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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: Politics Friday: National's Vanessa Weenink and Labour's Rueben Davidson on the Christchurch cycleway , Treaty Principles Bill, Otago University medical school enrolments
Description: Today on Politics Friday, John MacDonald was joined by National’s Vanessa Weenink and Labour’s Reuben Davidson to dig into some of the biggest political stories of the week. Christchurch City Council is pushing back against the closure of a cycleway at Heathcote, KiwiRail ordering upgrades due to a one in one-thousand-year risk. Is this really acceptable? Is New Zealand capable of having an open and calm conversation about the Treaty Principles Bill? Why does it seem as though only the “well off” students are making it into medical school? And this wee...