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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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4:52

John MacDonald: Christchurch City Council's $13...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/19

You know how you hear people talk about “the million dollar question”? Today, it’s a $13 million dollar question that needs answering. It’s all to do with the streets around the new stadium in the centre of Christchurch: Te Kaha. You might remember, a while back, how the council came up with this idea of spending $34 million getting the streets ready for the stadium opening in 2026. And how it wanted to do daft things like widen the footpaths, take away car parks and slow-down speed limits in the

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18:49

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

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/18

Today on Politics Friday National’s Matt Doocey and Labour’s Tracey McLellan joined John MacDonald to dive into this week’s biggest political stories. Christchurch City Council will soon be making decisions surrounding the funding of the new stadium: should the $13 million price tag be paid by ratepayers? Or should the project be put on hold until NZTA can come up with the funding? The Reserve Bank is looking into digital currency, is New Zealand ready to let go of cash? And what’s their thoughts

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5:27

John MacDonald: What actually is this waste we're...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/18

Savage and rushed. That’s how the Public Service Association is describing the Government’s crackdown on public sector spending, after another 1,000 job cuts were announced yesterday alone. Taking the total so far to more than 3,000. I’m going to add “flying blind” to that description. Because I think these cuts are starting to look like cuts for the sake of cuts. And I think everyone involved —the Government, the bosses of all the government departments, the unions— I think they’re all flying

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10:34

Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor on the financial...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/18

Funding issues have struck Christchurch, with the Cathedral, the Arts Centre, the A&P Show, and Orana Park all facing financial strife. Mayor Phil Mauger joined John MacDonald to dig into the issues, touching as well on the issue of begging on the streets of Christchurch and the timeline of the Council’s new CEO. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:54

John MacDonald: Enter your local mall at your own risk

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/16

Every time something terrible or tragic happens you hear people trot out a line which, I think, is totally meaningless. Maybe I’ve just become too cynical in my old age. But it was trotted out again on TV last night by a reporter talking about the appalling knife attacks at the mall in Sydney at the weekend. He was talking about an investigation that’s being launched to look into what happened in the lead-up to the attacks, the guy’s mental health history, all of that. And there he was, this

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5:51

John MacDonald: Should begging be banned?

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/15

It seems to me that the rough sleepers are back on Colombo Street, outside Ballantynes. I went past this morning on the way in and there were a few of them there in the doorway. They were there last week, too. After what seems like ages. But, it doesn’t seem to be the central city where homeless people are causing the most problems at the moment. Or, more correctly, it doesn’t seem to be the central city where people who want us to think they’re homeless are causing the most problems. With news

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23:06

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

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/11

Today on Politics Friday John MacDonald was joined by National’s Matt Doocey and Labour’s Megan Woods to discuss this week’s biggest stories. They discussed Puberty Blockers, and what the Government will do about us prescribing ten times the number they do in the UK? Will National’s tenancy laws make life worse for renters? Is it time to build more houses? And what does Matt, as the Mental Health Minister, make of his party’s new stance on mental health services? LISTEN ABOVE See

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4:47

John MacDonald: Good night kiwi: can TV be rescued?

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/11

It happens all the time in New Zealand, doesn't it? Something goes pear-shaped and people start banging-on about the Government needing to step-in and do something. And the banging-on is loud in relation to the job losses confirmed by Warner Brothers Discovery and TVNZ. Newshub is closing, as proposed. And TVNZ is ditching the Sunday programme, as proposed. As well as other bulletins and the much-loved Fair Go programme. You might have heard Newshub’s Paddy Gower on Newstalk ZB. One of the things

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5:10

John MacDonald: Would later starts get more kids...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/10

Instead of banging-on about things like fining parents who don’t send their kids to school, the Government should be finding out what’s already working to sort out school truancy. They won’t do that, though, because some of the things I’ve been reading about would go down like a cup of the proverbial with voters. And you’ve got to keep the voters sweet, don’t you? The one truancy initiative that’s really caught my eye is something that’s been done in the UK, that has actually reduced truancy

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7:00

Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on the Government's...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/10

Chris Hipkins says it's important to look beyond school attendance headlines to what's behind the numbers. The Government's unveiled plans to improve reporting of attendance data and bring in a traffic light system of interventions for truant students. It will also release new public health guidance about when a student is well enough to go to school. The Labour leader told John MacDonald that there's a group of kids who are absent more often than previously, but for good reason. He says

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5:18

John MacDonald: Career politicians aren't great, but...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/09

Do you reckon politicians stay in the job too long? Christopher Luxon thinks so. And I agree with him. Some of them, anyway. They’re a bit like the milk that no one chucks out of the office fridge and one morning you turn-up, go to make yourself a cuppa and there are little floaty bits in your cup. That’s kind of what the Prime Minister was getting at yesterday with a comment he made when he was announcing the nine big things he wants the government to achieve over the next six years. Targets for

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7:18

John MacDonald: What should happen to Christchurch's...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/08

I am calling time on my support for the reinstatement of the Anglican cathedral in Cathedral Square. Because we now know that what we suspected is, in fact, true and the whole project is in financial strife and may be about to come to a complete standstill. The job is bigger than first thought and the project needs to find an extra $114 million - taking the overall cost to $248 million. And here’s the crucial bit. If the first $30 million of that $114 million can’t be found by September - five

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5:49

John MacDonald: Why all the fuss over Māori wards?

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/05

Some things should never be put to a vote. Because, if they were, nothing would happen. Nothing would change. I’m not the only one who knows this. The Government knows it too. That’s why it’s telling local councils that, if they want to set-up a separate ward for Māori voters, they have to have a public referendum first. The councils are telling the Government to butt out. And I agree with them. Similar to Māori parliamentary seats, Māori wards establish areas where those on the Māori electoral

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19:17

Politics Friday: National's Hamish Campbell and...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/04

Today on Politics Friday John MacDonald was joined by National's Hamish Campbell and Labour's Duncan Webb to dig into the biggest topics from the week. They discussed Māori wards and the need for a referendum, is the central Government interfering in locals' business? What chance does the Christchurch City Council have of changing the Marine Mammals Protection Act to keep the SailGP in Lyttelton? Is the education system focusing too much on local history? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for

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John MacDonald: We can only learn from history if we...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/03

When it comes to history lessons, our schools are focussing too much on local and Māori history, leaving out things like national and global history. That’s what’s come through in a report out today from the Education Review Office. But, as someone who studied history at school and came away ignorant of a lot of New Zealand’s history, I don’t see what the problem is. When I first went to live in London, it used to amaze me talking to English people about stuff they did at school and how —when it

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9:41

Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor says Canterbury...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/03

Canterbury tourism officials are in talks with the Government about how to make it easier to host SailGP races in the future. A dolphin sighting forced the cancellation of one of the two days of races at last month's Lyttleton event. Christchurch’s Mayor Phil Mauger says that changes may be needed. He told John MacDonald that that could include looking at the current marine mammal legislation. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:51

John MacDonald: Why shouldn't Chch have a rainbow...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/03

When I was in Wellington a few weekends ago, a couple of things happened. One: I was walking down Cuba Street in the central city and it occurred to me how ironic it is that we have probably one of the most conservative governments we’ve had in New Zealand for quite some time, and it’s based in one of the country’s funkiest cities. If not, the funkiest city. The second thing also happened when I was walking down Cuba Street. I was crossing at the lights, and I saw a guy and I thought ‘Oh,

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5:01

John MacDonald: This is where our driver education is...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/04/01

It was a tragic Easter for some, with seven people dying on the roads - the highest Easter toll in three years, and the second highest in 14. The worst was on State Highway 8 at Pukaki. Three people died at the scene and a fourth person died in hospital. I know exactly where that crash happened because we drove that stretch of road countless times when the kids were rowing, and we were up and down to Twizel almost every second weekend. And I saw some shocking driving on that road. Not just at

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6:08

John MacDonald: I could never be a teacher

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/28

One thing I know with absolute certainty is that I could never be a schoolteacher. A few more people might be saying that today after the news that the behaviour of school kids in New Zealand has worsened over the past two years, making them among the worst-behaved in the OECD. And I hope that parents around the country are hearing this news and thinking about what they can do to sort out this mess. Because, as far as I’m concerned, it all starts with us - the people who bring these kids into the

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5:23

John MacDonald: What a bunch of pushovers we are

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/26

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. We are the People’s Republic of Pushovers. This time, we’ve been pushovers over this apparent cyber-attack on Parliament and spying on our politicians by China. It happened two-and-a-half years ago, but it was only yesterday when we heard about it. It was something of a staged announcement with the United States and Britain, which were also targeted. Not that China is putting up its hand and saying, ‘fair cop gov’. It reckons we are “barking up the wrong

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