The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show. Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda. The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more. The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.
Episodes
The Police Commissioner says a fifth of the jobs they go to involve alcohol.
Internal documents obtained by RNZ say alcohol causes 20 times more social harm than meth.
Andrew Coster told Mike Hosking that 'lolly-water' is often the culprit when they are called to harmful events.
He says a crackdown on the availability and price of booze would make a difference.
Andrew ...
The recent recruitment change by Australia's Defence Force may be reflective of a bigger issue.
From July New Zealanders who've lived in Australia for a year will be able to join the military.
They'll also let residents from the UK, US, and Canada join up from January.
Massey University security expert John Battersby told Mike Hosking that it can be a struggle for defence forces to...
Workforce issues are resulting in fewer people accessing specialist mental health services.
A Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report shows more people are receiving community-based care.
But access to specialist services dropped from 3.8% of people in 2018 and 19 to 3.4% in 2022 and 23.
Board chair Hayden Wano told Mike Hosking that workforce impacts are across the whole s...
Local grocery store owners are supporting Foodstuffs' merger.
The country's biggest supermarket operator is a step closer to merging its North and South Island divisions after 99% of owners voted in support.
The future co-op's designated CEO, Chris Quin, told Mike Hosking that they're not surprised at the result.
He says they've done a lot of work to ensure the families who own the...
Nigel Farage has made a U-turn regarding the UK’s general election.
The former Ukip and Brexit party leader initially had no plans to stand during the election but has decided to now stand as an MP in Clacton as well as lead the Reform party for the next five years.
This could’ve dealt a potentially damaging blow to the faltering campaign for the Conservative party.
UK Corresponden...
This year marks 80 years since the World War II D-Day landings, commemorations taking place in France this week.
At least 25 Heads of Government or State are expected to attend, including US President Joe Biden and King Charles.
The ceremonies began this morning with parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes into the skies above Normandy.
Europe Correspondent Catherine Fie...
The word according to reportage was ‘ire’.
The Prime Minister of New Zealand called the Prime Minister of Australia to express his ire at the Direction 99 changes that involves crooks and reprobates being booted out of Australia and sent back to New Zealand because they're not Australians.
The key here, ire or not, is that they are New Zealanders and not Australians, and the reason they are not A...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 4th of June, hooligans in Levin are the latest case of boy racer issues for rural New Zealand, and why are we spending so much on lockdown plans for schools?
The Prime Minister was in to defend the Government not putting the money in, yet, for new cancer d...
Andrew Saville and Guy Heveldt joined Mike Hosking to dig into the latest Super Rugby results, the Black Ferns taking the bronze at the Madrid round of the World Series, the Black Sticks' success at the Nations Cup Hockey Tournament, Ryan Fox's place in the US PGA Tour, and the Kiwis' success in the motorsport field.
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Schools are paying third party contractors to develop emergency lockdown strategies.
They're responsible for creating emergency management plans for their schools which includes such protocols.
The principal of Auckland's Glendowie School Paul Crowhurst told Mike Hosking that they spent about $5000 on a full emergency management plan and on-site training.
He says school staff are...
Last week’s Budget announcement had National break one of their campaign promises.
Christopher Luxon says he understands people's frustration with the lack of funding for cancer drugs in last week's Budget.
National campaigned on spending about $280 million on 13 treatments in last year's election but was unable to include it in the Budget.
The Government says it's now working on a...
There’s a push for greater voter participation in local elections.
Local Government New Zealand has established a new electoral reform group with hopes of increasing voter turnout.
The group will also look at implementing four-year terms, consider the ways people can vote, and who should administer local elections.
Nelson mayor and reform group chair Nick Smith told Mike Hosking th...
Levin's Mayor is blaming outsiders for a violent boy racer meet over the weekend.
Two hundred vehicles reportedly took part in the Saturday night gathering.
Police say six vehicles were impounded and two officers were injured by boy-racers throwing bottles and rocks.
Horowhenua Mayor Bernie Wanden told Mike Hosking that Police were outnumbered.
He says locals are out...
There are more problems for struggling dairy processor Synlait.
The Canterbury-based organisation told yesterday's Australian securities exchange that more than half of its 280 suppliers want to leave.
It comes after the company posted a $96 million half year loss in April.
Ashburton-based supplier Willy Leferink told Mike Hosking that it's a company problem, not an industry one.
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.
Out as of the end of the year, leaving the country so spend those points.
It’s the usual in the sense it's never enough and those who didn’t...
Shayne Burke survived explosions and gunfire in the Iraq war, and has now survived an attack from a grizzly bear.
The 35-year-old man from Wyoming, USA, was on his honeymoon when he stumbled across a mother grizzly and her cubs in the Grand Tetons National Park.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that grizzlies are very protective of their cubs, and within an instant Shayne was fig...
It seems to have been a miserable week.
We all seem miserable this week.
The boss, who I complained to this week about a bunch of stuff, gaslit me by telling me it’s the time of year everyone gets a bit edgy.
Smith & Caughey's told us they were done. That was profound that a multi-generational company that has survived wars can't survive downtown Auckland in 2024.
The health sector is getting a $16 billion boost over the next three budgets.
It’s part of the Government’s plan to invest in frontline services.
$12.2 billion of that will go towards primary health care, $31 million is going to increasing security in emergency departments, and $22 million will be used to train 25 more doctors each year.
Buzz Burrell, Interim Chair of General Pract...
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back with Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was.
It’s been an action-packed week, with the release of the Budget, Flybuys announcing its demise, and the continued cost of living.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 31st of May, Finance Minister Nicola Willis joined to talk everything to do with the Budget and the tightening of the Government’s purse strings.
How long are you waiting for a doctor's appointment in your town? And does Taupo even have a supermarket?
Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby covered eve...
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