The Mike Hosking Breakfast

New Zealand First says the country can no-longer afford a drawn-out Treaty settlement with the largest iwi.  

The party's drafting legislation to require a single settlement with Ngāpuhi, rather than multiple agreements.  

However, Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith has signalled he's open to settlements with smaller groups within iwi. 

NZ First MP Shane Jones told Mike Hosking the $20 million process is hol...

If you didn’t know, ACC is in some fiscal trouble again.

This isn't new. ACC has been in trouble for years.

Last year, 1.6 million of us managed to do something to ourselves which involved money - $4.5 billion dollars worth. That's just on rehab.

The total is $7 billion paid out.

It's an astonishing amount of money - and the problem is what we pay in doesn’t cover what goes out.

ACC run a scheme whereby money is invested in the hop...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking that ongoing strikes and counter-strikes won't lead to a resolution. 

He says all the parties need to get around the table and negotiate a way forward, although that will be very difficult. 

The Prime Minister said, “You’ve got to be able to get the parties around the table and have a negotiation.”  

This comes ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit to the Netherlands, ...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 23rd of June, we go to the US after they got involved in Iran and Israel's war and talk to Winston Peters about NZ's stance on it.

The Prime Minister has touched down in Belgium for a NATO meeting but had time to talk to us about Iran, councils and hundreds of millions of dollars of deals done in China.

Andrew Saville and Jason Pine cover the big weekend of sports - the...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters joined Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the developing situation in Iran.

The Foreign Minister said he wants to “get a proper analysis” before discussing how effective Operation Midnight Hammer was at destroying Iranian nuclear facilities. 

“One of the first victims of war is truth, and boy, have we seen it.”  

The Foreign Minister also discussed the Kiwis stuck in the regions, and that...

US forces have executed operation “Midnight Hammer” - a bombing raid targeting Iranian nuclear development sites. 

The US government has claimed an “obliteration” of Iranian Nuclear assets. However, analysts are skeptical of the actual level of damage dealt.  

Senior Fellow at the Defence Priority in Washington Gil Barndollar says, “These strikes are unlikely to have destroyed everything,”  

He said that it’s likely ...

New Zealand’s largest industrial development ever is about to begin in Invercargill. 

Mike Hosking spoke to the general manager of the project Ben Murphy this morning, who said the project is making progress. 

“We do have a fully zoned sight there, which is the key unlocker for this project.” Ben Murphy told Mike Hosking this morning.  

Although progress has been made, the project must secure occupiers before the pro...

Global oil prices are forecast to increase in the wake of US airstrikes against Iran. 

Greg Smith from Devon Funds Management told Mike Hosking analysts are forecasting a rise in oil prices, from anywhere from 5% to 70%. 

Currently, oil prices sit at around $75 per barrel. But Smith warns prices could rise to $130 a barrel. 

The increasing cost of food around the world was also discussed this morning as the price of ...

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. 

Good ideas: 7/10 

Not a bad week. Monthly inflation data, the census scrapped, the Housing Minister to overrule council and health targets improving. Things feel a bit like they're moving. 

The Crusaders: 7/10 

A great comeback story for Rob Penney, who was vilified a year ago, o...

I think this was the move of the week. 

Housing Minister Chris Bishop dropped the bombshell on local body operators that the Government has decided to give him the power to intervene around housing in local body decision making. 

Mind you, we could argue scrapping the calamitous Census was a good move, and indeed I'm a massive fan of reporting inflation data on a monthly basis, which sort of makes us look like a first wor...

Are early finishes to blame for the surgical backlog? 

Surgeon Chris Wakeman claims that public health professionals won’t perform surgeries past the 4pm cutoff, causing backlog issues.  

Health NZ’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr Richard Sullivan told Mike Hosking that early finishes do occur. 

The rosters generally run until about 4:30/5pm, and he says that there are very few operations that can be done in less tha...

The latest carbon auction was a bust. 

It attracted zero bids, becoming the eighth auction to be declined. 

The secondary market currently sits around $58 a tonne, while the auction price sits at $68. 

ACT’s Climate Change Spokesperson, Simon Court told Mike Hosking it shows that industrial emitters, such as coal users, already have enough units in the carbon bank to pay for this year's emissions. 

With the succ...

The Crusaders’ current Super Rugby season is like chalk and cheese when compared to the las. 

They missed the playoffs in 2024, with just four wins in 14 matches. 

In contrast, this year sees them host the grand final against the Chiefs – clashing at the Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday. 

Coach Rob Penney told Mike Hosking the Chiefs have beaten them twice this year, but neither team is the same te...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 19th of June, what will our GDP number look like? It’s set to look quite healthy, but will that give us false hope in Q2? 

The Crusaders are going to win the Super Rugby final this weekend, so coach Rob Penney is on to tell us how they’ll do it.   

It’s a short week, so Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson get to have their Mike-bullying session slightly earlier as...

A sleep-expert assures Melatonin is safe, but is still urging people to take caution.  

Medsafe has given approval for the sleep drug to be available over the counter at pharmacies.

It is commonly used to treat insomnia or jet lag.  

Sleepwell Clinic Director Alex Bartle says potential side-effects are fairly minor, and long-term effects aren't fully understood. 

However, he doesn’t believe it’s as valuable as it’s m...

There are concerns scrapping the traditional census won't deliver the desired results. 

Stats NZ is moving to a system using Government collected admin-data, saying the current five yearly Census is financially unsustainable. 

Census-style questions will still be asked in much smaller annual surveys looking at a small fraction of the population. 

Former national statistician Len Cook told Mike Hosking data-wise, this...

The economy is expected to look better than earlier predictions. 

Figures —due out from Stats NZ this morning— are expected to show the country's GDP grew 0.7% for the first quarter of the year.  

It's slightly higher than 0.4%, predicted earlier this year. 

ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley told Mike Hosking things are expected to slow through the middle half of the year. 

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Now, perhaps the most startling thing of the news yesterday that our old mates at the state radio broadcaster have opened a voluntary redundancy programme, is that they've never done that before.  

100 years they've been doing the business at Radio New Zealand. 100 years, never had a voluntary redundancy. Tells you something about how insulated the real world from the real world they are.  

Mind you, I don't even know tha...