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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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2:45

Sunny Kaushal: Retail Crime Ministerial Advisory...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/29

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 screaming out for. Kaushal says offenders believe police won't respond and the courts will let them go, so they're

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3:23

Helen O'Sullivan: CEO of Real Estate at Velocity says...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/29

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 estate market is still healthy. She said ‘Volumes are a key indicator, and we’re seeing those pick up’ LISTEN ABOVESee

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2:07

Mike's Minute: NZ is better than we think

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/27

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 difficult at his place. The GDP figures came out as we were away on the long weekend - up 0.8% for Q1. The Reserve Bank thought it

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2:12

Mark the Week: Pension was the bum note of the week

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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 well-deserved satisfaction. Whanau Ora and Tama Iti and Moana Pasifika: 2/10 Central Government yet again missing the politically

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1:59

Mike's Minute: Why are we concerned about the age of...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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 tired, old business of thinking that when Super kicks in you must check out. Obviously, the world has changed and is changing, just not that

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10:24

Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson:...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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 ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:33

Paul Goldsmith: Treaty Negotiations Minister on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

The Treaty Negotiations Minister admits people are losing patience on a Ngāpuhisettlement, 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 settlement, you need people to be prepared to settle. He told Mike Hosking that the settlement has to have the support of

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8:48

Erica Stanford: Education Minister on Section 127 in...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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. Erica Stanford refutes these claims, saying that 127 was an already existing Treaty clause. She told Mike Hosking that

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88:14

Full Show Podcast: 27 June 2025

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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 musical discovery of the week as they Wrap the Week. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday

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3:00

Stacey van der Putten: Auckland Transport Public...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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 elements including design capacity, timetabling, and patronage. She points out that 19,000 is still a significant increase

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3:05

Andrew Geddis: Otago University Law Expert on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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, he says, suspecting that Te Pāti Māori will likely run strongly on a kind of legacy argument. The by-election could clash

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6:23

Tama Potaka: Māori Development Minister on if Whānau...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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 Hosking there's some uncertainty about how that Whānau Ora money was spent. He wants to know it's being used for proper

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2:12

Mike's Minute: We can't get out of our own way on Super

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/26

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 criteria you might like to add to the equation like height, weight, job, brain power or savings, are null and void

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4:04

Ben Tombs: Craggy Range Chief Winemaker on the Pinot...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/25

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 the kind of provenance unique to Martinborough, and winning the award is an incredibly achievement. LISTEN ABOVESee

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11:18

James May: Former Top Gear and Grand Tour Host on his...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/25

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 stories of explorers to the stage. It’s called ‘Explorers: The Age of Discovery’, and May’s bringing it to Kiwi

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88:29

Full Show Podcast: 26 June 2025

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/25

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 communities, spend millions on a rugby team? Former Top Gear and Grand Tour host James May is coming to NZ with

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3:05

John Tookey: AUT Future Environments Professor on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/25

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 Bishop say it will ensure Auckland takes economic advantage of the transformational investment in the city. AUT Future

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6:32

Chris Bishop: Infrastructure Minister on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/25

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 how to maintain it. He says what all parties need to agree on is focusing on asset maintenance, because we

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2:31

Graeme Edgeler: Law Expert on the review of the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/25

A law expert says it's important for the Māori Development Minister to look at contracts - to figure out where Whānau Ora's money is coming from. Tama Potaka is seeking a review of a recent Whānau Ora ad campaign encouraging Māori to sign up to the Māori electoral roll. He says it would be inappropriate for public funding to be used for electioneering. Law expert Graeme Edgeler told Mike Hosking the law isn't complicated about this, so long as the money is coming from the right place. He says this

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7:51

Nicola Willis: Economic Growth Minister on the new...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/06/25

The Government's issued a fresh warning to the major supermarket chains. Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis has written a letter to Woolworths, and Foodstuffs' North Island and South Island arms, outlining her expectations. She says she's hearing of supermarkets charging more than the advertised price, and having specials and multi-buy deals that don't actually offer savings. Willis told Mike Hosking that's not good enough. She says supermarkets have publicly said again and again that they do

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