The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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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.
Matt Payne: 9/10
Highlight of the week. Didn’t just win but won one of the best. Dreams coming true at 280km/h doesn’t get any better than that.
The ceasefire: 8/10
The rest is yet to unfold but Tuesday was a win for a lot of people.
Gail Parata: 8/10
My hero of the week. Standing on principal and speaking out is ...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday the 17th of October, the online censorship mess is back involving the Mowbrays and false allegations. Just how do you deal with it when social media goes feral?
England cricket coach Brendon McCullum joins Mike to talk his time with the team ahead of their series against the Black Caps - before the big Ashes tour next month.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson wrap the week, discu...
Dr Hosking would diagnose a kind of "funk" as a result of observations this week.
There's been two very clear examples these past few days of good news, of uplifting events and of indisputable progress. Yet for too many it was not a reason to acknowledge, or accept, or congratulate, but rather moan a bit more or find a reason as to why it can't be so.
The most obvious was the ceasefire and hostage-come-prisoner swap. As I said, pea...
The Black Caps are headed to Hagley Oval to take on England in the first of 3 T20 games.
Former Black Cap and current Head Coach of England Brendon McCullum told Mike Hosking that he is happy with his new career in the UK, but is excited to be home for the game.
"So yeah, very privileged to be in the position I'm in, especially not being out of playing too long to pick up this job and and get to work with these guys, It...
There are fears that inflation could come back into the picture as the OCR falls.
Infometrics expects the OCR to fall to 2.25% next month - it's 2.5% at the moment.
Infometrics Chief Forecaster Gareth Kiernan says they expect to see growth hit 2.3% annual growth in 2027.
He says alongside stoking inflation, it could create other problems.
Kiernan says it risks stretching capacity in the construction and infr...
Issues around potential defamatory claims on social media are in the spotlight - after false accusations against a Kiwi richlister.
Mat Mowbray's been incorrectly named on Tiktok as the member of a wealthy family convicted of having child abuse material.
The real person convicted has permanent name suppression.
Auckland University Senior Law Lecturer Nikki Chamberlain says false rumours on social media are a real ...
The government has announced a climate adaptation plan to help handle floods, cyclones, and other natural disasters.
Councils will now have to draw up 30-year plans, and a national flood map is due in 2027.
Climate change minister Simon Watts told Mike Hosking that the current system lacks a coordinated approach to respond to natural hazards.
“We don't have good data to make decisions, we don't have clear roles ...
In one of life’s small ironies as the teachers spend another week immersed in industrial action, I got an email yesterday from a bloke who was taught by my mother in the ’90s.
My mum was a teacher.
I’m pretty sure she never went on strike. I certainly don’t remember a picket line, a placard, or days at home when I was a kid.
In fact, even as a student, I don’t remember having a day off school because of strikes.
I do remember a lo...
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One of the great myths of the modern economy is the idea that young people can't afford a house.
Now, the facts are that for every house sold, about a quarter of them, sometimes a little bit more, about 27% are in fact first-timers. That figure has been remarkably solid over any number of years in any type of market.
Can it be expensive? Yes. Do some people miss out? Yes. Are some areas better or worse than others?&n...
The new owners of the Cardrona Hotel jumped on the investment to keep it in Kiwi hands.
Central Otago's 162-year-old heritage-listed hotel and restaurant has sold, after being on the market since July.
Wanaka local, Warren Barclay, will run the business - and says the new owners are high net worth Kiwis and good sorts who see potential.
He says business is solid and we don't want to do anything that changes that.
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The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has issued a provisional decision claiming jurisdiction over a complaint about an online radio show.
They said that the complaint fits their formal definition and requirements, meaning that they have to act.
Chief Executive of the Broadcasting Standards Authority Stacey Wood told Mike Hosking that the BSA had long been debating expanding the boundaries of their jurisdiction. &...
A former Prime Minister's backing the view that large-scale government housing ownership like Kainga Ora is problematic.
A report by The New Zealand Initiative finds the Government's ownership of 77,000 state houses, has maintenance costs nearly twice that of a private landlord.
It finds it also doesn't respond quickly enough to issues like rent arrears, and troublesome tenants.
Sir Bill English told Mike Hosking his independent re...
Health Minister Simeon Brown's bracing for tension at a meeting with 200 senior doctors, ahead of strike action.
Their walkout - after rejecting a $160million pay offer - will see 6,300 elective procedures cancelled, and almost 13,000 specialists assessments delayed.
Brown's slamming what he says is unethical, and a case of politics over patients.
He told Mike Hosking that the unions haven't been acting in good fa...
It's thought that the aviation sector is over capitalising - as New Zealand's domestic airfares have shot up more quickly than any other country.
A global airport group says domestic airfares are up 63% in six years, and are well ahead of the second-highest, up 53%.
Air New Zealand's Chief customer and digital officer Jeremy O'Brien told Mike Hosking that accelerated inflation is effecting the industry.
He says we're a...
Most stories need a hero, and Gail Parata might fit the role in this netball mess.
Or is it now a scandal?
Gail Parata has resigned as a national netball selector and in doing so has gone out guns blazing and, because of that, has given the rest of us a decent insight into what a shambles the Dame Noeline Taurua story really is.
This thing is now weeks old since she got stood down.
The story and the incident...
A few hiccups in the journey towards peace in the Middle East.
Hamas has released the 20 living Israeli hostages and almost 2000 Palestinians have been returned by Israel.
Leaders including Donald Trump have signed the US-brokered peace deal at a summit in Egypt.
However, US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking, despite Trump claiming the war is over, he had no input on how to resolve the Israeli-Palest...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 15th of October, there’s a new yearly report on the hospitality sector, who have earned record high revenue. So are times better than what’s being reported?
Former Silver Ferns selector Gail Parata explains why she resigned from her role and her disappointment with Netball NZ for the way they’ve handled the Dame Noeline Taurua saga.
Mark Mitchell and Ginny A...
Today on Politics Wednesday, Mark Mitchell and Ginny Andersen joined Mike Hosking to delve into the biggest political stories of the week so far.
Slipping parliamentary standards are back at the forefront, with Speaker Gerry Brownlee planning to crack down on behaviour after yet another incident.
And Te Pati Māori is seemingly melting down from the inside, with allegations regarding a former party vice-president and b...
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