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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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19:26

Politics Friday: Labour's Reuben Davidson and...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/19

Today John MacDonald spoke to Labour's new Christchurch East MP, Reuben Davidson, and National's Matt Doocey on Politics Friday. They discussed the election result and coalition agreements. Plus. what is wrong with our justice system when we see so many offenders getting granted home detention and early parole? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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John MacDonald: Christchurch council decision not...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/18

The Black Caps might be on a winning streak at the world cup. But things aren't quite the same for the Canterbury Cricket Trust, which is struggling to re-pay a $1.5 million loan to the Christchurch City Council for the lighting towers at Hagley Oval. Originally, the council was charging a 2 percent interest rate. But that’s gone up to 5.4 percent. Which means the cricket people are really struggling just to pay the interest - let alone the rest of the loan. And the Council is being really tight

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9:25

Rodger Fox ahead of the concert with King Kapisi and...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/18

The legendary Rodger Fox Big Band is coming to Christchurch this weekend. They’re fusing the modern big band sound with Aotearoa-New Zealand hip-hop, and collaborating with multi-award-winning Aotearoa hip-hop legend King Kapisi and special guest Erna Ferry. John MacDonald spoke to Rodger ahead of the concert. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:24

Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor on cutting funding to...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/18

Today on Newstalk ZB Canterbury Mornings, John MacDonald spoke to Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger. He pressed the Mayor on his threats to cut funding to libraries and pools in order to avoid rates increases. Does the Mayor stand by those comments? And what will happen following the review of the Bromley Wastewater Plant fire? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:53

John MacDonald: Home Detention option an insult

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/18

A year ago today, Christchurch man Tony Kelly was rushed to hospital after being kicked in the head “martial arts-style” by a teenager in Cashel Mall, outside Ballantynes. Tony didn’t survive his injuries. And, as we are finding out today, insult is being added to those injuries. It was just after six o’clock at night, when Tony was followed by a group from the bus interchange in town who had some idea in their heads that he’d been taking photos of them. It’s important to note that, as of now, no

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5:19

John MacDonald: Council in 'deep shtuck' needs to cut...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/17

How confident are you in the Christchurch City Council’s ability to run its finances? Because, just like Auckland and Wellington, we’ve now got the Christchurch council saying it’s in a financial mess. Mayor Phil Mauger is saying that the council’s finances are "deep shtuck". That’s how he’s politely putting it. He’s also saying that the council is up a certain creek. And you know which creek that is. So things are tight at the council. In fact, so tight, that they are looking at rates increases

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4:56

John MacDonald: Are we nearly as divided as we were...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/13

Let’s kick-off with a bit of financial advice. If you have shares in a sausage roll factory or an ice cream shop, sell them now. Because, after today, sales are going to plummet without the politicians screaming around the country filling their gobs and scooping the cold stuff into cones. Come midnight tonight, we are done for another three years. Although the real action is still to come with voting still happening until 7 o’clock tomorrow night and then the results. I love election night. But what

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20:59

Politics Friday: MPs Megan Woods and Gerry Brownlee...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/12

In the final edition of Politics Friday before election day, John was joined by Labour’s Megan Woods and National’s Gerry Brownlee live in studio. They discussed the campaign, whether it’s been the most negative they’ve seen, and the policies they’re the proudest of leading into the election. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:32

John MacDonald: Luxon's first rodeo with Winston...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/12

Can you imagine what it’s like on the National Party bus today after those three poll results that came out in the last 24 hours? All three of them - the 1News Kantar poll, the Newshub poll, and the Guardian poll - have Winston Peters being the coalition kingmaker. They’ve got NZ First somewhere between 6 percent and 8.2 percent. Anything over 5 percent, and Winston, Shane and the rest of the crew are back in Parliament. In one poll, 9 percent are undecided. In another, as many as 12 percent don’t

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4:56

John MacDonald: Attacks ads - Entertaining? Yes....

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/10

There is an ad on the radio at the moment featuring a brilliant impersonation of Labour’s Finance spokesperson and current Finance Minister Grant Robertson. The Taxpayers Union is behind it. They’ve also got a website that goes with it and even have vehicles painted up, as if they are a legitimate business. They're calling it "Robbo’s Removal Company” and the gist of the whole thing is that Grant Robertson and Labour have made things so bad that they are literally making it very easy for people to

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15:17

Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on Canterbury's...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/10

Now in the final week of the election campaign, Labour leader Chris Hipkins joined John MacDonald live in studio to discuss the issues that matter the most to Canterbury. They discussed the state of the region’s afterhours care, whether there’s any fat in the public sector spending, and what will have to go in order to fund their GST policy. Plus, does he think Jacinda Ardern’s support will help Labour? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:20

John MacDonald: Time for a Ministry of Works comeback?

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/09

Remember the old Ministry of Works? Reckon we need it back again? I reckon we do. Because we have another example today of what happens when you rely on governments and individual organisations to run big infrastructure projects. So think of all the drama over the new stadium in Christchurch. Think of all the money wasted on the Auckland Harbour Bridge cycleway that went absolutely nowhere. The City Rail Link blow-outs. KiwiBuild. You name any big infrastructure project in recent times and it seems

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5:48

John MacDonald: Wake-up call for Tarras airport...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/06

Christchurch Airport’s nose is going to be out of joint today. Because the boss at Queenstown Airport, Glen Sowry, has come out firing over Christchurch’s plan to build a new airport at Tarras, in Central Otago. He’s saying there is no need at all for another airport in the South Island and he’s put out a statement saying “it’s time to set the record straight”. Which is a statement of intent if ever I saw one. Because he goes on to say that Christchurch Airport is spending tens of millions of

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5:28

John MacDonald: The NZ First gamble is backfiring

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/04

I reckon the National Party is feeling more than a little bit nervous. In fact, I think it’s starting to look desperate. Almost as desperate as Labour is looking. Because, if I go on what people left, right and centre are telling me, Labour is toast and we’re going to see a change in government. And, as far as I’m concerned, Labour deserves everything coming at it because of the way it has started promising us things that it could so easily have done any time over the past six years. But it’s only

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Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor on his sister-city...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/04

Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger is back from his sister-city trips and joined John in studio today for his regular catch up. They discussed the trip and benefits that came from it, as well as the reason rates are looking to increase so drastically. They also touched on just what is going on with the city's speed limits. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:44

John MacDonald: Under-resourced bail system letting...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/04

If you needed any further evidence that our criminal justice system is out-of-whack, we’ve got it today. And if you thought the bail system was tickety-boo and doing what it should to keep you and I safe, you might want to think again. That’s because a report which has just been released under the Official Information Act paints a very different picture of the bail system that I’m guessing you imagine operating here in New Zealand. It certainly paints a very different picture, as far as I’m

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4:53

John MacDonald: If Luxon's a chicken, Labour are turkeys

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/02

The feathers are flying with Labour accusing Christopher Luxon of being too chicken to front up to a leaders debate here in Christchurch. And I mean, literally, too chicken. Because it’s going nuts on social media saying Luxon’s running scared with a photo of him in a chicken suit. And I reckon National will be quietly loving it. Because how desperate does Labour look? How desperate? Very desperate. So a bit of background. Chris Hipkins has got COVID, he’s isolating in a hotel and so can’t make

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18:22

Chris Luxon: National Leader on Labour's social...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/10/02

Chris Luxon told Canterbury Mornings the photoshopped pictures of him wearing a chicken suit circulating social media, after pulling out of The Press Leader's debate, was "a load of rubbish". "Let's be clear, [Chris Hipkins] is isolating in his hotel with Covid, we're ten days from an election and we have a debate next week anyway with TVNZ," the National leader said. "We have a busy schedule... you know what the last ten days of an election campaigning are like." Although he's across the country

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23:23

Politics Friday: MPs Duncan Webb and Gerry Brownlee...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/09/28

Today on Newstalk ZB Canterbury Mornings, John MacDonald was joined by Duncan Webb and Gerry Brownlee in studio for Politics Friday. They discussed the need for a police chopper in Christchurch after word was released that National may seek to bring one to the city. National's fiscal plan is out later today, will it hold all the information voters need? And which coalition will truly be the most chaotic, if any at all? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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John MacDonald: Voters see and hear what they want to...

Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald ·

2023/09/27

If you want proof that people will see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear, I’ve got it for you. And it’s to do with last night’s leaders’ debate on TV3. Which, by the way, blew last week’s debate on TV1 out of the water, didn't it? Not just because Chris Hipkins appeared to be awake this time. But also because it had a much better structure and didn’t waste time on pointless questions about what book the two leaders are reading at the moment. Yes, there was quite a bit of Chris

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