Canterbury Mornings

Chris Lynch and Mike Yardley wrapped the week that was, covering the city councillors who took flooding issues into their own hands and dug an unauthorised trench, the government's move to get rid of vape flavours and the changes to the Residential Tenancy Act.Listen above.

Inspiring young Christchurch woman Sadra Sultani joined Chris Lynch on the show to talk about her amazing expedition kayaking around the Antarctic peninsula with the Antarctic Heritage Trust Inspiring Explorers’ Expedition team.Listen above. 

Chris Lynch was joined by National Deputy Leader and Ilam MP Gerry Brownlee and Minister for Community & Voluntary Sector and Christchurch East MP Poto Williams to discuss the resignation of senior managers at the Canterbury District Health Board, the suggestion that we should all have masks and the two city councillors that took matters into their own hands and dug a trench to solve flooding issues.Listen above.

Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson joined Chris Lynch in studio to reflect on her 26 years in parliament.Listen above.  

Potential changes to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill are just another step in a whole range of serious changes the government has taken that impact on landlords and favouring the tenants according to one property expert.The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill has its second reading in the House today. It will end 90-day no-cause evictions, meaning landlords must offer more robust reasons for getting rid of tenants.One Roof property commentator, Ashley Church, told Chris Lynch there are about 550,000 rental homes in New Zealand of which around 440,000 are provided by the private sector. He says if you upset the balance of the sector, the only other party that can provide rental accommodation is the government so it's a silly thing to do to scare private investors out. LISTEN ABOVE

Personal and professional development coach Kirsten Nicholl, from Clear Change, joined Chris Lynch on the show to discuss key ways we can think more effectively. She says how we use our brain, how we think, affects our outcomes, yet we don’t tend to invest in learning how to think effectively, we don’t tend to think much about thinking.Kirsten told Chris, we’re often taught what to think rather than being taught how to think, so we can start to believe that our, or others’, belief or opinion is fact rather than looking at it with a more critical eye.Listen above. 

Victorians will have to stay disciplined for at least six weeks after a state of disaster was declared yesterday.An overnight curfew has come into effect and there's also a ban on travelling further than five kilometres from home.The latest stats show 671 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours.Mark Rowland, a former Christchurch resident living in Melbourne, told Chris Lynch there appears to be no end in sight.Listen above.

Residents moving into the inner city of Christchurch are silencing live music venues.As more residential developments go up the council is receiving more complaints in mixed-used zones.Developer Mike Percasky told Chris Lynch complaints over noise can lead to gigs being shut down and thousands of dollars having to be handed back to patrons.He says housing developments should be fit for purpose and mitigate noisePercasky says it will be tragic if these venues have to move out to industrial areas.The council has received a string of complaints over noise at popular night spot The Slate Room, which is close to new apartmentsThe Slate Room has been on Lichfield Street for three years - but the complaints only started when apartments went up across the road.Owner Rene Bell says despite being there first they've been forced to stop live music.He told Chris Lynch you don't move to the central city to get away from it all.Listen to the full interviews with Mike and Rene above.

Chris Lynch and Mike Yardley talk political polling, charging some returnees for quarantine and the city council increasing rates. Listen above.

Minister for Managed Isolation and National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee join Chris Lynch to discuss the week in politics.Listen above.  

National leader Judith Collins is not surprised by the findings of an investigation into the Covid-19 patient leaks, that involved disgraced National MP and former Party President Michelle Boag.The report found security of personal information in the Ministry of Heath should have been tighter, and it should have been reviewed by the agency earlier.Ms Collins told Chris Lynch the report was what she expected."What we expect is the Ministry of Health will tighten its procedures, but also Miss Boag and Mr Walker have been shown to have done exactly what we believed they'd done and they've been dealt wit appropriately."Medical details are something that people take extremely seriously as they should, I think those are the sorts of things where you start going down that track then you actually start opening up the most appalling behaviour."Meanwhile, Ms Collins has described the Government's quarantine charges scheme as a "total cop-out"."The sort of policy you announce when don't actually want to have a policy."T

Fatal crashes are down about 30 per cent in Canterbury, despite a different public perception.In the past year there have been 36 fatalities on the road compared with 52 the year before.District Commander Superintendent John Price told Chris Lynch the reporting of fatal crashes gives the wrong impression.He says many non-fatal crashes aren't publicised.Price says an average Wednesday in the province would see about 23 crashes a day.LISTEN ABOVE

Retail spending in Christchurch has bounced back to pre-Covid levels.Figures released by Christchurch NZ show a four percent increase in spending last month compared to the same time a year ago.Home, hardware and electrical was the big winner up 26 per cent - and apparel and personal was up 16 percentAccommodation and fuel were down 41 per cent and 10 per cent respectivelyCanterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce CEO Leeann Watson joined Chris Lynch in studio to discuss what this means for the business sector.Listen above.

Aotearoa Water Action is refusing to give up, despite a High Court case backing consent given in Canterbury to controversial water bottling operations.The court's ruled the regional council was in the right to approve resource consents in 2017 for Cloud Ocean and Rapaki,  to use stock water bores for bottling drinking water.Spokeswoman Niki Gladding told Chris Lynch their lawyers are looking closely at the ruling and may take it to the Court of Appeal.She says it's too big an issue to lie down and accept.Gladding says if the ruling is right, then there's some serious work to do to change legislation on allocating water.LISTEN ABOVE

The grandfather of a little girl attacked by a dog last year is disappointed it has taken 18 months to reach a decision to have the dog destroyed.Three-year old Amelia-Jayne Morphus was attacked in January last year by a staffordshire bull terrier cross.On Thursday, The Christchurch District Court ordered the dog to be put down.Owner Kathryn Rutherford, always maintained that it should not have been put down because the daughter's mother was warned it wasn't good with children.However, the mother said she wasn't warned until after the attack. Ms Rutherford said she was extremely sad but accepted the result.Amelia-Jayne Morphus’s grandfather Kevin Johnson told Canterbury Mornings with Chris Lynch his family has been frustrated that it has taken such a long time for the courts to make a decision.He says the dog should never have been put in the position where it could attack Amelia-Jayne in the first place.Three-year old Amelia-Jayne MorphusHe says the dog has a previous history of “having a go at other childre

Minister Megan Woods and Gerry Brownlee joined Chris Lynch for this week's edition of Politics Friday, discussing the leak of confidential personal information of COVID-19 patients by Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker and influential party figure Michelle Boag.LISTEN ABOVE

Chris Lynch and Mike Yardley wrap the week that was, covering everything from the Michelle Boag and Hamish Walker revelations, to former PM Helen Clark heading a global Covid-19 reviewListen above.

Chris Lynch and Mike Yardley wrap the week that was, covering everything from the Michelle Boag and Hamish Walker revelations, to former PM Helen Clark heading a global Covid-19 reviewListen above.

Canterbury residents welcome a proposed new highway - which locals say will save lives.National yesterday promised a four-lane expressway between Christchurch and Ashburton - if it gets elected in September.Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown told Chris Lynch it's one of the most dangerous roads in the country.He says there are deaths happening almost weekly - so they definitely welcome the move.Listen above.

Renewed calls for a new Crown agency to handle animal welfare complaints - after a farmer who beat cows with a metal rod escaped with just a fine.Whangerei farm manager Michael Luke was fined just over three thousand dollars for failing to minimise pain and distress.Animal rights group FarmWatch had hidden camera footage of Luke beating the cows - but it was deemed unlawful by the Court.SAFE CEO Debra Ashton told Chris Lynch the decision was really disappointing - especially because MPI had earlier checked out the claims.She says it's clear MPI has a bias towards growing exports - and animal welfare investigations should be independent of that.