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A touch of the ol' intellectual snobbery reared its head with news that the Defence Force dropped education criteria last year.
As a person who had no time for school and could not wait to get out into the world, I was, and still am, very grateful for the idea that you choose the person and not the piece of paper when it comes to work.
When I started, School Certificate and UE were what you needed to get into the media, or at least to have a crack.
These days you need a degree. I can assure you the quality of those graduates has not changed one iota as a result of several years of study.
The military is an awfully difficult place to recruit for, especially in a country like ours.
Just what is it you are offering? We don't do a lot; we donât have a lot of equipment and we donât fight wars. We keep peace and patrol.
So in a world where work-life balance and work from home and 4-day weeks are commonplace, average pay, Waiouru, and a lot of early rises aren't exactly calling cards.
So you simply now need three years of school. You donât even need Level 1 NCEA.
Here is the thing â some people aren't into school. I know this because I was one of them.
Not all life choices, work choices, or skills are gained by passing Year 11 maths.
The military is as much about attitude and aptitude â it's a structured environment and it is designed for a specific type of person.
In places like America, they recruit people who may well struggle to get regular work. That is the way it is and it's a simple truth. They offer dental and medical in a country where you may not be able to afford it.
They offer a career and travel and opportunity in careers and trades you may not have even thought of.
Here you can be an auto technician, plumber or diver. They are the jobs on offer in the military with no skills. Could you do that in civilian life? No.
Being good with an engine does not mean you are good in class.
These are doors of opportunity
If the military through necessity can make it work, who are these outside snobs who still believe that exams and results are the sole key to employment?
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Itâs fair to say Bruce Hornsby is a bit of a legend in the music game.
Even a casual fan will know âThe Way It Isâ, the intro often considered the greatest piano intro of all time, and finding even more fame thanks to Tupac using it in âChangesâ.
He began his career in the 80âs, and since then, some of the biggest and best have cited his influence, including the likes of Willie Nelson and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Hornsby is showing no signs of slowing â releasing four albums so far in this decade alone.
Although heâs found great success in his career, Hornsby told Mike Hosking he was a pretty bad âpopstarâ.
âI was gonna do what I was gonna do whether it was successful or not,â he said.
âAlways been a musician first, and I was a bit of a creatively restless soul.â
His music has become more experimental over the years, much to the chagrin, he says, of his long time fans.
âIâm just interested in evolving and pushing,â Hornsby told Hosking.
âSo when, when I lose, hopefully when I lose a certain old time fan, that he just hates it, hopefully I garner some newer and most likely younger fans.â
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 8th of April, the Government has announced a major defence spend â the highest since WWII. Defence Minister Judith Collins and former Minister Ron Mark share their thoughts.
A New Zealand restaurant has is in the top three â worldwide.
Famed singer and pianist Bruce Hornsby has been on Mike's interview bucket list for decades, and he's finally on the show.
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Central Otago has once again caught the attention of world-renowned food critics.
In Food & Wineâs Global Tastemaker Awards, Queenstownâs Amisfield has been named the third best restaurant in the world.
It was recognised in the Top 15 International Restaurants category, with the judges saying it was a âbeacon for wine enthusiasts worldwide who seek an unparalleled dining experienceâ.
Executive Chef Vaughan Mabee told Mike Hosking theyâre always striving to improve and give their guests an amazing experience.
He says they try to show them the beauty and bounty of New Zealand and its differences through our food and wine.
Mabee was also voted in the world's top 45 chefs â the sole Kiwi in the top hundred.
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The World of Wearable Arts is already preparing for this year's show.
Executive Creative Director Brian Burke has announced he's returning for another year to lead the show in six months.
The fashion competition features designers from more than 40 countries each year.
Burke told Mike Hosking it's his pleasure to be involved with the fashion design extravaganza.
He says he loves the ability to always deliver something new and fresh, but still maintain the same DNA.
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The Government's promising to spend big in areas of defence, including improving its fleet in the air, and on the land, and sea.
The long-awaited Defence Capability Plan was released yesterday afternoon, with $12 billion worth of public spending across four years â $9 billion of which is deemed new spending.
It includes plans to bring defence spending up to two percent of GDP, with procurement for maritime helicopters, vehicles, and a replacement plane fleet.
The Defence Minister is confident in the work done by Finance Minister Nicola Willis, reassuring theyâre not spending money New Zealand does not have.
Judith Collins is also standing by changes making it easier to enter the armed forces.
Since last year most Defence Force roles now only require three years of high school to Year 11, instead of passing Level One credits.
More technical roles now only require a Level Two certificate.
Collins told Mike Hosking being smart academically is helpful but isn't the first port of call.
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Former Defence Minister Ron Mark's toasting the coalition Government following a commitment to more defence spending.
It's pouring $12 billion over four years into defence â $9 billion of which is new spending.
It includes enhancing our strike capabilities, replacing the Boeing 757 fleet, and upgrading our javelin anti-tank missiles.
Mark told Mike Hosking it will be good for New Zealand's strategic partners.
He says it will provide security comfort for South Pacific Defence Ministers, Five Eyes, and NATO.
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The Justice Minister says he's hunting for a solution to make sure victims of crime get their reparations.
Figures released under the Official Information Act show almost half of all court-ordered reparation payments are overdue â $105 million owed to victims.
Paul Goldsmith says there's scope for taking it out of people's benefits.
He told Mike Hosking while they don't want to send people to prison, there needs to be an incentive to pay.
Goldsmith says he's looking for an annoying and painful punishment that will make criminals pay up.
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The US is facing a trade war with China and a potential trade war with Europe.
Donald Trump's threatening to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to more than 100% in response to the retaliatory tariffs announced by China over the weekend.
The EU is still mulling over its response.
Paris Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking in the past few hours, the EU's revealed it offered the US a "zero-for-zero" tariff deal in February and never heard back.
She says the EU is still leaving that on the table but are now looking at some sort of retaliation.
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An increase in crackdowns has paid dividends for Inland Revenue.
It collected $600 million in extra taxes from 3,600 audits between July and December last year â 50% more audits than the same time period in 2023.
Half of the money came from fewer than 10 audits.
Deloitte Tax Partner Robyn Walker told Mike Hosking it shows the investment at the last budget was worth it, New Zealand getting $11 for every dollar invested.
She says because of a previous slowdown in audits there's probably a lot of fruit to pick.
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The Treaty Principals Bill is on its way to the gallows as the select committee came back Friday and suggested it wasnât getting its support.
It was voted past first reading but it wont get past round two.
What I learned out of it was several things.
1) This country is not up for much of a debate around complex or big ideas. We are myopic in our approach. We hate and we love and middle ground is irrelevant.
There was a venom and aggressiveness to a lot of submissions.
2) From those who submitted that actually knew what they were talking about, as opposed to merely having an opinion, it very quickly became clear there is massive disagreement over interpretation.
These were scholars and lawyers and historians, in other words, "experts". They couldnât agree.
That to me was the big clue. If the âlearnedâ can't agree, surely that means we need something, legally speaking, to define what we are dealing with.
There is a major case in Christchurch at the moment between Ngai Tahu and the Crown over water rights.
It is in the court because there is nothing definitive in law as to what the Treaty does, and doesnât, do.
We seem to accept that Parliament is the ultimate court, yet on the Treaty we appear happy to litigate for decade after decade, have a tribunal that is wildly tainted and nothing like a proper court, and each and every time we dabble in this area you and I are picking up the tab.
The other outworking of course is the ongoing grief and angst.
This is a very divided nation. This is not a harmonious nation with an agreed legal stance around the Treaty.
But putting it out to a vote the way Act wanted was a mistake It's too important for that. Pik N Mix democracy never works.
The other thing I learned politically is it should never have seen the light of day if it wasnât going all the way.
This goes to the Chris Luxon negotiation skills. It should have been either dead before it started, or it got the full treatment.
What we got was a half-baked, deeply divided mess that ended up achieving nothing.
Even those who argue it started the debate are wrong. Because if it's floated for another day we won't carry on where we left off.
We will have to start all over again.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 7th of April, how will our share market react today after we dealt with the worldwide tariffs from the U.S?
The amount of rubbish we are buying from the likes of Temu appears to be stabilising.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine talk the super rugby weekend and Liam Lawson's first race back at Racing Bulls.
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The Australian is next month and the polls are showing Albanese's Labor out in front.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton is scrapping his scheme that meant Canberra civil servants couldn't work from home if he was elected, after it was criticised by Labor.
Anthony Albanese has said anyone with solar power will get $4000 towards the cost of a battery. But what's the catch?
Australian Correspondent Steve Price talks to Mike Hosking about everything that's happened in the lead up to the election.
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The stock market has seen the biggest daily fall since the Covid-19 period, as a result of Donald Trump's tariffs announced last week.
Beijing responded with its own retaliatory tariffs, which caused the S&P 500 to fall another 6%.
Craigs Investment Partners Director Mark Lister says it's a historic fall.
"It's pretty rare for things to fall as much as that in a two-day period."
Lister talks to Mike Hosking about where New Zealand sits in the aftermath.
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Christopher Luxon says he has no regrets about the Treaty Principles Bill.
Parliament's Justice Committee has recommended the bill not proceed when it returns to the House, after public submissions were overwhelmingly opposed to it.
The Prime Minister says it's time for the debate to end.
He told Mike Hosking allowing the bill to proceed to committee stage, but refusing to support it any further, is the right approach.
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Shopping habits have shifted - cheap goods were up by 33% last year, which is more than double across 5 years.
Kiwibank says spending on websites like Temu and Shine have stabilised at a high level.
First Retail Group Managing Director Chris Wilkinson says price is the biggest driver for people deciding where to spend their money.
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Recently retired Chair of the Parole Board, Sir Ron Young, is saying short sentences may be doing more harm than good.
"We can't do anything about the crime that someone's committed who's already in prison," he said. "We can try and do something about the crimes that they could commit by reducing reoffending, and that's putting huge effort into rehabilitation."
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The United States is reacting to Donald Trump's tariffs, with people turning out in their thousands to protest across the country.
The markets have been in 'meltdown' since US President Cannounced global tariffs.
Trump has returned to the White House after three days away, and tomorrow he will meet with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold talks to Mike Hosking about the fallout.
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The world is reacting to the tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump over the weekend.
The Dow is down 2,231 points and the biggest names in tech have been hit hard.
Apple is down 16% in two days.
Greg Smith of Devon Funds Management talks to Mike Hosking about the fallout.
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