Bedste IHeartRadio NZ-podcasts (2024)

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John MacDonald: I'm not anti international drivers, but... 4:51

4d ago4:51

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There are a lot of weird things in the world, but one of the weirdest would have to be the international drivers licence. You know, you’re licensed to drive in one country, but a little bit of paper lets you drive in any country. It doesn’t matter that you know next to nothing about the road rules or the driving conditions. But tell that to the Gov…

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Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on the Health NZ financial deficit and the crackdown on dodgy builders 9:18

4d ago9:18

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins claims the Government's failure to compensate for the nurses’ pay rise has driven Health New Zealand's budget blowout. The agency's finances jumped from an expected half-a-billion dollar surplus to a $1.4 billion deficit in April. It's now expected to blow out to $1.76 billion. Chris Hipkins told John MacDonald that ther…

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John MacDonald: Let's not keep running down our defence force 6:20

5d ago6:20

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I think we need to see the New Zealand Navy ship sinking as a wake-up call. Not the sinking itself, but what it’s going to mean for our Navy and our wider defence force. The fact that we’re probably going to lose a truckload of money because of the ship being under-insured isn’t an issue for me and I wasn’t overly surprised when Finance Minister Ni…

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John MacDonald: New legislation is more ram-raid than fast-track 5:47

6d ago5:47

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The Government's fast track legislation is shaping up to be a real cluster. Especially, in Greater Christchurch. I think some of the projects it wants to get going here sooner rather than later are making its new legislation more ram-raid than fast track. So it's released details of 149 projects that will be included in the Bill which, it says, is …

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Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur, Murray Thom - Founder of Personalised Plates & Great NZ Songbook 1:27:27

7d ago1:27:27

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Murray Thom is one of New Zealand’s most successful and creative entrepreneurs. He’s the man behind some of our most iconic and successful productions, including The Great New Zealand Songbook, The Great New Zealand Cookbook, The Offering, and Piano by Candlelight. On the international front, two of his productions – Miracle Babies and the Together…

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Bonus Episode Slow It Down With PJ Harding 41:13

7d ago41:13

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While we wait for Season 3 of Small Town Scandal - Tom wanted to share with you another brilliant iHeartRadio NZ Podcast. From The Hits Drive host PJ Harding, Slow It Down is designed to be a moment of me time for busy lives and a weekly dose of wholesome to inspire a grounded existence. If you like it, follow the show on iHeartRadio or wherever yo…

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Politics Friday: National's Vanessa Weenink and Labour's Tracey McLellan discuss NZ Health's deficit, building locations, retirement age 18:37

9d ago18:37

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Today on Politics Friday, John MacDonald was joined by National’s Vanessa Weenink and Labour’s Tracey McLellan to discuss the biggest political stories of the week. On today's agenda was Health NZ’s nearly $1 billion deficit – how does the Government get them out of this hole? Are private-public partnerships the answer? Is it time to stop people bu…

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John MacDonald: Chief exec's pay cut is a statement of intent 7:16

9d ago7:16

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I don’t know whether Mary Richardson is a martyr or a mug. But, I tell you what, the acting chief executive at Christchurch City Council has shown outstanding leadership, not just outstanding leadership - she’s also shown outstanding political nous with this $100,000 pay cut. She demanded it because of the financial pressures the council and ratepa…

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John MacDonald: The anti-food truck argument doesn't make sense to me 5:43

10d ago5:43

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I think the hospitality outfits trying to shut down the Arts Centre’s plans to have more food trucks on-site need to pull their heads in. Annabelle Turley from the Central City Business Association has made the bold demand that the council pull its funding from the Arts Centre if the food truck thing goes ahead. This all goes back to the city counc…

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Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor discusses the Arts Centre's food truck proposal, a new City Council CEO, if Mayors should have direct reporting staff 7:55

10d ago7:55

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Christchurch's Mayor isn't swayed either way on a clash between city hospitality and food trucks. The Arts Centre Trust is applying for up to 33 food trucks to operate on the site. The Central Business Association says that's unfair, given businesses subsidise the centre and commercial rates are higher than residential. Mayor Phil Mauger told John …

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Rachel Hunter Stole Our Studio & Leigh Hart Replacing Matt Heath?! 25:04

11d ago25:04

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Steve and Seamus discuss their last-minute studio emergency, who their top-five replacements for Matt Heath are, recent recordings with Bree Tomasel and Lisa Carrington and how Wayne Smith has been helping them with their episodes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Af Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten

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John MacDonald: Why are we building in dumb places? 5:23

12d ago5:23

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Stop building houses in dumb places. That’s the message the Insurance Council is giving the Government. That bit about “dumb places” isn’t me paraphrasing, by the way. They’re not my words. They’re the exact words the Insurance Council is using after the Government confirmed that changes to the Resource Management Act are one of the 43 things in it…

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Lisa Carrington EXCLUSIVE: Crisis Before Paris, Breaking World Records in Training & Questioning Retirement 1:31:12

14d ago1:31:12

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Since we last spoke to Dame Lisa Carrington she has won three Olympic gold medals in Paris – bringing her career tally to an astounding eight gold medals – and cementing her place amongst the world’s greatest ever Olympians. So we had a lot to catch up about. We find out about the teamwork involved in the K4 triumph, which added another layer to he…

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John MacDonald: I'm with the teachers on this one 4:44

16d ago4:44

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I’m glad I’m not a teacher today. If I’m honest, I’m glad I’m not a teacher every day. Couldn’t do it. But I’m especially glad after this ham-fisted announcement by Associate Education Minister David Seymour that, if schools want to have teacher-only days, they’re going to have to have them outside term time. Which is essentially telling the teache…

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Politics Friday with Nicola Grigg and Duncan Webb: Changes to teacher-only days, Dunedin Hospital, Infrastructure and population growth 18:34

16d ago18:34

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Today on Canterbury Mornings, John MacDonald was joined by Duncan Webb and Nicola Grigg for Politics Friday. On the agenda: how does National defend what has been labelled an attack on teachers with changes to teacher-only days? Was the Government too ambitious with its plans for the Dunedin hospital? How will this impact medical students in Otago?…

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John MacDonald: Population growth is fine, but are we ready? 5:53

17d ago5:53

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When you look around Greater Christchurch, do you look around and think “oh, we could handle another 100-or-so thousand people living here”? Do you think to yourself “our roads aren’t clogged up, our schools aren’t overcrowded, we’ve got plenty of houses”? Do you think that? Or does it feel to you like we’re just getting by with what we’ve got, wit…

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John MacDonald: Where it all went wrong for Andrew Coster 5:30

18d ago5:30

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What about all the weasel words we’ve been hearing from the Government about Andrew Coster? Who’s stepping down from the job of Police Commissioner to head the Government’s new Social Investment Agency. He’s leaving the police force a bit earlier than expected. He was due to stand down in April and, if I was a suspicious person, I’d see this as a w…

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Carmel Sepuloni: Deputy Labour Leader discusses capital gains taxes, new safety measures for public transport workers, and Andrew Coster 7:32

18d ago7:32

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Labour still isn't ruling a capital gains tax in or out, following comments from the boss of our biggest bank. ANZ CEO Antonia Watson says while she isn't jumping for joy about the prospect of a capital gains tax, the time has come to for a tax on realised gains. Labour's Carmel Sepuloni told John MacDonald that Watson is just another example, of a…

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John MacDonald: People are time-wasters in and out of the office 5:34

19d ago5:34

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I don’t know where Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis get this idea from that you can only do a hard day’s work if you’re physically in the office or on the premises, as opposed to working remotely from home. Because, from my experience, there is a hell of a lot of time wasted in a lot of workplaces. Nevertheless, the Prime Minister and the Public…

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John MacDonald: Here's why ECAN speedster needs to hit the road 5:42

20d ago5:42

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ECAN regional council chair Peter Scott has to go. You’ll remember the fuss earlier this year when he admitted to Newstalk ZB that he’d been farming illegally on his South Canterbury property without the appropriate consents. And how, after that blunder, he disappeared for a while - ECAN spent $66,000 on a 10-week investigation - and then he was ba…

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Cosentino: World-renowned illusionist on how magic taught him to read at age 12 11:04

20d ago11:04

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World-renowned illusionist and 'International Magician of the Year', Cosentino, is bringing his spectacular new live show Decennium to Christchurch in November. Decennium is a 90-minute stage spectacular, which was written, produced, and choreographed by Cosentino. He'll perform his most death-defying escapes that will thrill your senses, his great…

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Craig Fenton: NZR Commercial CEO & Ex-Google Director on the Business of Rugby & Future of Content Creation 1:59:34

21d ago1:59:34

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Craig Fenton is the CEO of New Zealand Rugby Commercial which means it’s his job to drive the business of the All Blacks, Black Ferns and other teams in black. But Craig is not your typical rugby administrator. He owns a record label and a film production company, he has his pilot’s license, he was a lawyer, he worked at Google for six years, he ho…

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John MacDonald: What's the Christchurch Council's beef with food trucks? 6:27

23d ago6:27

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It seems to me that the Christchurch City Council has really got it in for the Arts Centre. For starters, when the Arts Centre asked for $20 million in council support over the next 10 years, the council said “yeah, nah” and gave it just under $6 million instead. Now, it wants to sting the Arts Centre $18,000 for increasing the number of food truck…

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Reacting to Matt Heath Leaving Radio Hauraki & Backlash From Luxon Decision 26:41

25d ago26:41

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Steve and Seamus discuss Matt Heath's move away from breakfast radio, the feedback they received from their 'Luxon decision', why Steve's five-year-old is the fastest in his family, NZ's most epic untold business stories, recent episodes with Matiu Walters from Six 60 and the most interesting developments from their business channel. See omnystudio…

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John MacDonald: The police have won the Comanchero battle. But who will win the war? 5:26

25d ago5:26

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With nearly every Comanchero gang member in this country facing criminal charges, is this the beginning of the end for this Australian outfit’s New Zealand operation? They set-up shop here six years ago and have been helped enormously by Australia’s 501 deportation programme, but it’s not as if the gang’s been operating here just to give these guys…

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John MacDonald: Where's the justice in concurrent prison sentences? 6:10

26d ago6:10

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Nothing brings out the redneck in me as much as a judge handing out a concurrent prison sentence. You know the situation. A person’s found guilty on, say, two charges —let’s say they get two-year sentences for each— but they don’t go to prison for two years plus two years (four years), instead, they serve the sentences concurrently. Meaning they’re…

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John MacDonald: More ludicrous council spending in Christchurch 5:25

27d ago5:25

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The Christchurch City Council has learned nothing from the cathedral debacle. Because it’s now going to spend $19.5 million over the next four years, so that work can start on repairing and restoring the old provincial chambers building in the centre of town. $19.5 million. Nearly twice as much ratepayer money as what was going to go into the cathe…

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Matiu Walters on Six60’s Unexpected Success, Conflicts, Criticism & Chaotic Dunedin Origins 1:26:20

28d ago1:26:20

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Matiu Walters is the lead singer and guitarist of New Zealand’s band Six60. The group formed in Dunedin in 2008, and across the last 16 years have broken all the rules to become New Zealand’s biggest band. In 2019 they became the first New Zealand act to sell out Western Springs and in 2021 became the first band to ever play Eden Park to a sold-out…

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John MacDonald: I’m glad I’m not working in the health system 4:43

30d ago4:43

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I’m glad I’m not working in the health system. Not that I’d be much use if I was, I’ve never been that great with blood. But the reason I’m glad I’m not a doctor or a nurse or a GP or a specialist, is the big stick that’s being pointed at all those people by the Government with its new targets. If I was starting a shift on a ward somewhere right no…

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John MacDonald: Is it time to end the ACC freeride for tourists? 5:00

1M ago5:00

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This is not the first time I’ve said this, but we are the people’s republic of pushovers, aren’t we? The way we give overseas visitors free ACC cover. Even more so when you consider the news that ACC wants to increase its levies by two or three times the rate of inflation over the next three years because it's taking longer and costing more for peo…

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John MacDonald: Should we keep treating 10-year-olds as criminals? 5:24

1M ago5:24

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If someone is 10 years old, they aren't legally allowed to smoke. They aren’t legally allowed to drink alcohol, and they’re not really allowed to have their own Facebook page, but they can be held criminally responsible for violent crimes such as murder or manslaughter. And the new Chief Children’s Commissioner, Dr Claire Achmad, says that’s crazy …

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Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on a potential social media ban for kids, Winstone's closures, the energy crisis 7:44

1M ago7:44

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John MacDonald was joined by Chris Hipkins for their regular catchup. Labour's leader is siding with the Prime Minister in being open to exploring a social media ban for kids. Australia's Government's examining banning under-16 year olds from using sites like Instagram, Facebook, and X. Christopher Luxon has said he's looking into the policy. Chris…

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John MacDonald: Fuel taxes and toll roads are better than nothing 5:10

1M ago5:10

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At last, Selwyn mayor Sam Broughton has come up with an idea that I actually agree with. There was his push recently for the speed limit on the Southern Motorway to be bumped up to 120 kph, just because people are driving that fast anyway. That wasn’t his finest hour. But this idea he’s pushing today - that new road tolls need to be created and hig…

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John MacDonald: I know you hate taxes. But have you got any better ideas? 6:03

1M ago6:03

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It might happen. It might not. What I’m talking about, is the way some people seem to think they have to jump to the defence of the super rich whenever anyone mentions the idea of a wealth tax. Which one of our country’s wealthiest people is actually advocating for today. This is Bruce Plested, who was a co-founder of the Mainfreight transport busi…

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Tim Batt on ‘The Worst Idea of All Time’, Pioneering Podcasts in NZ, Guy Montgomery & More! 1:42:51

1M ago1:42:51

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Tim Batt is a pioneer in the digital audio space and one of New Zealand's most impressive creative talents. He's the producer and co-host of NZ's most popular podcast - with 20 million downloads, he's created his own podcast network, won multiple comedy awards, produced radio for Matt Heath, he's a standup comedian, was a co-chair of the NZ comedy …

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Politics Friday with Reuben Davidson and Matt Doocey: Hagley College's flexible education model, the international visitor levy, pokie machines in Christchurch 20:35

1M ago20:35

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National’s Matt Doocey and Labour’s Reuben Davidson joined John MacDonald this week for Politics Friday. They discussed Hagley College’s idea to trial a flexible model, with students working from home two days a week – how does this fit in with the Government’s plans for attendance? Will increasing the visitor levy be the answer to funding issues, …

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John MacDonald: $10M fines will sort out the supermarkets. As if 5:26

1M ago5:26

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The Commerce Commission says the big supermarket operators are still creaming it. They’re not making the changes the Commission wanted them to make. Their profits are still too high and the Commission is talking tough, saying it would like to be able to fine them up to $10 million if they keep ripping people off and ignoring what the Commission wan…

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Eric Idle: Comedian on his upcoming show in Christchurch 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live!' 10:28

1M ago10:28

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Monty Python star Eric Idle is making his way to Christchurch in his one man musical. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live! is a nostalgic reflection on his love comedy, music, life, and what he calls “Mock and Roll”, a blend of comedy and music. He joined John MacDonald live from Los Angeles to discuss the show that will be hitting the cit…

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Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor on the Commonwealth Games report, high rises in the CBD, and pokie machine harm 11:05

1M ago11:05

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A report into the viability of Christchurch hosting the Commonwealth Games took 14 hours to write, after it was requested in January. The report, commissioned by Mayor Phil Mauger, from Council and Christchurch NZ recommended Christchurch avoid holding a standalone event. Newstalk ZB has revealed it cost just over $1000 for staff time. Mauger told …

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5th Birthday Planning, Missing Out on Jason Momoa & Steven Adams - Who's NZ's Best Magician? 26:13

1M ago26:13

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Steve and Seamus debate Auckland v Hamilton for B2B's 5th birthday party, why they missed out on a corporate box with Steven Adams, the big-name guests they interviewed last week, their upcoming Q and A with Richie McCaw and debate who is NZ's best magician? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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John MacDonald: Are we done now with the Commonwealth Games? 5:26

1M ago5:26

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It is time for Christchurch to get real. To get real and accept that we will never host the Commonwealth Games. Never host them on our own, and not even bother trying to be part of any national bid to host them in the future. I’ve never shared Mayor Phil Mauger’s dream of getting the Games here again. His idea is based purely and simply on his rose…

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John MacDonald: The Government's roading spend-up is a no-brainer 4:55

1M ago4:55

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Let’s get this clear from the start: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is no knight in shining armour coming to the rescue of motorists up and down the country. He’s not doing anything special or spectacular with this announcement that the Government wants to spend a record amount of money on our roads and transport. $32.9 billion over the next three…

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John MacDonald: Our view of the pension needs to change 5:14

1M ago5:14

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Life’s all about choices. And we need to make some. Outgoing Treasury boss Dr Caralee McLiesh says cutting costs here and there, like the Government is doing at the moment, isn’t going to be enough to really get the country's finances in order. And she reckons one of the things we need to do is make changes to the government superannuation scheme. …

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Kanoa Lloyd Opens Up about Stress of TV Presenting, Controversies, Backlash & The Future of TV News 1:44:04

1M ago1:44:04

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Kanoa Lloyd is one of New Zealand’s top broadcasters and became a household name from co-hosting the Project on primetime TV for seven years. She first made her name in children’s TV, before working on radio at Mai FM and was also a weather presenter for Newshub. In this episode we talk about her path from Squirt and Sticky TV to Three News, integr…

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John MacDonald: Road user charges are fairer for everyone 5:09

1M ago5:09

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If you drive a petrol vehicle, how’s that $20-a-week tax cut looking now that the Government wants to sting you with road user charges? I’m being a bit facetious. Because I actually think road user charges are much fairer than fuel taxes. Because, when you use a road, it makes no difference whether you drive an old dunger or something more modern -…

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Politics Friday with Megan Woods and Matt Doocey: Widespread road user charges, infrastructure plans, and importing LNG 21:14

1M ago21:14

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This week on Politics Friday, Labour’s Megan Woods and National’s Matt Doocey joined John to dig into some of the biggest political stories of the week. On the agenda was the proposed road user charges system – will it work? Is it fair? Can National and Labour agree on an infrastructure plan to ensure things get finished? And is importing LNG a lon…

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John MacDonald: Bipartisan infrastructure planning? Pfft 5:16

1M ago5:16

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I love the Government’s thinking on infrastructure planning. It wants us to have a 30-year plan for big projects that politicians, generally, wouldn’t be able to muck around with. Which, of course, would give us all a lot of certainty. It would also give the people who invest their own money in infrastructure certainty, as well. So a great idea. Be…

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Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the national infrastructure plan, Christchurch Cathedral funding, Canterbury Museum funding 11:03

1M ago11:03

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Finance Minister Nicola Willis is visiting Christchurch today and joined John MacDonald in studio to give her thoughts on a few topics. They discussed National's infrastructure 30-year plan. Is she confident of getting cross party support? What were her true thoughts when she was approached about putting more money into the Christchurch Cathedral, …

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John MacDonald: This speed limit increase makes no sense 4:53

2M ago4:53

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It’s not quite as fast as Selwyn mayor Sam Broughton wants it. But the Government’s thinking about raising the speed limit on the Southern Motorway between Rolleston and Christchurch to 110 kph per hour - which would be the highest speed limit in the South Island. Mayor Broughton reckons it should be 120, the Government thinks 110 is more like it, …

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Chris Hipkins: Labour leader talks oil and gas exploration, a Canterbury Super City Council, the speed limit changes for the Southern Motorway 6:47

2M ago6:47

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John was joined by Labour Leader Chris Hipkins on the show today for their regular catch up. John was keen to find out where Labour stands really on oil and gas exploration in New Zealand - if they get back into power will they honour any contracts in place? Does Hipkins agree with the proposed speed limit change on the Southern Motorway, given the…

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