatea News): [Attacks on mana wahine bad for health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46a73d74fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Man who sued Mallard for defamation felt like a leper, lawyer says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fb5287172&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [South Auckland dentist offering treatment at fraction of regular price](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1f4e3ba25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)