The Mike Hosking Breakfast

First, a quick question on the Oxford Union.

We thought it was a thing when David Lange turned up all those years ago, but since then Willie Jackson, David Seymour and now Winston Peters have appeared.

So does that diminish its exclusiveness?

Anyway here's what Winston Peters argued - that courts here undermine democracy. God bless that man and may he spread that message far and wide.

Just last week's Marine and Coastal Amendment B...

Liam Lawson endured another tough weekend at the Mexican Grand Prix. 

After narrowly missing marshals who were stood on the track, he was forced to retire on the opening lap following a collision with Williams driver Carlos Sainz.

This marks Lawson's 5th DNF of the season, and it comes as Red Bull are expected to make an announcement on their driver line-up next year.

Bob McMurray told Mike Hosking that all the junior drivers ...

The Government is throwing it's weight behind aged care reform. 

A ministerial advisory group has been established to review the outdated funding model, which currently costs $2.5billion a year. 

Chief Executive of the Aged Care Association Tracey Martin told Mike Hosking that the government is ready to make progress instead of writing more paperwork. 

'The announcement that has been made recently is the first true a...

The Prime Minister's set to finalise a deal strengthening our diplomatic and trading ties with 11 South East Asian countries, as he meets with leaders in Malaysia.

Chris Luxon is in Kuala Lumpur for the ASEAN summit and will finalise a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the association.

He's then off to South Korea, for the APEC summit later this week.

Luxon told Mike Hosking that we will be only one of seven countries with t...

Arrests have been made following last week's Louvre heist. 

Thieves stole an array of valuable jewels, worth $177million NZD, including a crown belonging to the wife of Napoleon III.

Newstalk ZB reporter in Paris Catherine Field told Mike Hosking that the thieves arrested were not masterminds, and were known to police. 

'They knew that these two were part of the gang, but they knew that they weren't the mastermind.'

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It's set to get easier for New Zealand businesses trading in South East Asia, as the Prime Minister's in Malaysia to finalise a regional deal.

Chris Luxon is in Kuala Lumpur for the ASEAN summit and will finalise a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the association.

ASEAN has 11 member countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Laos.

Trade Minister Todd McClay told Mike Hosking that it can be difficult for kiwi busin...

Queenstown is now just 5% shy of pre-COVID levels. 

Records show that there were 192,000 international arrivals between January and August, up 14% on 2024.

Australia continues to dominate the market, making up 40% of all visitors to the region. 

Chief Executive of Tourism NZ Rene de Monchy told Mike Hosking that, 'the outlook for summer is actually really positive is what we're hearing from operators across the board.'

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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.

Judith Collins: 7/10

Her open letter to all of us this week revealed a few excellent home truths about unions, with the prize going to their obsession with Palestine over kid's education.

Labour's election policies: 2/10

It seems almost impossible to believe you could roll some simple ideas out as badly as that.

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday the 24th of October, Sir Brian Roache on the so-called "mega strike" and whether it changed anything, at all.

Joseph Parker joins from London ahead of his fight against Fabio Wardley.

Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson talk changing careers at a late age and the strike.

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Heavyweight boxing moves to London on Sunday morning.

Joseph Parker is back in the ring taking on Fabio Wardley, a boxer from London who only took up the sport at age 20.

A win would put Parker firmly in line for a shot at the undisputed world heavy weight title against Oleksander Usyk.

Parker told Mike Hosking, 'I'm in proper good shape for a good fight this weekend.'

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Attack coach Jason Holland will be stepping down after the northern tour, when his contract ends. 

This is the second high-profile exit under Scott Robertson, following Leon MacDonald's departure after just three test matches last year. 

Former All Black Justin Marshall told Mike Hosking that the departure was a personal decision, not something motivated by back-stage scandals. 

"Jason has his reasons for moving on, ...

Ahead of the long weekend let's give the Labour Party a report card for their policy week.

It will be one of the few report cards this week because we actually turned up to work.

So overall a 'C-' for presentation. They had two years to organise this, to make a splash, to grab the headlines and run with them.

Policy one didn’t have any detail so it was just a thought bubble.

Policy two was forgotten about, or sneakily given to a ma...

A view Australia's recent military alliance with Papua New Guinea could be the springboard for a wider 'Pacific Eyes' alliance.

Australian think-tank Lowy Institute's proposing an intelligence sharing agreement between us, Australia, PNG and Fiji to counter China's influence in the region.

It claims it'd also help tackle trans-national crime and climate-related disasters.

Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp says it would be a tough ...

The Public Services Commissioner Sir Brian Roche is keeping focused on the push for a deal with the thousands of health, education, and public sector strikers. 

Thousands downed tools across the country yesterday, taking to the streets demanding better pay and working conditions. 

Roche told Mike Hosking he wasn't moved by yesterday's scenes, adding they saw what was expected and people got it our of their systems.

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New Zealand's economy could look to benefit from Fonterra’s proposed sale.

The proposed sale of Anchor and Mainland brands to French company Lactalis could unlock around 4.5 billion in additional spending.

ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley says they estimate around 60 percent of shareholding farms could receive at least 200-thousand dollars.

He says the likely pay out would happen in the first half of next year, so after then,  ...

Ah the lament.

Poor, old RNZ's obituary of the climate-related disclosures (CRD) makes you weep.

"New Zealand guts climate policy it bragged about to the world".

That's their headline.

What's misleading about the headline is the Government who “gutted” it isn't the Government who bragged about it.

As for the gutting and the world leading - "world leading" in what sense? We were simply the first to the line with a pointless idea.

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday the 23rd of October, deputy Prime Minister David Seymour takes questions on the mega strike today.

The European Union Ambassador to New Zealand Lawrence Meredith talks a new business summit to explore more FTA options with the EU.

New Air NZ CEO Nikhil Ravishankar gives his first interview as CEO and details how he will handle the top job and turn the airline around.

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Auckland's playing host to a landmark business summit between New Zealand and the European Union.

Minister of Trade and Investment Todd McClay will meet with senior European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and 400 top business and political leaders.

It's the first high-level business summit between New Zealand and the EU.

EU Ambassador to New Zealand, Lawrence Meredith says there are plenty of meaty issues on the table.

He says Agritec...