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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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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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6:12

John Mauger: Christchurch Mayor marks the 13th...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/21

The 13th anniversary of Christchurch's 2011 Earthquake marks a new horizon for the city. Much of the CBD has new buildings, and projects like Te Kaha Stadium and the Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre are well under way. Mayor Phil Mauger told John MacDonald that Christchurch has finally shed its 'unsafe' image. He says it's no longer the damaged city and has come of age. A small civic memorial's being held at 12.45pm, to remember the 185 victims. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for

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5:37

Christopher Luxon: Marking the 13th anniversary of...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/21

Today marks the 13th anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is visiting the city both to mark the day, and for an update on the ongoing fire in Port Hills. Luxon joined John MacDonald on Canterbury Mornings to discuss the anniversary, the rebuilding of the city, and where it’s heading. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:04

John MacDonald: Like it or not, our broken cathedral...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/20

Late last year we heard that work on the Christchurch Cathedral reinstatement had slowed down. We’d had a tip-off from someone who had a mate working on the project, that some of the workers had been told they were being moved to other jobs because the money was running out. Our news team had made some enquiries and was told “nothing to see here, everything all G.” But we knew there was some sort of review underway. And there was a cloud over the finances. Last night there was an event to launch

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4:40

John MacDonald: Is it beneficiary bashing or just...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/19

Guess what I was accused of the other day? I was accused of elder abuse. Now, this wasn’t for real. It was from someone who got a bit overexcited about what I was saying about people over-65 getting the NZ Super pension when they still earn more than $100K a year. A bit extreme, I thought. But there you go. But I bet the same person who was accusing me of elder abuse won’t be accusing the Government today of beneficiary abuse with its crackdown on people slacking around on a benefit when they

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4:59

John MacDonald: I am not convinced extra speed...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/19

Yesterday, I drove from Christchurch to Picton, and back again. And I don’t think any of these extra speed cameras that NZTA wants to bring-in would have made the journey any safer. I took a couple of the kids up to the Inter-islander. They’ve headed back to university in Wellington and, if they’d flown, they would have had to charter their own plane. Not that I was complaining. Because I love that drive up the east coast. What I didn’t love, though, was some of the driving I saw. And, you’ll know

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5:03

John MacDonald: Cutting the police budget makes no sense

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/15

Hands off the Police. That’s my message to the Government. In particular, the Finance Minister who is asking all government departments to cut spending by at least 6.5%. I’m saying it after Police Commissioner Andrew Coster warned yesterday that he can’t rule out job losses if he’s to deliver the savings being demanded This has all come from his comments to Parliament’s Justice Select Committee, which he fronted-up to yesterday as part of the annual review of the police. And let’s be straight-up

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17:42

Politics Friday: Tracey McLellan and Matt Doocey on...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/15

It’s Politics Friday and John MacDonald was joined by Labour’s Tracey McLellan and National’s Matt Doocey to wrap this week's politics. Should Police be exempt from any cost cutting exercises given our shortages at the moment? Matt explains how the government will tackle the growing need for youth mental health services, and what do the make of the ACT Party wanting to fine parents for not sending their kids to school? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:09

Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor gives an update on...

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2024/02/14

Quick actions from firefighters in Christchurch have so far saved properties from being damaged by the 630-hectare blaze in the Port Hills. The massive effort involves 80 firefighters, 13 helicopters and two planes, with a fire break stretching from Worsleys Spur to Dyers Pass Road. It's spread to the Adventure Park, with no details yet how badly it's affected. A state of emergency was declared last night for Christchurch City, including Banks Peninsula and the Selwyn District, and about 80

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4:38

John MacDonald: NZ Super shouldn't be beer money for...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/13

Why should one person’s lifeline be another person’s beer money? That’s how I’m feeling about this stat that’s come through from the Retirement Commission, that there are about 50,000 people claiming the NZ Super pension while also earning more than $100,000 a year. Which has the commission saying that maybe it’s time we thought about testing people to see if they really need the NZ Super. But I think we’re beyond the point of “maybe” on that one. What I think we have to do is get real and stop

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8:40

Chris Hipkins: Labour leader on the repealing of...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/13

Three Waters is finally getting the axe. Labour Leader Chris Hipkins joined John MacDonald to discuss the repeal and the impact he thinks it’ll have on New Zealanders. The state of the emergency call system is also in the news, John asking if Hipkins’ government really pushed back its upgrade. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:47

John MacDonald: 3 Waters, a shameful waste of money -...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/12

I reckon the current government is going to be hauled across the coals just as much as the last government was for wasting public money. It’s going full steam ahead ditching the 3 Waters reforms, which would have taken control of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater away from local councils and handed it all over to new water authorities. The reforms would also have taken away ownership of water infrastructure. It was Labour’s big idea and the whole thing got hijacked by one little aspect of

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5:34

John MacDonald: Hope of home ownership is fading...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/11

If you own your own home and you’ve just spent most of the weekend doing stuff around the house, how about this for a statistic? 85 percent of us would be keen on renting the places we live in, if we didn't have to deal with quarterly inspections; if there weren't strict rules on customising rental properties to make them feel more like home; and if there wasn’t the risk or threat of having to move out at short notice. Which I get. Because different landlords have different expectations, don’t they

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5:16

John MacDonald: You can't do infrastructure on the...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/08

Remember the days when we used to build things in New Zealand like harbour bridges and hydro schemes and tunnels through to places like Lyttelton? These days we talk about building these kinds of things. But not a hell of a lot seems to actually get done. And Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is saying that even less is going to get done up his way after the Government announced yesterday that the regional fuel tax there is going. He’s saying ‘you want to cut the tax, there’ll be less money for roads. A

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5:10

John MacDonald: Confidence is key for getting off the...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/08

If you're after a bit of beneficiary bashing, then you’re probably going to be disappointed. But if you want to know why I think someone getting the Jobseeker unemployment benefit is now expected to spend an average of 13 years on a benefit, then keep reading. I’ll explain what I mean, but the key word for me is “confidence”. Which I’ll get to shortly. But I know there will be no shortage of people up and down the country today banging-on about this new statistic which has come from some

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7:11

Ariki Tibble: Crankworx CEO on the arrival of the...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/07

A major mountain bike event is coming to Canterbury for the first time. The Crankworx Summer Series will give new and upcoming cyclists a chance to race against and international heroes this March. Ariki Tibble is the CEO of Crankworx, and joined John MacDonald to chat about the huge surge in the popularity of mountain biking, and how Cantabrians can watch the event live. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:12

John MacDonald: I didn't buy 3 Waters. Now I've got...

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2024/02/07

You know that line about the first offer being the best offer? I reckon we’re going to start thinking that way pretty soon about 3 Waters - Labour’s doomed effort to try and sort out the shambles stormwater, wastewater and drinking water has become in New Zealand. There seems to be no shortage of disaster stories. Wellington’s been in the spotlight over the last few weeks and, today, it’s Christchurch’s turn. With the news that not only is about 38 million litres of water leaking out of the water

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5:05

John MacDonald: Here's why South Island roads are so bad

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/02

How many times over the past couple of years have we said that our local MPs are next to invisible and not doing enough to push our case up in Wellington? You don’t need to come up with a specific number. But, trust me, it’s somewhere between truckloads and truckloads. And what about local councillors? How many times have we said that they’re doing nothing either to remind Wellington that we exist? Same answer. Somewhere between truckloads and truckloads. And today, we have evidence to

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16:50

Politics Friday: Matt Doocey and Duncan Webb on the...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2024/02/01

A new report says the South Island has 25% of New Zealand's population, but only gets 9% of the national transport funding. Have South Island MPs done a bad job of campaigning for more funding? John MacDonald asked Matt Doocey and Duncan Webb who is to blame. They also discussed AUKUS, the Prime Ministers comments to parents about getting their kids to school, and who is Casey Costello? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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