The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has pleaded not guilty to a list of sex trafficking charges. 

The 54-year-old was arrested in Manhattan by federal agents yesterday, following a year in which his career was derailed by several lawsuits accusing him of physical and sexual abuse. 

New York Attorney Damien Williams alleges Combs created and ran a "criminal enterprise” through his business empire. 

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Justice is set to be served to nearly every member of the Comancheros motorcycle gang, but that won't be the end of New Zealand's drug trade.  

A three year police operation has resulted in 137 charges being laid.  

Canterbury University sociology professor Jarrod Gilbert says it's decimated the Comancheros, and sends a message that any high profile organised crime group has a large target on their b...

There’s an increasing demand for growers in Canterbury. 

A reliable water supply and cheaper land than Marlborough and Hawke's Bay are attracting horticulture suppliers to the region. 

Vegetables NZ chair John Murphy says it's great to see things like Rockit apples grown in South Canterbury. 

He told Mike Hosking it will help achieve the goal of doubling export values, and new opportunit...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 18th of September, the police have dealt a huge, potentially fatal, blow to the Comancheros gang. 

Our kids aren't anywhere near as resilient as they used to be. So how do we fix it? 

Mark Mitchell and Ginny Andersen join for Politics Wednesday and discuss whether Nicole McKee is a thorn in the side for the Government. 

Get th...

There’s support from across the political aisle over a Police crackdown on the Comancheros gang. 

Nearly every member of the gang is facing criminal charges, showing the scale of operation to take out the Comancheros. 

Speaking to Mike Hosking, Police Minister Mark Mitchell is applauding Police efforts, and says it's outstanding Policing. 

Labour's Police spokesperson Ginny Andersen says...

There are concerns over young New Zealanders' ability to handle adversity. 

New figures show more than 21% of 15 to 24 year olds face psychological struggles. 

It's prompted calls for more to be done to build resilience in children, starting at early childhood centres through to high schools. 

Dr Felicia Low is behind the report and told Mike Hosking the numbers are deeply troubling.

New Zealand doesn’t seem to be the only country with a looming shortage of teachers. 

The Teaching Council's highlighting data that shows the number of students graduating as teachers has dropped by more than a third. 

Half as many people are signing up to become teachers as there were in 2010. 

Secondary Principals Association President Vaughan Couillault told Mike Hosking he's been hea...

Synlait could be going from the cream of the crop to skimming the edge of survival. 

Shareholders of the dairy processor are gathering at its Dunsandel site today to vote on a proposed $218 million capital raise. 

Board chair George Adams told Mike Hosking his confidence is high, and it would allow Synlait to move forward from the de-leveraging. 

He says they'll then focus on drawing the...

The most telling part of the release of the draft of our critical minerals list is that we have never as a country developed a comprehensive picture of our mineral needs and weaknesses. 

The obvious question is: why not? 

Part of a strong resilient economy is when you do things yourself. As a small country we can't do everything because we don’t have domestic heft. We don’t have a natural domestic ma...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 17th of September, the Government’s crime targets of 2030 are going backwards, but some tougher sentences hope to make up for that. 

Mike has uncovered a scandal at AUT, and he puts it to the Prime Minister as part of the weekly catch-up. 

Ryan Fox talks the year on the PGA Tour and if he's going back next year, provided he qualifies....

Questions are arising over the BBC's handling of disgraced broadcaster Huw Edwards' child abuse images case. 

The former news anchor has been given a suspended six-month sentence for soliciting indecent images of children. 

UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking the BBC still paid Edwards his salary after being arrested and has now asked for it to be paid back. 

He says there's a ...

You don’t have to be a professional golfer to know it’s an expensive sport. 

New Zealand’s highest-ranked men’s golfer, Ryan Fox, has lifted the lid on the pressures he’s faced this year dealing with a hip injury while working to retain his PGA Tour card for 2025. Despite the financial challenges, Fox emphasises that money isn’t the be-all and end-all of hi...

A dismal picture is being painted of our tamariki's health, with more being hospitalised for preventable diseases.  

A new Cure Kids report reveals unacceptably high hospitalisation rates for respiratory, skin and rheumatic conditions, mental health issues, and dental diseases. 

It finds Māori and Pasifika children and those from lower income households are disproportionately affected. 

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The Prime Minister is making no apologies for curtailing the civil rights of gang members. 

Documents show Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith initially rejected a police request to ban gang patches in the homes of repeat offenders, but then changed his mind.  

That's despite objections from his own ministry, Te Puni Kokiri, and the Privacy Commissioner. 

Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking ...

The first quarterly report on public service targets shows rates of people victimised have risen by 30 thousand people to the end of June. 

The government's goal is to reduce that by 20 thousand within the next six years.  

It's bringing sentencing law reforms to Parliament this week to reduce discounts and add aggravating factors. 

Crime Prevention Group President Sunny Kaushal told Mik...

Auckland Airport says it's had no shortage of interest in its $1.4 billion capital raise. 

It will use the money to drive down debt and upgrade the airport, runway, and other infrastructure dating back to the 1960s. 

The upgrade is expected to take about five years to complete. 

Auckland Airport Chief Executive Carrie Hurihanganui told Mike Hosking the capital raise had been signalled to...

When a Government has to issue an email directive the way they did on Friday over race, there is something profoundly wrong with the country.

Essentially it says the public service, whether on health, education, justice, welfare etc. - can not act on race.

It says they can't see race as an individual entitlement that allows services, or money, or support to be a determining criteria.

This is part of the coalition agreement - as dir...