The Mike Hosking Breakfast Newstalk ZB

There’s been a shift in what goes in the shopping basket and what stays on the shelf. 

Data from Stats NZ shows food prices increased 0.8% in the 12 months to April. 

The slight increase is driven by grocery items, particularly chocolate, olive oil, and potato chips. 

Foodstuffs Chief Executive Chris Quin told Mike Hosking that inflation has maxed out quite a few people's budgets. 

He has no doubt people will be having to swap out brands or avoid things considered to be luxuries. 

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 14th of May, we looked at what's going to happen next in the Waitangi Tribunal stoush with Karen Chhour, after the Court of Appeal gave a win to the Tribunal. 

The Prime Minister was in to talk gas production, foreign affairs, and new roads. Plus, he described his pain at having to do the whole interview in a Highlanders jersey after losing a bet! 

Speaking of Prime Ministers, former Australian PM Scott Morrison joined the show to talk life post politics, his faith, and his new book, which is out now. 

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Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has written a book.

It's being described as a political memoir, a self-help book, and a story of faith. 

The book is called ‘Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister's Testimony of God's Faithfulness’. 

Morrison told Mike Hosking that it was a great privilege to do what he was able to do as Prime Minister, calling it a tremendous honour.  

He says he has no regrets about his tough stance against China. 

Morrison was an outspoken critic of China during his four years as Australian Prime Minister, including leading calls for an international inquiry into the origins of the Covid pandemic in China. 

China responded with punishing trade restrictions on Australia. 

Morrison told Mike Hosking that someone needed to stand up to China over its aggression in the South China Sea. 

He says countries need to have clear red lines and not trade their sovereignty and values. 

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Karen Chhour is acknowledging the Court of Appeal overturning the decision which blocked her from the Waitangi Tribunal summons. 

The decision rejected a High Court ruling, which had found the Children's Minister did not have to front with her reasoning for removing Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act.  

Chhour told Mike Hosking that she listened to issues in the community, campaigned on it, and the removal is part of her promise to make real change. 

She says she didn't realise it would receive so much attention, but it's good it's sparked a conversation. 

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been forced to wear a Highlanders jersey this morning after the team beat the Crusaders on the weekend. 

Luxon —a die-hard Crusaders fan— had a bet with Newstalk ZB producer Sam Carran over the outcome of Saturday’s game. 

He was a good sport at the NZME offices this morning, laughing as he donned the jersey - but he told ZB’s Mike Hosking to expect a “shocking interview”. 


He said Carran was “the nicest man in the country” on the outside but inside was “Machiavellian”. 

Luxon said he had warned Carran he was a size XL but the producer had given him an XS jersey. 

Luxon last week maintained the Crusaders would turn around their losing form against the Highlanders, but it wasn’t to be. 

Waitangi Tribunal appeal 
Luxon told Hosking the Government is still considering whether to appeal the Court of Appeal’s judgement, which sided with the Waitangi Tribunal over its summons of Children’s Minister Karen Chhour. 

”We only got the judgement yesterday. So it’s a pretty big judgement and we need to work our way through it, and then take advice on whether we will appeal it and what we’ll do next. 

”The key issue was that “we don’t believe section 7AA is the right thing. We think the primacy of a child is important over above their cultural needs”. 


Some of the information the Waitangi Tribunal had asked for was from Cabinet discussions, which was “frustrating”, he said. 

The Government was trying to act in the spirit of “probity” - “making sure that the different branches of government are respectful of each other”. 

Fast Tracking 
Regarding Monday’s announcement about new the regional roading programme, Luxon said the Government was “very up for bringing in private capital” for public-private partnerships. 

The Fast-Track consenting process would be critical for many of the projects, and the planned National Infrastructure Agency would deal with financing and funding - working out whether private, domestic or international capital was most appropriate for each project. 

New Zealand also needed to become more attractive for foreign capital, Luxon said - adding that NZ was ranked second-least attractive in the OECD in that respect, just ahead of Mexico. 

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Road carriers are pleased the spotlight's being shone on regional roads.  

Transport Minister Simeon Brown's announced plans for a new Roads of Regional Significance programme alongside the already established Roads of National Significance. 

He says it will single out projects of priority to fund first. 

It'll replace the former government's NZ Upgrade Programme. 

National Road Carriers Association Chief Executive Justin Tighe-Umbers told Mike Hosking that this announcement will be welcomed by freight operators.  

He says it's especially pleasing because regional roads are often overlooked. 

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