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The Pope's sense of humour is well and truly intact, even as it's expected his funeral preparations are underway.
New medical tests reveal the 88-year-old pontiff has developed bilateral pneumonia.
Italy's Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has visited the Pope in hospital, where she was happy to find he hasn't lost his sense of humour.
Rome Correspondent Jo McKenna told Mike Hosking she expects the Vatican would be going through standard funeral arrangements.
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The name of the game for the government this year is economic growth and increased productivity.
For that, what New Zealand needs is successful businesses.
One of New Zealandâs most successful entrepreneurs believes more can be done to grow business confidence and the economy alike.
Rowan Simpson, one of the founding members and investors in TradeMe and Xero, is releasing âHow to Be Wrongâ, a book that details the unique position New Zealand is in to grow businesses.
He told Mike Hosking that while there are plenty of ideas that are not investable, thereâs more than enough that have great potential.
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Given the issues around KiwiSaver, itâs a miracle any of us save anything to become remotely independent in retirement.
Last week we told you about the Morningstar rankings and how the biggest operator in the market was performing so poorly, and now we have yet another crack at where the money is actually invested.
Mindful Money is upset over the increase in funds going to fossil fuel producers. We have a 20% increase in the last six months.
That's despite the amount of new money flowing into KiwiSaver only being 7%.
Mindful Money is clearly of the view that the whole transition away from fossil fuels is still an urgent and present thing, when clearly, it's not.
What we have here is a clash of reality vs ideology.
The reality is KiwiSaver funds look for returns. The ideology is that no matter how unrealistic it is to run the world on sun and wind, we still need to sacrifice more to get there.
If there has been one crushing realisation this past year or so around that, it is the simple truth that the transition to renewables has been found out, and badly.
Genesis has half a million tonnes of coal standing by for this winter to keep the lights on. They have another half million tonnes on order, with a backup order for another 200,000 tonnes.
Someone mines that coal. That's good business and good business pays dividends.
If you hate coal don't even look at India and China. Coal is booming. It doesnât make it nice or palatable, but it's real and investment is about reality.
We are in a time where the cold, hard truth of what we thought was going to be easy, isn't. It might not even turn out to be real.
The last thing we need is KiwiSaver funds playing dumb games like the banks and looking to deny legitimate activity, the financial life blood, it needs to produce goods and services people actually want.
What we want in KiwiSaver is a pool of money that grows. That happens by investing in relevant activities that turn a dollar and pay a dividend.
Morale indignation doesnât fund retirement.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday the 20th of February, Winston Peters says we need a reset in our relationship with the Cook Islands.
Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr joined to talk our future plans after they cut the OCR by 50 basis points.
One of our most successful entrepreneurs Rowan Simpson has some ideas about how to turn this country around, and it's all laid out in his new book âHow to be Wrongâ.
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A researcher's warning better security is urgently needed as New Zealanders become soft targets for scammers.
Independent Research Solutions Director Jarrod Gilbert has found people earning more than $100 thousand are significantly more likely to become victims, with rates increasing 10% since 2018.
He told Mike Hosking it's the country's most prominent crime, and we need to act as at the moment, we're slipping behind.
Gilbert says if measures aren't put in place, Kiwis will become an even more significant target.
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The timeframe for the 500 officer increase in policing numbers is shrinking.
Police News magazine reports there are actually fewer cops in the country than when the target was set 14 months ago.
Associate Police Minister Casey Costello says they've lost 150 through attrition, but they're expecting to put 650 recruits through in the first half of the year.
She told Mike Hosking it won't just be new recruits who help bolster the numbers.
Costello says more than 100 former officers have applied to rejoin the force.
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Pressure is mounting on banks to pass OCR cuts onto their customers.
The Reserve Bank's signalling yesterday's double cut to the cash rate will be followed by at least two more single cuts.
All major banks have started dropping their rates.
But Governor Adrian Orr told Mike Hosking they need to go further.
He says they need to be doing better, looking at their own margins, and chasing and competing for customers much more vigorously.
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Borrowers may want to be shopping around more for better deal following yesterday's double cut to the OCR.
The Reserve Bank's signalling more cuts in April and May.
All banks have started dropping short-term rates.
New Zealand Home Loans Chief Executive Kip Hanna told Mike Hosking that's likely to continue as banks fight it out for available lending business.
He says banks are becoming more competitive on rates and offers, and the structures can be just as important as the rates themselves.
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The Foreign Minister's calling for a 'reset' of the relationship between New Zealand and the Cook Islands.
New Zealand claims Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is not sharing all the documents on his recent agreement signed with China.
Some details have been released, including working together on seabed mining, and looking at setting up embassies.
Winston Peters told Mike Hosking the leadership of the Cook Islands needs to tell people what's in the agreement.
He wants to trust them, but also verify what's in the agreement.
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The latest cuts in the US Government have been described as a âtotal farceâ.
The Trump Administration has reversed the firings of hundreds of employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration, the department tasked with working on the nationâs nuclear weapons programs.
The cuts were part of a DOGE purge across the Department of Energy.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking they attempted to walk back the sackings and rehire the workers, but were unable to contact many of them since theyâd been cut out of the email network.
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You have to read it to believe it and even in reading it, it might well be you still can't believe it.
A report, one of a number of investigations now underway, has reported back on whether personal Census and Covid intel collected at Manurewa Marae was misused for electoral purposes.
It's important to point out that this particular report didnât have it within its scope to find out whether the marae did anything shonky. That's still to come.
The marae, if you recall, was managed by Takutai Tarsh Kemp, who was also a MÄori Party candidate, and she went on to win the electorate by a handful of votes.
What this report does find is proof, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that even when you stack the public service full of people the way the Labour Government did, they are still incompetent.
The head of Stats NZ is going. He won't be reappointed. Each of the departments looked into âStats NZ, Health New Zealand, and the Ministry of Healthâ have all been found hopelessly wanting.
It was a combination of not really having any oversight on information that may, or may not, be protected and that may, or may not, be inappropriately used, plus when concerns were raised still doing nothing about it.
"High trust models" were in place. Remember the golden Ardern and Hipkins days of high trust models?
It basically confirms the Public Service Commissioner's findings last week that the public service isn't fit for purpose. It has too many meetings, there are too many departments, we need a few gotten rid of, and if you designed it today it wouldnât be like it is.
There are no safeguards, no regard for privacy, and the issues around privacy in the report shows it's just a litany of uselessness.
Remember the alleged skullduggerous part of whether the MÄori Party used some of this intel to help their election campaign? That outcome is still to surface.
It's bad enough as it is. If they get pinged, itâs a full-blown scandal.
At least one head has rolled, but you can't make this stuff up. It's gliding on, it's worse than most would have thought and it's not even over.
The worst may well still be to come.
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Another large cut to the Official Cash Rate's on the cards today.
Economists and markets are almost certain the Reserve Bank will slash the OCR by 50-basis points.
That would take the cash rate from its current 4.25% to 3.75%.
BNZ Chief Economist Mike Jones told Mike Hosking that things are tracking as the Reserve Bank expected when they last met in November of last year.
He says that in that meeting, the Reserve Bank essentially said they would cut 50 points unless something threw them wildly off track, and he doesnât believe thatâs happened.
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There's controversy over a New Zealand MP taking part in an anti-government protest in the Cook Islands.
Te PÄti MÄori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has taken part in a rally against Mark Brown's government over its new strategic partnership with China.
The deal will see the countries cooperate more on trade, investment, and tourism, with China providing a $4 million grant for future projects.
Labourâs Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking itâs not something she would do, but different things do it for different people.
She says that if she wants do go and do that and sheâs not breaking the law, then alright.
Nationalâs Mark Mitchell agreed, saying that if he was travelling on personal business he wouldnât join a protest or interfere with the internal matters, but Ngarewa-Packer has chosen to inject herself into this situation, and thatâs up to her.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 19th of February, a few questions are asked: What will the Reserve Bank do with the OCR? How did the peace talks between Russia and the US in Riyadh go? And what are the findings of the shocking report into the public service?
The IPCA want a law change so police can better deal with protests that get out of hand.
Ginny Andersen and Mark Mitchell talk Debbie Ngarewa-Packer in Rarotonga and the Brian Roche report on Politics Wednesday.
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A push for government agencies to raise the bar when handling public data.
The Public Service Commission's revealed multiple failures by Stats New Zealand, Health New Zealand, and the Ministry of Health, with regard to safeguarding data.
It comes after allegations surfaced last June about a potential misuse of Census and Covid vaccine data by providers at Manurewa Marae.
Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche told Mike Hosking that thereâs a broader issue.
He says the model thatâs been used is very good and the people who work in it are amazing, but the model is no longer fit for purpose.
"We live in a world thatâs changing dramatically, weâve got the adoption of technology and all of those things, and we need to sort of face into that and get ahead of the curve.â
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Hamish Kerr has claimed another title.
The Olympic gold medallist has been awarded Sportsman of the Year at the Halberg Awards.
The high jumper beat out some tough competition for the title, including two other gold medallists Finn Butcher and Hayden Wilde.
Kerr told Mike Hosking that it was cool to see not only New Zealand Olympians at the event, but also crickets, and footballers.
âSuch an amazing range of sports, all represented.â
He believes that sport unites the country, saying that the attitude Kiwis took towards the Olympics was really felt overseas.
âI felt proud to be a Kiwi out there, you know, watching all my fellow competitors or compatriots compete â it was so special.â
A lot of people are still connected to sport, and athletics in particular, and he thinks the athletics success in Paris has started to bring people back into it.
âIâve done a couple of comps since, just domestically, and you know, just the reaction from the people coming down wanting to meet not only me, but all the other Olympians has been, has been so, so cool to see.â
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There's a potential new era in European security.
The US has got Russia to the table to reach three key agreements, including reinstating ambassadors to each other's countries during high-level talks in Saudi Arabia.
Neither Ukraine nor Europe were invited.
Senior Russian expert at Britain's Chatham House think tank, Keir Giles told Mike Hosking these are historic moments.
He says it's a huge upset to the assumptions under-pinning Euro-Atlantic security and the United States' place in the world.
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Federated Farmers is crediting the coalition government for a surge in farmer confidence.
Confidence within the sector has reached its highest level in more than a decade, jumping from a dismal -66% in July last year to 2%.
Federated Farmers President Wayne Langford told Mike Hosking while the last few years have been tough for farming families, favourable farming rules have seen things turn around.
He says announcements around emissions pricing, freshwater farm plans, and on-farm costs is helping the sector.
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The Police Association says clarification around protest laws are long overdue.
An Independent Police Conduct Authority report makes several recommendations for laws which would protect protestor rights and ensure public safety.
One law would let police and local authorities set conditions in advance about how a protest may be carried out.
Police Association President Chris Cahill told Mike Hosking that will be helpful for police and protesters alike.
He says that would set clear guidelines for behaviour.
Cahill says Destiny Church is a good example of a group which often steps over the line.
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How fascinating is the Daman Kumar case?
How would you like to be Chris Penk, the minister in charge of making the call as to whether to deport people?
In a way this is a singular example of what the Americans deal with millions of times over.
There seems to be no dispute 18-year-old Daman's parents are overstayers.
Daman was born here and New Zealand is his home. So does he get deported and do his parents get deported?
If you follow the law the answer seems simple - yes they do.
It's not Daman's fault his parents broke the law. And thatâs the birthers debate in America.
The illegals come across the border, they have a child, the child is an illegal and yet it is not their fault. It is their home, it is the only country they know, a Democratic administration gives you leniency and a Republican one not so much.
There are, as there always are, questions around how you can be here as an overstayer for so many years.
Also, I assume these are decent people. If they were criminals or reprobates the decisions would be a lot easier.
So a family who work, contribute to the country, call it their own and want to stay. There's no shortage of emotion in the argument.
I am sure part of their issue is at some point they technically became overstayers and they feared getting caught after a week, or a month, or a year. So do you come clean and tidy your affairs up, plead for leniency and hope for the best, or do you try your luck?
Surely in doing what they did, they must have known the game at some point, for some reason, would be up?
Or maybe after 8, 9,15, or 21 years, maybe they put it to one side. Maybe they would never be found out.
So, what to do? Section 378 of the Immigration Act says the minister can, apparently, do anything he likes.
It's easy to say "let them stay", but then you set a precedent. Thatâs the trouble with power jobs and big decisions - they're hardly ever simple.
It may well be the hardest thing Penk ever does, unless he lets them stay.
That would be easier, and make you feel good â probably with minimal push back.
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