> ## 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 October 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-8-october-2020/ - Published: 2020-10-07T19:46:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-10-07T19:49:19.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **National** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [A terrible day on the campaign trail for Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a3e8d4d37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Party leaders reject accusations of planted supporters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eae8acff90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National’s staged walkabout in Auckland ‘cheeky and clumsy’ says 1 News political reporter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac09dcb2fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben McKay (AAP): [Judith Collins faces indignity of National losing jellybean election poll during Auckland walk through](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11ba5b5cf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Judith Collins fends off claims National planted supporters to bolster party’s popularity](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d046d5d8bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Should have gone to Specsavers – Judith Collins turned away from Auckland optometrist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b2de6cf8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Judith Collins determined to remain leader if National doesn’t win](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e363e41aa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [National can’t afford any ill-discipline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=43482a023f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [An ‘energised’ Judith Collins wants no distractions from her agitating MPs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bda2e8034f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Judith Collins responds to Paula Bennett’s outburst: ‘I’m not worried about people finishing in a week or so’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58c239674a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [‘Incredibly poor form’: Judith Collins critiqued after on-air announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a248ab540&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Judith Collins on border closures, Samoa and ‘policy on the hoof’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e03cbf5a6d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour supporters were ‘derisory’, ‘disrespectful’ to Samoa in last night’s debate – Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2573a89240&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Judith Collins says John Key and Bill English also made up policy without telling the rest of the party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bced7b290&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Judith Collins denies division in National Party, says matter of leaked email ‘dealt with’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ba02af40f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Judith Collins blames ‘the left’ for criticism of church photo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd0d5de02e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [How National’s proposed tax cuts compare to Australia’s](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c23e198b1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National’s finance spokesperson points to Australia’s tax cuts as way forward for NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c17029fa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jackson Thomas (Stuff): [National mistakenly features ‘firm’ Labour supporter on pamphlet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33404e56dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Greens say Labour’s climate policy not good enough](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aaad19e72d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Climate change battle lines sharpen as Jacinda Ardern campaign hits Dunedin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f23ed1a0d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) James Fyfe and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Labour unveils climate change policy, promises funding for farmers, decarbonised bus fleet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e8bd5d4b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Labour promises to make public buses emissions-free by 2035](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f78e1f73a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Labour pledges to decarbonise public bus fleet by 2035](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=74a9ac5d7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Labour aims to decarbonise New Zealand’s bus fleets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f4dfa335e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Downpour underlines policy points](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea4f688fb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Jackson (Stuff): [Students brave rain in droves to swarm Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ab200e3da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Students show love for PM in Dunedin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a586aeb355&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Clarke Gayford shares photo of the pillowcase helping him not miss Jacinda Ardern ‘too much’ while she’s on campaign trail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65a7e0d667&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Charlotte Cook (RNZ): [Electoral Commission fronts up after early voting errors](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfed5226c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Voters referred to police for allegedly flouting rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b10e6db496&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Early votes pass entire 2011 advanced vote in just four days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7b8a66477&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Duncan (The Conversation): [The rise of ACT in 2020 highlights tensions between the party’s libertarian and populist traditions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e65e900ee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Lyttelton fan mob says debates don’t matter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae2af6d897&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): [Coming to the aid of the party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=76071a1c48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Ng (Herald): [Test your vote against policy choices in our interactive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d18d05d52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glen McConnell (Stuff): [If you’re just tuning in now, here’s a guide to not making dumb decisions at the voting booth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bfe8fe5ee3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Cormack (Herald): [Sometimes strength can be a weakness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a17a30b61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Herald): [This race is not over yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5cdb4f54b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding (Stuff): [Tick. Tick podcast: Behind the scenes of the moments that mattered at The Press Leaders Debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d4836d1c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cas Carter (Stuff): [Love them or loathe them, the leaders debates are here to stay](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=093fd38daf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Hurley (Herald): [New Conservative fails in High Court to argue for TVNZ debate inclusion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72e446db9c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [New Conservatives fail in bid to feature in TVNZ debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e8735b96a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [The New Conservative Party’s fight for inclusion in TVNZ multi-party debate dismissed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e524be337&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Grant Robertson and Paul Goldsmith have plenty to prove in Stuff Finance Debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fea3e87f75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [Me and My Money: Geoff Simmons](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23fe5f88b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [MPs boost T?mati Coffey for ‘scrap’ in Waiariki seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66834efad2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Helen White (Herald): [The voters will decide but I am staying put](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=254420b8e7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) The Hui: [Watch: Te Tai Hau?uru contenders face off in The Hui debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c216e476b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) The Hui: [NZ Election 2020: Te Tai Hau?uru contenders to face off in The Hui debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5f04e097e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [New Labour candidate fighting to keep Mana red](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3106191953&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Labour not backing down in Rangitata despite Vote Compass results showing it’s NZ’s most conservative seat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2ae248cf63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Stuff: [Tova O’Brien, Patrick Gower and Duncan Garner prepare for election night 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de5476cdfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Nealon (Stuff): [Hilary Barry and John Campbell team up for election night coverage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d72d9f5f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Voting age** Stuff: [Judge knocks back campaign to lower the voting age to 16](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e384bc283b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Challenge to minimum voting age fails in High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f70f698b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** RNZ: [NZ First policy proposes to prioritise victims, change sentence terms for murderers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d85911736e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell and John Weekes (Stuff): [NZ First promises coward-punch law, 1000 new police officers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37ca5a8132&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Winston Peters wants ‘cowards’ who throw sucker punches locked up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fefeceb78f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Winston Peters wants ‘cowards’ who throw sucker punches locked up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f0b10b1e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ First pledges introduction of Coward Punch law ahead of October 17 election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f80f170a08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Virtual Town Hall – NZ First Leader Winston Peters live in studio](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=80502d3e63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [The warhorse’s last stand?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0aa9b1124&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Re: Church and State: [Winston Peters on how fish heads are the secret to youthful skin](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a2fd6f546&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Greens** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Greens follow ACT, National and Labour’s call for Pharmac review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=207c5f1794&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Lewis (ODT): [Greens’ plans will go ‘further and faster’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e2eb93f08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Maori Party** 1News: [Maori Party promise $100m for legal aid service, want overhaul of ‘racist’ justice system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6450daa7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Maori Party pledges overhaul of ‘broken’ justice system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4efcb162f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum** Newshub: [Experts discuss the pros and cons of legalisation in cannabis debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e45cdbf5b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [New Zealand’s former leaders Helen Clark, Paula Bennett open up about cannabis use](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b51736552&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Helen Clark clashes with community worker over tinnie houses in south Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4bb3f59e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Poll shows who’ll be responsible if the cannabis referendum fails](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88cbc00e7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ross Bell (Herald): [Why I believe Jacinda Ardern is a ‘yes’ voter on cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c9a47676b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Euthanasia referendum** Alex Braae (Spinoff): [Anti-euthanasia flyers in EasyVote packs: new complaints emerge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b41814a46e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kevin Campbell (Stuff): [Referendum not about euthanasia, but a specific piece of legislation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3193fb9d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Euthanasia advocate says referendum about giving people choice in emotional interview](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d4116b3bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carmen Hall (Herald): [I watched my dad and sister slowly die. Here’s how I will vote](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e0fd702de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Coronavirus** Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Govt was warned against closing Auckland testing sites as Covid spread undetected, documents show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=031dccd761&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Ardern overreached by rejecting border failure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=decf9ebf5b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): [NZ’s covid response – good, not great](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3186e5023e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald: [Ashley Bloomfield opens up on how he handles the stress of managing a pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c47737ab7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lydia Lewis and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Auckland joins the rest of New Zealand in coronavirus alert level 1, but expert warns serious risks will remain](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b68a7272b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Wage subsidy, corruption** John Anthony (Stuff): [Accounting professor singles out NZX companies which ‘morally’ shouldn’t have taken wage subsidy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7af44d9936&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ):[‘Devastating for workers’: 6000 complaints filed against bosses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26246af39e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robyn Walker and Blake Hawes (Stuff): [Time for wage subsidy recipients to make sure they’ve used it correctly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c2d256bb4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Alan Bollard (Listener): [Into the deep – where to from here for NZ’s economy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2aed5cc61c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tim Hazledine (BusinessDesk): [The deadweight of white collar drones](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c16d7f8279&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Provincial Growth Fund** Zane Small (Newshub): [Shane Jones fends off ‘tawdry’ outrage over $100m PGF boost for marae close to election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28fbd2a15f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Labour and National at odds over Provincial Growth Fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1a5fbc55d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [ACT, NZ First, in slanging match over Provincial Growth Fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c457544048&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Marae funding announcement ‘outrageous’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16cbd613fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health and disability** Cecile Meier (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern suggests Govt cash will get new Christchurch hospital wards open. DHB says otherwise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95d87eec1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Dentists, health leaders frustrated over New Zealand’s fluoridation failure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cb9a19bc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Nothing ‘certain’ about getting an ambulance in New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31528c6e96&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alex Perrottet (RNZ): [Checkpoint: Palliative care can’t survive on ‘cakes and op-shops’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b0b2dcbb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [NZ Nurses Organisation ‘disappointed’ Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins didn’t know nurse’s starting salary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08505175c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Dame Rosie Horton ‘heartbroken’ at closure of Auckland disability facility](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0785ac6e37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Claim home care being cut arbitrarily](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fc53e814a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Ministry of Education rejects scathing New Zealand Initiative schooling report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4af5794fc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: NZPF: [Report criticising child-led teaching approach is wrong](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4aefd78766&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Massey science cuts: National MP wants Govt to step in](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e362f6d31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Heagney (Stuff): [Science staff on the chopping block in Massey restructure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0040c1b144&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Shelly Bay: From firm stances at election time to an um and a hum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=721b64363d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Freshwater reform concerns: Govt farm funding ‘nowhere near enough’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d55d1dc99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (RNZ): [Rotorua’s recycling travels 150km daily, no data on emissions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=432477f1b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sally Murphy (RNZ): [$12m rescue buy-up for Christchurch Town Hall company](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34aab86da8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlotte Jones (RNZ): [Residents plead for more time as redesign of flood-hit area begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3e06f889d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [Southland’s water quality largely unchanged in 10 years, Environment Southland says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4406b773d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Kay and Marnie Prickett (Stuff): [Don’t unite in anger – unite to keep decades-old promises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20978fcd23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [School climate strikers call last-minute Auckland action on day before election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61d3c142aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [Huge electricity generation farm could be viable in Cook Strait – if costs come down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2bc31463c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Davison (ODT): [Yellow-eyed penguin numbers plummet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10eb943d69&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): [The Chart – election edition: Not enough houses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58ba9fccb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Terry Baucher (Interest): [How our politicians could stop kicking the housing tax can down the road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a1d687d45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Megan Woods: ‘We are not going to lose money on housing’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5179a99e78&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Checkpoint: [A fight for housing help while caring for dying mother-in-law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c018c70a2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): [An economy built on rising house prices: Is property our path to recovery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f19ebcb2fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [Land on old Wellington prison site ‘too sacred’ for housing – Mau Whenua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e135963944&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries, Lake ?hau fire** Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Forest company fined and council labelled ‘disgraceful’, but innocent farm still paying for clean-up](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a7fcaf292&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Lake ?hau blaze: Farmed areas are very flammable – professor](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d60c9bc49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Steven Walton (Stuff): [Planting more natives could help reduce fire risk as NZ’s wildfires get bigger](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98396e6a1e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Farmers reject conservation minister’s ‘cheap shot’ over Lake ?hau blaze](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4aebf864c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Growers hopeful for government support to address labour shortage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44442a2586&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [New Zealand sheep and beef farms close to being carbon neutral new study shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33be69c487&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport** Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Call to can Let’s Get Wellington Moving and start again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9fcdf24516&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Automobile Association wants debate about congestion charging resume](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e54d61dfc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Chid welfare** M?ni Dunlop (RNZ): [Assistant Maori Commissioner for Children appointed for first time](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=524c7355ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Glenis Philip-Barbara is NZ’s first Assistant Maori Commissioner for Children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f362a2969&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newstalk ZB): [We should demand next Oranga Tamariki head be Maori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86f043c5df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Defence** RNZ: [Expert panel set up for Defence Force review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cdeaf3476&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Twenty unused light armoured vehicles remain in NZDF storage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f033775fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Legal reform advocates question why lawyers with convictions can continue to practise law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5acb28a329&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [‘$150,000 should be enough’: Does Biden’s definition of wealth stack up in NZ?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2b25e6b50f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [NZ, Australia consumer protection laws diverge – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba2ccff494&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Keall (Herald): [Facebook doesn’t front with NZ financials, academic calls for change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=23be93d8f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Pacific will continue to say no to nuclear weapons, UN told](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dabfa9885c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [New Zealand among 39 nations to criticise China over Hong Kong, human rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a6985ca08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [NZ Super Fund considers climate change a market and policy failure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00ce982fe7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kirsty Johnston (Stuff): [‘We’ve failed’: NZ women’s groups give scathing update to United Nations on gender-based violence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59b853ca09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Checkpoint: [‘These people are voiceless, we’re here to be a voice’ – ex-Gloriavale member urges inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0244078e56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [History is forever lost in the national book cull](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2617e7f94e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)