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The Mike Hosking Breakfast

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

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12906 - Mike's Minute: Hipkins is a hypocrite on tax
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  • 12906 - Mike's Minute: Hipkins is a hypocrite on tax

    I've been surprised this week by the amount of coverage Chris Hipkins managed to get himself around tax. 

    If you think about it, he didn't say anything specific, and certainly nothing new. The left generally argue the tax system is not fair. 

    The trouble is he had a chance to do something about it but, living up to the ongoing reputation of his and Ardern's Government, failed to deliver. 

    Part of the story about the story is, I suspect, two things were at play. The first is that it has been a very quiet week locally for news. 

    And two is the media, in general, are still sympathetic to the Labour cause. 

    The Labour Party have also moved onto the Disability Minister Penny Simmonds, who made a hash of the detail around funding and has since apologised. 

    But she's also been humiliated by her own party, who now require decisions in the area to be passed by Cabinet. 

    That has led to Hipkins calling for her to be sacked, which of course isn't going to happen. 

    Simmonds is the new target after the original target, Casey Costello, basically stared Labour down over tobacco by turning out not to be the shambles in terms of information requests they tried to make her out to be, then announcing that crackdown on vapes last week that basically put Labour to shame, given it's exactly the sort of thing they should have done but, once again, failed to deliver on. 

    Which brings us back to tax. Whether because of a quiet week, or by sympathy, surely someone other than me needed to ask themselves why you would give the level of coverage you did to a thought bubble, given the thought bubbler was the abject failure who failed to introduce and make law the very thing he is now bubbling about? 

    Talk about a hypocrite. 

    You long for Government to make the changes, to espouse, only to fail to do so, then in the first major speech you give you re-espouse the core topic that you did nothing about, by moaning about it some more! 

    What's worse, the media cover it as though it's worth a discussion, despite the fact it got discussed and has been discussed for several elections in a row and still nothing has been done. 

    It's like there is an industry in hot air. 

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    Wed, 27 Mar 2024
  • 12905 - Mark the Week: Russell Coutts was the hero of the week

    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. 

     

    Donald Trump: 7/10 

    He floated and made a fortune and got a bond reduction with more time to pay. Stormy turned out to be a bit of an issue, but all in all he's had worse weeks. 

     

    The Chinese: 3/10 

    The US, the UK and New Zealand all say essentially the same thing and the Chinese deny it all. It redefines the term 'high farce'. 

     

    The Russians: 3/10 

    ISIS blow up a hall, kill people and get arrested. The Americans told them about it, but still it’s a Ukrainian conspiracy? 

     

    Princess Kate: 8/10 

    Done sadly for the wrong reasons, given she got flushed out a bit, but an astonishing piece of raw emotion that hopefully made the conspiracy peddlers and jokesters sick to their stomachs. 

     

    Russell Coutts: 7/10 

    Hero of the week. He laid it out plain and simple and told a few home truths. 

     

    The budget update: 4/10 

    Man, do we need the money. This lot really have inherited the most astonishing fiscal incompetence. 

     

    The Warriors: 7/10 

    We are underway. Beating the top side in the competition is but a sign of things to come. 

     

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    Wed, 27 Mar 2024
  • 12904 - Wrapping the Week: Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson discuss the cost of pies, travel, real estate, and wicking beds

    With Easter cutting the week short Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby joined Mike Hosking to wrap this week.

    This week's agenda covers everything from real estate and travel costs to expensive pies and wicking beds.

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    Wed, 27 Mar 2024
  • 12903 - Rob Nichol: NZ Rugby Players' Association CEO on Rugby NZ's proposal aiming to overhaul its governing structure

    NZ Rugby is aiming to overhaul its governing structure. 

    The board released a proposal aiming to change the sport’s leadership structure and create generational change for the game. 

    It comes off the back of the Pilkington report, which found that the current structures aren’t fit for purpose and would see them transition to a fully independent model. 

    The Provincial Unions want to ensure that at least three board members have at least two years of experience on a provincial board, but Chair Dame Patsy Reddy said that she’ll resign if the proposal is altered. 

    NZ Rugby Players’ Association CEO Rob Nichol told Mike Hosking that the game is suffering challenges, but also has fantastic opportunities from community grassroots, global engagement, and high performance. 

    He said that everyone’s accepted the findings of the report and the need for change, but the board is set up in a way where the best interests of RNZ need to be answerable to the stakeholders. 

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    Wed, 27 Mar 2024
  • 12902 - Carolyn Young: Retail NZ CEO on the state of the retail sector and the impact of Easter

    The Easter break could see the retail sector get a much-needed boost. 

    The sector has seen eight quarters of declining sales, kiwis tightening their spending as the cost-of-living crisis continues. 

    Retail NZ’s CEO Carolyn Young told Mike Hosking that 85% of stores are struggling, 15% doing okay. 

    She said that small pockets of businesses will be doing well over the weekend, those with exemptions to the Easter trading regulations. 

    Regional areas for example, Young said, will have higher and more consistent trading as they’re going to be open all weekend versus other stores that are closed for Friday and Sunday. 

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    Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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