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The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show.Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda.The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more.The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.

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3:02

Steve Watson: Immigration New Zealand Compliance...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/04

Immigration New Zealand's working on picking up immigrants who have overstayed their visa, following a surge. New figures estimate there's 21 thousand overstayers in the country, up from 14 thousand in 2017. The Government's also cracking down on immigrants who commit serious crimes and could deport them if they've been here under 20 years, instead of the current 10. Immigration New Zealand Compliance General Manager Steve Watson told Mike Hosking they still pick up on overstayers, even if they're

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3:44

Judith Collins: Defence Minister on her trip to...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/04

Defence Minister Judith Collins has had frontline access to the war in Ukraine. She's returned from the war-torn country, visiting sites impacted by Russia's three and a half year long invasion. Collins met with Ukraine's Defence Minister while there, alongside speaking with the Foreign Minister, the Office of the President, and Deputy Minister of Defence. She told Mike Hosking it's a difficult situation. Collin says the Ukrainians are not giving in, but they do want a ceasefire, and they do worry

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4:19

Simeon Brown: Health Minister on seeking binding...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/04

The Health Minister wants the senior doctors’ union to put patients first and enter binding arbitration. Simeon Brown has given Health NZ and the union until 4pm today to respond to his urgent request to let a third party decide the terms of the contract. Health NZ's agreed to participate in an effort to resolve 12 months of collective agreement negotiations. Brown told Mike Hosking he's doing what he can to find a way forward. He's trying to persuade both parties to come to the table and agree to

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2:06

Mike's Minute: Auckland is dealing with the trouble...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

The trouble with change, apart from the fact we don’t like it, is it's especially bad if we don't know what it is. The good news for real estate this week has been the foreign buyers changes for visa holders. Adding to that, we've had a series of interest rate cuts, with more to come. But in a place like Auckland what do you buy, and where? There is no small amount of angst currently over a new unitary plan. The new plan came out of the Government's idea of having three houses, three stories tall,

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12:06

Dave Ferguson: Nuro co-founder and President on...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

One of New Zealand’s brightest is looking to be a leading figure in the robotics and self-driving car game. Kiwi Dave Ferguson is one of the minds behind Nuro, a US maker of self-driving car technology – a company that just raised US$203 million in a funding round supported by Uber and Nvidia. He began his career in self-driving vehicles with Google, working as a principal engineer on the Waymo program before splitting off to begin Nuro. Self-driving cars have existed in fiction for decades, but

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88:46

Full Show Podcast: 04 September 2025

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 4th of September, does Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith have a fix for a system a new report says is under “considerable stress”? Great news for the teaching sector as we see a 30% rise in training enrolments. Kiwi robotics genius Dave Ferguson's company Nuro is now worth over $10 billion, and he talks to Mike about wanting to lead the way when it comes to robotaxis. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on

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3:25

Pete Gillespie: Garage Project Founder on stepping in...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

An SOS call has been answered in Wellington’s hospitality sector. Local brewers Garage Project have stepped in to save Fortune Favours’ bar and brewery from permanent closure after a decade in operation. The brewery saw a 45% drop in revenue over the past two years, even after taking home top honours at this year’s Beervana festival. Garage Project founder Pete Gillespie told Mike Hosking they did such an incredible job with that space, it would be a crime to see everything ripped out. He says they

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4:05

Nick Miller: International Tax Specialist on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

There’s a view that large tech companies could be challenged to pay more tax. A report from tax expert Nick Miller says companies like Google take payments from a New Zealand subsidiary and then pay them to an offshore section of the business. These are listed as service or licence fees, but Miller says they could be seen as royalties, which come under a withholding tax. Miller says it's not just New Zealand having this issue. He says it's a debate Australia is having at the moment and one that

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2:30

Chris Mackenzie: Ferry Holdings Ltd Chair on the Govt...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

Smooth sailing so far for Ferry Holdings, as a preferred supplier of two new Cook Strait vessels. Rail Minister Winston Peters has announced a fixed price has been agreed for two 200-metre-long ferries with road and rail decks, and room for 1500 passengers each. Ferry Holdings Limited Chair Chris Mackenzie says final negotiations have started - and contracts will be signed by the end of the year. He told Mike Hosking a letter of intent was signed with the shipyard and now technical discussions have

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6:18

David Seymour: Epsom MP pushes back against the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

David Seymour says he's opposing planning changes in Auckland in his role as local MP, rather than his role as Act Party Leader. Seymour's opposing a move to allow more intensification near transport corridors. The Deputy Prime Minister and MP for Epsom told a public meeting that supporters must impress on Housing Minister Chris Bishop that the plan is not necessary. Seymour told Mike Hosking he's representing the views of his Epsom electorate constituents. He says his job is to ensure Epsom, Mt

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2:21

John O'Neill: Massey University Professor of Teacher...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

There's a belief the number of people studying to become teachers needs to keep rising to meet demand. There's been about 3,500 new domestic enrolments to initial teacher training so far this year – up 30% compared with the same time last year. Massey University Professor of Teacher Education John O'Neill told Mike Hosking it's not a surprise, as numbers typically rise when there's economic downturn. He says forecasting shows there will be an extra 100 thousand students in school by 2030. LISTEN

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3:57

Paul Goldsmith: Justice Minister on the report...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/03

Fixing major challenges in the justice system might need to be a team effort from key players across the board. Concern around mounting stress in the system is highlighted by Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann in her Annual Report. It identifies key stressors including delays, limited capacity, security challenges, and insufficient funding. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith told Mike Hosking speeding up the courts is a classic system challenge. He says there's a whole lot of different players, like

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2:20

Mike's Minute: The Paris Accord was well-intentioned,...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/02

David Seymour's call around the Paris Accord merely adds to the list of calls around the Paris Accord. If we could park the emotion and the bandwagons associated with the obsession around saving the planet, the case for 2050 would no longer add up. For example, take the countries that never signed up, take the countries like America that are leaving, take the future British Tory Government who will bail, take the world's biggest climate alliance for banks who have suspended their activities and

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4:36

Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on Trump's health,...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/02

Donald Trump says reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. The US president is addressing media in the White House after his recent absence from the spotlight over the weekend sent social media into a tailspin. Health rumours have been ramping up since his diagnosis of a chronic vein condition, with photos of his bruised hand circling online. US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking his reappearance comes after yet another federal judge ruled against his deployment of military

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2:55

Brent Linn: Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers CEO on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/02

Is this a turning point for the wine industry? Data shows export volumes are expected to grow 4% to 285 million litres in the year to June 2025. Export revenue is also forecast to lift to $2.4 billion by 2029. Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers CEO Brent Linn told Mike Hosking Hawke’s Bay is more domestically focused, with production to export only representing 25% of their market. He says that they’ve built their pedigree on the premium end of the market, and they have noticed some return to purchases of the

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3:45

Carolyn Young: Retail NZ CEO on the impact of Temu on...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/02

The growing volume of purchases from the likes of Shein and Temu are hitting New Zealand’s import economy hard. Stats New Zealand has revised the National Accounts, with imports down $2.5 billion in the June quarter. The average value of parcels has dropped sharply, driven by fast fashion and cheap e-commerce. Retail NZ CEO Carolyn Young told Mike Hosking a lot more people are looking to buy goods from overseas retailers as opposed to New Zealand. She says they’re trying to encourage people to buy

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88:48

Full Show Podcast: 03 September 2025

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/02

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 3rd of September, our tourism stats are slowly continuing to move in the right direction. So when will we reach 100% of our pre-Covid numbers? David Seymour says New Zealand should pull out of the Paris Agreement – National says no. Former Fed Farmers Chair and Associate Agricultural Minister Andrew Hoggard speaks on the topic. On Politics Wednesday, Ginny Andersen and Mark Mitchell talk the Tamaki Makaurau byelection and Brooke van

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10:04

Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/02

Government ministers have received a reminder about the "separation of powers". Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden has been criticised for claiming Employment Relations Authority members believed “money grows on trees”. She's told our newsroom Attorney-General Judith Collins has discussed the matter with her. National's Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking Collins has reminded ministers they can't openly criticise the judiciary. He says the separation of powers is important in a strong

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5:32

Ian Ebbs: Winner of the Red Bull competition to...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/02

A Christchurch father-of-three has won a nationwide competition to design a helmet for Formula One driver Liam Lawson. The competition, run by Lawson’s team sponsors Red Bull, invited New Zealanders to submit original designs and offered a rare chance to see their creativity come to life on the F1 grid. Nearly 500 designs were submitted, and the winning design will debut at the Singapore GP in October. Winner Ian Ebbs told Mike Hosking he took into account things Lawson likes —the colours on his

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2:56

Andrew Hoggard: Associate Agriculture Minister on...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/09/02

ACT believes New Zealand needs to be more realistic when it comes to the Paris Agreement. The party, along with NZ First, have expressed interest in withdrawing from the agreement unless we can negotiate a better deal. Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard says that trying to meet our current targets is costing the country too much. He told Mike Hosking that we’ve got a lot of good stuff going for us, and we shouldn’t beat ourselves to death over being some sort of sacrificial guinea pig

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