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I asked Judith Collins yesterday, just what has become of us?
The “us” I was referring to is this country. But I amended that in my mind yesterday afternoon when I read the first review of Jake Tapper's book on Joe Biden.
What's become of all of us, is now the question.
"Biden didn’t recognise George Clooney at a fundraiser", was your headline.
Tapper is making money out of a book on a subject he should have been all over four years ago, but wasn’t. Most of the American media in particular weren't.
They knew Biden was what he was, but it didn’t seem to matter then. But now that they can make a buck, it’s a story.
This was raised at the White House correspondents dinner, so it's not like they aren't aware of how this looks.
Jacinda Ardern falls into the same category – destroy the country, run away to Boston, write a book and collect the money.
It's shocking.
Jannik Sinner, the tennis player in name, and act. He meets the Pope, having cut a deal with the doping authorities not to miss any majors and return to his home tournament a hero.
And the daddy of them all is the current American President. He offers White House tours and a dinner if you buy his crypto.
How is this possible?
He tells you "it’s a good time to buy" before he makes an announcement that he knows will move the markets. No one is seemingly doing anything about it.
He is about to collect a plane for God's sake! That is quite obviously illegal, and yet, who is it that is going to do something about it?
Winston Peters had his head in his hands when Brooke let the big word fly, and he lamented the lack of standards.
All around us are seemingly new norms.
There are more and more indicators that what was once the right way to go about business now doesn’t matter.
Punishments that once addressed indiscretions are now laughed at or negotiated away.
Moral fibre that kept you on the straight and narrow is not just gone, but jettisoned and replaced by contempt and arrogance.
If the President of America can bribe your crypto purchases, while flying on an illegal plane, former leaders can profit from negligence, and the Fourth Estate can pretend to be unbiased while ignoring the news and then cash in on their ineptitude, is it any wonder more and more of us long for the good old days?
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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.
Trump: 7/10
It’s a circus most of the time, but what a watch. Turkey, Riyadh, free planes, mad sucking up, the Village People, trade, and the markets. Just another week.
Brooke van Velden: 8/10
Because she took her moment and ran with it, and quite possibly turned the dial her way.
Smoked salmon: 7/10
Revelation and story of the week. Letters from all over the world and a mad insight into eye-watering prices.
The police: 4/10
They promised 500 and they aren't going to deliver. That’s a loss.
Ryan Fox: 8/10
Living your dream is not only wonderful when it's you, but equally wonderful to watch.
The unions and their work from home claims: 3/10
Wouldn’t it be amazing if, just for once, they actually looked like they might like work and productivity and dedication and getting ahead, instead of their incessant misery?
Auckland FC: 9/10
The other part of the season starts this weekend. Whatever way you slice it, it's the sports story of the year domestically.
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Soaring food prices might be hard to swallow.
Stats NZ figures reveal prices rose 3.7% annually last month, with increases across all food categories.
Butter prices increased 65.3%, milk and cheese went up 15.1% and 24% respectively.
Foodstuffs North Island CEO Chris Quin told Mike Hosking there's pressure on products we're getting export success from.
He says it's a fantastic part of the story, but the impact on consumer is clear.
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Half-year profit has more than doubled for New Zealand seafood company Sanford.
It's the best result in a decade for the company, which took home $34 million in profit in the six months to March this year.
It's seen improved salmon sales, especially in the US and China.
Managing Director David Mair told Mike Hosking he's been there for just over a year and has been working to increase productivity.
He says he's reviewing every process within the business and says it's important that if a company tries to add value, it doesn't exceed the added cost.
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The US is sharing its low expectations of current Ukraine peace talks in Turkey, with both sides backing out of sending their leaders.
Russia's sending low-level official Vladimir Medinsky, Ukraine's decided to send its defence minister instead.
Donald Trump was preparing to go, only if Russian President Vladimir Putin was there.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking Trump is now suggesting he expected this all along, saying he wasn’t planning on going in the first place.
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The week has come to an end once more, and Mike Hosking was joined by Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson to Wrap the Week that was.
They discussed the new cheese produced by Fonterra, Mike's seemingly endless golf stories, and since today is Pink Shirt Day, they debate whether or not Mike is a bully.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 16th of May, yet another pre-Budget announcement – $275 million for the new Social Investment Agency headed up by Andrew Coster.
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters laments the declining standards of Parliament and politicians.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson talk a new product from Fonterra, Mike's endless golf stories, and whether Mike's a bully or not as they Wrap the Week.
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The America’s Cup is headed to Italy for the first time.
After a successful campaign in Barcelona in 2024, Emirates Team New Zealand will again defend the Auld Mug in European waters, with Naples to host the next edition, which will also include the return of the Youth and Women’s America’s Cups.
Exact dates for the regatta are still to be determined, however, the next edition will be held in 2027 during the New Zealand autumn and winter – the northern hemisphere spring and summer.
AUT Sailing Professor Mark Orams told Mike Hosking Naples will be a wonderful location for the next Cup – it's a great city and sailing venue.
He says the announcement of the venue gives teams that certainty, allowing them to look at if they can make it work.
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Winston Peters says behaviour in Parliament has become degrading.
It comes after a recommendation three Te Pati Māori MPs be suspended for their haka in the house, and Minister Brooke van Velden said the c-word.
Yesterday he launched a broadside on X against the actions taken in Parliament, saying the House of Representatives has become a House of Chaos.
The Deputy Prime Minister told Mike Hosking standards have slipped, and it's the Speaker's job to rein it in.
He says the rot started under former Speaker Trevor Mallard, when he loosened dress standards.
“As Steven Maharey, the former MP and Minister from Palmerston North said, once you let down dress and other standards, everything else will be let down as well and to be debased – and that’s exactly what’s happened.”
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The Social Investment Fund CEO says their new approach will help address New Zealand's social issues.
It's receiving $190 million in this year's budget, aiming to invest in social services early to prevent future harm and save costs.
The first three initiatives to benefit will be Autism New Zealand, Emerge Aotearoa —which works with young offenders— and an iwi wraparound service provider.
CEO Andrew Coster told Mike Hosking the fund has a long-term and wider focus.
He says its portfolio neutral and will focus on creating change in families where it needs to occur, instead of dealing with the day-to-day symptoms of problems.
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First, a small update on what I said yesterday on pay equity.
My gut says it won't damage the Government.
Don’t get me wrong – if I was the opposition I would be prosecuting this as hard as I could, the way they are, because they have a genuine issue and ongoing issue, at least until the Budget, that they quite rightly believe is there for the taking in terms of points, headlines, and moral high ground.
I don’t think that ultimately is true. But I fully get they think it is.
The tide turned yesterday though in Question Time. Not because Brooke van Velden dropped the c-word.
Watching it live, it was quite the moment. Question Time has become dour, there is limited talent on display, and the Speaker is cantankerous and ruins the fun.
But yesterday was alive with frisson. Brooke van Veldon's mic drop moment was pointing out that Jan Tinetti, the questioner, a former Woman's minister, a woman who railed against misogyny, was using misogyny by quoting a misogynistic article, authored by a woman to make her point.
That led to applause and rightly so.
It further exposed the Labour Party, and in fact most of the opposition benches, as frauds who are arguing the pay equity issue using bogus material and fake facts.
The more this is debated the more hope you have that a wider grouping of us will tune in and get into the detail, because it is in the detail the truth lies. The equity laws, or rules, were a shambles and being milked by unions.
But the tide turned because there seems genuine anger within the Government over what Andrea Vance was allowed to do.
When I say allowed, I assume she is edited and therefore cleared.
The odd thing for me is I struggle to get upset at being attacked.
Being a public figure, you are open for this sort of stuff, and I have received more than most. It's water off a duck's back, especially from an angsty journalist.
But van Veldon, Collins and, as Vance calls them, the "hype squad" seem genuinely outraged and it is that outrage that turned, or at least will turn, the dial.
If they argue on fact, and the other side argue on emotion using lies, bogus material, and foul language, they will eventually lose.
Hence the dent so many thought was coming for the Government will never arrive.
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A major milestone for one of our most iconic tourist attractions.
The Skyline Luge has surpassed 100 million rides across its eight tracks around the world – including the ones in Queenstown and Rotorua.
The company is also looking to continue their expansion around the world, with a brand new gondola and luge set to open in Swansea, Wales.
Director of Skyline Enterprises, Grant Hensman told Mike Hosking one of the successes of the luge is the repeat business.
He says they have people who have been coming back for the full 40 years they’ve been operating in Rotorua – started as kids and are now bringing their own kids.
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Ukraine and Russia are set for the first direct talks since the war began.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is personally attending the talks in the coming hours in Turkey.
The Kremlin's sending a delegation, and has confirmed it will not include Russian President Vladimir Putin, instead being led by Vladimir Medinsky.
Former Australian Major General Mick Ryan told Mike Hosking Ukraine is likely to remain pretty pragmatic in negotiating a ceasefire.
He says a war termination agreement may see them accept that Russia is temporarily occupying Ukrainian territory, but they’ve been clear they won’t accept that they’re parts of Russia.
Ryan says while they want peace, they’ve made it clear they won’t accept peace at any price.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 15th of May, Privileges Committee Chair Judith Collins is on to discuss the punishment suggested for the three Te Pati Māori MPs.
Will the meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin in Turkey happen? Former Australian Major General Mick Ryan gives his thoughts on how it will go, if Putin will turn up, and how much of a role the US plays.
Auckland FC owner Bill Foley is on to talk A-league ahead of the semifinals this weekend - and if his Vegas Golden Knights can turn around a 3-1 deficit in the NHL playoffs.
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Auckland FC owner Bill Foley's revelling in his side's inaugural A-League football season success.
The Black Knights won the Premier's Plate for finishing top of the regular standings.
They begin their two-leg semi-final with Melbourne Victory away on Saturday, before the home fixture on May 24.
Foley told Mike Hosking the business model he's used at Bournemouth in the Premier League, and the Golden Knights in hockey's NHL has worked again.
“We knew we were going to have a very competitive team, and we overachieved.”
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Net migration is expected to stay low, with global affairs keeping many people where they are.
Stats NZ data shows there was a net migration gain of only 26 thousand in the year to March, down from more than 100 thousand the year before.
It says the fall is mainly due to fewer migrant couples arriving, with a slight increase in departures.
Massey University Sociologist Paul Spoonley told Mike Hosking a big question mark hovers around the migration figures.
He says he’s unsure whether the numbers will keep, or if it’s going to keep dropping and New Zealand will see something similar to the net loss seen during the global financial crisis.
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The presidents of Russia and the US are both down as “maybes” for attending the peace talk with Ukraine, due to start later today.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy is personally attending the talks in Turkey and the Kremlin's sending a delegation – it remains unclear whether it'll include Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump says he might turn up if the circumstances are right.
Former Foreign Minister Sir Don McKinnon told Mike Hosking Trump's involvement in the talks could be a bad thing.
He says he'd be prepared to give too much away, which undermines what liberal democracies like New Zealand believe in.
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Doubts over the PSA's arguments on work from home policies.
The union's heading to the Employment Relations Authority after mediation didn't resolve differences with the Government on the issue.
The PSA claims a move to get more workers in the office will have a big impact on women.
Employment Law specialist Jennifer Mills told Mike Hosking she doubts the authority will side with the PSA.
She doesn't believe there's an argument that any changes are indirect discrimination.
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Judith Collins calls for “civility” in Parliament after suspending three MPs and attacks on female MPs. Collins praised Act MP Brooke van Velden for standing up for herself after using the c-word. Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi face 21-day suspensions without pay.
Parliament Privileges Committee chair Judith Collins is calling for “civility” in the House after the decision to suspend three MPs without pay and attacks on female MPs.
Collins said she was proud of Act MP Brooke van Velden for “standing up for herself” yesterday when she stirred major controversy by using the c-word in the House while attacking Labour for not condemning a column that used the word “c***” against female ministers.
Yesterday, her committee’s decision was handed down to three Te Pāti Māori MPs after last year’s controversial haka.
The committee recommended 21-day suspensions for co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, saying they should be “severely censured”.
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer face a heavy censure.
It also recommended a seven-day suspension for MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke.
Collins told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking this morning the suspension also meant the MPs would go without pay during this time.
She confirmed the suspension would be carried out consecutively.
Collins said the committee had been “collegial” through the six-month-long process and only butted heads in the end when it came to handing down the penalties.
“Even [the Green Party and the Labour Party] are differing from each other.
“It’s a very severe penalty compared to what has been awarded in the past, it’s not only a suspension from the House, it’s a suspension of salary.
“But then, we haven’t seen that level of behaviour before.”
She said the committee’s decision would be tabled today before it was voted for on Tuesday. She said she expected it to pass.
On Brooke van Velden’s use of the c-bomb in the House yesterday, Collins said she was proud of the Act MP for standing up for herself and the other women in the House being attacked.
“I would say to Brooke, that I wouldn’t have used the word myself but I did feel that she did stand up for herself and all the rest of us and I am waiting for someone of the left persuasion… one MP, just one, to come out and say it’s not okay to attack someone just because you are not okay with what they do."
She called reading the language in the column, which was written by Andrea Vance and published in the Sunday Star-Times, one of the “lowest points” in Parliament she has seen in her 23 years of service.
“That and what happened on the 14th of November in Parliament.
“It’s just the sort of behaviour towards each other that is despicable.”
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The newly elected pope's preparing to deliver his inaugural mass this Sunday.
A number of world leaders are expected to attend, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Vice President JD Vance.
Newstalk ZB's Jo McKenna is in Italy and told Mike Hosking Pope Leo has been very active in his first week of his papacy.
She says he's made a number of unscheduled visits around Rome, repeating his message of world peace.
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