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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Council in 'deep shtuck' needs to cut its cloth
Description: How confident are you in the Christchurch City Council’s ability to run its finances? Because, just like Auckland and Wellington, we’ve now got the Christchurch council saying it’s in a financial mess. Mayor Phil Mauger is saying that the council’s finances are "deep shtuck". That’s how he’s politely putting it. He’s also saying that the council is up a certain creek. And you know which creek that is. So things are tight at the council. In fact, so tight, that they are looking at rates increases of 18 percent. Bu...