The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show. Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda. The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more. The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.
Episodes
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.
As much as you want to give a war a number, this is not World War III, it is not going to last four years. It most likely won't last four weeks.
Everything that is wrong with ideological jibber-jabber. From Hipkins to Starmer to Clark, their the...
Where are we at with the war?
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard makes a very compelling case that this thing is over in four weeks because that’s about when the petrol reserves in America get drained. The Strait is closed, no LNG is getting through, Trump cannot tolerate $100 a barrel and so he will capitulate.
China can hold out. The Iranians, if they have kept a bunch of attack drones back, can hold out too, then go for some fu...
US President Donald Trump has told a US news outlet he wants to be involved in picking Iran's next leader.
He's told Axios that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son is a lightweight and unacceptable to him.
Meanwhile, the death toll in Iran has risen to 1200, multiple Gulf countries are continuing to intercept missiles, and in Azerbaijan, an airport and a school were hit by Iranian drones.
US Correspondent Richard Arnol...
It seems you really can’t beat locally grown produce.
Recent numbers show farmers’ markets around the country now support over a thousand food producers – attracting more than 50 thousand shoppers every week.
Tony Cato, owner of Pirongia Mountain Vegetables, told Mike Hosking that the industry’s been doing nothing but growing.
They’ve been in the markets for nearly twenty years, he says, and especially after Covid...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 6th of March, will New Zealand pull the trigger on a youth social media ban at the select committee’s recommendation?
Could New Zealand become a powerhouse when it comes to medicinal cannabis? David Seymour thinks so.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson go down memory lane as they Wrap the Week. Well, Mike and Tim do anyway.
Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full S...
Friday has come once more, which means Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back with Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that Was.
They discussed the Warriors’ upcoming clash against the Roosters, those stuck in the Middle East, and took a trip down memory lane.
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A new initiative to tackle the ballooning Jobseeker numbers.
The Ministry of Social Development is pairing with the Chambers of Commerce to form ChamberWorks, in hopes of plugging a gap in the market.
Data from December shows over 223 thousand people on the benefit, and the programme intends to connect employers with pre-screened, work-ready candidates.
Auckland Business Chamber CEO Simon Bridges told Mike Hoskin...
Consumer spending has increased in February, signalling a positive recovery within the retail sector.
Worldline NZ’s payments network shows spending reached more than $3.6 billion, up 2.2% on February last year.
The Auckland and Northland regions saw a lift of 2.8% year on year – the most growth the area has seen in a single month in nearly two years.
Infometrics Principal Economist Nick Brunsdon told Mike Hosking...
David Seymour has explained what we're missing out on by not investing in the medicinal cannabis industry.
The ACT Leader's looking at further improvements to speed up processing for exports of the plant, which he believes could one day rival the wine industry.
He's open to improving regulation domestically as well.
David Seymour told Mike Hosking they want to simplify the process it takes to get a licence.
...The City of Sails is set to be humming this weekend.
Auckland's hosting a plethora of events, as the Warriors take on the Roosters today, the Blues face the Crusaders tomorrow, and Round the Bays kicks off Sunday.
The city's newest golf tournament will also run across the weekend.
New Zealand Events Association General Manager Elaine Linnell told Mike Hosking they’ll be able to see and feel the financial impact of...
There’s confidence a Parliamentary inquiry into online safety is on the right track.
A Select Committee endorses a social media ban for under 16s and calls for an online regulator and tougher controls on harmful apps and algorithms.
National's lead MP on the committee, Carl Bates, says some recommendations mirror moves overseas, while others are unique to New Zealand.
He told Mike Hosking transparency around algor...
Is it 1-1?
The Prime Minister dug himself a hole over Iran.
Barbara Edmonds dug herself a hole in the NZ Herald.
As far as holes go, I regard the Luxon hole as slightly less problematic, given the war is not in our direct purview and there is nothing we can do about it.
But it does display the ongoing issue the Prime Minister appears to have with many New Zealanders: he doesn’t look like he is confident and ...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says it's special relationship with the US is not dead.
US President Donald Trump yesterday described the UK's war effort as disappointing and Starmer was 'no Winston Churchill'.
US and Israeli forces have bombed more than 2000 targets and killed close to 800 people in Iran since first launching attacks on Saturday.
UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking it’s difficult for St...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 5th of March, our exports are booming but at the same time, the risk of an extremist attack on NZ soil is rising, NZSIS is warning.
NZ Rugby Chair David Kirk pops into studio after Dave Rennie was named as the new All Blacks coach.
Warriors Coach Andrew Webster explains why it's our year as we kick off our NRL season against the Roosters Friday night.&nbs...
A warning an attack similar to the Bondi Beach shooting could feasibly happen on New Zealand soil.
The Government's intelligence agencies have told a Parliamentary Select Committee the attack helped to feed extremist views.
Fifteen people were fatally shot in the December attack on a Jewish celebration in Australia's Sydney, with others wounded.
NZSIS Director-General Andrew Hampton says anti-Semitism and Islamoph...
Cautious optimism from Warriors league coach Andrew Webster that his side can make another NRL leap this year.
They start their campaign tomorrow against the Sydney Roosters at Mount Smart without co-captain Mitch Barnett and halfback Luke Metcalf, as both are returning from knee injuries.
Webster told Mike Hosking that last year's opening match serves as a reminder of over evaluating a pre-season.
He says they’re...
New Zealand's economic recovery could be put at risk by disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
Westpac modelling shows if it was to stay closed for a month, it would put inflation over 4% and knock half a percent off GDP.
Senior Economist Kelly Eckhold told Mike Hosking we're much more vulnerable than Australia when it comes to energy.
He says we only have a few weeks of key petroleum products sitting in the tanks,...
The Public Service Commissioner is bewildered as pay talks with primary teachers drag on.
Their union —the NZEI— has turned to the Employment Relations Authority after three days of talks failed to resolve disputes over cost-of-living increases and recognition for major curriculum changes.
The union's rejected three offers, with teachers missing out on around $50 extra per week since January.
Sir Brian Roche told ...
New Zealand’s exports are booming, driven by rising global demand for food.
New trade figures show exports surged to $29.2 billion dollars in the December quarter – up $2.2 billion on a year earlier.
Two-way trade also leapt to just over $61 billion.
Business NZ CEO Katherine Rich told Mike Hosking the country produces enough food to feed around 50 million people.
She says these products need to be sold for ...
After weeks of deliberation, the new All Blacks head coach has been named.
Dave Rennie is succeeding Scott Robertson in the role, beating out the other top contender, Jamie Joseph.
Rennie's first test at the helm will be in the July series against France, Italy, and Ireland, but his assistants have still yet to be named.
NZ Rugby Chair David Kirk told Mike Hosking that the panel spent hours discussing the merits of the two candidat...
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