Mark the Week: The World Cup is a massive success

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. 

ACT: 8/10 

A lot has yet to unfold but the Paul Henry move, so far, looks like a stroke of political genius. 

NZ Inc: 7/10 

An encouraging week with manufacturing, services, and confidence all up. Slowly but surely. 

The World Cup: 8/10 

There isn't an economically associated story I have seen that hasn’t been glowing and/or upbeat about it. It's a massive success. 

Brendon McCullum: 6/10 

On balance, he's been a net gain for England cricket, and he has kept 66% of the jobs. 

Keir Starmer: 4/10 

To hear him leave was an exercise in self-important gibberish. He lasted five minutes and cocked it up to the point they knifed him. Give the man the Legion of Honour... 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Time now to make the week little piece of news
and current events. It's as popular as the headspace the
Iranians are currently occupying in Trump's brain in Zidinc Seven.
Encouraging week. I heard Gareth Kernan earlier, but manufacturing services
confidence all up slowly butturely, ain't slowly, but surely Mody. Eight.
That was quite the thing in a world where many
leaders are disliked, of not hated, Mody paksis stadium like.

(00:20):
He's Olivia Rodrigo and there is a bottom line for
us and an upside as well, so it's all good.
Act eight. I think there is a perception problem a
lot of us, well, a lot of it's yet to unfold.
But I tell you what, the Paul Henry move this
week so far looks like a stroke of political genius,
doesn't it, Paul Henry himself. Seven. What I would not
like to see is a really strong New Zealand. First.
You know what I like people who don't need to
do stuff, doing stuff that's laudable. The World Cup. Eight.

(00:45):
There isn't an economically associated story I have read, and
I've read many now that hasn't been glowing and or
upbeat about it all. It has been a massive success
Construction six. Read Tony Alexander's analysis this week. No, it
is not a boom, he says, but the ingredients are
the post election for some hammerster fly. So I was
encouraged by that. Cathaypis Sophia. More flights and seats into

(01:09):
christ Church are more than counters Hawaii's or Hawaiian's cancelation
of Auckland to Honolulu hashtags wings and runabout. Matthew Paynes eight.
I mean that guy is now leading in just his
third year the Supercar's Championship. He's not only doing well,
he's leading the whole championship. Brendan McCullum six. On balance,
he's been a nit gain I reckon for England cricket

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and he's kept sixty six percent of his jobs. And
that's the class half full wave of looking at that
school holiday six. Who doesn't know? Here's the quest who
doesn't know? Eleven people who weren't in the office this week.
It's been ridiculous. The DHL exporters report this week seven
headline read like it was a war zone. And yet
look at how we're actually doing. Maybe we're good when
the going gets tough. Maybe that's the message z Energy seven.

(01:52):
Release the paperwork the PM last over the climate law
change and blow me down. If there isn't anything to see,
presumably those who got all breathless can now stand on
Starma four goodbye. Yeah to hear him leave was an
exercise and self important gibberish. He lasted five minutes, cocked
it up to the point they knifed him. Give the
man the legion of honor. The ab seven two from
two first real tests of the season. Count wait the

(02:15):
worries at the worst at home for the first time
in a while, to slay a dragon and continue making
this our year exactly. And that's the week copies on
the website. New stats show, by the way, that marking
the week played at least some role in seventy six
percent of school holiday programs over the last two weeks.
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