> ## 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 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-7-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-06T19:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-06T19:01:02.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Housing** Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Why New Zealand needs to change how it thinks about housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b96fba447d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [How past generations pulled up the property ladder on today’s youth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a30f3fec2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [House price drops: Be careful what you wish for?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b96b929c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgia Forrester (Stuff): [The housing crisis: What’s happening, and where are all the affordable homes?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db2cb4dd63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Warning there could be ‘second wave’ of homelessness due to pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=174a4894ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Salvation Army warns of social housing waiting list increase as property market skyrockets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72b6278911&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Morrison (Stuff): [House building costs set to rise as labour shortages, supply constraints bite](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=803d11694e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Southwick (Stuff): [How to make land zoning pay for a housing crisis fix](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=027e3cc5d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Public housing waitlist grows by more than a thousand in a month to new record high](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8abf82ac32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Housing waitlist up 266% in Labour’s first term](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8522ab5c5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Labour dark on bright-line test to fix house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73554d3e02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andy Fyers (Business Desk): [How Canterbury built its way to affordable housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70facf65ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): [New Kainga Ora complex reflects growing demand for smaller state houses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6dfd04fe73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Westpac’s economists see red hot housing market continuing well into 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99b821ab35&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Efeso Collins (Stuff): [Home ownership is the key for ?tara’s young people](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=57d91e0d83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (RNZ): [Hotel worried about million-dollar guest if social housing project goes ahead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb2473457c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City Council considers tenancy advocacy service to help renters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d31717c4e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ling (Herald): [Our Hidden Homeless: Reader response to help Northland’s homeless ‘phenomenal’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3adfd8009f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nina Hindmarsh (Stuff): [‘Tiny’ housing project’s 100-year plan to build homes that ‘don’t poison the earth’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a30e94149b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [Self-improvement through DIY home improvement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ab61899da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Press): [Plans to regulate Airbnb-style accommodation ‘overly complex and onerous’, Christchurch Airport says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0aef05280e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **China; International relations and trade** Audrey Young (Herald): [Winston Peters hands over the Foreign Affairs baton to Nanaia Mahuta](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0437a2e748&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [New Zealand, China in ‘a mature relationship’: Jacinda Ardern on row with Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f026f4d8d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Churchman (Stuff): [Why we should stand up for Australia in Chinese trade fallout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ac4b56586&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Chinese media criticises Jacinda Ardern’s support of Australia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d77921b2c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Fowler (Herald): [Political posturing over China a balancing act](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35edd8f061&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman: [Green trade agreements will challenge NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5d4411b8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [US ambassador Scott Brown, Trump’s defender-in-chief, is leaving New Zealand with his own Kiwi dream](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5714aaec64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [What Australia can learn from New Zealand: Laura Tingle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40a35aaa34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, Government, and election** Damien Grant (Stuff): [It is right to consider the merit of our current oaths to the Queen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cd3df9bf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Herald): [The secret diary of … Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2177a95a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrew Gunn (Stuff): [New policy platform a point of difference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f4c120a26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Why National’s Andrew Bayly is surprising on the upside](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0239c7e334&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Who are the legal eagles of the National Party?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2dca0ba175&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [Week in Politics: Labour shows what a majority government can do](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76b0c79539&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): [Drug testing, income tax and Covid-19 bills passed at speed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7fcfd4c46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [David Seymour can’t find a knife, jokes one of his MPs has it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56c89586d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [‘Minister for Party Planning’ Chris Hipkins takes aim at David Seymour, Kelvin Davis in hilarious mock press conference](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3aa5a2465b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Byron Clark (Fight Back): [Conspiracy theorists big losers in NZ election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce157826d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Beehive Diaries: National MPs joined at hip, David Seymour takes on Santa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ddcbf3f661&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s Upper Harbour candidate Jake Bezzant under fire for ‘endorsing racism’ about Green MPs Golriz Ghahraman, Ricardo Menendez March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aedf2c9404&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori Party** Stuff: [History is still present for the Maori Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc0d3a3c52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori Party’s Rawiri Waititi says there’s appetite for transformation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8de45fe432&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Maori Party to be ‘tactical’ with few chances to question government in House](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b383ac6466&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB / NZ Herald: [Week in Politics: Maori Party makes a big statement in maiden speeches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46d30abbe3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **2020 in review** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reflects on the year, plans for the summer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88971c40da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [What a year this has been](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e038806691&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Herald): [2020 in review – ‘Too many of us turned out to be sheep’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4900ef3b66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Stuff’s apology to Maori** Tracy Watkins (Stuff): [Why holding ourselves to account matters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aaaf9dcef4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [The Stuff apology: Neoliberal meets liberal guilt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3e6d96377&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Crosbie Walsh (Asia Pacific Report): [Parihaka, a Stuff apology to Maori and seeking truth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e056869015&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Shimmin (Stuff): [Yes, an apology was necessary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f296f62105&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Our Truth, Ta Matou Pono: Stuff’s apology welcome but overdue – Assistant Maori Children’s Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d4c1acc8d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Smith (Stuff): [Our Truth, Ta Matou Pono: Monocultural sports coverage has marginalised Maori stars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=586d162aac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Point Of Order: [Stuff and more nonsense – the perturbing case of political adverts being rejected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11d24714d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Stuff’s apology for racist reporting a long time coming — Assistant Maori Children’s Commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ab3f3db5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Hart (Stuff): [Are readers ready for bicultural media?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4aa0ab8732&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): [Thanks for all the support for Early Edition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58c4d68f74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tauranga City Council to be replaced by Government commissioner** Herald: [Nanaia Mahuta intends to appoint commission for Tauranga City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=008cafda4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Nanaia Mahuta to appoint Commission after Tauranga council divisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a861dd4cad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Mather (Stuff): [Tauranga City Council to be replaced by commissioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e119c5778&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Minister to appoint commission to Tauranga City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ff38a4d62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tauranga councillor: Government intervention ‘political move’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d6908e0a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Tauranga city councillors hit back at minister’s intention to replace them with a commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c8ab12a09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Farrar: [Tauranga Council to be sacked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ffe6ae7ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Council could be forced to close playgrounds and public toilets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ace2f3eb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland congestion charge: Parliamentary inquiry to explore what happens next](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3943cb0ee4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Stuff): [Christchurch politician who survived a leadership coup after supporter uprising](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce2b1bafc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Logan Savory (Stuff): [Deputy mayor Nobby Clark found in breach of Invercargill City Council’s Code of Conduct](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fbe1d985f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Wellington Council may demolish Municipal Office Building after budget blowout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66724ccf3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Watson (Stuff): [Taranaki iwi representatives gain voting rights on civil defence decisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cff11db8cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Ian Powell (Democracy Project): [Health restructuring threatens patient voice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=749576170a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Insult to injury: The human cost of ‘immoral’ gap between ACC-funded care and the rest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b5fd7b1992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Hutt Hospital in ‘crisis’ with two in five babies born via caesarean, board member says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f6aef4fc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Shortage of hospital beds causes surgeries to be cancelled in Southland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=facbc77b4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Govt should take on board new study on stress and fertility – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b1ca87b4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Scholarships hoped to boost Pasifika numbers in health sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=914cab385d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Drugs** RNZ: [Pill testing law too late for this summer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19056c5efd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Simon Bridges claims festival drug-testing will result in more deaths – but experts disagree](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba722df7d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom O’Connor (Stuff): [Better to test a pill than pick up a body](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2d6a1dd50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maia Hart (Stuff): [Country’s biggest medicinal cannabis crop taking shape](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98559c55c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tony Wall (Stuff): [Pharmacies accused of over-charging patients for medicinal cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d75656eccd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Let’s focus on lifting the median wage rather than just the minimum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e53cd913a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Johnston (Stuff): [‘This is urgent’: Fed up employment commissioner launches inquiry in low pay for Pacific workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b660d12988&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Roll back minimum wage increases, NZ Initiative urges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55d3dd0935&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Annie Newman (BusinessDesk): [Go hard and early on sick leave](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eed5dfabc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Fruit growers ‘doing their best’ to hire suitable NZ workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8d1d82808&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [$129m spent on Covid Leave Scheme amid calls to relax criteria](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=522e4275e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Are low interest rates good or bad for poor people?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e5b5ab034&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [‘Communities will suffer’ as $28b Reserve Bank scheme advantages big banks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2738261338&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: How FMCG reaped the benefits of lockdowns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a99be9466c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Supermarket giant faces scrutiny amid rising tension with suppliers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fd1a1d7f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Indian-origin migrants contribute $10b to national economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e17e665f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Point of Order: [As Air NZ is buffeted by turbulence, let’s think about returning it to public ownership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c9a346c31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [NZ Super Fund wants to own more infrastructure, from pipes to Tiwai Pt.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cdc05a072&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Super Fund favours bigger, more difficult infrastructure projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b963167db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Taxation** Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): [A century of capital gains tax avoidance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cf20b02ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Terry Baucher (Interest): [The Week in Tax – how insurance can help when the IRD comes calling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f80a525931&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality and poverty** 1News: [Former Labour MP calls for ‘inequality emergency’ in wake of Government’s climate announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b8c57a764&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [A ‘Merry’ capitalist Christmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98477e7c36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Duncan (Redline): [Reality and the ‘transformational’ Labour government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f92ee443e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Productivity Commission report** Nona Pelletie (RNZ): [New Zealand’s best firms a ‘long way behind’ in productivity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae9c183c8c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reweti Kohere (NBR): [Best bet to lift NZ productivity? Look overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=887f19e0fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Geoff Simmons (NBR): [Let’s talk about genetic modification](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3fb42837a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Geoff Simmons (Herald): [Getting NZ business to the top step of the podium](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=888aba8213&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid** Dick Brass (Herald): [Dr Anthony Fauci’s high praise for New Zealand Covid response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fbe01a8f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Covid-19: 300 fewer people died during lockdown, despite less access to healthcare – Ministry of Health](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=304554a011&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid 19: 32,000 ‘life years’ saved in NZ compared to OECD, new research finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1038339390&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Otago Daily Times: [Covid response saved 2000 NZ lives compared to OECD](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdfd522171&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [Covid-19 vaccines may have arrived quickly, but experts say that’s not a reason to fear them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=573951666b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jasmin Bull (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern pledges to publicly get COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e42b06f236&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guardian: [New Zealand Covid minister urges patience in wait for vaccine approval](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c072ad1cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): [Just give me the vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4cbdc2a089&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Kirkness (Herald): [Exclusive: Darryn Webb to be replaced as head of managed isolation, hits out at escapees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=418f91454f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Call me: Several soldiers reprimanded after MIQ incidents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cde3a7bdcd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Defence Force staff at Covid facilities investigated for alleged misconduct](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b174fba58f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Military managed isolation sleaze: soldiers sent packing for inappropriate conduct](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93e6dd286f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Cook Islands ‘can’t understand’ why travel bubble hasn’t happened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=924fbcb4e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Trial of Bluetooth contact tracing cards kicks off at MIQ facility in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7891773cf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives Santa Christmas border exemption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb9b40ae5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change** Colleen Hawkes (Stuff): [Zero-carbon buildings not a pipe-dream; the changes are happening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffe5895494&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shaun Hendy (Stuff): [Covid models and role models: Disease and the climate crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f5fdd2728&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ risks being dumping ground for ‘dirty diesels’, carmaker warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b34550fc9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [Call to address lack of fuel efficiency standards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac321d16f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Student-led Nelson protest demands urgent action on climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5dbda7786&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Finn Blackwell (Stuff): [Victoria University leases council land to plant 11 hectare forest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49c96592a0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Political donations investigations** Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [NZ First Foundation defendants lose right to name suppression](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1932308281&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [New Zealand First Foundation case: Duo lose name suppression – but still can’t be named](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae21551f0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Hurley (Herald): [NZ First Foundation case: Accused pair lose suppression argument against SFO, NZ Herald and other media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d6b144b6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Serious Fraud Office tight-lipped over probe of Auckland mayor’s election expenses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e13b77a019&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Serious Fraud Office silent over Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s election expenses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ed190721a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Royal Commission into terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques** Sam Sherwood and Jonny Edwards (Stuff): [Prime Minister promises accountability ahead of royal inquiry release on Christchurch mosque attacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e5423e153&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meng Foon (Stuff): [Christchurch terror attacks: An ‘all society’ approach is needed to address conditions that led to March 15](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e822208025&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Whakaari/White Island disaster prosecutions** RNZ: [Scientists alarmed over Worksafe’s GNS Science Whakaari charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=117c316fce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): [WorkSafe seems heavy-handed in White Island charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b65d02187e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Why I’m uncomfortable with the White Island investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=596a58ab32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Rural schools look to online classes as they struggle to hire teachers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06e2cc31e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Integrated schools take govt to court over property funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0b0000d4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (Stuff): [Screen Time: In pursuit of a pencil and paper education in a digital society](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7776b9410f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jess Pasisi and Zoë Henry (E-Tangata): [New Zealand universities are lucky to have us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b748522ad5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Primary school principals to look at establishing bespoke representation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18965fc9ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Victoria University staff feel ‘guilt-tripped’ into giving up jobs after not-very-merry Christmas speech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f8dc5464e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alwyn Poole (Kiwi Blog): [How we are life handicapping kiwi males](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5796be9fa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Denise Piper (Stuff): [More than 60 per cent of New Zealand rivers unswimmable, in poor condition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7cabe1cc44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Evans (Stuff): [The story of New Zealand’s earliest conservation efforts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=007f4c64da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [New environmental rules: ‘Rates increases of 100pc will be unavoidable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb3eb9e02c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katy Jones (Stuff): [Flood risk worse than council inundation maps suggest, lobbyists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1affe0076a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): [A push for class actions and litigation funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69edcb1018&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Supermarket plans fast-tracked against advice of council planning experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48cf3135a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Hutton (RNZ): [Who cares? The fight over Funded Family Care](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66965af542&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Facial recognition regulations will be reviewed – minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=483ec1f7ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Libby Wilson (Stuff): [Apologies issued, cultural sites vested in ‘long overdue’ $11-million settlement with Bay of Plenty iwi Ng?ti Rangitihi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6ab3efea8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerre McIvor (Herald): [The bloody truth – New Zealand’s gun control reform law hasn’t worked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16bdc97d5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rachel Moore (Stuff): [Forty years as a social worker a time of huge change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff8177f446&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew McRae (RNZ): [Abuse in Care Inquiry: ‘I was ashamed and felt totally trapped’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7fc090532&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dale Husband (E-Tangata): [Hirini Kaa: Maori and the church](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=357383af0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [How Auckland museum is unpacking centuries of colonial legacy and indigenising itself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24aff38422&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Major exhibition ensures Maori art no longer ‘invisible’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d040fe151&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Nearly half of young gay sportsmen experience homophobia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3b057cbb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Third Culture Minds, organisation empowering ethnic youth, fundraises in hopes of expanding services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1cd8a54ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Dads forced to adopt their own children in US to bring them home to New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=014b3227e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Jacinda Ardern and Mike Hosking’s genius Christmas presents for each other](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=439a3c35d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)