> ## 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 – 9 April 2021 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-9-april-2021/ - Published: 2021-04-08T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-04-08T20:06:29.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14 **Covid: India travel ban** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Is the the ‘temporary’ India travel ban proportional or a massive overreaction?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8463f2996&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Keith Lynch (Stuff): [What the numbers say about the India travel ban](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e878f6a8e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Michael Baker says halting arrivals from India ‘absolutely right thing to do’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6361dc1391&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Temporarily halting travellers from India has ‘element of racism’, says Indian community leader](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb462d4d2a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Jacinda Ardern not ruling out extending India travel ban to other high-risk nations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3539f031f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [New Zealand’s India travel suspension leaves Kiwi family in limbo](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cdfcc1838&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Emirates introduces NZ flight restrictions days before India travel ban starts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b315b3f34b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [India travel suspension: ‘Suddenly you’re left to fend for yourself’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=deb7610eb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [India flights suspended, community outraged](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0149ab967&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [New Zealand temporarily suspending travel from India – PM Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a8218a6e5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid: Vaccinations programme and border** Amelia Wade (Newshub): [Coronavirus: Government doesn’t know how many border workers there are, but still insists 90 percent have got COVID-19 vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71f6fbd0b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Vaccination rollout a ‘shambles’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a807bd52a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour’s Dr Ayesha Verrall fends off jeering MPs in tense standoff over Covid-19 vaccine rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=966f48b49b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris McDowall (Herald): [Analysis: Is New Zealand’s vaccine rollout on track?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=604b28a056&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government plans to hire army of coronavirus vaccinators](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fee882949&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Peter Dunne: [Transtasman travel bubble at last](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4649018e7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Chris Hipkins: Border worker who tested positive for Covid-19 offered vaccine ‘several’ times](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b2b57a972&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [MIQ security guard confirmed as Covid case after second positive test, his close contacts test negative](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5bf4db192&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Covid-19: Unclear why infected MIQ worker unvaccinated seven weeks into rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0a4f61add&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government’s trans-Tasman bubble afterglow gives way to Covid-19 crunch](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f050f7ecf2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [The pandemic made us reconsider everyday life. We shouldn’t take that for granted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59c9df0017&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing crisis** RNZ: [The back-firing probability of rent controls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=09a97c6673&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Community housing regulator falling short – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d811c307a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colleen Hawkes (Stuff): [Collective housing is our future: New report recommends a solution to the housing crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e22b3b475&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Landlords told: Planning to increase rent? You might be disappointed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce50d8e114&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Stuff): [Rents rising fastest in provincial areas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc8e08dbb3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Caitlin Rawling (Newshub): [Housing crisis: Landlords’ threats to hike rents or sell are likely empty – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9417180bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Landlords could face jail if they form rent cartels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6df230560&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [‘Depressed’ by lack of affordable houses in city](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b65afd2e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (RNZ): [Hotel management school opens student accommodation to the homeless](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd8d9305a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Auckland Council limits house inspection bookings after developers created ‘nightmare’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e969c93239&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [The Salvation Army criticises National MP Todd McClay’s ‘unhelpful’ comments about emergency housing tenants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ff301089c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): [NZ isn’t alone in having a red-hot housing market](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f27401a125&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Caroline Williams (Stuff): [Racist graffiti at Auckland K?inga Ora social housing development ‘grossly unfair’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f2bd0dc2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Marta Steeman (Stuff): [New insulation rules for windows, walls, ceilings and floors in new homes set to ramp up building costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f75d601422&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Editorial: Think outside the box to beat the urban squeeze](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71806ebc1a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Mental health crisis** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Political Roundup – An overwhelming vote of no confidence in Labour’s mental health reforms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a7ef99643&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – Facing up to our mental health challenges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e21ccd69ba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chris Lynch (Herald): [How will mental health improve when reports are being censored?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68c477d52a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Health Minister Andrew Little denies ‘cock-up or conspiracy’ behind controversial mental health report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3272d7789&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Health Minister rejects ‘conspiracy theory’ that mental health report edited to make Govt look better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd8305a17d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Parliament lets MPs rent property from themselves, at the taxpayer’s expense](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58a3881bde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Phone numbers of three NZ cabinet ministers and party leader in Facebook hack attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=747db11e7a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Labour looks set to torpedo Simon Bridges’ tax bracket bill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7be4451e27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [‘Crazy silly talk’: Bridges dismisses rumour of new leadership bid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c55c9b2ede&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local Government** Harry Lock (RNZ): [Mana whenua gain full voting rights on Wellington City Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64877db18f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington mayor accused of delaying tactics over mana whenua voting rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62c73652da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Wellington Mayor Andy Foster accused of seeking ‘political cover’ after calling for public feedback on iwi voting rights proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5ca07c036&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Stuff): [Palmerston North to create Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8ff4b5d31&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [More than 1200 Wellington bus services cancelled during March](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1493134353&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (Stuff): [Marlborough Sounds councillors fear cuts to ward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1d73a5b23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy and work** Bernard Hickey (Spinoff): [On the new plan to unravel capitalism’s ‘doom loop’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0fe3ad5c0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [‘Are prices too high?’ Energy Minister Megan Woods puts market on notice amid soaring wholesale prices](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5f0d6f570&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Aimee Shaw (Herald): [‘Price of everything’ set to increase: Consumers face pain at the checkout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cef9585c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Expect Reserve Bank to keep things loose](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c930166f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Chinese workers’ agents, visa approvals need to be probed – lawyer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0b65ec5a89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Health data system fragmented, leaving clinicians and patients in the dark – IT experts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3a3e5bfdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gary Payinda (Stuff): [With majority of cervical cancers now preventable we should already be halfway to eradicating it – but we’re not](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=58c9f42e1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Bed blocks may get worse, Southern DHB boss fears](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=758f83c2ab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Grant Robertson says government focused on Pharmac solution to cancer treatment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d7b1cba86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ports of Auckland dispute** Craig Harrison (Herald): [Time to listen to the port workers on the frontline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aec5d8983d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Pressure mounts on Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson to resign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e2b1d184e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mina Kerr-Lazenby (Stuff): [Ports of Auckland CEO absent as letter calling for his resignation is delivered](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01c9a4e4c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Barnett (Herald): [Why is Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson being personally targeted?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5cdcb6d2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Media** Mike Hosking (Newshub): [Barry Soper is right, I can’t ban the Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2310b2b6a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Mike Hosking backtracks on assertion he no longer wants PM Jacinda Ardern on his show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d51683ab91&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): [‘Three pillar’ approach for new $55 million public interest journalism fund revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6badabcd8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): [Journalism funding plan revealed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22ed037eff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Auckland public transport** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Michael Wood, light rail and the new role that could wreck a career](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7f70c7580&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Environment and climate change** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Most coal boilers would need to go by 2037 under Government plan](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6bbe2bb95e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [National threatens to end bipartisan climate change consensus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cb6154b57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Other** John Bishop (Stuff): [Let’s remedy the failings of our colonial past](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bef61db855&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Max Rashbrooke (Stuff): [Another blow for the doom-mongers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2cce0c07c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [In the eye of the taniwha – the lived experience of pandemic racism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8d58589d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)