The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Positive signs when it comes to consumer arrears, but some businesses are still doing it tough.  The latest Centrix data for June shows the number of people behind on payments is down on last year, for the fifth consecutive month in a row.  At the same time company liquidations have risen 27% year-on-year.  Chief Operating Officer Monika Lacey says that's partly due to increased enf...

There’s a belief Auckland's new Police training centre will make recruitment more accessible.  The new space on the Massey University campus includes multiple classrooms, along with gym and recreation areas.  Police Commissioner Richard Chambers told Mike Hosking over the years some people have steered away from a career in Police because they couldn't go to Porirua for training.  H...

In a world of pressing problems one of the bigger, longer term ones is due a good looking at because if we don’t, when we get there we will want to shoot ourselves. IRD has been looking at the cost of stuff and where that money comes from. The trouble, and this is not new, is we have more older people needing more money and fewer younger people to work to raise the money to pay the bills. This is...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 30th of June, we've got some good retail crime changes coming to a store near you and the Government's Retail Crime Advisory Group spokesperson Sunny Kaushal is on the show. The Prime Minister has some questions to answer around Whanau Ora, Section 127b and NATO spending. Andrew Saville and Jason Pine talk Liam Lawson's best ever F1 re...

The Prime Minister is introducing new laws focused on protecting first responders and prison officers.  Luxon told Mike Hosking that no ambulance driver, firefighter or police officer should face aggression and assault while trying to help people.   Also in discussion is the new IKEA store, which has faced trouble during the planning phase.   Luxon said that he has more concerns abo...

The deadline for rental properties to meet the Healthy Homes deadline is less than 24 hours away, and some properties are still not up to scratch. Betta Group CEO Matt Mason told Mike Hosking that although many proactive landlords have made the required changes, some have left it to the last minute. He says audits will be carried out and fines will be issued in the coming months to help enforce th...

Paramedics are giving the Government a thumbs up, as it moves to crack down on assaults towards first responders and prison officers.  It's proposing higher penalties, with five years maximum imprisonment for assault with intent to injure, and a seven year maximum for injuring with intent.  St John Ambulance Operations Manager Stu Cockburn told Mike Hosking this is a step in the right di...

There's excitement over expected changes to the way authorities deal with retail crime.  Newstalk ZB understands Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith will be confirming shoplifting policy changes this week, relating to Retail Crime Ministerial Advisory Group recommendations.  Group Chair Sunny Kaushal told Mike Hosking that the announcements are ones retailers across the country have been scr...

The One Roof Velocity house value index has revealed a drop in property value across the country.  Major cities like Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton have all experienced drops. However, more rural areas such as Southland, Canterbury and Northland have all seen a rise.  CEO of real estate at Velocity Helen O’Sullivan told Mike Hosking that although the prices have dropped, the real esta...

A friend of ours opened a new business last week.  It was a soft opening and will be full steam ahead by the school holidays.  So far he is going gangbusters. There's a lot of local support and it looks like a good news story.  He is however, if you believe the headlines that have been supplied by his industry association, in very dark and difficult days.  They don’t look diffi...

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.    Trump: 7/10  All in all, 5% defence spending at NATO, a ceasefire that holds, and talks with Iran next week. It's not bad.    Rob Penney: 8/10  From last year to this. That's one of sports great stories, and I assume involves tremendous amounts of...

We've got more ageism, this time in education.  Unions are "concerned" as more teachers work past retirement age.  This in part is the trouble with unions.  1) They aren't keen on work to start with,  2) They are bogged down in old fashioned rules and views of the world.  What is retirement and how do you know you are past it?  They refer of course to Super and this t...

The week has come to an end and so Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are joining Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week once more.  Tim is injured again, winding up on ACC after taking a tumble off the footpath, plus, Mike's made a new musical discovery.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Treaty Negotiations Minister admits people are losing patience on a Ngāpuhi settlement, but says they want it to last.  New Zealand First is launching a Bill, proposing a one-and-done treaty settlement for the largest iwi, rather than multiple hapu settlements.  Paul Goldsmith says that although he sympathises with the desire for a faster resolution, if you want an enduring sett...

The Education Minister is hitting back against claims she’s trying to entrench co-governance into education.  Hobson’s Pledge is claiming that the Education and Training Amendment Bill No.2 includes a section, put there by Stanford, that will force every school board to reflect “local tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, and te ao Māori” in their policies, plans, and classroom teaching.  Eri...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 27th of June, it's accountability Friday! Paul Goldsmith, Tama Potaka, and Erica Stanford have questions to answer about scandals, non-scandals, and accusations.  After the unfortunate passing of Takutai Tarsh Kemp, what is the process going forward in filling her seat?   Tim and Katie talk Tim's latest injury and Mike's best mus...

A vast change to what's been promised for Auckland City Rail Link's opening capacity.   In 2022, it was reported 27 thousand peak passengers would be using the rail line from opening day next year.  That's now gone down to 19 thousand passengers an hour at peak times.  AT Public Transport Director Stacey van der Putten told Mike Hosking the 27 thousand figure merged a few different...

A lot of interest is expected in the by-election to fill the seat left empty by the death of Takutai Tarsh Kemp.  The 50-year-old Te Pāti Māori MP died yesterday.  Otago University law expert Andrew Geddis told Mike Hosking the Tamaki Makaurau seat was won by just 42 votes in 2023 and will be very tightly contested again.  The complicating factor this time is likely to be sympathy,...

Concerns are being raised around the use of taxpayer money to fund Moana Pasifika.  Our newsroom's revealed the Super Rugby franchise received some $8 million in taxpayer loans, grants, and funding.  The Pasifika Medical Association —which took over ownership of the team last year— has received funding from Whānau Ora contracts.  Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka told Mike Hosk...

From the "we can't get out of our own way" file comes the question, as posed this week by the Retirement Commissioner, as to whether people who have money in the bank should get the pension.  The first part that is wrong with that is I thought we had decided many a decade ago, rightly or wrongly, that Super is an entitlement.  Its trigger, rightly or wrongly, is age, therefore the other...

New Zealand has taken home the Gold at the Oscars for wines.  Craggy Range’s Martinborough Pinot Noir took home Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards.  This makes it in the 0.3% of all wines in the world.  Chief Winemaker at Craggy Range Ben Tombs told Mike Hosking they knew there was something pretty special coming out of the 2024 vintage.  He says it shows th...

When you hear the name ‘James May’, it’s likely you think of cars, Top Gear, and The Grand Tour, but much like his co-stars, May has plenty of other projects.  He owns his own pub and gin line, and has done countless shows visiting other countries, rebuilding toys and machines, and exploring life’s questions.  May’s now onto his next journey – a live theatre performance that brings the s...

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 26th of June, Nicola Willis is still unhappy with the supermarkets , sending them another letter – when is it time for action?  Moana Pasifika is in serious financial strife, but it was revealed that Whanau Ora, using taxpayer money, gave them $8 million in funding. How does a company, whose job it is to improve wellbeing in poorer...

The Government's instructed Auckland Council to allow apartments at least 15 storeys high near key City Rail Link train stations.   Density requirements around the Mt Albert and Baldwin Ave stations require at least 10 storey apartments, and requirements around the Maungawhau, Kingsland, and Morningside rail terminals have been increased from six storeys to 15.  Simeon Brown and Chris Bi...

The Infrastructure Minister agrees we're getting bad value for money and need trans-government systems to improve. The Infrastructure Commission's released a 30-year draft plan revealing its first look at how New Zealand needs to invest in our future.  Chris Bishop told Mike Hosking half of all capital-intensive government agencies don't have asset registers, so don't know what they own or ho...