The Mike Hosking Breakfast

The Treaty Principals Bill is on its way to the gallows as the select committee came back Friday and suggested it wasn’t getting its support. It was voted past first reading but it wont get past round two. What I learned out of it was several things. 1) This country is not up for much of a debate around complex or big ideas. We are myopic in our approach. We hate and we love and middle ground is i...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 7th of April, how will our share market react today after we dealt with the worldwide tariffs from the U.S?   The amount of rubbish we are buying from the likes of Temu appears to be stabilising.   Andrew Saville and Jason Pine talk the super rugby weekend and Liam Lawson's first race back at Racing Bulls. Get the Mike Hoskin...

The Australian is next month and the polls are showing Albanese's Labor out in front.  Opposition leader Peter Dutton is scrapping his scheme that meant Canberra civil servants couldn't work from home if he was elected, after it was criticised by Labor.  Anthony Albanese has said anyone with solar power will get $4000 towards the cost of a battery. But what's the catch?  Australian...

The stock market has seen the biggest daily fall since the Covid-19 period, as a result of Donald Trump's tariffs announced last week.  Beijing responded with its own retaliatory tariffs, which caused the S&P 500 to fall another 6%.  Craigs Investment Partners Director Mark Lister says it's a historic fall.  "It's pretty rare for things to fall as much as that in a two-day perio...

Christopher Luxon says he has no regrets about the Treaty Principles Bill. Parliament's Justice Committee has recommended the bill not proceed when it returns to the House, after public submissions were overwhelmingly opposed to it. The Prime Minister says it's time for the debate to end. He told Mike Hosking allowing the bill to proceed to committee stage, but refusing to support it any further,...

Shopping habits have shifted - cheap goods were up by 33% last year, which is more than double across 5 years.  Kiwibank says spending on websites like Temu and Shine have stabilised at a high level.  First Retail Group Managing Director Chris Wilkinson says price is the biggest driver for people deciding where to spend their money.  LISTEN ABOVE.  See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Public feedback means small dwellings can now be built without consent up to 70 square metres.  It was originally set at 60 square metres.  Housing Minister Chris Bishop says it adds extra optionality for people.  LISTEN ABOVE.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently retired Chair of the Parole Board, Sir Ron Young, is saying short sentences may be doing more harm than good.  "We can't do anything about the crime that someone's committed who's already in prison," he said. "We can try and do something about the crimes that they could commit by reducing reoffending, and that's putting huge effort into rehabilitation."  LISTEN ABOVE.  See...

The United States is reacting to Donald Trump's tariffs, with people turning out in their thousands to protest across the country.  The markets have been in 'meltdown' since US President Cannounced global tariffs.  Trump has returned to the White House after three days away, and tomorrow he will meet with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US Correspondent Richard Arnold ta...

The world is reacting to the tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump over the weekend.  The Dow is down 2,231 points and the biggest names in tech have been hit hard.  Apple is down 16% in two days.  Greg Smith of Devon Funds Management talks to Mike Hosking about the fallout.  LISTEN ABOVE.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here was a headline to mark the day: "We aren't ready, the next pandemic is coming."  In that line of paranoia is everything that was wrong with the five year anniversary, if that’s the right word, of our first lockdown for Covid.  As two commissions have, or continue, to wade through any number of submissions, it's all a waste of time.  There are those who are determined to forecas...

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 Māori Party: 1/10   They get a '1' because they are legitimately there because of votes, and that’s democracy. As for the rest of the performance, they are a joke and an embarrassment to this country.    The Greens : 2/10   They get a '2' and...

The irony was not lost on me this week as two things job related happened.  The first was the survey that suggested over half of us regret our career choice.  That struck me as profoundly sad. Say whatever you want about work and work-life balance, but a lot of hours are spent in a lifetime grafting. Virtually everyone, at least at the start, has to work.  Everyone of course should...

Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back once more to Wrap the Week with Mike Hosking.  They discussed going for a coffee run in the stormy weather, compulsory Shakespeare in schools, and Mike’s 25 years at Newstalk ZB.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All eyes are on Japan this weekend as Liam Lawson races for the first time since his demotion from Red Bull Racing.  The Kiwi driver has lost his seat in the Formula 1 team two races into the season, being replaced with Yuki Tsunoda for the Japanese Grand Prix.   Former Williams Team Manager Peter Windsor told Mike Hosking the problem with motorsport and F1 today is that it's very data d...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 4th of April, we get the reaction both from New Zealand and around the world to Trump’s “sweeping” tariffs.   A lot of eyes will be on F1 this weekend as Liam Lawson hops back behind the wheel of the Racing Bulls car, and former Williams team manager Peter Windsor offers his thoughts.  Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson discuss 25 year...

Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement is being described as a shockingly radical shift in policy.   The US President announced 10% tariffs on almost all goods entering the US, including from New Zealand.  Many countries face much higher tariffs, including China with a combined 54% levy.  Former US Department of Treasury Economist Brad Setser told Mike Hosking it’s a fundamenta...

The Health Minister's confident two of the Government targets will improve this year.  Health New Zealand data shows child vaccinations, cancer treatment times, and ED stay lengths have improved, but wait times for elective treatments and first specialist assessments have lengthened.  Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking the wait times are of particular concern.  He says the targets are i...

The Trade Minister is playing down New Zealand's chances of getting an exemption to Donald Trump's 10% tariffs.  The Trump administration says it's imposing the tariffs in response to our 20% tariff on US goods.  Todd McClay says our average tariff on US goods is actually less than 2%, and the 20% figure appears to be based on the trade balance between our countries last year.  He t...

Phil Goff is standing by his comments about US President Donald Trump as he arrives back in New Zealand. The former High Commissioner to the UK was sacked from his role after questioning whether Trump understood history. Goff says Trump's treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prompted the question. He told Mike Hosking the comments weren't made flippantly. Goff says he thought about...

A housing development for you.  A housing development that once again shows how reality beats theory.  Housing is a New Zealand obsession. We love housing and we long to own housing.  It encroaches on immigration and whether too many people lead to higher prices.  It encroaches on politics and the expectation as to what Governments do about housing and the prices of said housin...

The view of a Chinese vessel in our waters highlights our complicated relationship with the country.  The visit has been approved by the New Zealand Government, as part of a NIWA research project.   Although its movements have been approved, Australia is not the biggest fan, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying he would prefer it wasn’t off Victoria’s coast.  NZ Contemporary...

A new affordable housing solution has just been completed.  The Living House, designed by RTA Studio, takes just six weeks to build, costing only $333 thousand.   It costs $253,000 less than the Government’s average Kainga Ora build, and Architect Rich Naish told Mike Hosking they got frustrated by the failure of successive governments to build truly affordable housing.   He says th...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 3rd of April, the final report into a $627 million mental health programme has been released. Has it hit its targets?  Private school enrolments are booming – is the disparagement of our public school system to blame?  Kiwi caddie Steve Williams has a new book about his 12 years on the bag for Tiger Woods, so we need to talk to...

It’s been about 14 years since Kiwi Steve Williams last caddied for the great Tiger Woods.  But to coincide with the 2025 Masters and the 20th anniversary of Woods’ iconic shot on the 16th hole at Augusta – Williams is releasing a new book.  ‘Together We Roared: Alongside Tiger for His Epic Twelve-Year, Thirteen-Majors Run’ is filled with behind the scenes moments, delivering the definit...