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The Prime Minister has laid out his goals ahead of his visit to China.
Chris Luxon is about to leave for Shanghai with a business delegation, before making his way to Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping.
Luxon says he also wants to broaden the countries' trade relationship with a focus on red meat, tourism and education.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 16th of June, the police are starting the ball rolling on putting bodycams on our frontline police.
The Prime Minister is gearing up to head to China but before that he pops in to talk the economy, balancing world egos and why we still have 10 sick days.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine talk the F1, the Super Rugby semifinals and Auckland City getting pumped by Bayern Munich.
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The Government makes another step forward in upping Chinese visitor numbers, with a tweak to visa settings and processes.
From November, the Government will trial a visa waiver status for Chinese passport holders travelling from Australia, allowing them to visit for up to three months.
They must have a valid Australian visitor, work, student or family visa, with the trial lasting a year.
Immigration lawyer Arran Hunt says the number of Chinese visitors hasn't bounced back post-Covid, but believes this is a step in the right direction.
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The death toll continues to grow as the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates.
Israel's initial attack on Friday has triggered a response from Iran as the two countries exchange air strikes.
According to The Associated Press, at least 406 Iranians have been killed with 654 wounded compared to the Israeli death toll of 13.
Israeli Journalist, Gideon Levy told Mike Hosking this is bearable for the short term, but what is unbearable is if it goes on for months.
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Police Minister Mark Mitchell says told Mike Hosking that police bodycams would help clear up misconceptions in the field.
He says he was talking to a young constable who was coward punched and a body camera would've made for compelling evidence.
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers wants the cameras to be implemented after a decision was put off last year.
Police are still looking into ways to deal with transparency issues laid bare when new tasers for frontline officers didn't include a camera.
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US police have found a 'hit list' of names after they confronted the man who shot and killed Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband in the state of Minnesota.
US correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the 57-year-old suspect got away - but police were able to search his vehicle.
He says they found a papers listing around 70 names of other targets - as well as anti-abortion material.
The gunman had also shot another Democratic senator and his wife in their home - they both survived.
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An increasing number of regional conflicts - as well as Donald Trump's tariffs, are threatening the global economy.
Westpac Group Chief Economist Luci Ellis told Mike Hosking that she believes the tariffs were economic self-harm.
She says they still threaten the US economy and trade patterns will continue to change, but other countries aren't going to escalate.
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It's hardly a surprise, is it? Adrian looks at what Nicola is offering to run the place, packs a sad, and is off.
It’s a pathetic end to a tumultuous period in which we, the people who paid him, deserved an awful lot better.
The fact this information on the Orr resignation had to be dragged out of the bank by way of the Official Information Act, the rules of which were ignored as the bank failed to meet deadlines, shows you just what sort of place we are dealing with.
How you conduct yourself is critical. It's critical to all of us and even more critical the further up the totem pole you are.
There's nothing wrong with Adrian quitting if he genuinely believed the money being offered to run the bank wasn’t enough.
But you do it with some dignity.
You quit, you serve out your period, you offer reasons for you quitting and you move on with life.
In doing it that way you give us all an insight into what sort of human being you are. And in this case, you might well have been able to give us insight into how your organisation runs, what its thinking is, what the gap is between the bank and the Government and why you might be right, and they might be wrong.
It doesn’t have to turn into a scrap or a fallout. Just a series of adult ideas as to why people might see things at odds to each other.
If Covid taught us nothing else, it taught us the critical role of a central bank and what sort of people run it.
The way Adrian ran it is well documented and the general view held by many is widely traversed. But the sudden departure was another insight into why Adrian did things the way he did.
He is petulant. You don’t leave out of the blue and in silence. You don’t bail on hosting an international finance conference having said you were looking forward to it.
It's toys and sandpits with Adrian and then obfuscation from the bank when a few simple questions were asked.
If you can't conduct yourself, and the bank can't conduct themselves, with any great level of clarity, transparency and professionalism, is it any wonder the economy got run over the way it did?
Ol' Adrian won't be missed. But you would have hoped for something a bit more sophisticated on the way out.
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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.
Ryan Fox: 9/10
Living the dream by winning. It rarely gets better, and another chance at a big one over this weekend.
Greta Thunberg: 2/10
Not kidnapped, just fantastically annoying. She is a good example of where your annoyingness outweighs your effect on your cause.
Adrian Orr: 4/10
Local disappointment of the week is both him and the Reserve Bank over their petty mucking around over simple questions. When its petty at the top, it leads nowhere productive. They should be embarrassed.
The Warriors: 8/10
Can't stop winning. Another two points this weekend with the bye and two more after that against the Panthers. This is the journey to the promised land. This is our year.
Los Angeles: 3/10
Was that an overreaction looking for a skirmish, or what? You can only show us an intersection of a few hundred masked try hards and pretend it’s a "thing" for so long.
Businesses and franchises: 7/10
Record sales. We're selling businesses like hotcakes. That's got to be a good sign for confidence.
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The Census, and some of those numbers released this week, really are a treasure trove of not just fact and stats but, I would have thought, hope.
That astonishing move south, with the tens of thousands who have headed to the South Island and particularly Christchurch, is a framework for what the whole country could be.
A few choice decisions, a bit of get-up-and-go, a bit of cooperation and a bit of vision. There are parts of this country that clearly have it right and are clearly magnets in their own right.
Then there were stats around work. That very word "work" is a problem
It's reported as a negative. "More and more people are working longer", indicating you want to stop.
You want to stop of course because of the pension. You can stop anytime you like. There is no law around age and work.
But the stats and the reportage of work and age are increasingly out of date. As we live longer, of course we are going to work longer. Why wouldn’t we?
Work is actually good for us. Work is fun. Work is rewarding, financially and emotionally.
We are challenged by work. Work should not be a thing that you expect to end. It’s the same as health and fitness, or diet, or leisure.
50% of us are working between the ages of 65 and 69. A quarter of us are working between ages 70 and 74. Even 10% of workers are over 75.
And why not?
If you resent it and have to work, fair enough. If psychically you are knackered, sure, play bowls.
But the days of Grandad and a gold watch and one company for life and the company pension are long gone.
We need to break the psychological hold Superannuation has over us. It's not even a lot of money.
If it was lotto I'd get it. But it’s a bare minimum and it speaks, sadly, to this country's productivity and work ethic that too many are too reliant on it.
Working longer will actually lead to better health outcomes.
Hopefully the kids, who the Census tells us are working more as well with teenagers having never been more employed, will enter the workforce with a view that work is for life, because we see work for the good, not work for the drudgery.
If you happen to be working into your old age and doing it in the South Island, that’s not a bad life at all.
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India's set to lead an investigation into a plane crash in Ahmedabad, which has killed at least 290.
The Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed onto a doctor's hostel right after take-off, heading for London's Gatwick Airport.
According to the Telegraph, the last words from the pilot were 'Mayday, no thrust, losing power, unable to lift'.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking this is the first fatal crash by this particular Boeing model, of which there’s about a thousand in service around the world.
He says experts believe the black box should contain a significant amount of information about the crash, and no doubt Boeing and US safety inspectors will play some role in the investigation.
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Some good news for the New Zealand fashion industry.
The once troubled NZ Fashion Week has secured a three-year partnership deal with Giltrap, ensuring its future for the next few years.
It comes after the event was cancelled in 2024 due to economic uncertainty.
Owner Feroz Ali told Mike Hosking it’s going to be an amazing show this year.
He says they have a packed schedule for the five day event, with emerging designers, new designers, and designers that probably haven’t shown for 15 years all returning to the runway.
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This week there was a bit of on-air marriage counselling as Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike to Wrap the Week that was.
Kate’s been a bit sick this week, which means things have been a bit rough in their house.
Also on the agenda were some interesting stats about the survivors of plane crashes.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 13th of June, do we need to be concerned about the US reviewing AUKUS?
It’s a big weekend for sports with the Super Rugby semifinals and one of the most iconic motorsport races in the world, Le Mans. We speak to Brendon Hartley ahead of the race.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson cover off Mike's marital issues, and some interesting stats on how many people survive plane crashes.
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New Zealand motor racing driver Brendon Hartley is stunned by the quality of competition heading into this weekend's Le Mans 24-hour endurance race.
The prestigious race has been operating since 1928 and the winner is the car that travels the greatest distance in a 24-hour period around the 13.6km circuit.
The biggest names in vehicle manufacturing are taking part —with Genesis, Ford and McLaren joining the party next year— and Hartley says the level of driver is insane.
He told Mike Hosking every single driver in their category are paid professionals and top class drivers.
“I would argue there’s... you can’t find a race anywhere in the world where you have so many of the world’s top drivers all in one place at the same time.”
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The number of public servants working within Government is down slightly on this time last year.
But new Public Service data shows measured against last quarter, the number of civil servants has increased.
The data shows there were 63,238 people employed by the Government as of March this year – 2045 fewer people compared to March 2024, but an increase of 269 on the last quarter.
Economist Cameron Bagrie told Mike Hosking government personnel spending in that same period has also increased by 3.1%.
He says that the big change in the fiscal stance, the tightening of the reins, have not been seen yet, and the question is if it will really be delivered.
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The Crusaders’ 27-year perfect home playoff record is on the line again as they size up the Blues for a place in the Super Rugby Pacific final.
It’s week two of the playoffs and the two teams will be facing off in tonight in Christchurch.
After that, the ‘lucky losers’, the Chiefs, will take on the Brumbies in Hamilton.
Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge told Mike Hosking that Super Rugby Pacific CEO Jack Mesley keeps banging on about wanting jeopardy in every match, and last week’s clash between the Blues and the Chiefs was a good example.
He says the Blues’ win surprised most of them, but that’s the nature of the game – you don’t know who’s going to win, and that’s what you want.
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Corrections is prepared for a projected spike in our prison numbers.
The Ministry of Justice projects the prison population will increase 36% by 2035 to more than 14,000 people.
New policies such as the Sentencing Reform Act and the reinstatement of the Three Strikes law are pushing the projected growth.
Corrections Custodial Services Commissioner Leigh Marsh told Mike Hosking they prepare for a lot of variability in prison populations.
He says in 2018 we had more than 10,000 prisoners, followed by a drop and now another rise.
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A former defence minister doesn't believe the US will walk away from the AUKUS security pact altogether.
The Pentagon's started a review of the agreement between Australia, the UK, and the US, which New Zealand remains open to being involved in.
Officials will assess whether the deal fits with Donald Trump's America First agenda.
Wayne Mapp told Mike Hosking the US remains fundamentally committed to the partnership.
He says Australia is America's closest ally in the Asia Pacific —possibly its closest ally in the whole world— and they're hardly going to trash that relationship.
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As part of Fieldays, Federated Farmers have done the most interesting survey.
It is a snapshot, like them all. But the numbers for one lot are so stark, alarm bells should be ringing.
So, who would a farmer vote for? You would say National and you would be right.
Broadly the farming community is conservative, always has been.
That, partly, is because they are their own masters, they are hard workers, they are self-reliant, they are at the cutting edge of the economy, and they know how life works.
So 54% said they'd vote for National and 19% said ACT.
Here is where it gets interesting and/or alarming.
8% said they'd vote for NZ First. They're the only party with farmers at about the same level as they are nationally.
Labour is on 3%. How bad is that? Even with a margin of error, even with a massive margin of error, Labour should be shocked at that figure.
Every party has their sweet spot, some parties more overtly so, e.g. the Greens and environmentalists, or communists.
ACT have some upmarket urban liberals. New Zealand First having a provincial number higher than the city wouldn’t surprise me
But National and Labour, as major parties should be, by their very nature are broad-based. After all, it is Labour and National, and Labour and National alone, that will lead any given Government on any given day.
You have to at least have a half-decent level of support even in your weakest areas.
Farming is particularly important, given we are a farming nation, the foreign receipts we get from the land and the value of our free trade deals.
To have a major party so out of touch with such a large sector strikes me as being astonishing, if not embarrassing, if not unheard of.
My suspicion is the current version of Labour is particularly unpalatable, and this is going to be their major issue next year.
For all voters the damage done to the country is still fresh in most of our minds, but no more so than farmers. The climate obsession, special land area designation, Three Waters with Māori overreach, no gas, and more paperwork.
Farmers hated it. A lot of us hated it.
But in general polls Labour are competitive. On the land they are pariahs.
At 3% that is a massive hill for Hipkins and co to climb between now and October next year.
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