> ## 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 July 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-7-july-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-06T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-07T20:47:00.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Parliament** ODT Editorial: [Grubby politics wearing thin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17d92fc364&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Todd Muller defends Chinese Communist Party-linked National MP Jian Yang, who’s accused of avoiding English media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b004abdf0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** 1News; [Battle for Northland seat between Matt King and Shane Jones shaping up as a must win for NZ First](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b93fed728d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Catchphrases and slogans: Economists weigh in on Labour’s economic plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22ffec9e94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [How Labour’s ‘Let’s Keep Moving’ slogan compares to New Zealand’s political catchcries of the past](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a8c70db09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Rina Triponel (Maori TV): [Poverty action plan tops Green Party policies for election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=48efdf6eb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [NZ Election 2020: The free gift election voters will receive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=afdb0c367c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [ACT candidate Stephen Berry resigns due to ‘exhaustion’ from campaign preparation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba9a94e9e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Newman (Stuff): [Nelson ACT candidate responds to climate change criticism ‘hysteria’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8713c0316&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgie Ormond (Herald): [Local Focus: Palmerston North electorate explained](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abf522dc8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Rina Triponel (Maori TV): [Urban National candidate looks to create tech-focused jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebbe6907ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Calls to further open border, travel bubbles** Chris Trotter (Interest): [The demands for a Covid-19 exit strategy: four fundamental operating principles to serve as a guide for ‘Covexiters’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2abbbd668&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Explosion in Australian COVID-19 cases casts doubt over trans-Tasman bubble dream](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e38ab9cf6f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [PM says trans-Tasman bubble could move quickly if state-by-state, not Australia as a whole](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09c0f45111&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘We’ll be waiting’ a while if Australia wants nationwide trans-Tasman bubble – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=169c8f2721&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Trans-Tasman bubble could be a $4 billion shot in the arm for NZ, says EY](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6686731ce1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Transtasman bubble could ‘turbocharge’ travel tourism spend to $4b – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12c5060c2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Pacific travel bubble could be drifting further out of reach as anxiety over New Zealand border fumble rises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d07f57d19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border quarantine facilities** RNZ: [Covid-19 quarantine hotels: ‘We need military-like precision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bb0f44a18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)‘ Katarina Williams (Stuff): [3480 people expected to enter border hotels this week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f119bc7616&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Nimby attitudes shouldn’t stop quarantine facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=831d54b9ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Marriner (Herald): [Lost in the system – swabs go missing in quarantine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07dc7d75df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Healthline demand spiked after Covid-19 ‘border bungle’, new cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd25ee3936&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Security measures reviewed at Auckland isolation hotel after woman’s escape over the weekend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5e7b4af19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Security tightened after woman escaped from Auckland facility through hedge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d89865826&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Residents at Stamford Plaza Hotel seek isolation safety reassurance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3e24b283e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Press): [Fifth isolation hotel in Christchurch gears up for incoming Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ced394e27c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Southern DHB to discuss challenges of isolation facilities in Queenstown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d94fe219bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [One new Covid-19 case in managed isolation, last significant cluster closed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d57a1e84ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid-19 privacy breach** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Minister says leak of patient info was probably deliberate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e6dade6da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Ex-solicitor general Mike Heron to probe privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f7fe6527c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Covid-19 privacy breach investigation will be ‘quick’, says Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20c69af67c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): C[ovid-19 privacy leak: Inquiry to report back by end of July](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0c6216d6c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): I[nvestigation details into who leaked active cases data revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cab1823f60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government** John Armstrong (1News): [‘It took too long’ for Jacinda Ardern to give David Clark the boot](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c113beddba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern responds to being called New Zealand’s ‘saviour’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff98dc69dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [PM Jacinda Ardern says she ‘never’ takes anything for granted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4959abcf28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media, social media** Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern has no plans to join global Facebook boycott because ‘progress has been made’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54d93a1fcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Stuff’s fighting talk on Facebook](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b4070a33d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Stuff stops all activity on Facebook in trial ‘inspired by principle’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0029f733d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Stuff closure of social media accounts about trust, editor says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a65d27017&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Gavin Ellis: K[iwi kids on social media](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=773c4304e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Regan Paranihi (Maori TV): [Social media platform educates Maori on the importance of politics and voting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7688a5f65f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cas Carter (Stuff): [The rise of TikTok in politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbca22663e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Dr Atakohu Middleton (Stuff): [Te reo Maori news more than a language revitalisation tool](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3a89f29ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Anne Salmond (Stuff): [Let them eat wood](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=788fd49af5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Erik Frykberg (RNZ): [Labour policy would put forestry decisions in council hands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfd02d32f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dominic Harris (Stuff): [Christchurch recycling in a mess as hundreds of tonnes sent needlessly to landfill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a576218b1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff: [Northland drought: Avocado orchardists, locals at loggerheads over water rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c9313f534&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [Environment Court proceedings on ouvea premix begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0a2297063&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Mataura ouvea premix toxic waste problem goes to court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79258a1a9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland’s drought crisis costed at $224m for extra water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96114ce5db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jono Galuszka (Manawatu Standard): [Rangit?kei District Council fined after human waste pumped into Taihape river](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f808d08158&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jono Galuszka (Manawatu Standard): [Company let cow poo flow into pristine section of Rangit?kei River](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5c4c6953e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): [Wellington wetlands and rivers get $10m for new jobs and cleaner waterway](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba2c91ef4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Watson (Stuff): [Govt $5m boost for riparian planting in Taranaki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=378199f3b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [$5.5m for four Waikato freshwater projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bcdd875d40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [Kaipara Harbour gets $100m to improve water quality, creating 200 new jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e00ef762f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian Rowe (Stuff): [Government funding ‘significantly expands’ Environment Southland projects](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a82c60d78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Waimea Inlet improvement work gets $1.6m Government boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b5f700d4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Working from home once a week could save NZ over 84k tonnes of carbon emissions – official](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecc4fa3670&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [DOC defends fisher who caught protected great white shark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f859f419b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Taranaki sanctuary begins mass translocations of kiwi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55605b8fd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Andrea Fox (Herald): [Cameras are fine but show us the money, say commercial fishers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f3db3335a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **America’s Cup** Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Team NZ and NZME go head-to-head in court over report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04e372e720&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [America’s Cup allegations: Reserved decision in team secrets case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77e7fa6dab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Catherine Hutton (RNZ): [Last submissions to be heard on family carers law reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd39979ab8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Over 3000 nurses, healthcare workers to strike across NZ at the end of this month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5211a801f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Libby Wilson (Stuff): [Nurses stop work planned as part of fight for equal pay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec9714006c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [Vaping should be used as a ‘quit smoking’ tool only – and it needs regulation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47ba624fb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Lockdown adds to dental delays for 135,000 Auckland children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=467b537148&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland students speak out about period poverty among Pacific girls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d65606353f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Cancer diagnoses curtailed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=46f61333cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [New ICU may get dedicated air system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a27d0d14d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Trigger (Stuff): [The man keeping an eye on Marlborough’s health system shake-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35905cfe5a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy, employment** 1News: [Over 400 businesses being investigated following Covid-19 wage subsidy complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c4fad718c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern explains what happens when the COVID-19 wage subsidy scheme runs out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=163d5ef516&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirms wage subsidy to end in September ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f41a3e05c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) BusinessDesk: [No more wage subsidy extension: Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02ffdaba21&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liz McDonald and Michael Hayward (Stuff): [Uncertain times for Canterbury employers as wage subsidy goes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e808143458&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [Bosses scramble to fill jobs as visas set to expire en masse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3e58fc840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tagata Pasifika: [Ex-Tongan pilot grateful for new opportunities under Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25d667a8ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Business, economy** Tom Pullar-Strecker and Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Economic snapshot: Will the faster than expected recovery be snuffed out?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cb9548419&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [The willingness or otherwise of Kiwis to keep spending in coming months will be a key factor in how well our economy recovers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d518b7152&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Vast majority of investors confident in economy, carry concerns for future – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a76c9bdff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [How Covid has changed our spending habits](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77a017d6d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **ACC levies** Zane Small (Newshub): [Government to maintain current ACC levies for two years to ‘help ease financial pressures of COVID-19’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58852b094b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government puts the freeze on ACC levies, citing coronavirus costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dac420373&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [The Government foots almost $400 million bill to freeze ACC levy hikes for two years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6a49759a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [ACC levies will be kept steady through to 2022 – Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69edda9c7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **WorkSafe** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [WorkSafe inspectors ‘under-resourced and inexperienced’ – former Crown prosecutor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4273bd693&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Rules to reduce choking risk delayed due to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ab77289c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Parents of toddler left brain damaged say agencies’ actions ‘unbelievable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad7caad5c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Poverty, inequality, welfare** Stuff: [This winter, the power will go out for children living in hardship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=657ad2a361&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guy Williams (ODT): [Sallies, Luggate Hall receive trust grants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc4bde3496&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Waitlist for public housing hits new record as Coronavirus economic crash bites](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=853d38a4ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carmen Hall (Herald): [Tauranga rental shortage: Property investors are returning to the market but tenants are struggling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d1117fe7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Education** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Sexual violence, racism and exploitation: The sad state of student housing in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2e4643782&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): [10,000 staff, 280,000 students – Stephen Town starts as CEO of mega polytech](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=29968d4981&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Tertiary institutions help Taratahi host agricultural career weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4902429ed8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): [Oh no! ‘Selfish’ budget blow-in appals councillors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c30a7a502d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Hastings councillor wants to arm Flaxmere residents with paintball guns to mark boy racer cars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c069eb485&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Swearing, spraying saliva and shouting: The full Vandervis files](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da76641285&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Marshall (Stuff): [Councillor says no negative feedback from n-word](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=780c5bd5be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lawrence Gully (Stuff): [Waitomo District Council chief executive calls in help to sort out his elected members](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87d362a763&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Submissions open for raft of water plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ca4c8dc2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Public to get say on massive development projects in Drury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c32416e0f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marcus Anselm (RNZ): [Rural councils’ job scheme extended](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a6dff52d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (RNZ): [Marlborough septic tank scheme too costly, say residents](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b600c1746&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice and corrections** Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Justice system struggling with massive jury trial backlog](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a39abaf45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Health and Disability Commission: Prisoner had heart attack after Corrections failed to provide medication](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d96aa0d488&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: C[orrections at fault over inmate’s heart attack, hospital stays](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b407d3c5e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Ensor, Georgia-May Gilbertson and Kendall Hutt (Stuff): [Teen killer second person to escape through a window at youth justice facility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a30c9b78fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Escaped teen killer smashed through window, climbed roof to flee youth justice facility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67063f3665&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Child welfare** Teuila Fuatai: [Minister’s response doesn’t make untangling Oranga Tamariki’s problems any easier](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf1486ed52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Fitzmaurice: [Natural justice and child protection: justice for the powerful only?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e90dc3810&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Parent support programme keeps almost 150 kids with families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cea9f1a1ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration** Gill Higgins (1News): [Migrant families stranded overseas despite homes, jobs back in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f18095b55a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Newton (RNZ): [Malaysia Airlines denies New Zealand exemption visa holders from boarding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dca4322bf9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Janine Rankin (Manawatu Standard): [Residents feel railroaded by KiwiRail freight centre plans](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9407302342&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Air NZ flights from Auckland to Invercargill resume today after Covid-19 pause](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d43095057&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Abortion billboard** Scott Palmer (Newshub): [National MP Simon O’Connor accuses Black Lives Matter activists of bullying over anti-abortion billboard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e298a0ee6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jasmin Bull and Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [Black Lives Matter supporters outraged at ‘Both Lives Matter’ anti-abortion billboard in Wellington](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8b7b1c343&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Defence** Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Chief of Army Major-General John Boswell talks about future of NZ Army](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e88b9976d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) George Block (Stuff): [Veterans take aim at NZDF ban on urban live firing exercises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=566855944f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Shovel-ready… after the politics and patch protection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c89732a4e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Higham (ODT): [Cutting tourism emissions key in rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a5598efd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Stubbs (Stuff): [Is KiwiSaver punishing the poor?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=501bfbe79f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Bruce (Herald): [Full interview: Siouxsie Wiles on online abuse for her weight, pink hair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cd67eba7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [The abuse directed at Siouxsie Wiles was clearly sexist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da5aa9f788&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Heritage NZ considers listing Wellington Central Library](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ea014152e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [War memorial Carillon bell tower safety plans in place – government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86d8ec1ac6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Taroi Black (Maori TV): [Mokai Patea hapu threatening to withdraw from settlement claim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=303d8c968b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Government-funded matauranga Maori research initiative led by Pakeha](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7251ca3a63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwi nurse has cuppa with Boris Johnson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce20c85ea3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Jacinda Ardern asked if she has advice for Kanye West on his proposed presidency bid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6053289540&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)