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Episodes
Gold medal for Kelly Eckhold at Westpac.
He called it, or at least suggested the hold we saw from the Reserve Bank wasn't as "home run" as many might have predicted.
This, in a dry, old world of monetary policy, is little short of a blockbuster.
I guess you could argue the 4-3 vote is a good indication of the wider view.
The economy is far from firing. It's far from needing to be contained. So why hike? ...
Andy Burnham's Government has released its first budget.
UK Chancellor John Healey set out their latest tax and spending measures, saying it's a budget built on fiscal discipline, for the working people of Britain.
Economic growth is forecast at 1.2% this year, and remains under 2% right up to 2031.
UK Correspondent Enda Brady agreed growth is anaemic, but told Mike Hosking the whole of Europe is having similar p...
Promising signs for small businesses, even in a shaky economy.
A Xero Small Business Insights report shows sales rose 5.6% year-on-year in the September quarter.
New Zealand out-performed all four other countries Xero tracks, with sales growth ahead of Australia, the UK, the US, and Canada.
Xero Country Manager Bridget Snelling told Mike Hosking they'd like to see this momentum continuing into the next quarter, es...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 29th of October, Reserve Bank Governor Dr Anna Breman explains why they decided to hold the Official Cash Rate.
We go to Israel as their "pivotal" election hangs in the balance, with the question now being who will blink first and join up with the Arab parties to get the majority.
It's the so-called "minor party" leaders show this morning, so Chlöe Swarbrick, ...
Winston Peters says the 2026 election campaign is one of the worst he's ever seen.
The New Zealand First Leader told Mike Hosking on the Leaders Breakfast people are sick and tired of it – the pettiness, the diversion, the misleading representation.
He says if you ask people in the audience, as he did at public meeting in the Hutt Valley last night, if they're sick and tired of it, they all put their hands up.&nbs...
Israel's future governance is still up in the air, with parties on all sides falling short of the required 61 seats.
With most votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's holding a narrow lead over rival Gadi Eisenkot, with 53 seats to 48.
The Arab parties have surged to a record 19.
ABC News Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran told Mike Hosking we could see parties from either bloc break away to form a coalition. &...
ACT Leader David Seymour is cautiously confident the coalition could have speedier post-election negotiations this year, compared to 2023.
National, ACT, and New Zealand First took 40-days to strike a deal after the last election.
Both the Leaders of National and Labour have promised to try to finish negotiations by Christmas, but no firm promises have been made.
Seymour told Mike Hosking on the Leaders Breakfa...
The Reserve Bank is keeping a close eye on several factors as it weighs up whether to hike the Official Cash Rate before Christmas.
The Monetary Policy Committee voted, four votes to three, to hold the cash rate yesterday.
The shock decision has had an immediate impact on exchange rates, with the already weak Kiwi dollar seeing its biggest drop against the Aussie in almost a decade.
Governor Anna Breman told Mike ...
Greens Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick believes any dip in the polls as a result of the party’s association with gangs would have already been seen, but argues voters are more interested on other issues.
Two polls this week show the Green Party holding its 14-16% vote share of recent months. The polling period of both polls captured in its final days the saga concerning last week’s resignation of Labour candidate Kerrin...
The figures keep defying the reality.
68,000 votes were cast on Monday.
That day was a problem according to the conspiracy theorists who suggested that not only had enrolling closed early, but the opening day of voting was a public holiday and for some reason voting on a day off may prove to be some sort of issue.
At 68,000, that is more than in 2023. So what does that mean? Nothing.
But you could suggest it...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 28th of October, we look at what the Reserve Bank is likely to do with the OCR today and how it might affect an election campaign.
The Prime Minister pops in after the long weekend to talk early voting numbers, alleged voter suppression, and what the polls are saying.
And on Politics Wednesday, Ginny Andersen and Mark Mitchell talk their electorates, the Fire...
It's Politics Wednesday, which means Mark Mitchell and Ginny Andersen are back with Mike Hosking to dig into the biggest stories of the week thus far.
With the election just under two weeks away, they discussed how things are faring in their electorates and the ongoing drama around voter registrations.
They also touched on the situation around Rakesh Naidoo and the resignation of Fire and Emergency's CEO.
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The Reserve Bank could have its hands full over the next few months, with inflation still stuck at elevated levels.
Economists are predicting the Monetary Policy Committee will lift the official cash rate by 25 basis points at 2pm today.
This would take it to 3%.
ASB's Kim Mundy told Mike Hosking we could see further hikes in December and February.
She says the Reserve Bank needs to get settings back to n...
Amidst an already bad time for airlines, an analyst says Air New Zealand faces a unique set of challenges.
Forsyth Barr expects the airline to lose $338 million before tax this financial year.
Its passenger revenue is up 12% year-on-year, but fuel is costing it about $6.8 million a day.
Forsyth Barr Head of Research Andy Bowley told Mike Hosking engine issues is one challenge, with another being sales.
He sa...
Some say it's too hot, others too cold – a challenge for the operator of Christchurch's new covered stadium.
Some areas of One NZ Stadium reached 32 degrees during Sunday's Rugby League matches and Monday's NPC final.
Daytime fixtures could be scrapped in future to help players and fans cope with the heat.
Venues Otautahi Chief Executive Caroline Harvie-Teare told Mike Hosking the stadium bowl is also retain...
National's Christopher Luxon says it's great to see so many people already showing up to vote.
Nearly 70 thousand people cast their ballots on day one of advance voting.
That's slightly more than the same time at the last election.
Luxon told Mike Hosking he's hoping that's a sign people are going to give his government another crack.
He says people understand it's been a difficult three years, but that ...
The Wellington City Missioner says Labour's rent-to-own scheme could help more people own a home.
The party wants $100 of Kainga Ora tenants' weekly rent put towards a home deposit.
Labour would also expand eligibility for 5% home deposits by increasing the income threshold to $300,000.
Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge told Mike Hosking this could help make people's dreams of owning a home a reality.
...What do they say about the truth always coming out?
By Friday morning Kerrin Leoni was gone.
She lied and she got caught with the photo and the video. Not only didn’t it pass the pub test, it didn’t pass the truth test.
Campaigns almost always have things in them you never saw coming. For Labour it was a combination of dishonesty and their past.
Law and order was not part of the vote of 2026, unt...
Subsidising access to GLP-1s through Pharmac would be a “win-win” for New Zealand, according to an Auckland University medical professor.
New research has found more than 80% of healthcare spending in New Zealand goes into treating chronic and long-term conditions.
A huge percentage of those conditions were tied to obesity, Professor of Molecular Medicine and Pathology Peter Shepherd told Mike Hosking.
...On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 27th of October, it's the first of our special Leaders Breakfast shows for the election.
Today it's two hours with Labour Leader Chris Hipkins, discussing everything from Kerrin Leoni to education, health, tax, and coalition partners.
And ACT has released their manifesto, which talks about money for health and even more cuts that they say didn't go far eno...
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