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The Government's revealed progress is being made towards their mental health and addiction targets.
The latest data shows 80.3% of New Zealanders are accessing specialist mental health and addiction support within three weeks.
However, that percentage is carried by eight of the 20 regions, leaving behind Northland, Gisborne, and Canterbury.
Clinical Psychologist Dr Dougal Sutherland told Mike Hosking the access to...
A fresh blueprint has been developed to boost Dunedin's future.
Business South's new targets include delivering more than 15 thousand high-value jobs by 2034, welcoming 150 new businesses a year by 2029, and growing Māori-owned businesses by 129% in four years.
CEO Mike Collins says the goals may be stretched, but are going to be remarkable, with many motivated people backing the growth.
He told Mike Hosking th...
Pharmac believes it makes sense to leave the day-to-day stuff to Health NZ.
The Associate Health Minister and Minister Simeon Brown have jointly announced the national agency and drug-buyer can both procure medical devices.
Pharmac will focus on more-technical equipment —due to its level of clinical input and assessment— and Health NZ on bulk-buying standard items.
Pharmac Chair Paula Bennett told Mike Hosking it...
The Trade Minister says uncertainty around Donald Trump's tariffs is most concerning, following threats he'll impose a 100% tariff on all movies made outside the US.
The US President didn't confirm when or how it could be enacted in a post on social media, which followed an initial threat on foreign-produced movies in May.
Todd McClay told Mike Hosking he was in Malaysia last week with other trade ministers, who are all...
Donald Trump's proposed peace deal for Gaza is bringing some hope and optimism.
The deal would end the war, and requires all hostages to be returned, Israeli troops to be pulled out of Gaza, and would allow Trump to lead an interim Government.
It's being supported by our Foreign Minister Winston Peters as well as European and Middle Eastern leaders.
The Economist Middle East Correspondent Greg Carlstrom told Mike...
There's hopes that investment will flow into the energy sector once Government reforms are announced.
Energy Minister Simon Watts will unveil the changes this morning, targeting issues the market hasn’t been able to resolve on its own.
The Government ordered the review last year after gas supply issues and soaring wholesale prices.
Contact Energy CEO Mike Fuge told Mike Hosking the industry needs support for renew...
In a move you could have seen coming from the moment it was first announced, or if you couldn’t see it coming you hoped it would come, Auckland University has decided its Waipapa Taumata Rau course will now be optional instead of compulsory.
For a generation who have been appallingly let down over the Covid period by Government and education decisions, the Auckland University desire to force you into Māori courses seemed not ...
One of our brightest musical talents is making waves across the ditch, just in time for some new music to drop.
Cassie Henderson arrived on our screens in 2014, competing on X-Factor at 14 years old, and making it all the way to the quarterfinals.
She stepped away from music for a while, before returning to the industry in 2023, quitting her job to pursue music fulltime.
Since then, Henderson’s won awards, release...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 30th of September, the Government is changing the earthquake-prone building system in a common sense move for this country that will free up billions.
We also have new data on our health targets and they are going, slowly, in the right direction – Health Minister Simeon Brown unpacks the results.
Kiwi singer Cassie Henderson is in for a song and chat - ...
The Reserve Bank's conceded earlier or more aggressive OCR hikes may have reduced inflation sooner.
It's been reviewing its response to the recent three-year period of high inflation.
Chief Economist Paul Conway says the central bank was also required to maintain maximum sustainable employment.
It had limited data and less accurate forecasts due to Covid uncertainty.
ANZ Chief Economist Sharon Zollner told M...
Could a New Zealand-based team join the Big Bash T20 cricket competition?
NZC governing body chief executive Scott Weenink says they are investigating whether joining the Australian league is viable.
Cricket Australia is mulling over expansion options – Singapore, New Zealand, and Canberra have been deemed candidates.
Weenink told Mike Hosking they’ve been in talks for about a year about the potential of adding a ...
It appears other countries are still thirsty for our wine.
The New Zealand Winegrowers 2025 Annual Report states exports are sitting at more than $2 billion per annum, fuelling investment in 42-thousand hectares of vineyards.
The US remains the major export market despite a 3% drop at $762 million, and newer Asian markets are doing well.
NZ Winegrowers CEO Philip Gregan says balancing supply and demand, and growi...
Police scrapped millions of dollars from crime prevention to meet the Government's savings expectations ahead of this years' budget.
The cuts were found in funding to burglary prevention programmes.
Documents show Treasury had warned funding cuts could lead to higher cost and more crime in the longer term.
But Police chief operating officer Andrea Conlan says difficult decisions had to be made in order to be fisca...
The Health Minister acknowledges more work's needed to ensure the Government's targets are met in every region.
Data shows there's been improvements around cancer treatment access, childhood immunisation rates, ED stays, and wait times.
But regional averages paint a different picture, with Counties Manukau and Auckland going backwards in ED wait times.
Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking that decrease is due to localiz...
The Building and Construction Minister says new earthquake building rules are more nuanced.
Changes to the rules will remove Auckland, Northland, and the Chatham Islands from the regime.
Coastal Otago, including Dunedin, will be classified as a medium seismic hazard area, and will remain within the earthquake-prone building system
Building Minister Chris Penk says the rules are ultimately designed to protect life. ...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday the 26th of September, the Corrections Association speak on almost running out of money already due to growing prisoner numbers.
The Prime Minister joins for his regular Monday chat to talk the Palestine call and power reform coming this week.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine cover off the All Blacks test, the netball and plenty of other non-related sport chat too!
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If you watched Winston Peters speech in New York late Saturday morning you can see why he did so well last week in the Herald's boardroom feedback.
For the bloke who has been the epitome of aggro and grumpiness, in his better moments he is as good a foreign minister as this country has ever had.
Politically, the announcement and its build-up got dragged out way longer than it ever needed to and therefore took up too much oxygen at ...
Jason Pine and Andrew Saville join Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the weekend's sports.
On the table today: The AFL semi finals draw 100,000 fans to each game.
Liam Lawson finished 5th in Baku to secure his best ever finish in F1.
And what should the Black Ferns take away from their defeat in the Rugy World Cup semi finals?
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The Prime Minister says Winston Peters has articulated New Zealand's position on Gaza well.
Over the weekend the Foreign Minister announced that New Zealand would NOT recognise Palestinian statehood, yet.
Chris Luxon says Hamas is the de facto government and a designated terrorist organisation in New Zealand.
He told Mike Hosking that New Zealand's also called out the excessive response of Israel.
Luxo...
The Kiwi dollar continues to weaken against the Australian dollar, hitting a three-year low last week.
The NZD is currently trading at 88 cents off the back of soft GDP growth and rate cuts, and concerns are raising as China's economic rebound could widen the gap further.
Investment director for Craigs investment partners Mark Lister told Mike Hosking that New Zealand's rate cuts are having a stronger impact on the economy than Aus...
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