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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: The Eagle has landed in Chch and should stay
Description: The eagle has landed. One of the police Eagle helicopters from Auckland is in Christchurch for the next two months as part of a crackdown on these criminal kids doing-over dairies and committing other crimes. I think it’s brilliant that it’s here and I think we need one here permanently.  For several reasons: Christchurch is New Zealand’s second-largest city; we have a level of criminal activity here to justify it; and it’s not as if a police helicopter hasn’t been put to good use here before. In 2020, it was in Christ...