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Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald

Every weekday join the new voice of local issues on Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald, 9am-12pm weekdays.It’s all about the conversation with John, as he gets right into the things that get our community talking.If it’s news you’re after, backing John is the combined power of the Newstalk ZB and New Zealand Herald news teams. Meaning when it comes to covering breaking news – you will not beat local radio.With two decades experience in communications based in Christchurch, John also has a deep

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5:46

John MacDonald: Hey Winston! More fairy dust, less...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/12

When Finance Minister Nicola Willis said “I have delivered” yesterday —after announcing the Government’s so-called plan for the Cook Strait ferries— what she really meant was: “I’ve had a gutsful of this lot fighting over it and I’m out.” She was throwing her arms in the air because she’s had enough of NZ First and ACT squabbling over what should happen with the ferries, and so she went to the Prime Minister and said, “I’m done”. She said to Christopher Luxon, “if Winston thinks he can do better,

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7:44

Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor on the rates...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/11

A firm answer from Christchurch's mayor on whether the Cathedral restoration levy should go into reducing a rates increase. Households have paid $6.52 each year since 2018. Halswell councillor Andrei Moore wants it used to help a reduce a 8.4% rates increase, while the rebuild is indefinitely paused. Mayor Phil Mauger told John MacDonald he believes the money should stay where it is. He says interest will accrue and be ready for when the Cathedral restoration continues. People can submit feedback on

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5:48

John MacDonald: I'm scratching my head over the...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/11

I have never had a problem with greyhound racing so you’re not going to hear me singing the Government’s praises for banning the sport. But I am scratching my head. Because there are so many things about this move by the coalition that just don’t make sense to me. On one hand, the Government wants more people working, but it’s happy to see about 1,000 private sector jobs go down the gurgler within two years. It wants to grow the economy, but it’s happy to say goodbye to the $160 million the sport

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5:55

John MacDonald: Our handling of Gloriavale is a...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/09

Surely this is the final straw for Gloriavale. Or, more to the point, surely it’s the final straw for the Government. Because it is absolutely shameful that it still exists. This final straw, by the way, is the Court of Appeal ruling announced yesterday that the BNZ has every right to close the community’s bank accounts. For the simple reason that it doesn’t want to do business with them anymore. And good on the Court of Appeal. More to the point, good on BNZ, which could turn out to be the

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5:02

John MacDonald: On why the government should be...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/09

The minute the defence force said it didn’t want a bar of the new youth boot camps, the Government should have put the brakes on then and there. It didn’t, though, because it had talked a tough game before the election and like hell it was going to back away from that promise now. But it should have. So, let’s give the Government another chance and let’s see if it’s prepared to stop being so gung-ho now that we know that two of the kids who did a runner from the programme were involved in what

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6:08

John MacDonald: Here's one solution to the power...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/05

I’ve been reading a report the OECD released this morning, and it’s occurred to me that, if we want our businesses to survive, there is a very simple thing we could or should be doing to help. When I say we, I’m meaning the government upfront. But, for this to happen, I think we’d all pretty much have to agree to it as well. That’s because it would mean giving businesses a better deal on something that all of us have to pay for —whether we own a business or not— and that’s electricity. So this

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20:31

Politics Friday with Megan Woods and Matt Doocey:...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/05

Today on Politics Friday, National’s Matt Doocey and Labour’s Megan Woods joined John MacDonald to dig into this week’s political news. Electricity prices are still rising – would ensuring businesses get a lower rate keep them from going out of business? Will National actually miss their police force target, or is it achievable in the 12 months remaining? And how about Ayesha Verrall’s ‘cooking the books’ comment against Health Commissioner Lester Levy? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for

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5:04

John MacDonald: Traffic lights aren't the solution...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/05

Let me paint you a picture. A picture of over-the-top traffic management. So you’re heading up Riccarton Road in Christchurch, and you get to the traffic lights near Hanson’s Lane where the Athol McCully garden shop used to be back in the day – just before the Woolworths supermarket. You get to that intersection and the lights are red. So you stop, of course. And then, when they change to green, you keep going up Riccarton Rd towards the church on the corner. And you get to that intersection

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5:12

John MacDonald: The problem I’ve got with Sevu Reece

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/04

In relation to what happened in the Christchurch District Court yesterday, I could be telling you right now how outraged I am about All Black Sevu Reece getting a discharge without conviction for causing damage to a car and a garage after he was kicked out of a party for being a drunken pain in the backside. I could be thumping the table, going on about All Blacks being role models and how they should know better, and how —if they do break the law— then, because people look up to them, they should

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8:57

Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on the latest polls,...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/03

Chris Hipkins is expecting the next two years leading into the next election to be very competitive. Recent polls have Labour and National neck and neck, with Hipkins edging in front of Christopher Luxon in the preferred Prime minister rankings. The Labour leader says that they’re getting a very good reception out there, even better than they were in the lead up to the last election. “It’s not exactly a great secret,” Hipkins told John MacDonald in response to his belief that the Labour leader

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5:18

John MacDonald: $8 bus fares? No thanks

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/03

There is no way I would pay $8 to ride a bus, but we’re being warned today that that’s what we could end up paying in just three years. That’s because the Government has told councils right around the country that they need to find more money for public transport, so that they don’t have to rely so much on rates and government money to keep the buses and trains going. That’s the polite way of putting it. What NZTA is really saying is that the Government isn’t prepared to keep propping up public

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5:12

John MacDonald: Can someone please tell Chris Hipkins...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/12/02

Chris Hipkins was talking tough at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Christchurch yesterday, saying he is determined to make the current Government a one-term government. And sounding like he reckons he’s the guy to topple them. Saying the party’s internal polling shows it slightly ahead of National and putting him slightly ahead of Christopher Luxon as preferred Prime Minister. You’ve got to be confident, especially in politics. But, if Hipkins thinks he can be the next Prime Minister, then

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5:37

John MacDonald: The sting in Covid's tail for our...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/11/28

Do you think the last government spoiled things for everyone? There’s a question! Let me clarify that a little bit. Do you think the last government spoiled things for every politician from here on in, with the way it handled the COVID-19 pandemic? Because if we believe the COVID report which came out yesterday, then Jacinda Ardern, Grant Robertson, Chris Hipkins etc ruined the party for every other politician - current and future - because of the damage they did when it comes to the public's trust

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23:13

Politics Friday: National's Matt Doocey and Labour's...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/11/28

Today on Politics Friday, John MacDonald was joined by National’s Matt Doocey and Labour’s Tracey McLellan to wrap this week’s political stories. They discussed Phase 1 of the Covid Inquiry and Kiwis’ shaken trust in the government, whether Labour will commit to a capital gains tax as they head into their party conference this weekend, and Matt Doocey touched on the recently revealed texts he received from Mike King. The Mental Health Minister says he didn't reply to the texts after King’s

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5:45

John MacDonald: How I feel now about the vaccine...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/11/28

‘If you think I’m a Jacinda Ardern puppet, you’re going to get a huge surprise’. Who’s saying that, do you think? It’s Professor Tony Blakely – the epidemiologist and public health expert who has chaired the first phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. And I’m feeling the same way he’s feeling about the COVID vaccination mandates. I don’t know if you can call it “buyer’s remorse” but, like Tony Blakely, I would feel very differently about

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5:28

John MacDonald: Hotpool sell-off idea leaves me cold

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/11/27

If there’s one city council facility in Christchurch that never seems to have a bad word said about it, it’s the He Puna Taimoana hot pools at New Brighton. I would actually say that the pools are one of Christchurch’s great post-earthquake success stories. What’s more, they don’t run at a loss. How often can you say that about anything run by a local council? Tell that to city councillor Aaron Keown, though. Because he’s come up with this idea of selling the hot pools to try and get some cash in

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4:42

John MacDonald: Will they, won't they? Labour's...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/11/25

I reckon former Labour Party leader David Cunliffe might have just done the best sell job on a capital gains tax that any politician in New Zealand —or anyone for that matter— has ever managed to do. It might have something to do with the fact that taxes —of any sort— get people rather fired up, and a lot of people are anti-capital gains tax. In my experience, even people who say they’re on the left side politically hate the idea of paying more tax than they are already. But I’ll tell you what, I

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5:05

John MacDonald: The haka is more than just pre-match...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/11/25

Anyone who thinks we can still stick to that pipedream of sport and politics not mixing probably got a hernia or had kittens yesterday morning before and after the All Blacks match against Italy. The game itself wasn’t too flash. I think the general consensus is that it was lacklustre. Or the All Blacks were, anyway. So people not too excited about the actual game. A different story, though, with the players taking the opportunity to show their backing for last week’s treaty principles hīkoi during

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5:55

John MacDonald: Jetty restoration group's...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/11/22

I don’t know if I’m going to make any friends in Governors Bay, especially with the people involved with the Governors Bay Jetty Restoration Trust. Because I think their call that the city council stop charging them interest on a loan it gave them to get the project across the line is, at best, unrealistic. They are dreaming. I remember the first time I went to the rebuilt jetty after it was re-opened last year. It was a beautiful evening. Very still. One of those brilliant evenings on the

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19:45

Politics Friday with National's Vanessa Weenink and...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/11/21

John MacDonald was joined by National’s Vanessa Weenink and Labour’s Duncan Webb this morning for Politics Friday. They discussed whether the new gang patch law will make a difference to crime numbers, and why the Government is pushing on with the boot camp legislation while the trials are ongoing. They also discussed behaviour in Parliament, particularly following Erica Stanford’s apology after insulting Jan Tinetti in the House. Is it time for more serious action? Are standards slipping? Labour MP

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