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John Grisham is no stranger to success, having written 50 consecutive number one best sellers.
When he’s not writing, he works for the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, helping get innocent people released from prison.
A majority of his work are legal thrillers, but this time he’s taking a step into a realm he’s less familiar with: nonfiction.
‘Framed’ is Grisham’s second nonfiction book, detailing the true accounts of ten people who were wrongfully convicted.
He told Mike Hosking that he and Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey have been considering writing this book for a number of years.
“The stories are so, they’re so terrible, but they’re also very compelling, and really gripping stories.”
Grisham says that he’s trying to make a change with this novel, and raise awareness for the issues within the criminal justice system in the United States.
“Trying to raise awareness, trying to raise a few bucks for the innocents, for advocates in the country,” he said.
“There’s a purpose behind it.”
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 26th of November, a new 24/7 police station is opening in Auckland CBD – Police Commissioner Richard Chambers joined the show to discuss.
The Prime Minister joined Mike live in studio for a chat about the economy, Waikato Hospital, and when we will get details of the new ferry deal.
Arguably one of the greatest ever authors, John Grisham has a new book out and specifically requested to talk to Mike about it - so how do we turn that offer down?
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Universities are seeing increasing interest from students wanting to study courses in artificial intelligence.
Multiple universities now run Masters of Artificial Intelligence degrees, with many other courses and related papers at various levels also available.
Victoria University launched a masters in 2021 and last year began an undergraduate major in AI.
Senior lecturer Andrew Lensen told Mike Hosking there’s certainly a big change in society when it comes to AI, and students are onto that and want to study it.
He says that that although developments in the AI space are unfolding quite rapidly, there are a lot of core fundamentals that have been around for the last few decades.
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A capital gains tax is a no-brainer, according to a former Labour Party leader.
The topic is understood to be on the agenda at the party's conference in Christchurch this weekend, with members deciding whether to continue work on the proposal.
David Cunliffe told Mike Hosking he believes most in the party would be keen on the tax.
When it comes to voters, he says that capital gains taxes have actually polled really well in the last couple of elections, and one could say that its polled better than the Labour Party.
Cunliffe says that it’s unlikely to be a net vote loser.
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The new top cop says Aucklanders will be feeling better about a police station in the city's centre.
Police plan to have the new Federal Street base open to the public by the middle of next year.
It will sit close to Aotea Square and the new CRL station, making it easier to deploy officers right across the central city.
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers told Mike Hosking that soon we'll have 51 beats working 24/7 around the community, increasing visibility and safety.
He says it's back to basics policing, with officers walking the beat and getting to know the people around town.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the “more tax, more borrowing” of the last Labour Government hadn’t worked.
“The decision for New Zealand is really about getting this country growing,” he told Mike Hosking.
One of the areas they’ve been focusing on in order to do so has been education.
Luxon said he was unaware of schools not getting necessary maths resources, and disagrees with the teachers unions, who say the Government has rushed the new curriculum through.
“We got a set of results that said four out of five of our kids going into high school are not where they need to be. I’m sorry, we can sit around having consultation and kumbaya all year, but we actually need to make an intervention. We did that within a week.
“[Education Minister] Erica Stanford has done an exceptionally good job to make sure they’ve got the [resources] they need to teachers.”
He touched on how “abysmal” NCEA is, saying that whether you’re a parent or an employer or a teacher, it’s not working.
“And it’s no surprise when kids show up for third form and four out of five aren’t at the standard they need to be in maths,” Luxon said.
When it comes to the economy, he says there’s still “a lot of turbulence” to navigate before it gets better. He pointed to reductions in inflation as achievements.
“I think every quarter you’ll start to see growth improve. We’re still not out of the woods. The last thing that gets sorted is employment, and there’s a lag effect.
“We did it pretty tough. We had monetary policy where we were printing a lot of cash.”
Luxon confirmed there would be an announcement on the Cook Strait ferries by the end of the year.
“We’ve made a commitment; we’ll talk about the ferries by the end of the year. We’re going to get a solution in place.
“There’s always ongoing conversations. You’ll know [the details] when you know.
“It’ll be rail compatible, as it is today. I can tell you it’ll be done a lot cheaper than $3.2 billion.”
He said there was no stoush between himself and David Seymour over the Waikato medical school plans.
“All respect, David’s not the Minister of Health, he’s the Minister for Regulation. He needs to focus on that,” he said.
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More schools are dropping NCEA Level 1.
An Education Review Office review has found it's not a fair or reliable measure of knowledge and skills, and needs substantial change.
Less than three-quarters of schools plan to offer NCEA Level 1 next year.
ERO's Ruth Shinoda told Mike Hosking that in more affluent communities, it's less than half.
She says three quarters of school leaders say the credits students receive don't reflect an equal amount of work or degree of difficulty.
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Australian police arrested 170 climate activists over the weekend after their floating blockade briefly disrupted activity at one of the world’s largest coal ports.
The fleet of kayaks, paddle boards and inflatable boats blocked the entrance to the Port of Newcastle, which exports millions of tonnes of coal each year.
Police said on Sunday evening 156 adults and 14 youths had been arrested and charged with offences including 'disruption of a major facility'.
Australian correspondent Steve Price says shipping was temporarily paused as the group blocked at least one major vessel from entering the port.
"The Greens leader was there, looking like a fool, they were called 'numbskulls', and it was dangerous - really, really dangerous. We'll wait and see what happens in court."
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Surely the TJ Perenara performance is a sign of the times?
How far back (small clue, not far) do you need to go to think that this sort of extra curricular activity would never have even been close to being countenanced by an All Black squad?
Not long ago, essentially, sport was sport.
It got political in the Springbok apartheid era, but that was politics from the outside in, not the other way around.
It was Perenara's last time in the jersey, so why not leave with a message? I think that would be the argument for many but, what sort of message?
If one of the blokes from rural New Zealand decided to slip in some support in the post match interview for the current gun reform, or the gang patch laws, how do you think that would go down?
David Seymour, who quite sensibly asked in response to the Perenara views just what bit of equal rights do you not support, is kind of on a hiding to nothing.
We have entrenched camps on this one. No one is in the middle. You either believe in the idea that we are all equal, or you don’t.
Perhaps more worryingly Perenara's performance was spoken about with management and supported by them, so credit to him that it wasn’t some mad, spur-of-the-moment outburst.
For the record, when he says it's important to him, no one doubts him.
But lots of things are important to lots of people. But within all our lives are constraints.
One of the constraints around being an All Black is you represent the country as an elite athlete, not a politician or an activist.
As we saw in a much lesser way last week, the woman who may well head up content and news for the state-owned TV station took leave to go on the Treaty protest. Quite rightly, many asked whether that was wise.
We can ask the same question of Perenara and, given he had All Black mangement blessing, we can ask that question of them too.
If the criteria for protest as an All Black is passion, then we are asking for trouble.
What we want in All Blacks are sports people of integrity, professionalism and, preferably, an ability to win a lot.
The rest of it risks damaging the brand, insulting fans and distracting us from the main point of the outing.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 25th of November, our NCEA Level 3 and UE entries are at their lowest point in a decade and Covid is being blamed.
We get the Maori All Blacks cultural adviser on to discuss TJ Perenara's political message in the haka before the All Blacks game.
Guy and Sav talk the haka, the Phoenix and the All Blacks brand.
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Andrew Saville and Guy Heveldt joined Mike Hosking to discuss Guy’s weekend of team golfing, TJ Perenara’s haka before the All Blacks’ 29-11 victory over Italy and the last test outings for Perenara and Sam Cane, the Wellington Phoenix’s and Auckland FC’s latest A-League outings, and Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies contract.
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Liam Lawson wasn't the only Kiwi ripping it up at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Synthony - an orchestra which reimagines some of the biggest dance hits of all time - was there as well.
The group stems from New Zealand and is increasingly going global.
Singer-songwriter Ilan Kidron – who’s teamed up with Synthony – joined Mike Hosking.
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Donald Trump's filling out his Cabinet - with some unconventional picks in the mix.
The President-elect's selections are raising questions over whether some people are up to the job.
It's thought locking in Trump's defence pick Pete Hesgeth and intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard - both of Fox News - could prove difficult.
Meanwhile, US correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking Pam Bondi has been put forward for Attorney General – after first pick Matt Gaetz withdrew after a slew of sexual assault accusations.
“This means that if they’re all confirmed, the top 3 officials at the Justice Department will all be people who work for Trump’s legal defence.”
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Questions over whether New Zealand's regional airport security measures are up to scratch.
Stuff reports gangs are travelling between our smaller centres to traffic drugs around the country, where there's little risk of having their bags scanned.
Current security settings mean flights with fewer than 90 passengers are unlikely to go through screenings.
Former Detective Inspector Lance Burdett told Mike Hosking it's an unusual arrangement.
“It just concerns me. I was taught perhaps it was to do with the fuel or perhaps the hijacking of the plane or whatever, but it makes no real sense. We either have security or we don’t.”
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A climate academic says the COP climate conferences have achieved little in actually cutting emissions.
It comes as COP29 takes place in Azerbaijan, with a new deal forged which will see developing countries supported to the tune of $500 billion to manage climate impacts.
But Victoria University's Adrian Macey told Mike Hosking more must be done, and thinks the conferences have become unproductive.
“We go into each COP saying: ‘this is the last chance to save the planet and if we fail here, there’ll be dire consequences’, and we go ahead and fail.”
He says we need more transformational change.
"Yep, it's useful to have that, but in terms of the planet, it isn't a game changer in actual reduction of emissions."
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Youth vaping rates in New Zealand have dropped more than 50 per cent over the past three years, but one headmaster's calling for stronger regulation.
An annual youth vaping survey's found a promising drop in secondary school aged children vaping.
It's consistent with what Auckland Grammar's Tim O'Connor's been seeing.
But he told Mike Hosking it remains a significant issue for young people.
“I still think there’s something that needs to be done about the ready access of vapes – these vape stores that look like they’re selling iPhones to teenagers.”
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The cultural advisor for the Māori All Blacks says he's completely comfortable with TJ Perenara's haka.
The All Black halfback referenced the Toitū Te Tiriti movement ahead of yesterday's match against Italy.
The team also posed with the Tino Rangatiratanga flag.
Lawyer and consultant Te Wehi Wright told Mike Hosking context and the appropriateness of any political stance will always be debated regardless of the stage.
“I do think there is still a huge responsibility on us as citizens of New Zealand to keep pushing where we can the notion of unity.”
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NCEA achievement levels have dropped since the Covid-19 pandemic.
More students are leaving school with Level 3 pre-pandemic – but now achievement levels have dropped to where they were a decade ago.
The number leaving before their 17th birthday without Level 3 or university entrance is a major factor.
There have been steeper drops in Levels 1 and 2.
Education Hub founder Dr Nina Hood told Mike Hosking during Covid, children missed out on a lot of schooling and didn't have as much teaching.
“The result of that is that they didn’t build all of the foundational knowledge and skills that they needed. Those students are now coming through and sitting their Level 2 and Level 3 NCEA exams.”
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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.
Basketball: 7/10
The most popular school sport in the country. Who doesn’t love a pick-up game and a lay-up?
The gang laws: 7/10
Because they represent a turning of the tide, a restoration of some common sense and some realisation of just how shabby this place had become.
World War III: 3/10
Let's keep our powder dry, shall we? A missile does not an escalation make. You might remember we are still waiting for Iran to respond in the other war and that was an age ago.
Dairy: 9/10
If we hit $10, that's a record. What a year, and what a time to have a year.
Glastonbury: 8/10
Sold out in 35 minutes, costs $700 and you got no idea who's on stage.
Taylor Swift: 3/10
With an education system like ours in the state it's in, is it really wise to spruik a Taylor Swift course? Is that really your calling card?
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I am trying to work out which I like least – Elon Musk or Disney.
Elon bought Twitter and turned it into 'X'. He paid $44 billion, and they say it's worth about $10 billion now, but he doesn’t care.
It's worth $10 billion because a lot of corporates bailed because of its ugliness.
He argues it's free speech, but it's free speech at the lowest level, so it's ugly. He still defends it, and it makes life for a libertarian like me hard because I like the idea of truly free speech and, as a result of that belief, I have nothing to do with 'X' because I have standards.
But it's also apparent that as good a concept as free speech may be, when left to its own devices it's an ugly place and vulnerable people get hurt.
So that’s Elon.
Disney were one of those who bailed on 'X' because they didn’t like what they saw. But the Financial Times suggests they are heading back to 'X' now that Trump has won, and Trump likes Elon, and Elon might spend a lot of time at the White House, so Disney wants “in” on the action and the influence.
If that’s true, and it's not just Disney but also a bunch of corporates, that makes them hypocrites of the worst sort.
High and mighty – but only when it suits.
Full of principal, as long as they end up on the right side, whatever the current right side is.
They went hopelessly woke in their movies, until Bob Iger came back and said the reason he was back was because Disney was losing money, and they were losing money because they're woke.
Once upon a time having principles was quite the thing. It was expected and it was common, until it wasn’t.
These days corporates too often don’t know who they are so they end up in a moral blancmange. We saw it here during Covid – furious at the Government in private, pussy cats in public.
You would hope there is a lesson there somewhere they might want to learn and do something about.
Elon is at least reasonably consistent. You don’t have to like it, but he is true to his word.
It's cost him $35 billion in 'X'. But then he found Donald and the balance has been more than rectified, so what does he care?
Which I guess ultimately means, it's Disney. I like Disney less than I like Elon.
And that's saying something.
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