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John MacDonald is the Canterbury Mornings host on Newstalk ZB Christchurch
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John MacDonald: Christmas sales yes. Matariki sales no. Why?
OPINION: Retailers called out promoting sales during Matariki.
Opinion: Violence is at a crisis point in NZ
OPINION: 'Violence has always been a thing here in New Zealand.'
John MacDonald: Ian Foster is no match for Razor Robertson
OPINION: Razor is the best rugby coach in the world right now.
John MacDonald: Picton crash - median barriers would make a world of difference
OPINION: What is the price of seven lives?
Opinion: Santa Parades - priceless, until now
This year's Christchurch Santa Parade will cost $15 per person and won't be outside.
Opinion: Our isolation rules are redundant - it's time for them to go
You must isolate with even mild Covid symptoms but not for the flu.
Opinion: PM's reward for Trevor Mallard is 'outrageous'
OPINION: We all know he is a complete 'plonker'.
John MacDonald: Ngāi Tahu Ecan Bill is unnecessary and wrong
OPINION: Ecan already has a formal partnership with Ngāi Tahu, John MacDonald writes.
John MacDonald: A regional tax for Christchurch Stadium? I say yes!
Christchurch cannot do it on its own.
Opinion: Unlike Boris, Christchurch council would lose confidence vote
With an outfit like the Christchurch City Council, where do you begin?
John MacDonald: Queen's Platinum Jubilee? I'm not feeling it, at all
In theory, we should be having street parties in NZ and putting up the decorations...
Opinion: Give city council the boot from Christchurch stadium project
So far, the council has spent about $40 million on the project.
Opinion: We already know phones are a menace on the roads
A six-month trial costing $380,000 is pointless, writes John MacDonald.
John MacDonald: Is Kiwisaver the remedy for health waiting lists?
Imagine using your KiwiSaver to pay for private healthcare treatment?
Bromley smell: When was a can of worms ever a solution?
How on earth is it going to decide who gets compensation and who doesn't?
Opinion: Time to kick consultation on stadium into touch
Material costs have pushed the expected price of the project up.
John MacDonald: Memo to council - 'Please don't press pause on stadium'
$50 million budget blowout revealed as costs continue to rise.
Opinion: Restoring respect is key to reducing crime
The latest Government announcement's a $600 million ambulance at the bottom of a cliff.
Opinion: Simon Henry has shown himself to be a complete turkey over Nadia Lim comments
OPINION: Why we are outraged on behalf of Nadia Lim.
Opinion: Christchurch council flying the flag for the overthinkers and the paranoid
OPINION: Sumner must get its flagpole back.
Opinion: Wealth tax - why it would be a waste of time
'Prime Minister unconvincing trying to get us scaredy-cat about taxation'.
Opinion: Who wants to live in an octopus's garden?
Canterbury is most at risk from flooding, erosion, and rising groundwater.
Opinion: If we are serious about cancer, we need to fund more drugs
There are 18 cancer treatments publicly funded in Australia that aren't available here.
Opinion: Don't just blame the current Govt for rising crime
When did we become a country where ram raids aren't out of the usual?