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. 16H AGO

    Mark the Week: How hard did the India FTA have to be?

    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 India FTA: 8/10  Got there at last. Todd McClay is signing and Labour's on board. How hard did it ever have to be?    Labour and the FTA: 3/10  You knew they would blink. But it was either pathetic games or an inability to make a decision, both of which should give you pause for thought this election.    NZ First and the FTA: 2/10  "Butter chicken tsunami" is low rent. It's base level muck. We deserve better but that’s what you get, and you get it every three years, and some people never learn.    Christopher Luxon: 8/10  Thomas Coughlan called it well. It was a "baller move" and it paid off.    The Christchurch stadium: 9/10  A facility that will be used in anger this weekend and a representation of a city that knows what success looks like.    LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min

  2. 16H AGO

    Mike's Minute: My disappointment of the week

    Disappointment of the week for me has been the gargantuan mess Formula 1 has got itself into in the name of climate change.  They want to be net zero by 2030. The question you can quite rightly ask as of this week, or as of the 2026 rules changes, is, at what cost?  In looking to save the planet not everything has to be ruined.  Christmas tinsel is up 40% because of the war and all the plastic bits that go through the Strait of Hormuz.  I'd rather go without Christmas tinsel than ruin F1.  Max Verstappen turns out to be 100% right: this isn't racing. And that is the most dagger in the heart-ish thing you can say to a motorsport fan.  "This isn't racing."  There's nothing wrong with moving with the times. When cars used to crash, they sometimes blew up and killed people. They decided that needed to change.  The halo had some pushback with its introduction, but ultimately it was the right call. But if you read the changes made this week to the cars and their power modes, and please don’t because its farcical, you would need a degree and you see just how out of hand and "unracing" all this is.  From qualifying, to racing, to starts, to tyre blankets, from kilojoules to megawatts, the changes are dizzying and depressing.  Where once a guy like Verstappen would ring the bejeezus out of an engine and get a car to defy physics, these days it's all batteries and who-knows-what other jiggery-pokery.  The drivers don’t like it. It's so complicated that some of the cars don’t even work. All in the name of net zero.  F1 is one of the greatest sports stories of the modern age. It's spectacular, it's massive, it's successful, it's global and it's growing It is everything you could ever want a sport, or business, to be.  Until it isn't.  It’s a golden goose and a battery is wrecking it. The more battery, the more wreckage.  The more questions, the more upset.  The more unpredictability, the more risk to the brand.  Speed, skill, risk, and an engine – that’s motorsport.  Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    2 min

  3. 16H AGO

    Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson: The state of politicians, financial literacy, a gift for Mike

    It’s Friday, which means Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back to Wrap the Week that Was.  They discussed the state of New Zealand’s politicians, David Seymour’s new financial literacy proposal, and the gift Mike received from what may be his youngest listener.   LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    11 min

  4. 17H AGO

    Jack Mesley: Super Rugby Pacific CEO on the action packed Super Round at Christchurch's One NZ Stadium

    It’s a big weekend for rugby, Christchurch hosting the Super Round this weekend at the new One NZ Stadium.   Five games will be played across the long weekend, the Crusaders kicking things off tonight with a clash against the Waratahs.  75,000 fans are expected, with 13,000 coming from out of town.  Super Rugby Pacific CEO Jack Mesley told Mike Hosking that squeezing five games into one venue was a pretty big challenge, but everyone’s been so excited to be a part of it.  He says all parties have worked well together to do all the planning and get everything sorted.   LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  5. 17H AGO

    Neil Edmond: MoneyTime co-founder and CEO on David Seymour's idea to give students the opportunity to learn to invest

    The CEO of a financial literacy programme for kids believes David Seymour’s youth investment idea has promise.   The ACT Leader's floating the idea of giving every Year 11 student $500 to learn to invest and be tested on how they're doing.  The financial literacy course would cover term deposits and risk funds, and any returns could potentially be given back to the students.   MoneyTime co-founder Neil Edmond told Mike Hosking from a student perspective, it’s an excellent opportunity to get some hands-on experience in investing.  He says many kids don’t have role models in that area or money to invest, so giving them a bit of a heads up and a head start is a positive thing.   LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min

  6. 17H AGO

    Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the conflict in the Middle East, ceasefire, Iran seizing container ships

    Trump aide Karoline Leavitt has denied claims that the ceasefire has been shattered by Iranian forces seizing two cargo ships, because the ships did not belong to the US or Israel.  US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking two former national security advisors had weighed in, with one calling Leavitt’s claim “utterly incoherent” and another saying it was “very concerning” Iran could still seize ships after six weeks of intensive conflict.  Meanwhile the New York Times was reporting Iran was being run by a group made up mostly of generals, with the Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, still not seen on camera or heard from directly since the initial strikes, Arnold said.  According to the Times, “written messages to and from the younger Khamenei are delivered through a chain of human couriers who take a convoluted path to his hideout. He appears to rely heavily on the advice of the generals now running the country”, Arnold said.  Meanwhile Trump was getting “antsy” over Washington politics, with talk of a cabinet shakeup as midterms approached.  New polling favoured Democrats on the economy for the first time since 2010, while Trump's approval rating was at 32% – the same as George W. Bush’s approval rating when he left office.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    5 min

  7. 18H AGO

    Louise Upston: Tourism and Hospitality Minister on the Government pulling funding for the 2027 Auckland SailGP event

    The Tourism Minister says SailGP simply wasn't economically viable. The sailing regatta won't be held in Auckland next year after the Government's withdrew funding for it. Auckland Council's economic development agency, Tataki Auckland Unlimited, says it's done everything it can to get the fixture across the line. But Minister Louise Upston told Mike Hosking the numbers ultimately just didn't add up this time around. She says they need to look at ways to get more people to attend, both locally and from overseas. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min
  8. Full Show Podcast: 24 April 2026

    18H AGO

    Full Show Podcast: 24 April 2026

    On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 24th of April, Treasury is revising its economic outlooks amid oil shocks, and exporters are pleased the India Free Trade Agreement is finally moving forward.   It’s a big weekend for Christchurch with the brand-new One NZ Stadium hosting this year’s Super Round. Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson talk the Famous Five, Karl Urban's love of Kate's Instagram, and Mike's gift from a young viewer as they Wrap the Week.   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
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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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