/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/rss ob体育接口 For all the top interviews, the Mike Hosking Breakfast brings you the stories that set the day's news agenda. Mike asks newsmakers the hard questions, hear Wed, 30 Apr 2025 01:20:08 Z en /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mike-s-minute-tory-gave-herself-a-910-are-you-kidding-me/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mike-s-minute-tory-gave-herself-a-910-are-you-kidding-me/ In her seemingly never-ending ability to surprise, Tory Whanau fronts on the local Newstalk ob体育接口 morning show in her beleaguered capital yesterday and scores herself a 9/10.  If she had come from comedy I could have seen the joke she was making.  But she doesn’t come from comedy, which is not to say her reign hasn’t been comedic.  She is the Meghan Markle of local body politics - so self-absorbed and she doesn’t appear cognisant as to just how destructive and useless she is.  I wasn’t going to even comment on Whanau given it’s a local issue, she has announced she's off, and the sooner the Whanau era of terror ends the better.  But fly in the ointment: she is still standing for a seat and bringing potentially all her 9/10 madness with her.  Now the guard rails on this part of her future are of course in the hands of the public of the capital. You don’t have to have more of it. You can in fact vote for someone else.  As such she is free to take her record, put it in front of you and test it.  But it takes a special sort of narcissist to think of herself so highly, having just been bundled out of the big race because she knows she can't win.  If she is a 9/10, she should be bolting home. But that’s the problem with narcissists, isn't it? They continue to bluster even when they know the game is up.  She is also a wider problem by remaining as part of the wider picture. She puts people off.  Local body politics is crying out for decent, hardworking, competent contributors, but who in their right mind is interested in sitting round a table with buffoons?  A bunch of do-gooding lifers, who as often as not, are not actually able to get work in the normal world.  Not all of Wellington's many, many problems are on Tory. But she led the team that wrought the havoc and the stuff she inherited, she didn’t help.  Her advice to poor, old Nick Mills, who had to listen to this tripe, was every time you see a road cone, you see progress.  It's that sort of fairytale, fanciful nonsense most of us realise isn't remotely true.  Maybe that’s her ultimate problem. Maybe she lives in her head  In her head Wellington is a riviera and Tory is the queen of that riviera. The pipes didn’t burst, the city boomed, and Tory oversaw a renaissance.  Maybe that's how all narcissists delude themselves.  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:45:44 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/pollies-nationals-mark-mitchell-and-labours-ginny-andersen-talk-crime-the-2025-budget/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/pollies-nationals-mark-mitchell-and-labours-ginny-andersen-talk-crime-the-2025-budget/ There will be further cuts to Government agency spending, to be diverted into priority areas.  Finance Minister Nicola Willis confirmed a $1.3 billion operating allowance – plummeting from the $2.4 billion estimate.  Willis says they've reviewed funding line-by-line.  National’s Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking they have to cut spending as the reality is the country went from $58 billion of debt in 2017 to $175 billion in 2024.  He says we went from paying $3.6 billion in interest a year to $8.9 billion, and we cannot afford that.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:33:10 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/the-re-wrap/the-re-wrap-tory-world/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/the-re-wrap/the-re-wrap-tory-world/ THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Wednesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) It's a Wonderful Place/Mark the MPs/Deliberately Mispronounciating/Return of the Inquiry/Not Livable Enough for Me Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:16:44 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-30-april-2025/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-30-april-2025/ On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 30th of April, Mark Carney is the new Canadian Prime Minister, and the Government is reversing Labour's 2020 decision allowing prisoners to vote.  Former Finance Minister Steven Joyce is on to discuss how Nicola could deliver a Budget with everything we need, while cutting over a billion dollars from the operating allowance.  Ginny Andersen and Mark Mitchell talk Mark's rating from Audrey, the Budget cut, and crime on Politics Wednesday.  Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:09:13 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/loren-aberhart-christchurchnz-general-manager-of-destination-and-attraction-on-the-success-of-the-electric-avenue-festival/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/loren-aberhart-christchurchnz-general-manager-of-destination-and-attraction-on-the-success-of-the-electric-avenue-festival/ The Garden City's reaping the benefits of this year's Electric Avenue festival.  The event produced $10.5 million in visitor spend after 75 thousand people attended in February.  It's believed to be the largest since the 1974 Commonwealth Games.  Loren Aberhart, ChristchurchNZ General Manager of Destination and Attraction, told Mike Hosking they’re looking at options for growth, as the festival had the city bursting at the seams.  They’re undertaking accommodation research, she says, and planning ahead for the opening of the One NZ Stadium to ensure the city has the capacity to cope with events.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:04:57 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/robert-fife-globe-and-mail-ottawa-bureau-chief-on-the-liberal-party-winning-the-canada-election/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/robert-fife-globe-and-mail-ottawa-bureau-chief-on-the-liberal-party-winning-the-canada-election/ A question mark over how Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, will perform.   The Liberal Party won the country's election yesterday, beating the Conservative party, and locking down a fourth term.  The win means Carney will keep hold of the top job he took over from Justin Trudeau six weeks ago.   Globe and Mail Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife told Mike Hosking he has no experience in retail policy, but headed the banks of Canada and England.  He says given these credentials, he should do okay, but there's been no real opportunity to see him perform as Prime Minister.  There’s also doubts Carney will be able to secure a majority government, as he’s currently sitting at 169 seats of the 172 needed.  Fife doesn't think he'll get up to this number, but may reach 170.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:48:31 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/steven-joyce-former-finance-minister-on-the-cutbacks-to-public-spending-the-drastic-cut-to-the-operating-allowance/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/steven-joyce-former-finance-minister-on-the-cutbacks-to-public-spending-the-drastic-cut-to-the-operating-allowance/ A former Finance Minister says cutbacks to public spending need to be seen in context.  Finance Minister Nicola Willis has confirmed a drastic cut to the operating allowance in next month's Budget, from $2.4 billion to $1.3 billion.  There will be no new funding for most Government departments, with the focus being on priority areas and paying off debt.  Steven Joyce told Mike Hosking there's still scope to reduce spending.  He says Government spending has doubled in the past eight years while inflation has only gone up about 30% in the same time.   Joyce is also saying there's growing public appetite for more public sector restraint.  The Government's ruling out giving most departments any additional funding in the next Budget, but Joyce says reaching that target will depend a lot on the international economy.  However, he told Hosking there are still lots of changes that can be made to bring down government spending.  Joyce says making those changes requires a bit of work and requires ministers having a good political radar and knowing what can't be cut.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:33:39 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/karen-chhour-childrens-minister-on-the-increase-in-reports-of-concern-coming-into-oranga-tamariki/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/karen-chhour-childrens-minister-on-the-increase-in-reports-of-concern-coming-into-oranga-tamariki/ The Children's Minister says good progress is being made on reports coming into Oranga Tamariki.   The Ministry for Children estimates it's seen a 45% increase in reports of concern in the year to April.  Karen Chhour says the number of children in unsafe households is alarming but it's positive seeing more people reporting them.   She told Mike Hosking the urgency of each report can vary, with several potentially applying to the same child.   Chhour says not all reports need Oranga Tamariki intervention, with lower urgency cases better dealt with by community resources.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:08:01 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/paul-goldsmith-justice-minister-on-the-ban-on-prisoner-voting/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/paul-goldsmith-justice-minister-on-the-ban-on-prisoner-voting/ The Justice Minister says reinstating a total ban on prisoner voting is not likely to change the outcome of elections.   The proposal would reverse changes introduced in 2020 allowing prisoners serving sentences of less than three years to vote.  People detained on remand or serving sentences of home detention will still be able to vote.   Paul Goldsmith told Mike Hosking the number of votes coming out of prisons is not enough to sway a result.   He says it's about sending a signal to people who breach the rights and responsibilities of living in society.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:51:45 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/malcolm-johns-genesis-energy-ceo-on-the-new-solar-farm-in-canterbury/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/malcolm-johns-genesis-energy-ceo-on-the-new-solar-farm-in-canterbury/ More than 90-thousand solar panels are now generating power for near 13-thousand homes in Canterbury.  New Zealand's largest solar farm has opened at Lauriston on the Canterbury Plains.  The 93 hectare plant is a joint venture between Genesis Energy and FRV Australia.  Genesis Energy Chief Executive Malcolm Johns told Mike Hosking New Zealand will still need a coal reserve in the future.  He says there will be periods of time where the wind isn't blowing or the rain hasn't come, and we will need to lean on thermal generation.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:35:09 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-is-being-trump-like-still-good-for-politics/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-is-being-trump-like-still-good-for-politics/ For a while there being a tough guy was good for your credibility.  Look at Victor Orban, Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele. They all revelled, and succeeded, at the polls with their macho, Trump-esque persona.  The world was moving away from "Me Too" and progressivism. There has been a very distinct move to conservatism, especially in parts of Europe.  Being like Trump was, more often than not, good for your political aspirations.  Peter Dutton had a touch of that, but sadly in the length of an Australian campaign it's all changed. The more he has looked like Trump, talked about Trump, and promised policy that sounded like Trump, the worse it has got.  Chances are by Saturday night, he will be a loser.  In the meantime, in Canada, who are voting now, the reason Mark Carney is in the lead is twofold.  1) The bloke who ran the place before him was a progressive sap and was a victim of the movement against the left. But he also had been there a decade, and his clock had run out.  2) His replacement has made much ground in the new-found vein of political success of looking not at all like Trump, but being tough enough to stand up to him.  Mark Carney will most likely win today and if he does, the fortunes of his Liberal Party will be one for the ages.  The same anger, frustration and impatience that led Trump to victory over a hapless socialist, should have played out the same way —and was going to play out the same way— north of the border.  Yet in the space of a couple of months, the entire scenario has been tipped on its head.  Looking like Trump, like Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives do, is no longer currency. It's bad news.  They have tried desperately to direct the campaign towards the issues that had Canadians so upset for the past ten years; cost of living, cost of housing, and jobs.  But the tariffs and Trump and his insults have fired them up and off into a new direction, which is hating on America. Carney and the Liberals have seen it, grabbed it and run with it.  The last polls have a 3%-ish point gap to them. The Liberals have come back from 20 points down, it's astonishing.  Let's do the counting. But if they win, what's it say about the distaste for Trump? What's it say about a single-issue campaign?  And will there have ever been a bigger victory snatched from the jaws of defeat?  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:25:35 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/richard-quest-quest-means-business-host-on-the-first-100-days-of-donald-trumps-presidency-global-impacts-of-the-tariffs/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/richard-quest-quest-means-business-host-on-the-first-100-days-of-donald-trumps-presidency-global-impacts-of-the-tariffs/ It’s been 100 days since Donald Trump was sworn in as US President.  His campaign was filled with promises of dramatic change, and he’s certainly followed through, with a record-breaking number of orders filed in the first three months.  The most dramatic of which is his sweeping global tariffs.  Quest Means Business host Richard Quest told Mike Hosking it goes against the orthodoxy of economics that has always been taught – that tariffs can be a benefit if targeted and used for a specific purpose.  He says using widespread tariffs to reshape global trading structures has not been done before, but it’s something Trump has always wanted to do.  Quest believes with the tariff headwinds pushing against the global economy, major economies are facing recessions, and the slowdown in economic growth will feel pretty awful for people as the year continues.   LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:52:00 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/the-re-wrap/the-re-wrap-100-days-couldve-been-so-different/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/the-re-wrap/the-re-wrap-100-days-couldve-been-so-different/ THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Tuesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Oopsies/Caring About Canada/What the Operating Allowance Is/Persimmon or Quince? Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:26:23 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/ian-turk-persimmon-industry-council-manager-on-the-rising-demand-for-the-fruit/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/ian-turk-persimmon-industry-council-manager-on-the-rising-demand-for-the-fruit/ There is a growing appetite for New Zealand’s rarest and most unusual fruit.  Persimmons have had a 20% rise in exports in the last year, and demand has never been higher.  Persimmon Industry Council Manager Ian Turk told Mike Hosking it's thanks to recent sunny weather in Gisborne, where the vast majority of the fruit is grown.  He says after a rough five years for the industry —with impacts from the likes of Cyclone Gabrielle— growers are looking forward to a good season ahead.  LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:14:07 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-29-april-2025/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-29-april-2025/ On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 29th of April, Tory Whanau has decided to drop her bid for re-election – this must be the news Wellington wanted.   Shane Jones is rejecting the co-governance plan for the Waitakere Ranges, and we look at the latest fruit market to go gangbusters – persimmons!  Quest Means Business host on CNN, Richard Quest joins to talk Trump's first 100 days and the global effects of the tariff debacle.  Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:09:08 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/adina-thorn-litigation-lawyer-on-the-increase-in-k%C4%81inga-ora-tenancies-being-terminated/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/adina-thorn-litigation-lawyer-on-the-increase-in-k%C4%81inga-ora-tenancies-being-terminated/ The number of Kāinga Ora tenancy terminations is being described as a far cry from what's needed.   Newstalk ob体育接口 can reveal the agency terminated 299 tenancies in the year to March – more than double the 134 in the year before.  Much of the increase is from Kāinga Ora taking a stronger line on disruptive tenants and rent arrears.  Litigation lawyer Adina Thorn told Mike Hosking Kāinga Ora needs to evict 1,000 to 1,500 tenants by her own calculations.   She says nobody wants to live in public housing when they're next people described as the worst of the worst.  LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:57:15 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/shane-jones-nz-first-deputy-leader-on-potential-management-of-the-waitakere-ranges/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/shane-jones-nz-first-deputy-leader-on-potential-management-of-the-waitakere-ranges/ The Deputy Leader of New Zealand First says his party will step in to stop management of the Waitakere Ranges morphing into co-governance.  Auckland Council's proposing a board made up of Iwi, the Department of Conservation, and the council.   Act Leader David Seymour has also criticised the plan as moving towards co-governance.   Shane Jones told Mike Hosking they're not going to stand for it.  He says they won't tolerate any slither of the West Auckland heritage land being under that type of arrangement.  LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:23:45 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/dame-kerry-prendergast-former-wellington-mayor-on-tory-whanau-bowing-out-of-the-mayoral-race/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/dame-kerry-prendergast-former-wellington-mayor-on-tory-whanau-bowing-out-of-the-mayoral-race/ Tory Whanau's shock U-turn not to run for the Wellington mayoralty again marks three consecutive one-term mayors for the capital.  Whanau has this morning revealed she's dropping out of the race, saying she wants to give Andrew Little a clearer run to victory.  It means Whanau, along with the two previous mayors Andy Foster and Justin Lester, only served one term in the job.  Former Mayor Dame Kerry Prendergast told Mike Hosking that's bad for the city, which needs stability.  Tory Whanau will stand for the city's Māori ward.  LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:14:27 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/malcolm-fleming-certified-builders-ceo-on-the-changes-to-certifications-and-inspectors-for-builders/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/malcolm-fleming-certified-builders-ceo-on-the-changes-to-certifications-and-inspectors-for-builders/ There's a belief changes to certifications and inspections for builders is a step in the right direction.  Legislation introduced by the end of this year will see approved building firms, drain layers, and plumbers allowed to sign off their own work on smaller residential dwellings.  Certified Builders Chief Executive Malcolm Fleming told Mike Hosking the Government's missed an opportunity to introduce a quality mark for builders.  He says that would give homeowners the confidence a builder has the credentials to do the job well.  LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:00:14 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/geof-nightingale-tax-expert-on-the-tax-rules-for-charities-remaining-unchanged-in-this-years-budget/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/geof-nightingale-tax-expert-on-the-tax-rules-for-charities-remaining-unchanged-in-this-years-budget/ Charities have been spared from tax changes in this year's Budget.  Finance Minister Nicola Willis has been proposing revisions to tax rules that could see charities taxed on their business activities.  But she says there are still complex issues that need to be worked through before any rules are updated.  Tax expert Geof Nightingale told Mike Hosking it's likely too hard.  He says there's been several goes at this over the last 20 years, with not enough tax revenue being the main problem.  LISTEN ABOVE  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:41:26 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-acc-and-their-race-based-policy/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-acc-and-their-race-based-policy/ It is being reported as a scrap, which I'm not sure is accurate. But if it is, it is a shame and probably a lesson for the combatants, who are both supposed to be on the same side. But under MMP, is anyone on the same side? Act are concerned about ACC and their current desire to solve safety issues in the manufacturing sector. But by putting a race-based lens across it, ACC want people who have answers, or programmes, for injuries to Māori and Pasifika. This of course is not what the Government is supposed to be about and a Cabinet edict says so. The shame of this is both sides, in fact all three sides, are at one on the issue. They campaigned on the issue and they campaigned on it because the last Government got so obsessed with Māori issues and language and acquiescing to everything cultural that a large swath of voters got thoroughly sick and tired of it. So why we are here after a year-and-a-half and a Cabinet instruction is beyond me. The fact ACC, or any Government department, are still trying this on is the real problem. It goes to a theme we have highlighted too often this term and that is that a public service don’t appear to be neutral, or operating under the instruction of the Government of the day, but rather to their own beat. There is no good news in two parties seemingly debating a formally agreed approach with each other and there is no good news in a department continuing to do something they shouldn’t. We have enough to deal with at the moment without previously agreed approaches being re-litigated or disavowed. Obviously work safety is not a race-based problem. It is an industry or sector problem and ACC should know this. Even if they didn’t, they should be following instruction. Act are on the right side of this. But they shouldn’t have to be given the point of Government is enactment of policy, not endless re-litigation. Sun, 27 Apr 2025 22:58:38 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/stephen-england-hall-chargenet-board-member-on-the-governments-new-approach-to-ev-infrastructure/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/stephen-england-hall-chargenet-board-member-on-the-governments-new-approach-to-ev-infrastructure/ The Government's changing New Zealand's approach to EV infrastructure. Grants will now turn into interest-free loans -$69-million worth for the private sector to build chargers throughout the country. The target is 10 thousand in the next five years. ChargeNet Board Member Stephen England-Hall talks to Mike Hosking about the scheme. LISTEN ABOVE. Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:33:19 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/the-re-wrap/the-re-wrap-are-some-ethnicities-more-accident-prone/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/the-re-wrap/the-re-wrap-are-some-ethnicities-more-accident-prone/ THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Monday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) No. Don't Think So/How Aussies Debate/How Canadians Vote/How the Warriors Are Going/How We're Paying for Our Holidays Now Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:31:10 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/steve-price-australian-correspondent-on-the-australian-elections-final-week-pro-trans-rally-gone-wrong-and-moonah-links-golf-club/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/steve-price-australian-correspondent-on-the-australian-elections-final-week-pro-trans-rally-gone-wrong-and-moonah-links-golf-club/ The Australian election is just five days away and the polls are indicating the Labor party will see another term. A debate between the two leaders last night has given voters the impression that Anthony Albanese more in touch with Australians. Australian joins Mike Hosking to give an insight into the final week of the election. LISTEN ABOVE. Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:21:51 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-28-april-2025/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-28-april-2025/ On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 28th of April, how did Hawkes Bay's gang conflict warrant pan out?   The Prime Minister speaks to us out of Dubai as he wings his way home about Gallipoli, the Pope's funeral and his time with Keir Starmer. Andrew Saville and Jason Pine talk the Warriors in the top 4 and Auckland FC winning the Premier's Plate. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:09:11 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/christopher-luxon-prime-minister-on-familyboost-failure-the-popes-funeral-and-anzac-day/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/christopher-luxon-prime-minister-on-familyboost-failure-the-popes-funeral-and-anzac-day/ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says incomplete or wrong information from the IRD is to blame for shortfalls in the Government's FamilyBoost scheme.  The tax rebate of up to $75 per week was initially touted as a $249-million-a-year handout to help with covering childcare costs.  Only 1.2% of eligible families received a full subsidy.  Christopher Luxon talks to Luxon about the shortfall, his experience at the Pope's funeral and time commemorating Anzac Day.  LISTEN ABOVE.  Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:46:05 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/edward-pentin-vatican-correspondent-on-what-to-expect-in-the-upcoming-conclave-and-the-politics-behind-closed-doors-at-the-popes-funeral/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/edward-pentin-vatican-correspondent-on-what-to-expect-in-the-upcoming-conclave-and-the-politics-behind-closed-doors-at-the-popes-funeral/ Following Pope Francis' death last week, the process begins in electing a new head of the Catholic Church.  The conclave will begin early next month.  Vatican Correspondent Edward Pentin talks to Mike Hosking about what we can expect.  LISTEN ABOVE.  Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:21:13 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/nick-becker-auckland-fc-ceo-on-winning-the-premiers-plate-in-a-debut-season/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/nick-becker-auckland-fc-ceo-on-winning-the-premiers-plate-in-a-debut-season/ Auckland FC went into yesterday's game against Perth Glory knowing they had won the Premier's plate.  The win comes for finishing top of the round.  The team went on to beat Perth Glory 1-0.  Auckland FC CEO Nick Becker talks to Mike Hosking about the achievement.  LISTEN ABOVE.  Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:12:17 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/mark-mitchell-police-minister-on-the-gang-conflict-warrants-in-hawkes-bay/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/mark-mitchell-police-minister-on-the-gang-conflict-warrants-in-hawkes-bay/ The Hawkes Bay has seen three shootings in 48 hours as gang conflicts heat up.  A gang conflict warrant has been invoked 26 times since Thursday, leading to eight arrests. Police Minister Mark Mitchell talks to Mike Hosking about the conflict.  LISTEN ABOVE.   Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:57:49 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/richard-arnold-us-correspondent-on-trump-zelenskyy-meeting-and-what-the-polls-are-saying-after-donald-trumps-first-100-days-in-office/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/richard-arnold-us-correspondent-on-trump-zelenskyy-meeting-and-what-the-polls-are-saying-after-donald-trumps-first-100-days-in-office/ US President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the Pope's funeral to discuss next steps in Russia-Ukraine peace effort.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that this week Trump will decide whether to continue the process.  It comes as Trump said in a post to truth social last week, "Vladimir, STOP!" after Russia carried out the deadliest attack in months on Ukraine.  US Correspondent Richard Arnold talks to Mike Hosking about the meeting and what the polls are saying after Trump's first 100 days in office.  LISTEN ABOVE.  Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:42:16 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/greg-smith-of-devon-funds-management-on-the-latest-tariff-developments-trade-wars-impact-on-the-us-economy-and-the-good-news-for-us-tech-stocks/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/greg-smith-of-devon-funds-management-on-the-latest-tariff-developments-trade-wars-impact-on-the-us-economy-and-the-good-news-for-us-tech-stocks/ The stance may be softening in the trade war between China and the United States.  Last week US President Trump said the initial 145 percent tariffs wouldn't actually be that high.  China appears to now be mulling their imposed tariffs.  Greg Smiths of Devon Funs Management talks to Mike Hosking about the developments, the trade war's impact on the US economy and the good news for US tech stocks.  LISTEN ABOVE.  Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:32:43 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mark-the-week-the-drop-in-teacher-numbers-is-hardly-a-surprise/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mark-the-week-the-drop-in-teacher-numbers-is-hardly-a-surprise/ 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.     Meteorological paranoia: 2/10   Between the MetService and the media, you would have thought Noah and his large ship were going to be needed, and yet...    Teachers: 6/10  God bless them, but it’s hardly a surprise when you see a drop in numbers, is it? Would you be a teacher?    Easter rules: 3/10   I'm not sure what’s worse, the shambles they’ve become, or the annual tedious debate about changing them… even though we never change them.    Hegseth: 4/10  Looks increasingly like a doofus, and I’m not sure he wasn’t a doofus to start with.    Canada: 7/10   Best election going right now – early voting at records, massive swing in the polls… could be one to remember.    Exports: 8/10  Good news story of the week. In March, this country hit it out of the park – that’s what we need more of.    LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW   Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:05:29 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-fascinating-polling-results-out-of-australia-and-canada/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-fascinating-polling-results-out-of-australia-and-canada/ Polls are funny things at the best of times, and despite plenty of evidence that they can be as wrong as they can be right, we still seem fascinated, if not obsessed, by them.  There are two races at the moment being heavily polled: Australia and Canada. Canada votes this Monday, Australia in a couple of weeks.  Canada is more interesting, if for no other reason than the incumbents were losing by so far it wasn’t funny, but are now leading.  The PM quit and the new bloke, Carney —who once ran the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England— is now chasing the top job.  On the surface, that change of leadership might have played a part in voters' minds – Trudeau was past his used-by date in a Jacinda Ardern “loved then hated” kind of way. More likely, south of the border, Trump got elected, tariffs became an issue, and Carney looks like the person who can better stand up to America.  Polling out yesterday says the Conservatives are closing as people refocus on local issues like housing and cost of living, but the gap is still 12 points. Which is an amazing swing given the gap was 20 points the other way until tariffs stole the headlines.  Meantime, in Australia it’s gone from a race where the incumbent would be lucky to survive, far less thrive. Where a hung parliament was probable, requiring any number of accommodations with Greens and Teals and Independents, given a minority was the best Albanese could hope for, to what increasingly looks like an easy romp home with a majority.  Marginal seat polling out yesterday shows Labor with a 3.5% swing in the past week. Another poll had 45% of voters saying they didn’t like Dutton’s personality, therefore wouldn’t vote for him.  Competence, cost of living, that apparently doesn’t count. You look at him, you don’t like him, he’s toast.  It hardly seems a sophisticated way to decide the future of your nation, but then that’s democracy, isn’t it?  One argument says Albo should win —first term governments don’t lose— haven’t since the 30s.  But Canada, if the polls are right, that would be a victory from the ashes. What happens in another country is so profound: the party that was getting thrashed has their fortunes completely reversed. That’s one for the history books.  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:04:09 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/wrapping-the-week-with-kate-hawkesby-and-tim-wilson-the-best-easter-eggs-on-the-market/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/wrapping-the-week-with-kate-hawkesby-and-tim-wilson-the-best-easter-eggs-on-the-market/ Capping off another short week, Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was.  They discussed the number of people taking leave for the period, the best brand of Easter eggs, and the fact that chatbots have queues.  LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:03:26 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/scott-weenink-nz-cricket-ceo-on-the-new-partnership-with-north-americas-major-league-cricket/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/scott-weenink-nz-cricket-ceo-on-the-new-partnership-with-north-americas-major-league-cricket/ A groundbreaking new partnership for New Zealand Cricket, in an effort to keep the country's top players from joining other global T20 franchises.  New Zealand Cricket have joined forces with the financial backers of a new franchise in North America's Major League Cricket - a competition that has a value of at least $200 million.  The move could help keep leading players and coaches in the Black Caps set-up, instead of becoming global T20 freelancers.  CEO Scott Weenink told Mike Hosking they're taking a two-pronged approach.  He says this presents an opportunity to diversify their revenue streams into the most lucrative global sporting market, while also creating opportunities for their high performance staff and players.    The new team —which is yet to be formally named or have their location confirmed— will debut in the 2027 season.  LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:51:12 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/simon-watts-climate-change-minister-says-there-is-improvement-from-the-emissions-trading-scheme/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/simon-watts-climate-change-minister-says-there-is-improvement-from-the-emissions-trading-scheme/ The Government says it's reinstating confidence in the Emissions Trading Scheme.  It comes as the Climate Commission's calls for carbon credits to stay the same price, to maintain stability.  Climate Change Minister Simon Watts told Mike Hosking while some carbon credit auctions haven't taken off, things are improving on other years.  He says the previous Government was getting too involved and causing volatility, but he's turning things around.  He says the Commission's told the Government its changes are working well, and it can keep its hand off the tiller.  LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:38:17 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-24-april-2025/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-24-april-2025/ On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 24th of April, David Seymour defends his controversial slash-and-burn changes to the Early Childhood Education sector.   We also explore whether Donald Trump is preparing to retract his tariffs on China with insights from Doug Holtz-Eakin, a former economic adviser to Senator John McCain.   Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby wrap the short week with a fun discussion on the 'best' Easter eggs currently on the market.  Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:09:14 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/roger-beaumont-nz-banking-association-ceo-on-the-new-suite-of-protective-measures-to-block-scams/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/roger-beaumont-nz-banking-association-ceo-on-the-new-suite-of-protective-measures-to-block-scams/ Telco companies and digital platforms need to step up to protect people from scams.  That's the message from the New Zealand Banking Association as they roll out a new suite of their own protective measures.  Chief Executive Roger Beaumont told Mike Hosking scammers prey on the vulnerable and cost New Zealanders billions every year.  He says while it's not the Bank's problem, they're putting in safeguards to reduce the risk of it happening.  LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:59:43 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/david-willis-nurses-society-national-director-on-the-expanded-medical-graduate-bond-scheme/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/david-willis-nurses-society-national-director-on-the-expanded-medical-graduate-bond-scheme/ The heath sector's welcoming more money in the pockets of new graduates.  The Government's expanded the existing scheme giving graduates bond payments to stay in the country.  Payments are up to $50 thousand over a period of three to five years.  Nurses' Society National Director David Willis told Mike Hosking it's needed.  Willis says it's designed to get workforce into hard-to-reach areas.  LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:38:32 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/doug-holtz-eakin-economist-and-former-advisor-to-john-mccain-on-potential-easing-tensions-between-the-us-and-china/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/doug-holtz-eakin-economist-and-former-advisor-to-john-mccain-on-potential-easing-tensions-between-the-us-and-china/ Rising hopes of easing tensions in the trade war between the US and China.  Donald Trump's signalling a potential U-turn, saying the 145% tariffs on Chinese goods are "very high" and will "come down substantially".  But the two countries are yet to hold any formal trade talks.  Economist Doug Holtz-Eakin —a former adviser to John McCain— told Mike Hosking if Trump keeps waiting for Xi Jinping's call, he'll be waiting a long time.  He says China has no reason to come to the table, and intermediaries will need to get involved to get both sides talking.  LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:17:01 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/david-seymour-regulation-minister-on-the-regulation-cuts-to-early-childhood-education/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/david-seymour-regulation-minister-on-the-regulation-cuts-to-early-childhood-education/ Regulation Minister David Seymour's accusing unions of 'fearmongering' about the review into early childhood education.  Cabinet's agreed to adopt 15 recommendations from a Ministry of Regulation review that found a number of settings were outdated.  Seymour says the unions made their mind up before the Government released its decision.  He told Mike Hosking there are just too many regulators, with multiple Ministries and local councils trying to enforce rules without any clarity.  LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:06:06 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/jo-mckenna-italy-correspondent-on-the-increasing-security-preparations-for-pope-francis-funeral/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/jo-mckenna-italy-correspondent-on-the-increasing-security-preparations-for-pope-francis-funeral/ Thousands of people are descending on Rome ahead of Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday.  It's already a busy time for the city, with Easter and other local public holidays falling this week.  Newstalk ob体育接口's Jo McKenna told Mike Hosking she's spoken to people who have waited in line for four hours to catch a glimpse of the Pope.  She says the Vatican is considering keeping the doors open past midnight tonight because of the demand.  Security checks will also be stepped up ahead of the funeral, with the Vatican working out the arrangements tonight.  McKenna says they will include firefighters who specialise in terrorism and chemical warfare.   LISTEN ABOVE  Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:31:55 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-i-wish-i-had-the-ministers-positivity-around-teaching/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-i-wish-i-had-the-ministers-positivity-around-teaching/ I wish I had the Minister's positivity around teaching.  As you will have heard, we are short of teachers. We aren’t training as many teachers as we used to, so increasingly, we’ll need to bring more of them into the country.  The Minister suggested—optimistically, I think—that it's about more than just pay. It's about resources and support, which I’m sure is true. But the question remain, does it solve anything?  Does anything solve anything?  Is teaching simply a profession —like so many others— that is no longer what it once was? And if that's the case, why would anyone choose to be a teacher today?  Kids can be difficult. And if they’re not, schools are riddled with social issues that no teacher should have to deal with – yet they do.  Teachers are more like social workers than educators now. Even with all the holidays, the numbers don’t lie: people aren’t enrolling in teaching like they used to.  The trouble is, while teacher numbers are dropping, the number of kids isn’t. In fact, student numbers are expected to peak next year. So the gap widens.  Bringing in teachers presents a twofold issue.   You have to find teachers in a world where everyone is looking for them. They have to want to teach here. Is New Zealand really a magnet?  I could try to reassure you by talking about the teachers I had – but we’re going back 50 years. They were, virtually all of them, ordinary. Even with age and some maturity, as I look back at the ones I remember, not a single one was exceptional or brilliant or even really, really good. They were average. In an average school. That turned out a lot of average kids.  Is it possible the great teachers are, and have always been, the exception? The ones with the calling, the drive? The rest have merely been okay.  Which, of course, doesn’t solve the problem.  We have a lot to do with it. Society is a mess these days: held back, held down by anxieties, concerns, divisions, anger, frustration. A sense of loss, bewilderment, and upheaval that occupies pretty much everywhere, globally.  And so we send our offspring —if we send them at all— to be shaped by a miracle worker. One we pay average money to. In what might be a leaky building. With minimal resources.  We are setting it all up for failure. It’s complex. But if the Minister is right, and she can turn it around, she deserves a medal. If not beatification.  Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:00:39 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/pollies-mark-mitchell-and-ginny-andersen-discuss-nz-firsts-gender-bill-conscience-votes/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/pollies-mark-mitchell-and-ginny-andersen-discuss-nz-firsts-gender-bill-conscience-votes/ This week on Politics Wednesday, Mark Mitchell and Ginny Andersen joined Mike Hosking to delve into some of the biggest topics of the short week so far. They discussed New Zealand First's new Member's Bill calling to legally define gender, conscience votes, and Kieran McAnulty's Easter bill. LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:41:55 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/paul-spoonley-massey-university-sociologist-on-selwyns-lack-of-key-services-as-it-struggles-with-population-growth/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/paul-spoonley-massey-university-sociologist-on-selwyns-lack-of-key-services-as-it-struggles-with-population-growth/ Key services are lagging behind in Canterbury's Selwyn district as it tries to cope with exponential population growth.  Stats NZ data shows it remains the fastest growing district in the country, with 3200 new arrivals in the year to June.  Rolleston and Lincoln experienced the biggest jumps, at 9.6% and 8.1% respectively.  Massey University sociologist Paul Spoonley told Mike Hosking Selwyn falls behind when it comes to infrastructure.  For example, he says that of the 20-odd primary schools with more than 700 students, five of them are in Selwyn.   LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:13:35 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-23-april-2025/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/full-show-podcast-23-april-2025/ On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 23rd of April, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has met with Sir Keir Starmer, signing a new weapons deal.  NZ First are occupying themselves with gender issues, trying to follow the UK Supreme Courts decision - we talk to Suzanne Levy from Speak up for Women about the bill.  Mark Mitchell and Ginny Anderson discuss conscience votes and request a special shoutout on Politics Wednesday.   Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:09:12 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/christopher-white-npr-vatican-correspondent-on-the-catholic-churchs-path-forward-vote-for-a-new-pope/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/christopher-white-npr-vatican-correspondent-on-the-catholic-churchs-path-forward-vote-for-a-new-pope/ The Catholic Church is at a crossroads as it prepares to vote for a new leader.  Pope Francis died aged 88 on Easter Monday following a stroke and heart failure.   His funeral will take place outside St Peter's Basilica on Saturday evening, and then Cardinals will be summoned to Rome to elect his successor.   NPR Vatican correspondent Christopher White told Mike Hosking it's anyone's guess who the new pope will be.  He says they have to decide whether to continue on the path of reform initiated by Pope Francis —a more welcoming and inclusive church— or to course correct.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:49:47 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/josh-tan-export-nz-executive-director-on-the-impact-of-donald-trumps-tariffs-international-monetary-fund-slashing-global-growth-forecasts/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/josh-tan-export-nz-executive-director-on-the-impact-of-donald-trumps-tariffs-international-monetary-fund-slashing-global-growth-forecasts/ The International Monetary Fund is slashing its global growth forecasts due to impact of Donald Trump's tariffs, and expects the US to be hit particularly hard.  US markets have been rallying, with the White House confirming it has 18 trade deal proposals on paper, is talking with 34 countries this week, and has a China deal in the works.  But China's warning it will hit back at countries that make deals that go against its interests.  Export NZ Executive Director Josh Tan told Mike Hosking it's still unclear how New Zealand and its exporters will be affected.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:37:59 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/sir-don-mckinnon-former-foreign-minister-on-the-new-weapons-deal-with-the-uk/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/sir-don-mckinnon-former-foreign-minister-on-the-new-weapons-deal-with-the-uk/ A former Foreign Minister says New Zealand's new weapons deal with the UK reflects a strong relationship.  Christopher Luxon and Sir Keir Starmer have met in the UK overnight.  They've announced a deal worth more than $60 million for New Zealand-made drones and discussed the war in Ukraine.  Sir Don McKinnon told Mike Hosking it's another step in joint support for the war-torn country.  He says New Zealand and the UK have always been closely linked, but there's a long way to go before the war can be stopped.  Luxon and Starmer are also pushing for even closer military ties, coming after the Government announced it's boosting military spending to hit more than 2% of GDP.  McKinnon told Hosking it'll help New Zealand's international reputation.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:29:22 Z /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/suzanne-levy-speak-up-for-women-spokesperson-on-nz-firsts-members-bill-aiming-to-legally-define-sex/ /on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/suzanne-levy-speak-up-for-women-spokesperson-on-nz-firsts-members-bill-aiming-to-legally-define-sex/ Differing opinions on New Zealand First's Members' bill regarding the definition of 'woman'.  MP Jenny Marcroft is proposing legally defining a woman as being an adult human biological female.  Rainbow Auckland co-chair Sibyl Mandow says it's a political move to be divisive, stir up hate, and generate a narrative to distract from more pressing issues.  Mandow says the bill is trying to denounce the existence of trans people – who have no agenda and just want to exist.   But Speak Up for Women spokesperson Suzanne Levy told Mike Hosking polling on this issue indicates people don't want trans people to be treated poorly.  But she says at the same time, people don't think sex can be changed.  Levy says laws need to be definable, as sex has never had any other meaning than biological sex.  LISTEN ABOVE  Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:11:32 Z