The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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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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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 25th of July, the Government is changing election rules to stop same-day enrolment and banning food and drink within 100 meters of voting stations.
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has announced a new measure that would see the cars of court fine evaders clamped or seized.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson Wrap the Week, complete with another development in Mike's l...
It’s a conflicting time for the civil contracting sector.
The Government has been touting a ‘turning point’ for the industry at this week’s conference, promising $6 billion worth of infrastructure projects underway before Christmas.
However, the latest industry survey results tell a different story, with 73% of respondents saying the lack of work is the most pressing issue.
Civil Contractors NZ Chief Executive All...
People with unpaid court fines could be at risk of having cars clamped or seized from tonight.
The Government's trialling number plate scanning technology, which bailiffs can use at police checkpoints to identify fine evaders.
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith told Mike Hosking there's more than $100 million in unpaid fines.
He hopes the trial's effective in clamping lots of cars, because the rest of the country i...
Our palliative care system may be waning as demand grows, prompting a push for action.
We've fallen from third in the world in palliative care access ten years ago, to 12th place.
An article in the New Zealand Medical Journal finds we have less than a third of the recommended number of specialists per capita, and many are nearing retirement.
Author Dr Catherine D’Souza told Mike Hosking that we lack the funding ...
A belief changes to electoral day enrolments addresses slow administrative process and voter slackness.
The Government's looking to ban prisoner votes, stop free food and entertainment at voting stations, and enforce a 13-day pre-election enrolment rule to vote.
Otago University Electoral Law Expert Andrew Geddis told Mike Hosking same day enrolments require people to cast 'special votes', which take longer to process....
Nicola Willis is defending her decision to seek answers from Fonterra about its prices.
The price of butter has almost doubled in the past 14 months because Asia is demanding more, and Europe is producing less.
Fonterra is ruling out selling butter to New Zealanders at a lower price than it makes overseas.
But Willis told Mike Hosking she has no regrets about raising the issue with the dairy co-op in the first pla...
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