> ## 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 July 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-9-july-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-08T20:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-09T21:50:00.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **National Party Covid-19 patient privacy leak** Claire Trevett (Herald): [The harm for Todd Muller in Hamish Walker’s Icarus moment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a3f169e8b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cat MacLennan (RNZ): [National’s attacks not what we need right now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93df68c868&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [How Walker was persuaded to resign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0e90e6bb6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Does Hamish Walker understand what’s happening here?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdfed86c87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Todd Muller couldn’t challenge Government on isolation escapee because of National MP’s privacy breach – political scientist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=319ce8391f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [The Covid-19 leak exposes National’s lack of discipline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27245e9a5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [National MP Hamish Walker’s resignation symptomatic of a party on the run](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d7182797b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Southland Times Editorial: [Hamish Walker a mover-and-shaker who proved unsteady](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf80d92482&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Unconscionable and from within](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc24b32982&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Law broken when private Covid-19 patient information was leaked, says legal expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69d5bf76d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [The National Party COVID-19 leak shows why the law must change to protect New Zealand citizens](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62423daaa2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [So much promise from a passionate southern MP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d88d901bd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ian Powell: [Sinister Health Politics drop National in the Bo\[a\]g](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=284db55a36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Amelia Wade (Herald): [Leaker Hamish Walker attempted to prevent National leader Todd Muller from outing him citing privacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f9455c55b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Behind the Covid leak: How the downfall of Hamish Walker unfolded](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22d63d2bdd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [How the Hamish Walker Covid-19 leak saga played out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1679fd16fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [A timeline of the saga, according to National leader Todd Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7db4179ff2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mei Heron (1News): [Privacy boss says it’s ‘unforgiveable’ National MP and ex-party president leaked details of Covid-19 patients](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca5f4cd639&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Leaking Covid-19 patient details ‘backfired terribly’ for National MP Hamish Walker – commentator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88c282ab7d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [National MP Hamish Walker leaking COVID-19 patient details ‘indefensible’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3a8fd6759&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Sir Bob Harvey says Hamish Walker’s actions have ‘guaranteed a Labour victory’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=15c05b0d8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Todd Muller rejects National Party dirty politics claims after MP Hamish Walker steps down over privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28b5e69bc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Using private details for political gain ‘never acceptable’ – PM on Covid-19 patient info leak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1a1bc0cc8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [‘Others’ fingerprints all over this’: Police Minister on Nats’ Covid privacy breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5b13049c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Walker resigns candidacy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=541dd7ac9b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Michael Fallow (Stuff): [Another MP flames out. What gives with National’s famed Clutha-Southland stronghold?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=37bc4f0a1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National face scramble to find candidate for ‘poisoned chalice’ seat: 1 NEWS political reporter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6d0e32a95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding and Damian Rowe (Stuff): [Hamish Walker makes right decision to leave politics: Southland leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=035ec4c6f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National MP Hamish Walker says he won’t run again following leaked Covid-19 patient info controversy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97fc3c4358&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National MP Hamish Walker to step down at election over leak saga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86adee0875&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT: [Walker quits before pushed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=acd2fcd998&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [MP Hamish Walker announces he won’t stand for re-election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db421b4da0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [MP Hamish Walker steps down as National Party’s Southland candidate over COVID-19 patient data breach](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62e1baceb7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Gone at lunchtime: disgraced National MP Hamish Walker resigns from politics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ea62f30abe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Hamish Walker’s exit from politics ‘was the only option’ – Todd Muller](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42f803884f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Todd Muller: ‘Hamish Walker went behind my back’ and his only option was to resign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33f34567be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [MOH won’t say if Michelle Boag’s Covid-19 patient detail source claims true](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ccdf82794&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Michelle Boag: The Ministry of Health sent me the Covid-19 patient details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c974db230&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chelsea Boyle (Herald): [Michelle Boag says Ministry of Health sent her patient details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54159897dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): [Covid-19 privacy breach info came from Health Ministry, Michelle Boag says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a93bf241e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust says Michelle Boag ‘never’ had access to COVID-19 data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5a2ab21350&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maiki Sherman (1News):[Leak fallout puts pressure on National as Michelle Boag says Ministry of Health sent her patient details](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3464f0af82&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan and George Block (Stuff): [Michelle Boag resigns from roles with Nikki Kaye, refuses to comment on leak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=859c8b0cfd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir and Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [Michelle Boag stands down from roles with National deputy leader Nikki Kaye](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7da4c929d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Roden (1News): [Michelle Boag stands down from National Party roles following Covid-19 patient info leak](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3272e9d841&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch and Zane Small (Newshub): [Michelle Boag stands down from Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye’s campaign committee](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8712512b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Michelle Boag: Yes, that really happened](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68df4f6d41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Madison Reidy (Newshub): [Former National president Michelle Boag’s history with privacy scandals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=524a8408de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** Newshub: [Where is Simon Bridges?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fa05cc207&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Leask (Herald): [National Party donations: MP Jami-Lee Ross back in High Court on SFO charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73461f00a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Cropper and Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [Jami-Lee Ross’ trial date set over National Party donations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1090dec242&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross’ fraud charges move to High Court](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a830020f41&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Jami-Lee Ross appears in court ahead of electoral fraud trial](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c397a330a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border quarantine facilities** Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Man who witnessed Covid-19 escapee leaving: ‘We just saw this guy walk out’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2001abade&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Expert says more security needed at isolation facilities](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04304061ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [How isolation breach trumps National’s privacy botchup](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4be483cc2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Another breach; a blot on the Govt’s record and a reprieve for National](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9670a492ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [How do we still have mistakes at isolation facilities?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e385592d2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Latest hotel escaper case rings alarm bells over quarantine system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3aa07e791&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Todd Muller says Government’s ‘everyday glitches’ putting recovery back after Auckland isolation breaches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=949315b5b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Livid Health Minister lambasts ‘acts of selfishness’ as man with Covid-19 escapes isolation in Auckland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1694f8cc84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Health Minister Chris Hipkins blasts ‘acts of selfishness’ of two quarantine rule-breakers who ‘let everybody else down’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=25a5127a8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Megan Woods on Covid-19 escape: ‘Things have changed in terms of non-compliance’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0f53392d8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Government considers asking police to guard quarantine facilities to prevent people escaping](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=096d07f82f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lincoln Tan (Herald): [Quarantine security to be reviewed after man with virus escaped and visited supermarket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=086fac99dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Mystery surrounds hour New Zealand COVID-19 escapee spent on the loose in Auckland CBD](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c543166b27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Officials trying to work out movements of man who escaped isolation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8146a07214&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Man with Covid-19 facing criminal charges after escaping isolation, visiting central Auckland supermarket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=418a2f1108&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [One new case of COVID-19 at managed isolation facility visited supermarket](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ece34a02ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Why Wellington hotels aren’t hosting more Kiwi returnees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c0ca37c3d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Returning Kiwis in managed isolation: ‘There is going to be a limit’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1523dec81f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Other airlines to restrict flight capacities as quarantine facilities get ‘tight’ – Megan Woods](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c5ea74baa5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Emirates freezes flight bookings to NZ for next three weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4fe7c51e5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Border, travel bubbles** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Fact check: could a trans-Tasman bubble really raise NZ’s GDP by $8.8b by Christmas?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a3ac60bbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara (Stuff): [The uncounted cost of New Zealand’s border trade-off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=52e008ce75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s coronavirus response** Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [World Health Organization singles out New Zealand, praising COVID-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=329c1e4031&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [World Health Organisation praises NZ’s Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=306640ad8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [WHO posts video praising New Zealand’s success tackling Covid-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e7a6e13fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urges Kiwis to use contact tracing app but her ministers silent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c452882cc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Harry Lock (RNZ): [How Covid-19 changed travel home – and abroad – for Kiwis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cac89d5f87&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Zane Small (Newshub): [Is this legal? Northland candidates Shane Jones, Matt King scrap over ‘Jones for Jobs’ billboards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=200530e1c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Green Ministers Julie Anne Genter and Eugenie Sage both donated $30,000 to the Green Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c7ae2f92a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Stuff): [Climate change activist breaks away from Green Party](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebe3bf668b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Politicians trade perspectives at Covid-19 response debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=359dca9a2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leighton Keith (Taranaki Daily News): [New Plymouth councillor Chong joins New Conservative for election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a4f44c611c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum** Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Cannabis referendum: What is it, when is it, where each party and the public stands](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33fa4d7122&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [Cannabis referendum: How legal regulation of cannabis can benefit New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5d989dd48&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Support for cannabis referendum up but majority still narrow – new poll](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04fb1c1d77&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Cannabis referendum: Poll shows yes vote leading by 5 points](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d43fa354d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Cannabis policing ‘worst waste of taxpayer money’, former PM Helen Clark says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e2d613e541&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Police ‘hunting down’ casual cannabis users is ‘worst waste of taxpayer money’, says former Prime Minister Helen Clark](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=378c825f55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Marijuana not so bad for you, won’t turn your hair green](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d68b45c972&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Newstalk ZB): [Cannabis uncertainty is a cop-out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=42fb1fd8bc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Water reforms** Dominic Harris, Laura Wiltshire and Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [New fund will pave way for multi-billion dollar overhaul of water sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fd95059fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government offers $761m to councils to fix water issues – if they opt in to water reform](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31c2e81810&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Govt dangles $761m before local authorities to get them to centralise water management](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65d3c6e442&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government announces $761 million water package upgrade](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6035df38d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Govt offers $761m to help fund 3-waters – with strings attached](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c2d9cc2434&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Christian Fuller (Hawkes Bay Today): [Councils bailed out as Government gives Hawke’s Bay water hope](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e02aa0b93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgia-May Gilbertson (Stuff): [Casualty of Havelock North gastro crisis pleased with water funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8500bd7db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment** Jono Galuszka (Manawatu Standard): [Lake Horowhenua may be exempt from new freshwater standards – David Parker? says no feasible fix](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9760eb8ecb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sam Kelway (1News): [Mount Maunganui marae considering blocking port unless they get Government response over pollution](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae4ad225b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leah Tebbutt (Herald): [Whareroa Marae sets Govt 10-year deadline for Mount Maunganui heavy industry retreat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2c66f774b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Stuff): [For sale: one endangered kea, but beyond the border it’s completely legal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=47eb038737&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Skara Bohy (Stuff): [Maitai funding of $1.7m to connect ‘mosaic’ of riparian plantings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adc730010f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Wellington City councillor ‘disappointed’ in MP’s comments on housing proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e795d658d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fiona Connor (Newshub): [Mother of sick baby ‘scared’ for future after K?inga Ora allocates family uninsulated house with fire hazard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b1198095d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Why are quake prone buildings any different to leaky homes?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0a48ba2afb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Reserve Bank considers extending home loan holiday lifeline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f8a8fb9cf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [House prices dip across country in June, with Queenstown leading falls](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77e3c6fb19&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Marian Hobbs slams dementia rumour as Otago Regional Council drops her as chair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34d0f81dbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Former Labour MP voted out of Otago Regional Council](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8d901c306a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [New chairman Noone says council must unite](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db0fda726a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Budget: Rates rise feedback leaves councillors with big call to make](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fdc1e7a4fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council budget: 500 more jobs could be axed in $525 million squeeze](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d40285553e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Council set to cut 500 more jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=257d366971&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damian George (Stuff): [Shelly Bay redevelopment put forward as Government shovel-ready project ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c61ba6c0d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Chloe Ranford (Stuff): [First pay rise in a decade ‘reflects the skills’ of council representatives](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=524a2936a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Justice** Martin van Beynen (Stuff): [The Peter Ellis case and Maori customary law](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=382228d27f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Justice system report shows very different views from minority groups](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1feaae1954&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Denise Piper (Stuff): [New sexual violence laws will help more victims come forward, Rape Crisis says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e4aac87d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Grace Millane: Family calls on New Zealand to ban ‘rough sex’ defence](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a24ff65e5d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [Grace Millane’s family call for NZ Government to follow UK’s lead and ban ‘rough sex defence’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4609da6dc1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport and roading** Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [NZ First blocks last part of electric cars policy as Greens fume](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=396023e722&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Kiwis back electric vehicle subsidies – but the devil’s in the detail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0866bfc163&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Todd Muller pleads for questions on $1.5b highway after interrogation over National MP Hamish Walker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=370fdc050d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [National says it will build Christchurch to Ashburton expressway if elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84be39ab4b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Halaena Mckeague (Stuff): [Five days sick leave? New Zealanders deserve more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38af9cc15b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Covid-19 could spell another economic downturn for Maori without action, report says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=556de6308b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Statues** 1News: [Majority of Maori want statues honouring colonists to be removed – survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cdbd388d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: [MediaWorks boss stepping down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b7940b5c07&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [TV3 sale down to ‘one party’ says departing MediaWorks CEO](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=86b567a807&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Damien Venuto (Herald): [Why MediaWorks boss Michael Anderson resigned](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3aad83dd2b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newshub: [MediaWorks CEO to step down](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=681ea0c5db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Ports of Auckland move** Michael Neilson (Herald): [Manukau Harbour proposal for Auckland port slammed over major environmental, iwi concerns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de481fcf7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Primary industries** Guy Trafford (Interest):[Latest MPI aspirational document highlights yet more confusing signals for the rural sector, devoid of detail of what will be supported](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7a2dcdadb8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Conan Young (RNZ): [Govt support for fishers changing methods not enough, some say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d29b3ac0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health** Sahiban Hyde (Hawkes Bay Today): [Ashley Bloomfield pays tribute to trusted deputy Keriana Brooking as she leaves for Hawke’s Bay DHB role](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c99c0c7764&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Government gives $14.2m for Hastings hospital redevelopment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=40af658733&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Defence** Maxine Jacobs (Stuff): [New armoured vehicle purchase replaces ageing fleet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96cf0ac48b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Caley Callahan (Newshub): [Government forking out over $100m for armoured vehicles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f6948bead&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Jamie Morton (Herald): [600,000 animals used for NZ science in two years](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a2de61791&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dana Johannsen (Stuff): [America’s Cup organisers need to win back the public’s trust by making changes at the top](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4da09eb03b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Islamic Women’s Council accuses police of ‘othering’, not taking threats against Muslims seriously before Christchurch attack](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ff2abfc4bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): [American interest in moving to New Zealand jumps amid COVID-19 pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9b96f4771&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Westpac Life gives unlimited premium holiday to struggling pensioner](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8aefba8d63&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Pretty Penny quits NZ, writes off loans in Commerce Commission settlement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=006a3c5252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Australian high-cost lender quits NZ, writes off loans following Commerce Commission settlement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4ca81b165e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Business failures: Worst yet to come, insolvency expert predicts bleak 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f2ad1a305&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)