Canterbury Mornings

Mike Yardley and Richard Green wrap the week that was, discussing council rates rises, the call to ditch the proposed winter marketing package for the central city and the fires in the Nelson-Tasman area. 

Richard Green was joined by Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Megan Woods and National MP Nicky Wagner to discuss attracting people into the central city and free parking.

Chris Lynch was joined by National MP Nicky Wagner and Labour MP for Christchurch East Poto Williams to discuss what they'd like to see in the final report from the tax working group and if its a good idea or not to tax Lime scooters. 

Caller of the day Marie spoke Chris Lynch about her very positive experience with Christchurch hospital when she was diagnosed with cancer and subsequently lost her eye. 

Chris Lynch was joined in studio by Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Megan Woods and National MP Nicky Wagner to discuss the $18.4 million dollar Riccarton Road upgrade and what they see as the key priorities for Christchurch for 2019. 

Chris Lynch was joined in studio by Canterbury District Health Board Medical officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey to discuss food safety and how to avoid heat stress this summer. 

Lianne Dalziel has revealed why it's taken her so long to announce her intention to run in next years mayoralty election.Earlier this year her husband Rob Davidson was diagnosed with prostate cancer.Lianne Dalziel told Chris Lynch that's behind her reticence in terms of speaking about things.She says it was also a question of priorities and they are confident they have many years ahead of them.Dalziel says Rob's responded well to treatment and is backing her 100 percent. 

Canterbury District Health Board CEO David Meates joined Chris Lynch in studio to discuss the latest attacks at Hillmorton Hospital.

Chris Lynch caught up with Mike Finch, the director of The Funatorium: Mad Hatter's Tea Party.This fun filled delightfully chaotic circus for the whole family is coming to the Issac Theatre Royal Thursday the 27th of December to Saturday the 29th of December. 

Chris Lynch caught up with the Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Megan Woods and National MP Nicky Wagner on the political issues of the week affecting Canterbury.

Dame Silvia Cartwright will lead the independent inquiry into the Earthquake Commission.Minister responsible for EQC Megan Woods says this inquiry is not about settling individual claims, as other mechanisms will do that.She says Dame Silvia has enormous mana and experience with public enquiries, leading the famous 1980's Cartwright Inquiry into Auckland National Women's Hospital and serving on the Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal.The Inquiry will report back by the end of June next year.

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel spoke to Chris Lynch about the City Council's concerns over the recent consent application to Environment Canterbury by Belfast water bottling plant Cloud Ocean.Mayor Lianne Dalziel says the main concern raised by staff is the consent asks to take water from the aquifer that we take water from for our drinking water.She says they have made an application for a variation to an existing consent which they have to take from a shallow bore but our concern is they could take all of it from the deeper bore, which certainly seems to be the intention as they have already put that on their bottles. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is not considering removing Ian Lees-Galloway as Immigration Minister and wouldn't accept his resignation if he offered it.This follows the Immigration Minister admitting he didn't read the full file before granting residency to Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek.Speaking with Chris Lynch the Prime Minister said she is focused on fixing the problem, not on Ian Lees-Galloway. When asked directly if she would accept Ian Lees-Galloway's resignation she said, "no because at the moment I'm focused on getting this issue resolved".The Prime Minister also said she is not looking at removing Lees-Galloway's portfolio as Immigration Minister. "This is about getting on with fixing the deportation process in a way that they work and this case in partilcaur needs resolution."However, she said she is "not happy with the decision given there is contradictory information in the public domain that wasn't contained within the report"."I've been advised that what Immigration has provided hi

Is the PM set to lose another Minister?National's calling for Iain Lees-Galloway to go, after he revealed he didn't read the entire case file, officials gave him on Karel Sroubek before deciding to give him residency.He made the call in just an hour.Jacinda Ardern fronts up to Chris Lynch. 

Parents can now immunise their children against the country’s most common type of meningococcal disease, meningococcal B, with the launch of a new vaccine.The Meningitis Foundation's Andrea Brady told Chris Lynch meningococcal B can present like a bad case of the flu but within 24 hours it can result in death so a parent has to be really in tune with a child to say something is not right. Andrea says it's really great news for New Zealand that this vaccine is available for the first time here to be able to prevent and protect our children against this strain. 

The mercury is set to rise in eastern parts of the South Island over the next two days.NIWA Principal Scientist Chris Brandolino told Chris Lynch high temperatures are coming, along with a lot of rain from the Tasman.Chris Brandolino says tomorrow looks even hotter, before a shift to much cooler weather from Friday.

Environment Canterbury insists it isn't going easy on the developer of a mega dairy farm in the Mackenzie Country.The regional council is allowing a portion of the land at Simon's Pass near Twizel to be irrigated - despite the farm not yet meeting all of its conditions under its consent.The move has infuriated Greenpeace which has accused ECAN of bending the rules so that dairy corporates can make money at the cost of fragile landscapes.But ECAN Chairman Steve Lowndes told Chris Lynch the council is satisfied the farm has done enough for now - meeting all but one of 99 onerous conditions set down by the Environment Court two years agoIt says the outstanding condition - which relates to a survey to protect the Dryland Recovery Area - should be met by the end of summer.

Heritage Auckland Hectors restaurant has been announced as the very first New Zealand restaurant to achieve Vegan Certification by a new scheme created by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society.  The New Zealand Vegetarian Society is running the Vegan Certification programme in collaboration with the Vegan Society of Aotearoa New Zealand. The certification is the only one of its kind in New Zealand.Chris Lynch spoke to New Zealand Vegetarian Society certification manager,  Stephanie Lane, about the benefits of going vegan.

Caller into the show Genevieve is calling for more CCTV in Christchurch city following a brutal attack on her partner earlier this year. She told Chris Lynch her partner was walking home from town in the early hours of Saturday the 16th of September, when he was brutally attacked near the intersection of Montreal and Victoria Streets.  Genevieve believes that if there were more cameras around the police would have had a better chance at finding the offender. 

Diwali Indian Festival of Lights is coming to Christchurch. This fantastic event symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance and good over evil.Diwali is India's biggest festival, widely celebrated by people of all different religions, and this weekend you can get involved!Join Newstalk ZB at Diwali Festival of Lights on Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th of November at Cathedral Square.Chris Lynch spoke to festival organiser Sudhir Joshi about what to expect. Listen above.