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August 28, 2025 2 mins

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. 

 

New Zealand: 7/10 

We're the 3rd safest country in the world and about to outgrow Australia. How's that for openers? 

 

Horticulture NZ: 7/10 

Their plan is to double export returns within 10 years. That’s the sort of attitude that turns tides. More please. 

 

Sean O'Loughlin: 8/10 

My hero of the week. He took Auckland Transport to court and won. Brains - 1. Arrogance - nil. 

 

Nicola vs Tory: 6/10 

Who doesn’t love a bitch slap? And who doesn’t think Nicola has an excellent point? 

 

Principals: 4/10 

Or at least the ones who wrote to the Education Minister asking for her to stop her reforms. In that letter is so much that’s wrong with education – people overseeing failure and yet not wanting change. 

 

Putin: 3/10 

You forgot that, didn’t you? Where is the meeting? Where is the place? Where is the date? Did Trump get stiffed? 

 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Time now to mark the weekly little piece of news
and current events. It's as popular as a booklet. Rapid
fashion week are in Z seven as in New Zealand seven,
third safest country in the world and about to outgrow Australia.
I mean, how's that for open? Is the worry is seven?
More reason for hope two to go a decent winternight.
It's the shabby old fourteenth place deals for goodness sake,
how bad can it be? Exactly? Retail spending six up

(00:24):
and with it just the vent of the second quarter
may not have been as bad as many thought. Horticulture
New Zealand seven now their plan to double export returns
within ten years. That's the sort of attitude that turns
TI its more. Please Major events fun seven now the
dormant events industry leads to empty hotel rooms, as we've
been told this week, So stand by for the reognition
of that foreign buying houses or foreigners buying houses. Eight.

(00:47):
The final piece in the immigration visa get money and
jobs and culture into the country puzzle. Stand by for
the announcements quickly. Equeen the Sugia six as in Paris
as an is mate bottas another team more intriguing in
the season. Resumes, of course this week and at Zandford,
so I'm super excited about that. SHAWNA. Laughlin ate, Shawn's

(01:08):
my hero of the week. He took at to Courtney
one brain's one arrogance, Nil Nicola v Tory six? Who
doesn't love a bitch slap? And who doesn't think Nikola
has an excellent point on that A Principles four or
at least the ones who wrote to the Education minister
asking for her to stop her reforms. I mean in
that letter is so much that's wrong with education. People
are over seeing failure and yet not wanting change. Putin three,

(01:30):
I know what the hell I'm doing? You forgot that one,
didn't you A? Where's the meeting? Where's the place? Where's
the time, where's the venue? Where's the date? Did Trump
get stiffed? Don't think you might have skiing four for
Glenn Sare. I would argue we have had, or at
least some of us have had. I reckon a superb winter, long,
clear blue sunny days, but they weren't from the south,

(01:51):
of course, and the South brings the snow, and they
hasn't been much of that. Travis and the Missus eight.
I mean, here's the plane, the Elton comes out, he
wins the super Bowl, the marriage is solved to vanity fare,
and we all live happily ever after. I think that's
how it goes, isn't. And that's the week. Copies on
the website and good news because of the value of
marking the week, and for all those of you that
ship copies to the States, this is not affected by
the Deminimus issues. For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast,

(02:14):
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