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Two powerhouse actresses are leading one of Prime Video’s next big TV shows.
‘Ride or Die’ is an action comedy about a couple of best friends who have to go on the run after one of them is revealed to be an international assassination.
It stars Hannah Waddingham, of ‘Ted Lasso’ fame, and Octavia Spencer, Academy Award winner for ‘The Help’, as Judith Burton and Debbie Claybourne.
Though this is the first project the two have worked on together, Spencer says the way they fell into a rhythm was seamless.
“We were the only two people thought of for our roles, and then we both are active producers,” she told Hosking.
“We are vested in this from different vantage points, so it was easy.”
Waddingham agreed, telling Hosking they didn’t have to think about that bit at all.
“There was no kind of work required to find the chemistry – it was just there in spades.”
Waddingham was approached directly for the role by Spencer and the show’s creator Tessa Coates, Spencer saying they knew she was going to be as committed as she was.
“There’s nothing about that role that no one thought that Hannah would not be able to do."
“I mean, it’s a role of a lifetime, and my character is a role of my career,” Spencer told Hosking.
“And we both are playing characters that we've never, they're complete departures from anything that we've done.
Unsurprisingly, ‘Ride or Die’ is filled with action sequences and stunt work – none of which, Waddingham says, is CGI.
“I’ve got the bruises to prove it.”
“If I was going to get on board with this woman [Spencer] and with Tessa Coates, with this glorious piece of work, I wasn’t going to be the weak link.”
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It's hard to reconcile but the power of self interest is never to be underestimated.
Retail NZ is loving the look of the EU, who this month started a new tariff on cheap goods.
It's three euro per package for anything under 150 euros.
It's aimed at Temu and co.
It's an easy argument to make because who likes Temu? Who likes cheap, nasty, tacky, plastic-y stuff that pollutes the world and is made in mass factories, paying people dirt wages, if not slave wages? But the answer is, apparently, heaps of us.
Nothing sells a product to more people, more often, than a cheap price tag and that is why China is a powerhouse and that is why your Temu's have conquered the world.
So Retail NZ wants us to "do an EU" and tariff the same way.
The trouble is we are free traders. We basically invented free trade, we are good at free trade, and in terms of doing business with the world, no one operates an easier-access marketplace than us.
And boy have we, and we are, doing well out of it. Given that, you can't then go and be something else when it suits you.
Tariffs are poison because for every person you protect, someone else picks up the bill. And for every tariff you generate, you invite another player to generate one back.
We are the luckiest of consumers right now because we have lived through a moment in history where tariffs and their destructive outreaches have been on full display with thanks to the US President.
For a while there it looked like the free trade train that had built up a serious head of steam over the past 50 years was in danger of being completely derailed. The US unilaterally and randomly applied numbers to goods pulled out of a hat.
The Supreme Court quelled it. It's still not over, but Trump is going back and forth.
As a result, normal-ish business will be resumed with a Rubio, Vance, or Newsom-type White House.
In the meantime, as we revel in our continually record-breaking revenue streams from beef and lamb and kiwifruit to India, the US, China, and the EU, it's no time to be sending mixed messages on the way we conduct business.
Retail NZ – back in your box.
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The NRL is staying on Sky.
The television broadcaster has secured the rights for another seven years, starting in 2028 and running through until the end of the 2034 season.
The deal is reportedly worth $61 million a year – up to $20 million more than before.
Sky TV CEO Sophie Moloney told Mike Hosking that they definitely believed, and this has confirmed, that they are the right home for rugby league in New Zealand.
She says they’re absolutely thrilled that the combination of their premium sport and free to air offering has delivered this outcome.
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Questions are circling about how much progress New Zealand's actually made in the years since 1970.
An NZ Initiative report suggests it's a mixed bag, with genuine improvements that are largely going unseen alongside stubborn problems that refuse to budge.
On the positive side, fewer people are dying on the roads and life expectancy at birth has risen almost 11 years.
But on the other side, education and housing are lagging behind.
NZ Initiative executive director Oliver Hartwich told Mike Hosking the improvements they’ve tracked almost happen automatically – there are fewer road deaths because cars are getting safer and we’re living long because medicines are improving.
He says the issues we’re stagnating or falling behind on are the ones where it would demand bold reformers to actually improve the situation.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 8th of July, what will happen with the Official Cash Rate?
Sky boss Sophie Moloney speaks from Australia after securing the NRL rights in a record deal.
Ginny Andersen and Mark Mitchell talk emergency declarations, the perils of door knocking, and whether we might get election fatigue on Politics Wednesday.
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A question of if election campaigning has started too early.
Political parties have begun to roll out their policies in advance of November’s general election – but are people in engaging with them?
Labour’s Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking there's not a deep analysis of issues – the average person on the street doesn’t know the policies from any parties.
She says it’s not related to the parties themselves, people are just more concerned with the cost of living and getting by than they are with the policies being announced.
National’s Mark Mitchell agreed with the sentiment, saying that most people haven't shifted into the election mindset yet.
He told Hosking that once we get into the regulated period, hoardings go up, flyers go out, and door knocking begins, then people start to get focused and engaged with it.
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There's concern around restraint of trades being cut and pasted across all levels of the workforce.
A new OECD study reveals 43% of the country's employees are covered by them – more than the 14 other countries surveyed.
The study notes it's fair for companies to require employees to wait some time before starting work for competitors, but notes some could be going overboard with prohibitive clauses.
Employment specialist Jennifer Mills told Mike Hosking most restraints are all the same, and an employer may need to ask the authority to vary the restraint to ensure it's reasonable to uphold.
But she also believes most Kiwis are pretty savvy when it comes to restraints – most cases are negotiated, and people will often approach their employer directly to find a satisfactory outcome.
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Defence spending's looming large as NATO leaders meet in Turkey for the annual alliance summit.
US President Donald Trump's already made headlines, reiterating he'd like the US to control Greenland and his disappointment with the lack of ally support for the Iran war.
Our Defence Minister Chris Penk is also heading there for the NATO Defence Industry Forum, and meeting counterparts from allied countries.
Feature Story News Europe Correspondent Will Deneslow told Mike Hosking NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte is trying to stress NATO is a collective.
He says he compared the alliance to a football team, which can't rely on one star player.
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It's thought another split vote could be on the cards for today's OCR decision.
The Reserve Bank will announce its decision at 2pm.
BNZ Head of Research Stephen Toplis expects a 25 basis point increase, taking it from 2.25% to 2.5%.
He told Mike Hosking the war in Iran has increased uncertainty about the economy's future.
Toplis says banks have already priced in three rate hikes to their mortgage rates – only those on a floating rate should see a major shift.
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I read that apparently the Government are about to give a formal response this month to the Covid Inquiry Phase Two report.
Brooke van Velden, who drove it, was so concerned about the mistake made around Covid vaccine advice for 12–17-year-olds, and the fact Chris Hipkins said he didn’t see any advice, when in fact he did.
She went off to seek advice as to what to do.
They told her what you would expect they would, which was, roughly, you could do a lot, do a bit, or do nothing.
The trouble with Royal Commissions is once they are done, they are done, and launching yet another inquiry, she rightly decided, would be wasting everyone's time.
So she has passed it off to the Health Minister, and we stand by.
The tricky thing here is accountability: will there ever be any?
Hipkins and Bloomfield, the two critical players here, never turned up in person to the Commission. Once the mistake was discovered, that the paperwork on the vaccine did get to Hipkins in Cabinet, no one seems to want to know anything about it.
The head of the inquiry, Grant Illingworth KC, doesn’t answer questions. "The report can speak for itself," he tells everyone. Hipkins relied on the faulty report to say he never saw anything, even though he did, and Bloomfield refuses all comment.
I go back to my original request; that the Government do things properly, which was an adversarial inquiry i.e. they had the power to force people to turn up. Because when they don’t and the Q&A is all back and forward on paper, look what happens.
And what does happen? Well, nothing, clearly.
I'm happy to be proven wrong, but what is the Health Minister going to do? What happens to Hipkins or Bloomfield, apart from nothing?
Mistakes were made in Covid, so we have two Commissions. Commission one is a whitewash, Commission two missed critical detail, so more mistakes are made.
Does that give you confidence that the next time we have an epidemic we are any better off?
Of course not.
So as we await the so-called response, what was the point?
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The leader of Reform UK is in hot water over some undeclared financial gifts.
Nigel Farage is facing a probe by Parliament’s standards watchdog over a £5 million gift from convicted fraudster George Cottrell.
Farage claims he has done no wrongdoing – insisting he followed the rules and is the victim of an “establishment hit job”.
UK Correspondent Enda Brady told Mike Hosking he thinks the media is putting the Reform leader under intense scrutiny because if he is going to be Prime Minister, which Farage believes he will be one day, you need to know he’s clean.
He says you need to know where the money is coming from and who is paying for his security.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 7th of July, should we be worried about China testing a nuclear-capable missile in the South Pacific? And is there actually anything we could do about it?
Invest NZ is pushing for $30 billion in investment into data centres, so we got the facts about them from Tech New Zealand’s Graeme Muller.
And Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer joined from the UK to tell us about their new show ‘Ride or Die’.
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The country's property sector is opening its doors to establish branded residences.
Bayleys Real Estate is facilitating the opportunity for developers to partner with brands.
The concept has been successful overseas – with high end fashion brand Bvlgari partnering with a residency in Dubai.
General Manager Gavin Lloyd told Mike Hosking they're focusing on Auckland and Queenstown first, with plans to grow.
He says as it expands the market matures, there could be an opportunity to expand to the Bay of Islands and the wine regions.
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The Media Minister believes it's important to watch the moves made by Australia in its new deal with Microsoft.
An agreement's been made between Microsoft and the media company Nine.
It'll see the tech giant pay to reference journalists' work from its masthead content, including the Sydney Morning Herald and the Financial Review.
Paul Goldsmith told Mike Hosking the first point of call for Kiwi businesses is to talk to each other.
He says we can learn from Australia's approaches, see what works, and shamelessly borrow what works well.
Goldsmith says New Zealand media companies should be hustling similar deals, and if that doesn't work, the Government could get involved down the track.
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Tech New Zealand is trying to dispel fears about bringing more data centres here.
Crown agency Invest New Zealand is looking to attract up to $30 billion in offshore investment in the centres, over five years.
We already have 56 of the facilities here – using around 0.6% of our total power.
Tech New Zealand Chief Executive Graeme Muller told Mike Hosking he hates hearing that data centres use a lot of water.
He says it's an American issue with old centres, suggesting the new facilities like those built in Auckland using less water than the average dairy farm.
Muller is also assuring that lots of jobs will be created by bringing new data centres here.
Invest New Zealand claims the centres could employ up to three and a half thousand people, but local industry advocate Don Christie says the centres are largely automated and only employ a few people.
Muller argues the new data centre being built in Southland is creating a lot of jobs – he says it's going to create more construction jobs over the next decade than the City Rail Link, and create 220 fulltime positions.
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New Zealand Apples and Pears says trading with India is about getting money back in the pockets of growers.
Sign off on the Free Trade Agreement is still making its way through Parliament, but Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says exporters are already laying the groundwork.
India's grown from being our seventh largest market for apples, to the fourth – and the number of Indian tourists is also up.
Apples and Pears CEO Danielle Adsett told Mike Hosking it's important to start allocating some quota towards the Indian market.
She says exports have increased in anticipation of the agreement, and the industry is excited for the season ahead.
Adsett told Hosking the agreement's potential is untold, but growth should continue.
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A former Defence Minister says it's clear we have to voice our opposition to China testing a nuclear-capable missile in the South Pacific.
It launched the long-range ballistic test missile yesterday, just hours after warning New Zealand of its plans.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says it's a move inconsistent with peace in the region.
Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp told Mike Hosking it was in the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, which we helped create.
He says other nations test missiles, but none in this nuclear free zone.
It's also his view that it's likely a coincidence that China tested the missile the same day Australia and Fiji signed a security alliance.
Australia and Fiji signed a landmark alliance pledging mutual defence and left the door open to other Pacific nations joining the pact.
Mapp told Hosking he doesn't think the test had much to do with the agreement – it takes a bit of time to set up a missile test, and isn't something which can be done in 24 hours.
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Wellington looks to me to be in rude health.
For a city down in the dumps, with a reputation problem and a previously shocking council, public service issues and any number of surveys talking about negativity, how come Wellington looks so busy?
I was down for dinner Saturday night. The drive from the airport around the Bays was packed. Jervois Quay was packed, bumper to bumper.
If you had told me there was an All Black test down the end of the road at the stadium I would have believed you.
The restaurant was packed. They do two sittings a night and you can't get a table.
The restaurant next door was packed. They got a Michelin star earlier in the week but they told me it was always busy anyway.
The hotel was flat out. It could be because of school holidays. I stood in the hotel room after dinner looking down on the traffic. I have no idea where they were off to but there were a lot of them.
Having lived in Wellington for a decade I think it's probably the best looking of our cities. There is a lot of seriously good architecture, some beautiful buildings and a lot of suburbs with houses with spectacular views.
But it's reputation is still a problem. Katie asked on Instagram where the best place to eat in Wellington was. One person said the Koru lounge while another person said anywhere in Auckland.
In fact a lot of people made those jokes. There is a strong anti-Wellington vibe around the country and yet, and I guess this is the tourist snapshot problem, one night does not a proper impression make.
There were all those international travellers that talked about how fabulous the world was and how miserable New Zealand is when we went around the world the other day. I think we busted that myth because any place, when you are in a hotel or in a restaurant without a care in the world, seems better than home.But it doesn’t mean they don’t have their issues.
Wellington seems like a good looking town. The hospitality scene, despite all you hear, on Saturday night was overflowing. It was busy, it was bustling and as I sat in the restaurant for breakfast at seven o'clock yesterday morning there was a lot more action out and about than you ever see in a place like Christchurch and Auckland at that time on a weekend.
And that’s before you get to the joggers on Evans Bay Parade running into a southerly and seven degrees. You've got to love that.
Wellington the image and Wellington the reality is not the same thing.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 6th of July, we hear National's trade election policy and the warning from the U.S about an impending Russian attack of Poland.
The PM is in and reviews Mike's Wellington trip, the U.S Ambassador's comments and Modi's impending visit.
Jason Pine and Andrew Saville rate the All Blacks first hit out, the Silverstone race and Lawson's result and the World Cup.
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ASB's latest outlook says New Zealand's economic recovery is back on track.
Inflation is expected to hit 4.1% in Q2, but the bank says the overall economic picture as "markedly improved".
ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley told Mike Hosking that, "We do think it will still be tight, but we do think that the Reserve Bank will lean on remaining on hold."
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