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The Australian election has been called for 3 May and the polls have swung in favour of Labor.
Cost of living is going to the booths with voters and Anthony Albanese's Government is promising tax cuts.
Peter Dutton needs to win 22 seats to get a majority government.
Australian Correspondent Steve Price talks to Mike Hosking about the election and why barbecues are banned in Victoria,
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 31st of March, we talk the dud that was the supermarket announcement and how the current big players are reacting.
The Prime Minister has switched his regular slot to a Monday and talks supermarkets, ferries and the servicing of our Air Force planes.
Andrew Saville and Jason talk Moana Pasifika pantsing the Crusaders, the Warriors winning three on the trot and Auckland FC all but securing the premiership.
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The Government says all options are on the table as Nicola Willis issues a six-week consultation to ensure 'all options are exhausted.'
The announcement has been met with disappointment by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the six-week period is reasonable.
"Maybe other governments in the past haven't actually thought about things or been prepared to go as as deep as what we're proposing, but I think it's a good thing," he said.
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ASB has seen some stabilisation in interest rates, the primary sector and rising consumer spending.
It comes as it was announced Q4 was higher than expected at 0.7%.
Q1 ends today, what will the results be?
ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley talks to Mike Hosking.
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The Government has said all options are on the table as Finance Minister Nicola Willis issues a six-week request for information.
Willis threatened to break up the current supermarket players, floating the idea of restructuring the two existing supermarket chains.
Foodstuffs North Island Chief Executive Chris Quinn talks to Mike Hosking about the announcement.
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The New Zealand Breakers officially have new owners.
The basketball team have a a majority owner in 47-year-old American Marc Mitchell.
Mitchell's investment group includes Leon and Stephen Grice, and Paul and Liz Blackwell.
New owner Marc Mitchell talks to Mike Hosking.
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Half of the Government's $400m savings target has come out of Heath NZ in the form of contractors and consultant spending.
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Executive director Sarah Dalton says isn't happy about the cuts.
"This seems flagrant in terms of taking the short-term option, not looking a little bit further down the road," she said.
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Talk about teasing me on a Sunday morning.At 10am we are told Nicola Willis is giving us the good word on supermarkets.
She doesn’t like the industry - she's been telling us this for a year and a half.
She is going to do something about the industry - she's been telling us this for a year and a half.
So, Sunday was the day. Except it wasn’t.
It was yet another diatribe about what needs to be done, what could be done and what might be done.
There were more threats, more possibilities, more questions and more investigations.
It was also a speech of hopeless contradictions. On one hand she was telling us how hard it was to enter the market at scale and how big that risk was.
Then she was telling us this was a $20+ billion sector, more than tourism and dairy combined, and yet she clearly hasn’t stopped to ask herself if that big.
Do you not think anyone who could, might have had a bit of a look at the prospect of entering it?
She talked of a player being able to grab 10%. That’s over $2 billion dollars worth of business. You don’t reckon someone, somewhere hasn’t looked at the prospect of $2 billion dollars worth and thought "I wonder if that isn't a bit of me"?
To find out why we don’t have more competition, she announced she was launching yet another investigation. Then after six weeks she may, or may not, get Cabinet to do something legislatively. If that happens she wants to do it by the end of the year and get it passed by the end of the term i.e the end of next year.
So an entire term in Government having literally not produced one more shop.
As I've said all along, it may be we are too small for another major player. Maybe the niche players, along with the two giants, are what are market tolerates.
But as for Nicola and her finger-wagging, if threats were results then we'd be getting somewhere.
If speeches were shelves of well-priced food, the issue would be dealt to.
But for a Government with an image of more talk than action, she didn’t do anything to help that reputation.
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US President Donald Trump has coined Wednesday as 'Liberation Day', when he will roll out tariffs promised to free the country from foreign goods.
The President says he will impose 25% tariffs on cars and car parts made outside of the United States.
Tesla's are one of the only cars made entirely in the US.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold joins the show to discuss Liberation Day, and the death of Richard Chamberlain.
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US consumer confidence is feeling the economic and tariff uncertainty, as Lululemon shares fell 15%, and inflation expectations are picking up.
It comes as Kiwi consumer confidence is still challenged according to a latest read.
Greg Smith of Devon Funds Management talks to Mike Hosking.
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Village Roadshow, no small player in the movie industry, this week filed for Chapter 11.
They have been having some legal issues with another major studio. But they sighted along with that their other overriding problem, the actors' strike.
You remember that? It was more than actors, of course, it was the whole industry. Hollywood came to a stop for months as they argued over pay and conditions.
Some of the pay and conditions were based around what was seen at the time as this frightening new development called AI that was potentially going to slash their work and income. They wanted protections.
It was eventually settled but, and here is the really big question, at what cost?
Hollywood has never come back and the movie industry has never been the same.
Irony of ironies a lot of people lost their jobs. Not because of AI, but because they never recovered from the shuttering as a result of the strike.
So given fewer movies were made, less income was generated, and the vicious cycle began. That was until someone like Village Roadshow could no longer go on, so they folded for Chapter 11.
Chapter 11, if you don’t know is not the end. It can be the end, but initially it's about some protection to get some affairs in order and potentially get a rescuer.
The lesson here is unionism. This is what this is. Hollywood, the film, and television industry is heavily unionised. It's one of those ideas that, once upon a time might have made a modicum of sense, but as the world and the workplace has changed and got increasingly sophisticated now presents as an old idea that does more harm than good.
So they go on strike, the multi millionaire actors back them , food parcels are handed out, they pound the picket line, and they eventually cut a deal.
Is that good? Not if you then go and lose your job, not if the studio then goes and files for Chapter 11. What's the point of that?
What would you rather have? More money for fewer people? Or more people? Because that’s what unionism does.
So, was the strike a win or a path to joblessness and business ruin? What do you reckon Village Roadshow would say?
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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.
Signalgate: 1/10
A good sign of how mad and dopey that lot are. A platform they shouldn't have been on, a denial that got blown out of the water, and an attack campaign that made them look pathetic.
The Warriors: 7/10
Not just two wins in a row, but two very good wins in a row - and a third on Sunday with the Tigers.
Liam Lawson: 2/10
Yes, it's sport and, yes, it's tough. But this is at the hard end of hard calls, that line between dream lived, and shattered.
Whangarei council: 1/10
They got hung up on fluoride, wasted any amount of time arguing about it, went to court with no money, and no budget, and lost and got pasted by the judge. Awesome work guys!
Lindsay McKenzie: 6/10
He's Wellington's Crown observer, who thinks the local body law should be changed so we get better qualified people to represent us. Give that man a medal.
Tamatha Paul: 2/10
Yes, the Greens are nuts. But Labour wants to run the country with them.
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The most uplifting part of the week for me in terms of news was the combination of Winston Peters and his very wise words over diet and work.
The statistics department released the numbers of those who are working beyond 65-years-old. In fact, not just 65, but 70, 80 and 90-years-old.
For Peters, what made the advice so useful is you can argue he has never been more relevant and effective.
Age is one thing, but performance is another.
If you take the politics out of it, he would be the match for anyone in the current political game. There would be few, if any, that would question his work ethic, the miles he is covering and the effort he is making in putting us back on the international map.
And he is doing it at almost 80-years-old.
The trouble with age is we still focus on the number. Say whatever you want about Trump but he is a good 78-years-old while Biden was a very poor 82-years-old.
In fact, I am surprised that 65-years-old is still a thing. It only gets attention because of superannuation. There is an official attachment to the age – you get money for a so-called lifetime of work, you can retire, you are old, so you get a gold card for a ferry ride, etc.
The really upbeat aspect of all this is that it wasn’t so long ago that age in work was an issue, but for negative reasons.
Older workers were let go, they had trouble getting new jobs and roles for women of a certain age in Hollywood became a thing.
It all seems to have been reversed.
Dare I suggest it has been helped by the reputation, whether real or imagined, that the so-called new generation aren't really as interested in work.
Covid ruined a lot of us. Work-life balance became a thing. Work from home became a thing. Quiet quitting became a thing.
As more and more younger people moaned and complained and slacked off, the diligence, consistency and institutional knowledge of the older worker increased in value.
Winston Peters' knowledge and experience in Parliament is to be seen any Question Time you want to look. He runs rings around most of them.
He has purpose. And as the Asian cultures in particular will tell you, age is but a number and purpose is everything.
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New Zealand winemakers are continuing to make moves in the US.
Amid an uncertain market, we were the only nation in the top ten US wine suppliers to increase its volume last year.
Data suggests it’s the 16th year in a row New Zealand wine has reported growth.
Invivo Wine Founder Tim Lightbourne told Mike Hosking there’s big opportunities over in the States, with New Zealand wines being sold right around the country.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 28th of March, it’s official – Eden Park will be getting a revamp, and Auckland won't be getting a new stadium.
Kiwi’s trust in our public institutions is eroding over time – a survey revealing it’s at its lowest point since 2022.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson discuss Bob Geldof with Mike as they Wrap the Week.
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Liam Lawson has had the keys taken off him at Red Bull and will complete the Formula 1 season with the franchise's Racing Bulls development team.
He lasted two Grands Prix before management decided to replace him with Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda for his home event next weekend at Suzuka.
The switch confirms widespread speculation.
BBC Formula 1 correspondent Andrew Benson told Mike Hosking the line CEO Christian Horner is running about “duty of care” is them trying to dress the situation up as best they can.
He says getting rid of someone after two races isn’t duty of care by any stretch of the imagination, and instead, giving him a chance to try and perform better would be.
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Trust is eroding over time in our public institutions.
The Acumen Edelman Trust Barometer reveals 67% of New Zealanders express a sense of grievance with business, media, government and NGOs – surpassing the global average of 61%.
Many feel overlooked by those in power and disillusioned as a result
Acumen Chief Executive Adelle Keely says it's a wake-up call for those in charge.
She says for the past few years, businesses have been the most trusted institution - but this year for the first time, no institutions are trusted at all.
Keely told Mike Hosking it's a worldwide trend.
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The Finance Minister says they've over-delivered on their promise to save money from public sector job cuts.
Latest Public Service Commission data shows the core workforce decreased 4% in the year to December 2024.
Public Service Minister Judith Collins says the Government's expecting to save $800 million by June – double the initial target.
Nicola Willis —the coalition government's initial Public Service Minister— told Mike Hosking the money saved is going into much better purposes.
She says it’s instead going into things like the Family Boost Policy, to support early childhood education costs.
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The boss of Eden Park remains hopeful of convincing the Government to help fund a major expansion.
Auckland councillors have voted to back the upgrading of the stadium over the building of a new arena near the waterfront.
But Eden Park has yet to secure any public funding.
Chief Executive Nick Sautner told Mike Hosking work will now begin on making a case to government.
He says while everyone's doing it tough right now, there are opportunities for money to be re-allocated and invested in New Zealand's national stadium.
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