The Mike Hosking Breakfast

What a contrast Saturday night was.

At Eden Park the rugby as good as you could possibly want.

For all the hype and worry of the week, the All Blacks reminded us that when it all comes together, when it really matters and records of significance are on the line, there is no side in the world that can touch them.

We won well. We never looked like we would lose and when you know you are that good there is no reason to believe you won...

Jason Pine and Andrew Saville join Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the weekend's sports.

On the table today: The All Blacks have defeated South Africa to defend their unbeaten streak at Eden Park.

The Wallabies have narrowly defeated Argentina after scoring a try 6 minutes after full time.

And the Warriors have suffered another loss ahead of their game against the Panthers later this week.

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The Prime Minister's surprised Labour lost in the Tamaki Makaurau by-election. 

Te Pati Maori's Oriini Kaipara won the seat over Peeni Henare by three thousand votes. 

The by-election was triggered by the death of MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp.

Total turnout was around 27.1 percent. 

Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking he thought Labour would trounce Te Pati Maori, as they've had no policies and have only been criticising.

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A colourful makeover coming for Auckland's Paremoremo prison unit which houses the country's most dangerous criminals, won't be anything too flashy.

In a bid to lift its oppressive conditions, the Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit is receiving a fresh paint job with colourful designs and shapes.

It follows a Chief Ombudsman report raising concerns of human rights abuse.

Corrections Custodial Services Commissioner Leigh Marsh says it w...

The New Zealand First election campaign may have begun, and Winston Peters believes the party is marching forward with practical solutions.

MPs and supporters gathered in Palmerston North over the weekend for the party's annual conference.

Members discussed 55 remits, which could end up being policy proposals in next year's election campaign.

Party Leader Winston Peters told Mike Hosking NZ First is compellingly different from othe...

Belief the health sector should set targets for all elective surgeries to ensure wait times are reduced fairly.

The Government's exceeded its half-year target, by delivering more than 16-thousand extra operations before the end of June. 

The overall waitlist has also dropped by nine percent.

General surgeon Chris Wakeman told Mike Hosking targets are a good manoeuvre - but they do have their downfalls.

He's worried staff won't...

We have all seen it. I have seen it a good number of times. 

The café that was exemplary, sold, the new owner changes the menu, brings in a few kids to serve, and then wonders why six months later they are out of business. 

As the hospitality people yet again told their tale of woe, and do not get me wrong, times have been tight and many an outlet has struggled, but as the new numbers got rolled out for the obligatory hea...

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. 

The Chinese parade: 8/10 

Forget politics. As a “thing”, as a spectacle, as a “can you believe how in time those goose steppers are?”, it was spellbinding. 

Helen Clark and John Key and Dan Andrews and Bob Carr: 4/10 

On balance, given what it was really about, I think it was a m...

From the old "cart before the horse" department are two setbacks for ideas we thought were going to work, or perhaps we hoped were going to work, but aren't. 

Idea 1: We get big tech to pay for locally produced news. 

That’s Google paying NZME for news that ends up on their news feed. 

To a degree, deals had been done specifically between some companies, but the Government had the idea that as part of their "supporti...

Another tough week for brick and mortar retail. 

Outdoor goods retailer KMD Brands, who owns the likes of Kathmandu and Rip Curl, has announced the closure of 21 stores across its network. 

It’s making the move in an effort to turn around struggling sales and find $25 million in cost savings. 

Chairman David Kirk told Mike Hosking that it’s a tough environment for all businesses, but discretionary retail is being hit...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 5th of September, Immigration NZ is cracking down on overstayers as numbers surge – Steve Watson discusses the situation. 

All Black Codie Taylor tells us how they're going to beat the Springboks this weekend. 

Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson try to stop Mike from being sexist and discuss whether he needs to give up his Smeg rests as they Wrap the Week. 

Get the...

No surprise from All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor at the competitiveness of the Rugby Championship. 

All four countries enter the third round fixtures tomorrow with a one win, one loss record. 

Taylor told Mike Hosking it's a continuation of what occurred in 2024, with a loss to Argentina and South Africa both. 

He says it’s always close, which is what you want with test footy, but the All Blacks need to be better.&nbs...

Immigration New Zealand's working on picking up immigrants who have overstayed their visa, following a surge.  

New figures estimate there's 21 thousand overstayers in the country, up from 14 thousand in 2017.  

The Government's also cracking down on immigrants who commit serious crimes and could deport them if they've been here under 20 years, instead of the current 10. 

Immigration New Zealand Compliance General Ma...

Defence Minister Judith Collins has had frontline access to the war in Ukraine. 

She's returned from the war-torn country, visiting sites impacted by Russia's three and a half year long invasion.  

Collins met with Ukraine's Defence Minister while there, alongside speaking with the Foreign Minister, the Office of the President, and Deputy Minister of Defence. 

She told Mike Hosking it's a difficult situation. 

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The Health Minister wants the senior doctors’ union to put patients first and enter binding arbitration. 

Simeon Brown has given Health NZ and the union until 4pm today to respond to his urgent request to let a third party decide the terms of the contract. 

Health NZ's agreed to participate in an effort to resolve 12 months of collective agreement negotiations.  

Brown told Mike Hosking he's doing what he can to find...

The trouble with change, apart from the fact we don’t like it, is it's especially bad if we don't know what it is. 

The good news for real estate this week has been the foreign buyers changes for visa holders. 

Adding to that, we've had a series of interest rate cuts, with more to come. 

But in a place like Auckland what do you buy, and where? 

There is no small amount of angst currently over a new unitary plan....

One of New Zealand’s brightest is looking to be a leading figure in the robotics and self-driving car game. 

Kiwi Dave Ferguson is one of the minds behind Nuro, a US maker of self-driving car technology – a company that just raised US$203 million in a funding round supported by Uber and Nvidia. 

He began his career in self-driving vehicles with Google, working as a principal engineer on the Waymo program before splitting ...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 4th of September, does Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith have a fix for a system a new report says is under “considerable stress”? 

Great news for the teaching sector as we see a 30% rise in training enrolments. 

Kiwi robotics genius Dave Ferguson's company Nuro is now worth over $10 billion, and he talks to Mike about wanting to lead the way when it comes to robo...