The Mike Hosking Breakfast

France has been plunged into a fresh political crisis, with MPs voting to oust the prime minister. 

The BBC reports Francois Bayrou called the surprise vote of confidence on himself after huge opposition to his budget plans. 

France's National Assembly voted by 364 votes to 194 to eject him from office, and bring down his minority government.  

President Emmanuel Macron now faces a choice between calling a snap elect...

What does it take to achieve excellence? 

James Laughlin is a 7 time world champion drummer, a high-performance leadership trainer, and the mental skills coach for Canterbury Rugby.  

He's written a book, ‘Habits for High Performers’, distilling his approach to life into a book that’s shot to #1 on the Book Scan List, and comes highly recommended by the likes of Sir John Key and Sam Whitelock. 

The book contains 27 s...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 9th of September, Police Commissioner Richard Chambers and Police Minister Mark Mitchell discuss the successful operation to find Tom Phillips’ kids and the police officer who was shot in the process. 

Sir Brian Roche details his disappointment in the unions for rejecting yet another pay offer, and what they say is the issue. 

High performance coach James Laughli...

Rents are falling, with the national average hitting the lowest point since September of 2023. 

It’s sitting at $628, with Wellington being hit the hardest, with a drop of 11.8%, while Auckland fell 2.3%.  

New rental listings also surged 16% year on year, with 6,700 in August. 

Aspire Property Managing Director Mike Atkinson told Mike Hosking Wellington in particular is facing some specific economic challenges, as w...

The New Zealand Super Fund has bucked economic trends. 

It's generated returns of nearly 12% over the past year, growing to $85 billion, and it’s suggested it will reach $100 billion by 2028. 

CEO Jo Townsend told Mike Hosking that despite the ever-increasing amount of uncertainty in the world, markets have been incredibly strong over the last five years. 

She says it goes to show it’s almost impossible to pick what ...

Police Minister Mark Mitchell says officers faced a difficult and complex situation bringing an end to Tom Phillips's time on the run. 

He was shot dead by Police in the early hours of yesterday on a rural Waikato road following a burglary. 

An injured officer, who was shot multiple times, remains in Waikato Hospital and is facing a number of surgeries. 

One of his three children was with Phillips, the remaining two ...

Recent pay offers to teachers are seen by the Public Service Commissioner as entirely reasonable. 

Primary teachers decided to reject its latest offer, while PPTA members are voting on the revised one. 

It includes increasing the number of days secondary teachers can be called back to work outside of term time. 

Commissioner Sir Brian Roche told Mike Hosking they have the ability to call them back for 10 more days a ...

The Police Commissioner says they're very relieved to have safely recovered the children of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips after nearly four years. 

He was shot dead by Police in the early hours of yesterday on a rural Waikato road following a burglary. 

One child was with him, the two others were found in the afternoon at a remote campsite. 

Richard Chambers told Mike Hosking it took them a while to recover the chil...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 8th of September, NZ First leader Winston Peters speaks after his party conference over the weekend.

Scott 'Razor' Robertson is on the show on a Monday after an incredible win over the Springboks at Eden Park.
 
Jason Pine and Andrew Saville discuss the All Blacks win, the Warriors loss and buildup to the playoffs and the first "Sunday" football in the NFL.

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What a contrast Saturday night was.

At Eden Park the rugby as good as you could possibly want.

For all the hype and worry of the week, the All Blacks reminded us that when it all comes together, when it really matters and records of significance are on the line, there is no side in the world that can touch them.

We won well. We never looked like we would lose and when you know you are that good there is no reason to believe you won...

Jason Pine and Andrew Saville join Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the weekend's sports.

On the table today: The All Blacks have defeated South Africa to defend their unbeaten streak at Eden Park.

The Wallabies have narrowly defeated Argentina after scoring a try 6 minutes after full time.

And the Warriors have suffered another loss ahead of their game against the Panthers later this week.

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The Prime Minister's surprised Labour lost in the Tamaki Makaurau by-election. 

Te Pati Maori's Oriini Kaipara won the seat over Peeni Henare by three thousand votes. 

The by-election was triggered by the death of MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp.

Total turnout was around 27.1 percent. 

Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking he thought Labour would trounce Te Pati Maori, as they've had no policies and have only been criticising.

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A colourful makeover coming for Auckland's Paremoremo prison unit which houses the country's most dangerous criminals, won't be anything too flashy.

In a bid to lift its oppressive conditions, the Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit is receiving a fresh paint job with colourful designs and shapes.

It follows a Chief Ombudsman report raising concerns of human rights abuse.

Corrections Custodial Services Commissioner Leigh Marsh says it w...

The New Zealand First election campaign may have begun, and Winston Peters believes the party is marching forward with practical solutions.

MPs and supporters gathered in Palmerston North over the weekend for the party's annual conference.

Members discussed 55 remits, which could end up being policy proposals in next year's election campaign.

Party Leader Winston Peters told Mike Hosking NZ First is compellingly different from othe...

Belief the health sector should set targets for all elective surgeries to ensure wait times are reduced fairly.

The Government's exceeded its half-year target, by delivering more than 16-thousand extra operations before the end of June. 

The overall waitlist has also dropped by nine percent.

General surgeon Chris Wakeman told Mike Hosking targets are a good manoeuvre - but they do have their downfalls.

He's worried staff won't...

We have all seen it. I have seen it a good number of times. 

The café that was exemplary, sold, the new owner changes the menu, brings in a few kids to serve, and then wonders why six months later they are out of business. 

As the hospitality people yet again told their tale of woe, and do not get me wrong, times have been tight and many an outlet has struggled, but as the new numbers got rolled out for the obligatory hea...

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. 

The Chinese parade: 8/10 

Forget politics. As a “thing”, as a spectacle, as a “can you believe how in time those goose steppers are?”, it was spellbinding. 

Helen Clark and John Key and Dan Andrews and Bob Carr: 4/10 

On balance, given what it was really about, I think it was a m...

From the old "cart before the horse" department are two setbacks for ideas we thought were going to work, or perhaps we hoped were going to work, but aren't. 

Idea 1: We get big tech to pay for locally produced news. 

That’s Google paying NZME for news that ends up on their news feed. 

To a degree, deals had been done specifically between some companies, but the Government had the idea that as part of their "supporti...