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The Mike Hosking Breakfast Podcast

Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show. Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda. The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more. The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.

  1. Full Show Podcast: 27 September 2024

    11 HR AGO

    Full Show Podcast: 27 September 2024

    On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 27th of September, David Seymour has plans to prosecute parents who take their kids out of school too much and limit the number of teacher-only days.    In a world first exclusive since signing his contract, Liam Lawson joined the show as a newly minted official F1 driver.  Mike got the shock of the week when David Walliams popped into the studio for a surprise interview - and Kate played her role perfectly.  Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 30m

  2. 11 HR AGO

    David Seymour: Associate Education Minister on the new truancy policy, banning teacher-only days during term time

    The Associate Education Minister says the Government, schools, parents and students all have a part to play in attendance. The Government's instructing schools to have Stepped Attendance Response plans by 2026. It comes as students around the country ditch school for the School Strike for Climate today. Associate Minister David Seymour told Mike Hosking schools should mark that as an unjustified absence. He says for people to keep their living standards and emit less, we need a lot of science, and school's a good place to learn that. Schools have also been instructed not to take teacher-only days in term time, unless authorised by the Minister. Seymour told Hosking the Government has a role in introducing more prosecutions and support for schools. He says the point of the STAR system is it sets out that the schools have a role - and they need to take that seriously. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  3. 12 HR AGO

    Mike's Minute: The public transport conundrum

    Have a look at the report out in Sydney into their new metro line.  This is the $21b behemoth that opened a few weeks ago that was going to transform Sydney's public transport.  It seems, at first report, to be working – and in that is the clue to public transport generally and whether or not it is successful.  The trouble with transport here, and let's be honest, we are really only talking about a couple of cities i.e. Wellington and Auckland that in theory have systems outside of a few random buses.  Wellington is famously hopeless and with Auckland it is hard to tell whether they are far behind, or quite possibly even more useless.  Anyway, the early numbers from Sydney show there has been a large drop in numbers through the busiest of the heavy rail stations.  The trick here is the “build it and they will come” scenario, which is the one that they will claim they use in this country but has never really turned out to be reality.  The buses famously in Wellington went up the wrong streets, ran out of gas and never turned up in the first place. They will claim they have fixed that, but the trains are still famous for problems.   Auckland buses have been hit and miss forever and they didn’t have drivers for a while. But they too will claim they have fixed that. Our kids eventually refused to go for the simple reason they literally would not have got to school on time.  The trains are permanently cancelled for the never-ending schedule of maintenance.  So the theory has never met the reality.  In Sydney, where it is working, the question they will need to ask is, is having a new metro taking people off heavy rail actually solving anything?  And if people are leaving cars at home and taking the metro, how many of them are there? If you are merely shifting one commuter from a train to another train that doesn’t strike me as a big time solution. If you're moving them out of cars you might be onto something.  It's still early days, but four weeks in the falls in train numbers are as high as 40%.  But then, their system works. And in that consistency and ensuing reputation for reliability is the real answer to the public transport conundrum.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    2 min

  4. 13 HR AGO

    Mark the Week: What Fonterra is doing is not to be underestimated

    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.    Voting: 8/10  Democracy is a wonderful thing, and we have seen this week a new president for Sri Lanka and the first vote in America.    Tory Whanau: 4/10  Four times she opened her mouth and four times the hole got bigger.    Fonterra: 7/10  What they are doing for farmers and, by connection, the rest of the country at a time of real strife is not to be underestimated.    Working from home: 6/10  From the amount of whinging I have heard, you would have thought we had been doing it since Victorian times and we've got no idea how to turn up at the office like, you know, each workday.    David Seymour: 6/10  Most effective politician of the week. He got charter schools into law and cracked down on teacher only days.    Liam Lawson: 9/10  In one of the biggest global sports going there is a top 20, and a Kiwi is once again right up there.  #dreamscometrue    LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    2 min

  5. 15 HR AGO

    Blake Lepper: Health NZ Head of Infrastructure Delivery on the review into the current plan for Dunedin Hospital

    Health NZ will be weighing up the two options for the new Dunedin Hospital. An independent review has found the current plan for Dunedin Hospital, is 'probably not achievable' within its current budget of $1.88 billion. The Government has said it either needs to scale back the project's main building or swap it out in favour of a "staged development" on the old site to keep it within the budget. Health NZ Head of Infrastructure Delivery Blake Lepper old Mike Hosking costs have been creeping up for some time. He says after construction began on the main outpatients building, the real costs emerged and they realised they had a problem. Lepper says this is the problem with greenfields projects, when they were trying to do something a bit different and aspirational. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  6. 16 HR AGO

    Meg Williams: World of Wearable Art Chief Executive on this year's event

    Global fashion designers and local artists alike are descending on the capital as this year's World of Wearable Art kicks off.  The show's been running for more than 35 years, displaying creativity and a bit of unique glitz and glam to Wellington with the theme 'Dream Awake'.  World of Wearable Art Chief Executive Meg Williams told Mike Hosking it's a perfect balance of artists, with a vibrant team.  She says there's headline talent alongside young New Zealand artists.  Williams said they had an amazing preview show last night, and every year they set themselves a challenge to raise the bar.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    2 min

  7. 16 HR AGO

    Nathan Guy: Meat Industry Association Independent Chair on the Alliance Group potentially mothballing it's Timaru plant

    It’s a sad day for Timaru, with hundreds of meatwork jobs potentially on the line.  Alliance Group has called everyone at its Smithfield meatworks to an all-staff meeting at 11am.  Locals fear the plant will be mothballed this season, with production being moved to Invercargill, and up to 1200 people left out of work.  Nathan Guy from the Meat Industry Association told Mike Hosking any job losses will be most unfortunate.  But he says meat companies are very agile and make changes as they see fit, and today is about making the right decision for the company's future.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  8. 16 HR AGO

    David Walliams: Comedian surprises Mike Hosking in the studio

    Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking might just be David Walliams’ biggest fan — and he couldn’t believe it when the comedian surprised him in the studio this morning.  Walliams, who is in Auckland for his An Audience with David Walliams tour, sneaked into the Newstalk ZB studio on Friday before his first show, catching Hosking unawares while singing (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing.  When he spotted Walliams, the broadcaster was gobsmacked. “No fricking way, how exciting is that! This is magnificent.”  “Hello mate, I’ve missed you. I worry about you in those tight jeans, a man of your age,” Walliams joked.  Walliams met Hosking and his wife, Kate Hawkesby, in London last year, joking with the radio host, “I remember Kate, but not you ... still married?”  He revealed the surprise had been in the works for some time “because you have a really huge crush on me, and it would be exciting for you”.  “Yes, I do,” Hosking confirmed.  When asked how the tour was going so far, Walliams said his shows in Australia had been “fantastic”.  “I’ve been so popular in Auckland that we added this show tonight,” he said.  David Walliams paid a surprise visit to the Newstalk ZB studio. Photo / Michael Craig “I’ve got my funny stories that I’ve thought about what they are and I’m telling them ... but at the same time, the audiences have been so great in Australia, and I’m sure they’ll be even better in New Zealand, they sort of give you permission to kind of push it further and further and just be spontaneous,” the comedian told Hosking.  “It’s really restored my faith in performing comedy. Like, oh yeah, when we all get together in a room, what we really want is a laugh and it’s spontaneous, I’ve been saying some pretty rude things.”  Hosking confessed spontaneity was Hawkesby’s worry because she didn’t want to be embarrassed from their front-row seats.  Walliams jokingly replied that shouldn’t be an issue for the radio host. “You look like the kind of man that’d like attention.”  “No, I don’t want to be part of it, I just want to enjoy your talent,” Hosking responded.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    12 min
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Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show. Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda. The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more. The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.

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