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- 12906 - Mike's Minute: Hipkins is a hypocrite on tax
I've been surprised this week by the amount of coverage Chris Hipkins managed to get himself around tax.
If you think about it, he didn't say anything specific, and certainly nothing new. The left generally argue the tax system is not fair.
The trouble is he had a chance to do something about it but, living up to the ongoing reputation of his and Ardern's Government, failed to deliver.
Part of the story about the story is, I suspect, two things were at play. The first is that it has been a very quiet week locally for news.
And two is the media, in general, are still sympathetic to the Labour cause.
The Labour Party have also moved onto the Disability Minister Penny Simmonds, who made a hash of the detail around funding and has since apologised.
But she's also been humiliated by her own party, who now require decisions in the area to be passed by Cabinet.
That has led to Hipkins calling for her to be sacked, which of course isn't going to happen.
Simmonds is the new target after the original target, Casey Costello, basically stared Labour down over tobacco by turning out not to be the shambles in terms of information requests they tried to make her out to be, then announcing that crackdown on vapes last week that basically put Labour to shame, given it's exactly the sort of thing they should have done but, once again, failed to deliver on.
Which brings us back to tax. Whether because of a quiet week, or by sympathy, surely someone other than me needed to ask themselves why you would give the level of coverage you did to a thought bubble, given the thought bubbler was the abject failure who failed to introduce and make law the very thing he is now bubbling about?
Talk about a hypocrite.
You long for Government to make the changes, to espouse, only to fail to do so, then in the first major speech you give you re-espouse the core topic that you did nothing about, by moaning about it some more!
What's worse, the media cover it as though it's worth a discussion, despite the fact it got discussed and has been discussed for several elections in a row and still nothing has been done.
It's like there is an industry in hot air.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12905 - Mark the Week: Russell Coutts was the hero of the week
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.
Donald Trump: 7/10
He floated and made a fortune and got a bond reduction with more time to pay. Stormy turned out to be a bit of an issue, but all in all he's had worse weeks.
The Chinese: 3/10
The US, the UK and New Zealand all say essentially the same thing and the Chinese deny it all. It redefines the term 'high farce'.
The Russians: 3/10
ISIS blow up a hall, kill people and get arrested. The Americans told them about it, but still it’s a Ukrainian conspiracy?
Princess Kate: 8/10
Done sadly for the wrong reasons, given she got flushed out a bit, but an astonishing piece of raw emotion that hopefully made the conspiracy peddlers and jokesters sick to their stomachs.
Russell Coutts: 7/10
Hero of the week. He laid it out plain and simple and told a few home truths.
The budget update: 4/10
Man, do we need the money. This lot really have inherited the most astonishing fiscal incompetence.
The Warriors: 7/10
We are underway. Beating the top side in the competition is but a sign of things to come.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12904 - Wrapping the Week: Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson discuss the cost of pies, travel, real estate, and wicking beds
With Easter cutting the week short Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby joined Mike Hosking to wrap this week.
This week's agenda covers everything from real estate and travel costs to expensive pies and wicking beds.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12903 - Rob Nichol: NZ Rugby Players' Association CEO on Rugby NZ's proposal aiming to overhaul its governing structure
NZ Rugby is aiming to overhaul its governing structure.
The board released a proposal aiming to change the sport’s leadership structure and create generational change for the game.
It comes off the back of the Pilkington report, which found that the current structures aren’t fit for purpose and would see them transition to a fully independent model.
The Provincial Unions want to ensure that at least three board members have at least two years of experience on a provincial board, but Chair Dame Patsy Reddy said that she’ll resign if the proposal is altered.
NZ Rugby Players’ Association CEO Rob Nichol told Mike Hosking that the game is suffering challenges, but also has fantastic opportunities from community grassroots, global engagement, and high performance.
He said that everyone’s accepted the findings of the report and the need for change, but the board is set up in a way where the best interests of RNZ need to be answerable to the stakeholders.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12902 - Carolyn Young: Retail NZ CEO on the state of the retail sector and the impact of Easter
The Easter break could see the retail sector get a much-needed boost.
The sector has seen eight quarters of declining sales, kiwis tightening their spending as the cost-of-living crisis continues.
Retail NZ’s CEO Carolyn Young told Mike Hosking that 85% of stores are struggling, 15% doing okay.
She said that small pockets of businesses will be doing well over the weekend, those with exemptions to the Easter trading regulations.
Regional areas for example, Young said, will have higher and more consistent trading as they’re going to be open all weekend versus other stores that are closed for Friday and Sunday.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12901 - Full Show Podcast: 28 March 2024
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 28th of March, Finance Minister Nicola Willis joined to discuss the vagaries of yesterday’s Budget Policy Statement.
Mike talked to the Education Evaluation Centre’s Ruth Shinoda about the report saying our kids are among the worst behaved in schools in the OECD.
The latest news and analysis on Liam Lawson continues to point to good things to come.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined to wrap the short week with everything from $14.50 pies to wicking beds.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12900 - Anthony Crummy: Hockey NZ CEO on the multi-year partnership with TVNZ bringing hockey to free to air TV
Another sport is finding its way to free to air TV.
TVNZ has signed a multi-year partnership with Hockey NZ, the first long term deal between the two.
Men’s and Women’s games will both be broadcast live, free to air, kicking off with the Women’s team versing Japan on April 13thand 14th.
Hockey NZ CEO, Anthony Crummy told Mike Hosking that their biggest objective is getting in front of as many people as they can, and TVNZ is a great partner for that.
He said that when they’re on the world stage the Black Sticks capture the hearts and minds of the country, they just need to get it in front of people.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12899 - Gavin Male: CEO of NZ Compare on how households could save hundreds by switching broadband providers
Switching up your internet provider could save you hundreds.
NZ Compare has found that households could save up to $360 a year by changing their broadband providers.
While the cost of living has six in ten people struggling with household finances, the study found that only two in ten would consider switching providers.
Gavin Male, CEO of NZ Compare, told Mike Hosking that it’s often due to apathy or a perceived complexity.
Broadband is often tied to other services, he said, so customers —rightly or wrongly— think that it’s complex to get out of.
Male said that while the convenience of the bundles is lovely, the savings aren’t necessarily as good as they look.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12898 - Ruth Shinoda: Education Evaluation Centre Head on New Zealand students' behaviour becoming worse in the last two years
The behaviour of our kids in the classroom continues to be a problem.
New research from the Education Review Office shows disruptive behaviour has become worse over the past two years, despite New Zealand ranking among the worst in the OECD for the last 20.
A quarter of principals are seeing students physically harm others and steal property at least every day.
Education Evaluation Centre Head Ruth Shinoda told Mike Hosking that there's evidence to show prevention helps.
She says there's great schools in the report who have clear expectations and consistent consequences to ensure behaviour doesn't escalate.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12897 - Nicola Willis: Finance Minister discusses the Budget Policy Statement
Speaking to Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking this morning, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said she wants to stick to her $3.5 billion promise for her budget.
”In terms of the economy, we’ve got the treasury forecasts still coming in.
”In terms of discussions with coalition partners and ministers, I’m still having budget bilaterals.”
Willis said the economy was very slow, and that makes things “tough.”
”It’s fair to say the shape of the budget is shaping up, it’s looking good, I’m confident it’s all coming together well.”
Hosking disagreed and said he thought it was looking dreadful because we are in a recession.
”The budget is looking like a budget that will bring together the small crumbs we have at the back of the cupboard.”
Willis said her priority was tax relief for “working people.”
”We are a country that is finding it very hard for businesses to grow.”
Hosking asked Willis if she was surprised by criticism of her government’s planned tax cuts.
“Some people just do not like tax reduction, they can see a long list of things they’d like to see the government spending money on and they think that’s more important than something I think is a basic principle, which is that New Zealanders get up, they work hard and they deserve to keep more of their own money.”
Willis said New Zealand hasn’t “had any changes to tax brackets or thresholds in fourteen years.”
This isn’t true, last year the Labour government introduced new top rate of 39%, but only on income earned above $180,000.
Nicola Willis has conceded she won’t be able to get the Government’s finances back in shape as quickly as expected, while delivering tax cuts, which may not end up looking as attractive as National promised before the election.
Hosking asked Willis why she wasn’t going harder on the surplus.
”The numbers are the numbers,” she said.
”We could choose to overreact to them, and do incredibly dramatic things... but we don’t want to be radical in that way.”
Releasing her Budget Policy Statement yesterday afternoon - a preview of the May 30 Budget - the Finance Minister emphasised the extent to which economic growth is expected to be slower than expected in December.
Consequently, the Government’s tax take is likely to underperform, meaning the Government won’t get its books back in surplus by 2026/27 as expected in December, and as National campaigned on before the election. In fact, the books are still likely to be in the red in 2027/28.
While Willis highlighted her commitment to being a prudent manager of the country’s finances, she said she wouldn’t chase a surplus at any cost - particularly if that cost was borne by frontline public services.
Willis didn’t do what finance ministers tend to do during Budget Policy Statements and unveil the likely size of the upcoming Budget.
She didn’t include her expected operating allowance in the statement - the figure that’s typically seen to be the centrepiece of a Budget Policy Statement.
Rather, she kept things broad, saying her operating allowance would be less than the $3.5 billion figure pencilled in by the previous Government.
In other words, she will increase expenditure on day-to-day operating costs by less than $3.5b (net) in Budget 2024.
As for capital expenditure, on things like infrastructure, Willis said the Government will top up the multi-year capital allowance by up to $7b, with the final number to be confirmed at the Budget.
Coming back to the income tax cuts, Willis avoided confirming whether these would look the same as what National campaigned on ahead of the election.
She said they would be targeted at lower and middle-income earners and take effect on July 1 - as previously signalled.
Act Party leader David Seymour said the income tax changes hadn’t gone through Cabinet yet.
“We’re always jostling with our coalition partners, but on the tax issue, I think we’re at a reasonable place,” he said.
Willis assured the Government wouldn’t need to borrow more to deliver tax cuts.
“Tax reductions will be funded by reprioritisation, savings and new revenue measures, and this package will not add to debt,” the Budget Policy Statement said.
Willis didn’t believe the “new revenue measures” (which could include taxes, levies, fees, etc) would surprise the public.
Taking a step back, the Budget Policy Statement said the Government aimed to put net core Crown debt on a “downward trajectory towards 40 per cent [of GDP]” over the next four years.
In the year to June 2023, net core Crown debt was worth 39 per cent of GDP. In December, the Treasury forecast it rising to a peak of 44 per cent of GDP this year.
Longer term, Willis said her goal was to ensure net core Crown debt sits between 20 and 40 per cent of GDP - a fairly wide range.
Former Finance Minister Grant Robertson got net core Crown debt to below 20 per cent before Covid-19.
Jenee Tibshraeny is the Herald’s Wellington business editor, based in the parliamentary press gallery. She specialises in government and Reserve Bank policymaking, economics and banking.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 12896 - Mike's Minute: Why are we surprised about China?
It was hard to watch the China spying coverage yesterday without wondering what all the fuss was about.
It had an air of breathlessness about it, as though this had come as some sort of surprise.
Does the fact China spies on people honestly come as news to anyone? I guess hacking, as the PM suggested, is new, but spying and hacking... it's all nefarious skulduggery, isn't it?
Have a look at the 60 Minutes Australia piece over the weekend, or the associated coverage in the Sydney Morning Herald or The Age on the story of the plane landing in Fiji loaded to the gunnels with police from China, who then went and rounded up a bunch of people and took them back to the mainland.
Have a look at the Chinese in places like the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea with their security services.
Have a look at the ongoing tit for tat between the United States and China, or the UK and China. China are bad actors all over the world and have been for years.
And I would be equally surprised if those that had the wherewithal, like the Americans, like the British, like any major player in Europe, weren't doing exactly the same thing.
When the GCSB or SIS speak, which isn't often, the cyber activity of all sorts of people raises a lot of eyebrows. Not by the fact it's happening, but the fact it's so common.
The ASIO head in Australia is a bloke well worth listening to given he pops up periodically and tells the same story with real flourish, his last report just a month or so back revealed there was an ex-MP who was busy undertaking nefarious activity.
He refused to name them, much to the chagrin of all MPs who claimed to have been tainted by association.
The simple truth in all of this is the Chinese are not to be trusted, but then I assume they would say the same about us.
But beyond that we are happy to be friendly in each other's company and exchange a serious amount of goods which is the two way street that is trade.
For a country like America they can make much of the spying activity. They can call the Chinese out, they can threaten and impose sanctions. People like Trump collect votes on the rhetoric.
Poor old New Zealand?
No such luck. We are between a rock and a hard place. We have no choice. Which is why you have seen the Government do nothing, because they can do nothing.
Aus got up Chinese noses by posing embarrassing questions about Covid and the sanctions got slapped on so fast it was only last week the last of them around wine looked like they were getting lifted.
China spies. China has a big global ideology and a desire to influence a lot of the planet. This is not new.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12895 - Steve Price: Australian Correspondent on the Labour Party's detention immigration bill
The Australian Labour Party is making an effort to clean up an immigration “mess”.
Moments before question time yesterday the party introduced a bill that would have noncitizens who have been convicted of a crime but refuse to return to their country of birth jailed for one to five years.
Australian Correspondent Steve Price told Mike Hosking that this was prompted by a case in which 150 detainees were freed from detention, many of them convicted criminals, and they’re now out in the community.
The bill was rushed through the lower house and will be debated by the Senate today before Parliament goes on a six week break.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12894 - Darren Gibbs: Westpac Senior Economist on what to expect from today's Budget Police Statement
The Finance Minister will today unveil the Government's long-awaited Budget Policy Statement.
The document will shed important light on the fiscal situation ahead of May's full Budget.
Nicola Willis has told Kiwis for weeks the financial situation is much worse than expected, and today she'll give clues on how bad it really is.
Darren Gibbs, a Senior Economist for Westpac, told Mike Hosking that they’ve very much telegraphed the economic situation, which is weaker than they envisioned at the half-year update.
He said that they’re not expecting to get explicit fiscal figures, but rather tea leaves they can sift through to get an idea of what to expect.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12893 - Andrew Geddis: Constitutional Law Expert says Winston Peters shouldn't get an apology for the Serious Fraud Office's case against the NZ First Foundation
The question is being raised of whether Winston Peters is owed an apology after the Serious Fraud Office's case against the New Zealand First Foundation failed.
The SFO took the party's foundation to the Court of Appeal over two men —who have continuing name suppression— who handled the party's donations.
Peters wants an apology from the SFO, but one legal professional says he shouldn't get one.
Constitutional law expert Andrew Geddis told Mike Hosking that the office did the right thing.
He says they had to act, and the foundation's actions were unlawful.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12892 - Dylan Thomsen: AA Road Safety Spokesperson says that warning signs ahead of permanent speed cameras would be a quick easy win for road safety
Placing warning signs ahead of all permanent speed cameras would be a quick win for road safety.
Of the 10 new cameras added to Auckland and Northland roads last year, only one, on State Highway 1 in Kawakawa, is set to have signage.
But the AA says signs remind people who are unintentionally speeding to slow down in high-risk locations.
AA Road safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen says this would be an easy measure for the Government to action.
He says within a couple of months, all 60 permanent cameras across the country could be signposted, costing a tiny fraction of what we spend in the transport space.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12891 - Pollies: Labour's Ginny Andersen and National's Mark Mitchell discuss supermarket theft, SailGP and red tape, and if Winston Peters is owed an apology
Is red tape harming our country’s event industry?
Christchurch’s SailGP event has been overshadowed by CEO Sir Russell Coutts suggesting the event is unlikely to return to Lyttelton.
Saturday’s race was called off when dolphins were seen on the course, the race taking place in a marine mammal sanctuary.
Labour’s Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking that it’s unfortunate since the event was such a big deal for New Zealand, but at the same time Coutts was aware that it was being held in the middle of a reserve.
National’s Mark Mitchell said that we need to find ways of attracting and supporting international events in this country.
He told Hosking that we don’t have the luxury of cherry picking, and we need to find a way to successfully hold these events.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12890 - Full Show Podcast: 27 March 2024
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 27th March 2024, Mike looked at China hacking our systems and questioned whether we should be surprised by the government’s “revelation.”
Social Development Minister Louise Upston talked the employment challenges facing the country as the next brain drain phase begins.
Mike was baffled by a "new" feature on his car that's been around for years.
Ginny Andersen and Mark Mitchell joined Politics Wednesday to talk supermarket thefts, SailGP and red tape, and whether Winston Peters is owed an apology over his Serious Fraud Office case.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12889 - Max Salmon: NZ Initiative Researcher on the study comparing the size of New Zealand's government to similar countries
The New Zealand Government seems to be a bit bloated.
A study from New Zealand Initiative shows New Zealand has 44% more ministers, and one and a half times as many departments as similar sized Parliaments.
Researcher Max Salmon told Mike Hosking that it’s all politics, as having extra portfolios can be useful for coalition negotiations and securing allies.
He suspects that the number of departments and ministers is contributing to the productivity issues this country faces.
While Salmon doesn’t know if there’s a magic number of ministers, similar countries only have about 20 cabinet ministers total.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12888 - Louise Upston: Social Development Minister on potential adjustments to the Queenstown zoning issues impacting accommodation supplements
A zoning issue that limits how much financial support Queenstown residents get for accommodation is being looked at by the Government.
An out-of-date map of the town from 1992 is still being used to determine the accommodation supplement.
The suburbs of Frankton, Shotover Country, and Lake Hayes Estate are classed as rural despite the rapid urban growth in those areas.
Social Development Minister Louise Upston told Mike Hosking that increasing rents are a challenge across the country.
She says any changes to accommodation supplement boundaries must be financially sustainable.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12887 - Richard Arnold: US Correspondent says it will take awhile to get Baltimore port back in working order after the bridge collapsed
US officials are scrambling to get a critical Baltimore port reopened after a bridge collapse.
A fully-laden container ship lost power and rammed into a support of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
They were able to send a distress signal in time for officials to shut the bridge.
Ninety seconds later it collapsed, and six people remain unaccounted for.
Baltimore port is one of America's biggest, and US correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that it will take a while to get it back in working order.
He says they will have to clear out all the wreckage from the shallow waters first, which will be a massive job.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12886 - Alistair Crozier: NZ China Council Executive Director says the issue of the cyberattack on Parliament can be worked out
It’s believed that the New Zealand and China relationship will be able to overcome recent cyber-attack allegations.
The GCSB has connected an attack on our Parliamentary entities in August 2021 to Chinese state-sponsored group, APT40.
New Zealand China Council Executive Director Alistair Crozier said New Zealand has always had its own unique approach to China.
He told Mike Hosking that the issue can be worked out.
Crozier said when differences emerge, the two countries hold robust conversations.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 12885 - Mike's Minute: Some thoughts on the public service cuts
As the political battle unfolds with the public service over savings, it is worth remembering a couple of things.
As much heat as the Government is taking over the so-called cuts, and to be honest I am not sure that there is in fact a great deal of heat outside of Wellington, it might be worth remembering that the previous Government was the one who handed out the jobs like there was no tomorrow.
When you artificially stack the deck the way they did, you must in your heart of hearts know that it can never last.
So, what the current government is doing is not heartless but realistic. It was always going to happen, and if we were a bit more honest about these things, we all knew it.
Secondly, it has never ceased to amaze me how much work people take on without ever really asking the question about its long-term viability.
The media and its various trials and tribulations at the moment is full of people who have been seemingly genuinely shocked that the department or programme they are working for is closing, yet those of us from the outside looking in saw the writing on the wall months, or in some cases, years ago.
And that’s before you get to the debate, that I thought had been going now for years, and that is a job is not for life and hasn’t been for ages.
You will have many jobs. Jobs come and go, along with boards, and management, and mergers, and sales, and floats, and divestments, and changes of direction.
And then the bit that really hasn’t been covered at all, have a look at how many of the jobs being cut are a combination of jobs that simply haven't been filled, and jobs that will give you a cheque on the way out.
Voluntary redundancy has been, and in this case, is being widely used.
In other words, many of the people who are losing their jobs have stuck their hands up and said yes please, I’ll take that deal.
And I can tell you for nothing, getting paid to get out can be a revelationary and uplifting experience.
Doors open, opportunities arise, fresh perspectives become present, it might well be one of the best things that ever happened to you.
As in most things in life, the commentary we are currently seeing and hearing is very one sided and needlessly emotive.
Life is what you make it. The growth comes from the tough times, and not all tough times are as arduous as you might have thought.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 12884 - Catherine Field: Europe Correspondent on France implementing a maximum terrorist alert in response to the shooting in Moscow
France is on maximum alert in response to a shooting in Moscow.
At least 137 people were killed and 150 injured when gunmen opened fire at a rock concert over the weekend.
An urgent meeting of the Defense and National Security Council saw the alert implemented and 4000 additional members of the Sentinel team out and about in France.
Europe Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking that the heads of the security services will meet again on Thursday to review the security and decide whether new measures should be put in place ahead of the Easter Break.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 12883 - Tom O'Neil: Managing Director of cv.co.nz on the Tertiary Commission funding niche fields to increase enrolment
Niche fields are being prioritised as the Tertiary Commission decides who gets funding.
Piano tuning and scaffolding are among the fields they’re willing to fund as they aim to boost enrolment, but larger fields like primary teaching are missing out.
Tom O’Neil, Managing Director of cv.co.nz, told Mike Hosking that the decision blows him away
He said that while piano tuners are great to have, he’s used teachers a lot more than he’s ever used tuners.
O’Neil said that young people are being sent a signal that New Zealand will rely on immigrants to fill that field, and they should look at another career.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 12882 - Full Show Podcast: 26 March 2024
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 26th March 2024, the Prime Minister joined the show in his weekly slot to talk red tape and SailGP.
Mike Bush detailed just what is wrong with our civil defence system after the damning review into the response to Cyclone Gabrielle.
Mike broke the fourth wall by talking about this very podcast.
And the brilliantly funny David Walliams was back on the show ahead of coming to the country.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 12881 - David Walliams: UK Comedian and TV Personality on his upcoming tour 'An Audience with David Walliams'
An iconic name in the comedy scene, David Walliams is giving a glimpse behind the curtain in a manner he’s never done before.
‘An Audience with David Walliams’ will be hitting kiwi stages later this year, the comedian bringing his signature wit and charm to the stage, telling stories and answering questions regarding absolutely anything.
Walliams told Mike Hosking that the show is a real journey of his life up to this point.
“The things people know me for, and there will be a few things I think people won’t know about me too.”
The first half of the show is more structured, the questions and answers planned, but the second half is more spontaneous as audiences are given the opportunity to ask their questions.
“The show is kind of planned without it being written down, if you know what I mean.”
“It’s not like a script or anything, but at the same time, I wanna go out there and deliver like, you know, a hundred funny stories and maybe one or two slightly, sort-of, pointed ones too.”
An Audience With David Walliams New Zealand Dates
Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre Auckland - Saturday 28thSeptember
St James Theatre Wellington - Monday 30thSeptember
Douglas Lilburn Auditorium Christchurch - Wednesday 2ndOctober
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 12880 - Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister on investigating the banking sectors competitiveness and the difficulty of holding major events in New Zealand
The Prime Minister says it's too hard to hold events like SailGP in New Zealand.
The two-day event in Lyttelton over the weekend was overshadowed by CEO Sir Russell Coutts' comments after a dolphin spotting cancelled the first day of racing.
He claimed there's too much red tape around the event.
Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking that there's a lot of obstructions when events are held in the country.
He says the Government wants to see a lot more international events in New Zealand, but we make it too hard.
The Government is also interested in looking at the banking sector's competitiveness.
A draft Commerce Commission report last week found the big four lack competition, have price matching strategies, and focus on profit margins which stifles innovation.
Luxon says the Government will agree and disagree with different aspects of the report.
He told Hosking that once a final version of the report is released, the Government will make a decision on how to respond.
Luxon says that could involve something like a Select Committee where the banks are questioned around profits.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 12879 - Mike Bush: Former Police Commissioner on the failings found by the independent review into the Cyclone Gabrielle emergency response
There are concerns that Civil Defence isn't adequately prepared for emergencies, after failings were revealed in the response to Cyclone Gabrielle.
An independent review led by former Police Commissioner Mike Bush found officials were "overwhelmed" by the disaster.
Bush told Mike Hosking that the system is not fit for purpose.
He says the current model sets good people up to fail, and changes are needed.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 12878 - Kathy Wolfe: Early Childhood New Zealand CEO on the potential issues with the Family Boost Policy
Potential issues are being raised with the Government's childcare policy.
From July, parents and caregivers will be able to claim a maximum of $75 a week for childcare costs.
Early Childhood New Zealand Chief Executive Kathy Wolfe says it will definitely help people.
But, she told Mike Hosking, proving eligibility and applying for it may cut off access for some.
Wolfe says some families don't have computer access to get onto the IRD website.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 12877 - Mark Mitchell: Police Minister on the Gisborne homicide investigation, police pay negotiations and community violence
One person has been arrested and taken into custody after two men were found dead and three others were injured from a 100-person mass brawl in Gisborne on Saturday night.
Police Minister Mark Mitchell flew to Gisborne to assist the mayor and police. Mitchell tells Mike Hosking that there is a large gang presence in the area but police are very effective at policing the issue. Mitchell reiterated that this incident was not a gang conflict.
Hosking also questions Mitchell on police pay negotiations and a lack of police action over community violence.
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 12876 - Enda Brady: Princess of Wales was effectively bullied into video announcement of cancer diagnosis
The Princess of Wales announced her cancer diagnosis over the weekend. Kate Middleton says she has been keeping the news private to explain to her young children after months of speculation and conspiracy theories surrounding her absence from the public eye.
UK correspondent Enda Brady tells Mike Hosking that a lot of people are ashamed of their actions after the Princess was effectively bullied into making the video announcement.
It is thought the video’s release was timed with the children’s Easter holiday break for their protection and privacy.
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 12875 - Full Show Podcast: 25 March 2024
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday 25th March 2024, the police speak about the deadly Gisborne brawl and Mike gets to Britain to hear the latest on Princess Kate's cancer diagnosis.
Police Minister Mark Mitchell answers questions on when we will turn a page on crime, plus his thoughts on the producer of the show being assaulted over the weekend with nothing being done.
Andrew Saville and Guy Heveldt joined the Commentary Box to discuss the first day of SailGP in Lyttelton being called off and what to do with the Crusaders.
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 12874 - Dave de Lange: Police Detective Inspector on launch of homicide investigation after mass brawl in Gisborne
A homicide investigation has been launched after two people died and three others were injured in a mass brawl in Gisborne on Saturday night.
The large fight involved around 100 people and started when two uninvited guests arrived at a 21stbirthday party.
Police Detective Inspector Dave de Lange tells Mike Hosking the investigation is making steady progress but is complex due to the number of people involved.
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 12873 - Chris Hipkins: State of Nation speech focus on tax policy and looking ahead to the next election
Labour leader Chris Hipkins gave a State of Nation speech on Sunday with a big focus on tax policy.
Hipkins tells Mike Hosking the scale of cuts the current Government are implementing go well beyond what people thought they were voting for. The Labour party plan to release a tax policy for the New Zealand public well before the next election.
“We need to give them a compelling reason to vote for us.”
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 12872 - Mark the Week: Winston Peters got exactly what he wanted
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.
Common sense: 7/10
You can't beat a good dose of it - the Kainga Ora crackdown, part of a growing trend where a lot of ideological gobbledygook gets put right. And you can add the vape decisions to this week's offerings
The plug-in hybrid back down: 6/10
When you overreach you see it and fix it. That's almost as good as common sense.
Conspiracy theories: 2/10
The blight of the age. I can't work it out. Even when you saw the video at Windsor people still questioned it. Is it stupidity? It's wilful stupidity, mesmerising stupidity, mixed with a next level gormlessness.
He got exactly what he wanted. Surely even he must be surprised that a trick that old still works.
The second one now. That’s called a double dip recession and brought to you by the same people that oversaw the aforementioned crime stats.
The French: 7/10
First in the world to pass laws around fast fashion. I doubt they will work but the intent deserves credit.
Ryan Fox: 8/10
Tournaments, prize money and trophies come and go. But a hole in one on the greatest hole in golf is forever.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12871 - Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the Department of Justice and 15 states' legal suit against Apple
The US Department of Justice and 15 states are suing Apple.
They're alleging it's used the powerful demand for its iPhone and other products to drive up prices for its services and hurt smaller rivals.
Apple joins a list of the biggest tech companies sued by US regulators, including Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms, and Amazon.com across the administrations of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that they’ve fired the opening shot in what he guesses will be a drawn-out legal battle.
He said the company has been accused of using anti-competitive tricks to maintain its bestseller position, including limiting functionality when communicating with other brands by pixelating videos and not encrypting conversations.
Apple denies that they’re doing anything sneaky.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12870 - Mike's Minute: The world is looking at us for what not to do
So, a recession it is then.
Another one.
We had one at the end of 2022, going into 2023. Remember those good times? It got revised initially and the Government of the day said "see, told you it wasn't a recession".
Then we got the final read and, yes, it was indeed a recession - two solid quarters where we went backwards.
That’s bad enough. Recessions in modern economies are rare. Normally we argue about growth not being strong enough.
No such luck for us.
And now, to break the record, another recession. The third quarter of last year and the final quarter of last year were another two quarters of negative activity. Another recession.
The record? Well, there isn't a modern Western economy that has done what we have.
Britain fleetingly went into a single recession and Germany has had trouble. But Australia, the US, in fact, most countries have not only skirted a recession, they increasingly look like they are going to pull off this famed term we refer to - the soft landing.
Even those who have struggled and, let's be honest, everyone has and is having a hard time, but no one, not a single one, has managed to go backwards twice, except us.
We are the worst of the lot and that, despite Grant Robertson saying it's not a contest, it is unforgivable.
The ongoing issue is that, as well as going backwards, we are still stuck with inflation that is far too high. Now, the commentary will tell you inflation is coming down, which it is. But not enough and not fast enough.
This was the role of the Reserve Banks - get inflation down by applying a level of tightness to the economy without crashing it. Squeeze, but not so hard you choke people. Well, we are at less than zero, turning red in the face with the lack of oxygen.
But inflation is nowhere close to where it needs to be.
They say it'll be later this year before it reaches the target, the midpoint, and we can look at rate cuts.
Will it? I don't think they really know. But what we now know for a fact is we failed the experiment abysmally.
As history is starting to be painted all over the world with all the individual stories of the reaction to Covid, New Zealand now officially stands out as the example of what not to do.
What a legacy. What a reputation.
What a cluster.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12869 - Wrapping the Week: Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson join Mike Hosking to discuss intermittent fasting, vintage t-shirts, and the Warriors
Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby are back to wrap the week with Mike Hosking, discussing the Warriors, intermittent fasting, and vintage shirts.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12868 - Phil Mauger: Christchurch Mayor on the impact of the SailGP races in Christchurch this weekend
It's a big weekend for the Garden City.
Auckland's loss is Christchurch's gain when SailGP returns for a second year in a row while the Warriors play in the city tonight.
The events are reportedly bringing in four million dollars of revenue to the city.
Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger told Mike Hosking it will sell Christchurch and New Zealand to the world.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12867 - Sue Garrett: Otago University Researcher on the need for workplaces to support those with Chronic Migraine
The perception of chronic migraines as "just headaches" need to change in the workplace.
An Otago University study shows nearly a quarter of participants experience the disease for at least 15 days a month.
It's suggested it causes significant levels of disability and limits people's ability to work and socialise.
Researcher Sue Garrett told Mike Hosking that employers need to recognise how bad it can get.
She says people would drug up before going to work and spend their day offs recovering.
Garrett says people want to work but would like more support in the workplace.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12866 - Simeon Brown: Transport Minister defends time needed to reverse blanket speed reductions
The Transport Minister is defending the time it will take to reverse the last Government's blanket speed reductions.
Cabinet has agreed to reverse most of the changes and require travel times and other economic factors to be considered in all future decisions.
But speed limits may not return to what they were until the end of the year.
Minister Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking that there's a process they need to go through.
He says the rules the last Government put in place took about two years to do so, and they have to go through consultation before they change the rules back to what they were.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12865 - Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on New Zealand moving into a technical recession
Nicola Willis promised Kiwis that there’s still “hope” despite the bleak outlook for the economy.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB this morning after yesterday’s announcement of a recession.
Willis said very high inflation and rising interest rates had been prolonged.
“There’s been a big hit to the growth forecast.”
On Q1, Willis said, “There is hope.”
“Both the Treasury and the [Reserve] Bank are forecasting growth this year.”
She said tourism was coming back and the dairy price was okay, as examples of positive moves for the economy. Hosking disagreed that the dairy price was okay.
“People focus on the headlines with the recession and the GDP. But that has happened despite a very fast-growing population and immigration,” Willis said.
“So on a per-capita basis, on a per-person basis, the economy has barely grown in several years, and that is a real worry.”
“There are always people that think there’s a money tree at the back of the garden.”
“I don’t think we have seen the value for the borrowing the last Government took on.”
She said the Government cuts and restructuring won’t have a huge impact on the recession because the money will go to more “front-line” workers for Government organisations.
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.1 per cent in the December 2023 quarter, compared with the September quarter, which also shrank.
Economists traditionally define a recession as two successive quarters in which the economy contracts.
GDP per capita fell 0.7 per cent in the last three months of the year, Stats NZ said yesterday.
Real gross national disposable income fell 1.4 per cent.
Wholesale interest rates and the New Zealand dollar fell in response to the news.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon outlined the Government’s plan for the next 100 days and blamed the recession on Labour.
“Sadly, the previous Government has borrowed more. We’ve got to face up to that. We’ve got nothing to show for it. We’ve got a big fiscal repair job to do,” Luxon said.
Jaime Lyth is a multimedia journalist for the New Zealand Herald, focusing on crime and breaking news.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12864 - Roger Beaumont: Banking Association CEO on the Commerce Commission's report into the banking industry
The Banking Association says there is indeed competition in the market.
A draft report from the Commerce Commission has found a two-tier system divides smaller banks from ANZ, ASB, BNZ, and Westpac, as well as a lack of competition.
It says an apparent focus on profit margins has resulted in under-investment in platforms and low innovation.
It recommends the Government improve capital for Kiwibank and smaller banks.
Banking Association Chief Executive Roger Beaumont told Mike Hosking that the commission also recognised the impact of industry regulation.
He says the regulation banks have been required to do is off the charts and has been a handbrake on innovation.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 12863 - Jo McKenna: Italy Correspondent on the Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini's support for the Russian Election results
The Russian election has sparked a tussle between Italy’s Prime Minister and her Deputy.
Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has gone against the critical response from Western leaders, saying that the voters’ verdict must be accepted.
Salvini was a stanch ally of Putin’s before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and said that the results must be accepted as “when people vote they are always right”.
Italy Correspondent Jo McKenna told Mike Hosking that this reinforces the murky relationship that Salvini and Putin have had over the years.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been trying to play down these comments, McKenna said, coming out very strongly to show support for Ukraine and Navalny.
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 12862 - Mike's Minute: The gig economy has never been compulsory
There is a court case going on in Wellington over Uber drivers and their so-called rights.
It's on the back of a massive case last week in Australia, which Uber lost, over the impact on the market their arrival had.
That’s on the back of any number of cases all over the world where unions have tried to muscle in and change the rules because they see them as unfair.
Along the way Uber has had trouble turning a profit and the ride share business in general has been fraught with difficulties.
The Uber experience for me is largely contained to our kids who have grown up knowing nothing else but apps and rides. What luddite would ring and book a cab?
But as their experiences have shown over and over again, ringing and booking a cab actually works as opposed to their experiences which involve, in no particular order, surge pricing they weren't expecting, Ubers that cancel on them for no reason and the ensuing charge issue around it, Ubers that accept rides then as you wait you watch the arrival time go from one minute, to three minutes, to five minutes, to who knows when.
And that’s before you get to Uber Eats, where you are on the tail of four other deliveries and your meal is a combination of the wrong order, not their fault, and cold, which is definitely their fault.
What I don't get about the court cases is the Uber model is not, and has never been, compulsory.
What the unions want is overtime and mealtimes and holiday times. They want to make it a regulated job and it was never meant to be that.
They never said it was going to be that and the people who work for them never expected that or wanted that.
The whole gig economy idea was predicated on flexibility - work when you want, for as long as you want, for whoever you want.
Why does a union, and by extension a court, have a right to rearrange a series of deals that were entered into by all parties perfectly happily?
Why does a court get to fine a company hundreds of millions of dollars for bringing a new service to a marketplace?
If they do, which they have in Australia, why doesn’t every business or industry have a case against any other business who rolls into town, or the country, and disrupts stuff by way of a competitive edge?
What Uber offers is choice and the thing about choice is you don’t have to engage.
If you want to, fine. If you don’t want to, also fine.
You reckon when they dreamed it up in 2009 they envisaged 15 years later they would only have just turned a profit but still be in court all over the world?
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 12861 - Cooper Alan: Country musician on his career, touring, and making music in Nashville
The home of country music has launched another rising star.
Cooper Alan is one of Nashville’s up and comers with over 225 million streams, and 14 million followers across his social media platforms, selling over 85 thousand tickets for his tours and concerts.
He and a few others were in New Zealand this week, giving kiwi audiences a taste of country coming straight out of Nashville in the Country Music Association’s‘Introducing Nashville’.
“We had CMC in Australia on the books for a while, and then CMA reached out about this event,” he told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking.
“It was a reason to get over here and see Auckland, and kind of get introduced to the fans a little bit.”
That won't be his only New Zealand performance this year. While the details aren’t set in stone, Alan is certain he’ll be back sometime in October.
“We have potential dates and venues for like, shows down here, it’s just deciding which ones.”
The popularity of country has surged lately, Alan attributing it in part to the worldwide success of acts like Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wallen, and Luke Combs.
“It’s that Lainey song, ‘Country's cool again.’”
But despite the major success he’s seen, Alan would still describe himself as an ‘up and comer’.
“We’re still kind of in the building phase,” he told the Newstalk ZB host.
“There’s always somewhere you can go.”
There’s a reason Nashville is considered the home of country music, and it has much to do with the other musicians and the environment they’ve cultivated.
“We’re all friends, you know, or, or if you don’t know somebody, you meet them and then you feel like you're friends with them.”
It’s an industry built on camaraderie and collaboration, “if you don’t make friends in Nashville doing country, I, I think you kind of sink pretty fast.”
Alan moved to Nashville straight out of university, fortunate enough to be signed with songwriter and producer Victoria Shaw within weeks.
“I always kind of knew I wanted to try to give a serious crack at the music thing.”
Although he blew up on TikTok, social media wasn’t Alan’s first thought, confessing to hating the platforms and not wanting to work with them.
"I was one of those dudes,” he revealed.
However, the opportunities TikTok provides is unmistakable, and Alan took the chance.
“You have the opportunity to take a little bit of control of, you know, your career and not wait on somebody else to make it happen for you.”
Meeting Shaw was a strike of luck, Alan told Hosking, the two connecting through a family friend of Alan’s who had done some charity work with the producer.
“I think she kind of saw something in what I was doing. She said, finish college, but let me know when you know, you want to move to Nashville and get serious.”
"It’s been so, so fortunate having a champion like that in my corner,” he said.
“Somebody who you know, knows, really knows what she’s doing and works her ass off.”
Alan’s career is nowhere near finished and although he still always wants more, where he’s sitting now is what he’s dreamed of.
“I have to kind of wake up some days and be like, dude, I’m in New Zealand right now and you know, I’m not losing a bunch of money,” he laughed.
“I’m coming to play songs and people are showing up and some people might know some of this stuff.”
“Stuff like that is, is really cool moments.”
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 12860 - Geoff Bilbrough: Education NZ General Manager of Marketing and Communications on the 43% increase in international students in 2023
International student enrolments topped 59,000 for the first eight months of 2023, a 43% increase compared to the full year in 2022.
English Language Schools have seen the greatest increase, up by 347% to surpass 7000.
Education NZ's Geoff Bilbrough told Mike Hosking that it's good to have the students back after the Covid border closures.
He says the students come to New Zealand looking for a safe place to live, a good quality education, and a unique experience.
New Zealand's border re-opened to international students at the end of July 2022.
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 12859 - Dr Kelly Burrowes: Auckland University vaping researcher says that enforcing fines will be the biggest challenge of the new vape ban
More consequences are on the way for retailers selling illegal vaping products.
The Government is cracking down on vaping, banning single use vapes and increasing the fines by the end of the year.
The penalty will increase from $10,000 to $100,000.
Auckland University vaping researcher Dr Kelly Burrowes told Mike Hosking that enforcing fines will be the biggest challenge.
She says it sounds like 15 staff are allocated to regulating the new rules but hopefully the increased fear will have some impact.
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 12858 - Grant Robertson: Former Labour MP reflects on his career in politics
Grant Robertson says he acted in the best interests of New Zealanders throughout his career.
The politician delivered his valedictory last night, saying he's proud of the Covid response.
He also said it had been his honour and privilege to be a minister but wishes he could've changed the tax system.
Robertson told Mike Hosking that he gave 100 percent.
He says he fronted up and explained why they were doing what they were doing, and he understands why people may disagree but doesn't get the hate.
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 12857 - Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on the predictions for last quarter's GDP
New Zealand's gross domestic product isn't expected to have grown in the last quarter.
ASB is predicting a 0.2 percentage point drop, ANZ expects 0.1 percentage point growth, and the Reserve Bank's forecast a flat zero percent.
If the economic growth figures are negative, New Zealand will enter a technical recession given the last quarter's figure was also negative.
Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen told Mike Hosking they're predicting minus 0.2.
He says given there's been the strongest population growth since 1946 at 2.8%, GDP at either side of zero is pretty sad.
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 12856 - John Carnegie: Energy Resources Aotearoa CEO on the investigation into the re-opening of Marsden Point Oil Refinery
It's thought people shouldn't get too ahead of themselves as the idea to bring back Northland's Marsden Point Oil Refinery is floated.
The Government's investigating the feasibility of re-opening it as part of a study into New Zealand's fuel security requirements.
The privately-owned fuel refinery was decommissioned in 2022 to become an import-only fuel terminal.
Energy Resources Aotearoa's John Carnegie told Mike Hosking it's important to remember it's just a study at this stage, and it's not a commitment.
He says the study asks whether we have sufficient fuel security in a post-oil refinery world - noting that so far, we haven't had any fuel shortages.
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 12855 - Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on Peter Navarro's trial and Donald Trump's discussion of retribution
There’s no shortage of political drama amongst Trump’s cohort.
A former White House official, Peter Navarro is facing a four-month jail term for refusing to cooperate in the January 6thinquiry.
Navarro worked as an assistant to the President during Trump’s administration, and in response to Donald Trump has been speaking out about retribution.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that he has said that former Republican Senator Liz Cheney should be in jail, and called the convicted January 6th rioters hostages, whom he will pardon.
In Trump’s words, the January 6thrioters were patriots and now they’re hostages.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12854 - Mike's Minute: Luxon needs to wake up to Winston's hijinks
I am not sure how it is, well over a quarter of a century into MMP, that we still have this mad idea that just because you are the head of one party, you are the boss of another party.
Christopher Luxon is somehow supposed to be having a word with Winston Peters over the comments from the weekend, not to mention yesterday.
Problem number one is the media walked right into the trap and it's not even a new trap. It’s a tired old game Peters has played for years. He says something emotive, cue the outrage and then milk it for as long as you can.
In many respects it’s the great shame about Peters, because in some areas he is actually a bright, experienced operator.
It seems from his turn this time around as Foreign Minister, like the last time he played the role, he is actually quite good and quite effectual.
It's just, given the vagaries of MMP, he has to run the populist lines around race to get the required 5% to keep him and his mates in work.
So, you have this dichotomous mix of a loudmouth, headline grabber and senior operator in heavyweight areas like foreign relations.
Anyway, back to the Prime Minister.
What people clearly forget is this is a deal of convenience. They are not natural bedfellows and Luxon, despite the fact he holds the top office and despite the fact his party has the most members in the deal, is not the boss.
I am sure he would like to think he is. But here is the MMP reality; can he govern without Peters?
No. So who really has the power?
Dare I remind you that I was quite vocal in saying during the campaign that the smartest thing Chris Hipkins did was rule Peters out. Luxon, having been gifted the perfect “out”, failed to follow suit and look what happened.
A simple truth about our system is you make do with what you’ve got. And what Luxon and Seymour have is a potential problem.
This is merely months old and if you think there isn't more where this came from you haven't followed the Peters playbook for the past three decades.
Say whatever you want about the bloke, but what you cannot accuse him of is being inconsistent.
Race has been his ticket to relevance and will continue to be because there has been, and always will be, enough New Zealanders who swallow the bait hook, line and sinker.
If Luxon is just waking up to that now it's going to be a very, very long two and a half years.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12853 - Pollies: Labour's Ginny Andersen and National's Mark Mitchell on Grant Robertson's final day in politics
Today marks Grant Robertson’s final day in politics.
He’ll be delivering his final speech to Parliament today at 5:30, and leaves the field with a contested legacy.
Labour’s Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking that he’s a real human in politics, making complicated topics understandable and reachable for everyday people.
She said he always had the funniest stories and she’s sure his final speech will encapsulate that.
National’s Mark Mitchell told Hosking that while he likes him on a personal level, he was a wrecking ball on the books as the Finance Minister.
He’s not sure that Grant’s legacy in politics is that great.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12852 - Aimee Wiley: Motor Industry Association CEO on the proposed changes to road user charges for electric vehicles
Changes to road user charges for EVs are being welcomed.
The Government's officially confirmed owners of plug-in hybrid vehicles will now pay $38 per thousand kilometres, a reduction from the planned $53 policy.
The change comes after the Government accidentally backed an amendment from the Labour Party.
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive Aimee Wiley told Mike Hosking that the reduction makes it more equitable.
She says every motorist has a responsibility to contribute to the roading cost but we have to make sure they pay their fair share.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12851 - Rebecca Ingram: Tourism Industry Aotearoa CEO on the price increase for Great Walks
Completing a Great Walk is set to become more expensive for the first time in four years.
The Department of Conservation is increasing the price of a hut on a Great Walk or a campsite by 18% from July.
Paparoa will increase by 6%.
Fees will range from $19 to camp in the Abel Tasman, to $92 for a hut on the Milford Track.
Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Rebecca Ingram told Mike Hosking that the majority of international tourists come to New Zealand for our scenery.
She says about 50% visit a national park each year, and for many it's a Great Walk.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12850 - Chris Cahill: Police Association President on the hiring freeze in response to Government cuts
More issues are arising within the Police force.
In an effort to meet the Government’s cost cuts, indefinite restrictions have been placed on the recruiting of non-sworn staff.
The Police Association has said that the freeze on hiring backroom staff will trickle over and impact the front line.
Association President Chris Cahill told Mike Hosking that you have to be really careful.
Without the backroom staff there would be no one to answer emergency calls or sort administration.
There are some real pressure points, he said.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12849 - Adrian Macey: Victoria University Climate Expert on the financial impact of the Emissions Trading Scheme
A new Treasury paper reveals how the Government's main weapon for tackling the climate crisis could affect families financially.
It demonstrates how leaning heavily on the Emissions Trading Scheme could increase costs for households disproportionately.
Carbon prices are expected to move upwards, bringing other household costs up with it and hitting lower income families the hardest.
Victoria University climate expert Adrian Macey told Mike Hosking that the modelling is a useful thought experiment about the effects of the ETS.
He says it sends a message to the Government it can't just set and forget the ETS, it has to consider compensation for the people most affected.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12848 - Sunny Kaushal: Dairy and Business Owners Group chair on the stats showing the increase in retail crime rates in 2023
A business leader says there's a retail crime emergency.
Police data shows more than 400 retail crimes were reported a day last year, with six staff a day complaining to police they'd been assaulted.
There were more than 2000 assaults on retail workers over the course of the year, including almost 400 sexual assaults, a 20% increase from 2022.
Dairy and Business Owners Group chair Sunny Kaushal told Mike Hosking that the figures reveal there's a reported retail crime, on average, every three and a half minutes.
He believes real crime figures would be much higher as most crime goes unreported.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12847 - Rod Liddle: UK Correspondent on the rumours that Penny Mordaunt is planning a coup
Rumours a coup is brewing in the UK Conservative Party likely hold little truth.
In the last few days MP Penny Mordaunt has been at the centre of speculation that she’s trying to oust the prime minister, after which she’ll step into his place.
UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking that while there is disquiet within the Conservative Party’s backbenches regarding Rishi Sunak’s performance, a coup is unlikely.
He said the Tories aren’t used to the fact that its them the country hates, not just Sunak, his trust, or those who came before.
People are sick of the conservatives, Liddle said.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 12846 - Mike's Minute: It was our fault Covid turned into a "thing"
I watched an interview the other week with Marama Davidson.
It came after the elevation of Chloe Swarbrick to the leadership. Davidson wasn’t at the press conference, Chloe told us, because it turns out she had Covid.
In watching the interview, although Covid ridden, Davidson looked and sounded perfectly well, although she was isolating, which is what we do, isn't it?
Well, some of us do. A friend of the kids had Covid the other day and hopped on a plane, the way I am sure many people do, and have done, for ages.
But the power of the narrative is still on display by some because we were convinced, or have convinced ourselves, that Covid, although affecting the vast majority of us in exactly the same way as any other flu-like, viral type condition, is different.
And one of the outworkings of getting Covid is some people ended up with what has become known as long Covid. Now, the research out this week from Queensland's Chief Health Officer is that long Covid does exist, but we need to stop calling it that.
Because, to use their words, it creates unnecessary fear and it's probably harmful. In other words, we have freaked ourselves out needlessly.
They studied more than 5000 people and found similar functional limitations a year after the event as they found with those who had seasonal flu or other respiratory illnesses.
In other words, it didn’t matter what you had, some people still felt the effects 12 months on, the same way it didn’t matter what you had at the time of infection, it still hit you the same way.
You might have lost your sense of smell, or you might not have. You might have been fatigued, or you might not have been.
But the fact you could take a swab and get a red line gave us all a chance to say "oh it's Covid, I'll isolate" for whatever the current rules were.
If it wasn’t Covid we reacted completely differently, the same way we had our entire lives until Covid came along, got a massive Government backed tag and reputation and messed with our sense of common sense.
We turned it, because we were allowed to, if not told to, into a “thing”.
Well, slowly, as common-sense returns and a slightly more real-world perspective evolves and the test results come in, we can increasingly see this period as some sort of out-of-body experience where we let fear play far too great a role.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 12845 - James Taylor: Award winning musician on his upcoming tour and extensive career
One of the bestselling musicians of all time, Grammy Award Winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer James Taylor is on his way to New Zealand.
He’s sold over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than 50 years and is the only artist to have an album in the Billboard Top 10 in each of the past six decades.
The end of April will see Taylor visiting Auckland and Wellington for ‘An Evening with James Taylor,' two stops on his packed tour schedule spanning the better part of the year.
He’s been touring for decades, telling Mike Hosking that it’s funny to look back at some of his earlier songs complaining about the uncomfortable fit of working in show business.
Taylor said it’s funny to realise that, in spite of his complaints, it’s sustained him for over 50 years now.
'An Evening With James Taylor' is coming to Auckland's Spark Arena on April 30th, and Wellington's TSB Arena on May 1st.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 12844 - Catherine Field: Europe Correspondent on the reaction to Vladimir Putin's landslide win in the Russian Election
Vladimir Putin has claimed a fifth term as Russia’s President.
He took an early lead with 88% of the vote upon polls closing on Sunday, and the full count saw him secure the win with 87.28%.
While several countries have congratulated Putin’s win, Europe is not under the impression that his win was fair.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky called Putin a power-hungry “dictator”, who is “sick from power”, Italy’s Foreign Minister said the election was “neither free nor fair”, and the Czech Prime Minister called the election a “farce parody”.
Europe Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking that the French President went even further, saying he couldn’t congratulate someone for an election “lined with the death of those who fought for pluralism in Russia.”
She said that there’s a lot of concern about Putin’s plans for Ukraine and Transnistria, a region of Moldova bordering Ukraine that has a high population of Russians.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 12843 - Lisa Pilkington: Auckland University researcher on the waste water alcohol consumption study
Small town New Zealand is consuming more alcohol than the big cities.
New Auckland University wastewater analysis has found New Zealanders over 15 years are having 1.2 standard drinks per day on average, below the WHO's 2018 estimate.
South Islanders are consuming more than North Islanders, and towns have higher average consumption than cities.
Researcher Lisa Pilkington told Mike Hosking that increased drug use may be affecting alcohol consumption.
She says it would take long-term trends to see if illicit drugs are tracking higher and alcohol is lower.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 12842 - Cheryl Adamson: Parnell Business Association GM on the Government's new expectations for Kainga Ora
The Government's new directives for Kainga Ora are being hailed a step in the right direction by the business community.
It's requiring the government agency to take stronger measures against persistent antisocial tenant behaviour and abolish the Sustaining Tenancies Framework.
Parnell Business Association General Manager Cheryl Adamson is welcoming the announcement.
She told Mike Hosking she's hoping it will give Kainga Ora more power to manage behaviour appropriately.
Adamson says if residents understand there are extensive consequences for their actions, it may start to filter through.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 12841 - Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister on the tax expectations likely to be in the Budget and the Government's call to action around Kāinga Ora housing
The Prime Minister says the Government is calling for action over the 20% of Kāinga Ora houses left vacant for a month or more.
The Government's issued a Letter of Expectation to Kāinga Ora outlining a series of areas where it needs improvement.
Luxon says there's a whole bunch of homes not ready to let because they need repairs or need to be rebuilt.
But, he told Hosking, he's concerned it's taking too long to get people into the about 600 homes that are currently available.
He says one of the things in the letter was directing Kāinga Ora to turn homes around faster and get people into them.
The Prime Minister also says there won't be any new taxes in the Budget, and tax relief will happen.
The Government will unveil its first Budget in May.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has pushed out surplus expectations.
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has warned of a multi-billion-dollar gap between what was promised and what can be delivered in the budget.
Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking that they're determined to deliver low and middle income working New Zealanders tax relief.
He says he'd love it to be effective this July, they just have to go through a cabinet decision making process to ensure they can do it.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 12840 - Julie-Anne Kincade: Law Association Vice-President on the issues caused by underfunding in the justice system
A Law Association leader says the cuts being asked of the Justice Ministry will put more pressure on the system.
Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann has released her latest briefing to Attorney-General Judith Collins.
It includes the need to raise the cap on the number of senior court judges and under-funding resulting in mouldy and leaky courtrooms.
It also mentions the district court backlog and legal aid problems.
Association vice-president Julie-Anne Kincade told Mike Hosking that lifting the cap would help.
She says they also need courtrooms and people to staff them, so there has to be change across the board.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 12839 - Lawrence Meredith: EU Ambassador on the fast-tracking of a free trade agreement between NZ and the EU
Parliament's fast-tracking powers are being used this week for a free trade agreement with the EU.
The EU FTA Legislation Bill will pass under urgency this week so the deal can kick off by May.
Trade Minister Todd McClay sees it as a win for exporters and growers.
EU Ambassador Lawrence Meredith told Mike Hosking that it's an excellent deal for both sides, the EU and New Zealand and consumers and investors.
He says there are estimates of gains of more than 100 million dollars.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 12838 - Mike Casey: Rewiring Aotearoa CEO on report showing it is cheaper to run a fully electric home and car in NZ
A report from Rewiring Aotearoa found homes using gas appliances and petrol cars could save between $1500 and $4500 a year by switching to electric.
Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey tells Mike Hosking that even including the upfront cost of solar panels and batteries, it is cheaper to operate a home on electricity than gas and fossil fuels.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 12837 - Shane Reti: Health Minister on the redistribution of funding to reach health targets by 2030
Health Minister Shane Reti is promising new funding for GPs and a redistribution of existing funding based on which practices deal with more complex needs.
He aims to meet the Government’s health targets on cancer treatments, ED wait times and child immunisations by 2030.
Reti tells Mike Hosking that the redistribution of funding will have a substantial impact on Low Cost Access practices.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 12836 - Colin Mansbridge: Crusaders CEO on the team's fourth consecutive loss and worst opening to a Super Rugby season in the franchise's history
The Crusaders have slumped to their worst start in Super Rugby history, suffering a fourth consecutive loss for the first time in the franchise’ history.
Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge tells Mike Hosking the team is disappointed. The team were short through injury and availability, and alongside changes in personnel this had an impact on play.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 12835 - Hoda Fahmy: University of Auckland Lead Researcher on the significant percentage of persistent opioid use in older people and patients
New research from the University of Auckland has found there has been an increase of opioid use in older people and patients after surgery.
Health records for more than 800,000 people over 65 show from 2007 to 2018, there has been an increase in prescriptions. Records show a rate of persistent use of people still using opioids 90 days after surgery at 9.1%.
Lead Researcher Hoda Fahmy tells Mike Hosking the rate of persistent use is a significant percentage and that not all patients on opioids may need them.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 12834 - Winston Peters: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister on China's Foreign Minister visiting NZ today
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters describes New Zealand’s relationship with China as very important ahead of a visit from China’ Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Peters tells Mike Hosking the relationship is complex as China is the country’s number one trading partner.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 12833 - John Maynard: Postal Workers Union Co-National President on NZ Post's plan to cut 700 footpath delivery workers jobs in the next five years
New Zealand Post plans to lay off 700 postal staff in the next five years, in favour of using contractors in vans.
Postal Workers Union Co-National President John Maynard tells Mike Hosking contractors don’t have the same employment rights and employers will use contractors to avoid paying benefits such as annual holidays. The union believes a suitable alternative to the cuts is to maintain postal delivery on footpaths with smaller numbers.
The union believe this plan is a more efficient proposition to continue delivering letters than what NZ Post are currently planning.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 12832 - Mark the Week: The tax treatment for landlords is a return to status quo
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.
Tax treatment for landlords: 6/10
A return to the status quo, despite all the gnashing of teeth from the luvvies who still haven't got their heads around the election result.
Labour's claim over landlords and millionaires: 2/10
The fact they couldn’t get basic facts right, and that the facts they put out were so obviously absurd and they didn’t spot it or question it, tells you all you need to know about their connection to economic reality.
Hurricanes rugby: 2/10
Said it wasn’t acceptable then rolled over for a good spanking the next weekend.
First 100 days in Government: 7/10
This time last week they ticked it off, they delivered what they said they would... not perfectly, but not bad at all.
He's a good person who is the victim of dumb rules. We need to get out of our own way more.
Politician of the week, taking on the courts activism and taking on the Treaty overreach. He's only marked down on the ski money. When you say there is no more you actually have to mean it.
The Kate photo: 4/10
The conspiracy theories that exploded as a result of them trying to quell a conspiracy theory.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12831 - Wrapping the Week: Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby join Mike Hosking to discuss ZB's birthday and the Green Party's newest problem
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking once more to wrap this weeks news and take a little look back at Newstalk ZB's history ahead of the stations birthday tomorrow.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12830 - Greg Murphy: Road Safety Advocate strongly advises against self-driving cars
Road Safety Advocate Greg Murphy is strongly advising against self-driven cars.
Self-driving cars are increasing in popularity even though they continue to fail safety tests.
The four-time Bathurst 1000 winner turned road safety advocate understands the attempt to market something new and combat driver issues like fatigue but says they can do more harm than good.
He says these systems were put in place to try to fix the void for drivers who aren't good at driving.
He told Mike Hosking that they’re a license to create havoc.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12829 - Angela Ogier: Ernst & Young Director on the increasing usage of renewable energy
Renewable energy is on the rise.
Recent stats from MBIE show that the renewable share of electricity generation was 90.3% for the October to December 2023 quarter.
Ernst & Young’s Director Angela Ogier told Mike Hosking that 95% renewable energy is definitely doable in this country, it’s where we’re trending naturally with current technologies.
She said that bureaucracy is slowing down some elements of the rollout of out wind and solar farms, and they need to be sped up in order for us to meet our energy targets.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12828 - Mike's Minute: This is why we hate councils
This is why we hate councils.
On December 15th last year we received a letter from our local outfit claiming that the bore we have is not official, it has not been signed off and we have 28 days to rectify it.
This coming so close to Christmas is not good news and requires a level of attention that makes a mad part of the year even madder.
We purchased our house, complete with bore, a year after it had been finished so this was all news to us.
We replied, suggesting the tone of the letter was needlessly aggressive and that 28 days was potentially an issue, given Christmas and all the various stat days, as well as the fact the council wouldn't be open, and no one would be contactable.
We got a sort-of apology about the tone and was told 28 days might be a bit of an issue and to do what we could.
What we didn’t know at the time, but found out later, was there was nothing wrong with the bore or the signing off of it. What had happened was the council had lost the files and they had decided to make it our issue.
This alone was a re-enforcement of an attitude you tend to get when you are dealing with a statutory monopoly - they do and say what they want and what are you going to do about it?
Anyway, a number of phone calls later, we found what we were looking for. There was no issue with the bore, there was never any issue with the bore, it was drilled properly by people who take their job and their duties seriously and they, along with the various other water people we dealt with, were not impressed, yet again, with a council who throws their weight around.
So, after proof was gathered, photos taken and paperwork filed we were told, indeed, our bore was now legit.
Like most things councils do nothing had changed and nothing had actually happened. The bore was no more or less safe, it was just acknowledged on some piece of paper, or on some file somewhere, to the satisfaction of some bureaucracy
That was 3 months ago. Then this week we got another letter from the council.
It contained a bill for $279.
What for? For filing the documentation around our bore.
So, the file they lost, the work we did to rectify that, is now costing us close to $300 for them to patch up the mistake they made in the first place.
At no point was there recognition of the fact we were doing their work, that our work had gone unpaid and that if it wasn’t for us, none of it would have been fixed.
But the energy they put into writing to us, bullying us and forcing us to fix their issue would now cost us $279, thank you very much.
And you wonder why we hate them.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12827 - Matthew Bolland: Air NZ Corporate Affairs Officer on the increase in airfare costs between January and February
Air New Zealand domestic airfares are at an all-time high.
Stats NZ data shows the airline's domestic flight prices have gone up by 7% last month compared to January.
The Airport Association is pushing for a policy to monitor the domestic monopoly as they dictate price, routes, and flight schedules.
Matthew Bolland, Air NZ’s Corporate Affairs Officer, told Mike Hosking that the increase is comparing apples with pears.
In January people were flying for the holidays, while February people were flying for business purposes, he said.
Bolland told Hosking that if you want a better comparison, you’d look at the average ticket price compared to the year before, which only had a 2% increase.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12826 - Nicola Willis: Finance Minister says they want to work with businesses to get the country moving again
Nicola Willis is expected to reveal more details about the Government's fiscal situation today, as she continues preparations for May's budget.
The Finance Minister will be speaking to business lunch event in Auckland.
Willis told Mike Hosking that since economic growth forecasts have been getting worse, the two options are to get down in the dumps about it, or they can say ‘what can we do about it?’.
She said that while the Government does have a big role to play, they need businesses right alongside them, feeling confident about investing and doing new things.
They’re asking businesses to work together with them to get the country moving again.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12825 - Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the politics at play in the US' TikTok ban bill
The US House of Representatives has overwhelming supported a bill to ban TikTok in a rare bipartisan move.
It could see a ban enacted, if Chinese parent company Byte Dance doesn't sell its stake in the app within six months.
Lawmakers argue there's a national security threat as the Chinese government could force the company to hand over US users' data.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that while the bill has seen overwhelming support, there is still politics at play for the Democrats.
They have to ask the question of if they want to alienate young voters who run small businesses via TikTok, whose livelihoods would be devastated should the bill pass.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12824 - Chloe Swarbrick: Green Party co-leader on the allegations and suspension of MP Darleen Tana
Green Party MP Darleen Tana has been suspended amid allegations she is linked to migrant exploitation at her husband’s company.
Tana becomes the third Green MP in less than a year to run into trouble, following in the footsteps of Elizabeth Kerekere, who quit the party last year amidst bullying allegations, and Golriz Ghahraman, who resigned after allegations emerged of her shoplifting.
The party’s co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick fronted morning media to respond to the allegations. Davidson acknowledged to RNZ the incident showed the party was going through tough times.
Swarbrick told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking they are “deeply serious allegations”.
A statement from Davidson and Swarbrick said Tana was suspended on Thursday afternoon because the allegations raised a conflict of interest with her small business portfolio.
The claims first came to light on February 1 when Tana informed the party a complaint had been made to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) by a worker at her husband’s business, E-Bikes NZ.
“On February 9, the party was notified of a second complaint to the ERA,” the statement reads.
“These complaints included allegations against Ms Tana. Ms Tana has not been a director or shareholder of E Cycles NZ since 2019.”
She was suspended after it became apparent she may have previously been aware of the allegations.
An independent lawyer is conducting the investigation.
Both Tana and her husband have been approached for comment.
“Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public and private behaviour. To understand fully what Ms Tana knew, and when, we are appointing an independent lawyer to conduct an investigation into the matter. Ms Tana will stand aside from all caucus and parliamentary responsibilities until the matter is resolved,” the statement reads.
“We cannot comment on the specific allegations while the matter is waiting mediation and the independent investigation is ongoing.”
Speaking to Newstalk ZB, Swarbrick faced questions over whether the party had erred in not going public with Tana’s suspension earlier.
Swarbrick said it was not useful for politicians to involve her opinions in the situation while an investigation is ongoing.
She would not say whether Tana had denied the allegations.
“On February the 1st, Darleen did notify the party of an allegation,” Swarbrick said.
“To avoid any conflict of interest, Darleen stepped down from her portfolios.”
On March 14, it became clear Tana may have known of the issues before she alerted the party, so that was when she was stood down, Swarbrick said.
“Yesterday it came to our attention that Darleen may have had prior knowledge of these allegations.”
Swarbrick called the situation “incredibly serious”.
“Of course there is a level of public scrutiny.”
Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking they are “deeply serious allegations”. Photo / Alex Burton
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson told RNZ Tana was removed from the small business portfolio when the party was first made aware of the allegations on February 1.
Davidson defended not immediately standing down Tana saying they were not initially aware of her own alleged involvement or knowledge.
“The allegations are serious and we are taking this seriously.
“It was yesterday that it came to our attention that Ms Tana may have had some prior knowledge of the allegations, that is why we have appointed an independent investigation.”
Davidson said the public wasn’t advised when Tana was removed from her portfolio because of the need to keep mediation matters private.
“The allegations are absolutely serious... We have long campaigned to ensure everyone that comes to Aotearoa to make their home is treated with compassion and kindness in the workplace.”
It’s the latest in a string of incidents involving Green MPs and Davidson admitted the party was “going through some times.”
National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis told Newstalk ZB it was a matter for the Green Party.
”It sounds a bit messy and, obviously, all of us condemn any form of migrant exploitation.”
Tana was elected in last year’s election for the first time and is a member of the environment select committee.
Her portfolios include digitising government, media and communications, oceans and fisheries, overseas New Zealanders, science, innovation and technology, and small business and manufacturing.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 12823 - Mike's Minute: Even more so now, age is but a number
I stumbled upon an article yesterday about Lyn Slater.
The headline was ' I’m 70 years old — why shouldn’t my clothes convey my sexuality, and sense of style?’
Lyn Slater is a former model, influencer, writer, and professor, she is indeed a very stylish woman, and the question she asks about clothes is a fair one.
Age, for reasons I can’t fathom, still seems to be an issue in this Western society, and we found that out this week with Peter Boshier, the Chief Ombudsman who is two years older than Lyn, and because of that has to quit his job.
It's also the talking point in American politics at the moment, because the two contenders for the most powerful job on earth are old.
Which I assume leads you to ask: how come you can be President of America but not Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand?
How come Lyn can ask questions about her sexuality and style but poor old Peter is too old to turn up to the office?
We went through a period a decade or so back as well, remember when Hollywood actresses complained of having no work because they’re too old? That’s all reversed, or at least partially has been reversed.
But, remarkably, we don’t seem to know whether age is an issue or not.
And the problem is we have made it a problem because of a number, not because of competence, which should be the real measure.
Surely your ability to do whatever it is you want to do is the criteria, not the chronology?
We spend our time espousing the fact 60 is the new 40, and yet it doesn’t play out in terms of old-fashioned laws.
The ombudsman law is from 1975. I was 10. There was no internet, no cell phones, and 65 to me seemed old. Because when I was 10 my mum was a bit over 30 and my grandparents were in their late 50s, and that seemed old.
Now I am in my late 50s and because society has changed I am nowhere near being a grandparent, and I don’t feel old. And if there was an age limit in my time in this job as opposed to the measure they do use, audience and revenue, I’d be pretty pissed off.
I supposed Peter Boshier went into it with his eyes open. He knew the rules.
But that doesn’t make the rule right, and it doesn’t make the attitude that drove the rule right.
Talent, skill, brains, determination, acumen, experience, these are the measures of value, that’s why they say age is but a number.
Look up Lyn Slater and tell her she's too old.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12822 - Rod Liddle: UK Correspondent on the situation surrounding the comments made towards MP Diane Abbott by the Tories' biggest donor
What would it take for a party to give back a political donation?
The British Conservative Party’s biggest donor told colleagues that looking at MP Diane Abbott makes you “want to hate all black women,” and said that she “should be shot”.
Frank Hester has donated £10 million to the Tories in the past year, which PM Rishi Sunak is disinclined to return despite disavowing the comments and calling them racist.
UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking that while the Labour Party is telling them to have some spine, return the money, and make it clear that the comments are racist, they’re still refusing to give any money back.
He suspects that that’s as far as it will go.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12821 - Jo McKenna: Italy Correspondent says the Pope is still in hot water over his comments about Ukraine
The Pope is still in hot water for his comments on Ukraine.
In an interview recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI, Pope Francis said that Ukraine should have the courage of “the white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia.
The Vatican was forced to backtrack yesterday, urging Moscow to halt what the Secretary of State called “an unjust invasion”.
Italy Correspondent Jo McKenna told Mike Hosking that today the Russian Embassy to the Holy See was flying its flag supporting the Pope on the 11thanniversary of his election.
She said they described him as the true defender of humanism, peace, and traditional values.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12820 - Catherine Beard: Business NZ Director of Advocacy on Australia scrapping tariffs and if NZ should follow suit
Tariffs across the ditch are getting scrapped to lower living costs and some are asking if New Zealand should follow suit.
Australia will remove import taxes on a wide range of goods from July to bring cost-of-living relief.
It will streamline $9 nine billion worth of annual trade and save businesses over $30 million yearly.
Business NZ's Catherine Beard told Mike Hosking that we got rid of most tariffs in the 1980s, there’s just a few left.
She says it's a legacy of the past —as most of them left are between 5-10%— and aren't doing much.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12819 - Marisa Bidois: Restaurant Association CEO on food price inflation hitting its lowest point since May 2021
Food price inflation may have hit its lowest point since May 2021, but that doesn't mean eating out will get any cheaper.
Stats NZ data for February shows the price of restaurant and ready-to-eat-meals has increased by 6.7% year-on-year.
Overall food price inflations is at 2.1%, driven by fruit and vege prices falling 9.3%.
Restaurant Association CEO Marisa Bidois told Mike Hosking that the industry has experienced increased costs across the board, with a major one being the 38% increase in labour costs.
The labour costs were the main thing driving up prices, she said, as many restaurants have been reluctant to increase the prices too high and haven't necessarily kept up with the increase in cost of goods.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12818 - Shane Jones: Regional Development Minister on the final bailout for Ruapehu's ski field
The Government remains adamant there will be no further bailouts for Mount Ruapehu's struggling ski field beyond this year.
Cabinet has agreed to provide $7 million for Ruapehu Alpine Lifts to operate this season.
The company, which has been in receivership since October last year, has been operating on funds from a previous bailout.
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones told Mike Hosking that the latest support will definitely be the last.
He says he's got no mandate to offer more money and is calling this bailout the "last chance saloon".
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12817 - Kaylee Bell: Country singer ahead of the release of her 'Nights Like This' album and tour
Back in New Zealand for the Summer, Kaylee Bell is starting her year off with a bang.
The country-pop artist has been busy with festivals and family, performing with Synthony at Rhythm and Alps just before the count down on New Years Eve.
“I don’t know how I top that now for a New Year,” she told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking.
“That was a pretty cool way to spend that.”
She briefly jumped across to Australia and performed at a few Meatstock festivals, and most importantly, has been getting ready for her own tour kicking off this week.
The ‘Nights Like This Tour’ kicks off tonight in Tauranga, Bell travelling up and down New Zealand to perform her newest album which drops Friday.
‘Nights Like This’ is Bell’s third studio album and with over 500k monthly listeners on Spotify, she's definitely got a presence in the industry.
“It was really cool to come out as a guest and have people singing along,” she told Hosking, referring to her New Years performance.
“To hear people singing your music is like, the biggest compliment, and that’s been happening a lot more.”
Bell’s career is still growing, still evolving, and she’s taking inspiration from the performance styles of the likes of Shania Twain and Keith Urban.
“We’re still growing this thing, but we have big dreams and big expectations.”
She and her band rehearse every week, “working their butts off” in Bell’s words.
“We’re always trying to be better.”
The tour is a reflection of that, initially starting with much fewer stops than the fourteen it’s wound up with.
“We’re pretty much covering almost everywhere through the country, which is exciting.”
From Whangarei right down to Invercargill and Nelson, Bell of course making a stop in her hometown of Waimate.
“We never want to miss that one.”
Not only will she be touring this year but Bell is returning to the festival circuit in Australia, this time as the headlining act.
“As a female country artist, it’s important I think, to step up and own that headlining space,” she told Hosking.
“I think a lot of the time we get put into these support roles and that's also awesome, but it’s just nice to like, be like, ‘nah, I’m gonna headline’ and sort of, you know, take that risk.”
“I think it’s really important.”
‘Nights Like This’ releases Friday 15thof March.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12816 - Peter Boot: Northcote A&E Medical Director on the lack of healthcare targets related to primary care
Shane Reti has set a timeframe of 2030 to reach his five health targets but there's concern this will be too little too late.
The Health Minister's targets aim to address areas such as cancer treatment, child immunisation, and ED wait times.
He's faced criticism across the House and from health authorities about not setting any targets related to primary care.
Northcote A&E Medical Director Peter Boot told Mike Hosking that primary care is the base of the whole system and it's completely disintegrating.
Therefore, he says, it all comes tumbling down.
Boot says you can put any amount of money into the top storey, but it's no use unless you look after the bottom storey.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12815 - Jason Walls: Political Editor ahead of today's Labour Party retreat
It's a different caucus retreat for the Labour Party compared to last year.
MPs will gather in Wairarapa for the belated annual meeting, which is usually held in January.
Political editor Jason Walls told Mike Hosking that issues are starting to build up in the party camp.
He says it's not going to be a celebration today, but more a period of reflection and rebuilding.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 12814 - Mike's Minute: The carbon market is a scam
The carbon market is worth following, if for no other reason than it’s a very good example of voodoo economics - and it's highly entertaining.
We talked yesterday to Steven Joyce about James Shaw's desire to have our liability on carbon emissions put into the books so we can all see what sort of effect it would have on our finances.
The key lines in Joyce's explanation were that we can't do that because we don’t actually know what the figure is, remembering of course we promised to reduce emissions in the Paris Accord by a certain amount in a certain timeframe.
He also quite rightly pointed out that there is no one to pay it to, and the reason there is no one to pay it to is because the whole thing is invented. Which brings us back to the Climate Change Commission, who have put out their latest advice. And their latest advice advises the Government that they have their settings all wrong.
The previous Government had their settings all wrong as well, given the carbon auctions last year were a complete and utter bust. The carbon auctions happen four times a year but it's another invention - if you're a polluter you buy credits to offset your emissions.
The trouble was at each and every one of the auctions last year no one bought anything. Not one carbon credit. Nothing.
As each auction came and went the unsold credits got added to the next auction, so work out the ol' supply and demand equation and guess what happened? That's right - nothing.
Four auctions and not a single sale. The Government could have got $2billion-ish but they got nothing.
The commission says we need to do something about it because there are too many credits, there is too much uncertainty and we run the risk of not meeting our obligations.
Small question - what exactly happens if we don't meet our obligations? The answer, my bet, is nothing.
Very few, if anyone, is meeting their obligations. China certainly isn't, or America, or India, the world's actual polluters.
We have got ourselves caught up in a faux fight, with a market we invented, in a non-enforceable deal. All propped up by the idea that you should hand over money to an imaginary group, or organisation, or people if you burn coal.
Could it be the fact no credits were sold at our auctions last year and the commissions concerns over settings is largely because this is a scam? And when push comes to shove people don't mind espousing hot air about it, we love a bit of greenwashing.
It's just we are not so keen on handing over actual money.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 12813 - Michael Brajkovich: Kumeu River Winemaker announced as the 2024 Winemakers' Winemaker
It’s yet another reminder of New Zealand's wine prowess.
Wine Maker Michael Brajkovich of Kumeu River Wines has been announced as the 2024 Winemakers’ Winemaker.
Brajkovich is recognized by many as the pioneer of the chardonnay movement in New Zealand and for spearheading the use of screw cap closures.
He told Mike Hosking that it was a huge accolade for him, their company, and their family.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 12812 - Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the troubles Boeing faces after the LATAM flight
Monday’s dramatic LATAM flight is the latest in a long list of troubles for Boeing.
Ten passengers and three crew were hospitalised after the plane dropped 150 metres mid-flight, more than 50 people injured total.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the Federal Aviation Administration’s audit into the Boeing 737 Max —the model used for the Alaska Airlines flight in January— found dozens of issues.
The agency tested 89 product parts from the 737 Max 9, passing in 56 of the audits but failing in 33.
Arnold said that the FAA has been given til late May to fix the issues found in the audit, and then within 90 days they must produce an ongoing quality control plan.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 12811 - Pollies: Labour's Kieran McAnulty and National's Mark Mitchell on the Police pay negotiations
The Labour party is firing pot-shots at Police Minister Mark Mitchell, calling his recent Police pay offer "disgraceful".
The Police Association has slammed the Government's latest pay offer, calling on the minister to come to the table with a better deal.
Labour's Kieran McAnulty told Mike Hosking that the Government is increasing Police workload, so they should pay up.
He says if the Government can afford tax relief for landlords, they should be able to afford a Police pay rise.
Mitchell told Hosking that negotiations are still ongoing, and they are being done in good faith.
He said that they’re in a very difficult fiscal position but they’re working as hard as they can.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 12810 - Chris Cahill: Police Association President says governments need to step up and support Police
The union representing Police says the minister needs to do more to support officers.
It comes after the Police Association dubbed the Government's latest pay offer as "insulting".
They rejected the government’s offer in September 2023, and were presented with the same offer on Friday, which due to the amount of time passed, is now worth about $2000 less.
President Chris Cahill told Mike Hosking that Police Minister Mark Mitchell, a former officer himself, is putting extra work on them, so needs to pay up.
He says while Mitchell is a good advocate for Police, he campaigned on law and order so now needs to compensate them.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 12809 - Stefan Nikolic: Zodiak Management Director on Airbnb's worldwide ban on indoor security cameras
Airbnb is banning all indoor security cameras from listed properties due to privacy concerns.
It previously allowed cameras in common areas so long as they were disclosed on listings.
But it's also been facing complaints and online backlash from guests who have discovered hidden cameras during their short-term stays.
Auckland-based Zodiak Management director Stefan Nikolic told Mike Hosking that he thinks the change will only impact a small number of hosts.
He says that's because not many properties have internal cameras.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 12808 - Rod Carr: Climate Change Commission Chair on the surplus of carbon credits available
The Government's being urged to decrease the number of carbon credits available to buy after four failed auctions last year.
The Climate Change Commission says there are too many credits on offer, and the problem is getting worse.
It also says the Government needs to clarify their plan for meeting climate targets.
Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr told Mike Hosking that there are enough units existing, so fewer are needed to be auctioned in the next four years.
He says the auctions only occur when there's a need, and last year participants already held units or bought them from secondary markets.
The Government's next auction is next Wednesday.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 12807 - Marnie Prickett: Co-author on the Otago University report that found New Zealand's water leaks could be costing millions
Water lost to leaks could be costing New Zealand more than $100 million each year.
Otago University research found across the country, 20% of treated drinking water is lost to leaky pipes, at an estimated cost of $122 million.
Co-author of the report, Marnie Prickett told Mike Hosking that our levels of water loss are much higher than international comparisons.
She says Tokyo loses only 5% of water and US cities lose around 10%, so our levels are significant.
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