John Macdonald

Lower Hutt

Radio Presenter at Wellington Access Radio

Presenter on Wellington Access Radio The Hutt Zone. Past: Presenter on Hutt Radio, Journalist at Newstalk ZB, Newsreader Wellington Access Radio.

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John MacDonald: The Govt.'s into local decision-making - when it suits

1 week ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

The Government’s been making it increasingly clear over time that it doesn’t really give two-hoots about local democracy. But, in the last 24 hours, it’s gone next level. First up, we’ve got housing minister Chris Bishop, who announced yesterday that he’s going to be given special powers to ride roughshod over council plans if he doesn’t like them.
John MacDonald: We need a one-size-fits-all life jacket rule

1 week ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

How weird is it that there are different rules or expectations regarding life jackets, depending on where you are in the country? I’m not the only one who thinks it’s weird. A coroner who has looked into the drownings of a 10-year-old boy and his mother thinks it’s weird too, and is calling for change. And instead of local councils being responsible for setting lifejacket rules, she wants there to be a single rule for the whole country making life jackets mandatory on all small boats. Everywhere.
John MacDonald: A closer look at our mental health hospitals is overdue

1 week ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

It was bad enough that a patient at Hillmorton Hospital who had threatened to kill was still allowed to come and go and ended up killing an innocent woman at her Christchurch home. The fact this person had killed someone else previously, before taking the life of Faye Phillips last year, makes the circumstances behind the tragedy worse.
John MacDonald: Police cameras yes - with a couple of provisos

1 week ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

I’ve surprised myself a little bit with my reaction to the news the police are looking at introducing body cameras. Generally, I’m all for it. But the civil liberties people have raised some very good points about them being misused. One example they’re giving is the potential for the cameras to be combined with facial recognition technology.
John MacDonald: Australia might have AUKUS-buyer's remorse

2 weeks ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

Donald Trump won’t be too happy with Helen Clark right now, because she’s saying she doesn't want New Zealand to be an ally of the United States ever again. I’m with her on that one – while Trump is president, anyway. I’m also with Defence Minister Judith Collins who isn’t saying anything about Trump doing a review of the AUKUS military alliance with Australia and the UK, to make sure that it’s a fair deal for America.
John MacDonald: Wool carpet is great - but not everywhere

2 weeks ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

I’m all for the push to have wool carpet used in government buildings but I think it’s a mistake putting it in state homes. Kāinga Ora has announced that, from next month, there will be woollen carpets in all new state homes. It’s also going to use wool if the carpet in existing homes needs replacing. Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis says Kāinga Ora has managed to get a deal that will mean the wool carpet won’t cost any more than nylon carpet.
John MacDonald: People should have known about mentally-unwell gardener

2 weeks ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

I’m not exactly sure where to start with this, because it is just so tragic and there is so much to it. I could start by ripping into the people who run Hillmorton Hospital, in Christchurch, for not doing more to try to prevent one of their patients murdering a woman at her home in Mt Pleasant – because I want to rip into them.
John MacDonald: The Govt needs some skin in the solar game

2 weeks ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

How would you feel if the Government came out and said solar energy is the future and it was going to throw everything at it? Because that’s something I think it needs to seriously consider doing. For me, there would only be one fly in the ointment – I’ll get to that. But it’s not enough for me to say that the Government shouldn’t be ploughing money into solar energy.
Newstalk ZB: John MacDonald discusses Dr Michael Johnston's report on modern learning environments

3 weeks ago | nzinitiative.org.nz | Michael Johnston |John MacDonald |John Macdonald

Reports & Media > Media > Newstalk ZB: John MacDonald discusses Dr Michael Johnston's report on modern learning environments Newstalk ZB: John MacDonald discusses Dr Michael Johnston's report on modern learning environments John MacDonald discussed Dr Michael Johnston's report on Newstalk ZB, revisiting The New Zealand Initiative's research on modern learning environments.
John MacDonald: The modern learning environment - pipedream turned nightmare

3 weeks ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | John Macdonald

Imagine a school having $800,000 in the bank. Imagine all the things a school could buy with that amount of money. This is a state school I’m talking about, not a Flash Harry private school that can put the call-out to the old boys and the old girls when it needs cash to do something. So a state school with $800,000 in the bank, and this state school has to spend that money fixing up a cock-up forced on it by the Ministry of Education.

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