> ## 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 – 6 April 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-6-april-2021/ - Published: 2021-04-05T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-06T20:43:13.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Mental health crisis** Kyle MacDonald (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern has failed us on mental health – and it’s only going to get worse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc8bf08081&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [‘A lot of data and negative statistics’: Inside the battle behind dramatic edits and huge delays to a Government mental health report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a8e1a3f94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess McClure (The Guardian): [New Zealand mental health crisis has worsened under Labour, data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f65c65aa14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government failing to tackle mental health crisis – Foundation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=998d32facf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing crisis** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [State builds missing from govt housing package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf19684ef7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jade Kake (Stuff): [We’ve lost sight of houses as places to live, now they’re just assets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f49338be5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kevin Berry (Stuff): [Tax changes ‘harm people the Government should be helping’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c98471920&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Farrer (The Guardian): [Bubble or boom? Why ultra-low interest rates mean house prices may never bust](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=881de3995c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Which MPs own the most property – part 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=147b4b3878&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kelly Makiha (Herald) [Homeless crisis: Top 10 emergency housing motel earners in Rotorua revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b112d017d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): [Housing is important, but what about rents?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ef5cd9fd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [What can home owners do for the housing crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec1a350a1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Joyce (Herald): [Government’s direction – Forward into the past](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0025a3aa45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Janine Starks (Stuff): [Here’s why tenants shouldn’t worry about housing changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=159902d385&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Bayly (Herald): [The big housing card the Government should be playing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=962e5c805d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [Southland rents may rise in wake of Government housing policy changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b7e9fbbd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Berry (Stuff): [If it’s goodbye residential property, what’s next?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e37ec83a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Bidois (Stuff): [Don’t vilify home-buyers, just get on and build more houses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f9df2742c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bryan Gould: [Minimum wage? Property investors? Don’t touch our profits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbc6341305&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Troy Bowker (Herald): [Labour tax changes – Broken promises and a socialist agenda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d340d8cfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Disappearing under a mountain of mortgage money](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=719fffb49b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Builders have been stockpiling timber as they brace for supply shortage, builders’ association says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0c944d1a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Auckland investment home buyer says auctions sending house prices sky high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b0be60d40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [House prices up 16% – first-home buyers feel ‘squeeze’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60e1955c23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Housing: National’s David Bennett knocks down Labour over ‘rubbish’ investor claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67c00b7d31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Will NZ be left high and dry in global movement for vaccinated countries?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bad402d421&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern, Cabinet set to approve New Zealand-Australia transtasman travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79d8fa569a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19: We’re ready for trans-Tasman travel bubble – Epidemiologist Michael Baker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6eb63f9833&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [NZ poised for new sense of freedom with transtasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a88047a21f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Editorial: Virus-like fever of political prickliness spreading around](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8decf17992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Tourism New Zealand forecasting billion-dollar boost to economy if trans-Tasman bubble goes ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53cc6620d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [Concern NZ’s international education sector faces ‘total collapse’, as students look elsewhere while borders shut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96e10c45f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More than 400 people convicted for breaching Covid-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eec5c370ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Clearer messaging and more detail please, on where we are going with Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12ba81264b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Medical professor says NZ’s vaccine rollout is ‘clumsy and falling behind’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf6efc769e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [The Wiggles were given ‘contingency’ MIQ rooms reserved for emergencies after Jacinda Ardern stepped in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34280be139&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Public transport** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Treasury’s warnings on Auckland light rail: Diluted accountability, risk of further delay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e0c668b83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Are we heading for Bustastrophe 2.0?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f0a82aa24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland light rail’s timely Easter resurrection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5b840ef68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will not rule out private investment for Auckland light rail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e51f923a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Mixed reactions to Auckland light rail announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52ecc7bb39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Long-awaited train service between Waikato and Auckland begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53abe0d44f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, inequality and work** Chris Trotter (Interest): [Social class may have a bigger impact than race on how your life turns out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f59049c013&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Productivity, money and wealth – not all the same](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea6a24e8c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [More than 100,000 businesses lap up interest free loan scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d805fdbc1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus profits: Was pandemic a blessing for NZX-listed retail companies?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b88312e971&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [Vangelis Vitalis: Why NZ’s big Apec challenge is so important](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a48be960db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Top boss at Immigration NZ issues stern warning to dodgy construction operators — stop now, or be caught](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be4ffdadfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Dahmen (Newstalk ZB): [Analysis shows young Kiwis hardest hit by Covid job losses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e144cdba7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Poor uptake for commercial rent dispute scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba5b35aaa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Ticket to prosperity: Sleepyhead development holds promise for iwi, leaders say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=285f7a8854&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Why is Westpac NZ on the block and who might want to buy it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b515071e66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Don Brash: [The Paradox of our lousy productivity performance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e932eee7c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Wade Pearson (ODT): [Employee or contractor? It’s vital to get this right](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8401478b85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government finances** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government heads into Budget with books in better shape](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ff55d8c61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [New figures show Govt books look $4 billion better than expected ahead of Budget announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e04181483&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Government debt now exceeds $100 billion, more than 70 percent on pre-Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac7c6b5961&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government deficit of $4.5b for eight months to February, $3.7b less than forecast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da1fdcaf77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Minimum wage increase** Yvette McCullough (RNZ) [‘It’s quite a burden’: Criticism as minimum wage, benefit increases kick in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05a3cb9fb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [High-income tax rate for people earning over $180,000 a year kicks in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d094c092ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Living wage rises to $22.75 an hour in September](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c93c4e7fb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Customers to bear the cost of latest wage increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a729d45bd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Public media plan moves forward behind closed doors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=760be0c8de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Why the Government might want to merge TVNZ and RNZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a5c7e77e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Lynch (Stuff): [Is the state buying off media independence?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9741507cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Simon Collins – a lifetime in journalism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b705288fd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Venuto (Herald): [Fresh details emerge about Sean Plunket’s media ambitions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39c4e38a73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Damien Venuto (Herald): [MediaWorks boss Cam Wallace on sexual assault allegations, Magic Talk racism and plans for the business](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c52e6dcd7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gavin Ellis: [Reality check: Life has a deadline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=540e938d15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shannon Bond (NPR): [This News publisher quit Facebook. Readership went up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4700e44aaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** RNZ: [Waikato DHB says it needs to accelerate its efforts to achieve health equity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=432fafcfa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Working over-65s don’t get full benefit of ACC levies, says campaigner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b0ecf8e4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Wiggins (Herald): [St John ambulance service under fire: 91yo waited two hours for ambulance – eight days later she was dead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80310ab940&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Proposed law change for cancer drugs to be administered in public system a ‘game-changer’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97a9921198&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (Newshub): [Latest DHB pay offer felt like April Fools’ joke – nurses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01ff9ce41a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament and Government** Nick Smith (Stuff): [Repeal of waka jumping law would help restore free speech in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18a9656985&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Rating the maiden MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95b11ebe4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Local Government** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City Council considers iwi voting rights and $100k remuneration](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1358c13a7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aaron Leaman (Stuff): [Hamilton City Council steps back from introducing Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d3c87d287&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber Allott (Stuff): [Blue-greens rising: Canterbury councillors bridge political divide for climate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3bc10b18e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waimea Dam review should only go ahead once project’s finished, mayor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd7ae298fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Farmers, marae, councils among those concerned by major overhaul of drinking water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa9ff4ad5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Marcus Anselm (Stuff): [Big jump in South Wairarapa rates planned, as much as 19 per cent jump](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44f0224d9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian Light (BusinessDesk): [Auckland Council’s masterclass in mismanaging asset sales](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e08599203&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Justice and crime** Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Stuff): [A multi-million dollar new build at Waikeria prison on track for August 2022 finish](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=348065ecd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Rape convictions at 10-year low: ‘The system is broken’ – sex education group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1992207cf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ron Brierley** Matthew Tso (Stuff): [PM moves to strip Sir Ron Brierley of his knighthood, Wellington College removes signage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=592f26ac8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and climate change** Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [The Climate Change Commission’s model is under fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=221e3dd482&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Climate strikers to pick up where they left off after Covid stopped 2020 gatherings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=534a39ccdf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Australian TV host Andrew Bolt launches extraordinary tirade against ‘backstabbing’ New Zealand for ‘sucking up’ to China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b9c78ba8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [Bullying, gender discrimination at Government venture capital fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbb15c7992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March ‘disappointed’ Government hasn’t ‘acted with urgency’ to raise benefits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f106f53265&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)