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 deal: 7/10
About time. Although in saying that;
The deal in the grand scheme of things: 8/10
18 days post votes counted, for a first time three way Government, complete with egos and early aggro. Come on, that’s pretty good.
Top Gear: 3/10
There is little enough great telly left these days, killing off the stuff so many watched has got to be painful.
Joe Biden: 81
It's not the number, it's what it looks like. That’s his problem, when he is 82 and it's election year.
Las Vegas: 6/10
They got saved by the race, but F1 is too big and too important to have that sort of shambles on display at an elite level.
Auckland Transport: 1/10
$470,000 for a pedestrian crossing tells you how mad it's all become, how out of control it all is and how unaccountable too many people are.
Israel: 6/10
It seems wrong to mark a war, but a pause and a deal is better than what we have seen.
Pies: 5/10
Debate of the week in some respects. Is a free pie a nice gesture, or hundreds of thousands of dollars we don’t have of waste?
Kate Hawkesby: any number you want/10
A sad day for Newstalk ZB and listeners, as one of the industry's very best talents walks away. I am hoping it's only for a while. Believe me, this industry is shockingly short of great personalities and her exit hasn’t helped. I am working hard on a return.
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