The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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Episodes
It probably came out on the wrong day to get the coverage it deserved, but one of the last pieces in the economic turnaround told us we are basically there.
Consumer confidence is back, up six points to 98. It needs to be 100 or more for expansion, but it’s the highest figure since June and backs the business confidence, which last week was up a lot.
Business comes first because they see the turnaround on sales. The spe...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 2nd of December, the Government is bringing in rates caps in 2029. Local Government Minister Simon Watts and Nelson Mayor Nick Smith give their takes on the proposal.
Will there be a coup in Netball NZ? A Special General Meeting has been called this weekend to discuss a vote of no confidence of the leadership.
UK comedian and author David Walliams has a new children's book...
Although he’s best known for his comedy, David Walliams has a growing portfolio of children’s literature.
He’s sold more than 60 million copies worldwide and has just released his 44th book ‘Santa & Son’, just in time for Christmas.
He released his first children’s book in 2008, and even after 17 years and nearly 50 books, Walliams still finds writing to be a challenging task.
“You’re constantly scared, you t...
Coach Rob Walter is comfortable with how the Black Caps are tracking heading into the three-test series against the West Indies, beginning today at Hagley Oval.
New Zealand is fresh from overcoming the West Indies by a combined 6 games to one in the two white ball series.
While Walter was pleased to get the results, he reckons the Black Caps can still improve as a cohesive group.
He told Mike Hosking they’re not e...
Netball stakeholders attempting to overthrow the national governing body say issues extend beyond the Silver Ferns coaching saga.
The Waikato Bay of Plenty Zone has called a Special General Meeting for Sunday to declare its intention for the board and chief executive to be replaced.
Tauranga Netball Centre board chair Nicola Compton says Dame Noeline Taurua's treatment is one of three major concerns.
She told Mike...
An assurance a council rates cap will only target unnecessary costs, not community services or infrastructure.
By 2029, councils wanting to increase rates by more than 4% will need approval from a government-appointed regulator.
Water rates are excluded from the cap.
Local Government Minister Simon Watts told Mike Hosking this will be an education process for councils.
He says there's a lot of fat in the sy...
A view more New Zealanders are adapting to get on the property ladder to overcome economic woes.
Kiwibank's Annual State of Home Ownership Index finds 57% of non-owners feel locked out of the market, improving by 6%.
It notes 60% still find the cost of living the biggest obstacle to owning a house.
Chief Executive Steve Jurkovich told Mike Hosking more people are open to exploring different pathways to ownership.&...
David Seymour's shrugging off food poisoning concerns at a Christchurch school, saying its principal is often complaining about Government policies.
Haeata Community Campus recalled all lunches yesterday after discovering some boxes contained rancid and "dead" looking food.
Some children had already eaten their lunch.
Minister-in-charge Seymour told Mike Hosking a previous batch has likely been re-served to stude...
There's an expectation a rates cap will prove challenging and require teaming up with central Government.
The Government's proposing to stop rates increases at 4% a year, excluding water and other non-rates revenue.
Councils wanting to go beyond this will need approval from a government-appointed regulator.
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith told Mike Hosking he's not surprised councils have been targeted by the Government ...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 1st of December, Local Government Minister Simon Watts speaks on what councils will be spending on 'Water Done Well' over the next decade.
The Prime Minister speaks about our maths results, whether EU countries are worried about our climate targets and the City Rail Link being delayed until late 2026.
For the final time Andrew Saville and Jason Pine speak to Mike for th...
In the UK the Justice Secretary has suggested the end of the jury trial, except for rape, murder, manslaughter, or what he calls "cases that pass a national interest test".
The idea has received the sort of reaction you would expect from the usual quarters you would expect it from.
My hope is we might want to look at something similar here.
The wait, like in the UK, for a trial is absurd. The system is overwhelmed.
Getting a jury i...
Jason Pine and Andrew Saville join Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the weekend's sports.
On the table today: Auckland FC suffered a loss at home amid monsoon-like rains. Should the game have been called off?
The F1 Driver's Championship is headed to the final race of the season, with three contenders for the title.
And the V8 Supercars Championship has changed up their format, but is it too confusing?
LISTEN ...
US President Donald Trump's working to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of office.
Trump's warned airlines and travellers to avoid the country on social media - and says land strikes on Venezuela could come 'very soon'.
The Trump administration has pinned illegal migration and drug trafficking on Venezuela's Government - amid a crackdown on the issue.
Foreign Policy Institute Senior Fellow Jeffrey Price told Mike Hoski...
An anti-smoking group says young people don't think vaping is as cool as it used to be.
Action on Smoking and Health has released the results of its survey which asks more than 30-thousand Year 10 students about their smoking habits.
It shows 7.1-percent of the age group vape daily - down from the 10-percent peak in 2022 - and less than a third have ever tried it.
ASH Chair Robert Beaglehole says Government policy...
Chris Luxon says banks need to be passing on their OCR cuts to customers - and customers should be switching banks if they don't.
Mortgage rates have been falling significantly, following recent OCR cuts.
But the Reserve Bank says the banks still have room to move, to be cutting the rates further.
The Prime Minister says [told Mike Hosking] banks should be competing for customers, and customers should be trying to get the best deal...
The Local Government Minister is pleased to see councils joining forces under the new water infrastructure model.
The Department of Internal Affairs expects councils to spend nearly 48-billion dollars on Local Water Done Well over the next decade.
The reforms could create more than 40 water entities, with some councils joining multi-council-controlled organisations.
Simon Watts told Mike Hosking that 38 councils have already combin...
Repeatedly low wheat prices are driving more farmers to turn to dairy.
The Canterbury Regional Council says up to 25-thousand more dairy cows could be added to the region this year - with 32 new farms given the green light.
Federated Farmers' confidence survey in July found 81 percent of dairy farmers surveyed were making a profit, compared to just 40 percent of arable.
National Dairy Chair Karl Dean told Mike Hosking that dairy ha...
If you follow the carbon market, and you should, it is yet another lesson in the abject failure that almost certainly results in gerrymandering markets.
Four times a year you bid for credits (offsets) to counter your polluting habits.
You do this because we signed up to Paris and made a bunch of promises we were never going to be able to keep.
By selling credits the Government has the potential income of about $2 ...
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 maths trial results this week were a tangible example of the simple truth that if you concentrate on something and work hard, you will win.
They did better than the critics seem to suggest. Rugby has changed but the attitude on expectat...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 28th of November, Judith Collins speaks on the public inquiry to be held into the disappearance of Tom Phillips and his children.
Could we grow more coffee in New Zealand? And who knew we grew any sort of decent coffee here in the first place?
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson talk about the installation of Mike’s new TV and the legacy and impact of Simon Dallow as t...
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