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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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5:35

John MacDonald: At least the drunk uncle can blame...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/17

Can I just remind you of something. During the genocide of European jews during World War 2, which we know as the Holocaust, about six million people were murdered by the Nazis. And the property, homes, and jobs belonging to them were redistributed to the German occupiers and other non-Jews. Yesterday, our Deputy Prime Minister likened what happened back then to co-governance. That greatly misunderstood term that, in the end, was a large part of the demise of the last government. We were told

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21:20

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

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/14

It's Politics Friday, National’s Matt Doocey and Labour's Reuben Davidson joining John MacDonald to discuss this week’s biggest political stories. On the docket was the future of the Green Party, following the new allegations that have arisen regarding one of their party members. Is a wealth tax in the cards for Labour? And how is it acceptable that Rolleston College has students sitting in hallways due to overcrowded classrooms. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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4:24

John MacDonald: Bonding medical graduates isn't...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/13

Should we be bonding new doctors so they can’t just disappear overseas as soon as they leave medical school? One doctor is saying today that we should. But I think he’s dreaming. This is after the news that the Government’s new health targets for things like emergency departments and cancer treatment have a six-year timeframe. The Health Minister didn’t talk about timeframes when he made the big announcement last week. But it’s now been revealed that it won’t happen overnight, but it will happen

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5:49

John MacDonald: Police have had a gutsful, and...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/12

Who would be a cop? Not me. Especially after all the things we’ve been hearing about how disgusted they are with the pay offer that’s landed on the table from the Government. The government that was all pro-cop before the election. But now seems to be putting the screws on the police just as much as the last government did. I was at the traffic lights the other day and there was a cop car next to me. And I remember looking at the two officers and thinking about the work they do while I waited for

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8:53

Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on the recent pay offer...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/12

Labour's leader is backing the Police union in claims the latest Government pay offer is insulting. It includes a $5000 pay increase backdated to last November and two 4% salary bumps this year and next. The Police Association has called it a kick in the teeth. Chris Hipkins told John MacDonald that the union rejected an offer which his government put to police before the election. He says National criticised them and said they should treat police better, and then as a new government came

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4:54

John MacDonald: Why not keep the gang's charity money?

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/11

This is a moral dilemma and, maybe, an over-reaction at the same time. At Wellsford, the local Head Hunters chapter had a charity motorbike ride. They raised $2,500 and decided to donate the money to the local volunteer fire brigade - which is raising funds to buy an all-terrain vehicle. They reckon that one of these things would be a very handy addition to their kit. Because, if they’re dealing with an emergency off the beaten track, an all-terrain vehicle would be perfect. So, the gang has

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4:33

John MacDonald: Landlord tax cuts just one piece of...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/11

David Seymour was talking a load of old nonsense yesterday, wasn’t he, when he announced the tax changes for landlords?Now let me make it clear, right from the start, I am not anti-landlord. Because imagine where we’d be if we didn’t have people willing to take risks, buy properties, and make them available for other people to live in. So we need landlords. Good ones, anyway. But the ACT leader and Associate Finance Minister was pushing it uphill when I saw him on the news last night telling us

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4:37

John MacDonald: Landlords aren't the emergency...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/06

The Government says it wants to see less people living in emergency accommodation in motels. My response to that: who doesn’t? It also says it might pay landlords to take on tenants currently living in motels. My response to that: you’re dreaming. And I’m not just saying that. I’ve got official numbers to back it up. Numbers that have come to light since the announcement yesterday by Social Development Minister Louise Upston and Housing Minister Chris Bishop. Aside from the motel stuff, the

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4:38

John MacDonald: No body, no parole is a no brainer

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/05

The only problem I’ve got with the sentence handed-out yesterday to Christchurch man David Benbow for murdering his childhood friend, Michael McGrath, is the fact that he’s going to be eligible for parole. It’s going to be a while away. Because he’s been sent away for 17 years before he can be considered for parole. But I don’t think he should be eligible at all. And why’s that, do you reckon? Well, if you saw or heard any of the media coverage of yesterday’s sentencing, it would have been

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8:37

Simon McGrath: Brother of murdered Michael McGrath...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/05

There's a push to introduce a no body, no parole law to New Zealand. Former prison guard David Benbow has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years, for the murder of Michael McGrath. McGrath's body has never been found since he went missing in 2017. His brother, Simon, told John MacDonald that a no body, no parole law is needed, and offenders should only get parole if they co-operate with police. He says given the magnitude of the crime, concealment of a

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4:31

John MacDonald: Time to fix the not-so-premier house

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/03/04

We must be the number one country in the world for deferred maintenance. Some of us do it with our own house. And we’ve certainly done it with Premier House. To the point where Christopher Luxon won’t even live there - even though it’s the Prime Minister’s official residence. We’ve learnt over the weekend that, to bring the place up to scratch, would cost about $30 million. But, in times like these, is that something you’d want taxpayer money poured into? My answer to that question is ‘yes’! The

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4:03

John MacDonald: More proof that local government is...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/29

We’re about one month away from the halfway mark in the current term of the Christchurch City Council and its latest residents survey is a shocker. For starters, people do seem to be very happy with things like libraries, recreation services, rubbish collection. All that stuff. People, generally, are also pretty happy with things like the reliability of the water supply. 83% of people are happy with that. Where things go pear-shaped, though, is the stuff to do with the elected councillors and

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5:19

John MacDonald: Newshub's demise no free ride for TVNZ

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/29

Surprised but not surprised. That’s what I’ve been saying to people who have asked me how I feel about the closure of Newshub.They announced it yesterday and they’re doing the two-week consultation thing. But we all know that’s not going to change anything. I see even the New Zealand boss of Warner Brothers Discovery —which owns Newshub— is saying people shouldn't get their hopes up that anything other than a complete shutdown by the middle of the year is likely. So, it’s an HR box-ticking

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4:48

John MacDonald: Christchurch Airport should pull the...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/27

Christchurch Airport is stopping any further work on the Tarras Airport project, the pipedream it’s had to build an airport 400 kilometres away in central Otago. 400 kilometres from the city it serves. And 400 kilometres from its majority owner - the Christchurch City Council. The council owns 75 percent. The Government owns 25 percent. And it seems the project will only go further, if the airport company can get more people behind it and get more public and private money to pay for it. Which is

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5:35

Queenstown Airport CEO speaks out following plans to...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/27

Following the news today that Christchurch Airport will pause plans for the Tarras Airport until it can get more public and private money, John MacDonald spoke to Queenstown Airport CEO Glen Sowry about his reaction. Is this just patch protection? Or has the right decision been made? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:40

John MacDonald: Labour soft on gangs? Nash says no,...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/26

When I heard that former Police Minister Stuart Nash was spilling the beans on what happened when he tried to get a zero limit on how much property gang members could keep if it was the result of illegal activity, I thought he should pull his head in. Because, call me old fashioned, my thinking is that once someone has retired from politics, they should keep the skeletons to themselves. But am I glad he’s done what he’s done, because it shows that Chris Hipkins is exactly what people on the left

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4:56

John MacDonald: We should be focussing on the how not...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/26

Did you see Police Minister Mark Mitchell on TV last night? He was asked how-on-earth the Police are going to manage to implement these tough new anti-gang measures and he did what politicians do all the time, and started going-on about why they’re doing it. We know people have had a gutsful of gangs - I’ve had a gutsful too - so the Government doesn’t need to keep telling us that. That’s the “why” bit. The “how” bit is how the Police are going to enforce this ban on gang patches and insignia in all

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5:10

John MacDonald: Politicians can fix child poverty. As if

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/22

Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern once said that ending child poverty was the reason she got into politics. I wish someone had told her at the time that she was dreaming, because a politician standing-up and saying they’re going to end child poverty is like those appalling old Miss Universe competitions where the contestants stood around in their togs saying they wanted world peace. World peace is never going to happen, and zero child poverty is never going to happen. And, if someone had told

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18:50

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

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/22

It's Politics Friday once more and this week John MacDonald was joined by National's Hamish Campbell and Labour's Reuben Davidson to wrap this week's political hits. On todays agenda was child poverty, did Labour drop the ball? Can it be eradicated? They also discussed the success of the fees free campaign, and the future of Oranga Tamariki. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:46

John MacDonald: We need to prepare people better for...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/22

If you’re a parent of any age or stage —you might have little ones or you might be a grandparent, or somewhere in-between— you might find this a bit weird. But I think the time has come for us to start treating people who are about to become parents the way we treat people who want to drive a car or a truck or a motorbike. We’re dreaming if we think we’re doing enough just teaching them about changing nappies and feeding. And I think we need to turbo-drive our ante-natal training. And why’s

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