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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 school holidays: 7/10
760,000 will fly these next two weeks, which doesn’t include the thousands who have already flown from private school, which doesn’t include the thousands who drive. We love travel, even in a cost-of-living crisis.
Joe Biden: 1/10
Debates rarely turn out much but this time last week the world changed. Deciding to stay is a massive mistake his party will pay a price for.
Rishi Sunak: 4/10
Worked hard to limit the damage, but is the classic victim of the bloke who came along at the end of the chain and is there when the hammer goes down.
Emmanuel Macron: 2/10
Idiotic move of the year. The Tories were always going to get smashed but the Europe vote didn’t need to lead to what he then did. And this Sunday he will see how bad that mistake was.
Newshub: 4/10
It's been dragged out too long with far too much gnashing and wailing from people who still think they are a mile more important than they are. The fact is they couldn’t get an audience to attract the ads to pay the bills. You monetise or die. But less media is not good so ultimately we are all losers.
The All Blacks: 7/10
The first test is always full of anticipation and England are a good way to start as we welcome in the Razor years.
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Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking once more to Wrap the Week that was.
They discussed salads, Mike and Kate’s dog, and would Tim give up his car for five weeks for $1000?
Plus, Mike may have gone overboard with his sweater purchases.
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The first All Blacks game of the season is upon us.
It’s the first game with Scott Robertson at the helm, as his team faces England on Saturday.
New Zealand has won 33 of the last 43 matches against the Brits, and the All Blacks currently sit 3rd in the global rankings, two steps above England in 5th.
Former All Black Ian Jones told Mike Hosking that the energy level is high and we don’t know who’s going to win.
He said that the way Scott Robertson and his team has brought fans of the game on board and along for the ride, really selling the game, makes it really, really intriguing.
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It feels like it's been coming forever, and in an odd way, it just might have been.
When the news division of Warner Bros. turns out the lights tonight, it’s the end of an era.
Or, an era. The simple truth is TV3 news never quite cut it and the history of fiscal dysfunction is the major reason why.
Some of it was their own doing. Some of it was the unluckiness of who owns you, why they own you and whether they are as invested as they might have been in different circumstances.
TV3 never really got off the ground properly.
They did a lot of good things. They brought genuine competition to the market, shook up the presentation and reportage of news a bit and discovered some very good personality-based talent. But at no time did they do what really needed to be done.
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They never toppled the main player in TV1. They made a dent or two. When they focused on specific demographics they made some big dents. But it never quite crossed the line in terms of the zeitgeist.
They never changed the landscape to the point where they were the champions or the kings of the hill.
They always remained the plucky little competitor, even years after that moniker became absurd, given they’ve been around the place for decades.
You can only run the "new kid in town" line for so long.
Of course it’s a credit to TVNZ who held them off. Not that they will be celebrating. The same way Newstalk ZB didn’t celebrate when we saw off a series of radio stations set up and designed to take us down or out.
Competition is a good thing and as of tonight, although Stuff will to a degree be taking over, it won't be the same. It doesn’t have the resource or the level of televisual expertise.
We wish them well of course. The landscape, in terms of terrestrial television, is shocking so all are more than welcome to keep the dream alive.
But media is a brutal business that became even more brutal with the internet and streaming and the world shrinking. You either get an audience and monetise it, or you don't.
It's sad, but emotion never paid the bills.
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Pressure is increasing on Joe Biden to consider dropping his bid for a second Presidential term.
The sitting President and presumptive Democratic candidate remains committed to the race.
It follows a poor debate performance last week, in which Biden lost his way on several occasions.
US correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Biden apparently annoyed some Governors when he met with them yesterday.
He says one asked Joe Biden about his health, to which he replied, 'I'm fine, it's just my brain.'
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Whangarei's Mayor says the city will fare well from the government's new housing policy.
Housing Minister Chris Bishop's plans to "flood" the country with new homes have raised plenty of questions.
Local Government New Zealand says the lack of financial support for subsequent council roading and footpaths is a major concern.
Vince Cocurullo told Mike Hosking it won't have that problem.
He says Whangarei's council uses some money from developers to upgrade the area's infrastructure.
But, he says, not every council works the same way.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 5th of July, extensive coverage of voting day in the UK election and Mike is joined by LBC Breakfast host Nick Ferrari.
Is fennel a noxious weed or not? Does Air NZ fly to Whanganui? Answers to all the pressing issues.
Ian Jones will be live in Dunedin for the first All Blacks test of the year and gives his thoughts on our chances against England.
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There’s speculation it's a low voter turnout in the UK, despite projections of a historic and dramatic election result.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party is expected to take up opposition for the first time in 14 years.
In the meantime, Keir Starmer's Labour could win the biggest majority since 1832.
Times Chief Political Correspondent Aubrey Allegretti told Mike Hosking they're wondering if voter turnout could be very low.
He says the opinion polls show record lows for the main two parties, so turnout could dip below 70%.
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A leading obesity doctor is throwing his full support behind a New Zealand grown alternative to weight loss drug Ozempic.
As doctors grapple with a global shortage of the injectable, interest in the natural product Calocurb is climbing.
Its active ingredient Amarasate is extracted from hops grown at the top of the South Island.
Obesity doctor Ben Gonzalez told Mike Hosking those in the industry have seen success from it over the past seven to ten years.
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The UK election is set to confirm a landslide Labour victory after 14 years of Tory rule.
LBC Breakfast Host Nick Ferrari told Mike Hosking Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer could have his work cut out for him, wrangling what might be the largest majority since the mid-1800s.
He says this is the job Sir Keir has dreamt of since he was a boy.
Ferrari says in many ways, the real challenge begins once he crosses the threshold of Number 10 Downing St.
The final results are expected after 4 this afternoon.
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The fat's been trimmed from Antarctica New Zealand's plans for Scott Base
The crown entity abandoned its previous large module three-building design after five years of development.
An independent review highlighted multiple concerns with the previous proposal - relating to high costs and contracting difficulties.
Board Chair Leon Grice told Mike Hosking the new plan will fit within the almost half a billion dollar budget.
He says a mixture of building new and refurbishing existing buildings is a cost-effective and low-risk way forward.
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A punishing result looks likely for Rishi Sunak's Tory party with all signs pointing to Labour having the UK election in the bag.
Labour leader Keir Starmer is expected to take a sweeping victory with a campaign for change propelling his popularity.
The Conservative Party has held power for 14 years, but it's steadily losing its grip on the back of numerous broken promises.
UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking that there’s no enthusiasm out there.
He said the general consensus from voters is that Labour can't do any worse than the Tories.
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Future generations are sure to understand the quality of one of the country’s most important export sectors.
The Wool in Schools programme is expanding across primary schools this month, highlighting the insulating, thermo-regulating, and moisture wicking properties of natural, locally gown wool.
Plus, a tertiary pilot programme called Wool Dynamics is encouraging students to bring their own innovative ideas for the industry to the table.
GM for Campaign for Wool NZ Kara Biggs told Mike Hosking that while wool is in a bit of a tough position at the moment, there is a whole lot of optimism and positivity as well.
She said that they’re pretty excited about their new education programme, but they’re really putting pressure on themselves to increase the size of it, bringing wool to more schools.
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The countdown to the UK election is being dominated by predictions of a historic Labour victory.
Parties have been making their last pitches to voters, with reports Keir Starmer is projected to head the largest majority since 1832.
But University of Exeter Modern History Professor Richard Toye told Mike Hosking that Starmer isn't being complacent when it comes to pushing people to the polls.
He said there’s a slightly odd situation in which other parties have been saying that Labour is bound to get an enormous majority, so people should vote Conservative in order to keep that majority down, while Labour is sort of saying it’s not in the bag yet.
Voting opens at 6pm today our time.
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The uplifting story of the week for me is the 30% drop in parents taking kids out of school for holidays.
It's a single metric and it's one travel agency, albeit a big one, so it's hardly scientific and about to be published in the Lancet. But it's an insight into what might be happening and, even if it is remotely accurate, it’s a sign of several things.
Firstly, the power and necessity of Government.
Think about it - all David Seymour said was get your kids to school, harden up, we will start keeping data and we will hold schools and you to account.
Like magic, a problem, if not solved, was starting to get addressed.
A Government is leadership and leadership in many, many areas is clearly needed.
Which is a depressing thought for a person like me. I like to believe in self-determination and self-starting. More 'you' and less Government.
But in a collective sense, we are only as strong as the weakest link and in social experiment terms what we have seen in recent years in all sorts of areas is if you let the discipline and the leadership slip, all social hell breaks loose.
The presence of police works, as we heard the cop say this week. It's based on the British system, which is over 100 years old. Presence and visibility works and that's not hard to figure out.
The testing in schools they announced yesterday will have the same effect.
If you offer excuses, if you can't be bothered, if you let the guidelines slip there are those who revel in being ordinary, if not hopeless.
You could, and I do, argue that schools should have driven the absenteeism solution themselves. But they didn’t.
But when they were told to, it works. What a surprise.
What about cellphones in schools. Was it the calamitous mess they predicted? No. Why haven't you heard even a peep? Because it works and all it needed was a bit of discipline and a bit of leadership.
These are the small battles where the tangible outworkings provide hope.
A lot of people wondered, and wondered very loudly, whether the state of the country was so bad it might take years to fix, if it was even possible to fix it at all.
Well these examples this week I think are a good guide that we might actually be seeing some fruits of some labour.
Keep it simple, work hard and expect more. You'll be amazed.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 4th of July, Chris Bishop digs into the new moves for the apartment and housing market and Richard Toye gives an insight into just how historic this UK election will turn out to be.
Mike has had enough of KiwiRail and their claim they will get to be financially sustainable without Government help.
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon joins from Estonia as he prepares for the next leg of the European Rally Championship while sitting atop the leaderboard.
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With a 16 point lead, Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon is entering the Estonia leg of the FIA European Rally Championship tied for first.
He took the crown in the Southland rally in the NZ Rally Championship a couple of weeks back, as well as finding the time to sign up as the new TrailLite Ambassador.
He told Mike Hosking that rally is to Estonia as rugby is to New Zealand, and everywhere they’ve been this week everyone knows who they are.
While Paddon has had a bit of a busy month, he’s been doing this for so long that the gap in driving is no issue, telling Hosking that you just trust your instincts.
“Once you get in that zone and get back into your, your happy place so to speak, you just, you know, you do what comes naturally.”
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Housing Minister Chris Bishop will today unveil the Government’s plan to “flood the market’ with land for development in a bid to end New Zealand’s housing crisis.
Bishop will use a speech to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand today to announce a slew of changes to New Zealand’s planning laws recently agreed by Cabinet. He will argue the changes will flood the market with affordable land to develop and make it easier and cheaper to develop that land into housing.
Some of the changes are bound to be controversial; the Government will abolish councils’ ability to set fixed urban-rural boundaries and will abolish powers that let councils mandate balconies or minimum floor area sizes for developments.
This means the market, and not councils, will set the minimum size of new apartments. This could be controversial, but Bishop will defend his changes in his speech, noting the rules “can significantly increase the cost of new apartments, and limit the supply of lower cost apartments”.
Bishop told Mike Hosking most councils will go along, but he expects a few to disagree.
Councils will be required to plan for 30 years of housing growth.
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Vehicle sales are continuing to plummet.
Data from the Motor Industry Association shows June sales are the lowest they've been in more than a decade.
New registrations have dropped for the fourth consecutive month.
Association Chief Executive Aimee Wiley told Mike Hosking there's a bit of a promising uplift in June for EV sales.
She says with the clean car discount EVs were making around 15% of the share, dropping to two percent in January but growing back to 5%.
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A school principal says schools need more resources to support students, not mandatory tests.
The Government's introducing phonics checks for primary pupils after 20 weeks of schooling and repeated at 40 weeks.
Twice yearly progression monitoring on reading, writing, and maths will also be introduced for children in Years 3 through 8.
Auckland's May Road School principal Lynda Stuart told Mike Hosking there are some children that those tests don't work for.
She says some have English as a second language and need more support in that area, and some have high anxiety with assessments.
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