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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: It's no to a republic for me - but why?
Description: I reckon the best description of the King’s Coronation that I’ve seen was by a journalist in the UK who said it was “huge, hideous, exquisite and sacred”. Four words that sum it up brilliantly. Which is exactly how I felt when I watched it the other night. I thought it was a brilliant spectacle - but I felt absolutely no connection at all to the Monarchy. And I thought it was completely irrelevant to us here in New Zealand. I thought the music was fantastic. Modern and traditional, at the s...