> ## 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 September 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-8-september-2020/ - Published: 2020-09-07T20:15:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-08T21:05:28.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Election** Audrey Young (Herald): [Labour leaps out of blocks in reset campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da999f361b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Political parties back into campaign mode but Covid still casts a shadow](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11fdba6ac8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: Front Bench podcast: [A new public holiday from Labour, while Winston Peters goes for theatre](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=abb2ee63fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Election 2020 battlegrounds: North Island electorates to watch – Whanganui, ?h?riu, Wairarapa, Palmerston North, Hutt South, Wellington Central](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e666bea12c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steven Cowan: [What has the New Zealand left got to offer this election? Nothing.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bac05fa16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour Party** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Why Matariki could work for Labour, and why it might not](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d558e665f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Matariki holiday costly but likely to be popular](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98aab81d7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): [Labour’s promise for Matariki public holiday ‘really significant’ – Dr Rangi M?t?mua](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=531fb0311a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Carmen Parahi (Stuff): [Matariki should unite all New Zealanders not divide the country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dfd0ceb9f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Matariki a worthy public holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92ead9763e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Winston Peters again veers from Govt partners, says now isn’t time for Matariki public holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ab90b8d72&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Peters critical of Labour’s Matariki holiday pledge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e69eef1723&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Labour lures voters with tantalising prospect of another day off – but would it get across the line?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5f6c2834e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather Du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [The Front Bench: ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de746ccb99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)[Labour’s Matariki holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e005b2896&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [David Seymour says Jacinda Ardern in ‘la la land’ over Matariki holiday promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=660eb50667&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Backlash to Labour’s promise of Matariki holiday from 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc5f2489d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Matariki holiday promise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=511465a81c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Labour’s answer to a recession is more costs of employers!](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=987286f9d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Jacinda Ardern wants to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=585e108682&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour promises to make Matariki a public holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e7f2d93c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Labour pledges to create new public holiday during Matariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4669e187e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Labour promises to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6febc8a89e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Labour would make Matariki a public holiday from 2022](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b996d70483&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Matariki, child poverty and being called ‘Cindy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6e520c4bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) AAP: [Jacinda Ardern says being labelled ‘Covid Road Runner’ was ‘all in good spirits’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae733874c0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour to take aim at banks fees in small business policy today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d66efa509&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Judith Collins’ day in Napier: methamphetamine, absent penguins and ‘giant Tonka toys’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=39121e9981&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: ‘[Things I can’t control’: National leader Judith ‘crusher’ Collins opens up about nickname](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2ed96ff61&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [National’s election policies providing a contest of ideas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cba77f3ccd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch and Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [National brings back its ‘War on P’ with promised spend on meth-harm reduction ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24585d710e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [National’s anti-meth plan: Introduce ‘Matrix’ rehab course, ‘crack down on kingpins’ with tech intelligence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7846053f89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National promise to ‘crack down on drug kingpins’ in methamphetamine policy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae1dbc6685&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Nats target US-style treatment for meth addicts; harder line on drug smugglers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6142f8ae43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Shannon Johnstone (Hawkes Bay Today): [National announces plan to tackle methamphetamine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78f5b43436&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** Jo Moir (RNZ): [New Zealand First faces first of campaign trials and tribulations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38d9cc2ab8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Campaigning in the time of Covid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f09ebb09f3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Winston Peters serves over Labour’s proposed Matariki public holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07c73514a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Preston (Herald): [NZ First leader Winston Peters snapped smoking on smoke-free campus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dd8143ea9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Winston Peters appears to smoke in front of a no-smoking sign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2a49c9eec2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Act** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [ACT launches debt cut calculator as other parties notch up billion-dollar spending promises](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e390c997f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [ACT proposes new agency to oversee mental health, addiction services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bb02bbbde8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohny (Nelson Mail): [David Seymour visits Nelson to support local ACT candidate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92b1af6452&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Live exports, missing ship, primary industries** Mike Yardley (Press): [We need to move now on live exports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dec5e2b83a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lynley Tulloch (Stuff): [Bloated cows floating in a turquoise sea? It’s time to end live export](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6491f63aa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Gulf Livestock tragedy intensifies live export scrutiny](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a9494e46a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [More transparency needed around live animal exports after loss of thousands of cows at sea](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8707e61c42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt doing ‘everything we can’ in search for Kiwis who were aboard vanished livestock ship](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ab019a7af5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— John Weekes (Stuff): [Mass chicken death: No charges laid after 190,000 birds died](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49c4b62478&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis** Ben Strang (RNZ): [Cannabis referendum raises questions over its medicinal use](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2612649875&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [I used to be on the police drug squad. Here’s why I’m voting against legalising cannabis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=911d4a0aca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nina Hindmarsh (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: old newspapers reveal drug’s cultural shift from ‘medicine’ to ‘menace’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b87d09270b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Newstalk ZB: [Disappointment over call for landlords to delay meeting heating standards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de6c894da7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [National’s ‘chaotic’ plan to gut Healthy Homes Act will lead to renters living in ‘hovels’, say experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1764e008a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [NZ should never again be allowed to fall as far behind with its housing supply as it did in the wake of the global financial crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f31de866f7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Insurance Council defends skyrocketing Wellington premiums](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b3f5385c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [Buyer beware: Wellington city apartment owners say rules need to change](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c6c1aec05&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s Covid response** Chris Trotter (Interest): [New Zealand’s costly elimination strategy for dealing with Covid-19 might paradoxically end up paying for itself](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf240ed1d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows and Perry Wilton (Newshub): [Auckland ‘could see COVID-19 case numbers rise again’ at level 2.5, expert Shaun Hendy warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6aa604ebed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19 border staff testing during work time ‘a basic’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9782348329&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Health order making COVID-19 testing of border staff mandatory fails to convince Judith Collins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ad85dd205&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Concern over financial impact of Covid-19 tests among Pacific workers – GP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=11469b86cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Dr Ashley Bloomfield reveals public-facing role causes ‘great self-doubt’, ‘anxiety’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fa4edc3337&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern responds to Australia’s ‘hotspot’ plan to invite Kiwis in quarantine-free](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41f07ff701&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Rugby: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on likelihood of All Blacks tests this year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cf5957b8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Southern Response loses court appeal** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Southern Response appeal on Dodds decision largely dismissed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a20eaa26d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Christchurch quake insurer loses court appeal, opening govt up to potentially huge payout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=693131a412&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy** Liam Dann (Herald): [Economy Hub: Adrian Orr – Don’t blame monetary policy for rising inequality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d573155e8a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [What would negative interest rates actually mean?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34f225dd94&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kate MacNamara (Herald): [Wave of loss: Bankruptcies set to rise – Government bolsters provisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1dad867d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [ASB predicts GDP will fall by 14 percent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f2a5d18c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Goldsmith says private sector key to job creation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d1b8ec4933&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Canterbury cancer patients face longer waits as health staff take leave](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01b14703bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Middlemore Hospital issuing up to 500 vouchers a month for patients to go to A&E](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24dea2cdef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [Counties Manukau DHB grapples with midwife shortage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4db6d8e9c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [1000-plus Southern District Health Board patients waiting 120-plus days](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f8236e856&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Backlog of Kiwis still waiting for diagnosis because of Covid-19 delays](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90024363d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [New mental health inpatient unit for Wellington, years after UN and Ombudsman slam use of seclusion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a994114270&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Moodabe (Herald): [Fast track cervical cancer testing and save lives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04ed76ef20&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Environment** Lois Williams (Stuff): [Ng?i Tahu pull out of West Coast Conservation Board – again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f56349c7a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (RNZ): [Predator Free 2050: $7.5m funding boost for Wellington programme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aaa90d9c80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Keep New Zealand Beautiful misses out on government funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e91f8a4dd3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Panel wants more research funding for tertiary institutions and to end research league table](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e1810a2b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Checkpoint: [Goff optimistic on Auckland University international students plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f179eb16e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Overseas student loan holders flock back to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c67bd5bb65&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Teuila Fuatai (Herald): [Medical school’s problem with progress](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f662e41529&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): [F for fiasco: How I’d mark Victoria University’s leadership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f1492573e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Uni building progress may hinge on Govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35caed3a50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Kiwibank** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Kiwibank shuts down ‘green fairy’ bank account a year after giving her ‘local hero’ medal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2acde3e2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Kiwibank to shut down ‘green fairy’ Rose Renton’s bank account a year after awarding her ‘local hero’ medal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=876eef70d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (RNZ): [Kiwibank closes account of medicinal cannabis seller it had given ‘local heroes’ award](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9bcca2d803&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Air New Zealand** John Anthony (Stuff): [Silence from Government and Air NZ raises questions about future ownership](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0e0259205&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hazledine (BusinessDesk): [What to do about Air NZ?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e37e941e7e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Shane Jones: Air NZ has obligation to be more transparent with customers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78c96a4c99&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Jean Bell (RNZ): [Call for Tauranga council’s elected members to be sacked and fresh elections to be held](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0dd0658f6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Local councils pushing for electoral term extended to four years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1cdb56108a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (Herald): [Government pours cold water on Auckland port buy-in idea to relieve council coffers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15ac8aa94b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tina Law (Press): [A $1m-a-year interest bill for a stadium stand that no longer exist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=992e9e1596&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Hawke’s Bay’s Three Waters review** Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [Hawke’s Bay faces overwhelming rates and debt without water solution – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adc290d69d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sean Hogan (1News): [Cost of water in Hawke’s Bay could rise dramatically, according to new review](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38cc6fa5d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Harry Lock (RNZ): [Employment disputes system ‘straining at the seams’, justice advocate says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa972c0c27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Auckland port death: Raft of safety breaches before man was crushed by container](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e15cd7b7cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cira Olivier (Bay of Plenty Times): [Investigation launched into ‘dirty, smelly’ accommodation for kiwifruit workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5203dcff0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Outrage over Domino’s ‘tip your driver’ feature](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5b5533fb14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **MediaWorks sale** Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Global media giant set to be NZ’s biggest private TV broadcaster](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7439bb0dfe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gavin Ellis: [A better foreign owner for TV3 in an uncertain future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=577d6611fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Discovery takes ‘bet on NZ’ by buying television channel Three](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bd4b2293d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [MediaWorks confirms sale of TV operations to Discovery Inc](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa1642ef12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Discovery puts money to work with Newshub, Three](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b61163a58b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [MediaWorks to sell Three to Discovery for undisclosed sum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d7c2daf40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom McRae (Newshub): [MediaWorks confirms sale of TV operations to Discovery Inc](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=767537ac17&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Jason Walls (Herald): [How criticism can be weaponised by the online mob](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8da5fcd45f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kevin Clements and Peter Matheson (ODT): [State-society contract must be on target](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f7a5218b0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ardern adamant child wellbeing improving despite damning report – ‘We are making a difference’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c08f35770&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [James Shaw ‘exceptional minister’ despite Green School fiasco – Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0dccaa096&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike White (Stuff): [Payments for wrongfully convicted to be increased](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c337033433&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Mataura toxic waste dispute goes to Environment Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9848dc50bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [How Auckland CBD is faring under level 2.5](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbb33af50d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Woman finally gets Work and Income back payment for decades old redundancy error](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=461a66cc44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Press): [Proposed plan to restrict Christchurch’s Airbnb-style accommodation ‘anti-tourism’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae04ddc3b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): [Four bedrooms and a PM’s memories – Jacinda Ardern’s old home hits the market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a75633122&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [‘Grandad helped build’: Jacinda Ardern’s old four-bedroom childhood home on market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60700b403d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kaysha Brownlie (Newshub): [Former member upset Gloriavale is still a charity after abuse allegations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3340a7a202&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Survey shows NZers want more support for military and families](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d9d522e57d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Erebus crash memorial plans one step closer to reality](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=474e5ade5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)