The Mike Hosking Breakfast

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...

Tornado season is off to a wild start in the American Midwest. 

Multiple towns in Iowa have been devastated by storms, the small town of Greenfield basically flattened overnight. 

At least 35 are injured and five dead. 

Across the border in Mexico, a political rally was hit by a freak wind, killing nine and injuring 54 when the stage collapsed. 

US Correspondent Richard ...

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 MacLeod: 2/10 

Aaah paperwork aye? How to cock it up when you are barely out of the blocks. 

Shane Jones: 7/10

Living his best life on the West Coast, bringing back life to the coast with mining. 

Despite the cost-of-living crisis, one industry seemingly not hit is that of the pollster. 

There are new numbers out this week on AI. 

AI is changing the world, upending the world, taking your job, re-organising your life... or it might do none of that. 

But according to PWC's first global AI jobs survey it will solve our productivity problem. 

This is good because this...

New Zealand’s tech industry continues to grow. 

It’s the second fastest growing industry in the country, the tech industry being a quickly growing industry across the world. 

Pat Kenealy, former Global CEO of IDG and Partner at Ridge Ventures, is a venture capitalist. 

A venture capitalist takes capital from institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies and inv...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 24th of May, former Finance Minister Steven Joyce discussed the bullishness of the Government's speeches ahead of the Budget now that they have the money for tax cuts.   

Mike has found an unusual candidate for the Tauranga mayoralty in the form of Chudleigh Haggett. 

Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson Wrapped the Week and survey results for this...

Alarm bells continue to be raised over the high number of vape stores within the community. 

Canterbury University research shows there are far more specialist vape shops situated in our most deprived neighbourhoods than anywhere else. 

Researcher Matt Hobbs told Mike Hosking that 30% are also within 400-metres of a school, and just over 70% are within 800-metres. 

He says vape-stores...

There’s a view it's not all teachers' fault for low pass rates in high school.  

New research has found a quarter of new primary school teachers failed maths and more than half failed science at NCEA Level One.  

More than half who pursued Level Two maths also failed. 

The Teaching Council's calling for more investment and widespread changes to how teachers are prepared for the classr...

No one is likely to be completely satisfied with next week's Budget. 

The public sector cutbacks have been continuing in the past 24 hours, with MSD confirming it's now cutting more than 700 roles and DOC confirming it will have more than 120 fewer staff. 

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says more spending cuts will be necessary due to the ongoing structural deficit. 

Former Finance Mi...

The energy sector's viewing Shane Jones' vision for New Zealand's minerals as a common-sense approach. 

The Resources Minister's announced a draft strategy which would see a critical minerals list for the country produced, and a detailed stock-take made of the country's known mineral potential.

He wants to double export value within a decade from $1 billion to $2 billion. 

Energy Reso...

Owning a car is getting more and more expensive. 

Online Insurance Platform Quashed reported a 40% increase in average comprehensive and third-party quotes over the last year.  

Stats NZ is reporting a 22.6% overall. 

Consumer NZ CEO John Duffy told Mike Hosking that there’s a lot of causes behind this, but a big one is unforeseen weather events such as Cyclone Gabrielle.