> ## 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 – 7 April 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-7-april-2021/ - Published: 2021-04-06T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-07T20:49:25.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Travel bubble announced with Australia** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Trans-Tasman bubble brings palpable relief to Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a8d57e952&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern manages expectations over transtasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63bbc00643&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Editorial: Bubble a significant and welcome step](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=daf6977cfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (Newshub): [The public handbrake on an Aussie bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba74d437c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Public health experts welcome ‘cautious’ trans-Tasman travel bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a355ac63c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony and Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Trans-Tasman bubble: Timing of opening could hurt some regions, economist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4dc9ebd18b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Plank and Shaun Hendy (The Conversation): [A quarantine-free trans-Tasman bubble opens on April 19, but ‘flyer beware’ remains the reality of pandemic travel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e995c5d3eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Kiri Allan diagnosed with cancer** Stuff: [Editorial – A Minister’s personal, powerful message](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3d4bcb2d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Newshub): [Labour MP Kiri Allan praised by Cancer Society – specialists say NZ urgently needs to change screening method](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e2bca2237&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Support flows for Labour MP Kiri Allan after cervical cancer diagnosis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aba8aeb09e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess McClure (The Guardian): [New Zealand minister Kiri Allan to take medical leave after cervical cancer diagnosis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4dc45727bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [‘Nui te aroha ki a koe’ – Labour Maori caucus rallies behind Kiritapu Allan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4364ee77a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Kiritapu Allan receives widespread support after revealing cancer battle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e064544a19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Mental health crisis** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins says heads should roll over ‘sanitised’ Government mental health report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a985ffb1d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Howie (Herald): [The parallel pandemic: Covid-19 and the mental health impacts on New Zealand young people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bd0973152&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [Nicky Stevens’ mother accused Labour MPs Andrew Little, David Clark of fobbing her off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b79cc9cff7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Waikato mental health campaigner’s long wait to meet minister over concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec5eed068f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Christchurch terror attack witness urges more mental health support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78f1020c98&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing crisis** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Housing ‘whack-a-mole’: ASB reveals new prediction for house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec818324a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Housing crisis: Fall in prices ‘possible’ thanks to landlord tax crackdown – ASB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=800879200f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Alexander (One Roof): [The era of big house price rises is over](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a417fb000e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [NZ’s rampant house prices ‘validate’ govt moves](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99ed9a4726&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ashley Church (One Roof): [Around 40% of Kiwis rent so why are landlords being punished?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9abdbcdfbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [ASB economists warn on rent controls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b5ac7cc5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Struggling business owner urges Government to introduce rent hike caps after ‘ludicrous’ 25 percent increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64c5e6e483&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Do public service bosses earn too much?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b1a5aebd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Fishing sector recruitment campaign would be half paid for by taxpayers – documents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e89a00deba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [US push for global tax rules could catch New Zealand’s film industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32ad297549&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [GDP figures ‘undoubtedly going to be negative’, but recession already over – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90843c3b87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): [A new agency to deal with workplace bullying](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96bb718318&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Richard Harman: [Government to take knife to DHBs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e976fe1293&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brooke van Velden (Herald): [Our decrepit health care remains mired in paperwork](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14179f2b88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Funding for self-screening cervical cancer test delayed again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37f7b3019b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Richard Prebble (Herald): [Why Judith Collins is politically a dead leader walking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69eead2134&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Let them drink pints: Labour MP Kieran McAnulty’s push to scrap Easter, Christmas, Anzac alcohol restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7de29fadf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Labour MP Kieran McAnulty to put forward bill abolishing restrictions on selling alcohol over Easter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f1a11684c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Whatever happened to Darren Hughes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb2d00cec5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Migration** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [MIQ vacancies ‘a measure of how unwanted we are’: Migrants separated from family for more than a year protest at parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1bf35c019&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called on to ‘be kind’ by migrant workers separated from families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=352e5f22a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local Government** Christina Persico (Stuff): [Taranaki Regional Council votes to establish Maori constituency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e162dffa1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Audit New Zealand warns Wellington City Council is risking more burst pipes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=269a8e9862&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernadette Basagre (Stuff): [Auckland central city library closure leaves homeless with no winter shelter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6abac7cf66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Public transport** Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland’s $4.4b City Rail Link could be delayed by light rail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbc9818994&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kirsty Lawrence and Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [The race to Auckland – can a car beat the new Te Huia train?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1b78de884&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Chris McDowall (Herald): [Why is the Govt not sharing vaccination data with the public?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe16504712&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Astroturfing more difficult to track down with social media – academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=337170175c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [New Zealand experts not yet finished analysing World Health Organization Covid-19 origins report a week on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e06bff2a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Toxic waste buried at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, former staff say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0067b4ac79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Iorns (The Conversation): [Managing retreat: why New Zealand is drafting a new law to enable communities to move away from climate risks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff18cc5e1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)