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Polls are still suggesting a Labour victory ahead of this week's UK general election.
Labour leader Keir Starmer remains the clear contender against Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.
UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking that most polls are predicting a 240 majority for the Labour party.
He thinks that this is underestimating both a shy Tory vote and those who do not wish to give Labour a carte blanche.
Liddle suspects the majority will be smaller than predicted.
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Itâs been a season full of ups and downs for the Warriors.
After a historic loss to the Titans two weeks ago, they bounced back against the Broncos, taking the win 32-16.
Coach Andrew Webster told Mike Hosking that their season has been very inconsistent.
He said that their good football is probably better than most, but their worst football is probably worse than most.
Webster said that heâs really proud of their win over the weekend, and they just need to find that consistency in their day to day.
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The federal election interference case against Donald Trump is headed back to the lower courts following a historic Supreme Court ruling.
The court's ruled 6-3 that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts while in office, but not unofficial acts.
Political commentator and National Columnist for the Washington Post Philip Bump told Mike Hosking that the lower courts will determine what counts as official.
Bump says in this case, the lower courts will now rule on whether Trump's pressuring of Vice President Pence to reject electors in certain states was part of his presidential duties.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 2nd of July, the Government has revealed their Q3 plan with a focus on public safety. So how do those directly affected feel about it all?
The Prime Minister answers those questions, plus why Te Pukenga is taking so long to disband, and Kainga Ora's future.
Warriors coach Andrew Webster tells Mike how we're going to make the playoffs as we get into the business end of the season.
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Dairy owners want more power to make citizens arrests.
The Government's committed to passing four pieces of law and order legislation in the next quarter.
It includes allowing police to ban gang patches, confiscate firearms, more efficiency in the courts, and more rehabilitation for on-remand prisoners.
Chair of the Dairy and Business Owners Group Sunny Kaushal told Mike Hosking that it's a great move.
But he also wants business owners, security guards, and law-abiding citizens to be able to take action when they see crimes.
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The Prime Minister is clarifying a six-figure redundancy payment to the resigning Kainga Ora CEO.
Christopher Luxon says it was not a decision made by the Government.
The public housing agency's chief executive Andrew McKenzie says he didn't sign up for an overhaul of Kainga Ora.
He's in for a payment of $365 thousand.
Luxon told Newstalk ZBâs Mike Hosking that those arrangements sit with the chair Simon Mouttar, but he calls it an under-performing organisation.
He says they're refreshing the board.
Luxon said that he doesn't know the details of the redundancy, and doesn't want to, what he wants to know is that the organisation is starting to get better.
The Prime Minister has also pledged to address law and order during the Governmentâs plan for the third quarter of this year, although he was often coy when asked about specific details of policies.
Luxon published his Governmentâs plan for the third quarter on Monday. The plan covers the period from July to the end of September and included 40 âactionsâ across areas like the economy and climate change, but Luxon said law and order would be his priority.
âThe Government I lead is one of action and we are already making meaningful changes that will keep Kiwis safe in their homes, workplaces and communities,â Luxon said. The plan pledges the Government to giving police âtough powers to go after gangs by restricting their ability to associate and banning gang patches in publicâ and the power to âget guns out of the hands of criminalsâ.
While plans for a Governmentâs first 100 days in office have become fairly common features of New Zealand politics, Luxon decided his Government would adopt a 100 day plan-style approach to its entire term of Government by publishing a plan each quarter of what âactionsâ the Government intends to tick off over the next three months.
Speaking to Newstalk ZBâs Mike Hosking Breakfast, Luxon compared his progress throughout his time as Prime Minister to the many âcorporate turnaroundsâ he has accomplished in his career, although he acknowledged the difference between a business and a country.
âI am just focused on the must-do stuff right now, thatâs what you to do when you are turning stuff around⊠we can plant those seeds now that we can benefit from down the road.
âIf we donât do that, we are heading down a very dark road.â
Other significant pledges include to publish New Zealandâs second Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP), the first such plan published by this Government. ERPs are meant to set out how a Government meets its emissions budgets under the Zero Carbon Act.
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Police say that community response is to thank for positive youth crime outcomes.
More than 70% of children and youths referred through the youth offender support protocol âFast Trackâ haven't been re-referred.
The protocol, created by Oranga Tamariki, finds support services to prevent youth re-offending.
Police Assistant Commissioner Investigations Paul Basham told Mike Hosking that it shows the system is working.
He says troubled kids are getting the help they need, and crime is being prevented as a result.
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The claims the election in France has set the country on edge are being deemed an understatement.
The snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron earlier this month has the anti-immigration and European Union-sceptic National Rally party enjoying a strong lead in the polls.
French Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking that the tension is palpable, with nobody quite knowing where this is going to end.
She says they're looking at another 36 hours or so before they learn who will be standing in the next round of elections.
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A former community housing leader says those providers are ready to collaborate with the Government.
Kainga Ora chief executive Andrew McKenzie has resigned, saying the Government's changes aren't what he signed up for.
It comes after a scathing review of the organisation.
Former Monte Cecilia Housing Trust CEO Bernie Smith told Mike Hosking that the last Government stopped community housing providers buying houses from developers, but did it themselves.
He says time and time again first home owners were locked out of the market because Kainga Ora came along with a big chequebook.
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It is true to say that Biden got it together, somewhat, as the debate unfolded.
But it started so badly that even in his finest moments it was ordinary.
The unmistakable truth is what you saw is as good as it gets. If Americans vote for him he doesnât improve, he doesnât get younger and he doesnât get sharper.
I have not, until this point, believed the narrative that you can take a sitting President and replace him mid-race. But now, I am not so sure.
If he quits, or gets pulled, they will lose. It would be a disaster. But is it a bigger disaster than letting him carry on and lose anyway? No one in their right mind can vote for him in the state he is in.
I can also mount an argument that no one in their right mind can vote for Trump either. He lied his way through most of the debate.
Everything was perfect until he left and now it's the worst it's ever been.
The water, the air, the war, the border, the economy. "It was perfect like no one had ever seen it and now itâs the worst we have ever had in the history of the world". That's all he said. Pick a topic, same answer.
They were both shocking and it's an indictment on the American political system that those two are what you get to choose from.
The debate was also the loser. Questions weren't answered, it was locked down to a stop watch, questions were ignored, matters weren't followed up, nothing flowed and it lacked energy.
Yes, if they had let them free wheel it would have imploded so I donât know what they do about the next one.
But what you were left with is an empty feeling that the most powerful nation on Earth is run by, or about to be run by, some exceedingly limited people. The low point was surely the exchange over golf handicaps. Biden was a 6, until he was an 8, and Trump wins tournaments and not even senior ones? Are you serious?
Trump is dangerous because he's mad. Biden is dangerous because he is in the most obvious cognitive decline.
A crook vs a geriatric. What a choice.
And that choice was on display for 90 minutes in the most depressing show of credentials I think I have ever seen.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday 1st July, we have the Government's three year plan for health and Health Minister Shane Reti explains whether it is actually achievable.
Mike fact checks the nine lies from Biden and the 30 lies from Trump in the first presidential debate.
Guy and Sav cover the Warriors, England's win in the Euros, and just where do NZ'ers watch Wimbledon?
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A young kiwi patient will be one of the first to be treated with a radical new treatment for a rare disease.
The drug will be used to target muscle cells and silence a gene which causes Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy.
Neurologist and trial lead Richard Roxburgh says the method is promising.
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The President struggled through Friday's debate against Former President Donald Trump, even finding it hard to finish sentences at times.
US News and World Report Senior National Correspondent Olivier Knox says it was Biden's worst public appearance during his time in office.
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The Auckland Regional Fuel Tax expires today, saving motorists 11.5 cents per litre.
Automobile Association spokesperson Terry Collins says the organisation will be keeping a close eye on fuel companies to ensure they do drop prices.
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Fifty vehicles were impounded and more than 900 infringement notices dished out in Bay of Plenty, Manawatu, Wellington, and Canterbury over Matariki weekend.
Superintendent Jeanette Park told Mike Hosking this is not a new issue for police.
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The Health Minister is looking ahead as reform of the health system marks its second anniversary.
In 2022, the former 20 Distract Health Boards were amalgamated into one central agency - health New Zealand.
Health Minister Shane Reti says the previous government did not have a good implementation plan.
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The Integrity Sports and Recreation Commission launches today.
It's a new Crown entity that will take responsibility for safeguarding sport and recreation across New Zealand.
Chief Executive Rebecca Rolls spoke with Mike Hosking about what this means for the future of sport in New Zealand.
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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.
The Northland transmission tower: 1/10
If you made it up, they wouldnât believe you.
The ferry: 3/10
A bit more believable given the track record leading up, but it's still no less depressing.
The Warriors: 1/10
Almost as bad as taking too many nuts and bolts out.
Pharmac: 7/10
Because on balance, a naive promise that was broken got rectified in a pretty impressive way and a lot of people get the help they need because of it.
Julian Assange: 6/10
On balance it's probably fair. He's a crook, he's served jail time and he endangered a lot of people. The debate over that, or whether he is a hero, will never settle, but the case has.
Jetstar: 6/10
Good week. I'm not sure about Cairns. But more domestic choice is good.
The fast track poll: 6/10
Proof that a bit of common sense is actually what a chunk of New Zealanders want. Maybe the media can reflect more of that instead of seeking out the moaners all day long
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A little something from the perspective file.
Although things are dire and dour and straight up and down bad, in some areas they are not as bad as headlines would lead you to believe.
The best line of high drama I have read this week was around jobs. "It's like the Hunger Games", it said.
Is it? Really?
A lot of press has been given to those who have lost jobs of late.
The reason for this is because we haven't gone through a job loss scenario for a while in this country.
But if you've been around a while it isn't like the hunger games, or anywhere close to it.
The unemployment rate is currently 4.3%. It might be a little bit higher given some of our data is slow, but at worst it's thought it may get to 5% or a little bit over.
In a historic context, 5% is a little more than normal. What we are living through is moderately normal.
The same can be said about interest rates when it's in the 6's, maybe early 7's. Yes, it's a lot higher than what they have been, but in context it's not remotely unusual at all.
In these examples is the value of institutional knowledge.
Much of the coverage of job losses and the ensuing Hunger Games has been based around the public service, which brings in another interesting aspect of jobs and choices
I read the plight of a person recently laid off who was off to Australia because the work they did no longer desisted here. They were going to Melbourne where the Government puts more funding into the social work they do. Which is great, if thatâs your calling. But choosing a job that's no niche that it no longer exists surely was a risky choice in the first place.
That's like the person whose story I also read who got laid off from the Auckland light rail project. Surely when they applied they knew that wasnât long for this world?
Having lost a couple of jobs myself there is no question it sucks, especially if it comes as no fault of your own.
The job ads may be down and the applications may be up, but at no point is what we are going through any more arduous, difficult or unusual than we have been through many a time before, and indeed will go through again.
What I suspect has changed is resilience.
There isn't as much of it about these days and thatâs why "normal" seems like the Hunger Games.
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