Mark the Week: Not a bad week for New Zealand

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.  

 

New Zealand: 7/10 

Between the investment conference, the India trip about to unfold, and the huge boost in visa interest from wealthy foreigners, that’s not a bad week's work for a small country trying to get its mojo back. 

 

Tariffs: 2/10 

The idiocy driving the ideology has been on full display. Random numbers, multiple threats, increased costs - all it has done this week is tank markets, decrease value, freak people out, provide uncertainty, and generally reinforce the idea that the U.S President is random as, if not dangerous. 

 

Whanganui: 7/10 

That council with the payment for meetings and dumping the food scraps is rolling. It's not often a council does two good things in a week. 

 

Liam Lawson: 8/10 

It's early days and the pressure is real, but F1 is as big as sport gets anywhere and he is at the pointy end of it. 

 

Fonterra: 9/10 

Yet another payment upgrade. Those guys can't stop giving away money. We like that too. 

 

Malcolm Turnbull: 7/10 

Sort of my hero of the week. If you give into bullies, you get more bullying. In politics, and life, it's sage advice. 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Time now to mark the week, little piece of news
and current events. That's as popular as saying lame o
now that the Prime Minister does in Z seven between
the investment conference, the India trip about to unfold, and
the boost a huge boost and visa interest from wealthy foreigners.
That's not a bad week's work for a small country
trying to get its mojo back. Tariffs two. There's going
to be noul recession in America. The idiocy driving the

(00:22):
ideology has been on full display. Random numbers, multiple threats,
increase costs. All it's done this week is tank markets,
decrease value, freak people out, provide uncertainty, and generally reinforce
the idea that Trump is random as if not dangerous.
Wanganui seven. That council with the payments for meetings and
dumping the food scraps is not often. The Council does
two good things in a week. Liam eight early days

(00:43):
and the pressure is real. But F one is as
big as sport gets anywhere, and he is at the
pointy end of it. Supermarket supplier costs six. You noticed
those settled looks like stability. We like stability housing six.
Affordability in a sweet spot they tell us this week.
We like sweet spots. Frontier A nine, yet another payment upgrade.
I mean those guys can't stop giving away money. We

(01:05):
like that as well. Mark Carney seven, A material improvement
on the other bloke a peace Steel six. Let's wait
and see what Vlad does. But all encouraging news is
to be welcomed in troubled times. Welcome Turnbull seven, sort
of my hero of the week. You're given to bullies,
you get more bullying in politics and life. Sage advice,
Rod Duke seven. I think it's about time something happened. Yeah,

(01:28):
other sort of hero of the week. Get your ars
into gear is what he actually said. Get your ass
into gear as in government as in life. Sage advice.
Rugby change is for can they at some points work
out the connection between the rules and the mucking around
and the size of the fanbase and go ah? Is
that what happened to the sport are? The Health Report

(01:48):
by Deloitte eight probably the most important document that went
the most unreported. It is all you need to know,
not just about health, but about competence. Incompetence, stupidity, laziness,
and I still say sabotag and that is the week.
Copies on the website and marking the week attracted investment
bids from eighty seven percent of those attending that conference,
with black Rock saying this is way better than any

(02:09):
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