> ## 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 February 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-8-february-2021/ - Published: 2021-02-07T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-02-08T19:52:33.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Housing and inequality** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Reserve Bank repeatedly warned Government money printing would lead to house price inflation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d20af67e4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Revealed: The official advice Robertson ignored on how QE boosts house prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fd7e3de21a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Talia Marshall (Stuff): [Not having secure housing has begun to undo my head](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25081eea85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey (Stuff): [Property investors ‘working hard, taking risks’ – or are they?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b866cba1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [The decisions the RBNZ didn’t expect to be making now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc654169ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Price extremes in New Zealand’s housing market revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fa1609cc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [‘Reverse Jesus’: Act leader David Seymour takes aim at Govt for declaring wrong crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3d65916f9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ’s housing crisis to get ‘worse and worse’, senior economist warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f86d5ed06&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Howie (Herald): [Waiheke Island housing woes for renters, buyers as demand for property soars](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dc476b3fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Queenstown housing trust offering homes for $200,000 – with a catch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cdb62ff33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Bowron (Stuff): [Pull a lever and see what happens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83fa3f877f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Waitangi: Women’s speaking rights controversy** Stuff: [Editorial – Speaking rights and slow progress at Waitangi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34523e5461&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Women should be allowed to speak on the marae](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f70f46008&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘It was tikanga Maori’ – political reporter says Judith Collins made a ‘misstep’ over Waitangi speaking rights claim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f2793d053&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Judith Collins on causing a stir at Waitangi: She came, she saw, she did not speak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=087aa5dc0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Judith Collins ‘not interested’ in Marama Davidson’s criticism after accusation of meddling with marae protocol](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74eb374e5c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour MP says ‘it isn’t as simple’ as just inviting Judith Collins to speak at Waitangi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=458e908f2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Maori academic on why Judith Collins’ Waitangi speaking ban is justified](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c445a67d3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins lacks ‘cultural expertise’ on wahine’s role at marae after making sexism claims: Marama Davidson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a97a4398c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Explainer: Tikanga on female visitors to marae following Judith Collins’ sexism claim](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f4b3afe97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Waitangi 2021: Marama Davidson says Judith Collins ‘undermines’ wahine Maori over marae speaking debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7db6562a78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Waitangi speaking snub: Greens co-leader Marama Davidson lays into National’s Judith Collins over lack of ‘cultural expertise’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8556cc38cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Waitangi: Perspectives on the Treaty and race relations** Paul Moon (Stuff): [Britain did not want sovereignty over Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41c8075e31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Waitangi Day: The hope my ancestors had for this country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ce17149cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Martin Van Beynen (Stuff): [New Zealand on the cusp of tumultuous change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a2941e521&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial – We are still pulling together in one direction](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea588c1895&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [NZ had the answer 30 years ago to solve Maori crisis but hasn’t acted: Report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a239a6e7b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Huia Bill Hamilton (Stuff): [2021: The year of rangatiratanga, Maori sovereignty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27c713ce85&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – Te Tiriti in 2021 and beyond](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0ea5b52fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Time to look beyond the grievances](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3a72608af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Roughan (Herald): [Waitangi Day and the importance of teaching our country’s history in schools](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf93fffa5f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Koro Vaka’uta (RNZ): [Maori-Pasifika: Generation B emerging in Aotearoa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c9d15877e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tara Shaskey (Stuff): [Future of treaty partnership comes down to the individual, ‘recovering racist’ says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef50ce284a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Waitangi: The day** Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Waitangi Day now celebrated for a reason ‘rather than just a day off’ for many](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=172cf034d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse, Michael Neilson, Peter de Graaf and Claire Trevett (Herald): [Up to 25,000 people crowd Waitangi, treated to spine-tingling mass haka](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ba5abe974&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse (Northern Advocate): [New-look Waitangi dawn ceremony celebrations a hit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc6613a732&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mina Kerr-Lazenby (Stuff): [Waitangi Day: Hundreds turn out for dawn service at treaty grounds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7207b8093&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Hope for bridge of partnership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f26d097ab4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Stuff): [Waitangi 2021: Covid-19, protocols and finding the balance at the treaty grounds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9fd1ff2d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Waitangi: Labour Government** Claire Trevett (Herald): [More than charm – why Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won over Waitangi year after year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8139c79525&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Ardern at Waitangi: ‘I do not shy away from need’ to fix Maori issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42562774f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Thousands attend Waitangi, as PM pledges to be ‘open, frank and honest’ in partnership with Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b559a7da65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver and Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Waitangi 2021: Willie Jackson says Labour’s Maori caucus bringing change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60d3a142fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern reflects on meaning behind Waitangi breakfast and why ‘we shouldn’t take protests as failure’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1752e678f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Government challenged on Maori housing spend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a050904c08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Waitangi: General** Herald: [Less than half of Kiwis have visited Waitangi – the birthplace of the nation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70dc6e7636&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Waitangi Day 2021: Aotearoa’s unity, diversity, ‘blessed place in the world’ celebrated](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3b13c87ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Maori Prime Minister ‘only a matter of time’ says Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d4e443655&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Crown has breached Treaty of Waitangi numerous times – Reddy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2c9949ef1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch and Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [PM Jacinda Ardern willing to return to Te Tii marae after muted Waitangi celebrations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b4d069d9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): [The Mystery of the locations of interest group and white Waitangi Day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fd5d87f96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Defence Force under fire over planned 21-gun salute to honour the Queen on Waitangi Day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb07a723cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [21-gun-salute in honour of the Queen on Waitangi Day labelled ‘distasteful’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8cb02769c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig Cooper (Hawkes Bay Today): [Waitangi Day – what are we actually celebrating?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f403086164&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [PM: Government ready to korero with iwi about rangatiratanga over freshwater](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=faa4b53836&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Whatitiri Te Wake (Maori TV): [Judith Collins has eye on Ngapuhi individual to contest Maori seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adefb2ee91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Warmest regards’ – Joe Biden sends letter to Jacinda Ardern wishing Kiwis well for Waitangi Day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da3d9c4c28&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Waitangi: Greens** Te Aorewa Rolleston (RNZ): [Waitangi 2021: Maori Greens announce 6 priorities for Te Ao Maori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=748f8c14cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Waitangi 2021: Green Party unveils Maori priorities, including independent health authority and constitutional discussion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e4beab9fe6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Greens announce Maori priorities, including backing a Maori health authority](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2180764631&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government and Parliament** Josie Pagani (Herald): [Why politics is getting personal – it’s tribalism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c6f0295fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Oliver Hartwich (The Spectator UK): [The myth of Saint Jacinda](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0cc1f36e46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Monique Poirier (Kiwiblog): [Announcements about announcements: how long can Labour get away with it?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3037166ac6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [‘His behaviour is not up to the job’: National prepares vote of no confidence in Speaker Trevor Mallard over false rapist claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b8387a315d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler and Emma Turton (Newshub): [National Party preparing vote of no confidence in Trevor Mallard over his ‘rape’ comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7965423dfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [New Zealand is again sitting at the top of the list of world’s most democratic countries](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d38f817aaf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [The subtle Government change that should boost Covid confidence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=482450ee07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [From vaccine nationalism to abandoning immigrants, we’ll be judged by our selfishness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1efa054f83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Starks (Stuff): [No-one knows how much the NZ government paid for our vaccines and no-one seems to be asking](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a30cb231dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [The Week in Politics – Vaccine approved but questions about when it will arrive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3879811eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [Ministers secretive over Late Show host Stephen Colbert discussions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=357a9c4446&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Covid wiggle room – Government’s jaw-dropping inconsistency](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93414aae74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: Is it luck? Top health boss Caroline McElnay’s theory on lack of community cases](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac1ddfe423&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Carwyn Jones (Stuff): [How the Treaty of Waitangi relates to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2f5960044e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Dr Siouxsie Wiles calls on Air New Zealand to stop serving food and drink, criticises link to research](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d1de59b4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Covid-19: Dr Siouxsie Wiles criticises Air NZ for letting people remove masks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e7e246b19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen Livingstone (The Guardian): [New Zealand: another Covid case linked to Pullman Hotel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec5fc402d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Pullman returnee tests Covid-19 positive in Hamilton; Waitangi Day event canned](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a6198a408&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geraden Cann (Stuff): [Government should consider delaying release of final Pullman guests, expert says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aeb3d9437&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [National’s Chris Bishop says something has ‘clearly gone wrong’ at Pullman Hotel after latest community case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a31e4be0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Joyce (Herald): [Covid quarantine system bordering on a farce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae20505558&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy and work** Jason Walls (Herald): [A newly released report shows which regions and jobs will likely be hit hardest by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e2b2d4847&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newshub: [Annual inflation 3 times higher for beneficiaries than other households](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c12586cfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Rising rents hit beneficiaries, low interest rates boost top earners: Stats NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=219e9ce781&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Price hikes in wings as businesses fend off cost pressures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c388371f48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Why economists got unemployment so wrong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d986640ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [The fear factor and counting covid risk](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fcc5a64b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Climate change** Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Compact cities, low-methane sheep and EVs: Life in our zero-carbon future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edfe1a8af5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori wards in local government** Claire Trevett (Herald): [Labour to rush Maori wards change into law, National’s Judith Collins says ‘undemocratic’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a94b25e649&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Racism and racist laws slowing path to Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=196ef883ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): [Guaranteed Maori representation in local government is about self-determination — and it’s good for democracy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=238cd60e6b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Ben Thomas (Stuff): [Why Govt must stop burying its problems with flailing local councils](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96ce8b115a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kerry Prendergast (Stuff): [Councillors let water gush past them](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c12b7b2879&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jon Johansson (Stuff): [A summer of bursting and breaking points, at home and abroad](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c70eebe65f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eva Corlett (RNZ): [Wellington water woes becoming daily disasters, council under pressure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28f29e4bdb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **New Zealand history and the school curriculum** RNZ: [Teachers will get support they need to teach new history curriculum, PM says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5debf85f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter de Graaf (Northern Advocate): [Waka will be part of NZ history curriculum, PM pledges at Waitangi](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4793c9d48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Editorial – History and the H bomb](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86594e081d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **China and international relations** Audrey Young (Herald): [How NZ is challenged by Australia’s disappointment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5373793531&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Su-Lin Tan (South China Morning Post): [Could New Zealand serve as an ‘honest broker’ to repair ties between China and the West?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=409b05fab1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Banning Conversion Therapy** Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Simon Bridges criticised for ‘shameful’ conversion therapy comments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdd3951dd5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Greens accuse Labour of dragging chain on banning conversion therapy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d5605381c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls and Michael Neilson (Herald): [‘We have an obligation’: Ardern wants conversion therapy ban bill before MPs this year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=370e1f9be3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media and debate** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Vodafone to black-list media outlets that promote hateful content or ‘fake news’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d439994bf0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Lynch (Stuff): [Radio host Sean Plunket’s future at Magic Talk uncertain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab58789cb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Sean Plunket responds to reports his future at Magic Talk is uncertain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=868ef23d24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Ben Leahy (Herald): [Covid-19 coronavirus: The state sector bosses who ignored Jacinda Ardern’s pay cut plea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4975e3884d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Khylee Quince (Stuff): [We conflate fairness with treating everyone the same](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c9192d0af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Polly Gillespie (Stuff): [Why are our courts so stuffy and old-fashioned?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba7c86614a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: NZ’s gay rights – we’ve come a long way](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98151755fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)