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First, a small update on what I said yesterday on pay equity.
My gut says it won't damage the Government.
Donât get me wrong â if I was the opposition I would be prosecuting this as hard as I could, the way they are, because they have a genuine issue and ongoing issue, at least until the Budget, that they quite rightly believe is there for the taking in terms of points, headlines, and moral high ground.
I donât think that ultimately is true. But I fully get they think it is.
The tide turned yesterday though in Question Time. Not because Brooke van Velden dropped the c-word.
Watching it live, it was quite the moment. Question Time has become dour, there is limited talent on display, and the Speaker is cantankerous and ruins the fun.
But yesterday was alive with frisson. Brooke van Veldon's mic drop moment was pointing out that Jan Tinetti, the questioner, a former Woman's minister, a woman who railed against misogyny, was using misogyny by quoting a misogynistic article, authored by a woman to make her point.
That led to applause and rightly so.
It further exposed the Labour Party, and in fact most of the opposition benches, as frauds who are arguing the pay equity issue using bogus material and fake facts.
The more this is debated the more hope you have that a wider grouping of us will tune in and get into the detail, because it is in the detail the truth lies. The equity laws, or rules, were a shambles and being milked by unions.
But the tide turned because there seems genuine anger within the Government over what Andrea Vance was allowed to do.
When I say allowed, I assume she is edited and therefore cleared.
The odd thing for me is I struggle to get upset at being attacked.
Being a public figure, you are open for this sort of stuff, and I have received more than most. It's water off a duck's back, especially from an angsty journalist.
But van Veldon, Collins and, as Vance calls them, the "hype squad" seem genuinely outraged and it is that outrage that turned, or at least will turn, the dial.
If they argue on fact, and the other side argue on emotion using lies, bogus material, and foul language, they will eventually lose.
Hence the dent so many thought was coming for the Government will never arrive.
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A major milestone for one of our most iconic tourist attractions.
The Skyline Luge has surpassed 100 million rides across its eight tracks around the world â including the ones in Queenstown and Rotorua.
The company is also looking to continue their expansion around the world, with a brand new gondola and luge set to open in Swansea, Wales.
Director of Skyline Enterprises, Grant Hensman told Mike Hosking one of the successes of the luge is the repeat business.
He says they have people who have been coming back for the full 40 years theyâve been operating in Rotorua â started as kids and are now bringing their own kids.
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Ukraine and Russia are set for the first direct talks since the war began.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is personally attending the talks in the coming hours in Turkey.
The Kremlin's sending a delegation, and has confirmed it will not include Russian President Vladimir Putin, instead being led by Vladimir Medinsky.
Former Australian Major General Mick Ryan told Mike Hosking Ukraine is likely to remain pretty pragmatic in negotiating a ceasefire.
He says a war termination agreement may see them accept that Russia is temporarily occupying Ukrainian territory, but theyâve been clear they wonât accept that theyâre parts of Russia.
Ryan says while they want peace, theyâve made it clear they wonât accept peace at any price.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 15th of May, Privileges Committee Chair Judith Collins is on to discuss the punishment suggested for the three Te Pati MÄori MPs.
Will the meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin in Turkey happen? Former Australian Major General Mick Ryan gives his thoughts on how it will go, if Putin will turn up, and how much of a role the US plays.
Auckland FC owner Bill Foley is on to talk A-league ahead of the semifinals this weekend - and if his Vegas Golden Knights can turn around a 3-1 deficit in the NHL playoffs.
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Auckland FC owner Bill Foley's revelling in his side's inaugural A-League football season success.
The Black Knights won the Premier's Plate for finishing top of the regular standings.
They begin their two-leg semi-final with Melbourne Victory away on Saturday, before the home fixture on May 24.
Foley told Mike Hosking the business model he's used at Bournemouth in the Premier League, and the Golden Knights in hockey's NHL has worked again.
âWe knew we were going to have a very competitive team, and we overachieved.â
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Net migration is expected to stay low, with global affairs keeping many people where they are.
Stats NZ data shows there was a net migration gain of only 26 thousand in the year to March, down from more than 100 thousand the year before.
It says the fall is mainly due to fewer migrant couples arriving, with a slight increase in departures.
Massey University Sociologist Paul Spoonley told Mike Hosking a big question mark hovers around the migration figures.
He says heâs unsure whether the numbers will keep, or if itâs going to keep dropping and New Zealand will see something similar to the net loss seen during the global financial crisis.
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The presidents of Russia and the US are both down as âmaybesâ for attending the peace talk with Ukraine, due to start later today.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy is personally attending the talks in Turkey and the Kremlin's sending a delegation â it remains unclear whether it'll include Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump says he might turn up if the circumstances are right.
Former Foreign Minister Sir Don McKinnon told Mike Hosking Trump's involvement in the talks could be a bad thing.
He says he'd be prepared to give too much away, which undermines what liberal democracies like New Zealand believe in.
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Doubts over the PSA's arguments on work from home policies.
The union's heading to the Employment Relations Authority after mediation didn't resolve differences with the Government on the issue.
The PSA claims a move to get more workers in the office will have a big impact on women.
Employment Law specialist Jennifer Mills told Mike Hosking she doubts the authority will side with the PSA.
She doesn't believe there's an argument that any changes are indirect discrimination.
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Judith Collins calls for âcivilityâ in Parliament after suspending three MPs and attacks on female MPs. Collins praised Act MP Brooke van Velden for standing up for herself after using the c-word. Te PÄti MÄori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi face 21-day suspensions without pay.
Parliament Privileges Committee chair Judith Collins is calling for âcivilityâ in the House after the decision to suspend three MPs without pay and attacks on female MPs.
Collins said she was proud of Act MP Brooke van Velden for âstanding up for herselfâ yesterday when she stirred major controversy by using the c-word in the House while attacking Labour for not condemning a column that used the word âc***â against female ministers.
Yesterday, her committeeâs decision was handed down to three Te PÄti MÄori MPs after last yearâs controversial haka.
The committee recommended 21-day suspensions for co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, saying they should be âseverely censuredâ.
Te PÄti MÄori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer face a heavy censure.
It also recommended a seven-day suspension for MP Hana-RÄwhiti Maipi-Clarke.
Collins told Newstalk ZBâs Mike Hosking this morning the suspension also meant the MPs would go without pay during this time.
She confirmed the suspension would be carried out consecutively.
Collins said the committee had been âcollegialâ through the six-month-long process and only butted heads in the end when it came to handing down the penalties.
âEven [the Green Party and the Labour Party] are differing from each other.
âItâs a very severe penalty compared to what has been awarded in the past, itâs not only a suspension from the House, itâs a suspension of salary.
âBut then, we havenât seen that level of behaviour before.â
She said the committeeâs decision would be tabled today before it was voted for on Tuesday. She said she expected it to pass.
On Brooke van Veldenâs use of the c-bomb in the House yesterday, Collins said she was proud of the Act MP for standing up for herself and the other women in the House being attacked.
âI would say to Brooke, that I wouldnât have used the word myself but I did feel that she did stand up for herself and all the rest of us and I am waiting for someone of the left persuasion⊠one MP, just one, to come out and say itâs not okay to attack someone just because you are not okay with what they do."
She called reading the language in the column, which was written by Andrea Vance and published in the Sunday Star-Times, one of the âlowest pointsâ in Parliament she has seen in her 23 years of service.
âThat and what happened on the 14th of November in Parliament.
âItâs just the sort of behaviour towards each other that is despicable.â
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The newly elected pope's preparing to deliver his inaugural mass this Sunday.
A number of world leaders are expected to attend, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Vice President JD Vance.
Newstalk ZB's Jo McKenna is in Italy and told Mike Hosking Pope Leo has been very active in his first week of his papacy.
She says he's made a number of unscheduled visits around Rome, repeating his message of world peace.
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Here is another example of the way the pay equity game is played by the media.
If you choose not to call a minister the c-word, you run a headline like this - "Ministers set to take big pay rises right after wiping 33 pay equity claims".
Thatâs the headline in Newsroom. It is dishonest in its inference.
It's emotive and it misrepresents what is happening. In that is the Government's battle to try and convince the casual observer there is merit in what they have done in changing the law.
First, a minister's pay and an equity claim are two completely different things.
Second, a minister's pay is not equity based because a woman minister gets what a male minister gets. Always has, always will.
Making it slightly more complicated, is a minister's pay is not merit based. They all get the same no matter how hard they work, how many portfolios they have and how good they are, or aren't.
Third, although the 33 equity claims were wiped, it doesnât mean they were stopped from going ahead under new rules. It doesn't mean they won't succeed under new rules. We have yet to see how that unfolds.
Fourth, and part of the reason for the rule change, is a lot of the claims were not equity claims. They were bargaining, masquerading as equity from unions.
Fifth, the fact a minister gets a pay rise is not of a minister's doing. It's an independent body, over which a minister has no control.
Like an equity claim, the body looks at similar work to a minister's and makes a call based on those numbers. The irony is, who can you compare to a minister? You can't of course. A Prime Minister is also unique, so itâs a muddle. It's a system that is okay, only because we can't think of another one.
But at no point is it about equity.
The emotion of the debate overtook the rationale of the debate the moment Brooke van Velden made the announcement and itâs gone downhill ever since.
Sixth, the headline uses the word "claim". In ministerial pay there is no claim, just an occasional decision, independently reached.
So overall in terms of discourse around a detailed, if not complex, issue, apples and apples is what you might hope for, not immaturity and muddied waters.
Which is what we've got.
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Sussan Ley has become the first woman to lead Australia's Liberal Party.
She's been deputy for three years and has been appointed leader in a tight ballot, edging out Treasury spokesperson Angus Taylor.
It comes after former leader Peter Dutton lost his seat in the recent election.
Australia Correspondent Steve Price told Mike Hosking Ley's switched on, as a qualified commercial airline pilot.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 14th of May, Finance Minister Nicola Willis is on after announcing the first Super Fund withdrawal will come years earlier than expected.
The Government is planning on investing $140 million into improving school attendance â Associate Education Minister David Seymour elaborates.
Ginny Andersen and Mark Mitchell discuss Jevon McSkimming, missing the new 500 police targets, and pay equity on Politics Wednesday.
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Netball officials are at the whim of the Commonwealth Games scheduling as they explore player eligibility options.
Pressure is mounting on the New Zealand governing body to allow overseas-based athletes to feature for the Silver Ferns.
The players' association has suggested moving the domestic tournament before or after the Australian competition, so their members can compete in both.
Netball New Zealand boss Jennie Wyllie told Mike Hosking they donât control the Commonwealth Games, and it becomes difficult from a broadcast and commercial perspective when it keeps moving.
She says that ideally, theyâd have some certainty, and the Games would sit outside of the window, but theyâre at the whim of how the Federations plan it.
Wyllie's open to shifting the local competition from 2027.
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A planned $3 billion inland port in Otago hopes to support soaring freight volumes in the region.
Construction of the Milburn Quadrant, north of Milton, is expected to start within two years.
It comes as forecasts predict freight volumes from Central and South Otago are expected to grow 30-40% over the next decade.
Project Developer Mark Johnston told Mike Hosking the development will include a 55-hectare inland port, offering freight storage and connected to the South Islandâs main trunk rail line.
He says it will be similar to Hamilton's Ruakura inland port and offer land for other industrial development.
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The Government's conceded it'll likely miss its November target for 500 new police.
Under the National-NZ First coalition agreement, it aimed to reach the recruitment target within its first two years in office.
Police bosses say they've been facing challenges, with more trainees failing training and more people leaving the force.
Police Minister Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking they're not going to get hung up on the target.
He says they're going to deliver the 500, but standards matter, and they won't compromise.
Labourâs Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking that the closer they can get to what they promised the better, but theyâre currently only sitting at 17 extra officers from when they started.
She says getting to 500 by November is virtually impossible.
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Fears social media is exposing more young people to drug use.
The latest Drug Trends Survey reveals apps like Facebook and Snapchat are used to arrange sales, and drugs are also marketed on gaming apps.
It finds there's been an overall rise in the use of social media purchasing for all drug types, particularly cannabis and MDMA.
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre Professor Chris Wilkins told Mike Hosking the market's moved online.
He says there's an algorithm phishing for engagement, which means there's a cross section of young people who are exposed.
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A significant funding boost for attendance services across the country.
The Government's investing $140 million into improving school attendance over the next four years, in Budget 2025.
It includes $123 million on a new attendance service, with more data monitoring than currently exists.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour told Mike Hosking a lot of the funding will go towards more people in these roles.
He says about 80 regions will have a single attendance service that schools can call on.
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The Warehouse is pushing for potential 'right to repair' legislation to hold overseas manufacturers accountable.
The retailer's among companies taking part in the select committee process for the Right to Repair Amendment Bill.
It aims to reduce waste, create a repair workforce, and cut costs for consumers.
Warehouse Group Sustainability and Ethical Sourcing GM Phil Cumming told Mike Hosking the Commerce Commission isn't doing enough when overseas products don't meet expectations.
He says consumers are often turning to retailers instead of manufacturers, which is why clearer, stronger rules are needed.
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Finance Minister Nicola Willis says changes to KiwiSaver will be revealed at next weekâs Budget. The NZ Super Fund will cover only 20% of future Superannuation costs, with withdrawals starting in 2028. The fund will continue growing despite withdrawals, but Superannuation costs are expected to reach $29 billion annually.
There will be changes to KiwiSaver announced at next weekâs Budget, with the Super Fund only expected to cover â at best â 20% of the cost of Superannuation in the future, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says.
Willis wouldnât say what the changes would be, but they would be âpositiveâ, she told Newstalk ZBâs Mike Hosking Breakfast this morning.
The minister has previously not ruled out changes â including means-testing â to the $521 given to KiwiSaver members who contribute at least twice that amount each year.
â[Changes will be positive] because I want to see peopleâs KiwiSaver balances grow. KiwiSaver has become particularly important for those saving to buy their first home â we had more than 40,000 people use KiwiSaver to do that in the past year," she told Hosking.
âAnd itâs become an increasingly important supplement for peopleâs retirement income.â
Willis announced yesterday that the Government was forecast to make its first withdrawal from the NZ Super Fund in 2028, five years earlier than forecast at last yearâs Budget.
Superannuation costs are expected to reach $29 billion a year in a few years, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. Photo / 123rf
The fund was set up in 2001 to subsidise the future cost of Superannuation, easing the burden on taxpayers.
The date of the withdrawal â forecast to total $32m in 2028 â isnât at the Governmentâs discretion and is written into the Fundâs governing legislation.
The first withdrawal would be followed by some âbouncing around between withdrawals and contributionsâ, but from 2031 onwards, withdrawals were expected every year, Willis said yesterday.
Despite withdrawals, the Super Fund wonât shrink in the short-term. It will continue growing for some time as withdrawals will be smaller than the overall growth in the fund, the Herald reported yesterday.
Treasuryâs forecasts, which were based on a complicated formula relating to how much is in the fund, GDP, taxpayer numbers and other factors, confirmed help was needed to pay for superannuation, Willis told Hosking this morning.
âWeâve all talked for several years about at a certain point, the cost of superannuation will get very high, and then weâll need the Super Fund to help. Weâre now at that point.â
Asked how much of the cost of superannuation the fund would cover âin its golden momentsâ, Willis told Hosking: âIn its golden moments itâs only going to be about 20% of the total costâ.
âThereâs no getting away from the fact that superannuation is very expensive ⊠just in the next few years, itâs going to leap up to $29 billion a year, because there are a lot of people over the age of 65 and superannuation is pegged to the after-tax average wage, so that number keeps going up.
âThatâs the commitment that we have as a country, is to fund that entitlement, and we then need to pay for it. And there are fewer taxpayers, of course, in the future to help pay for it.â
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