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Daily News Roundup – 28 August 2020
Brenton Tarrant sentenced to life without parole Tim Brown (RNZ): Terrorist sentenced to life in jail without parole Kurt Bayer and Anna Leask (Herald): Brenton Tarrant will never be released from jail Newshub: Terrorist Brenton Tarrant to spend the rest of his life in prison, without possibility of parole Thomas
Daily News Roundup – 27 August 2020
Election, voting age Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Public still backing Government and Jacinda Ardern despite second outbreak, new poll shows Liu Chen (RNZ): Poll shows large majority of Chinese New Zealanders still favour National over Labour Claire Trevett (Herald): Judith Collins, Jacinda Ardern and the virus blame game
Daily News Roundup – 26 August 2020
Economic response to Covid Kate MacNamara (Herald): Government mulls use of $400m fund to buy stakes in firms hurt by Covid 19 (paywalled) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Companies refusing to apply for Government sick leave subsidy to cover workers David Fisher Herald): The Road Ahead: The missing piece in our Covid-19
Daily News Roundup – 25 August 2020
PM’s levels announcement, govt management of coronavirus Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern faces little opposition to alert level extension Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): A nervous week ahead for a suddenly vulnerable government (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Covid “here for some time” say Ardern and Collins Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Experts
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
There was an anti lockdown protest in Auckland on the weekend. On the ysb.co.nz website, they posted the following photos from the march and reported that a police officer had been taking photos of those in the crowd. I would be very interested to know if the BLM
Daily News Roundup – 24 August 2020
Border failures, criticism Hayden Donnell (RNZ): Mediawatch: A backlash over tough questions for Dr Ashley Bloomfield Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup – How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups? Andrea Vance (Stuff): Big little lies: Getting to the facts in New Zealand’s border failures Michael Morrah (Newshub): Conflicting messages
NZ Race Relations Roundup
Saturday 22 August 2020 News: Maori framework sets ground rules for council https://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjUzMzM/Paakiwaha/WNEWS-21.08:-Maori-framework-sets-ground-rules-for-council Iwi say they will reopen Northland checkpoints near Kawakawa https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/424071/iwi-say-they-will-reopen-northland-checkpoints-near-kawakawa Police warn against Waiomio roadblock https://www.waateanews.
Daily News Roundup – 21 August 2020
Govt’s coronavirus response, border policy, political fallout Peter Dunne: Labour will be watching and checking everything and keeping its fingers crossed like never before Tim Watkin (RNZ): Test fail: Is Labour bordering on trouble? Keith Rankin (Evening Report): Epidemic Costs and Responses: Coronavirus and Tuberculosis Brent Edwards (NBR): The
NZ Race Relations Roundup
Breaking Views update 20/8/20 Thursday 20 August 2020 News: Auckland’s colonial-era statues could be removed after vandalism, protests stuff.co.nz/national/300080246/aucklands-colonialera-statues-could-be-removed-after-vandalism-protests What is Islam’s appeal to Maori? newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/what-is-islams-appeal-to-maori Police plan for iwi checkpoints waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjUzMDA/
Daily News Roundup – 20 August 2020
Border testing, quarantine facilities, alternative plans from NZ First, National, ACT Thomas Manch (Stuff): The Covid-19 border testing saga that’s going septic amid ministers’ muddled accounts Karl du Fresne: Incompetence is one thing, misinformation another Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Government was advised testing all border staff wasn’t viable when