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# Daily News Roundup – 8 April 2020
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-8-april-2020/
- Published: 2020-04-07T20:46:01.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-07T20:34:43.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

**Public health strategy, exiting lockdown**  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [A path out of lockdown is being charted, but experts say New Zealand is not ready](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dcda23eaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nick Wison, Ayesha Verrall, Len Cook, Alistair Gray, Amanda Kvalsvig, Michael Baker (Public Health Expert): [Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to Achieve the Elimination Goal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd3b222988&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Expert optimistic over level-4 response, but says testing and quarantine vital elements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c275861d34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Nine to Noon: Data scientist says today could be turning point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d251d6ab9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Expert professor says no blanket quarantine at border risks a longer lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88eae175b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
James Fyfe (Newshub): [Sir David Skegg calls for broadening of community transmission definition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af84cf2b30&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [New Zealand should consider quitting lockdown early, David Seymour says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12b0e0ea06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Govt should consider lifting lockdown early, David Seymour says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd5dd0d0f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [Ministry of Health boss confirms stronger border measures ‘under active consideration’ to combat COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f517e0804f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [Stronger border measures under ‘very active consideration’ – Dr Ashley Bloomfield](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72c1010ac3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
James Fyfe and Perry Wilton (Newshub): [Bioethics expert says there’s ‘no right way’ of responding to COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=625e564656&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tess Nichol (Slate): [The Extremely Competent, Somewhat Boring Civil Servant Who Has New Zealanders’ Hearts Aflutter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=51fc87d417&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Morrah (Newshub): [Scientist confirms COVID-19 nasal swab shortages means shift to throat swabs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2be52f302f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Dr Ashley Bloomfield grilled over New Zealand testing shortages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b444397a3c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
James Fyfe (Newshub): [Success of contact tracing apps will depend on how many Kiwis sign up – technology expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9dd3c20af5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nikki Preston (Herald): [DHB blames privacy for not revealing where Covid-19 cases are](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2144f8100&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [PPE, swabs and contact tracing: A glossary of common coronavirus terms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8140c1b2a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [How long it takes for a coronavirus test to become a ‘confirmed case’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc4a7dddd0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Matt Burrows (Newshub): [New Zealand scientists pioneer wastewater testing to track COVID-19’s prevalence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a22e8d5f74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Covid-19 ‘immunity passports’ could be a way back to normal, but there are shortfalls – Kiwi immunologist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31470b3cc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**David Clark**  
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup: Can David Clark really continue as Minister of Health?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9151f7570a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff Editorial: [What shall we do with a broken Minister?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee4f82847b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Health Minister David Clark’s lack of judgement a distraction at time of great crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=063c941cb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern should fire David Clark as soon as this is over](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16aa2866d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes sound judgment over thoughtless minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d44d651976&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Why Health Minister David Clark can’t last](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d034ae324&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Heather du Plessis Allan (Herald): [PM made the right call over Health Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7d70fad88&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [An offer Ardern cannot refuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70b5590495&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald Editorial : [Health Minister David Clark’s clangers inexcusable](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8673c6feed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Clark’s future in doubt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56ca6b2003&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [PM stuck between ‘a rock and a hard place’ over Health Minister – Simon Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6bfc7fc2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Opposition leader Simon Bridges agrees David Clark should keep his job – for now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb34de4901&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [‘Writing’s on the wall’ for Health Minister David Clark after lockdown breaches – Jessica Mutch McKay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8882e9a355&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor and Laura Grigg (Newshub): [Coronavirus: No clear successor if Health Minister David Clark were sacked – Bryce Edwards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecd8686bda&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather Roy: [New Zealand’s Narks – the New Normal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bba4380de0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: P[M on Clark – ‘I expect better and so does NZ’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4327034e1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [Health Minister’s breach of Covid-19 lockdown rules ‘a massive mistake’ – PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c33576171&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faces questions on Minister of Health’s future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7601de26d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [‘I’ve made a fool of myself’: Health Minister David Clark on his lockdown beach trip](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ceecff5f2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Democracy Project: [Bryce Edwards: Should David Clark have resigned as Minister of Health?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3e94bc38e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (podcast)  
  
**Government, Epidemic Response Committee**  
Anna Fifield (Washington Post): [New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd80071c70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Harman (Politik): [It could have been a good day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0e0e77261&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Government extends New Zealand’s state of national emergency during COVID-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0809434b2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Simon Bridges, chairing coronavirus select committee, avoids David Clark resignation offer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ee3520c59&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [Health Minister David Clark grilled at Epidemic Response Committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=144417d1cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Simon Bridges’ commute**  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Simon Bridges’ Tauranga-Wellington commute ‘fair enough’ – Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74a1bfbb7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Simon Bridges says he needs to be in Parliament as leader of opposition, defending commute from Tauranga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0264497b70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Enforcing lockdown rules**  
Jason Walls (Herald): [Police alert level 4 powers mean officers can set up roadblocks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd0913260c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Police to operate checkpoints stopping non-essential travellers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7712a72818&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Annabelle Tukia (Newshub): [Easter holidaymakers told to stay home during coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94734dacc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [PM, police warning – don’t go to your bach this Easter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9728a23fee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [DOC frustrated as lockdown rules flouted at Waitako tourist hot spots](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f55c92d96c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Police report hundreds flouting rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=423de246d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chelsea Boyle and Sam Hurley (Herald): [Police record nearly 300 lockdown breaches, Health Minister David Clark not included](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d05493079c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Repatriation**  
1News: [NZ to allow ‘carefully managed’ international passenger transfers through Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf0c818f6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Reciprocal agreements sought as foreigners now allowed to transit through NZ airports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f867ea045&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Zane Small (Newshub): [The ‘extreme circumstances’ migrants can enter New Zealand during coronavirus lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1847cc2485&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [Immigration and travel: Your Covid-19 questions answered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09d61e91e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Govt working on repatriation flights for NZers in Vanuatu](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58ef2d4935&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Daisy Hudson (ODT): [NZer stuck in Argentina may now have flight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f84e4722c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Lufthansa planes spotted at Christchurch Airport as thousands of German tourists prepare to return home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b51b0a30f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Hospitals, health system**  
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Health workers PPE advice focused on supply, not wellbeing – Nurses Organisation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f056b2319&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [What happened to all the flu vaccines? Private sector accused of stockpiling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe668ffc50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [SDHB planning for months, or even years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=664545c3b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [St John moves to extend phone friendship service during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93d1ec5bee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Medical profession goes digital amid coronavirus pandemic, changes could stay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=518e0036f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cathy Stephenson (Stuff): [How lockdown has turned Kiwi GPs’ lives upside down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cdf892ead2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Wage subsidy**  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [New World stores will withdraw claims for wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=974ed5cb47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Foodstuffs stores withdraw wage subsidy applications](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2fb5430fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Julie Iles (NBR): [The supermarket rethink on wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6760ee5618&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stuff: [Fletcher Building says it hasn’t misled workers over wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ee6afe5da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Retail giants use government welfare to get through crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b66d8fdd2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Wage subsidy database inundated with requests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b403fd124&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [PM warns against abuse of high-trust wage subsidy scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16281f329b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [Wage subsidy list reveals the scale of economic devastation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f56c0e4fe0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (1News): [Wage subsidy scheme pay out jumps up to $6.6 billion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=195bcc8a77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [Wage subsidy: Your Covid-19 questions answered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2aeb48548&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Employment, job losses**  
RNZ: [Unite Union accuses SkyCity of breaching law over sacked workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5684a3d81f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
John Lewis (ODT): [Essential care workers suffer abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77db73a792&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lana Andelane (Newshub): [New Zealand could face 10pc unemployment following COVID-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c97b945dae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Migrant workers, immigration**  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Broke and desperate: Govt accused of hypocrisy over jobless immigrants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e5a57eca9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Guy Williams (ODT): [Crisis for migrant workers warning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed197793bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Local government**   
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): [Rotorua Lakes District Council admits editing public record of meeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2a861a497&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): [Rotorua Lakes Council employees safe from redundancy – for now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47749e9767&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Harry Lock (RNZ): [Councils face pressure for services as revenue drops](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e7e3e0f5d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Mayor Phil Goff open to pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e4af756f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council cuts up to 1100 temporary and contractor staff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=968f955ab6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Auckland Council’s contractor freeze: Hundreds of workers to take a hit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad11a83e79&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Auckland Council puts external contracts on hold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5e00d8806&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Gray (Herald): [Auckland Council investment diluted as investors gobble up Auckland Airport shares](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a66eed9b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Checkpoint: [Auckland’s Spark Arena becomes huge foodbank during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38dcd3c28e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Auckland’s massive Spark Arena turned into food distribution centre for those who need help](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae9c1c41e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tina Law and Dominic Harris (Press): [Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel wants to take pay cut as coronavirus fallout grips city](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76151eaf46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tina Law (Press):[Christchurch city councillors call on residents to push for a zero per cent rates rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21968648ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington City Council forecasting $55m in lost revenue from closed community facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=315eff2d0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gerogina Campbell (Stuff): [Wellington City’s rates relief options revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81c1d7d3c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Cold water poured on Cook Strait sludge dumping proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c53794aaa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Nature’s slow takeover begins in an empty Wellington, mayor asks people to clear leaves](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0056b3733&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): [Repairs to New Plymouth wastewater plant drying unit on hold due to coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b952492d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): [Infrastructure and coronavirus recovery discussed at Zoom NPDC meeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=383ffc032b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [Tasman District Council may axe planned 2.97 per cent rates rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f6c6f6ad8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Ruby Princess**  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [PM seeks legal advice on whether Ruby Princess cruise ship fulfilled legal obligations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f8fd726ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig McCullouch (RNZ): [Ruby Princess cruise ship New Zealand visits may be prosecuted – government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a0eb600f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [PM looking at legal advice over Ruby Princess cruise ship coronavirus cluster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02f37ef74d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Patrick Gower (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern seeks legal advice on Ruby Princess cruise ship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d36e9fa766&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Russell (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern seeks legal advice on Ruby Princess cruise ship letting virus into New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65930dca09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Community checkpoints**  
Stuff: [Plan for West Coast checkpoints being worked on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12e257bbc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Ng?ti Manawa set up checkpoints due to lockdown rule breakers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=188afdfc92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**M?ori health response**  
Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [How to spend the $30m coronavirus health response for M?ori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3bd51b76b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
M?ni Dunlop (RNZ): [Government urged to put M?ori at forefront of Covid-19 planning](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=56ed535dbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Pacific communities**  
Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Govt announces $17m package to support Pacific communities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b883a5c181&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald):[Government announces $17m fighting fund for Pacific communities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eded0bfc96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Government approves $17 million Covid-19 support package for NZ’s Pacific communities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3440393b2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZ identifies pasifika communities as at risk to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3661eeefc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Pacific**  
Koroi Hawkins (RNZ): [Bleakest outlook for Pacific’s tourism-driven economies – ADB](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c9a2364d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Samoa Parliament debates $US23m ‘Covid-19’ budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da16d55c41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ:[Fiji to juggle Covid-19 restrictions with cyclone prep](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55c8da6dec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Fiji Covid-19 cases now at 15](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aaca66dd39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Inequality, poverty, welfare**  
Laura James (1News): [Children who rely on school lunches now getting lockdown parcels delivered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1531c1cfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Families struggling during lockdown get generous grocery packages thanks to KidsCan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38ae224589&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Air New Zealand, transport**  
John Anthony and Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Air New Zealand begins 387 pilot redundancies, union says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0adfe88713&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Air New Zealand ‘proposing to make 387 pilots redundant’ amid Covid-19 turmoil](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4763ce166&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Air NZ to lay off 387 pilots](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f835b25ae9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Air New Zealand appoints new Chief People Officer as airline eyes major job cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6fea2dc07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Bradley (Herald): [Air New Zealand pilots in firing line as planes grounded](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35881aaa36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Watson (Stuff): [Essential highway maintenance continues as big resealing jobs on hold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67b5699026&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Housing**  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [You can refix to a lower interest rate while on mortgage ‘holiday’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98c8da7ce1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Thousands of home buyers, sellers in limbo waiting for settlement amid Covid-19 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a604017857&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Essential businesses and services**  
1News: [Stagger benefit payment days to avoid long supermarket lines during lockdown, academic suggests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f48e983aca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Most Mad Butcher stores won’t be doing deliveries despite PM’s green light](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64c7af2db4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Amelia Wade (Herald): [Mad Butcher left fuming at confusion around selling meat online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b7a41117f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Woman disgusted after finding plastic gloves littered outside supermarket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a8cb1bf49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Aimee Shaw (Herald): [Dairies take responsibility for social distancing but would like more advice](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0379c1274&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Crusaders**  
Duncan Johnstone (Stuff): [Arrogant or ignorant? Crusaders beg question with lockdown lunacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d9a6d7f0c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Burgess (Herald): [Crusaders’ response the worst part of lockdown breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24f0bcea52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Chapman (Newshub): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern scolds Crusaders for lockdown training breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf2ea495a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [All Black Richie Mo’unga apologises after Crusaders filmed training](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=544d6dce7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Business**  
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [KiwiRail forced to repay commercial tenant after chasing extra rent during COVID-19 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1573b3fe80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Government has no desire to own stakes in big firms but wants to ‘keep options on table’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d3c130600&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [A move to help virus-weakened NZ firms fend off predators](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c8ffe72ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Hargreaves (Interest): [Access to debt is good – but our companies will need more capital too](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b4078eb6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [More govt support needed for small business – ASB economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d501536ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [NZIER survey sheds light on anatomy of the business confidence collapse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e551efe7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [NZIER modelling points to 100% business pessimism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9da16ed1b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Businesses as depressed as they were in the GFC](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=baadb711ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Covid-19: More business questions answered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b27315a14d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Queenstown**  
Hugh Collins and Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Preparing for life after lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3efa5bac69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Guy Williams (ODT): [Move to guide Queenstown out of ‘toughest’ time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98f83bc564&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Queenstown likely to be hardest hit in NZ – mayor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b639ba09e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Education**  
Ethan Griffiths (Salient): [Calls for Help Unanswered: Te Puni Village Influenza Case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f56900122&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Student hospitalised after Vic Uni hall staff could not be reached for 10 hours](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=348f03a6eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Collins (Herald): [AUT University abandons plan to make students start again and stay till Christmas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aec43bdc3f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Cira Olivier (Herald): [Rotorua schools fear the equity gap will widen during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24b8dc499c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [University lab makes, distributes 600 litres of sanitise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=363e577372&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT: [Emergency dental team continues despite high risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4117db49d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Media**  
Brian Easton (Pundit): [Obituary For The New Zealand Listener (1939-2020)](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09de9b58da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): [The next Bauer: What is the rescue plan for NZ’s devastated media industry?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4828ead970&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): [A Lamentable Failure of Imagination](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c51500074c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Personal finance**  
Sam Stubbs (Stuff): [Compulsory KiwiSaver is key to long-term post-coronavirus wealth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a48d155701&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Cooking the Books podcast: The steps to prep for a recession if you don’t have any savings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81fe6227bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Primary and extractive industries**  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [After a decade-long debt binge, Coronavirus has slayed the oil industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f23aa4fc7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [Oil ship to stay at Tui field – High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb4d5dd92d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Farming can weather the economic fall out from coronavirus, economists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a533414725&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Pandemic kills off Israel agritech move](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8156a0cba7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jacob McSweeny (ODT):[Alliance trims staff levels for distancing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a183456c15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Support set up for farmers facing stock feed shortages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c0bc72cea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Environment**  
James Every-Palmer (Stuff): [Climate change: We’re borrowing from our children, so let’s make it count](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc97fe5477&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Todd Niall (Stuff): [Drought: Auckland would have mandatory water restrictions if not for Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d53f7510e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Police**  
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Canterbury police officer unjustified in striking runaway driver with gun – IPCA](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec14a50b04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Police officers censured for ‘overly aggressive’ response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49acf12aa3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Use of young police dog in fleeing driver’s arrest ‘unprofessional’, IPCA finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe0afb683d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Religion**  
Max Towle (RNZ): [Faith in quarantine: How religion has been affected by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=67f1409f77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Insurance**  
1News: [FMA steps in after false ads claiming health insurance is needed for Covid-19 posted online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7e901011f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [FMA clamps down on misleading insurance ads](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6ad8febe6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Telecommunications**  
Chris Keall (Herald): [NZ telcos’ big roaming revenue hit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d074e49840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Juha Saarinen (Herald): [No, Spark isn’t profiteering from Covid-19 coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0268964b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**Other**  
Alexander Gillespie (Herald): [Four matters to address after the pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee63d4b275&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Wyatt Creech (Pundit): [The Biggest Challenge For A Generation Ahead – Covid-19\. Defeat And Recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43f0037b93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Shane Jones considering ban on log exports so NZ has priority access to wood](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a749732c4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
George Block (Stuff): [NZDF reserves deployed to prepare hospital in hard-hit region](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76c2e2bfa4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rosie Gordon (Newshub): [SPCA, Cancer Society feeling financial effects of COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e74d4b64e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [British PM’s message to New Zealand after being admitted to hospital with COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b728c19ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Ardern reveals message Boris Johnson sent to NZ while he fights coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=741c8a9f9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Strongman (RNZ): [Abortion services available by phone for some New Zealanders during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbbae33aa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Fish and chip shop closures sting potato and fish suppliers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ef6da7f02&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: Checkpoint: [How volunteers are helping refugees in NZ lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ee2a8a847&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Moore (1News): [Expert warns cat owners to keep pets in their coronavirus lockdown bubbles after Covid-19 diagnosis in tiger](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d61161ba90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Countdown urges customers to not flush wet wipes after increase in blockages during lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ab60683ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Shane Jones concedes Provincial Growth Fund hasn’t created enough jobs, promises a fix](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3060b8a10f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Kiwiblog: [Nick Smith: Govt rushing through prisoner voting during the pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c491abbef4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Hurley (Herald): [John Stringer v Colin Craig: Former Conservative Party leader wins defamation bout with ex-board member](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3fff1865f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
George Block (Stuff): [National Party office burglary case runs cold](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23f76c8bb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)