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Daily News Roundup – 29 June 2020
Election Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Elections are meant to be a contest of ideas, but 2020 is in danger of being hijacked by the intolerant mob Bryce Edwards (Guardian): We are in a period of great political volatility – the New Zealand election is far from decided Audrey Young (Herald): National is
Same Old, Same Old
Prof Worzel Once upon a time in an earlier more innocent age, it was a common ploy in sales and marketing circles to offer ‘more for less’. But in the post-corporate age where many are faced with the dilemma of, ‘What can I give the person with everything?’ Modern marketing
How Long before the National Party Here Are Raided for Their China Links?
A NSW Labor MP has been suspended from his party after raids of his house as part of an ASIO investigation into possible Chinese Communist Party influence. NSW Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane has been suspended from the party after his properties were raided by federal agents as part of an
Daily News Roundup – 26 June 2020
1News – Colmar Brunton Poll Jason Walls (Herald): National’s poll bump – It’s too early for leader Todd Muller to break out the bubbly (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): Todd Muller staunches the bleeding, but Jacinda Ardern remains well ahead Selwyn Manning (Evening Report): Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For
Daily News Roundup – 25 June 2020
Auckland light rail, coalition tensions Henry Cooke (Stuff): Phil Twyford, minister of embarrassing failures Audrey Young (Herald): Pressure on Transport Minister Phil Twyford over light rail being ditched (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Political utu in the coalition Jason Walls (Herald): The Government’s handbrake: What else has New Zealand First
Daily News Roundup – 24 June 2020
Border, quarantine Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Rigorous border system ‘matter of life or death’, public health expert says Hannah Kronast and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): Siouxsie Wiles defends Government’s decision not to test for COVID-19 at border 1News: Health expert calls for New Zealand to change the way new Covid-19 cases
COVID 19 Coronavirus: US Traveller Granted Compassionate Leave to Attend Funeral without Being Tested for Virus
A grieving American woman who was allowed to attend her father’s wake just a day after arriving in Auckland was not tested before being granted a compassionate exemption, the Herald can reveal. The case comes as the Government still can’t say today how many people were allowed out
Daily News Roundup – 23 June 2020
Border, quarantine Chris Trotter (Interest): When ‘light-handed regulation’ turns out to mean ‘no regulation at all’ Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: Fallout from the Covid border blunder Richard Harman (Politik): The Covid-19 culture clash Stuff Editorial: Breach may have come at critical time for containment Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB)
Arts Centre under Threat of Closure without Public Funding
Christchurch’s beloved Arts Centre could close within 18 months if it fails to secure public funding. Centre bosses are already beginning to wind down its operating organisation and have launched a major restructure in a bid to save money and stave off closure. “This is now last chance saloon,
Daily News Roundup – 22 June 2020
Border restrictions, quarantine Tracy Watkins (Stuff): The only way to restore confidence is to order an urgent inquiry into our border failures John Armstrong (1News): David Clark is Minister of Health in name only after calamitous Covid-19 testing bungle Andrea Vance (Stuff): If there must be anger, direct it at