> ## 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 September 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-9-september-2020/ - Published: 2020-09-02T20:25:01.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-08T20:29:15.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Election 2020, Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00 **Economic inequality** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [New Zealand’s trillion-dollar wealth gap: Who are we leaving behind](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5ec052cdb2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [The Government likes to say it follows expert advice – that’s not quite true](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9e0c39d783&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [185,000 workers expect to lose their jobs within next year, Stats NZ say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33cd4a59dd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Quarter of workers fear losing job in next year – StatsNZ survey](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d33696a10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): [Winter energy payments ending: ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b44c210979&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Contact Energy to charge $10 ‘disconnection’ fee for struggling prepay customers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65cc14ecf4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bronson Perich (Maori TV): [$64.2 million in WINZ food grants during lockdown quarter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e568ab3f16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election** Brittney Keogh (Stuff): [Can you answer these civics questions? Many voters can’t, study find](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a765478fab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [A third of voters don’t know who’s in Parliament, and half don’t understand MMP](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=adf26492b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Many Kiwis unable to answer basic New Zealand civics questions, study finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d535eee578&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Labour and National trade jabs on campaign trail over business and economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dd02abec5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Judith Collins says prospect of Labour-Green government should ‘scare the bejesus’ out of NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc436d7840&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Collins hits back after Grant Robertson slams National’s ‘chaotic and inconsistent approach to policy’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=993b587665&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour Party slams National for not releasing its policy costings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=579b11c8df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Green Party co-leader James Shaw focuses on campaigning after Green School saga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eabc95fd62&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Twitter bot launched to combat hate tweets towards female candidates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=55d6a7f4b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Election 2020 battlegrounds: South Island electorates to watch – Banks Peninsula, Southland, Nelson, Taieri and Invercargill](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4879d80384&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Leighton Keith (Taranaki Daily News): [Controversial political candidate claims vandalism has got personal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c33c66139e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Michael Fallow (Stuff): [Joshua Gunn: a candidate with skin in the game](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88f595073e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Unemployed first-time voter vies for Hamilton seat in Parliament](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=818b02ab80&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Billy TK’s sets lawyers on ex-member claiming party boss is a ‘CIA Agent’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8c2f5e9d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Cannabis referendum** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Legalising weed could see $675m a year spent on health interventions – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90cee3540c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Research shows legal cannabis could earn Government nearly $1 billion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04d55df5e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zac Fleming (Newshub): [Annual tax-take of more than $1 billion if legalised – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2014bd95a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Legalised cannabis would create thousands of jobs, earn around $1 billion per year in taxes – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bec7f17e25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Bevin (NBR): [Government income from cannabis could exceed $900m, reports show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4329e0fc46&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Anti-cannabis report provides ‘realism’ as well as ‘scaremongering’ – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a00bdfd04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alice Wilkins (Newshub): [NZ Drug Foundation slams new report into cannabis legalisation harm](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6d8de8f272&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): [If reducing harm to society is the goal, a cost-benefit analysis shows cannabis prohibition has failed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcbdea6ea1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Winston Peters hits out at ‘hypocrisy’ of having Smokefree 2025 goal alongside cannabis referendum](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3766b10992&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Euthanasia referendum** John Thwaites (Stuff): [The right to die or a licence to kill?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f022a3b015&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eva Corlett (RNZ): [‘I feel like a burden sometimes’: Dying woman urges public to say no to euthanasia](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c254dde2ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Election debates, candidate meetings** Amelia Wade (Herald): [TVNZ caves to ‘racism’ pressure, includes Maori Party in debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d0765bfa0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [John Tamihere claims victory after TVNZ includes Maori Party, Advance NZ in debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1dcf39fe22&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Maori Party to be included in TVNZ’s multi-party election debate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d146f0a7c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Georgina Campbell (Herald): [The perils of candidates meetings in level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bdf24ecc2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Election debate sees leaders, minister confess to smoking weed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1300c59ebc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Debate audience turns to Shakespeare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2eb6d67575&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Water pistols, heckling, and social distancing: Aro Valley debate a more subdued affair under level 2](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aeacd724d9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour Party** Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [No windfall for shoppers from Labour’s plan to regulate retailers’ card fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e64f9fa384&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jacob McSweeny (ODT): [Small businesses like bank fees cut proposal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f8e504880&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [National supports Labour’s promise to regulate paywave costs, but calls it ‘a pretty small fig leaf’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0e173a0738&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Labour promises to slash paywave, credit card fees and lend billions to small businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63f27f30a4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Labour’s $1.5b extension of small business loan scheme and cap paywave fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e7209d3bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Labour promises to extend interest-free period for small business loans, regulate card transaction fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=61f0911980&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Labour plans to extend small business loans by three years with two years interest-free](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad3bdac5c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Labour promises action on contactless payment charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6179fecd39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Labour’s pitch to small businesses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95ac302938&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [‘Girls can do anything’ – Jacinda Ardern offers message of inspiration on campaign trail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=49124db099&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kiri Gillespie (Bay of Plenty Times): [On the campaign trail: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returns to Tauranga](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1b099eb60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [’90 per cent Covid, 10 per cent Ardern’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=761a5a1c81&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern tries out wood carving with streamer Broxh](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c9fb4ae9ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes guest appearance on Twitch and tries her hand at Maori carving](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26b93826a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [‘Yep, that happened, wh?nau’ – Humble Twitch streamer Broxh teaches Ardern art of Maori wood carving](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84ae7f8943&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Moore (Manawatu Standard): [Labour minister visits Horowhenua’s Pasifika students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=829d54c43b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Labour’s Matariki holiday pledge** Scott Palmer (Newshub): [Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says New Zealand on ‘lower end’ of holidays, backs having more](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31d222b9e1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily Times): [Matariki move welcomed but Maori Party co-leader questions timing of announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bae43c4760&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [A day off for Matariki: Does it make financial sense?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=968a0ba48f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [David Seymour says he was jesting when he said public holidays sign of ‘fascist state’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1f8ca86f76&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Support, criticism, confusion around Matariki as public holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e262d2a40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Academic applauds making public holiday for ‘unique, distinctive’ Matariki](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21832fe4d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Matariki should be a public holiday](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18fb076f75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Duncan Garner (Newshub): [A Matariki public holiday is the last thing New Zealand businesses need right now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6de7e37c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **National Party** 1News: [National Party promises to build more state houses across New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=752b1a5f8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National would bring back no-cause evictions but keep ban on letting fees](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96425fd3cf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daisy Hudson (ODT): [Brownlee backs southern restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4728a51fec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [Chinese Embassy urges National leader Judith Collins to remember ‘Taiwan is part of China’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=800833303e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): [National promises replacement Motueka bridge ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5dddebee8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Tukituki MP Lawrence Yule hoping to keep seat blue as National pledges half-a-billion to rebuild Hawke’s Bay Hospital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60ff942fab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Geroge Heagney (Manawatu Standard): [Collins plays National’s greatest hits at rural Tararua meeting](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dcd2d11b0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sahiban Hyde and Shannon Johstone (Hawkes Bay Today): [National would spend an estimated $500 million to rebuild Hawke’s Bay Hospital](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7ab6ee8cc0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National promises Hawke’s Bay Hospital upgrade if elected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=89fafa8dc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ’s meth problem: Prevention approach needed instead of ‘crackdown’, frontline agency says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a841340f1c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ First** Jo Moir (RNZ): [NZ First leader Winston Peters to meet with Tiwai Point aluminium smelter workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4379ea0474&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luisa Girao (ODT): [Peters to make announcement at Tiwai Point](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5cd43b282f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZ First pledges funding for prisoner programmes to stop taxpayers from getting ‘mugged’ with prison costs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d29db906dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [NZ First announces support for prisoners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e24e2aaa73&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jo Moir (RNZ): [NZ First makes promise to fund prisoner rehabilitation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6db10feb36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Prisoners to get employment with KiwiRail in Northland](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=22fb1af455&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Winston Peters shows off his ping-pong skills in viral video](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a5171326c6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) NIkki Preston (Herald): [Brexit Bad Boy Arron Banks on his love of NZ and regard for Winston Peters](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41934b69c8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Chris Trotter: [Government of the Media, by the Media, for The Media.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e288377554&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding (Stuff): [Tick.Tick podcast: ‘Hectoring’ the prime minister, and political fact-checking in a ‘post-truth’ era](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f891442b44&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Partial business case for TVNZ/RNZ merger quiet on specifics of what they would do differently](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ba1609fc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [MediaWorks boss happy with confirmation of TV operations sale](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35b29b9fee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Drug-driving laws, roadside alcohol testing** Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Attorney-General’s report says proposed drug-driving laws will contravene Bill of Rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3337ae5aec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Appleby (1News): [Attorney-General says proposed roadside drug testing regime would breach New Zealand’s Bill of Rights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e3f800ee0f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ————— Damian George and Liz McDo (Stuff): [Number of roadside breath tests plummet as road deaths continue to rise](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b7e7c9eba&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Strang (RNZ): [AA calls for roadside alcohol testing to ramp up to previous levels](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90e56b478a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Live exports, missing ship, animal welfare** ODT Editorial: [Clarity needed on live exports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6e55651b34&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew McRae (RNZ): [Farmers seek clarity on future of live exports](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=972663124c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Stuff): [Livestock boat tragedy off Japan involving two Kiwis ‘hits deep’ for experienced operator](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2895abfcde&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Clarke (Stuff): [Free-trade agreements should have animal welfare strings attached](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f51668e2ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Katy Jones (Stuff): [Advisor under fire as literacy group says reading programme failing children](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dc860f5df6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Auckland secondary school principals say NCEA changes ‘a sense of relief’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0954ceb0e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Josephine Franks (Stuff): [Auckland NCEA students get extra bonus credits due to second lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c94199c45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NCEA tweaked for Auckland students after Covid-19 lockdown disruption](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36571a3ed2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NCEA changes for students’ credit earning system](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6568d7cb43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Government announces additional NCEA support for some students struggling due to COVID-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7216e141d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Simon Collins (Herald): [Schools told to let students choose their gender identities and names](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb13364ae1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [New relationship and sexuality guidelines announced to make schools more inclusive](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ba1c3a9642&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [Consent, gender inclusivity and porn to be included in revised sex education guidelines in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee80c825d7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Catholic school upsets parents over cannabis and End of Life Choice referendums](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=540489bc42&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Half of all staff at Victoria University suffering fatigue and anxiety, report finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a84b168bc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **NZ’s Covid-19 response** Lana Andelane (Newshub): [New Zealand’s COVID-19 response praised by World Health Organisation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f04192f71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [World Health Organisation praises New Zealand’s response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d01af3730&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Thousands of port workers won’t need Covid-19 tests](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=242381b6f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Why only Ports of Auckland, Tauranga workers have to undergo mandatory coronavirus testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c6ad92769&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lincoln Tan (Stuff): [Pleas to Immigration NZ for deportations amnesty during pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b548c45df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Russell (Herald): [Hundreds of ICU-ventilators have arrived to ‘future-proof’ New Zealand](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f642726e2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Travel** Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Govt help travel agents to refund $690m in cancelled travel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1014bdb5f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Lifeline for Kiwi holidaymakers: $47m Government package to help agents recover $700m](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8ef2570eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Lake (Newshub): [New scheme launched to help Kiwis get $690 million worth of refunds for cancelled travel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17535f02ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Scheme launched to help Kiwis retrieve refunds for trips cancelled by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a1a075e360&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Travel agent welcomes government support package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0d836084f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Health and disability** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Warning Christchurch Hospital funding woes will put pressure on ICU and elective surgery](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=94eabcdc3a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cate Broughton (Stuff): [Staff at Christchurch pain clinic told their jobs are safe for now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2b1f8c049&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes (RNZ): [NZNO calls for audit of Middlemore Hospital’s voucher and app scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3af9a0ba5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Government urged to provide flat, fair disability allowance for all](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5293ffd449&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Environment and conservation** Jamie Morton (Herald):[Why NZ’s native birds are closer to extinction than 40 years ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad35214eb8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Ng?i Tahu pull out of West Coast Conservation Board again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=262552dfbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Freshwater advisory group assembles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3aa8a3eae0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Auckland activists scale trees to save them from the axe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2162049b3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government agrees to tighten management of trading endangered, exploited species](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9157e5e5c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘A big step forward’ – Government announces plan to ban sale of elephant ivory in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=029b680cb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Phil Goff tells Aucklanders: ‘Be a tidy Kiwi’ and dispose of single-use masks correctly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91caab04bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** RNZ: Checkpoint: [Research challenges warmth, efficiency of Homestar properties](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=889fd1e7ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (Press): [New Christchurch apartments criticised for having ‘poor’ urban design](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da64f3e27c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** George Block (Stuff): [Auckland port: another serious incident revealed, night-shift culture criticised](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fffe1d22d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Parkes (BusinessDesk): [Still far too much harm occurring at work: WorkSafe](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91d667eb33&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Transport, roads** Brent Edwards (NBR): [Transmission Gully’s long and winding road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=953840c3c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Anthony (Stuff): [Brain drain: Loss of leadership experience at Air NZ raises culture concerns for union](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b1160c8a2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Truckers demand billion-dollar spend to fix ‘dilapidated’ road](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6a5ad5e148&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Police** Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [‘Poor practice’ by police who punched Auckland man after he was arrested – independent inquiry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e0f6d962fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Officers wrong to punch man, IPCA says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=faed4e843e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** 1News: [Ocean conservation: How sustainable is New Zealand’s fishing industry? Breakfast investigates](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92447151c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Team New Zealand created background for $3 million design fee a year later](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08b1503076&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Todd Niall (Stuff): [Auckland Council staff give up part of pay rise in union agreement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5690dccfbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: The Detail: [Televised school sport – great exposure, or breeding elitism?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ca7cbf9cbd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NGO sector hit hard, ‘existential threat’ for some agencies – report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64ec10e7e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Fox (Herald): [Callaghan out of pocket after tech startup RipeTime collapses owing investors millions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f1223ad0d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Official Information Act request delays prompt more complaints](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=71e74a9366&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Cunliffe (Herald): [Even the most secure fortress has a drawbridge](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d71d7101b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Kiwibank’s ethical stance is driving divisions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8a4e758d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Queenstown keen on becoming quarantine location for overseas sports teams](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a81723f6ff&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Isolation proposal advances](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e480970e3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Samoan villages celebrate success of RSE scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a30b28d89f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sharnae Hope (Waikato Times): [Open Country’s fifth ‘nauseating’ smell fine, costs company $460,000](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5f4fd9d24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pakilau Manase Lua (Stuff): [Seeing and hearing ourselves is vitally important for Pasifika peoples in Aotearoa](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=31ac0b455a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Granville (Stuff): [An unusual sight in Christchurch as airport welcomes South African Airways](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1c7ecbb7b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [South African Airways lands in Christchurch for first time, with 300 repatriated Kiwis aboard](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=00cfd3ef4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)