The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Ricardo Menendez March and teachers. 

Let me join a couple of dots. And the glue for the dots are standards, or lack of them. 

If you don’t have standards you end up with teachers who can't pass NCEA Level 1, and you end up with people like March using the F-word in Parliament. 

The F-word is not the end of the world, but it is indicative of the modern day outworkings of an institutio...

Keep New Zealand Beautiful claims it's been treated unfairly by the Ministry for the Environment. 

CEO Heather Saunderson alleges bullying by the Ministry, and the entire team has resigned. 

She claims ministers —past and present— have refused to meet them, there's been a lack of consultation, and funding has been withheld. 

Saunderson told Mike Hosking that other organisations that a...

New Caledonia's State of Emergency has lifted after two weeks of unrest.  

Fewer than 20 New Zealanders are still there and wanting to come home, with one more flight today.  

French President Emmanuel Macron has travelled to the French island territory and says lifting it allows political dialogue.  

France correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking that all he seems to have ach...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 28th of May, cancer services in the lower North Island are at critical levels, and trains in the Wairarapa are on schedule only 25% of the time. But hey, at least that's up from February’s 5%! 

The Prime Minister talks the Budget, whether he is sick of deal...

The future of cars is becoming increasingly complex. 

EVs, BEVs, and PHEVs have been pushed as the vehicles of the future, and yet there’s been an increasing number of major producers backtracking on the promise to go electric. 

The idea that the internal combustion engine will no longer be produced by 2030 seems to be out of reach. 

Kay Hart, the President of International Markets Gr...

Looks to be years to go until Wairarapa trains are back-on-track. 

Only 22.5% of Wairarapa trains arrived within five minutes of being on schedule in April. slightly improving from February's 5%. 

Trains have also been slowed due to track issues. 

Greater Wellington Regional Council Transport Committee Chair Thomas Nash told Mike Hosking that both the track and trains are too old, but...

The level of the public service cuts needed to fund the Government’s tax cuts is becoming clear with more than 240 programmes scaled down or scrapped in Budget 2024. 

Finance Minister Nicola Willis also revealed yesterday the Government’s drive to reduce public service spending could lead to 3900 job cuts, comprising about 2750 currently filled roles and about 1150 vacancies. 

The Prime Minister sa...

There's been another push for students to be paid while on placement. 

Paid Placements Aotearoa's presenting a petition with more than 16,000 signatures to Parliament today, asking for paid placements to be reinstated. 

It's focused on students in healthcare, education, and social work. 

Campaign lead Bex Howells told Mike Hosking that it's normal for students to be working 40 hours, ...

A doctor at Palmerston North's Regional Cancer Treatment Service says it's holding on by the skin of its teeth.  

Oncologist Richard Isaacs says Te Whatu Ora has not approved new staff, despite a 2022 review saying it needed significantly more.  

He told Mike Hosking that the situation is just getting worse as more senior staff reduce their hours.  

Isaacs says finances are blocking T...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 27th of May, we talk to the teachers and Education Minister Erica Stanford on the major investment for more teachers.

The theme for the morning was just how many people had significant careers before switching mid-career to being a teacher!

Guy Heveldt and Andrew Saville cover the sport, including James Preston breaking Sir Peter Snell's 800m record, the oldest runnin...

Kiwi middle-distance runner James Preston has made a bit of history.

He’s broken Sir Peter Snell’s national 800-metre record of 1:44.3 seconds — Preston ran it in 1:44.04 in Germany.

That eclipsed the longest-standing New Zealand athletics record in the books and set a qualifying time for the Paris Olympics.

James Preston joined Mike Hosking.

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Former President Donald Trump was loudly and consistently booed throughout his speech Saturday at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, particularly when he asked attendees to “nominate me or at least vote for me.”

The heckling began the moment the former president took the stage, and some of his supporters in the room tried to drown out the boos with chants of “We want Trump.”

“Now I think you should nominate me or at lea...

Welcome to the week of the tax cut.

The thing for me is it's more about the symbolism than the money.

I have no idea if I get anything at all and whatever we do get isn't going to pay for three weeks on the Amalfi Coast in July. But that's not the point.

The point is that somewhere along the way the mindset of keeping as much of your money as possible was stolen and replace...

An Associate Justice Minister says gun owners need to be proactive when seeking help for mental health.

Firearm owners say they aren't reaching out when struggling for fear their firearms could be taken away by police.

Nicole McKee — herself a former head of the country's Council of Licensed Firearms Owners — told Mike Hosking gun owners shouldn't be holding back from getting treatment.

A secondary principals leader says new money to recruit teachers is a good move.

Education Minister Erica Stanford's announced a $53 million package to train and recruit 1500 teachers over four years.

It includes establishing 1200 places for aspiring teachers to learn on the job, and funding to recruit overseas.

Secondary Principals Association president Vaughan Couillault ...

The UK Prime Minister's proposed mandatory national service is being called a misstep.

If re-elected on July 4, the Conservative Party will make 18-year-olds participate for 12 months in a military placement or one weekend a month of community service.

Former New Zealand Defence Minister Wayne Mapp told Mike Hosking the roughly $5 billion plan is the wrong approach.

He doub...

A union hopes Thursday's Budget will fix longstanding issues with St John's resourcing.

A Coroner suggests the ambulance service lobby the Government for more funding after an Auckland man watched his wife die despite calling 111 five times.

First Union national organiser Faye McCann told Mike Hosking the crucial service should be fully funded by the Government — and not have to be a char...

The Education Minister says there needs to be more aspiring teachers training in the classroom.

The Government's made a pre-Budget announcement of $53 million to train and recruit 1500 teachers over four years.

It includes 1200 places for aspiring teachers to learn on the job and funding to recruit overseas.

Education Minister Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking she's also doi...