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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Another fire, another reason to ban fireworks (1)
Description: Fireworks are thought to have set-off the big fire in North Canterbury and I think the time has come for us to get rid of them. It’s also time we stopped this ridiculous celebration of Guy Fawkes Day because it has absolutely no relevance to us here in New Zealand. What is relevant to New Zealand, is the fact that climate change is causing more extreme weather and letting any Tom, Dick or Harry get their hands on explosives and set them off wherever and whenever they want (in what can be tinder dry co...