The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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We got the press release recently from the Restaurant Association where they said there were flat sales, cost pressures and regional divergence was the theme.
I have changed my mind a bit on hospitality.
More broadly, I wonder whether there are too many vested interests in this country who get in the way of real progress.
The hospitality story has been a long, arduous and well told one.
We hear hospitality is shot, hospitality is a...
The problem with committing to things that may well come back to haunt you, is down the track, at some point, the mistake starts to hit you in the face a bit and some hard decisions are required.
My sense of it is we have become too reliant on pine trees to meet the Paris climate target.
The sheep farmers have worked that out as the protests around land conversion have once again been reignited, with posters put up by t...
Warriors legend Shaun Johnson will be back on our screens – this time, without a rugby ball in hand.
He’s supercharging his fledgling media career, fronting a new weekly TV show dedicated to the analysis of rugby league.
Johnson signed a new deal with Sky TV for ‘League Lounge’, which launches Wednesday, and will broadcast on Sky and Sky Sport Now, with delayed release on Sky Open and YouTube.
He told Mike Hoskin...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 10th of June, it's good news Tuesday, so we have good news on our teaching numbers, business sales, and tourism.
But there’s bad news regarding corruption – we are way too complacent, and a new report suggests organised crime is corrupting our officials at a lot of different levels.
Warriors legend Shaun Johnson has a new midweek league show coming out, so we t...
Now is the time to sell your business.
According to ABC Business Sales, the number of buyers enquiring about purchases is up 30%.
Demand is currently outstripping supply, as new listings are down 10% on last year.
CEO Chris Small told Mike Hosking much of the interest is led by migrants, and hospitality, services, and construction are the three sectors people are primarily looking to buy in.
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Solar energy company Lodestone is expanding to the South Island.
It's constructing a solar farm in Canterbury's Clandeboye, with first generation expected next year.
It will generate 43 gigawatt hours of renewable electricity annually, similar to the company's sites in the Upper North Island.
Managing Director Gary Holden told Mike Hosking there are six more consented sites in their portfolio.
He says they'r...
Outgoing New Zealand Rugby boss Mark Robinson believes he's leaving the game in a better place than he found it.
He's confirmed he will leave the job at the end of the year, bringing to an end a six-year tenure that started just before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Robinson says he's proud of what's been achieved during a turbulent period.
He told Mike Hosking that the next six months are critical for their role both dom...
A tick of approval for the Government's new tourism funding boost, aiming to generate an extra $300 million in spending.
Minister Louise Upston's announced a $13.5 million injection into Tourism New Zealand, targeting markets in Australia, the US and China.
It's hoping to bring an extra 72 thousand visitors over coming years.
Tourism Holdings CEO Grant Webster told Mike Hosking it'll provide recovery from the pos...
New Zealand's heading down a precarious road of corruption, with organised crime networks targeting our institutions and borders.
An independent advisory panel on Transnational Crime says we need to take urgent action.
It says police officers, immigration officials, and private sector employees are facilitating corruption.
Group chair Steve Symon told Mike Hosking they talked to senior officials in enforcement ...
The Education Minister says several factors are at play in making teaching an increasingly attractive career option.
New figures released to Newstalk ZB show the teaching workforce increased 2.5% last year – the largest annual increase since records began back in 2009.
First-time enrolments in teaching courses are also up, 6.3%.
Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking the Government's doing several things to attract and ...
The government will allow a 'Parent Boost' visa from September.
It will grant parents of citizens multi-entry access for five years, with the opportunity for renewal once - meaning they could hold the visa for 10 years.
Applicants will also need to meet specific health, income, and insurance requirements.
NZ Immigration Principal Consultant Katy Armstrong says New Zealand's not always just a skip across the ditch....
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 9th of June, the Government is making changes to parent visas so will this actually change anything? Will it help bring in the people we need?
The Prime Minister is in for a chat about our ferries, our gas (or lack of it) and when some of the changes they've promised will actually come into effect.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine cover off the Super Rugby pl...
Large-scale protests have erupted in Los Angeles in response to ICE deportations set up by President Trump to crack down on illegal immigrants.
The National Guard has now been deployed to LA by The President to assist the local police and riot squads in stopping the protests.
A third of the people living in Los Angeles were born outside of the USA, with many hailing from Central and South America.
President Trump ...
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Mike Hoskings and Prime Minister Chris Luxon sat down in the studio this morning for a discussion on electricity and gas in New Zealand.
“The oil and gas ban was one of the dumbest, most insanest moves I’ve seen happen.” said the PM this morning.
According to Luxon, New Zealand must steer back away from coal in favour of gas as a source of energy. “We’re the only country I’m aware of in the world that’s actually transitioning from ...
The polling industry, whose only answer to fairly obvious questions seems to be “this is just a snapshot in time”, may have trouble explaining the past week of polling in this country.
There was one on Tuesday night and one on Wednesday morning. They have completely different results.
One has Luxon as the most popular leader.
One has Hipkins as the most popular leader.
One has National leading Labour.
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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.
David Seymour: 7/10
In Britain, debating as we speak. But last weekend he ascended to Deputy Prime Minister and gave an excellent speech about what our country can be. It was uplifting, and uplifting is good.
Chris Bishop: 7/10
Was at the music awards and expressed an opinion....
I've struggled with a couple of authors this week – Jacinda Ardern and Jake Tapper.
What I struggle with is one of them is making money out of the fact they made an astonishing hash of their job, quit, bailed out of the country and is now collecting money for retelling what happened in a way that would suggest no carnage was left behind.
The other is making money by exposing what he watched unfold in front of his eyes f...
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