The Mike Hosking Breakfast

A cyber security firm is warning of an increasing risk of cyber attacks targeting healthcare. A CyberCX report shows it's in the top five most targeted sectors in Australia and New Zealand by cyber extortion groups. It ranks third alongside IT and wholesale and retail services. Chief Strategy Officer Alastair MacGibbon told Tim Dower it's the sensitive and important information that's attractive t...

How can more staff equal less work getting done? Since 2017 nearly 800 more full-time roles have being created at the Department of Conservation. Yet thousands fewer hectares of DOC land are being treated for possums, rats, goats and deer. Christine Rose from Greenpeace joined Tim Dower to explain. LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So here's the first realisation that we face out of the Reserve Bank's 50 basis point rise - it was 50 points. It proves, yet again, no one seems to really have a handle on what's going on. Secondly, and most worryingly, is it was 50 points. While Australia sees no need to move at all, we are still in the large end of the spectrum. The Americans moved by 25 points, but we moved by 50 because of th...

The drama surrounding the husband of former Scottish National Party Leader Nicola Sturgeon has been labelled a gift for the UK Labour party. Peter Murrell has been arrested as part of an investigation into the party's finances, but was released today without charge. Sturgeon says she had "no prior knowledge" of Police Scotland's action or intentions, and Murrell denies any wrongdoing. UK Correspon...

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.   Donald Trump: 6/10 On balance, given how mad the world is these days, his legal troubles have more upside than not. And what does that say about division?   Jacinda Ardern: 6/10 It's one of the stranger periods of our political story. So popular, until she was so unpopular. She...

Yesterday's 50 basis point rise of the OCR by the Reserve Bank puts us at 5.25%. It is now the 11th successive hike and is the highest level since December 2008, so questions have been raised as to how will our economy fare. Former Minister of Finance Steven Joyce joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 10-year action plan has been launched by NZ Rugby to transform women's rugby. The plan is to improve access to participation while removing barriers for women, while also being able to capitalize on their success - especially following the craze from the Black Ferns at the World Cup. Almost $22 million will be poured into the programme this year, with the promise to grow investment over the next...

Yesterday, Former head of Tourism Industry Aotearoa and current managing director of tourism research agency Angus and Associates Chris Roberts joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast for a discussion around public-private partnership within the tourism industry. Tourism NZ heard the discussion and they wanted to join the conversation around what we are already doing and what the sector has in it's futu...

Tough times are expected to follow the Official Cash rate hike, which caught many by surprise. The Reserve Bank increased the OCR by 50 basis points to 5.25 percent. Kiwibank Chief Executive Steve Jurkovich says it will be a knock to business confidence and will mean people tightening their belts. But he told Mike Hosking it's balancing out previous extreme trends. Jurkovich says we've had low int...

Federated Farmers say some farmers feel like the Government has abandoned them two months after Cyclone Gabrielle. An additional $23-million has been approved by the Government to help those affected, bringing the total to $78 million. More than half of the 6,000 applications have already been approved, with $37 million so far paid out. But Federated Farmers Acting Gisborne-Wairoa President Charli...

Persistent inflation has failed to be dampened down by consistent Official Cash Rate increases. The Reserve Bank has hiked it by 50 basis points to 5.25 percent, defying many economists' expectations. JMI Wealth Director Andrew Kelleher says weather events are partially to blame for inflation. But he told Mike Hosking the Government needs to acknowledge its contribution. Kelleher says there should...

It's valedictory day for Jacinda Ardern. Plenty of people have been asking plenty of other people what they have made of her time as Prime Minister. I think it was Geoffrey Palmer who said she would be seen as one of the greats. He is wrong. The fact her support has collapsed post her resignation is proof that we have moved on, and fast. She does have a unique place in our political history, in th...

The New Zealand-filmed Netflix series Sweet Tooth generated $66 million for our GDP. And with Kiwi's making up 95 percent of crew and 80 percent of cast it also stimulated 1180 jobs. The series, granted $9.6m from the New Zealand Screen Production Grant for New Zealand productions as part of a government screen incentives scheme and generated $7 for every $1 invested. SPDA President Irene Gardiner...

Andrew Little says Jacinda Ardern has dealt with an extraordinary amount of challenges during her political career. The man who stood aside to make way for her to lead the Labour party told Mike Hosking her time as Prime Minister would have been challenging for anyone. National MP Mark Mitchell says Ardern has devoted herself to public service. LISTEN ABOVE     See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Economists are expecting another hike of the OCR by the Reserve Bank today. Most are picking a 25 basis point rise taking it to 5 percent, this would be the highest since December 2008. Westpac acting chief economist Michael Gordon joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Te Whatu Ora says it is concerned about its surgery wait times. Figures show more than 6,000 patients approved for surgery have been waiting more than a year for their operation, up from 2,487 the previous year. The agency has republished its performance data after admitting some of its earlier reporting was incorrect. Chief Executive Margie Apa told Mike Hosking they're working on bringing the ti...

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 charges of falsifying business records. Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday at a Manhattan courthouse ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. A stone-faced Trump entered the courtroom this morning without saying anything. Trump, who was impeached twice b...

No light at the end of the tunnel for low vaccination rates from an illness that puts infants at risk of death. Three babies under one year of age have died from whooping cough since February. Te Whatu Ora says it's important pregnant women in their second trimester are vaccinated against the disease to pass a level of immunity on to their baby. Auckland University vaccinologist Helen Petousis Har...

Could a public-private partnership be the key to survival of tourism? Tourism experts are calling the sector to break away from the high-volume model of tourism seen in 2019 - and instead focus on a new public-private partnership model that reflects a inter-sector collaborative approach of the future of tourism. Former head of Tourism Industry Aotearoa and current managing director of tourism rese...

Finland is set to join NATO on Tuesday, days after Turkey ratified the Nordic country's membership and set it on track to become the 31st member of the world's biggest military alliance. All NATO members must vote unanimously to admit a new country into the alliance. "This is an historic week," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels Monday, on the eve of a meeting of th...

There are concerns that Stuart Nash could be a ticking time bomb. The former Cabinet Minister has announced he's quitting politics at the election, and will remain as Napier's MP until then. Nash was dumped from Cabinet last week after it was revealed he leaked private information to donors and criticised legal decisions. Newstalk ZB Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper told Mike Hosking Chr...

Sanna Marin - I said it at the time when she arrived in the country for a visit. I said it as the debate here raged, as to a woman's right to be herself. I'm talking, of course, about the argument that you could be a leader and still go dancing all night and the fact that she had gone out to a party that turned up on Instagram was fine because she didn’t have any meetings that weekend. Marin was t...

It's been a few years since we last caught up with Graham Norton for a chat and a wine. The UK celebrity is best known for his talk show, into it's 30th season now, as well as his many books. But it's his relationship with wine and Invivo that is gaining him more and more headlines in New Zealand. 15 million bottles of wine have been produced worldwide and this year marks the ten year anniversary...

The Prime Minister says legitimate concerns have been raised about lobbyists' access to MPs. Private-sector and union reps are losing swipe-card access to Parliament, with the Cabinet Manual also being refreshed. Support is being offered to third-party lobbyists to establish a voluntary code of conduct. Chris Hipkins told Mike Hosking the perception our democracy is robust and operates without inf...

A belief the Government's moves to ensure transparency within the lobbying sector is perfunctory. The Prime Minister is giving support to third-party lobbyists to establish a voluntary code of conduct. Private-sector and union reps are losing swipe-card access to Parliament. The Cabinet Manual will be updated, to clarify expectations for Ministers' conduct when choosing future employment. Lobbyist...