Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon on the Pegasus Golf Course, council amalgamation options

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon joined John MacDonald to discuss the issues that matter to Waimakariri residents. They covered the proposed council amalgamation options the council has put out for feedback, and the strong interest from potential partners to help buy back the Pegasus Golf Course from …

John MacDonald: What needs to happen with public transport?

What do you think needs to happen with public transport? According to some, we need to get more people using it. For all the usual reasons: less cars on the road. Lower emmissions. All of that. Which is why Labour has come up with this election policy which, for those of us in the greater Christc…

Comedian Alan Davies on his upcoming New Zealand tour

British actor, comedian and author Alan Davies joined Canterbury Mornings ahead of his first visit to New Zealand in a decade.  He's returning with his new tour, Think Ahead, which he is calling his best show yet. Davies’ Think Ahead tour will come to the Christchurch Town Hall on Wednesday, Augu…

John MacDonald: Does Chris Hipkins know the meaning of integrity?

The reassurances from Labour leader Chris Hipkins that the party is no longer the smug, arrogant outfit we all got sick of three years ago are not only starting to sound hollow. They are hollow. Because if any other party had recruited a top cop for its party list without the top cop telling polic…

John MacDonald: Don't dismiss Lyttelton port proposal too quickly

I think we’d be biting off our nose to spite our face if we turned our back on this overseas company wanting to take over the running of the port of Lyttelton. Because this could be exactly the type of in-road to foreign investment that the government has been banging-on about but hasn’t yet manag…

John MacDonald: This parole board decision beggars belief

If you ever needed proof that victims of crime are taking a back seat to the criminals, this is it. And if you ever needed proof that the parole board is out of touch with the rest of us, this is it. Because on Tuesday this week, convicted rapist George Murphy Starling was released from Christchu…

Crusaders Coach Rob Penney ahead of Blues clash

Ahead of the Qualifying Finals round against the Blues, John MacDonald up with Crusaders Coach Rob Penney at Rugby Park. LISTEN ABOVE

Politics Friday: Matt Doocey and Reuben Davidson on Pegasus, prison releases, and bereavement leave

National's Matt Doocey and Labour's Reuben Davidson joined John MacDonald for Politics Friday this week.  They covered some of the biggest topics from the week from early prison releases, the Pegasus Golf Course, and a petition gaining signatures to increase bereavement leave from three days to te…

Sheena Hemens: Beyond Three Days Petition founder on why bereavement leave needs a rethink

A Christchurch mother is calling for changes to bereavement leave laws.  Sheena Hemens’ 27-year-old daughter Lauren was killed in a car accident nearly three years ago.  Hemens says grief kept her from working for months, but currently, the law only provides three days of leave.  She’s launched …

John MacDonald: Local govt reforms are needed but why the rush?

There was a story on the news last night about the government’s push to have fewer local councils and how it’s given them just a few months to come up with a plan. The threat being that, if they don’t, the government will force it on them. And a couple of things struck me. First, it occurred to …