The Mike Hosking Breakfast

ASB are picking the OCR will only go up 25 basis points at the next rate review in just under a week's time.   However, they concede that the likelihood of it needing to go up by 50 basis points is edging up, but it's really just a coin-flip at this stage.   They say it's a tough call, and an imperfect environment either way.   ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley joined Mike Hosking.  LISTEN ABOVE Se...

What's in a report? Well, depends who you ask.  The IPCC, the climate change wonks, have put their latest report out. Headline one, yes there is still time to limit climate warming to 1.5 degrees. Headline two, goal of holding global warming to 1.5 degrees is no longer plausible.  So, which is it? Doable or not? And how many people who wrote those headlines had skin in the game, a view that needed...

Australian correspondent, Murray Olds joined Mike Hosking on RBA holding interest rates, Scott Morrison wins the pre-selection court battle and Australia is set to start making hypersonic Missiles.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US correspondent Richard Arnold joined Mike Hosking on the UN’s meeting over Ukraine and Elon Musk’s Twitter share purchase.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MPs Megan Woods and Mark Mitchell joined Mike Hosking to discuss the week's political news. Emergency housing in Rotorua, should we be sending weapons to aid Ukraine and are gang tensions rising? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So, Tiger is a go.  He has decided to t it up at Augusta, and with that will come the ratings and the crowds.  Josh Kendall is a golf reporter for the Athletic and is at Augusta.  Josh joined Mike Hosking.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Studies show Kiwis are participating in less physical activity and exercise than prior to the pandemic.  Physical activity participation rates have dropped by nearly six percent – while the number of exercises completed weekly sunk by 20 percent.  Sport New Zealand Chief Executive Raelene Castle told Mike Hosking the cancellation of team sports, and closure of gyms likely killed some people's habi...

Hopes Hawke's Bay will be able to kick-start a successful almond industry in New Zealand.   The region has been picked out for a feasibility study to see if almonds can be grown sustainably.   It's being backed by central and local Government, as well as Picot Productions – the company behind Pic's Nut Spreads.   Picot Productions Chief Executive Stuart Macintosh told Mike Hosking Hawke's Bay is a...

Working from home, from the other side of the world, could help fill skills shortages.  A new report has found offshore New Zealanders are sorely needed to fill our growing skills shortages.  However, the Kea report, which was commissioned by MBIE, shows many are reluctant to come home, especially those in IT.  Kea chief executive, Toni Truslove, told Mike Hosking New Zealand businesses, especiall...

If you can believe it our favourite train turns 1 today.  Te Huia has been off the track almost as much as on them – as of February 28 it has carried 17,340 passengers.  Waikato Regional Council chairman Russ Rimmington joined Mike Hosking.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prime Minister won't do it – but we have the strongest denouncing of Putin from a politician – and it's come from National.   Christopher Luxon has labelled Putin a war criminal, following in the footsteps of the US, UK and Australia.  It will undoubtedly put pressure on Ardern, who has so far refused to call Putin a war criminal.  National Party leader Christopher Luxon joined Mike Hosking. ...

What on earth were you thinking? Shame on you. Orange? A sense of normality? What's the matter with you? Oh, how ironic when I raised on the programme yesterday the idea that masks would be with us for the rest of the year, many of you thought I was mad. But look at who you are dealing with, you are dealing with a government that has duped us and a government that can't move forward if their lives...

Centuries from Martin Guptill and Will Young helped the Black Caps complete a series sweep against the Netherlands and send Ross Taylor out a winner. While the retiring great was dismissed for 14 in his final innings for New Zealand, it was fitting for that pair in particular to lead the way with the bat and set up a 115-run triumph at Seddon Park tonight. Guptill, who made Taylor best man at his...

Nigel Beach is a Kiwi revolutionising the sport science space. He's been into the Wim Hof Method for a number of years - which focuses on hot/cold therapy, bio-hacking and breathing techniques. And another big focus is our physiological response to stress on our body. And he's become so successful that he's become the go-to guy for elite sportspeople here and around the world. Nigel Beach joined M...

Basketball New Zealand is optimistic they will fill the bleachers for their domestic season. Indoor sports were dealt a further blow yesterday with the government opting to maintain crowd restrictions at 200 people under the red traffic light system. Netball's ANZ Premiership has ploughed on, despite the hit in ticket sales. National Basketball League general manager Huw Beynon told the Mike Hoski...

Condemnation from the United States, over Russia's actions in Ukraine. US President Joe Biden is calling for Vladimir Putin to be put on trial for war crimes, after new images emerged of streets lined with the bodies of civilians. The US is backing a team of international prosecutors to go to the region to collect evidence of atrocities. John Bolton, former US National Security Advisory under Dona...

Businesses could be more inclined to support the Government's unemployment insurance plan, if it cut health and disability coverage. The scheme would see people who are made redundant or stopping work for medical and disability reasons, paid up to 80 percent of their salary, for up to seven months. It would be funded by a 1.39 percent levy on both employers and workers. BusinessNZ Chief Executive...

New Zealand mortgage holders are expected to feel the pinch, as interest rates rise. Kiwibank's lifted its standard 5-year home loan rate to 6.79 percent, for those with less than 20 percent equity. Chief executive, Steve Jurkovich, told Mike Hosking it's a long time since there's been a rate that high. He says most people will have an under 80 percent Loan to Value Ratio, so will be paying 5.79 f...

Experts back the "cautious" call to stay in the red Covid setting at least until Easter as, while cases are declining, Auckland still leads the country in hospitalisations per capita. Meanwhile, hospitality representatives say they are "gutted" and question why there has been no movement given low transmission rates at venues. But with the health system near bursting point, experts warn everything...

Scott Morrison is poised to call an election this week as the latest Newspoll reveals Labor’s primary vote has fallen by 3 points to 38 per cent after Tuesday’s budget offerings of cheaper petrol and cash handouts. Some Liberal frontbenchers now believe Mr Morrison will call the election this Sunday for May 21, after the ongoing mess of preselection delays in NSW sparked by factional infighting ma...

Warning: Contains graphic accounts Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds, and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities on Sunday accused the departing forces of committing war crimes and leaving behind a "scene from a horror movie". As images of the bodies — of people whom residents said wer...

Andrew Saville and Guy Heveldt joined Mike Hosking to talk the America's Cup, the Warriors, Paul Coll, the weekend's Super Rugby, AFL, and Ross Taylor's Black Caps swansong in the ODI series against the Netherlands. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The numbers will eventually tell the story, but I assume the car yards were a bit quieter over the weekend now that the second part of the mad feebate scheme kicked in as of April 1st. Yes, along with the downpour of free borrowed money for everyone paid by the government, the cost of a regular petrol car went up. It's another one of those ideas that you thought was med when it was first announced...

A Christchurch start-up developing technology to clear fog at airports is delighted to have won government backing. Pyper Vision is in active development of a spray which is able to quickly absorb moisture from the air, clearing fog in critical areas. It could help prevent flight disruptions like those seen at Wellington Airport last week. Chief Executive Emily Blythe told Mike Hosking over 200 te...

New Zealand's Paul Coll has defended his British Open squash title with a comprehensive straight-game defeat of Egyptian Ali Farag. Coll, the world No 1, totally dominated his opponent for a 12-10, 11-6, 11-4 victory in 50 minutes to continue his run of not dropping a game in the entire tournament. In an attritional start to the final, Coll got to work on narrowing down the angles and restricting...