The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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If you want to get a bit angsty about the voting changes, the one everyone seems to have missed is the one about how it's being changed because we are so hopeless.
On the “disenfranchised” side of the equation, I have little, if any, time for it.
An election is held every three years. Between the last one and the next one that’s a lot of days to, at some point, stick your name down for another crack.
The fact you ...
Looks like the decision to go full steam ahead and focus on music has been the right one for Joel Shadbolt and L.A.B.
In the time since he stepped back from teaching, the band’s won awards, released new albums, and has just released their summer schedule that will see them tour both New Zealand and Australia.
They’ll be performing alongside Stan Walker and Corrella for three shows in Auckland, Tauranga, and the Gold Coa...
The video game sector continues to impress.
One of the biggest players in our sector has recorded another stellar year, reporting $105 million in revenue for the year to September 2024, up from $83.4 million the previous year.
Grinding Gear Games, out of West Auckland, is behind the multiplayer online fantasy game Path of Exile.
Managing Director Jonathan Rogers told Mike Hosking they’re probably doing bette...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 29th of July, the Government is getting rid of surcharges when you pay by card. Consumers love it, businesses aren't a fan.
Board members’ pay is going up by up to 80% in some instances, with ministers justifying it by saying it's about finding the best people.
Joel Shadbolt of L.A.B fame is back on the show to talk their newly announced summer schedule ...
Another instance of violence on our sports fields.
A brawl broke out between parents and students during the rugby match between Auckland Grammar and De La Salle College.
The match was called off, with eight police officers needed to break up the chaos.
Former Springbok and Kings College Rugby 7s coach Kevin Putt told Mike Hosking while all-out brawls aren’t common, they see intolerance and volatility in the crowd...
The Commerce Minister says he's disappointed in businesses who say they will pass on the cost of surcharge scrapping.
Most in-store surcharges on card payments will be banned, with the changes set to kick in next May.
Scott Simpson says this is a win for consumers.
He told Mike Hosking they've also taken action on the fees banks charge businesses.
Simpson says those rates will be lower following regulati...
There are fears that retailers will wear the cost of scrapping payment surcharges.
The Government will ban the added fees for most in-store card payments, including paywave.
Hospitality NZ Head of Advocacy Sam MacKinnon says ultimately customers were always allowed to avoid the surcharges by paying in a less convenient way.
He told Mike Hosking more work needs to be done on the issue.
McKinnon says it's ...
More money's discreetly finding its way into the pockets of public sector board members.
A quietly released Cabinet document reveals governance board chairs could now be paid more than $160 thousand.
Annual fees had previously been capped at about $90 thousand.
Public Service Minister Judith Collins told Mike Hosking these people are often responsible for large sums of money and assets.
She says if we wa...
Can I suggest Jarrod Kerr for Governor of the Reserve Bank?
Jarrod is Kiwibank's Chief Economist.
He has been completely consistent in his ongoing commentary around interest rate cuts and the Reserve Bank's need to do more.
To be fair, our own Greg Smith at Devon Funds Management has told us, and argued, a similar story.
The Kiwibank economic report that got a decent amount of coverage over the weekend is Jarrod's - proof positives...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 28th of July, the Government are going to finally allow different and various overseas building products in so our house builds become cheaper.
The Prime Minister is in his regular slot on a Monday talking road cones, foreign buyers and whether we're a launch pad for people wanting Aussie visas.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine discuss the Warriors losing to the Titans, th...
More uncertainty this week for Kiwi businesses exporting into the US.
Donald Trump has agreed to a new trade deal with the EU this morning, which includes a 15% tariff on EU imports to the US.
Trump's also indicated he'll raise the baseline tariff all countries face, from 10-percent to 15-percent.
Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking New Zealand hasn't been advised of an increase.
He says they've agreed with the US to look at things...
Four of the country's largest primary health organisations are pooling their resources together in an effort to deliver more digital solutions.
More than 500 general practices, supporting over two million patients fall under the umbrella of Pegasus, Pinnacle, Procare and Tu Ora Compass Health.
Justine Thorpe is the Co-chair of the new innovation hub, Health Accelerator.
She told Mike Hosking that the next thing th...
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The job market is slowly rebounding from last year's low point.
SEEK's latest Employment Report shows job ads dropped for a second month, down three percent month on month.
Applications per job ad fell two percent.
Country Manager Rob Clark told Mike Hosking this is just a small drop, and we're still at record unemployment levels.
He says the job market in the last 12 months has been flat, leaving Kiwis str...
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Michael Reddell, who appears on this show a fair bit, has put the Adrian Orr resignation back in the news.
He has a source close to the action that, in simple terms, suggests that Orr packed a sad at a couple of meetings, one of which was with Nicola Willis, the chair of the Reserve Bank Neil Quigley wrote to Orr with a list of concerns over that behaviour, and Orr quit.
The underlying issue appears to be the fact the Government we...
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.
Trump: 7/10
He has had a significantly positive week: SCOTUS sacking people has gone his way, deals with Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan, and Australia flipped on beef. Only downside is he's stuck in the Epstein files, and he has cankles.
Nicola “mainland” Willis: 4/10
T...
In a way it’s the sort of response you would have expected from Liam Gallagher.
He's back on stage, and seemingly lapping it up, and asked about the love birds in the audience.
He said "don't worry, we ain’t got any of that Coldplay snidey f***ing camera shit. Doesn’t matter to us who you are mingling with - or tingly with, fingingly with.”
“None of our f***ing business".
My gut says the majority of the audi...
Unprecedented discussions between a high-ranking US justice official and Ghislaine Maxwell.
CNN reports Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Jeffery Epstein's accomplice in her Florida prison, where she's serving a 20 year sentence for child sex trafficking and abuse offences.
Intelligence Analyst John Miller says a meeting like this is unheard of, speculating they could have discussed others involved in the ...
Friday is upon us, so Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was.
There’s been another development in Mike’s hot water and lemon saga – how many lemons can you get for $27?
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