> ## 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 August 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-6-august-2020/ - Published: 2020-08-05T20:35:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-08-06T20:41:45.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Election** John Armstrong (1News): [To win, Judith Collins needs to pull off NZ’s biggest upset since politics began](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b46f0cfd8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [The light at the end of National’s tunnel moves further away](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5836eecde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Taroi Black (Maori TV): [Race Relation Commissioner backs Maori Party over TVNZ exclusion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11244fb836&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Maori Party pushing to get into TVNZ leaders debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c651cb5f82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Disallowed late voters in 2017 could have upset many electorate results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=05cd394ee1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (NBR): [Our collective near-death experience has changed us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1095f0cda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [New Zealand First bids for business community votes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc900bbc45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Greens say coalition without NZ First would be more efficient](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d50906184&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [Doctor, businesswoman among candidates for new Takanini seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eed75c142e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): [Making a difference important to MP seeking new mandate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9baf01987&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [National’s (very expensive) roadshow finally makes it to Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08e6ef3788&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [New spending, old ideas: National throws everything at Wellington transport announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=026da81ac7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Two new tunnels, highway under the city: National Party reveals Wellington transport vision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10fdef3327&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [National promises to double Wellington’s tunnels in $4 billion spending spree](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c90563b2ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington’s Mt Vic the first of three tunnels in Election 2020 battle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15537ee734&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National pledges new tunnel and highway in Wellington transport plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f0ed86cf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [National promises two new tunnels as part of $4 billion Wellington transport package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=541e858d0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— David Chaplin (BusinessDesk): [National’s BusinessStart out in the cold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a4ead0bc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan and Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Paul Goldsmith’s plea to bring back small Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfec99aa24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Judith Collins on more election policy announcements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b428cbe3d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National won’t put taxes up, but it also won’t offer tax relief – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a187382b03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [NZ election 2020: Judith Collins won’t implement ‘no mistakes rule’ for National MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d5334e874&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour Party** Newstalk ZB: [Jacinda Ardern denies she plans to ‘sleepwalk’ to election victory](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0d8010c22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Sir Bob Harvey says Jacinda Ardern doesn’t need to ‘do anything’ to secure another term](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71aba97261&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, valedictories** Audrey Young (Herald): [The best and worst of the parliamentary debating chamber](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8872dfb774&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern’s sacking of Iain Lees-Galloway for affair gets strong backing in NZ Herald Kantar poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=804296bddb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Steven Joyce: ‘A line has been crossed’ in Parliament over marriage cheats](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64b22177a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [MPs reveal who they want to join their team from the other side](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbaf0e324c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [NZ election 2020: MPs retiring from Parliament at election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39638410c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Gates (Stuff): [Climate change policy left scar on NZ landscape, says David Carter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62792933ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum** Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Andrew Little, Auckland University researchers trade barbs over NZ Government’s ‘unrealistic’ voting material](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=234969ac2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benedikt Fischer, Dimitri Daldegan-Bueno (NZ Medical Journal): [New Zealand’s ‘Cannabis Legalisation and Regulation Bill’: an evidence-based assessment and critique of essential regulatory components towards policy outcomes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=991b9d387a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Unemployment** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Politicians say unemployment crunch will come in September, as official rate marginally drops](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c840eab2d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid-19 coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern says NZ has ‘weathered this storm better than we anticipated’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5460497ef2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern says low joblessness shows New Zealand survived COVID-19 ‘better than anticipated’ – but travel industry calling for help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d323367ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Willie Jackson and Heather du Plessis-Allan debate unemployment figures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3b8d246c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Paul Goldsmith rubbishes new unemployment figures, says rate drop ‘masked’ by wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46d265bb87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— 1News: [Ninety per cent of Kiwis who lost jobs during Covid-19 pandemic are women, data shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b72819074&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mary Jo Vergara (Interest): [Covid crisis hits women harder in the workforce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41a4fed091&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [‘It’s hell’: Reality of unemployment despite drop in numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48766a331e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Maori unemployment rate drops by 2 percentage points](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cfd9426e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— RNZ: [Unemployment falls to 4%, underemployment up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=685670f811&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Official unemployment falls to 4% in June quarter but banks warn it won’t last](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9958414204&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Unemployment’s OMG moment – what really happened to jobs in June quarter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e2eed8b1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [Massive rise in underemployment offsets unemployment rate fall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b90e5f0393&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Lockdown plays havoc with employment figures in June quarter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0961348e8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Covid-19 unemployment figures tell only part of the story](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aeebb76467&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Don’t be fooled by the headline jobs number](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=13dcce90ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: The Detail: [What’s lurking behind the four percent job figure?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd4e479c1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) AAP (Guardian): [New Zealand unemployment at 4% in surprise fall during coronavirus pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01e7f01d38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [10 per cent unemployment rate predicted by year’s end](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=522f7a36d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Generation-Covid: How young people will break into the job market in a post-pandemic world](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6d81ae272&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Call for radical green job plan to lift south and west Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=229366ba90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus** RNZ: C[ovid-19 community transmission is inevitable, Ashley Bloomfield says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=425530e5b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [The plan for ‘when’ COVID-19 re-emerges in the community – Dr Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f5ef29d93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Doesn’t add up’ – National questions why Dr Bloomfield warned community transmission ‘matter of when, not if’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=882cb21359&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor and Perry Wilton (Newshub): [Kiwis warned about COVID-19 complacency, New Zealand could go Victoria’s way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d3554128c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Not ready for second wave, says professor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c74a283329&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Contact tracing system ‘would fail’ in Covid-19 super spreader event, Fyfe warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80aadb5f76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ ‘highly vulnerable’ to new Covid-19 outbreak as protective measures dwindle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d06a4fe50c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Ministry of Health unsure how many of New Zealand’s COVID-19 bus drivers are being tested](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e211f7888&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Auckland’s public health service tried to avoid increasing Covid-19 contact tracing capacity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba1efcd79e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: ‘[Say yes to the test’ campaign receives support from National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=708adc57e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [So far so good, health officials say as Queenstown’s 1000 Covid-19 tests are processed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52f4e619d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Covid-19 coronavirus patients’ details leaked: Privacy Commissioner launches fresh probe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4f18382a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Government’s half-a-billion-dollar COVID-19 quarantine budget not enough despite charging scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c638e9382d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Unacceptable’ that seven security guards caught asleep at isolation facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a47c55c349&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Security guards caught sleeping on seven occasions at managed isolation, quarantine facilities while working](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df2dfce28c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Ashley Bloomfield behind New Zealand’s COVID-19 success, Judith Collins says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=289c013656&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Dr Bloomfield urges anyone with cold or flu symptoms to get Covid-19 test](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6ba5c69b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Áine Kelly-Costello (RNZ): [Opinion: Quarantine belongs under public health, stop categorising travelling Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef31eb9000&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘You took the bull by the horns’ – US epidemiologist wishes every country took on Covid-19 like NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f88d517052&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border restrictions** Jamie Morton (Herald): [Most Kiwis want borders to stay shut – NZ Herald-Kantar Vote 2020 poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfedfc5292&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Getting into Fortress New Zealand – it ain’t as easy as you think](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f54e66016&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Govt gave airports mid-month target for Pacific bubble plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12b07bbe20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Auckland economic recovery summit – calls for opening borders** John Anthony (Stuff): [Relax border restrictions to soften Covid-19’s economic blow, Sir John Key says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a013cc6ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: U[niversities can take, isolate international students – Sir John Key](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff3baf1b1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Sir John Key says Government should ‘trial’ return of international students to help post-COVID recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f73f85649&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [NZ risks terrifying itself into a Covid standstill: Key](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=890fbaad82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [John Key says NZ should let in ‘rich’ Americans who want to build a house](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=078ccc5223&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): [Let wealthy foreigners build homes – John Key](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=142e5fbc60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Wealthy foreigners want to invest ‘billions’ in New Zealand’s post-COVID-19 economy – Rob Fyfe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fce312bd07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [Business leaders push for privately-run managed isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4776f5e2f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Private sector partnerships needed to ease capacity ‘choke point’, Helen Clark says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e1e634fa6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Sex scenes and stunts: ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abac9aef4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)[Film industry begs to let foreign execs in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fb8d35744&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): [Roll out the red carpet for economically critical workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e95f331300&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland economy: Crisis summit to work out Covid-19 recovery plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac64b2ffff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [A reality check](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=618dbbecc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government bans rental bidding, limits rent rises, and ends no-cause evictions with new rental laws](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12f686d274&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Bill to strengthen renters’ rights passes final reading in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e540fb2a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff):[Don’t rely on home loan ‘holidays’ to extend into next year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aae6d65b8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Property market slowdown expected to continue as wage subsidy, mortgage relief packages end](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33f0af8634&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Quotable Value says average dwelling values still well up on a year ago but the growth rate is starting to tail off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=588f76160a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Photos: ‘Gap in processes’ led to Auckland property group advertising tiny ‘studio’ for rent at $355 a week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd1f52848d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Oliver Lewis (Press): [Exodus at troubled Canterbury DHB as fourth senior executive resigns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00ad6cc9a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Southland Times): [Bloomfield raises concerns about Southern DHB’s vaccination coverage for Maori men over 65 years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c3e9bf522&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louise Steyl (Southland Times): [Maori health leader calls for more Southern DHB funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b0a6f6718&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Government rules out interim payouts for health staff owed due to payroll errors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0f6e6fcae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Judith Collins hits out at ‘weak’ Jacinda Ardern for ‘blaming backbench National MP’ for delays in vaping legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8daf6eefb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Church (RNZ): Checkpoint: [Primary pupils happy to be fizzy drink-free](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e680496cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Olivia Wanna (Stuff): [We’ll need to retreat from rising seas. A new law could set the path](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0d52d7f65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): [New waste processing plant will ‘revolutionise’ green technologies, help create energy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c62e35c74f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **TikTok** 1News: [Is TikTok safe to use in NZ? Expert weighs in after MPs urged to delete app](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f08109350&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Heather du Plessis-Allan: Do we have anything to fear with TikTok?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a95c561d5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Marcus Anselm (RNZ): [Water proposals ‘biggest shake up’ since 1989 reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a5d7399ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington City councillor calls out property-owning ‘NIMBY’ colleagues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3aac68bd0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (Timaru Herald): [ECan to appoint two Ng?i Tahu representatives to council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f36ccd76d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Press): [Christchurch councillors in hot water over vigilante action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c86fe4cc59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (RNZ): [Rotorua councillor’s behaviour ’embarrassing’, says mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad45e5d114&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Southern and Molyneux** Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): [Judges retire to consider appeal against council ban on Southern, Molyneux event](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=049450c723&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Weekes (Stuff): [Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux could’ve gone elsewhere, council tells court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23013794a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration** Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Auckland hub for stranded immigrants to help them out of ‘no man’s land’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb8ed934e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Backpackers urge for visa extensions as Covid-19 rages overseas: ‘Why would I want to leave?’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=564dbad7f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Yachties on visitor visa can apply for extension, immigration says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e2629c0e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Income criteria ‘far too high’ for residents’ parents, Lees-Galloway says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea50a84665&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Operation Burnham** Paul Buchanan: [An indictment by another name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfd28d7447&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Bishop (Stuff): [We trust people in power to act correctly. When they don’t, that trust’s hard costly to restore](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e2bebbf78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Animal welfare, Primary industries** Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Farmers ‘may need Govt push’ to keep up with changing consumer attitudes to welfare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9603718b86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Sixty-five jobs could go as Sanford announces closure of Tauranga fish processing plant](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=985a9ee155&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Sandford to close Tauranga site, 65 jobs to go](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d59b5eb252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** RNZ:[Bill allowing random roadside saliva drug test passes first reading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a46d925693&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Bill requiring fuel sector to advertise wholesale price passes final reading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b980a60e53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Dominion Post): [?taki expressway cost shoots up to $405 million as project scope and paving costs increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6404491051&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Eastbourne cycling, walking path gets $15m government funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a10fb5b4be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Consumer rights** Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Is it really a discount? Supermarket specials offered too often, Consumer NZ says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbc63d8aae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Supermarkets offering discounts too often, Consumer NZ questions authenticity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fc386dae6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Provincial Growth Fund** Newstalk ZB: [National criticises lack of data on Provincial Growth Fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7f0253981&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [A slush fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f9106ca64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Insurance** Rob Stock (Stuff): [AA Insurance begins $19.5 million car insurance refunds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aada722d61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): [Southern flooding costs blow out by $10m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6834b85aa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Another Bottle-O baron – more allegations of migrant exploitation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ea83a1fea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Edward Gay (Stuff): [Court of Appeal to review police script after drink-driving cases dismissed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f2fc2b04b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Dominion Post): [Sinking lid policy proposed for pokie machines in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af5b07c12a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Gymnastics New Zealand under review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc00b2e8f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Major privacy breach sees hundreds of celebrants’ addresses published online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=993636eace&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [More than 800 marriage celebrants’ privacy breached – DIA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddb13f7661&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): [Sorry Shane Jones, ‘woke’ banking is the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c0689da4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [More Kiwis shopping online, supporting local businesses following lockdown – NZ Post](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9cd33ba8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reuters: [New Zealand abusers turn into activists to stop domestic violence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f1e25f233&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): [Can Cavalier pull off its woolly strategy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62e21b15ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Maori and P?keh?: The two worlds of Dr Peter Meihana](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=939be64f37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: R[eo Maori expert urges seeking advice over names, brands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0890ebc5c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Marriner (Herald): [Wellington leather shop Huruhuru mocked for using te reo word for pubic hair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b800be13d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Oranga Tamariki partners with Maori Women’s Welfare League](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67c38ec64e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Carroll (Stuff): [Pike River survivor sees loader for first time since explosion 10 years ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7db1d6a7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Loader driven by Pike River miner removed from tunnel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb490597e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donna Miles-Mojab (Press): [We don’t have to succumb to the politics of division and hate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28a43186f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Smelter should be an election issue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=652d89ae97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reweti Kohere (NBR): [Covid throws justice a digital opportunity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64a7bdfaed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Study to look at psychological, physical impact of caring for mosque attack victims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3445635cfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Youth MP continues call for ban on conversion therapy, says it’s ‘state-sanctioned torture’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e8b27bda7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Yvonne Martin (Press): [Let one of our most-loved quiet spots stay that way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc65a4761f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)