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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Here's how to get big events to NZ
Description: The Prime Minister has lived up to his talk of being a great negotiator, saying “thanks but no thanks” to Team New Zealand. Because a great negotiator is always prepared to walk away if the negotiations aren’t going their way, and that’s what the Government has done. Telling Grant Dalton and Team NZ that putting $75 million of taxpayer money into hosting the next America’s Cup would be a nice-to-have, not a must-have. I think the Government has done the right thing and the wrong thing. It’s done the wrong thing because no...