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.
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The Principals' Federation is unsure where specialist teachers in maths will come from as schools grapple with staff shortages.
The Government's injecting $100 million into maths education over four years, as part of Budget 2025.
More than half the money will go into 143 new full-time maths intervention teachers.
President Leanne Otene told Mike Hosking we don't have enough teachers as it is.
She says...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is yet to confirm if he'll attend direct talks with Ukraine this week.
It comes after western allies in the 'Coalition of the Willing' offered a US backed 30-day cease-fire proposal to Russia, alongside the threat of sanctions.
Ukraine President Zelenskyy's asking for a ceasefire before they begin talks but is willing to meet in Turkey on Thursday.
Europe Correspondent Catherine F...
A former Police Minister says watching porn on a work computer is a pretty dumb thing to do.
Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming had been suspended on full-pay since December.
He was under a criminal investigation by police on unrelated different allegations, the nature of which can't be reported.
Our newsroom understands while investigating the original complaint, detectives allegedly discovered porn on...
The Former Local Government Minister's not taking issue with the Auckland Mayor's new manifesto.
Wayne Brown has laid out his thoughts and a Beehive to-do list ahead of the 2025 Budget.
He scored the Government a B+, saying they're too distracted by mega-projects and press releases.
Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking Wayne Brown is just doing his job.
He says he's the mayor of our largest city and he's ad...
Am I right to inquire just what it is that Tama Potaka has been doing for a year and a half?
How many times have you heard me ask the Prime Minister on a Monday, when is the Waitangi Tribunal decision being made? What is Potaka doing with this activist tribunal?
Well, on Friday we got the answer.
He is going to have a review.
I thought that's what he was already doing. That’s why I thought we had been waiting so long.
The impatienc...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 12th of May, the Government are going back to crushing cars. Will they be more effective than Judith Collins and her three crushed cars in eight years?
The Prime Minister is in studio to talk the Coalition of the Willing call over the weekend, the Waitangi Tribunal review and Act agreeing to disagree on guns.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine give their highlights of the sp...
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Drivers who participate in street races will have their vehicles destroyed or forfeited in the majority of cases under new legislation announced by the Government today.
On Sunday, Transport Minister Chris Bishop said the current penalties “aren’t strong enough to deter this appalling behaviour”. He said police reporting found the frequency of anti-social road events was increasing and “enough is enough”.
Presumptive sentences are ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is rejecting an initial ceasefire deal with Ukraine, and instead proposing direct talks to start in Istanbul this week.
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland visited Ukraine over the weekend, setting tomorrow as a deadline for Russian to accept a 30 day ceasefire or face additional sanctions.
The Trump Administration said it will impose additional sanctions on Russia if they don't...
The Prime Minister says the Government is making work on restrictions to social media for New Zealanders under the age of 16 part of its official programme.
It will sit with Education Minister Erica Stanford, whose portfolio will be expanded to allow her to commission advice and direct officials from a range of departments on reducing social media harm for those under 16.
As it’s a Member’s Bill, it needs to be drawn from Parliamen...
Developments are being made in the US and China trade talks.
A top Trump economic adviser says about two dozen trade deals are in the works with the country.
Talks took place in Switzerland over the weekend.
Greg Smith of Devon Funds Management talks to Mike Hosking about the negotiations, British Airways buying billions of dollars worth of planes and why BP's in the crosshairs of a takeover suiter.
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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.
Anthony Albanese: 8/10
Better than anyone, and I suspect even he, expected.
Nigel Farage: 8/10
Better than anyone, and I suspect even he, expected.
Donald Trump: 6/10
Between the redecorating tips, the movie move, the GDP going backwards, Mark Carney, whatev...
Two entrepreneurs are bringing Kiwi ingenuity to the world stage.
Dan Wallace and Anthony Clyde, co-founders of Velduro, have won gold at the 33rd Annual China International Bicycle Fair.
Their ‘super light carbon’ e-bike beat out 600 other bikes for the prize.
Wallace told Mike Hosking they entered the bike in February in the hope they would get some recognition and to put New Zealand on a bit of a stage.
H...
In the NZR press release yesterday, Chairman David Kirk and CEO Mark Robinson did their best to infer that life financially for the sport is sensational.
Despite the fact it isn't.
They lost money, almost $20 million. And they lost money the year before that as well.
Kirk ran the line that it was not a cash loss and that they had $170-ish million in reserves.
They also spruiked the fact that they were pullin...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 9th of May, we got the white smoke, and the cardinals have elected Robert Prevost to become the next Pope. He's the first American Pope and will take on the name Leo XIV.
NZ Rugby have had their third full year financial loss in a row, despite record revenue. CEO Mark Robinson is on to explain whether the model, or something else, needs to change.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back with Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was.
New Zealand finally has a radio station that caters to Mike’s taste in music, with iHeartCountry NZ launching this morning.
Plus, Kate and Tim played a game of Mike’s invention for the chance to win a cash prize.
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New Zealand Rugby has posted a $19.5 million loss for 2024.
Since NZR brought US fund manager Silver Lake on as an equity partner in June 2022, the national body has posted total accumulated losses of around $76 million over three years.
NZR is trumpeting record income of $285 million dollars against the loss.
CEO Mark Robinson told Mike Hosking that much of the deficit is as a result of investment, and putting al...
New Zealand banks are being asked to pay up in the next few months.
Kiwibank, BNZ, Westpac, ANZ and ASB will need to repay around $9.2 billion in cheap Covid-era loans to the Reserve Bank.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen told Mike Hosking that they have variety of options they can use to repay the money.
He says the banks knew when taking out these loans they’d have to pay them back eventually.
Ol...
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