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Should Christchurch City Council reverse its decision to limit new homes being built in areas affected by aircraft noise...
22/09/2026

Should Christchurch City Council reverse its decision to limit new homes being built in areas affected by aircraft noise, now that it’s led to an $80 million development being scrapped?

Williams Corporation has abandoned plans for a 177-unit university housing complex next to UC after Christchurch Airport objected to the development.

It’s the only airport in the world with such tough restrictions, which limit housing developments in about 600 hectares of land under flight paths because of jet noise.

Housing campaigners say people are already living happily under the flight path.

So what should happen now that we know the impact of these restrictions?

Call John on 0800-80-10-80 from 9am to have your say.

Do you like the bold colourway of the new Brougham Street cycle and pedestrian bridge?The red and gold paintjob is stick...
21/09/2026

Do you like the bold colourway of the new Brougham Street cycle and pedestrian bridge?

The red and gold paintjob is sticking around ahead of the bridge's scheduled opening in November.

The design is said to be inspired from the "natural environment", and the "physical and emotional experience involved in walking or cycling across a suspended space".

Although, reactions so far have been mixed.

What do you reckon?

Photo // Christchurch City Council

If Labour’s $2 billion fees-free scheme didn’t lead to an increase in student numbers but did reduce student debt, was i...
21/09/2026

If Labour’s $2 billion fees-free scheme didn’t lead to an increase in student numbers but did reduce student debt, was it still worth it?

The coalition government doesn’t think so and is scrapping the scheme, with the Tertiary Education Minister saying the Government is better to invest in things like trades training.

Penny Simmonds says students will still be supported through the student loan scheme.

But the Green Party is crying foul, saying the fees-free scheme increased Māori participation in tertiary education by about 20%, and it isn’t acceptable to keep burdening students with more debt.

What do you think?

Call John from 9am on 0800 80 10 80 and have your say.

21/09/2026

Take a look inside Wai Ora, the University of Otago’s new purpose-built medical campus in Christchurch. 🏥

John MacDonald got a tour of the new facility, which brings researchers and students previously spread across 11 buildings together under one roof.

The new campus has been designed around medical teaching and research, with purpose-built laboratories and greater opportunities for professional development and clinical trials.

Professor Suzanne Pitama says bringing people together will also encourage greater collaboration, joking that “coffee’s magic sauce” when it comes to getting researchers talking and sharing ideas.

And the benefits are intended to extend beyond the university, with the new facility designed to support research, training and healthcare opportunities for the wider Christchurch community.

Whose job is it to get kids ready to start school?National wants to ban screen time in early childhood centres and limit...
20/09/2026

Whose job is it to get kids ready to start school?

National wants to ban screen time in early childhood centres and limit screen time for Year 1 to Year 3 primary school students, so they can focus more on things like learning to hold a pencil and write.

The party also wants to broaden pre-school checks, with its education spokesperson Erica Stanford, saying children are increasingly turning up at school still wearing nappies.

But is National trying to fix problems that should be fixed by parents?

Call John from 9am on 0800-80-10-80 and have your say.

The University of Otago has cut the ribbon on it's new 292-million-dollar Wai Ora building in Christchurch.
18/09/2026

The University of Otago has cut the ribbon on it's new 292-million-dollar Wai Ora building in Christchurch.

National's Vanessa Weenink and Labour's Tracey McLellan called in from Parliament to join John MacDonald for Politics Fr...
17/09/2026

National's Vanessa Weenink and Labour's Tracey McLellan called in from Parliament to join John MacDonald for Politics Friday this week.

What do you think of Labour wanting to hold employers more accountable for workplace deaths?It’s announced this morning ...
17/09/2026

What do you think of Labour wanting to hold employers more accountable for workplace deaths?

It’s announced this morning that, if elected, it will introduce a corporate homicide charge. Which would carry a punishment of life imprisonment for individuals and fines of up to $10 million for companies.

The party’s workplace relations and safety spokesperson, Jan Tinetti, says New Zealand has one of the highest rates of workplace deaths in the developed world.

She says Labour is responding to the call from the Pike River families for a corporate homicide charge.

What’s your reaction?

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New World Ilam owner Marc Brokenshire says uncertainty created by National’s proposed Foodstuffs breakup has forced him ...
16/09/2026

New World Ilam owner Marc Brokenshire says uncertainty created by National’s proposed Foodstuffs breakup has forced him to pause significant investment decisions for his store.

Would the Government forcing Foodstuffs to split its supermarket operations be the same as Labour banning oil and gas ex...
16/09/2026

Would the Government forcing Foodstuffs to split its supermarket operations be the same as Labour banning oil and gas exploration?

Business NZ thinks so. Saying this morning that the National Party’s plan to use legislation to separate Pak'nSave from New World and Four Square is alarming and sends a chilling signal.

Its head of advocacy, Catherine Beard, says New Zealand businesses won’t be the only ones concerned.

She says overseas companies will be too. Because they’ll see it in the same light as the oil and gas ban and be put-off investing here.

What do you think?

Call John from 9am on 0800 80 10 80 and have your say.

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