The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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I hope if you read it or caught it over the weekend you enjoyed the coverage of Newstalk ZB's 100th birthday.
I can tell you for nothing it is an honour and a joy to be a small part of what has become this country's greatest radio success story.
Although it has taken various iterations over the years, from a fledgling operation limited in hours by the Government through to the publicly listed operation it is today, there are ...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 10th of August, Steven Joyce answers questions about whether National has credibility issues calling for Budget responsibility while increasing spending.
The Prime Minister talks what new taxes they might be looking at and council amalgamation and what councils are holding out.
Jason Pine and Andrew Saville discuss the Warriors, David Nyika's win and how long Canterbury...
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine join Mike Hosking to review the weekend's sport.
On the table today: The Warriors have pulled off a dominant display over the Panthers, beating them 28 - 12.
Canterbury have stolen the Ranfurly Shield from Otago.
And the NBL saw some thrilling games over the weekend.
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The Warriors strengthened their push for the top with a decisive win over the Panthers 28-12.
The NRL's top four are now log-jammed as the battle for a top two spot ramps up ahead of the finals.
The Panthers and Roosters sit level on 36 points, the Warriors on 34 and the Sharks have 32.
Warriors CEO Cameron George said he's 'incredibly proud' of the team and the fans.
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National's brushing off concerns it has a reputational problem over debt - as it lays out new fiscal responsibility rules.
The party's promising a surplus by 2028/29 and Government spending below 30% of GDP - while ruling out new taxes on working people and small businesses.
Leader Chris Luxon told Mike Hosking that there's a choice between austerity and stimulation, but he believes it's years of government stimulus that has the co...
The US has labelled demands from Iran to end the war as 'ridiculous'.
Iran is demanding the US to end its blockade of the oil channel, pay Iran damages for the war, unfreeze Iranian assets and lift all sanctions on Tehran.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold says that Vice President JD Vance had reported struggles in the peace talks just hours before Iran made their demands.
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National's under pressure to come clean on what new taxes it could be considering.
The party's unveiled its budget responsibility rules, promising to deliver a surplus and rein in spending.
But finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis has only ruled out higher taxes on working people, leaving the door open to other tax increases.
Former Finance Minister Steve Joyce told Mike Hosking that bed and fuel taxes are the most likely options.
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In the first episode of the 100 Years of ZB Podcast, Mike Hosking takes you through the birth of the iconic 1ZB in 1926.
The episode takes you through the history of the station from 1926 until the beginning of 1987. You'll hear snippets from the iconic names - like Phil Shone, Aunt Daisy, Selwyn Toogood, Merv Smith and Marina (Jocelyn Parr).
Mike Hosking will also take you back in time to the famous moments from ...
Perhaps the Labour Party's small target election year strategy has started to unravel as one of their MPs, Helen White, told us all of her desire for house prices to fall.
She wants them to come down.
They have already come down of course, through a series of events that included her last Government's approach to the economy.
The booming inflation they created, the bulging debt from all the spending and the general fiscal waste tha...
At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.
Netball's gold medal: 8/10
The story of the Games and for Noeline, a gargantuan middle finger to the fools who ran the sport and did what they did to her.
The Commonwealth Games: 6/10
It seemed a success, but it also seemed an open question as to its need, or real interest.
The Str...
Is Luxon's MMP vote a stroke of genius to avoid an otherwise problematic week?
His apology for Rotorua was a cluster, the Māorification issues that haven't been resolved despite all the talk, the Corrections massages, MBIE, Treasury love-ins, the Justice Department cock-up on the Harrison bloke, and the unemployment rate to the upside – it's all looked like very bad news.
But then out of nowhere, "let's have a loo...
It’s Friday, which means Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back with Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that Was.
They discuss Christopher Luxon’s comments around a MMP referendum, ZB’s upcoming 100th anniversary, Joseph Parker, and some surprising breaking news for Mike.
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The All Blacks begin their first tour of South Africa for 30 years in Cape Town against the Stormers, a team they have never played in their modern form.
Dave Rennie named an experimental side for the test, with Patrick Tuipulotu as the captain and Siale Lauaki and Josh Jacomb scheduled to debut off the bench.
And an illness has forced a late change to the team, Anton Segner replacing Wallace Sititi as openside flanker ...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 7th of August, the Prime Minister has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons with his call for a referendum on MMP.
We get the exclusive from Joseph Parker as the UK Anti-Doping agency releases the reason he was cleared of his drugs charges.
And while Wrapping the Week, Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson discuss Luxon's MMP comment, 100 years of ZB, and some surprising br...
Luke Metcalf has been summoned from the selection wilderness into the Warriors ahead of tonight's match against NRL league leaders Penrith.
He'll start at halfback in what will be his first game since round five, after incumbent Te Maire Martin was ruled out with a hamstring strain.
Metcalf has played two NRL games this season, both in the five-eighth role and both in defeats.
Former Kiwis captain Richie Barnett t...
There are concerns scrapping the Investment Boost could do more harm than good.
Labour's promising to up the GST threshold, lift the asset write-off, and make big businesses pay small suppliers in 15 days.
It'll axe the National's $6.6 billion scheme to pay for it – calling it untargeted.
Small Business NZ Founder Paul Wicks told Mike Hosking this policy could be very useful, with three practical ideas.
Bu...
The UK Anti-Doping Agency have determined Joseph Parker's nutritionist was the reason traces of cocaine were found in a positive anti-doping test last year.
He's free to fight again after serving a three-month suspension and has denied knowingly taken banned substances.
A statement from UKAD says Parker's nutritionist was a regular user of the drug leading up to the sample being taken.
Parker told Mike Hosking tha...
The Trade Minister's defending a decision to scrap offshore staffing aimed at attracting golden visa money.
Government agency Invest NZ is making tweaks to its roadshow approach to attracting investors, and has cut its US and Europe-based staff.
The Active Investor Plus Visa lets big spenders invest a minimum of $5 million in New Zealand in exchange for a pathway to residency.
Trade Minister Todd McClay told Mik...
Is the Prime Minister fed up with his coalition partners?
Christopher Luxon told Kerre Woodham yesterday he's open to another vote on MMP, if re-elected.
The system allows more representation in Parliament for smaller parties and was upheld in a 2011 referendum.
Political commentator and former Cabinet Minister Peter Dunne told Mike Hosking Luxon's clearly frustrated.
Dunne says he thought he'd be leading a...
I'm trying to work out in this council amalgamation back and forward, how many who aren't amalgamating are genuinely stuck, versus how many are simply sticking it up the Government because they don't like them and/or they don’t like being told what to do?
Councils are the bane of our lives. We are over council-ed, we are overrated and we should be immeasurably grateful to the central government who are capping rates and...
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