John Macdonald

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.

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.

The Christchurch City Council has learned nothing from the cathedral debacle.

Nothing brings out the redneck in me as much as a judge handing out a concurrent prison sentence. You know the situation.

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?

I am —and always have been— a huge believer in on-the-job training. When I left school, I wanted to be a journalist.

It seems to me that the Christchurch City Council has really got it in for the Arts Centre.

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.

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.

When you look around Greater Christchurch, do you look around and think “oh, we could handle another 100-or-so thousand people living here”?