> ## 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 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-8-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-07T20:46:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-08T21:09:05.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Democracy, lockdown legality** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Government abusing lockdown powers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19abc56270&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Trotter: [The Safety Of The People Shall Be The Highest Law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=223b7f0409&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Dunne: [Cracks in the machinery of democracy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e4a55003f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Leaked Crown Law advice shows alert level 4 rules had no legal force](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=163397980e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cameron Slater (The BFD): [Leaked: Crown Law Advice to police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f34dbd17bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): [Yes, the courts should scrutinise the lockdown. But Bridges’ committee should back off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72ea3ff952&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Question of lockdown law not just academic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60794cfca7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Lockdown only lawful if health risks justified – Government lawyer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2050dd777c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New law on way to enforce rules for level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=edd98c8bef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Did the Government act unlawfully by locking NZ down?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac123dcce5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [The legality of New Zealand’s Level 4 lockdown under scrutiny by expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb636e913a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government denies unlawful enforcement of lockdown ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d126920bfb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [A formidable legal challenge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26aa4cd083&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Peters (World Socialists): [New Zealand government exploits pandemic to boost police and military powers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cee7b8a2f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget, Economy** Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Grant Robertson mulls redesigning the house, in the middle of a storm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6226809e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Budget 2020: Chance to ‘build back better’ as virus ‘resets the clock’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b233577e63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Covid-19 response focus of next week’s Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a58f1560f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Salvation Army pleads with Government to put Budget money aside in five key areas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5bf4c1c2ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Kiwi families feeling Covid-19 crunch – Salvation Army report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2268be2c41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Budget: strengthening public sector, increasingly targeted support for households and businesses and a new-look New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0908f2da08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Budget 2020: Deficits expected ‘for an extended period’, debts to go ‘well beyond’ targets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f96e44ebef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Grant Robertson: Budget 2020 will be ‘far from business as usual’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0334ca143&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Government’s original priorities ‘put on ice’ to prioritise ‘1-in-100 year shock’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac45ca353f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bob Jones: [Now is the winter of our discontent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39bdac8a4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Reddell: [Reserve Bank on the economic impact](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d7e8474964&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte 1News): [PM scolds Simon Bridges for ‘bizarre’ questions about tax increases over Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d20239ff32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern avoids ruling out tax increases to fund COVID-19 debt in question time clash with Simon Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c1b310c1cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Woodford (Interest): [North-East Asian markets as China alternatives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff1320a870&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Imports slump in final week of level 4 lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3509ce813&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [A look at the NZ export industries hit hardest, and some that are flourishing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3816c51651&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Rebuilding NZ** Liam Hehir (Democracy Project): [Three reasons neoliberalism isn’t going anywhere in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=040f546d67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Stuff): [School strikers demand climate action in wake of pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64300d6579&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Level 2** Audrey Young (Herald): [Good and bad in Jacinda Ardern’s pivotal decision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a422471cbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Ardern’s Level 2: A life more, but not quite, normal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d45afdd3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Level 2 shows Covid-19 alert system’s weakness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=563e87ead8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Alert level 2 could be phased in, Prime Minister says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0e4fbf47b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM warns level 2 freedom might not all come at once](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55a2a2e8d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Could we be told to wear face masks in New Zealand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b69da24c9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: ‘[Mass masking’ should be part of level 2, epidemiologist says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8512d4be1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Dr Ashley Bloomfield reveals decisions on face masks, vaccines and changes to travel and gatherings for Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1271118be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen Scanlon (RNZ): [Covid-19 alert level 2 details: What you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=172b3164cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern unveils level 2, a safer version of normal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a6f7371c47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Level 2 announcement is more spin from the Government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2466da891c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Public health strategy, health system** Ian Powell (Democracy Project): [Let’s not over glorify the Government’s performance fighting Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8fb387b047&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NZ and China’s response praised as Western governments rank poorly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb59762b95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mariné Lourens (Stuff): [Planning underway for healthcare services under level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc399abbc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kaysha Brownlie (Newshub): [The five factors which will influence how Kiwis can see their loved ones in rest homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b0ff9a80d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Vaccine and ventilator projects receive government funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42c0a13caf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maxine Jacobs (Stuff): [St John accelerates plea for new ambulance fleet amid shortage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f10f67075&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Fears of measles resurgence as vaccinations drop away in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbfefad328&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News:[‘Break the chain’ – NZ AIDS Foundation launches campaign to end HIV through Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e8451b8fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (Stuff): [Counties Manukau DHB seeks $11.2m from ACC for Whakaari/White Island treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a86b19f054&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **PPE** Michael Morrah (Newshub): [North Shore Hospital nurses allegedly told to ‘remove masks’ by management so patients aren’t scared](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc79b76f09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [PPE teething issues now resolved, says Health Minister David Clark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81a74800f0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [‘Teething issues’ hampered distribution of protective gear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fd2dcf53f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [PPE distribution to community support workers ‘appropriate’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e036f95f7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Audit of DHB mask distribution finds ‘teething’ issues](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8995b8bf4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Foreign affairs** Richard Harman (Politik): [Peters risks China’s ire with pro-US, pro-Taiwan policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b9e067d01&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Wallls (Herald): [Foreign Minister Winston Peters tells China’s NZ Ambassador to ‘listen to your master’ after criticism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a43339f9f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ): [Winston Peters tells China’s ambassador to ‘listen to her master’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e5cc3eb81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben McKay (Stuff): [In aftermath of Covid-19 outbreak, New Zealand jumps on board Taiwan WHO push](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff89816728&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy** Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Why names of some wage subsidy recipients could be kept secret](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e31541c69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [The wage subsidy has worked](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0c7132150&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Unemployment**: Brian Fallow (Herald): [Unemployment to rise as virus kills jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ca581bd13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Infometrics: [Upending the labour market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3abdd049dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Waatea News: [Maori jobless numbers set to spike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53079b7485&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Redundant hotel worker: ‘We’ve never felt so helpless’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4450d93903&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment, industrial relations** Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Employment Court rules contract courier driver was an employee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47aa096ece&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Cotton On employees claim management isn’t prepared for reopening under alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=125f210793&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephanie Rangi (Stuff): [Three S’s could slow down fast food under Covid-19 alert level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=340dcf0e7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Survey finds most people enjoy working from home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e7f11e4e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Migrant workers, migrants stuck in NZ** Liu Chen (RNZ): [Unemployed migrant workers struggle amid Covid-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fd1401500&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jackson Thomas (Stuff): [More than 170 Russian citizens ‘abandoned’ in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eebcea28e0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Govt considers reopening country for $5b international student industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=811171801a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Patterson (RNZ):[International students may be allowed into NZ before border opens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6899b1f13f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Schools may get lifeline to keep foreign students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=397d8c756b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Most universities won’t reopen until July](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a42b56f742&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lee Kenny (Stuff): [Universities to reopen under level 2 but most lectures will remain online](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72b2be50f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Simon Collins (Herald): [Principals welcome schools reopening at level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a824e3762&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Early learning, schools and tertiary to reopen under Covid-19 Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b845a37e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Educators welcome reopening of schools and ECE centres ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fe8723531e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Schools and early learning centres allowed to open at level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bfa9c75ea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Infometrics: [Supporting construction while rectifying state housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c37acda5e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Time to channel Great Depression, get building state houses: Infometrics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88e6ff340c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Welfare advisory group calls for post-war style house building programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4df3aaa61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Rental shortage in Westport despite vacant properties, locals say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ffc37d7ed2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori reponse to Covid-19, M?ori update** Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Planned Great Barrier Island checkpoint already causing contention](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=542cac2157&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tema Hemi (Maori TV): [Maori have proved their ability in COVID-19 crisis – Dame Tariana](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5746a3df41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kereama Wright (Maori TV): [Murupara Mongrel Mob member responds to Hobsons Pledge petition](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36a2bfb5cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonu (Waatea): [Covid -19 Maori Update 7 May 2020 | Is moving to Level 2 too risky?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f2a17a1b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rawiri Taonu (Waatea): [Continuing gaps in latest testing data and risk of anti-Asian racism 06 May 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80b69990fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Tracing app** Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): [What’s so bad about Palantir?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=375c8c0483&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [Can the government be trusted with our data?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31aefabc9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Contact tracing app may discriminate against M?ori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9386f5d431&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Immigration, tourism and the trans-Tasman bubble** Brent Edwards (NBR): [A trans-Tasman bubble alone is not enough to save the tourism industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2fc4f76a63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Epidemic Response Committee discusses immigration](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ecfa7bc164&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Travel allowed under alert level 2 will save thousands of jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c9ff8551e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [What new level 2 rules mean for crippled tourism industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6335576f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Gun buyback scheme** Collette Devlin (Stuff): [How effective was the $120m firearms buyback scheme? We don’t yet know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=145af5c4f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Annabelle Tukia (Newshub): [Two questions remain unanswered following gun buyback scheme – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef98de7273&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Gun buyback report finds effective managing by police, but cost blowout for admin work](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be2c142e53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Auditor-General’s gun buyback report: Compensation forecast at $120 million](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58ed1c48af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** RNZ: [300 Air New Zealand pilots lose their jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=751d9d5c86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Around 300 pilots made redundant, 900 others taking big pay cuts at Air NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3613558341&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lorna Thornber (Herald): [Air NZ passengers left ‘upset and scared’ after physical distancing rules not followed on flight](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d0a17fec4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Airfare warning over physical distancing on planes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b94cbb7555&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [‘It’s fantastic’: MP thrilled flights to Queenstown resuming](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=241b90742d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Employees may need convincing to use public transport – Business NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c37bf286d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [KiwiRail rejects re-opening Wairoa to Gisborne rail line](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ec3d15021&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Auckland Council imposes mandatory water restrictions** Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Auckland water restrictions: City braces for another dry spell](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=87b75b07cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Neilson (Herald): [Auckland water shortage: Council approves mandatory restrictions, outdoor use banned and fines up to $20,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86205cb326&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Hoses, water blasters to be banned in Auckland as council votes to restrict water usage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be68243a84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Auckland Council unanimously votes for mandatory water restrictions amid historic drought](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c191af819f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ashley Bloomfield** Pearl Little (Newshub): [Explained: How Ashley Bloomfield became the face of the COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f49d01023a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [A rare peek inside Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s work and family bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f40e3754c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **ACT** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): Y[oung ACT members booted out, vice-president resigns over sexual harassment claims](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e67901951d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Young ACT to investigate sexual harassment of vice president](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=400722bbdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lincoln Tan (Herald): [Young Act vice-president resigns, claiming sexual harassment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=53794b25e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [ACT considers investigation into sexual harassment allegation in youth wing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6a5514e68&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Young ACT vice-president Ali Gammeter steps down claiming sexual harassment, ‘slut-shaming’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63ebd079e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice and corrections** George Block (Stuff): [Prison ‘timebomb’ fears as frustration and boredom build](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d3c679770&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Solutions needed to address jury trial backlog caused by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6586e47445&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pacific, NZ Pacific communities** Barbara Dreaver (1News): [Auckland kava parties, some with church officials, continue to flout Covid-19 lockdown rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58e2d6a090&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Tahana (RNZ): [A surge in poverty as tourism jobs in Samoa disappear](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c262d25bfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Samoa AG office lawyers warns not appear in law society protest submission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9c5370c1ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [French military repatriates Tahiti residents from Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b2a8d8820&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sport** 1News: [Contact sports and social distancing: Both are possible under Alert Level 2, Govt says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5127bb522d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Return to community sport welcomed under Covid-19 Level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08c1bd7917&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Professional sport allowed under Alert Level Two](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43031c75cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Bosses lay out inequalities in women’s sports at Epidemic Response Committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=02c9b9fddb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Napier (Herald): [Leaders outline grave fears for women’s sport](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=12c5a39942&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [MBIE branch turnover high, but industry happy with performance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f0e052fe4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): [Bypassing RMA could result in protest, years of court action](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6ac3c3e111&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [Why we need more transparency over party donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=163c0b130a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katerina Ang (Nikkei Asian Review): [New Zealand’s winning virus tactics spell election risks for Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=017cb670ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Government considering change to benefit access rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d1465e484&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Paula Bennett, Shane Jones debate an early move to Level 2, National’s tax relief policy and the lockdown’s legality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1ed4675361&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fiona Hutton (Newsroom): [We can’t ignore cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e4dac245d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [Memo to Tova O’Brien: spare us the moralising](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=267e7add58&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andre Chumko (Stuff): [What will Alert Level 2 look like for Wellington?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58b8259d78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [DCC adopting a ‘buy local’ policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90ff3a4124&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [How the Prime Minister wrongly announced 18 exemptions granted in lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a0ebbab52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)