Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mark the Week: Recalling Mallard was the move of the week
Friday, 22 August 2025, 11:20amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Alaska:...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Why don't parents cop flak for our kid's education?
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 10:54amCan I ask a question about parents? I watched Erica Stanford do a press conference yesterday at a school in Wellington while...
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Mike's Minute: The pay equity court case is a "show trial"
Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 10:44amIf Grant Robertson thinks the Covid inquiry is a "show trial", then what is about to unfold at the High Court as of the end...
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Mike's Minute: Central Govt's differing approach to local govt
Friday, 15 August 2025, 10:12amThe battle of duelling responsibilities is unfolding before our eyes and I can't work out whether it will all end in tears. On...
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Mike's Minute: You need an open mind for the pilot military academy programme
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 10:38amPerhaps the biggest problem with the military-style academy and the ensuing pilot report is not the number of people who...
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Mike's Minute: Why not charge tourists to visit our hot spots?
Saturday, 9 August 2025, 10:51amI have at least partially changed my mind on charging tourists. The idea that you can wander around our conservation estate...
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Mark the Week: 15% tariffs are the biggest blow of the week
Friday, 8 August 2025, 11:51amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Sheds:...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: The Treasury report shows why Labour won't win the election
Friday, 8 August 2025, 10:30amI said earlier this week that the Government will be re-elected next year because, all things being equal, history tends...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Linear TV in NZ is in trouble
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 10:22amThe stark reality of linear TV in New Zealand, if Irene Gardiner was right on yesterday's show, is fairly simple. Here is...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: My thoughts on the NCEA changes
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 10:42amSeveral interesting bits out of the NCEA changes for me. Firstly, the "New Zealand Certificate of Education” actually sounds...
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Mike's Minute: Should we "break up" with property?
Saturday, 2 August 2025, 10:29amWe are being urged, again, to "break up with property". We are urged this way once every few years. It's based, not unreasonably,...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Cycleways – hype over reality
Friday, 1 August 2025, 10:21amIf a council gives a media outlet some numbers and the media outlet simply re-posts those numbers, is that reportage? Or...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: It's oil and gas ban repeal week - hooray!
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 10:17amIf you want to talk about doing stuff that matters, this week will produce one of the great ones. Repealing the oil and...
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Mike's Minute: We changed the election laws because we're hopeless
Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 10:24amIf you want to get a bit angsty about the voting changes, the one everyone seems to have missed is the one about how it's...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Orr has shown his lack of professionalism
Saturday, 26 July 2025, 9:58amMichael Reddell, who appears on this show a fair bit, has put the Adrian Orr resignation back in the news. He has a source...
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Opinion
Mark the Week: Trump has had a significantly positive week
Friday, 25 July 2025, 10:28amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Trump:...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Coldplay kiss cam - it's none of our business
Friday, 25 July 2025, 10:18amIn a way it’s the sort of response you would have expected from Liam Gallagher. He's back on stage, and seemingly lapping...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Here's where the Govt are in trouble
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 11:27amThe Government are in trouble in a couple of areas: 1) FamilyBoost. What they said would happen, numbers wise, didn't. 2)...
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Mike's Minute: Your retirement savings are in your own hands
Friday, 4 July 2025, 10:25amThere was a survey out last week that broadly supported the Government’s moves around KiwiSaver, as in the 3% and 3% going...
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Mike's Minute: NZ is better than we think
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 11:19amA friend of ours opened a new business last week. It was a soft opening and will be full steam ahead by the school holidays. So...
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Opinion
Mark the Week: Pension was the bum note of the week
Friday, 27 June 2025, 11:49amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Trump:...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: We can't get out of our own way on Super
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 12:21pmFrom the "we can't get out of our own way" file comes the question, as posed this week by the Retirement Commissioner, as...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: It's time - cap the rates and can some councils
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 10:41amSo having looked at every council in the country and the pending rate rises we are all going to have to pay, a couple of...
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Opinion
Mark the Week: The world is a mess, isn't it?
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 11:41amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Good...
