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I wish I had the Minister's positivity around teaching.
As you will have heard, we are short of teachers. We aren’t training as many teachers as we used to, so increasingly, we’ll need to bring more of them into the country.
The Minister suggested—optimistically, I think—that it's about more than just pay. It's about resources and support, which I’m sure is true. But the question remain, does it solve anything?
Does anything solve anything?
Is teaching simply a profession —like so many others— that is no longer what it once was? And if that's the case, why would anyone choose to be a teacher today?
Kids can be difficult. And if they’re not, schools are riddled with social issues that no teacher should have to deal with – yet they do.
Teachers are more like social workers than educators now. Even with all the holidays, the numbers don’t lie: people aren’t enrolling in teaching like they used to.
The trouble is, while teacher numbers are dropping, the number of kids isn’t. In fact, student numbers are expected to peak next year. So the gap widens.
Bringing in teachers presents a twofold issue.
You have to find teachers in a world where everyone is looking for them. They have to want to teach here. Is New Zealand really a magnet?
I could try to reassure you by talking about the teachers I had – but we’re going back 50 years. They were, virtually all of them, ordinary. Even with age and some maturity, as I look back at the ones I remember, not a single one was exceptional or brilliant or even really, really good. They were average. In an average school. That turned out a lot of average kids.
Is it possible the great teachers are, and have always been, the exception? The ones with the calling, the drive? The rest have merely been okay.
Which, of course, doesn’t solve the problem.
We have a lot to do with it. Society is a mess these days: held back, held down by anxieties, concerns, divisions, anger, frustration. A sense of loss, bewilderment, and upheaval that occupies pretty much everywhere, globally.
And so we send our offspring —if we send them at all— to be shaped by a miracle worker. One we pay average money to. In what might be a leaky building. With minimal resources.
We are setting it all up for failure. It’s complex. But if the Minister is right, and she can turn it around, she deserves a medal. If not beatification.
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This week on Politics Wednesday, Mark Mitchell and Ginny Andersen joined Mike Hosking to delve into some of the biggest topics of the short week so far.
They discussed New Zealand First's new Member's Bill calling to legally define gender, conscience votes, and Kieran McAnulty's Easter bill.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 23rd of April, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has met with Sir Keir Starmer, signing a new weapons deal.
NZ First are occupying themselves with gender issues, trying to follow the UK Supreme Courts decision - we talk to Suzanne Levy from Speak up for Women about the bill.
Mark Mitchell and Ginny Anderson discuss conscience votes and request a special shoutout on Politics Wednesday.
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Key services are lagging behind in Canterbury's Selwyn district as it tries to cope with exponential population growth.
Stats NZ data shows it remains the fastest growing district in the country, with 3200 new arrivals in the year to June.
Rolleston and Lincoln experienced the biggest jumps, at 9.6% and 8.1% respectively.
Massey University sociologist Paul Spoonley told Mike Hosking Selwyn falls behind when it comes to infrastructure.
For example, he says that of the 20-odd primary schools with more than 700 students, five of them are in Selwyn.
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The Catholic Church is at a crossroads as it prepares to vote for a new leader.
Pope Francis died aged 88 on Easter Monday following a stroke and heart failure.
His funeral will take place outside St Peter's Basilica on Saturday evening, and then Cardinals will be summoned to Rome to elect his successor.
NPR Vatican correspondent Christopher White told Mike Hosking it's anyone's guess who the new pope will be.
He says they have to decide whether to continue on the path of reform initiated by Pope Francis —a more welcoming and inclusive church— or to course correct.
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The International Monetary Fund is slashing its global growth forecasts due to impact of Donald Trump's tariffs, and expects the US to be hit particularly hard.
US markets have been rallying, with the White House confirming it has 18 trade deal proposals on paper, is talking with 34 countries this week, and has a China deal in the works.
But China's warning it will hit back at countries that make deals that go against its interests.
Export NZ Executive Director Josh Tan told Mike Hosking it's still unclear how New Zealand and its exporters will be affected.
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A former Foreign Minister says New Zealand's new weapons deal with the UK reflects a strong relationship.
Christopher Luxon and Sir Keir Starmer have met in the UK overnight.
They've announced a deal worth more than $60 million for New Zealand-made drones and discussed the war in Ukraine.
Sir Don McKinnon told Mike Hosking it's another step in joint support for the war-torn country.
He says New Zealand and the UK have always been closely linked, but there's a long way to go before the war can be stopped.
Luxon and Starmer are also pushing for even closer military ties, coming after the Government announced it's boosting military spending to hit more than 2% of GDP.
McKinnon told Hosking it'll help New Zealand's international reputation.
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Differing opinions on New Zealand First's member bill regarding the definition of 'woman'.
MP Jenny Marcroft is proposing legally defining a woman as being an adult human biological female.
Rainbow Auckland co-chair Sibyl Mandow says it's a political move to be divisive, stir up hate, and generate a narrative to distract from more pressing issues.
Mandow says the bill is trying to denounce the existence of trans people – who have no agenda and just want to exist.
But Speak Up for Women spokesperson Suzanne Levy told Mike Hosking polling on this issue indicates people don't want trans people to be treated poorly.
But she says at the same time, people don't think sex can be changed.
Levy says laws need to be definable, as sex has never had any other meaning than biological sex.
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The Transport Minister says there's a chance the new Northland Expressway project will have a budget blowout.
The road will go from Warkworth, east of State Highway one, and over the Brynderwyn Hills to the east of the current route, then through Whangarei.
It's expected to take around 15 years to complete and is one of New Zealand's most expensive infrastructure projects.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop told Mike Hosking they're doing a lot of preparation work now to make sure there aren't any slip-ups.
He says they're working on detailed designs, consenting work, and getting the funding model right, but slippages in cost can't be ruled out.
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Some questions for you around the Reserve Bank and their funding.
Firstly, the Finance Minister is to be congratulated on her handling of the fiscal matters in reducing the expenditure by 25% – this is a DOGE like achievement.
In fact, if you have been following DOGE, what they said they would do and what they have done is like a lot of the Trump output so far, mainly hot air. So in fact, Willis leaves them somewhat in her dust.
Then came the revelation from the cabinet papers that a lot of the extra money the Reserve Bank had got hadn't been spent... this is possibly referred to as waste and was a good insight into how Adrian and Grant ran the place.
But despite the fact it hadn't been spent, all of a sudden just before Nicola came along, it did get spent. Budgets in areas like people and tech info and data were spending like drunks.
So clearly Willis has seen their scam, called their bluff, and got her way. Good on her.
But the bigger question is this, with all that money, tens of millions a year, were they any good, and did that money buy good results?
Were good people doing good work?
Well history shows us obviously the answer is no.
Our Covid response is now widely seen as inept. Our three recessions, the outworking of a complete and utter cock up when it came to handling a financial crisis.
We have smaller issues still at play like the reserves for commercial banks, an out working of the OCR paranoia.
For all that money we seem to have employed a Central Bank that did worse than most, to this day Treasury —and this might be on Treasury not the Reserve Bank— cannot work out the value of all that money flooding into the economy. What did it do? What was its value?
If they can't work it out, did the Reserve Bank know going in or were they panicked and flying blind?
Why did they give that free money to the banks with no restrictions on what happened to it next? There remain the unanswered questions years later, the out workings of which we economically are still paying for.
So the 25% cut is one story, the other is what we got for our investment. How would you describe a return that bad?
And given it went to the inept, is 25% enough?
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Andrew Saville and Jason Pine joined Mike Hosking to reflect on all the sport that took place over the long Easter weekend.
They discussed the Warriors’ golden point win over the Broncos, a kick from Luke Metcalf allowing them to claim the win. Also on the agenda was the latest in Formula 1, Super Rugby, and Reiko Ioane’s sabatical location.
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Organised crime syndicates could be seeking to infiltrate our sporting landscape.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has raised concerns about a global migration of crime into sport.
New Zealand's Sport Integrity Commission's working with its overseas counterparts and policing experts like Interpol to protect against corruption attempts.
Chief Executive Rebecca Rolls told Mike Hosking New Zealand has a few factors that makes it uniquely vulnerable to organised crime groups.
She says we're vulnerable to criminal betting schemes because our sport is streamed at times when there isn't much else to bet on.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 22nd of April, we're still struggling to get our extra 500 cops, is fitness really holding new recruits back?
The Pope passed overnight – we get the latest out of the Vatican from our Correspondent with Edward Pentin.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine jump in the ComBox and reflect on Luke Metcalf's kicking woes.
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Ferry and cruise passengers could be facing a new levy.
The Government is weighing up how to fund a permanent rescue tugboat for the Cook Strait, and a user pays system is on the table.
They’ve contracted MMA Vision to provide emergency cover in the meantime, but a long-term solution is still up in the air.
Maritime Union Spokesperson Victor Billot told Mike Hosking they’re happy to see the temporary measures, but there does need to be a long-term plan.
However, he says they’re unsure a user pays model is the right fit, or that it would be easy to enforce.
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Crowds are gathering to mourn following the death of the Pope.
The head of the Catholic Church died overnight at the age of 88, following a stroke, coma, and subsequent heart failure following a battle with double pneumonia.
Nine days of mourning is now underway before his funeral and his burial at Saint Mary Major.
Newstalk ZB's Catherine Field is in Paris – one of many parts of the Catholic world now mourning the Pope's loss.
She told Mike Hosking while Francis divided opinion in Europe, everyone agrees he was a man of humility and compassion.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has met with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London, just hours after the death of Pope Francis.
Luxon confirmed he spoke to the King about the death of the Pope during his meeting, but would not divulge further details.
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said Luxon “enjoyed discussing New Zealand issues with the King”.
Luxon said discussions with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in coming days will revolve around the Ukraine-Russia war and trade.
He and Starmer will travel to meet New Zealand soldiers who are training Ukrainian troops.
“I certainly welcome any efforts around just and lasting peace for Ukraine … we’ll keep discussing options about being involved in peacekeeping support once the conflict concludes.
“We, as a small country with limited resources a long way away, aren’t going to be the ones to end that war, obviously … but, regardless, we stand beside our set of values which we think Ukraine, Zelensky, embodies.”
Luxon said trade would also be a hot topic given the UK had recently become NZ’s seventh-largest trading partner.
“We just need to keep pushing forward on it and keep pushing food and beverage and tourism.”
King Charles had a busy few days ahead of Luxon’s arrival, with various Easter-related events.
Late last week, he attended the annual Maundy Service, during which he awarded gifts to individuals in recognition of outstanding Christian service. Maundy Thursday takes place on the Thursday prior to Easter and commemorates the Washing of the Feet and the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.
On Easter Sunday, Charles was joined by other members of the royal family at St George’s Chapel in Windsor for a traditional church service.
In his Easter message, the King said: “The abiding message of Easter is that God so loved the world – the whole world – that He sent His son to live among us to show us how to love one another, and to lay down His own life for others in a love that proved stronger than death.
“There are three virtues that the world still needs – faith, hope and love. ‘And the greatest of these is love’. It is with these timeless truths in my mind, and my heart, that I wish you all a blessed and peaceful Easter.”
Luxon met with the King for the first time at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa in October.
The Prime Minister gave away little about what the pair discussed during that meeting, but said it was obvious King Charles had a “deep, deep affection for New Zealand” and was “very knowledgeable about a number of issues”.
“It was a very natural conversation; it was just the two of us sitting outside and having a chat on a couple of seats.”
This is Luxon’s first visit to the UK as Prime Minister. He touched down late on Sunday night (NZT).
Ahead of the trip, Luxon highlighted that trade was likely to be a key talking point.
“New Zealand is a champion for free trade, and I look forward to talking to Sir Keir Starmer about what our countries can do together to support the rules-based trading system,” Luxon said.
“The UK is one of NZ’s closest and most trusted partners, and, for many Kiwis, it is where they base themselves on their OE. The UK is also important to NZ’s prosperity. Our exports there grew by more than 20% in 2024 and are still growing.”
Two-way trade with the UK, which NZ signed a free-trade agreement with in 2022, was worth $7.27 billion in the year ending December 2024, making it our seventh-largest trading partner.
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The Associate Police Minister remains confident the Government's 500-cop recruitment target can still be reached by November.
Police bosses say they've been facing challenges.
They say more trainees are failing training, and more people have been leaving the Police force.
But Casey Costello told Mike Hosking there is still six months to go.
She says taking a monthly snapshot doesn’t provide a full picture and isn't helpful.
Costello says the morale of the Police is good, which is contributing to strong interest in joining.
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Prayer services are taking place around the world in memory of Pope Francis.
The head of the Catholic Church died overnight at the age of 88, following a stroke, coma, and subsequent heart failure after a battle with double pneumonia.
Vatican correspondent Edward Pentin says two weeks of rituals and ceremonies are now underway.
He told Mike Hosking that will begin with nine days of mourning.
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At the halfway mark, can we suggest things are starting to turn for the Government?
This week we have seen the Prime Minister at Ruakura with a multi-billion dollar investment that sells the Māori economy and showcases large amounts of foreign money, as well as the potential for huge productivity gains and economic growth.
On Monday there was more money for tourism. Tourism is coming back, it's too slow, but the tourist spend is up to post-Covid levels.
On Tuesday, Education Minister Erica Stanford was pumping more money into classrooms with savings made from the bespoke design nonsense and waste that the Labour Party trainwreck was in charge of.
Then the Prime Minister is back with the police and Justice Ministers, spruiking very good-looking numbers around victims of crime.
This comes on the back of three polls all of which show the Government being returned to office if an election was held today.
Slowly but surely specific bits are starting to fall into place. Things like the fact we had good GDP in the last growth stats.
Clearly from Tuesday's numbers, crime, which was as big an issue last election, is looking very much in a box. The gang patch laws are working with even the critics saying they're working. Surveys say people feel safer on the streets and the victim numbers look very good indeed.
Health remains an issue and there seems a determination among the unions especially to keep it on the front page.
But the key bits that sink or support Governments —the economy, education, crime and justice— look solid. If they can get health under control they will be rolling.
Obviously, the economic side is fragile and open to a lot of stuff that is beyond our control, so counting chickens is pointless.
On that note, you then come to this idea that’s gaining traction that the Trump fiasco could well be the making of our Prime Minister.
A bloke who has struggled to connect might well have settled nicely into his wheelhouse with an economic mess that could see the best of him shine when it's needed most.
If the polls play okay for them they way they do now, with glimmers of light, by the time we get to the end of the year momentum might well be theirs and an election may well be theirs to lose.
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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.
The Golden Visas: 7/10
Part of what's turning out to be a pretty solid run for the Government. There seems genuine interest from the wealthy to come and park up here and grow the place.
Business sales: 6/10
Demand is up, supply is down. People want to chart their own destiny, which is always a very good sign.
Coachella: 4/10
Most people who went borrowed money to pay for their tickets. Clearly no money left over for Golden Visas.
Andrew Little: 6/10
Given Tory Whanau's reputation and record, is it even a race?
The women on Bezos' rocket: 2/10
Brought new meaning to the term space cadets.
Taupo: 8/10
Shout out for last weekend and the Supercars. Place was packed, looked awesome and Matty Payne was your hero #NZAtItsBest.
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