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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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2:58

Marisa Bidois: Restaurant Association CEO on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/14

Revenue in the hospitality sector's reached a new record high, but many operators are seeing profit margins reach a new record low. Restaurant Association data shows sales have risen 1.4% in the past year. Tourism regions like Nelson and Queenstown-Lakes are seeing strong growth but central Auckland and Wellington are still doing it tough. Association Chief Executive Marisa Bidois told Mike Hosking tourism is continuing to drive much of the growth. She says CBDs are struggling, as foot traffic

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2:53

Lucy Naylor: Auckland Primary Principals' Association...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/14

Promising signs of improvement across the primary education sector. The Education Review Office has found teachers are seeing more engaged students, and three-quarters of parents report progress since the start of the year. It follows new data showing more new entrants exceeding phonics expectations. President of Auckland Primary Principals' Association Lucy Naylor told Mike Hosking they're also noticing changes in the engagement and attention of children. She says although the curriculum is still

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5:58

Gail Parata: Former Silver Ferns Selector on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/14

Former Silver Ferns selector Gail Parata has rebuked a lack of due process by Netball New Zealand in standing down coach Dame Noeline Taurua and assistant Debbie Fuller. The pair have been sidelined after allegations of an unsafe high performance environment, which remain unresolved. The issues are understood to date back to a Silver Ferns camp in January. Parata resigned as selector last month in a show of support for Taurua, and she told Mike Hosking no formal complaint was lodged. She says

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3:07

David Carter: Former Speaker of the House on Gerry...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/14

A former Speaker of the House is confident attempts to tighten parliamentary standards will be successful. Current speaker Gerry Brownlee's cracking down on behaviour following what he sees as multiple disruptive incidents. The latest saw Te Pati Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech go well over time. David Carter told Mike Hosking Brownlee will definitely get the majority support from Parliament to do this. Carter says Brownlee just needs to show the will to enforce stricter standards. LISTEN

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2:51

David Cunningham: Squirrel Mortgages CEO on the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/14

The Reserve Bank's continuing to change its approach to preventing risky lending. It's further easing loan-to-value-ratio restrictions, allowing banks to lend more money to low-deposit borrowers. It follows the roll-out of debt-to-income restrictions last year, restricting how much banks can lend to people who already have a lot of debt relative to their income. Squirrel Mortgages Chief Executive David Cunningham told Mike Hosking LVRs had been imperfect on their own. He says when property prices

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1:57

Mike's Minute: The taxpayer can't be the only...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

There is some angst in some media circles at the moment over funding for Māori TV news. A couple of programmes are facing some sort of cut, or cancellation, or realignment because of changes in the way money is handed out from the Māori funding agency. This is not new. Media in this country post-Covid has gone through a fairly major overhaul with many a casualty and a pile of significant change. The reality for media that is funded by the state is you are beholden to the purveyor of the purse

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4:56

Catherine Field: France Correspondent on the European...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

A complicated road could lie ahead for Gaza despite world leaders declaring peace in the Middle East. Donald Trump's signed a ceasefire agreement at a summit in Egypt along with the heads of Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar. It follows a prisoner and hostage swap between Israel and Hamas. The EU has effectively been sidelined, France Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking, and is looking at how they can help the Palestinian Authority get back some credibility and clamp down on corruption. They’re

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2:56

Tim Lightbourne: Invivo Co-founder on NZ wine hitting...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

The UK can’t seem to get enough of New Zealand wine. Latest data shows Sauvignon Blanc shipments hit a 10 year high – with 13.2 million bottles sent over summer. Exports are up 21% year on year, New Zealand now commanding around half of the $2.5 billion UK Sauvignon Blanc market, valued at NZ$1.37 billion. Invivo Co-founder Tim Lightbourne told Mike Hosking there’s been a shift in the UK away from heavy reds, with Sauv becoming the go to over things like Malbec, Shiraz, and Merlot. Plus, New Zealand

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4:10

Riley James: NZ Snooker player on winning the...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

The country's youngest national snooker champion expects to turn professional in a couple of years. 16-year-old Riley James took out the title at the 2025 NZ National Snooker Championships over the weekend. He told Mike Hosking that going into the tournament, he thought his changes were high. “I always knew if I was in the right headspace, I play some of the best snooker in the country.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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89:57

Full Show Podcast: 14 October 2025

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 14th of October, we are seeing real progress, huge progress, in our kids’ learning with the release of the results of structured literacy. We've got winners across the board – Sauv Blanc in the UK is hitting record marks and 16-year-old Riley James made history as the youngest ever winner of the NZ Snooker Champs. Speaking of winners, Kiwi Supercars driver and Bathurst champ Matt Payne basks in the glory and going into the history books

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12:43

Matt Payne: Kiwi motorsport driver on his Bathurst...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

Matt Payne has become King of the Mountain in a wet weather shemozzle at the Bathurst 1000. He has joined the high-octane New Zealand pantheon of Jim and Steven Richards, Greg Murphy, Shane van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin. The 23-year-old and his co-driver Garth Tander climbed from 18th to take the title in minimal visibility, sneaking into the lead for the first time when James Golding and Cooper Murray collided with a couple of laps remaining. Golding crossed the line first but was handed a

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4:38

Grant Webster: Tourism Holdings CEO on visitor...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

The tourism industry is feeling bullish with business heading back towards being on track post-Covid. Visitor arrivals reached 92% of pre-pandemic numbers for August – up on July's 87%. Tourism Holdings Chief Executive Grant Webster told Mike Hosking it's the time of year and the success of tourism campaigns working their magic. He says growing air capacity and visas being sorted are other momentum points that mean the next 12 months are looking positive. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener

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4:37

Paul Spoonley: Massey University Sociologist on net...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

An expert believes there's still a number of Kiwis returning to New Zealand, despite a falling net migration rate. It's fallen to 10,600 for the year to August 2025. Overall, Stats NZ figures show migrant arrivals dropped 16% to more than 138 thousand, while departures increased 13% to just under 128 thousand. Massey University sociologist Paul Spoonley told Mike Hosking it's still a major net loss, but Kiwis are coming back, even from Australia. He says there's always been Kiwis leaving and

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3:34

Steve Linde: CBS Radio Correspondent on the hostage...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

The components of a Gaza ceasefire agreement seem to be falling into place. The heads of the US, Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar have signed off the deal at a summit of world leaders in Egypt. Hamas has released 20 living Israeli hostages and four of the 28 deceased in exchange for Israel freeing about two thousand Palestinians. CBS Radio's Steve Linde told Mike Hosking the fact the Trump administration's so firmly behind this deal is significant. He says for the first time, there's a hopeful feeling in

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3:28

Erica Stanford: Education Minister on the results of...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/13

The Education Minister's confident successful primary school literacy results aren't just low hanging fruit. Results from the new phonics literacy programme show 58% of students are at or above expectations after 20 weeks. More than 40% of students exceeded expectations in Term 3 – more than double the first term. Erica Stanford says they're tracking where they hoped. But she told Mike Hosking this couldn't be achieved by just anyone and required a government who was prepared to follow the science

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Full Show Podcast: 13 October 2025

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/12

Listen to the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday 13 October. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2:12

Mike's Minute: The Government's KPI list highlights...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/12

I have read the latest KPI's for the Government. This is the things they are going to do before the end of the year. "Drag this dump out of the quagmire" would have been my number one, but theirs is introducing new planning legislation to replace the RMA. Which is no bad thing. But introducing stuff isn't the same as ticking stuff off, is it? And in this list, which is 33 "things" long, is part of this Government's image issue. You most likely won't have read or seen the 33 because it’s a good

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11:48

Commentary Box: Andrew Saville and Jason Pine review...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/12

Jason Pine and Andrew Saville join Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the weekend's sports. On the table today: The weekend of supercars at Bathurst has concluded in a thrilling wet race that came down to the wire. Canterbury look set to win the NPC, can they be stopped? And Tiger Woods undergoes another back surgery, is it time to hang up the clubs? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:15

Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister comments on low...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/12

Turnout in the weekend's local elections has fallen even further this time around. By the end of Friday, less than 33-percent of Kiwis had cast their vote. Local Government New Zealand President Sam Broughton - who was unseated as Selwyn Mayor - says we should be aiming for much higher turnout. He says general elections get double the turnout and we should expect the same for local elections. Prime Minster Chris Luxon told Mike Hosking both candidates and voters alike are to blame. He says

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2:43

Sam Broughton: Former Selwyn Mayor says increased...

The Mike Hosking Breakfast ·

2025/10/12

Outgoing three term Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton says rates increases played a part in his job loss. Former Councillor Lydia Gliddon has taken the top spot in the country's fastest growing district, unseating the incumbent. She unseated the current Local Government NZ President by more than 13,000 - he was seeking a fourth term. Broughton believes Selwyn's larger than average rates increases contributed to voting behaviour. He says although it took a personal toll, raising rates was the right thing to

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