> ## 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 – 5 January 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-5-january-2021/ - Published: 2021-01-04T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-04T19:41:58.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Waikeria prison riot** Chris Trotter: [A Powerful political metaphor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=717f67d387&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Polly Gillespie (Stuff): [The prison riot that didn’t need to happen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fc9b20afe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ani O’Brien: [Waikeria Prison riots and calls for prison abolition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc31eebeba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Don Franks (Redline): [Reflections after Waikeria incident](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61fcfcf830&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cathy Odgers: [Maori activists do not run prisons – time to clear out the trash](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b14d70e5c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cathy Odgers: [Maori activists now run prisons – Kelvin Davis impotent and completely without mana](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f3714f963&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Former inmate rubbishes claims of poor conditions, blames 501s for role in Waikeria Prison unrest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a4abbe5a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Waikeria prison protest: Aerial photos show extent of damage following fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3314f9e456&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chelsea Boyle (Herald): [What was it like inside Waikeria Prison before the riot?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dee7949f5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waikeria Prison stand-off: Human Rights Commission calls for independent inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20339bd46b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Herald): [Prison chaos: A riotous history of New Zealand jails](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66e9024034&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): [Waikeria Prison: Corrections Minister won’t step in to negotiate stand-off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74082c6ccc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Waikeria Prison surrender: Family members claim complaints about ‘disgusting’ conditions made, despite Corrections saying otherwise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cfeb70606&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [‘Complex investigation’ under way into Waikeria Prison uprising, could take months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fdc006ab7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Kelvin Davis reveals Waikeria Prison siege details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c52c475ce2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Waikeria Prison rioters surrender after six-day stand-off; jail conditions not reason for unrest, says Kelvin Davis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=243cb91e67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chelsea Boyle (Herald): [Waikeria uprising: Prisoners were terrified as roof ‘dripped down’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bd037f3c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lawrence Gullery (Stuff): [Waikeria Prison: Inmate details 43-hour emergency lockdown after rioting began](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2da74dbb06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Waikeria Prison uprising: National Party MPs refused entry; family members arrive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=006b1420ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Herald): [Waikeria ‘manifesto’ claims prison water, clothing, conditions are filthy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=facbf716b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Waikeria Prison unrest: Union says even officers ‘working in horrible conditions’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d33045e3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brad Flahive, Lawrence Gullery and Melanie Earley (Stuff): [Waikeria Prison protest: Maori Council calls for calm, asks politicians to stand back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18b7de8177&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) NZ Herald: [Waikeria Prison rioters surrender after six-day stand-off; jail conditions not reason for unrest, says Kelvin Davis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57bbeb3f12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Chris Trotter (ODT): [Ardern Government faces challenges beyond Covid in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6efcb08144&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Prime Minister focused on policies that ‘will work’, not big, bold initiatives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bc53c38d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steve Braunias (Herald): [Secret Diary of … New Year’s resolutions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f136aba0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): [Deputy PM Grant Robertson on his passion for sport: ‘I was obsessed. I played absolutely everything’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c95dc31840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s ‘Kiwi as’ start to the year in Tairua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d77ccbb08d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern’s heartfelt New Year’s message for New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=293be884c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid, vaccine, and border** Jean Bell (RNZ): [Covid-19: Health experts keeping an eye on new strain developments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=536c85a2f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 ‘might get more intense’ across world over coming weeks, warns Michael Baker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9a7030a13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko and Damian George (Stuff): [Coronavirus: $37m in PPE never used because of safety concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5c80f3ad9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Stuff): [Medical science will steadily liberate us as 2021 unfolds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4c0a3a3a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Covid-19: Kiwis face months-long wait to come home as border controls are tightened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f27df2599d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Nicholls (Stuff): [What is a life worth? Maybe Covid has shown us the answer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ba3bca09e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Covid-19: Taxpayers spent tens of thousands on security for people isolating at home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d68f13b8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19: UK and US travellers to need pre-departure tests before departing to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=820423a451&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Roughan (Herald): [2021’s big debate – who’s responsible for Covid 19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22f971a1fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [2005 pandemic predictions: What did we get right?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64b25d7d4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [A useful Covid-19 timelime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a077b42b38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Employers told to pay bigger share of isolation costs for critical workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d22712c0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, inequality and work** Liam Dann (Herald): [Economists pick the top five trends to watch in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7487edfcb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [New Year optimism: New Zealanders’ hopes high for 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35756ef31e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Researchers: Economies may do better with an ‘eliminate’ strategy in pandemics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=261776c04e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [An unhappy holiday: No rest for struggling, stranded migrants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72f41088d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andy Fyers (Business Desk): [Who repaid the wage subsidy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1620a8d441&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Saluting those who repaid the wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49a4e363c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Paul McBeth (Business Desk): [Covid looms large over economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ad805acea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Air New Zealand and Infratil two big New Year business hangovers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66d8b83f69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jennifer Eder (Stuff): [NZ crayfish in hot demand in China, selling for $100, as China-Australia relations sour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7810bf8036&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Theresa Gattung (Business Desk): [“I believe right now in the world, the heroes are not the wealthiest people”](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4d7c07f36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [$2b worth of investor visas ‘locked up in office in Wellington’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10182adec1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Anne Gibson (Herald): [What will NZ house prices do in 2021? Experts make their forecasts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d4fcae7c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Councils downplay their powers to order repairs to substandard rentals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d570700e69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Build-to-rent set for breakthrough in 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8dfa732735&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Changing Auckland: How Hobsonville Point went from airbase to built-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bfbf7adfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [Building 100 homes the next target for Rotorua homeless campaigner Tiny Deane](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5ede1ccd9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Pensioners shocked after weekly rents increased by $25](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c99c3f935d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vicki Anderson (Stuff): [Hiding from the ‘red coats’: Life, death and nights on the streets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2afa1d043c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Race relations, ethnicity and racism** Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Stop treating Maori patients like they are ‘gangsters’: Maori nurse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cfcc68b31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) T?whiao McMaster (Herald): [T?whiao McMaster: Maori version of history of statues needs to be told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6076c9b6f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Clare de Lore (Herald): [The Government says it’s working to address racism and poverty. Meng Foon doesn’t buy it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb5611b3af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [Why Aotearoa New Zealand’s early Polynesian settlement should be recognised with World Heritage Site status](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=240c9f626f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jim Sullivan (ODT): [Potential for bigotry wanders beyond political correctness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbae6e2ce2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Crime and justice** Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [New Zealand gangs on the rise: Why young Kiwis are getting patched](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e2892679b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Former NZ First MP Darroch Ball new co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=245228abc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Police defend use of force during Whangamat? riots](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64b8407669&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Ringwood (Herald): [Whangamat? unrest – is this the sort of policing we want in New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfde2621ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Katie Pickles (Stuff): [Kiwiana is past its use-by date: Time to re-imagine our symbols of national identity?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81c086d483&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [All you nations whom we beat, please buy our wool and buy our meat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98c03b917a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Grant (Stuff): [We have traded away vast amounts of our personal data in order to feel safe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b2b4a915a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cat MacLennan (Stuff): [How a parliamentary committee fell down on the job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af7b3d48e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Wayne Brown (Stuff): [Is it time to sell our seat on Five Eyes?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fa43f0fdb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [New Canterbury health boss confident he can get finances in order](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab5ae6f0a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [2020 in review – the law changes that kicked off last year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9eb25225e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Derek Cheng (Herald): [The ‘health’ approach to drugs: Less then one in 100 drug users engaging with services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be5c892aa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tuari Potiki (Stuff): [Create a new drugs law for the modern world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e05d5b831e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Mitchell (Stuff): [That’s a capital idea: Some solutions to Wellington’s challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b2fb95bd7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Heagney (Stuff): [Salaries topping $100,000 continue to climb at Massey University](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aa0f9cd32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Gates (Stuff): [Police called as protesters and security clash at Canterbury Rodeo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7abe7a0aa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Thinking about the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2385b9361b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Advocates want government to prioritise braille more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c53f3456a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Tragic toll on our roads in clear view again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c0ba1db22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Government considering tariff hikes on less safe cars as road toll remains stubbornly high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=880d69a5e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (Business Desk): [Carbon capture and storage an option for NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90abda1723&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kate Green (Stuff): [A teacher to generations of journalists honoured](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46f0a7c2cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [New Year Honours List 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f8b2467df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)