> ## 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 – 8 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-8-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-07T19:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-08T20:39:09.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **1News Colmar Brunton poll** TVNZ: [1News Colmar Brunton poll: Judith Collins slips further as Labour maintains big election lead](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6873fd9c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Latest TVNZ poll has Labour up 7 percentage points](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab5555af2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Judith Collins down as Labour holds strong lead in first poll since election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66ff95f486&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (NewstalkZB): [First poll post-election shows Labour ahead of election night support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6151450da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Royal Commission into terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques** Martin van Beynen and Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Royal commission recommends new security agency for NZ following March 15 shootings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1b10f3499&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Christchurch mosque shootings: Gunman had previously shot himself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=304a5a5126&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kurt Bayer (Herald): [Christchurch mosque attacks: Royal Commission report out today, Muslim leaders hope it will prevent future attacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a23945f14e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amber Allott (Stuff): [New Government minister will co-ordinate inquiry recommendations into March 15 terror attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5aab4c2c6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conan Young (RNZ): [Christchurch terror attack findings: Bereaved hope recommendations enforced quickly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bcb193ab9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Ardern wants to see small increases in house prices, admitting people ‘expect’ this](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81ebfa20ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan St John (Interest): [There is a clear answer – but is government brave enough?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b70102a218&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Covid is opportunity to ‘finally deal with NZ’s housing shortage’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffec73277b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): [Pressure on to build more houses could compromise quality, researchers say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b139ebc7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Melville (Business Desk): [Build-to-rent, a solution for NZ housing crisis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c916fba1f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Unfair rule hinders retirees sharing their homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b5548d377&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ling (Herald): [Our Hidden Homeless: Couch-surfing grandmother gets a place to call home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a938a422f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, Government, and election** Shane Te Pou (NZ Herald): [High hopes for 2021 after 2020’s Covid, politics and racism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a69ad158fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s Judith Collins opens up about the ‘unhelpful decision’ made when Todd Muller took over](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8d4b659c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [David Seymour: Seeing Peters leave Parliament was one of my goals for 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b86e31062d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Green ministerial roles get more definition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c07d278bf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Stuff’s apology to Maori; Media** Chris Trotter (Interest): [‘Go Woke, Go Broke’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac4c27b9fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [Stuff stuffed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bddf6bdae1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jim Sullivan (ODT): [Don’t believe all you read — it may just be satire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9984d43875&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [JMAD report: 600+ journos lose jobs in turbulent media year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2924f0d59b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Keall (Herald): [TVNZ’s latest thinking on paid content](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2b38dda96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid** Richard Harman: [Even a vaccine may not open the border](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4b17c9f32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [There’s light, but how long is the covid tunnel?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52a9dacb33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Clifton (Listener): [In this together: Will Covid-19 bring unity for New Zealand and Australia?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58f470218a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Quarantine-free travel depends on national vaccine cover: Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2ed2152e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Belinda Feek (Herald): [Professor Michael Baker responds to Fauci: Isolation isn’t a given for eliminating Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f956dcc0ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Newstalk ZB): [Government has stalled long enough on taking some brave baby steps](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d66bf8825&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Whakaari/White Island disaster prosecutions** Heather du Plessis-Allan (NewstalkZB): [An inquiry is needed into White Island eruption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c45f6141a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Neil Reid (NZ Herald): [‘No escape’: White Island tragedy a disaster waiting to happen](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef9561aefa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Simon Connell (Pundit): [The Kafkaesque Nature Of The WorkSafe Charges Against GNS Science](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=efe7b05782&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [QC says PM’s advice on White Island ‘inadequate if not downright misleading](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ed0f10a920&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Inequality and poverty** 1News: [One in three Kiwi households still on significantly reduced income six months after lockdown — survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b86cf61af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Ten per cent of New Zealanders earning more now than pre-Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eee12905d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ardern says benefit increases sparked by Covid-19 will help ‘make a difference’ to alleviate child poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=248f59a57e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pacifica workers pay gap** Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): [Human Rights Commission launches inquiry into Pasifika workers’ pay gap](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a68f47e4f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Inequality for Pasifika in NZ revealed in report labelled ‘violation of human rights’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc4fa5879b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Human Rights Commission launches inquiry into Pacific pay disparity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9bf300f2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Westpac boss predicts ‘pretty good’ 2021 despite economic fallout from coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a0b7f1d0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Westpac economists adamant interest rates will go below zero](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e296dbf605&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Business Insider: Another key Air New Zealand departure, who’s running NZGCP, Ben Cook’s Cavalier deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f661fba751&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tasmyn Parker (NZ Herald): [Shrinking market: Law change cost was too high, says former high cost lender](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17d1a18f6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Climate change** Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [NZ jumps up international rankings for climate action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=457d73dafd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Sounding the alarm on climate part of a significant global shift](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f37d2075b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Barnett (New Zealand Herald): [What NZ really should be doing about climate change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ef88024a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland’s congestion and climate solution is simple: Drive and pollute less](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6db5c02f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [How the Govt’s switch to buying EVs could make them cheaper for all of us](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6428f9e616&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** RNZ: [Carterton residents pay highest rates in country, Central Otago lowest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f15d1780d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Auckland local boards to decide fate of assets: ‘These are tough times’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98c8fef731&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (NZ Herald): [Sleepyhead estate: Waikato Regional Council under fire for ‘anti-business’ opposition to plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=79939e0bfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [Demoted councillor facing series of code of conduct complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aca16e7046&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Point Of Order: [Mahuta shows what she really thinks about local government democracy and UN treaties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2ac11d27d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern defends Labour’s ‘perfectly reasonable’ decision to veto MP-led Pharmac inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6df3721134&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Lack of mandatory sunscreen standard ‘not good enough’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a1054fea9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Pharmac diabetes drugs delay ‘bewildering’, ‘worse than disappointing’ – doctors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cb845cab6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Drugs** RNZ: [Legal bid underway to dismiss cannabis referendum result](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8d0b079c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Legal bid seeks to throw out cannabis referendum results](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95ef770f04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alison Mau (Stuff): [Festivals just got safer for party people, but there’s more to be done](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92ae56f89d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [New Zealand farmers prepare to export ‘best cannabis in the world’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca8dbf9288&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Revealed: SIS failed to report ‘NZ’s Fritzl’ Ronald Van Der Plaat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=928a1ef869&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Taxpayer grants to Lord of the Rings represent ‘significant fiscal risk’ to Government finances](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b4aa24bcdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Government Launches $108 million te reo in schools plan, calling for $10,000 staff to upskill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49e74ded7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [Ghost of Universities Future a hopeful sign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3845ea360b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nick Truebridge (RNZ): [Ombudsman chides licensing trusts for withholding information](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=094ffaa11c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Astoria, part of Wellington’s fabric since before MMP, to close this month](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97a4f441bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Police using technology riddled with controversy overseas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f1d164891&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Law Commission class action review a ‘step forward for people seeking justice’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7dd0232646&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sue Allen (Stuff): [A feminist’s gift to men](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb494e7535&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Harris (NZ Herald): [The number of recorded gang members in the Wellington region has almost doubled](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc448b4c5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)