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# Daily News Roundup: 6 April 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-6-april-2020/
- Published: 2020-04-06T00:50:59.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-06T00:51:08.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

**Public health strategy**  
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): [How hard, how early? The numbers behind New Zealand’s quick lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49993f8e17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Baker and Nick Wilson (Stuff): [Five reasons why we must fight, and how it will make New Zealand better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57cf17547a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley and Emma Stanford (Newshub): [NZ with a chance to be only Western nation to eradicate COVID-19 – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46ea308d6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [NZ’s Plan B could mean ‘safe havens’ for elderly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19da697872&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sharnae Hope (Stuff): [Mayor calls out Ministry for not disclosing case numbers by district](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a12597b8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Philip Matthews (Stuff): [Man for this moment – epidemiologist Michael Baker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb48c16c9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Priorities**  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Health is important, but it cannot be the Government’s only aim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3187bdc49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Lockdown is essential to avoid economic pain, say ministers. Some disagree](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3affb2a8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Gareth Morgan wants Government to focus on healthcare, not business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82efe70f1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Dickson (Stuff): [Sacrificing wealth creation in favour of health salvation provides lessons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ad72fffcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [It’s always clear in hindsight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15b1399224&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Reddell: [Choices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38e66e61bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Lockdown**  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Eight reasons NZ is well placed to get through this](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0871d2c48f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Richard Harman (Politik): [So far, so good](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=757cba33d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Cabinet to consider next steps as signs emerge the lockdown is working](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a329669b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern says she wants country out of lockdown as soon as possible – but we’re still not at halftime](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed0457464e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Still too early to know if NZ’s coronavirus lockdown will be extended, says Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b338837b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Lack of ‘recovered’ COVID-19 patient testing prompts rethink at Ministry of Health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46c06bdf41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damien Grant (Stuff): [The first stage of lockdown is acceptance, then try reading a book](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee9cf737d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Media**  
Phil Quin (Stuff): [We need more journalists holding government to account, not fewer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfd5bedc57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Graham Adams (Democracy Project): [Bauer bows out (along with #TurnArdern)](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5eff3c7f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karl du Fresne: [A personal perspective on the closure of The Listener](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba06fc6d1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [A blame guide for the Bauer Media shutdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09051070a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: [Speaking truth to Bauer: a wretched week for media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=997c17cd34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Bauer offered magazines to Government for a dollar, but says it got no clear response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26c6366568&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Weekes (Stuff): [Ex-Bauer magazine staff could sue German company after publisher folds, legal experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37df43ba4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sally Duggan (Stuff): [Bauer closure: ‘We’re all in this together’ – but some are more in it than others](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92b17aa561&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: Q+A: [Government should ‘step up’ to support struggling media companies – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbe5ff5d1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [TVNZ to apply for wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c08b846e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: [‘Essential service’ exclusion riles local papers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50763cd0ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Burgess (Herald): [Celebrating the wonderful legacy left by Radio Sport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c48d1ab73b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Lockdown rules and compliance**  
Newshub: [Rules clarified so Kiwis can resume normal life ‘as soon as possible’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef268d786b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New Covid-19 lockdown guidelines: No swimming, tramping, boating allowed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a3dd98ba9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [NZ Outdoors Party criticises lockdown rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3bd707e78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [NZ travelling 91% less than usual, Google data shows – but Aussies still out and about](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e2cc3e20d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michelle Cooke (RNZ): [Google’s tracking Kiwis during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=579f748df1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [The Kiwi towns following the lockdown rules the best](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e69822358&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**David Clark**  
RNZ: [PM: David Clark ‘needs to be a role model’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52ab1a2cfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sachdeva (Stuff): [Clark’s biking calamity a sign of wider confusion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ed192a786&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Press Editorial: [Making mountain bikes out of molehills](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72d4e01919&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Health Minister’s mountain biking controversy: Search and rescue say it puts volunteers at risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a57e2cd601&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [David Clark doesn’t deserve it, but he should be fired](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=835b0c5e4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch and Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Health minister’s apology over non-essential drive is enough, minister Grant Robertson says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45d1a58502&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Health Minister David Clark apologises to the prime minister for lockdown mountain bike ride](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=831783cab3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Health Minister apologises after breaching Covid-19 lockdown with mountain bike ride](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9c991edd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Sathelrey (Newshub): [Health Minister’s bike ride shows how confusing lockdown rules are – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39acef981f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sean Plunket (Newshub): [The question of Health Minister David Clark’s removal is not debatable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=050babe260&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard defends lockdown cycling trips](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67d670d60c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Testing, contract tracing, border measures**  
Joanne Carroll (Stuff):[Covid-19 testing rates up but still lagging behind some countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bb9d96b50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Davison (ODT): [Confusion in South as Covid-19 test swabs refused by labs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a24b0a9ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Government says it is ramping up coronavirus testing, but doctor warns there are no kits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb0174699b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Christchurch mum struggles to get tested for Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=658cad6ea7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Weekes (Stuff): [Dr Lance O’Sullivan raises concerns about testing availability in Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5c3f96a18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Officials fire back as Dr Lance O’Sullivan lashes out at lack of Covid-19 response in Kaitaia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88b250c81c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Tyson (M?ori TV: [Dr Lance O’Sullivan criticises health system over lack of COVID-19 testing in Kaitaia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a31df0b51f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Far North town steps up Covid-19 testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a70a85fa14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Northland iwi establish coronavirus testing centre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=094089b040&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Concern for Pasifika community sees third Covid-19 testing station open in South Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ce47af42a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Covid-19 testing station opens in ?tara](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=306140ffc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [700 close contact traces a day but still no use of Bluetooth tracking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aadd50c928&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Shannon Redstall (Newshub): [Why contact tracing is so important in NZ’s fight against COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c0d96ea71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Major IT groups not consulted over race to speed up contact tracing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4276b91252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cherie Howie (Herald): [Privacy Commissioner John Edwards talks to police about location-tracing self-isolation texts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=135c9e1bf7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Time to get strict on new arrivals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b294eb3179&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [No sign of tighter controls despite police admission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b0f902d8a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Health boss stands by COVID-19 border measures as National blasts ‘not good enough’ response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31e828d134&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [No mandatory quarantine because Kiwis have human rights – Labour MP Willie Jackson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a689a6874e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Police**  
Sam Sherwood and Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): [Police modify guidelines for frontline officers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16cdf76e2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [About 660 police officers and staff in isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af8de5fe4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [Police lack power to truly enforce lockdown rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d960fe2fc1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Police frustrated with lack of power amid COVID-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e35bd5e6cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Concerns in NZ and globally around growing government, police power during lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33fc9e20a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [New police commissioner Andy Coster promises to be open to ‘respectful challenge’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4e6c2f64e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [New Police Commissioner’s unusual advice to front-line staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eff71d4c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Leask (Herald): [Police to shave beards to help in fight against virus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff2aeb98da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mihingarangi Forbes and John Boynton (The Hui): [Most M?ori and Pasifika don’t feel safe with police Armed Response Teams out and about – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c695e0f79a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tania Sawicki Mead (RNZ): [Time for NZ police to end its armed response pilot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92cce8412e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Government, parliament**  
Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Our panic makes us more inclined to conform: here’s why we need to push back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3dc947cc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in Politics: How many Covid-19 cases do we really have?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e836967e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Epidemic committee proves its worth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a93d4c6e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Braunias (Herald): [The Secret Diary of … Being Kind](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6aeb8f0a3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Economy**  
1News: [Economic predictions tricky as true data numbers still to come, Finance Minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56a23abc40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Uncertainty clouds post-virus planning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9c5c90a94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Julie Iles (NBR): [Sir John Key: ‘There is light at the end of the tunnel’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19586d8734&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [An end game to covid-19 – John Key](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc4e61328e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Adrian Orr (Stuff): [Economic shockwaves will eventually give way to vibrant, refreshed New Zealand economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d61ccae273&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [OECD expects big impact for NZ economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=743859d2cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [How to spot Covid-19’s economic hit – check your wallet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b931ecea5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damian George (Stuff): [Pressure on Government to bring forward capital projects as part of infrastructure injection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa6a39e1a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Employment, job losses, pay cuts**  
Isaac Davison (Herald): [100,000 more New Zealanders could join benefit queue, many for the first time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca760ea793&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Bosses can’t slash and burn](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b99649e843&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Sir John Key says 15 per cent pay cut too low for Fletcher executives to take](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1df99972a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Fletcher Building on shaky legal ground with pay cuts for workers, employment lawyer warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a684ba96f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [If Fletcher Building is in this much trouble, who else might be?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e63d96e58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Major job losses at SkyCity, restructure underway due to Covid-19 impact](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=952989acac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anne Gibson (Herald): [SkyCity axes 200 jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c72dadc194&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Covid-19: SkyCity making 200 staff redundant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cb9091084&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Business**  
Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern answers employment and wage subsidy questions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47a29c8586&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Wage subsidy applicants to be named on Monday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8494551e23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Third of businesses fear permanent closure during Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8f1090f71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Afterpay ‘could hold on to tens of thousands’ during lockdown, retailer says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=168dba6c13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Wilhelmina Shrimpton (Newshub): [Afterpay withholding payments to New Zealand retailers during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=deec9c21e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newshub Nation: [Grant Robertson hints at potential rent freeze for business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=953ec337fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [New rules to allow COVID-19-affected businesses to temporarily ‘hibernate’ debts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f24f13f8c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Law change to help companies facing insolvency remain viable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fde5cbeccb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Government announces new plans to help keep struggling businesses afloat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f61915ba1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Small businesses desperate for commercial rent relief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d626addfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Deena Coster (Stuff): [Wh?nau-based business likely to be hit worst by economic fallout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a40bcd6f22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [From hero to zero – what’s the future for tourism?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb657bbe1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Critic of Queenstown flight expansion says time to shift from tourism focus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81e8debd5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [About 5000 rental cars parked up in Queenstown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff0fe2c268&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Z cuts its dividend payout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f23af3457&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Looking forward**  
Michael Wright (Stuff): [What will New Zealand look like a year after coronavirus?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78f00e928a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Armstrong (1News): [We thought we’d beaten plagues, we were wrong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bd17b6f68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald Editorial: [The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has lessons for the world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55d401214c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**Inequality, welfare**  
Sonia Yoshioka Braid (Stuff): [How a UBI can help New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77ef96709d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Carmen Parahi and John Anthony (Stuff): [Ministry of Social Development swamped, as job losses mount](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=82731200f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Govt to bolster MSD for likely benefit numbers spike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d488d1f13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Credit card holders with lower scores increased borrowing after lockdown announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4434d152d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Social services ask for halt of debt collection and fees so families can survive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ebc45754b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Social service groups call for pause to debt recovery, late payment fees and disconnections](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fb3208368&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Poverty groups appeal for end of disconnections, debt collection during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a91cd72992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [South Auckland marae providing food parcels to those in need during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80dfd92378&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Essential workers, business and services**  
RNZ: [Week one of lockdown: What life’s been like for essential workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c9b25e8ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Maxine Jacobs (Stuff): [Essentially a pariah: Health care worker shunned by flatmates due to virus fears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b34beda6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Health watchdog worried alcohol retailers given ‘almost free reign’ during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8279e65ca8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eric Crampton (Stuff): [Suppliers to some essential services might be more essential than first thought](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75693d749e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Bridges calls for more businesses to safely operate during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6541a1a3c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [National calls for Government to let more businesses operate during lockdown if it’s safe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebc42a898b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Supermarkets**  
Katarina Williams and Laura Wiltshire (Dominion Post): [Stretching the supply chain: Supermarkets maintain they’re up for the lockdown challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77b5ba30dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): [Benefit days see mass supermarket gatherings amid lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32378453b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: Nine to Noon: [Supermarket issues: pricing, queues, online deliveries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3074fc1b0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Carer denied priority entry to Countdown despite being ‘essential’ worker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d76ba67fb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Further calls for calm after Auckland supermarket manager ‘punched in the face’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b035d036a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Caroline Williams (Stuff): [Woman charged after allegedly punching supermarket worker in the face](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdffb667f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Hospitals, health system**  
Tom Dillane and Chris Knox (Herald): [New Zealand’s best and worst prepared DHBs by elderly population and ICU beds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17f959df2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Auckland doctor threatened by bosses to stop wearing extra PPE or be stood down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90bcbe5cf1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Orders for more ventilators finalised by Ministry of Health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a9b8fcb5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Surgical masks essential when dealing with all hospital patients, staff told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74406816b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Morrah (Newshub): [St John denies ambulance for potential coronavirus patient](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8973e5dbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Fewer GP visits will eventually put pressure on hospitals, experts say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bf07784e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Hospitals repurposed to handle surge of patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22d368380c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Hospitals across NZ preparing for potential influx of Covid-19 patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14f4c38214&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Russell (Herald): [Health Minister David Clark announces North Shore Hospital converts building to treat virus patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d52993f3b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [District Health board to review resuscitation policy for Covid-19 patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acff93ad6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New Zealand hospitals prepare to handle virus patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fa97aa535&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Shipping containers on standby as makeshift morgues if NZ has surge in deaths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=091bac278f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Multiple Auckland DHB staff test positive for coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bfcc79daa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Plunket cuts back on services to prioritise needs during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2852ecb33b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [New life, and new birthing procedures, amidst the lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a5f574ca1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Midwives under pressure due to overwork and lack of support amid Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf49251a2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Imran Ali (Northern Advocate): [Flu vaccines in short supply in Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34f6ef7af5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Russell (Herald): [Revealed: Dying patients sent to ICU hospital ‘solely for organ donation’, families in the dark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebc058ed62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Masks and protective gear**  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Epidemiologist says safer to wear masks, but priority should be health workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f02a900b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [NZ not following USA’s lead on face masks yet, Ministry of Health says – ‘We’re not in that position’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de1ed4b3aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Review underway into possible wider use of face masks in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=146394b478&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [WHO to advise NZ health officials on new face mask measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6061e2c65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joseph Judd (Interest): [Government messaging on face masks could cost lives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0414632beb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Grassroots movement hopes to provide masks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f90463eca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Patrick Gower (Newshub): [Urgently-needed protective equipment touches down in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edf8bfdb09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**M?ori health response**  
Mihingarangi Forbes and John Boynton (The Hui): [Call for better data collection during testing of M?ori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb6c2e5517&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Elana Curtis (E-Tangata): [An open letter to the government from a M?ori public health specialist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf0d41bb64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Te Arawa launches Covid-19 support hub amid calls for ‘extraordinary effort from all of us’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34617b2ad7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Mental health**  
1News: [Jacinda Ardern ‘worries’ about Kiwis mental health during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfc3f33d2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
James Fyfe (Newshub): [‘We have so much to be grateful for’: Mike King’s advice to survive the lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aa83a7e66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Mike King takes Gumboot Friday mental health appeal online with lockdown chat show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4ef12e42f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Hospice, rest homes and older New Zealanders**  
Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Mercy Hospice Auckland visitors restricted to one person who must stay onsite and not leave](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=434fa85e78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Tweed (Whanganui Chronicle): [Hospice Whanganui manager ‘humbled’ by staff efforts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d744e72a0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karoline Tuckey (RNZ): [Rest homes will not admit residents without a negative Covid-19 test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=383f0d94ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kim Moodie (Herald): [Christchurch cluster linked to rest home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f678b1d7c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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**Foreign affairs**  
1News: [Jacinda Ardern fires back at Australia’s temporary visa stance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d8c2120f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [PM hits back at Australian Government telling Kiwis to go home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=893f6d0b88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Australia urges New Zealanders without support to return home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58bdb12a5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Where is the global response to a global crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52f835da9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
John Weekes (Stuff): [NZ spies getting ‘significant’ intel from allies, elsewhere around the world about coronavirus case numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eed1854d95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrea Vance, Iain McGregor and Blair Ensor (Stuff): [Detainees plea to be released from ‘death trap’ detention centres](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30cf64d44f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [South Korean diplomat charged with indecent assault in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fc4d3bcfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Transport, travel**  
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [What’s the deal with Air New Zealand’s credits?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e64216a51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Air NZ averaging about two passengers per flight during coronavirus lockdown, exec says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79a86a10d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karoline Tuckey (RNZ):[Loss of 600 jobs as Virgin Australia shuts its NZ operations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e31625c3d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chloe Ranford (RNZ): [Picton ferry terminal consultation moves online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6d31484bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Karoline Tuckey (RNZ): [West Auckland airport Parakai’s expansion wins ministry boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33f2ec0ba2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brad Flahive (Stuff): [Auckland homes to be demolished to make way for Harbour Bridge cycle path](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab5799d6a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anan Zaki (Stuff): [Ballooning companies fear going under due to rising compliance costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8895ca6d7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Call to dump 1 million litres of sludge into Cook Strait to cut costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ab7f3657c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [Wellington City Council considering dumping wastewater into Cook Strait](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3812c6196a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damian George with Joel MacManus, Andre Chumko (Stuff): [Wellington City Council reveals proposed coronavirus economic recovery plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acee219e2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Wellington Mayor Andy Foster hits back at Taxpayers’ Union over spending criticisms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a607cec7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘That’s not cool’ – Wellington mayor says off-lead dogs are putting others at risk from coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=659024b182&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andre Chumko (Stuff): [German specialists granted permission to fly to New Zealand to fix failing Wellington pipe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb3e31bc15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [First Carterton District Mayor Barry Keys dies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a76816f32c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Community lockdowns, holiday home breaches**  
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): [Popular Kiwi hotspots shun visitors, iwi want military](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2ed0089b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nikki Preston (Herald): [New sign warning ‘don’t be an egg’ seen as friendlier alternative to keep visitors out of Raglan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aef3c2ce34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Resident furious outsiders ignoring lockdown to use holiday homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47ffe97adc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alison Smith (Bay of Plenty Times): [Bach owners relocating during lockdown ready for Easter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c7cda9e6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Primary and extractive industries**  
Lydia Lewis and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [‘Huge victory for the ocean’ – Greenpeace on banning of trawling Taranaki seafloor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2304bacf52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Holly Carran (Newshub): [Court of appeal bans mining company from trawling Taranaki seafloor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cfee4ab74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [Environmental group lauds ‘victory for the oceans’ after mining company loses appeal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a76627f130&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [Mining company loses appeal to mine ironsands off Taranaki coast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3620e2058b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [Taranaki iwi welcome Court of Appeal decision on seabed mining consent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61d5a5453f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lois Williams (RNZ): [Goldmining on hold during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c050ad8758&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kaitlin Ruddock (1News): [Kiwi primary sector proving its worth during coronavirus outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99d28c8085&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Logan Savory (Southland Times): [‘Thank God for farmers’ being the economy’s backbone, says economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77a6c1ff3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Pork industry leaders continue talks with government over surplus problem](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3515a811c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Union tells Shane Jones to restrict wood exports overseas or ‘voters will cut him down’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cd02dd44c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Apple, pear harvesting continues with strict rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cfb2e07784&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): [Oil and gas ban lacked consultation – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16f19b24ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Fishing company fined for failing to pay full wages to vulnerable Indonesian crew members](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a6a5d0f2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Justice**  
Mariné Lourens (Stuff): [Bolder approach needed’ in running justice system during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7edbed3f26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Hurley (Herald): [‘Huge human cost’ to court delays, says Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=738acb7d67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Courts make shifts to deal with huge backlog of cases amid lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc91a5abf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Hurley (Herald): [Wellington’s Justice Susan Thomas announced as new Chief High Court Judge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c4db13233&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Justice Venning steps down from top role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4dd19dd877&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anneka Smith (RNZ): [Defence lawyers form national organisation with focus on M?ori outcomes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94a07326b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Sport**  
1News: [Government announces continuation of current sport funding models during coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f6ef09dff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ollie Ritchie (Newshub): [National sporting organisations embracing governments help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=845c1384e8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Funding certainty for NSOs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb4bdaafad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Adrian Seconi (ODT): [Mainland doomed as virus takes toll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99734be5cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Netball Mainland being placed in liquidation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4015d0f69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [The future of rugby unions in Pacific uncertain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=213aeadab6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Pacific**  
RNZ: [Number of Covid-19 cases jump in Fiji](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11921030dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Fiji residents adjust to new way of life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=435d30b849&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Border between Samoas should remain closed – health officials](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7774218c41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Cook Islands cash reserves to last six months of Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d34dc1dc9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Domestic violence and lockdown for the vulnerable**  
RNZ: [Women’s Refuge sees high demand during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ded9093bdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Women’s Refuge see increase in domestic violence during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15f03b662c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ruwani Perera (The Hui): [How struggling whanau are getting by during the level 4 r?hui](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbdc972816&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Salvation Army worries about rise in online gambling sites](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48e5b39ed6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Murphy (RNZ): [Concerns for LGBTQI people in unsafe homes during Covid-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf22324e47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Repatriation**  
Karoline Tuckey (RNZ): [Overseas travellers relieved to be heading home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec7abd0f4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [More than 70 New Zealanders still stuck on cruise ships](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fbd3d95f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Rotorua couple stranded in Israel after flight suspensions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed401df470&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kaysha Brownlie (Newshub): [Kiwis stuck overseas desperate for Government help to get home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6eaa410010&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley and Kayshaw Brownlie (Newshub): [Kiwi stuck in remote Amazon city fears she’ll never get home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c8ea4a04d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Solution ‘close’ for New Zealanders stranded in Peru](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a351e4752a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Dunedin man flightless in Tierra del Fuego](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f65f52857e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Environment**  
Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Coronavirus lockdown’s environmental benefits may be offset by axing recycling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1bbbb7c7bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Will Harvie (Stuff): [What’s happening to NZ wildlife when humans locked down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8109600e5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Native birds explore empty Wellington during coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09f3de1d42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Deena Coster (Stuff): [Social inequalities could be strengthened by ongoing forces of climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c562024eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Wellington’s Zealandia bird sanctuary could suffer from tip expansion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc4dfe43df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Students want university fee rebate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e971907fc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Collins (Herald): [AUT students in uproar over plan to start lectures again from scratch and stay ’til Christmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff0398c6d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Otago University will not answer Critics’ queries after scathing Covid-19 opinion piece](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb34c92ecd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Smith (ODT): [Continuity of study monitored, remote options engaged](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12fdb97b99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Kirkpatrick Mariner (E-Tangata): [Digitally, we aren’t ready for this pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3097af1fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Breanna Barraclough 1News): [Cell towers being upgraded but no new ones installed during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=182fcdc508&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Terry Baucher (Interest): [The top 5 likely tax impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00acd715b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Terry Baucher (Interest): [Keeping up with the IRD & Govt COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00740ebb09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Govt’s bank deposit insurance scheme not scheduled to take full effect until 2023 ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9b7079277&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Former US ambassador to UN Samantha Power on Helen Clark not getting top job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbef7dff57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Kidd (ODT): [Disruption of grieving rituals ‘heartbreaking’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a9575e01f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Case of suicide in care warrants further investigation – Children’s Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=309e5b2b1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [In crisis, beware the front page test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa67d86ec7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [16 cases linked to Ruby Princess cruise ship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2f0609f47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Patrick Gower (Newshub): [New Hawke’s Bay cluster linked to Ruby Princess cruise ship responsible for hundreds of Australian cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1dccc283d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Newton (RNZ): [One street: Life under lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76e272f38c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Elizabeth White (Newshub): [Royal NZ Ballet, NZ Symphony Orchestra cellist perform online concerts during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8131e0a1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Device use for kids, a key to handling lockdown – PM quizzes psychologist on how parents should cope](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=03cec180bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Caroline Williams (Stuff): [Former Conservative party leader Colin Craig did not defame John Stringer, court rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e2030f66f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)