The Mike Hosking Breakfast

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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.

  1. 14h ago

    Election Night: Green Party Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick discusses their results, current status of the race

    Green Party Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick isn't taking her, or her party's, success for granted.  The Greens are currently sitting on 13.3%, with 15 safe seats, including Swarbricks own Auckland Central electorate.  She told Mike Hosking she's never taken anything for granted – the party worked really hard, and she feels it's an absolute honour and privilege to represent the people of her home and community.  The left bloc is currently sitting behind the right, but Swarbrick says there are a number of different variables they'll have to pay attention to as things get washed up and they get a clearer picture of the full totals.  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. 15h ago

    Election Night: Opportunity Party Leader Qiulae Wong on the party making it over the 5% threshold

    Opportunity is tracking well to enter Parliament for the first time.  Its party vote has held steady on about 5.4% for more than an hour.  Leader Qiulae Wong told Mike Hosking she's feeling excited  She says all options remain on the table, but she'd pick up the phone to whatever party ends up with the most seats.  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  3. 15h ago

    Election Night: National's Mark Mitchell on the state of the party's vote count

    Over 40 percent of the vote has been counted, and the right bloc has a narrow lead. Labour leads on 29.7 percent, while National is on 29.4. ACT is on 10.6 percent, New Zealand First is on 9.4 - while the Greens have 14 percent, Te Pati Māori holds five electorate seats and Opportunity is sitting on 5.47 percent. National's Mark Mitchell says he knew the election was going to be close, and these numbers reflect it.  "It is close, and we've been saying all along throughout the whole campaign that it was going to be close and that is how it's playing out right now." LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  4. 16h ago

    Election Night: ACT Leader David Seymour on lead in Epsom, potential need for talks with Opportunity

    ACT Leader David Seymour says he's stoked to be leading Epsom, despite a late push by National's Paul Goldsmith.  He's sitting at 35.9% with 40.7% of the vote counted, ahead of Goldsmith on 29.5%.  He told Mike Hosking it's looking like we won't get a result tonight in terms of who forms a government, but conversations with Opportunity may need to happen, despite National's reticence.  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  5. 16h ago

    Election Night: Labour's Kieran McAnulty on the party getting ahead of National as votes roll in

    Labour's nudged ahead of National, with just over 30 percent of the vote counted so far. Labour is on 29.9 percent, while National is on 29.4 percent. The party's campaign chair, Kieran McAnulty, says it's 'too early' to get excited, but votes are inching away in Labour's favour. "When I saw the first numbers come in, I thought - that's too high for National. But who knows in these things? So you're not going to make that prediction."  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. 17h ago

    Daniel Eb: Opportunity Party deputy leader reflects on party's campaign as votes counted

    With over a quarter of the vote counted, Labour has pushed ahead of National, and Opportunity remains just above the crucial five percent threshold. The Opportunity Party's currently got six seats - but the party doesn't want to get too far ahead of itself just yet. The party's deputy leader, Daniel Eb, says it's looking positive and they're in a good mood about it all. "We are a new party coming into Parliament, we believe we'll make New Zealand political history, so having opportunity to get our feet in the door and learn, but also sort of build on fresh ideas that we've got and the new energy we'll bring - that could work."  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. 2d ago

    Mark the Week: Ranking the election campaigns

    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.    Labour's campaign: 6/10  The gangs hurt them, but Hipkins was short, sharp, on message, and by-and-large didn’t put himself in danger.    National's campaign: 6/10  Spent too much energy pretending Chlöe is a Finance Minister and trying to scare people. When you have a record, defend it.    NZ First's campaign: 5/10  Too negative, relied too heavily on town halls in a 'I haven't got any new ideas' sort of way. The leader looked old and Michael Laws didn’t help.    The Green's campaign: 5/10  Chlöe was better than Marama, who's understanding of yields and bond rates should worry us all. Not enough environment and too much envy of success, but the message was clear, even if you didn’t like it, and the polls have helped.    ACT's campaign: 8/10  Easily the best of the lot. Disciplined, simple, clear, busy, used social well, restrained, almost adult, stayed away from the dirt, and Paul Henry was the stroke of genius no one else thought of.    Opportunity's campaign: 5/10  Peaked too early and got exposed when the land tax and universal wage turned out not to be a thing and bottom trawling did. Qiulae Wong could have been generated by AI. It's a marketing exercise you would want to refine for next time.    The Māori Party's campaign: Who would know LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  8. 2d ago

    Mike's Minute: I think 2026 turnout will be low, which is our norm

    Fun fact time – it turns out we really aren't into elections all that much.  The average turnout since 1982 has been 78%. Last election it was 78%. To me, that is not a great result, given over 90% of us had enrolled.  Why do we make so much of the enrolment process when we know the chances of those people turning out is next to zero?  And what happens to all those people who do enrol but don't vote? It's not like they don't have the time, a place, or an opportunity.  Early voting has become a thing. Once upon a time it was a sign, normally, of a rush, an energy to oust an incumbent. Nowadays it's about making it easy, and you do it while you're shopping.  They say this year voting is well ahead of last time. What does that mean? Nothing. Because the real test will be how many ultimately turn out at all. And if the number is as per usual, my bet is all bets are off.  Why?  Because the polls that show it's a tight race may not apply, because many of the people who answered a poll might not vote.  "Telling" and "doing" are clearly two different things. Motivation is your key.  That's why historically conservative and older voters are to be trusted more on turnout. The younger you are, the less likely you are to enrol and/or vote. You can answer a poll and tell us your problem, but it doesn't mean you will do anything about it.  In the 1980s and 1990s turnout was always in the mid-80's. By the turn of the century, it's in the 70s. The exception is 2020, because of Covid.  We are less interested in democracy.  In 2011 turnout was 74%, the lowest since the 1880's. We should be ashamed of ourselves.  It is why the Greens don't vote as well as they poll.  My sense is that in 2026 turnout will be low. There has been a lack of energy, a lack of fizz, a lack of spark.  You either want the current lot, or you don't.  The policies are worth little, if anything.  There have been no firebrand issues. The candidates are vanilla. These are not historic times.  A low turnout favours the incumbents.  What you think might happen and what does happen, as history shows, could well be two entirely different things.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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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