The Mike Hosking Breakfast

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. 

David MacLeod: 2/10 

Aaah paperwork aye? How to cock it up when you are barely out of the blocks. 

Shane Jones: 7/10

Living his best life on the West Coast, bringing back life to the coast with mining. 

Despite the cost-of-living crisis, one industry seemingly not hit is that of the pollster. 

There are new numbers out this week on AI. 

AI is changing the world, upending the world, taking your job, re-organising your life... or it might do none of that. 

But according to PWC's first global AI jobs survey it will solve our productivity problem. 

This is good because this...

New Zealand’s tech industry continues to grow. 

It’s the second fastest growing industry in the country, the tech industry being a quickly growing industry across the world. 

Pat Kenealy, former Global CEO of IDG and Partner at Ridge Ventures, is a venture capitalist. 

A venture capitalist takes capital from institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies and inv...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 24th of May, former Finance Minister Steven Joyce discussed the bullishness of the Government's speeches ahead of the Budget now that they have the money for tax cuts.   

Mike has found an unusual candidate for the Tauranga mayoralty in the form of Chudleigh Haggett. 

Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson Wrapped the Week and survey results for this...

Alarm bells continue to be raised over the high number of vape stores within the community. 

Canterbury University research shows there are far more specialist vape shops situated in our most deprived neighbourhoods than anywhere else. 

Researcher Matt Hobbs told Mike Hosking that 30% are also within 400-metres of a school, and just over 70% are within 800-metres. 

He says vape-stores...

There’s a view it's not all teachers' fault for low pass rates in high school.  

New research has found a quarter of new primary school teachers failed maths and more than half failed science at NCEA Level One.  

More than half who pursued Level Two maths also failed. 

The Teaching Council's calling for more investment and widespread changes to how teachers are prepared for the classr...

No one is likely to be completely satisfied with next week's Budget. 

The public sector cutbacks have been continuing in the past 24 hours, with MSD confirming it's now cutting more than 700 roles and DOC confirming it will have more than 120 fewer staff. 

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says more spending cuts will be necessary due to the ongoing structural deficit. 

Former Finance Mi...

The energy sector's viewing Shane Jones' vision for New Zealand's minerals as a common-sense approach. 

The Resources Minister's announced a draft strategy which would see a critical minerals list for the country produced, and a detailed stock-take made of the country's known mineral potential.

He wants to double export value within a decade from $1 billion to $2 billion. 

Energy Reso...

Owning a car is getting more and more expensive. 

Online Insurance Platform Quashed reported a 40% increase in average comprehensive and third-party quotes over the last year.  

Stats NZ is reporting a 22.6% overall. 

Consumer NZ CEO John Duffy told Mike Hosking that there’s a lot of causes behind this, but a big one is unforeseen weather events such as Cyclone Gabrielle. 

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed a general election will take place July 4th.  

It comes as the ruling Conservative party trails Labour by 20 points in the polls.  

UK political commentator Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking that despite that, Labour's not in a good position with its deputy being investigated by police and split views over Gaza.  

He says they're also in trouble ...

An industry in reportage appears to have sprouted. 

Never before have I seen such coverage of what the Government is being told about their new polices and how said polices are no good. 

What might be a bit misleading about all this reportage, apart from its increasing volume, is none of it is news. 

Everything from the Oranga Tamariki 7AA repeal, to the fast-track law, to the Waitang...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 23rd of May, Finance Minister Nicola Willis reacted to the Reserve Bank's updated forecast. 

Speaking of, Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr explained his position and whether the option of raising rates was just a threat or a realistic move. 

IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin was on after getting pole for the Indy 500 for a chat with Mike abou...

Scott McLaughlin is in the best possible position for the upcoming Indy 500. 

The Kiwi driver is sitting in pole position, first on the starting grid with a record-setting time. 

With the race set for Monday morning New Zealand time, McLaughlin has been spending the week preparing for what’s set to be an intense race. 

The Indy 500 has a unique qualifying system, with the fastest 12 d...

The Reserve Bank governor says the Monetary Policy Committee spent considerable time discussing the possibility of hiking the Official Cash Rate.  

It has again held the Official Cash Rate at 5.5%, where it's been for a year.  

Inflation has fallen to 4%, but is still above the target of a 1-3% band.  

Adrian Orr told Mike Hosking that the talk about hiking the OCR is real.

A new bill that would allow consumers to share their data with companies hopes to give people more power. 

The Consumer and Product Data Bill has been introduced to Parliament. 

It aims to prevent scams and encourage competition in banking, insurance, and telecommunications companies. 

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly told Mike Hosking that it would be the start of ...

The Finance Minister says the economy is in a very painful spot for many people.  

The Reserve Bank has again held the OCR at 5.5%, where it's been for a year.  

It means interest rates may have to stay higher for longer.  

Minister Nicola Willis told Mike Hosking that the Government's made it clear Adrian Orr needs to get inflation back into the target band.  

She says ...

There are claims extracting our own minerals can build the country's resilience from geopolitical vulnerabilities. 

Resources Minister Shane Jones's launching a draft strategy for the mineral sector today and will be announced in the West Coast's coal-mining district. 

He says it'll highlight critical and rare earth minerals, such as titanium and antinomy. 

Jones told Mike Hosking tha...

Even our sports are being impacted by the rising costs and turbulent economy. 

South Canterbury Rugby Union have had to pull out of the Ranfurly Shield as they can’t afford to play. 

CEO Tim Hyde-Smith told Mike Hosking that it would cost them about $50,000 to get up to Hawke’s Bay to challenge the Magpies for the shield, of which they only managed to raise 30%. 

He said that they’d b...