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I am more knowledgeable about the Pike River tragedy than Tony Gibson's Auckland Port court case.
But out of Pike River came the law that got Gibson, as former boss of the Port of Auckland, over the death of a worker.
He has been found guilty. He may appeal.
You would imagine if the verdict stands and a penalty is imposed, it would have a severe chilling effect in the world of CEOs.
Just where is the line for a boss in looking after the safety of the staff, beyond the broad-based and widely understood rules?
Do court cases like this now reset those boundaries as to what you must, or might do, in regards safety in a large workplace?
Some workplaces are inherently dangerous because of their nature.
Rules will be in place, but how tight do those rules need to be? And it's out of that sort of expectation that life in general can sometimes be brought to a sort-of standstill by the “just in case” mentality.
Work and safety is driven by good intention but is stifling in the real world.
In taking the very specific responsibility right up the chain to the corner office for a person falling off, or falling over, or into something, that's a tremendous amount of very specific expectation – especially in a large company when the numerical gap between the boss and a bloke on the floor, or the machine, might well be large.
It's an interesting concept, to judicially skip any number of people between the victim and the CEO.
What I know about Pike River was it was a top-down mess. If you were looking for blame, there was no shortage of it to spread around.
A lot of people wanted Peter Whittall to pay, but that was more predicated on him being an easy target, not because he, and he alone, was responsible.
How much of the new law came out of the same mentality?
"Don't worry about the detail or fairness, let's just look to have someone pay".
And if that is what drove it, is that good law? Or is it a lot of potential trouble and a reason not to be the boss?
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 28th of November, we get reaction from the Reserve Bank and Steven Joyce after our last OCR cut of the year.
Phase 1 of the Covid inquiry is complete, and inquiry chair Professor Tony Blakely has some surprising comments about vaccine mandates and lockdowns.
Mike couldn't believe Mitch James was quitting music, so had to get a friend of the show on for one last time as a musician.
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The Black Caps are riding the increased wave of support from the public as they head into the opening test against England in Christchurch, starting this morning.
Day three on Saturday is sold out, while minimal tickets remain to today's opening day.
Black Caps all-rounder Rachin Ravindra told Mike Hosking the team's historic whitewash in India has helped the cause.
He says that there’s a lot more people congratulating them for their efforts in India as they’re walking around.
“That’s what we want right? We want the public to be behind us, and hopefully we can keep inspiring people to keep playing the game.”
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Mitch James’ eleven year career is set to come to an end.
His beginnings were humble, busking on the streets of London and performances at open mic nights that lead to world tours and over a decade of music.
James’ final single ‘Beautiful Stranger’ came out last month and his final album is imminent, with only a few remaining bits of admin to complete before the album’s release.
He told Mike Hosking that it’s been a crazy journey but he’s come to the end of his tether with the entertainment industry.
“It’s a very messed up, and at times evil, industry, that yeah, I think I’ve got nothing more to prove.”
“You’re looking at the guitar in the morning and it’s not looking as, as beautiful as it used to,” James said.
“I felt like I needed to step away to sort of preserve that core love for the music.”
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The Reserve Bank remains concerned about domestic inflation as it points to more OCR cuts next year following the latest 50 basis point cut.
Inflation is now at 2.2%, with weak global demand pushing tradeable inflation down to -1.6%.
But non-tradeable inflation —things like insurance, rates, power and rents— remains at 4.9%.
Reserve Bank Assistant Governor Karen Silk told Mike Hosking that needs to be brought down to just under 3%, which is where it's historically sat.
She says this type of inflation, which is less responsive to monetary policy, remains persistent.
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The outgoing head of the Covid inquiry has found vaccine mandates caused huge pain to a "substantial minority” during the pandemic.
Tony Blakely says the Government should look at whether their benefits outweighed the harm they caused.
Blakely will deliver the report from the first phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry to Internal Affairs Minister Brook van Velden today, but the Government may not release it until next year.
He says New Zealand did well, although mistakes were made.
Blakely describes the response as a game of two halves, with New Zealand doing well in the first year, and less so after that – which isn't surprising given the length of the pandemic.
He says there’s still work to be done after their comprehensive investigations.
Blakely told Mike Hosking they've done about 80% of the work, with incoming Chair Grant Illingworth's team coming in to do the next 20%.
He says they may uncover new findings on topics they look at more in depth, such as mandates and vaccine harm.
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It’s a tale of two economies, for now.
The Reserve Bank is forecasting more OCR cuts next year, sooner than previously expected, after yesterday's 50-basis point cut to 4.25%.
But Governor Adrian Orr says growth remains weak globally.
Former Finance Minister Steven Joyce told Mike Hosking there are green shoots in the economy, but they're confined to specific sectors like commercial property, dairy, kiwifruit, and the tech sector.
He says big-employing industries like service and retail have been flat as a pancake, alongside residential property and construction.
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There’s been a change in approach in a bid to secure Smoke-Free 2025.
Minister-in-Charge, Casey Costello's unveiled a refreshed Health New Zealand action plan.
It includes no new funding or programmes, with the existing $24 million budget being reallocated to the frontline.
Costello told Mike Hosking the Government's tried to pare back the programme to practical applications and tools for those wanting to quit.
She says it's about informing and leading people to available services, rather than the previous prohibitionist approach.
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New polling shows Australians are losing hope in their Labour led government ahead of an election middle of next year.
The Redbridge Poll found half of all voters think the country is headed in the wrong direction, with less than a third seeing it as on track.
Australian Correspondent Steve Price says this is very bad news for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Price says voters are concerned about the government’s focus and 6% of Australians agree strongly that the government is focused on the right issues.
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The US President-elect is pledging to hit Canada and Mexico with large taxes.
Donald Trump says of many first executive orders, one will be charging the neighbouring countries 25% goods tariffs.
He says they'll continue until they clamp down on illegal border crossings of drugs and migrants.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the last time Trump played the tariff game it was with China, which resulted in Trump having to give US farmers bailouts worth $23 billion.
He says economists are speculating that the tariffs taking shape in the way Trump is illuding could add up to $2,600 extra a year for consumers.
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The Government's being accused of having no vision for the struggling health sector.
The Health Minister's announced $20 million dollars to hire 50 senior doctors, and $10 million for senior specialist nurses and allied health professionals.
The Nurses Organisation says the funding is only a 0.2% increase in investment for nurses.
Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Executive Director Sarah Dalton told Mike Hosking she doesn’t want to rain on the parade, but she doesn’t think it achieves anything.
She says it’s disappointing, given the report released last year that states New Zealand is short by 1,700 doctors and GPs.
Dalton says nothing that has happened since has referred to that data or tried to address it in any concrete or tangible way.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 27th of November, the Reserve Bank has their final OCR call today, so will we see relief from that cut?
Did you know it's illegal to serve any kind of drink when you are at the hairdressers? A bill has been added to the ballot to remove the law that is baffling hairdressers.
Mark Mitchell and Ginny Andersen talk about the life and legacy of Nikki Kaye, and whether we should have four year terms on Politics Wednesday.
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Politicians from across the political spectrum are remembering former National MP Nikki Kaye.
Kaye died aged 44 on Saturday after a cancer battle.
National's Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking she was an amazing lady.
He said that she was in the midst of her treatment when he was wanting to become a Minister, and she was sending him a full strategy on what he needed to do.
Kaye served as the Auckland Central MP from 2008 until 2020, a seat Mitchell said she won through hard work and guts – a combination she lived her life by.
Labour's Ginny Andersen told Hosking she will remember her energy.
She said it was amazing to see a young woman who was so passionate and driven, but who wasn’t afraid to laugh at herself.
Andersen said she’ll always be thankful for the stance she took on mining on Great Barrier Island, saying she has huge admiration for that strength.
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There are fears big Wellington City Council budget cuts don't go far enough.
The council yesterday voted in a mammoth meeting to make hundreds of millions of dollars of savings by slashing projects like cycleway spending, and demolishing Begonia House in the Botanic Gardens.
Councillor Tony Randle told Mike Hosking the projects Mayor Tory Whanau managed to save, like the Golden Mile redevelopment and climate initiatives, should have been cut too.
He claims they add more spending to the budget and says they now won't be able to make enough savings.
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There’s a push to alter New Zealand's laws to allow people to indulge in a tea or coffee while at the hairdressers.
It's an offence to serve a drink in a salon's service area – deemed unsafe under health regulations.
National MP Dana Kirkpatrick has added a bill to the ballot to remove the law.
Rodney Wayne Chief Executive Julie Evans told Mike Hosking the offence is news to them, as their salons have long served tea and coffee to clients.
She's unsure why it was never brought to their attention when the council conducted checks of salon dishwashers, to ensure they worked to legal standards.
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A friend of Nikki Kaye has described her as an incredibly determined person.
The 44-year-old former National MP died on Saturday after battling cancer.
Her family says a private cremation service was held on Monday.
Kaye served as Auckland Central MP from 2008 until 2020.
Friend David Farrar told Mike Hosking that he and others in the National party told her she wouldn't win the nomination or seat for Auckland Central.
He says Kaye had a belief in herself and thought she could win it, she knocked on every door in the electorate, and did win.
Farrar says she did a lot of cross-party work.
He says she was very much a National MP, but never thought all goodness came from one party and worked across the political spectrum to achieve things.
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A former Reserve Bank economist says there's a case for the Reserve Bank cutting the Official Cash Rate by 75 basis points.
The Reserve Bank will release its latest decision today.
It's widely expected to cut the rate by 50-basis points from 4.75% to 4.25%.
Former reserve bank economist Michael Reddell told Mike Hosking the Reserve Bank's view of an OCR of 2.5-3% as being neutral is the best guess.
He says we genuinely won't know until after we've got there and seen the inflationary consequences, but he thinks we will be at that figure by next August.
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There are calls for more discussion around genetic modification.
An Institute of Economic Research report, commissioned by Organics Aotearoa New Zealand, reveals genetic modification could reduce the value of primary sector exports by up to $20 billion a year.
It estimates GMO-free branding adds an extra 59% on the value of our exports.
Organics NZ chief executive Tiffany Tompkins told Mike Hosking there's a range of opinion on the subject.
She says the Government should slow down, open up the conversation and include farmers more proactively so we can understand the cost-benefit analysis.
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John Grisham is no stranger to success, having written 50 consecutive number one best sellers.
When he’s not writing, he works for the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, helping get innocent people released from prison.
A majority of his work are legal thrillers, but this time he’s taking a step into a realm he’s less familiar with: nonfiction.
‘Framed’ is Grisham’s second nonfiction book, detailing the true accounts of ten people who were wrongfully convicted.
He told Mike Hosking that he and Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey have been considering writing this book for a number of years.
“The stories are so, they’re so terrible, but they’re also very compelling, and really gripping stories.”
Grisham says that he’s trying to make a change with this novel, and raise awareness for the issues within the criminal justice system in the United States.
“Trying to raise awareness, trying to raise a few bucks for the innocents, for advocates in the country,” he said.
“There’s a purpose behind it.”
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 26th of November, a new 24/7 police station is opening in Auckland CBD – Police Commissioner Richard Chambers joined the show to discuss.
The Prime Minister joined Mike live in studio for a chat about the economy, Waikato Hospital, and when we will get details of the new ferry deal.
Arguably one of the greatest ever authors, John Grisham has a new book out and specifically requested to talk to Mike about it - so how do we turn that offer down?
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