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# Daily News Roundup – 7 August 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-7-august-2020/
- Published: 2020-08-06T20:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-06T20:56:29.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

**Election**  
Tim Watkin (RNZ): [This election is brought to you by the letter C](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a407d97bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3aaaaa100&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Covid-19 policy debate will dominate election campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40e4c81755&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bob Jones: [The coming election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42abf672e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Tukituki’s biggest issue according to the candidates is health, employment and being like Tuscany](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4705a037e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): [Local Focus: Wairarapa candidates address credibility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0ea03b0ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Political hopeful seeks ‘nice lady’ … and parliamentary seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=647407512e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Government**  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [What the Goverment got done, and what it didn’t](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b57b03fc6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Winston Peters praises PM Jacinda Ardern, criticises ‘woke movement’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b33d0c727&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Winston Peters gushes over Jacinda Ardern, blasts polls, ‘coward’ NZ media in UK interview](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d9ec7bac7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [James Shaw: Government would be more coherent with two party coalition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cd642100c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Transparency concerns around Provincial Growth Fund ‘kind of justified’, Paula Bennett says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea6b869d35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**National Party**  
Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Unemployment figures another disaster for Judith Collins and National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b88acfc4e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Judith Collins will challenge Prime Minister on her record](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12d4dcfa6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Matthew Littlewood (Timaru Herald): [National Party candidate for Rangitata will be revealed soon](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b651094e1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Euthanasia referendum**  
RNZ: [End of Life Choice Act: Who is eligible, who makes the decisions?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c9f194c75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melissa James (Stuff): [Euthanasia referendum: An oncologist’s perspective](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=041fa34247&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Cannabis referendum**  
Nina Hindmarsh (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: how NZ’s ex-illicit growers are poised to transform the proposed legal market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0114cb3615&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Harris (Herald): [‘Cannabis saved my son’s life’: TV presenter and influencer on why she’s voting yes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffbaa53b92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**SFO investigations – National Party, NZ First**  
Sam Hurley and Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [SFO seeks High Court injunction against Jami-Lee Ross over inadvertent sensitive document ‘leak’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2df5e6c5b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Serious Fraud Office accidentally leaked document to Jami-Lee Ross](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dab4401eb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [High Court blocks Jami-Lee Ross from publishing sensitive documents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b1e1e4f55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
BusinessDesk: [SFO keeps Jami-Lee Ross leak under wraps](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbea8e3371&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Harman (Politik): [Serious Fraud Office investigation hangs over NZ First election campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29b435e13d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**NZ’s covid response**  
Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [Leaked Covid-19 report warns border, isolation and quarantine staff carry the highest risk of causing an outbreak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d05da4d3ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Walton Laura Wiltshire and Danielle Clent (Stuff): [How prepared are Kiwis for more community transmission?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b89865e530&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: Checkpoint: [Covid updates prudent, not a campaign strategy – Health Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6de48b7b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alan Kenyon (1News): [Hipkins tells Brownlee to swap ‘tinfoil hat for a face mask’ after National hints at Covid-19 conspiracy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50a91061db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Government tells all New Zealanders have a face mask handy – What you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=999b052f62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Kiwis urged to have supply of masks in case New Zealand goes back to alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbf3cd8c9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [No new cases today as Bloomfield urges households to get face masks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc810459cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ben Leahy (Herald): [Kiwis urged to buy supply of face masks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af5e48be82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Government rejects the idea of privately-run managed isolation facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3844a2c215&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government hiring for two-year positions in managed isolation and quarantine team](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c74218a12&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=6029203663&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Travellers would not escape quarantine under National, Judith Collins says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18efaa5e94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
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Michael Daly (Stuff): [Why contact tracing matters in fight to keep Covid-9 at bay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5db0dc5927&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Hundreds of people in Rotorua will test ‘CovidCard’ bluetooth device](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ef3fc32a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Govt to trial new tech in Rotorua to ‘help make contact tracing faster and more effective’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26e4c942d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Government selects Rotorua for ‘CovidCard’ contact tracing technology trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23ce90b23a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [CovidCard to be trialled in Rotorua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f54096b4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Govt to trial CovidCard ‘dumb’ technology for covid tracing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=779f420f0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Dr Bloomfield’s two-minute guide to the NZ COVID Tracer app](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d61608a9be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Antarctica New Zealand’s efforts to prevent Covid-19 from reaching the southern continent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d88bb6b783&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Antarctic researchers, staffers granted border closure exemption to isolate in Christchurch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca4db7da6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Border restrictions, travel bubble**  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Simon Bridges claims Government will announce Cook Island travel bubble on Monday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e314405516&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Judith Collins: “Culture of fear” the reason Kiwis want border closed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=856d1b1e60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Border poll shows we’re becoming a nation of cowards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa9f627990&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Employment**  
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Labour looks set to announce sick leave extension as poll shows strong support among Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=521971a311&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [Do New Zealand workers need an national income insurance scheme?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01523891aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Unemployment stats**  
1News: [Finance Minister warns of worsening unemployment situation in NZ this year amid pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be6a54fa1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newshub: [Grant Robertson defends reliability of ‘unbelievable’ unemployment statistics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2bc39fb2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Women more vulnerable to job losses, commissioner says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d17147b75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [PM ‘disingenuous’ over manipulated unemployment figures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ad7a19632&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Unemployment number simply not real](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adc6a45da8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Parliament, valedictories**  
Jane Clifton (BusinessDesk): [When Your Old Boss Hangs Around](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50998969e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [The last day of the coalition: Parliament wraps up with brutal jokes and moments of gratitude](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ead227f3e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Alan Kenyon and Anna Whyte (1News): [Pixie dust and eyebrow jabs mark last speeches in Parliament before election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad6c7439e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins rips into Labour’s team; Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to NZ First, Greens as Parliament wraps up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f72c7d3d88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [The eyebrow raisers of the final parliamentary debate of this term of government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42dcee6e6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins have the last say before Parliament rises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acf3d2490d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Jian Yang hits out at ‘conspiracy stories’, speculation about loyalty to New Zealand in final speech as National MP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eb7a39ef6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
Stuff Editorial: [Reforms strengthen renters’ rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d48f745f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley and Lydia Lewis (Newshub): [Landlords will put up rent with or without law changes – Renters United](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57441a3de5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Yvette McCullough (RNZ): [Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill: How it will affect tenants and landlords](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=886aa7bf56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Tenancy law could turn good neighbourhoods into slums: landlords](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acd7246f4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Bevin (NBR: [Tenancy Act amendment has landlord groups fuming](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dcf67a5cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mandy Te (Stuff): [Public feedback sought after Wellington’s plans to house 74,000 more people revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=178ed1dbc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy, monetary policy, tax, welfare**  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): ‘[Modern Monetary Theory’ not in Robertson’s sights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=128e34e72b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig Eliffe (Herald): [NZ faces big tax questions but is targeting the wealthy the answer?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a6bbda95a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Another wage subsidy extension perhaps not a bad idea despite huge cost – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db7ac1e687&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Sir John Key says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern disinterested in post-COVID-19 economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=387c386fa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)\\  
  
**Education**  
Dan Satherley and Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Auckland University students warned they could be targeted by ‘Chinese government agents’ over coursework](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=578a294f67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [‘I thought we were more progressive’: The gender barriers in NZ’s education sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d7c97284d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Private tertiary education providers demand more funding, warn of further job cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e14712aea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
University of Auckland: [‘Digital divide’ lays education inequality bare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f718a40d54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Walton (Stuff): [Student ‘over the moon’ after learning $8000 cancelled trip will likely be refunded](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b7fe3950d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Health**  
Oliver Lewis (Press): [Ignored once, Christchurch Hospital leaders again take their concerns to the prime minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b666d181a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Dentists sink their teeth into advocacy for oral healthcare funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=965bb18feb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Aged care nurses present petition asking for more funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d78a008bae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Maori doctors join calls for self-swab cervical cancer tests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c87047a35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Funding for self-screening cervical cancer test delayed again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=632138d680&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Middlemore Hospital’s $67.5m mental health unit nears completion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eecafc2aaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Southland Charity Hospital’s new partnership allows in-person donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c47138507&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**  
RNZ: [Hamilton City Council to use new voting system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f403adde5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Again, two horses in voting race](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=815525c081&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Adam Hollingworth (Newshub): [Problem gambling: Wellington City Council votes to adopt ‘sinking lid’ policy for pokie venues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e88533fc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tina Law (Press): [A return to Christchurch’s airwaves will not affect council role, James Daniels says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e504f30c92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lois Williams (RNZ): [Security cameras mooted for Reefton](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e68e1c0261&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Child welfare**  
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [More routine than exceptions: Ombudsman rules on Oranga Tamariki baby uplift](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f16227b4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [Uplift investigation highly critical of ‘inaction and lack of capacity’ of Oranga Tamariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f943ee6260&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Herald): [Chief Ombudsman report finds newborn baby uplifts ‘more by routine than exception’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2083e71f67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Oranga Tamariki baby removal the ‘default position’ – Chief](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a7a7628cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Environment**  
Adam Currie (Stuff): [Let’s hold an election debate solely on climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=196e4112c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Harry Lock (RNZ): [Wellington needs to ‘work together’ to help slash carbon emissions by 2030, councillor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ad7d270fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Huntly ‘no dumping ground’, protesters say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ee8a3beee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chloe Ranford (RNZ): [Marlborough beach vehicle ban hinges on numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9183cccce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Primary industries**  
Debra Ashton (Stuff): [Farmers can’t avoid a fake meat future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cdbc78ee6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Bostock Brothers show true cost of raising chickens ethically](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee881090b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [More farmers to be covered by regional drought relief fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ebfd5c5dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Pike River**  
Holly Carran (Newshub): [Pike River Mine explosion survivor Russell Smith gets first close up look at the loader which saved his life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=616f510286&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1New: [‘This is now very real’ – Pike River Mine families welcome retrieval of 20-tonne loader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edcb901188&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Port Hills fires**  
Michael Hayward (Press): [Family drove through flames to flee Port Hills fires, court hears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aaedeba28c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Todd (RNZ): [‘The trauma was quite acute’: In court, residents recall early moments of 2017 Port Hills fire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dd2220748&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
David Hargreaves (Interest): [We need a Government that values statistics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=220632c1b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): [Questioning of Behrouz Boochani decision by “pro-refugee” Judith Collins disappoints campaigner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28ae837f15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Genesis boss adds to Meridian’s woes voicing ‘disappointment’ over hydro spills](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=626f554f38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): [Covid’s just the icing on a very dismal cake for young people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d3d011071&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZTA gets $1bn from recovery fund to keep large projects afloa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=731fa95f7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)t  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government repeals National-era law stopping family caregivers of the disabled from taking court action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0166c3936a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Imogen Wells (1News): [Firefighters Union boss struggling to sleep after claims of sexual misconduct from group of volunteer firefighters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7234530ef0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Chinese fishing flotilla in Galapagos accused of pretending to be in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f0c447cbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces $500,000 in aid after Beirut blast](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10e1529609&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [The Opportunities Party hopes to tap into water bottling concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a60646f98c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Privacy breaches at Immigration NZ: ‘We open up our whole lives to them’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d858a3d861&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Ng?puhi hap? to get funding for Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8333d6f914&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [What needs to happen for Matariki to become an official public holiday?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a97794163&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)