Articles by John Weekes and Liam Dann
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Kāinga Ora needs to get its house in order
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 12:58pmWhat an absolute shambles Kāinga Ora sounds like. But, let’s be honest, even though the Government is making noises about...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Come Monday, the bullies will be back on the job
Friday, 17 May 2024, 1:05pmIf you talk to anyone who has been a manager and you ask them what’s the best thing about being a manager and what’s the...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Should Christchurch sell its commercial assets?
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 12:38pmThings are really packing a sad at Christchurch City Holdings Limited - the commercial outfit that looks after the city’s...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: This could be NZ's first road of insignificance
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 1:49pmFirst we had roads of significance. Now we have roads of insignificance. And top of the list is Brougham Street, in Christchurch,...
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Business
Net migration loss of NZ citizens tops 50,000 for first time
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 12:51pmA record 52,500 New Zealand citizens left the country in the year ended March 31, according to Stats NZ. The latest numbers...
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Business
Chocolate and olive oil shocks blamed for food price spike in April
Monday, 13 May 2024, 11:47amMonthly food prices rose 0.6 per cent in April 2024 compared with March 2024, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. It...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Our power supply isn't Third World but it is third rate
Friday, 10 May 2024, 1:08pmI could be wrong. But I reckon most of us wouldn’t have done what Transpower wanted us to do to try and avoid power cuts. I...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: A sandwich for lunch is ok, if there's dinner too
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 1:14pmDavid Seymour is a muppet. I bet that’s what the Prime Minister was thinking yesterday when reporters were asking him if...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: I agree with the grumpy lawyer. To a point
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 12:51pmHow about this? I found myself agreeing this morning with someone who has been described as a racist dinosaur. To a point. This...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: New mega-prison will be a mega-cluster
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 12:40pmDon’t go thinking that I’m soft on crime or pro-criminal or anything like that. But I think this idea the Government’s got...
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Sport
Former Kiwis league player is NZ's first case of national rep with CTE
Friday, 3 May 2024, 7:04amNew Zealand has its first case of an international sporting representative to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Don't turn a blind eye to last night's spectacle
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 12:32pmOne of the cliches people often use when they’re talking about politicians and the way they behave in Parliament is that...
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Business
Unemployment rises to highest level in three years
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 10:59amThe official unemployment rate was 4.3 per cent in the March 2024 quarter, compared with 4 per cent in the previous quarter,...
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Sport
Rugby player dies after head injury in Auckland match
Monday, 29 April 2024, 2:01pmThe Auckland rugby community is in a state of shock after a player died after suffering a head knock in Beachlands at the...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Is ANZAC Day a time for protest?
Friday, 26 April 2024, 1:26pmThere is one thing I’ve never heard one of the old soldiers you always see or hear on the news on Anzac Day saying. There...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Who says farmers can't be trusted?
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 12:24pmWelcome to another war of words between the greenies and the government over changes to the Resource Management Act. With...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: The Government is playing placebo politics
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 12:54pmHave you ever heard of a placebo policy? That’s what this Three Strikes law is, and I don’t think bringing it back is going...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Feels like big brother is being put in his place — and it's brilliant
Monday, 22 April 2024, 1:33pmIt feels to me like big brother is being put in his place. And I think it’s brilliant. Well, maybe not completely in his...
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Audio
Judy Bailey joins John Cowan to unpack her new book all about ageing well
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 8:17pmJudy joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in 1971, working as a reporter on news and current affairs programmes....
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Christchurch City Council's $13 million question
Friday, 19 April 2024, 1:08pmYou know how you hear people talk about “the million dollar question”? Today, it’s a $13 million dollar question that needs...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: What actually is this waste we're cutting?
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 12:50pmSavage and rushed. That’s how the Public Service Association is describing the Government’s crackdown on public sector spending,...
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Business
Inflation falls to lowest rate since June 2021 - annual rate now 4 per cent
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 10:44amNew Consumers Price Index data shows the inflation rate has continued to fall. New Zealand’s consumers price index increased...
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Opinion
John MacDonald: Enter your local mall at your own risk
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 12:53pmEvery time something terrible or tragic happens you hear people trot out a line which, I think, is totally meaningless. Maybe...
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Sport
Former All Blacks coach tipped to assume charge of Fiji
Friday, 12 April 2024, 2:05pmFormer All Blacks assistant coach Mick Byrne is expected to be promoted to lead the Fijian national team. Byrne, the former...