The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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Episodes
The Louvre heist seems to have been carried out not by an organised crime syndicate, but by petty criminals.
Four thieves last month raided the world’s most-visited art museum, in daylight, stealing crown jewels worth an estimated $178 million in just seven minutes.
French police arrested two men the following week and over the weekend a man and a woman in their 30s, living in a northern Paris suburb.
France Corr...
Here's a question for you, about us:
Are we chronic pessimists? Just when will it be a good time to buy a large household item?
The ANZ Consumer Confidence figures came out Friday, and we have sunk again. Unlike business, which went up eight points while punters went down another two points.
What about household items, like a fridge? We haven't felt good about that for any month in four long years.
48 months...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 4th of November, we've got good business news when it comes to lending and spending, as well as the building market.
Erica Stanford is removing the requirement for school boards to "give effect" to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, saying it’s made no difference to kids' learning.
F1 driver Liam Lawson joins for an exclusive chat about his future and his nerves heading int...
Liam Lawson says his future in Formula One remains unclear and he expects performance over the final five race weekends to decide his fate.
In an exclusive interview with the Mike Hosking Breakfast, the Racing Bulls driver talked about the pressures of Formula One, his demotion from the Red Bull team and what needs to be done to secure a seat for the 2026 season.
The Kiwi is in a battle for a seat alongside Red Bull dri...
There may be light at the end of the tunnel for the construction sector with the latest rise in residential building consents.
New home consents in the year to September are up 3.6% on the year before.
Consents in the month of September are up 7.3%, when adjusting for seasonal effects.
Certified Builders Chief Executive Malcolm Fleming told Mike Hosking builders are welcoming the upward trend.
He says builde...
This afternoon's Melbourne Cup is expected to be on the slower side due to forecast rain.
Up to 40 millimetres is expected to fall at Flemington through the day.
New Zealand and Australia Racing Hall of Famer Bret Thomson says Flemington is good at draining water, but expects racing to be slow.
He told Mike Hosking it will be a very open race.
Thomson says many of the horses are European, and they tend to handle the soft track well...
The Education Minister says requiring boards to implement the Treaty hasn't made any difference in practice.
Erica Stanford has confirmed plans to scrap a clause which requires school boards to reflect local tikanga Māori in the curriculum and offer te reo Māori instruction.
The changes will go to Parliament today and are expected to pass before the end of the year.
Stanford told Mike Hosking she’s not certain wha...
Positive signs about our economic recovery in the latest lending data.
New figures from credit bureau service Centrix shows a rise in lending, including a 21% rise in residential lending.
Three thousand fewer people are behind on payments compared to a month earlier.
Centrix Managing Director Keith McLaughlin told Mike Hosking it shows that households are continuing to manage their budgets effectively.
He sa...
There are calls for a coordinated response to get on top of rising fraud operations.
Crypto exchange Swyftx is warning scam networks have evolved into a new form of organised crime, with many operating out of South East Asia.
Latest data estimates New Zealanders has lost $1.6 billion to online threats in the past year, with this expected to grow without intervention.
Criminologist Gabby Lewis told Mike Hosking ...
Explain this to me.
Which clause of the Treaty is the Waitangi Tribunal using when they suggest the Government recognise second generation Maori for citizenship?
John Ruddock brought the case, while a similar one got headlines recently because it involved Keisha Castle-Hughes, the actress.
In her case she was born in Australia to a New Zealand mum. Her children were born in America, hence they don’t get automatic citizenship.
Ruddo...
Dame Noeline Taurua has broken her silence, following her suspension and reinstatement as Silver Ferns coach.
The 57-year-old and her coaching team were stood down in September after player concerns emerged from a Sydney training camp.
Listen to the second part of her interview with Mike Hosking.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 3rd of November, Dame Noeline Taurua gives her first interview since being reinstated as the Silver Ferns head coach.
The Prime Minister touches down from Southeast Asia to come into the studio and talk about his meeting with Trump and Chinese visas.
Jason Pine and Andrew Saville discuss the revelations for the Dame Noeline interview and review the All Blacks win...
Jason Pine and Andrew Saville join Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the weekend's sports.
On the table today: Dame Noeline Taurua makes her return to Netball. Will the drama affect her game?
Auckland FC played in front of a relatively quiet crowd on the weekend.
And the LA Dodgers pull off a comeback to secure a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Chris Luxon reckons Donald Trump will take up his offer, of a round of golf in New Zealand.
The Prime Minister's back in the country, after attending the ASEAN and APEC summits in Malaysia and South Korea last week.
He met the US President, extending the opportunity for Trump to play a round with former PM Sir John Key.
Luxon told Mike Hosking that Trump knows a lot about New Zealand's golf scene.
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Dame Noeline Taurua has broken her silence, following her suspension and reinstatement as Silver Ferns coach.
The 57-year-old and her coaching team were stood down in September after player concerns emerged from a Sydney training camp.
Interim coach Yvette McCausland-Durie is leading the team on next week’s Northern Tour.
Speaking to Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking in her first interview since the saga, Taurua says the suspension was ho...
The US Government shutdown has reached 32 days, 3 days away from the longest in history.
President Donald Trump seems to be on-track to break his own record after the shutdown in late 2018 which lasted 35 days.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the shutdown is affecting US public services.
'More and more air traffic controllers are staying off work since they're not being paid.'
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The Government's turning to rapid off-site building, to add 140 extra beds to hospitals around the country.
It's announced new wards will be constructed off-site for Middlemore, Waikato, Wellington and Nelson hospitals next year.
They'll open at the same time as an already-announced new ward at Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
Health New Zealand's Head of Infrastructure Delivery Blake Lepper, told Mike Hosking that the budget has allowe...
Tell me how Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith is going to sort the unsortable?
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has, deliberately or not, opened a box of whoopee that is playing out all over the world in various forms.
In simple terms regulators are trying to work out how to control tech.
The problem with regulators is their jurisdiction is limited. The problem with tech is there is no border.
The same way a Government isn't...
For a group that normally seems to nail ideas and present them well, the New Zealand Initiative this week went off-piste with their "MMP After 30 Years" report.
Smaller cabinet - good idea.
Get rid of the overhang - good idea!
But more MP's? What on Earth are they thinking?
The main point they make is that it has provided a fairer, more representative Parliament and I think, even for those of us that didn’t vote for MMP, we ...
It’s Friday, which means Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back with Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that Was.
They discussed the difficulties of men's white shirts being uncomfortably revealing, and producer Glenn celebrates 30 years with the company.
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