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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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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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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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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...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

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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