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Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show.<br><br>Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda.<br><br>The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more.<br><br>The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.
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April 18, 2025
<p>At the halfway mark, can we suggest things are starting to turn for the Government? </p> <p>This week we have seen the Prime Minister at Ruakura with a multi-billion dollar investment that sells the Māori economy and showcases large amounts of foreign money, as well as the potential for huge productivity gains and economic growth. </p> <p>On Monday there was more money for tourism. Tourism is coming back, it's too slow, but the tourist spend is up to post-Covid levels. </p> <p>On Tuesday, Education Minister Erica Stanford was pumping more money into classrooms with savings made from the bespoke design nonsense and waste that the Labour Party trainwreck was in charge of. </p> <p>Then the Prime Minister is back with the police and Justice Ministers, spruiking very good-looking numbers around victims of crime. </p> <p>This comes on the back of three polls all of which show the Government being returned to office if an election was held today. </p> <p>Slowly but surely specific bits are starting to fall into place. Things like the fact we had good GDP in the last growth stats. </p> <p>Clearly from Tuesday's numbers, crime, which was as big an issue last election, is looking very much in a box. The gang patch laws are working with even the critics saying they're working. Surveys say people feel safer on the streets and the victim numbers look very good indeed. </p> <p>Health remains an issue and there seems a determination among the unions especially to keep it on the front page. </p> <p>But the key bits that sink or support Governments —the economy, education, crime and justice— look solid. If they can get health under control they will be rolling. </p> <p>Obviously, the economic side is fragile and open to a lot of stuff that is beyond our control, so counting chickens is pointless. </p> <p>On that note, you then come to this idea that’s gaining traction that the Trump fiasco could well be the making of our Prime Minister. </p> <p>A bloke who has struggled to connect might well have settled nicely into his wheelhouse with an economic mess that could see the best of him shine when it's needed most. </p> <p>If the polls play okay for them they way they do now, with glimmers of light, by the time we get to the end of the year momentum might well be theirs and an election may well be theirs to lose. </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
April 16, 2025
<p>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. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Golden Visas: 7/10 </strong></p> <p>Part of what's turning out to be a pretty solid run for the Government. There seems genuine interest from the wealthy to come and park up here and grow the place. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Business sales: 6/10 </strong></p> <p>Demand is up, supply is down. People want to chart their own destiny, which is always a very good sign. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Coachella: 4/10 </strong></p> <p>Most people who went borrowed money to pay for their tickets. Clearly no money left over for Golden Visas. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Andrew Little: 6/10 </strong></p> <p>Given Tory Whanau's reputation and record, is it even a race? </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The women on Bezos' rocket: 2/10 </strong></p> <p>Brought new meaning to the term space cadets. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Taupo: 8/10 </strong></p> <p>Shout out for last weekend and the Supercars. Place was packed, looked awesome and Matty Payne was your hero #NZAtItsBest. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW </strong></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
April 16, 2025
<p>My fun fact of the week, not that it's that fun or even new, given it's been around if you could be bothered looking. </p> <p>In Hawke’s Bay there are 56 mayors, chairs and councillors spread across five councils. Just for Hawke’s Bay. </p> <p>Not Mexico City, or London, or New York. Hawke’s Bay, in little old regional New Zealand. </p> <p>This is contained in an excellent piece well worth reading over the long weekend to be found on the Newsroom website. </p> <p>Broadly it looks into amalgamation of councils. The good news is amalgamation is coming. </p> <p>In my view it cannot come fast enough. </p> <p>This small land is festooned with councils and boards and groups who do little other than add to inflation with cost, plus accounting. </p> <p>The trick, and part of it is the Government's Water Done Well programme, is once they spin those duties out to new entities you won't need as many councils and councils won't have a ratepayer base to be able to afford stuff anyway. </p> <p>But here is where it might go wrong: </p> <p>1) Fiefdoms. Too many still argue they are more important than they are. </p> <p>2) The Government says they won't enforce this change. They will act on the communities’ will. </p> <p>Big, big mistake. </p> <p>On the upside there is talk of as few as 13 unitary authorities. That would mean 11 regional councils gone. Good, do it as quick as you like. </p> <p>We are grossly over-councilled in this country, with 67 currently. We have authorities for handfuls of thousands of people. It's absurd and that’s before you get to the quality, or lack of it. </p> <p>The savings are huge, with $5 billion on the RMA side alone. </p> <p>By the time you read the article you are left uplifted by the possibility that one of your more boring topics, local body representation, might, just might, be heading somewhere good. </p> <p>My hope is if it does head somewhere good, we may at last start to pay attention to it, be invested in it and it becomes a virtuous circle of success, productivity and positivity. </p> <p>And if that doesn’t fizz you up for a good Easter, nothing does. </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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