August 21, 2025 • 11 mins
THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Thursday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Ironically, Hosk Hates It/The Dangers of Fast-Tracking/Mark the Week/How Advertising Works/Here To Gobble Up the Castoffs
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
You're listening to a podcast from News Talk sed B.
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Rewrap Idean, Welcome to the Rewrap for Friday, all the
best bits from the mic, asking Breakfast on Newstalks ed B,
and a Sillier package. I am Glen Heart Today. We
are fast tracking, baby and loving it. We're just not
exactly sure what we're fast tracking.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
We'll mark the week because what we are sure is
that it's Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Have you seen this watch ad? You probably never will
and probably should have never nobody should have. And we'll
scott about our radio ratings again. But before any of that,
this working from home thing they will never catch on,
will it?
Speaker 4 (00:55):
What are the never never the twain shall meet moments
that came out of COVID was this work from home business?
Speaker 5 (01:01):
There?
Speaker 4 (01:01):
I mean? Here we are five years on and the
battle has not only not died, it's intensified. The big
gab fest this week in Canbra had the unions asking
for a four day week, Thank you very much. Victoria
Run of course these days by communists has already stated
they will put it into law even though they can't.
And now the obligatory poll that shows guess what, huge
numbers of people want the right in law to work
(01:24):
from home. Other side of the equation is the poor
or businesses who are pulling their hair out, and in
places like the UK and America it's got a bit
ugly with mandates and threats over returning to the office
or else we're going to sack you. The Coalition in
Australia in the recent campaign, you might remember, ran on
a policy of banning work from home for public servants.
It went down like a cup of cold second was,
(01:44):
among other things like their nuclear policy, seen as the
reason they lost so badly. And that's the trouble with democracy,
isn't it. What if the people are wrong? What if
the collective don't get it and more importantly don't care.
You can run a pole, I mean I could run
a pole that says, would you like the government to
pay for a family sized chocolate block and a French
Martini for every New Zealander every Friday. I mean you
get lots of support for that, wouldn't You're what we
(02:05):
want and what makes sense doesn't always aligne I save
time and the commute, Yes you do, and that's good
because you've got to remember that not all ideas are
one hundred percent bad or one hundred percent good, right
or wrong. But on the whole, working from home does
not suit the employer as much as the employee. Are
there exceptions, of course, there are exceptions, but exceptions are
(02:25):
not the debate. The debate is the law, and the
law applies to everybody, and that is the problem. Making
it worse is the people who make the laws are
given their jobs, of course by the people who do
the polls. So do you suck up to them or
give them what they want? Or do you do the
right thing? And given in this case, the right thing
may not be the popular thing.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I find it so confounding that the Husk rails against
work from home so much when he is the original
hybrid worker, like he literally does so much of the
part of his show that is not on air is
(03:05):
so much from home, and he doesn't see.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
The rn all.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
I love it a re wrap.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Something else that made me laugh today was listening to
him talking about exactly which project was being fast tracked.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
See if you can spot the issue. Yeah, as you
listen to this, listen that.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
I was going to say, it's my favorite story of
the week. It's not actually, but it's one of the
more uplifting stories of the week. This is the Port
of Auckland thing. This is fast track coming. So fast
track is an idea, is a good idea. There's a
few people moaning about it, but they're the usual people
who moan anyway. Auckland Airport is the first fast track
project that's got consent. Good to go, rock and roll
and extension of what they call the Ferguson North Berth
(03:42):
cruise passenger Terminal. God, do we need one of those?
Access longer ships, bigger ships, get more ships back in
the country. The extension will need more cranes accessing the
full length of the Berth. All of this is good.
So one hundred and forty nine projects were included in
the Fast Tracked Approvals Act, so they're able to apply
for consideration. Port of Auckland is the first one with
the go, got the big tick. Now here's the key
(04:03):
to it. And this is why I was uplifted by it.
This was cleared in sixty six working days. Sixty six
working days, barely over two months. How is it? And
so you ask yourself, surely the obvious question, how is it?
You can pass on a project that big, that complex
in sixty six days. And if you can, how come
we haven't been doing it for years?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Did you catch it? Did you catch it?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Were you not concentrating?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
But here Auckland Airport is the first fast track project
that's got consent.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I thought it was funny that he's supposed to be
talking about Auckland Port Ports of Auckland and it became
the airport.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Because you don't want to get those two confused, mind you.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
If you are fast tracking and you're getting stuff done
in just a couple of months, I guess some things
sometimes do fall through the gaps.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
I just hope that they know which project they're working on.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
A rep right and now look at fair Yes Friday,
it's time to mark the week.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Time out to mark the week. Little piece of news
and current events that, due to a busy week was
written at one am this morning. So Luxan will have
no clue what's in it? Alaska six So you mean.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
If happen to be in a war with somebody, no
more elections as.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
An event didn't look like a lot, but Europe came
to Washington for goodness sake. Apparently a meeting is still
on with Ukraine. I mean, the lights of hope aren't
out yet, are Trevor mallard eate move of the week
from Peters took a while, but I still haven't found
anyone who disagrees with that. The Reserve Bank too, and.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
There are risks on either side of the outlook.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
They missed the contraction. They paused as the country was
going backwards. Now we need two more cuts. Got us
into the trouble, can't get us out. Look up the
word useless in the dictionary. A consenting reform seven. Now, look,
it doesn't change the world, but another in a series
of common sense move this week that actually makes doing
things easier and quicker, and we're into that strikes one.
So what did it change? I mean, what are any
(05:55):
of them change? Really nothing? The Warrior is seven, Yes
back winning back in the four Titans tomorrow. I remember
the Titans, the All Blacks seven, A lot of analysis
and the weeds by the armchair brigade. All I saw
was a good comprehensive win with more this weekend. Scott
Robertson shortly Helen Mirren seven. James Bond has to be
(06:17):
a guy, she said, James Bond has to be a guy. Now.
You wouldn't have had to say that once upon a time.
Nowadays it makes headlines top four as normal as it
may be if advertised for a leader of your party.
The fact you don't have one probably sums up your
prospects for next year, which are none. Balls seven are
the balls at the US Open and made of New
(06:38):
Zealand ball that's my faith fun Factor of the Week
zespri eight. It seems they literally can't meet demand. Boy
do we need more stories like that? Ah Jobs three
tough week Cafes, kitchen appliant shops, saw mills are the worst.
I'm afraid I don't think is over but eating out
seven The dot Love's data figures defire the gloom. I
(06:59):
mean what I reckon is a growing desire. Actually for
some people who wake up in the morning they decide
they want to be miserable. I mean, the numbers don't lie.
We are feeding our fat faces at cal and restaurants
all over the country. Thirteen seven hundred five That is
the net gain of migrants for the whole country for
June thirteen thousand, seven hundred. If it hits zero, I
think we'll need to tell everyone where the light switches,
(07:21):
won't we Radio ratings eight Good day at the old
ZB as yet again yesterday, I hope you're listening Radio
New Zealand. Good morning Radio New Zealand. As yet again
we managed to find more people to lap this up.
We as always thank you from the bottom of our
hearts and that is the week copies on the website
and everyone involved in making this this week water cycle warm.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
It is a bit ungracious of us to make too
much of a deal about the radio weight ratings.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
No, okay, well I'll come back and do that shortly.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
It's a rewrap have At first, let's talk about yet
another ad that has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
That swatch thing I referred to if you missed it,
so this is a global they've apologized have swatched the
pulled an ad a model pulling the corners of his eyes,
an image prompted uproar among the Chinese social media users
for obvious reasons. The pos resemble the slant eye historically
used to mock Asians. My only question when they put
(08:22):
the ad out twenty seven percent of their revenue, By
the way, it comes from China, Hong Kong, the cowartc
They also owned things like Amiga and Launging and Tissau
and stuff like that. My only question is, globally speaking,
when you run an ad campaign, the number of eyes,
no pun and tinted, the number of eyes on a
campaign must be hundreds of not thousands. By the time
you deal with the company the size of Swatch and
all their ad agencies and their creatives and their copywriters
(08:45):
and all the Just tell me how at no point
did anybody go, do you reckon? This could be trouble?
At no point did that get raised as a potential issue.
It's the weirdest thing.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I think there was a time when, especially in the
advertising industry they sud had a bit of a reputation
for everything being run on cocaine and long lunches, and
I think that went away. But I do I understand
that cocaine has become the drug of choice again.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It makes the certain sets. So maybe maybe there's how
these things happen.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
I'm just speculating, just theorizing the rewrap right, So as
promised time now to have a little skye about the
radio ratings.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Yes, it's a nice.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Day, Thank you. The rating. Second ratings of the year
came out yesterday and as far as I can work out,
we did very well. We went up. We went up
a lot in some places, and we went up a
little bit in other places. I think we went down
once somewhere. I can't remember where it was where no
Zoomer Cargol was Zoomber Cargel was it? Rotor RUH was
(10:02):
somewhere like that. Anyway, they said we've got FMBA now
and that's going to fix it. Was rot A ru
that's because we got FM and Rotor so that's all good.
So anyway, it seems to be a success story.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
We see to be mopping up some listeners in Wellington
for some reason.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
Now I don't believe that as much. I probably shouldn't
say that, but we went up. I mean we Wellington
good morning. I mean there's eight hundred thousand of you
suddenly listened trying.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
To think what station are they not listening to?
Speaker 4 (10:27):
There could be a desertion from one station and moving
to another that you might might be onto something there, Glenn.
There could be there could be a fleeing from boredom
in the capital. Could be that.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
No names mentioned, Yes, so The Mike hosting Breakfast is
number one and ten out of thirteen markets that are
surveyed in New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Number two and two of them, which leads one. Come
on at Macago, lift your game? Is it my fault?
Are you just not listening to the show and you
just listen to this instead? You can do both, or
(11:11):
at least if somebody asks you what you're listening to,
and in terms of radios, at least tell them that
you listen, because technically you are. If you listen to this,
it's stuff that's been on the radio. I'm not saying lie.
I'm just saying you can say which show you've been
listening to. It's not a lie, it's advertising I.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
And Glenn Hart.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
That was the rerap. Let's do it again on Monday.
Tune in and bicagle.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
For more from News Talks d B. Listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to a podcast from News Talk sed B.
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Rewrap Idean, Welcome to the Rewrap for Friday, all the
best bits from the mic, asking Breakfast on Newstalks ed B,
and a Sillier package. I am Glen Heart Today. We
are fast tracking, baby and loving it. We're just not
exactly sure what we're fast tracking.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
We'll mark the week because what we are sure is
that it's Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Have you seen this watch ad? You probably never will
and probably should have never nobody should have. And we'll
scott about our radio ratings again. But before any of that,
this working from home thing they will never catch on,
will it?
Speaker 4 (00:55):
What are the never never the twain shall meet moments
that came out of COVID was this work from home business?
Speaker 5 (01:01):
There?
Speaker 4 (01:01):
I mean? Here we are five years on and the
battle has not only not died, it's intensified. The big
gab fest this week in Canbra had the unions asking
for a four day week, Thank you very much. Victoria
Run of course these days by communists has already stated
they will put it into law even though they can't.
And now the obligatory poll that shows guess what, huge
numbers of people want the right in law to work
(01:24):
from home. Other side of the equation is the poor
or businesses who are pulling their hair out, and in
places like the UK and America it's got a bit
ugly with mandates and threats over returning to the office
or else we're going to sack you. The Coalition in
Australia in the recent campaign, you might remember, ran on
a policy of banning work from home for public servants.
It went down like a cup of cold second was,
(01:44):
among other things like their nuclear policy, seen as the
reason they lost so badly. And that's the trouble with democracy,
isn't it. What if the people are wrong? What if
the collective don't get it and more importantly don't care.
You can run a pole, I mean I could run
a pole that says, would you like the government to
pay for a family sized chocolate block and a French
Martini for every New Zealander every Friday. I mean you
get lots of support for that, wouldn't You're what we
(02:05):
want and what makes sense doesn't always aligne I save
time and the commute, Yes you do, and that's good
because you've got to remember that not all ideas are
one hundred percent bad or one hundred percent good, right
or wrong. But on the whole, working from home does
not suit the employer as much as the employee. Are
there exceptions, of course, there are exceptions, but exceptions are
(02:25):
not the debate. The debate is the law, and the
law applies to everybody, and that is the problem. Making
it worse is the people who make the laws are
given their jobs, of course by the people who do
the polls. So do you suck up to them or
give them what they want? Or do you do the
right thing? And given in this case, the right thing
may not be the popular thing.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I find it so confounding that the Husk rails against
work from home so much when he is the original
hybrid worker, like he literally does so much of the
part of his show that is not on air is
(03:05):
so much from home, and he doesn't see.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
The rn all.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
I love it a re wrap.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Something else that made me laugh today was listening to
him talking about exactly which project was being fast tracked.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
See if you can spot the issue. Yeah, as you
listen to this, listen that.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
I was going to say, it's my favorite story of
the week. It's not actually, but it's one of the
more uplifting stories of the week. This is the Port
of Auckland thing. This is fast track coming. So fast
track is an idea, is a good idea. There's a
few people moaning about it, but they're the usual people
who moan anyway. Auckland Airport is the first fast track
project that's got consent. Good to go, rock and roll
and extension of what they call the Ferguson North Berth
(03:42):
cruise passenger Terminal. God, do we need one of those?
Access longer ships, bigger ships, get more ships back in
the country. The extension will need more cranes accessing the
full length of the Berth. All of this is good.
So one hundred and forty nine projects were included in
the Fast Tracked Approvals Act, so they're able to apply
for consideration. Port of Auckland is the first one with
the go, got the big tick. Now here's the key
(04:03):
to it. And this is why I was uplifted by it.
This was cleared in sixty six working days. Sixty six
working days, barely over two months. How is it? And
so you ask yourself, surely the obvious question, how is it?
You can pass on a project that big, that complex
in sixty six days. And if you can, how come
we haven't been doing it for years?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Did you catch it? Did you catch it?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Were you not concentrating?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
But here Auckland Airport is the first fast track project
that's got consent.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I thought it was funny that he's supposed to be
talking about Auckland Port Ports of Auckland and it became
the airport.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Because you don't want to get those two confused, mind you.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
If you are fast tracking and you're getting stuff done
in just a couple of months, I guess some things
sometimes do fall through the gaps.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
I just hope that they know which project they're working on.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
A rep right and now look at fair Yes Friday,
it's time to mark the week.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Time out to mark the week. Little piece of news
and current events that, due to a busy week was
written at one am this morning. So Luxan will have
no clue what's in it? Alaska six So you mean.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
If happen to be in a war with somebody, no
more elections as.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
An event didn't look like a lot, but Europe came
to Washington for goodness sake. Apparently a meeting is still
on with Ukraine. I mean, the lights of hope aren't
out yet, are Trevor mallard eate move of the week
from Peters took a while, but I still haven't found
anyone who disagrees with that. The Reserve Bank too, and.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
There are risks on either side of the outlook.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
They missed the contraction. They paused as the country was
going backwards. Now we need two more cuts. Got us
into the trouble, can't get us out. Look up the
word useless in the dictionary. A consenting reform seven. Now, look,
it doesn't change the world, but another in a series
of common sense move this week that actually makes doing
things easier and quicker, and we're into that strikes one.
So what did it change? I mean, what are any
(05:55):
of them change? Really nothing? The Warrior is seven, Yes
back winning back in the four Titans tomorrow. I remember
the Titans, the All Blacks seven, A lot of analysis
and the weeds by the armchair brigade. All I saw
was a good comprehensive win with more this weekend. Scott
Robertson shortly Helen Mirren seven. James Bond has to be
(06:17):
a guy, she said, James Bond has to be a guy. Now.
You wouldn't have had to say that once upon a time.
Nowadays it makes headlines top four as normal as it
may be if advertised for a leader of your party.
The fact you don't have one probably sums up your
prospects for next year, which are none. Balls seven are
the balls at the US Open and made of New
(06:38):
Zealand ball that's my faith fun Factor of the Week
zespri eight. It seems they literally can't meet demand. Boy
do we need more stories like that? Ah Jobs three
tough week Cafes, kitchen appliant shops, saw mills are the worst.
I'm afraid I don't think is over but eating out
seven The dot Love's data figures defire the gloom. I
(06:59):
mean what I reckon is a growing desire. Actually for
some people who wake up in the morning they decide
they want to be miserable. I mean, the numbers don't lie.
We are feeding our fat faces at cal and restaurants
all over the country. Thirteen seven hundred five That is
the net gain of migrants for the whole country for
June thirteen thousand, seven hundred. If it hits zero, I
think we'll need to tell everyone where the light switches,
(07:21):
won't we Radio ratings eight Good day at the old
ZB as yet again yesterday, I hope you're listening Radio
New Zealand. Good morning Radio New Zealand. As yet again
we managed to find more people to lap this up.
We as always thank you from the bottom of our
hearts and that is the week copies on the website
and everyone involved in making this this week water cycle warm.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
It is a bit ungracious of us to make too
much of a deal about the radio weight ratings.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
No, okay, well I'll come back and do that shortly.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
It's a rewrap have At first, let's talk about yet
another ad that has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
That swatch thing I referred to if you missed it,
so this is a global they've apologized have swatched the
pulled an ad a model pulling the corners of his eyes,
an image prompted uproar among the Chinese social media users
for obvious reasons. The pos resemble the slant eye historically
used to mock Asians. My only question when they put
(08:22):
the ad out twenty seven percent of their revenue, By
the way, it comes from China, Hong Kong, the cowartc
They also owned things like Amiga and Launging and Tissau
and stuff like that. My only question is, globally speaking,
when you run an ad campaign, the number of eyes,
no pun and tinted, the number of eyes on a
campaign must be hundreds of not thousands. By the time
you deal with the company the size of Swatch and
all their ad agencies and their creatives and their copywriters
(08:45):
and all the Just tell me how at no point
did anybody go, do you reckon? This could be trouble?
At no point did that get raised as a potential issue.
It's the weirdest thing.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I think there was a time when, especially in the
advertising industry they sud had a bit of a reputation
for everything being run on cocaine and long lunches, and
I think that went away. But I do I understand
that cocaine has become the drug of choice again.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It makes the certain sets. So maybe maybe there's how
these things happen.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
I'm just speculating, just theorizing the rewrap right, So as
promised time now to have a little skye about the
radio ratings.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Yes, it's a nice.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Day, Thank you. The rating. Second ratings of the year
came out yesterday and as far as I can work out,
we did very well. We went up. We went up
a lot in some places, and we went up a
little bit in other places. I think we went down
once somewhere. I can't remember where it was where no
Zoomer Cargol was Zoomber Cargel was it? Rotor RUH was
(10:02):
somewhere like that. Anyway, they said we've got FMBA now
and that's going to fix it. Was rot A ru
that's because we got FM and Rotor so that's all good.
So anyway, it seems to be a success story.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
We see to be mopping up some listeners in Wellington
for some reason.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
Now I don't believe that as much. I probably shouldn't
say that, but we went up. I mean we Wellington
good morning. I mean there's eight hundred thousand of you
suddenly listened trying.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
To think what station are they not listening to?
Speaker 4 (10:27):
There could be a desertion from one station and moving
to another that you might might be onto something there, Glenn.
There could be there could be a fleeing from boredom
in the capital. Could be that.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
No names mentioned, Yes, so The Mike hosting Breakfast is
number one and ten out of thirteen markets that are
surveyed in New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Number two and two of them, which leads one. Come
on at Macago, lift your game? Is it my fault?
Are you just not listening to the show and you
just listen to this instead? You can do both, or
(11:11):
at least if somebody asks you what you're listening to,
and in terms of radios, at least tell them that
you listen, because technically you are. If you listen to this,
it's stuff that's been on the radio. I'm not saying lie.
I'm just saying you can say which show you've been
listening to. It's not a lie, it's advertising I.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
And Glenn Hart.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
That was the rerap. Let's do it again on Monday.
Tune in and bicagle.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
For more from News Talks d B. Listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.
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