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New Zealand’s middle-distance prodigy Sam Ruthe has become the youngest person in history to break the four-minute mile barrier.
The 15-year-old from Tauranga became the 49th New Zealander to break the four-minute mile doing so at a wet Go Media Stadium last night.
Olympian Sam Tanner helped lead Ruthe in the second half of the race, setting the pace for the teenager towards the finish line.
Ruthe eventually finished second behind Tanner in three minutes 58.35 seconds.
He's eclipsed the previous pioneer, then 16-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who has gone on to become a double Olympic champion.
Ruthe told Ryan Bridge that it felt amazing having all his friends and family there supporting him.
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There's no such thing as a ceasefire this morning.
It's all breaking down in the Middle East. Netanyahu's come out with more fighting talk and the rockets are back on.
And for Ukraine, Trump hasn't exactly cloaked himself in glory with this so-called deal.
And I say so-called deal because it hasn't actually held.
First, it was only partial. There wasn't a full ceasefire like Zelensky agreed to.
Second, it covered energy infrastructure not being hit for a 30 day pause. But already the Russians have fired at energy facilities, roads, and two hospitals.
Now, if you go and have a look at the read-out from the call between Trump and Putin it says Putin gave the order to his top brass to immediately stop the firing on this energy infrastructure.
So, either the military is going rogue and firing anyway, or Putin's up to his old tricks.
Actually, both of things could be happening. Hell, with Russia they both could be true.
But either way, for Trump and the big game he likes to talk, the art of the deal has just hit the Kremlin wall.
In Trump's favour, reputation-wise, is at least people are talking about peace.
We've just had three years of war and whenever world leaders meet it's always talk about more, more and more war.
A ceasefire, an armistice and a peace deal all require action.
At least the phones are ringing.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 20th of March, will the light at the end of the economic tunnel start to reveal itself with today's Q4 GDP data?
15-year-old Sam Ruthe is on the show after becoming the youngest person to run a sub four-minute mile.
Senior expert on Russia Keir Giles joins us out of the UK after we've now had the Trump/Putin call, and the Trump/Zelenskyy call overnight.
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The details of President Donald Trump's phone conversations with his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts remain relatively shrouded.
Trump's sought a full end to hostilities between the two sides but appears to have settled for a limited ceasefire and further discussion for now.
All three parties say the calls have gone well, but there are discrepancies in their reporting.
Chatham House UK Russia expert Keir Giles told Ryan Bridge the read-out on Trump's call with Vladimir Putin is like two completely separate conversations.
He says neither of them is a particularly reliable source at the moment, but it's clear they're treating this in two different ways.
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A crack down on persistent young offenders.
New Ministry of Justice data shows a 19% increase in children and young people receiving orders or adult sentences in 2024, compared to the previous year.
There's a 16% rise for Māori tamariki and rangatahi.
Blue Light CEO Brendon Crompton told Ryan Bridge these are children who have likely gone through the youth system and have continued to offend.
He says to keep the community safe Youth Aid has no choice but put them in the District Court.
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An economist is warning not to expect big growth in GDP figures out today.
Data —due out from Stats NZ just before 11 this morning— is expected to show the economy has been pulled out of recession, but is still crawling to recovery.
Economists are predicting growth of between 0.3 and 0.5%.
Westpac senior economist Michael Gordon told Ryan Bridge he's predicting flat growth in the fourth quarter.
He says there have been signs things are turning, but it's likely to have happened in the beginning of this year.
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Simeon Brown's hitting back over concerns of overreach from what he's calling the 'health police.'
The Health Minister's directed public health doctors to stop weighing in on issues like fast food, and leading advocacy campaigns.
But the comments, combined with looming job cuts, have sent shockwaves through the medical sector – who fear this 'censorship' would limit doctors' ability to effectively serve their communities.
Brown told Ryan Bridge public health teams should primarily focus on immunisation targets.
He says they shouldn't be waging war against council policies and people's choices about what they want to eat.
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The Pope's condition is said to be improving, but there's uncertainty over an upcoming royal visit.
The 88-year-old has been in hospital for more than a month with double pneumonia, but the Vatican is now saying he's making slight improvements.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are due to visit for the jubilee celebrations of the Catholic Church, early next month.
But Italy Correspondent Jo McKenna told Ryan Bridge it's uncertain whether the Pope will be able to meet the royals.
She says the Vatican is refusing to confirm the meeting, or whether he will be out of hospital by then.
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A change in direction for homeowners and their mortgages.
90% of home loans were floating or fixed for less than a year in January.
CoreLogic says there's anecdotal evidence borrowers have begun to fix for longer as interest rates come down.
Squirrel Mortgage Broker, David Cunningham told Ryan Bridge things have changed dramatically since Christmas, with favourable rates for longer fixed-term periods.
He says Westpac kicked it off with a 4.99 term for three years, ANZ doing the same at two-years, with all competitors now offering near there.
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So, who is right?
"The rental market is like musical chairs". That was a headline yesterday. Landlords are offering grocery vouchers and incentives to sign up for rentals.
But then headline number two; "Even the middle class are struggling to pay rent".
Story number three was a report I read by JB Weir about wealth transfer, which is actually a story in itself. But the upshot is we are the 7th wealthiest country on Earth. If you do the median, i.e. half above and half below, we are the 5th wealthiest.
So if we are so wealthy, how come we can't afford rent?
If we can't afford rent, how come they are offering grocery vouchers to lure us in?
The answer, of course, lies in the specifics of each story.
The middle class line came from a unionist they called an "economist" in the story, so a man with an agenda. He cited a teacher on $60,000. Teachers don’t earn $60,000 unless there are one of the new, young ones and let's be frank, if you are new and young and on starting wages you should be flatting.
As for the voucher story, well that is a reflection of the good news. Rentals are not rising the way they were because of supply. Thousands more houses are on the market and there are more houses than punters. That sort of supply and demand equation is good for the consumer.
So, if you drum up the worst case scenario, guess what you will find? A problem, closely followed by a headline.
But what of this wealth transfer? It was an interesting report showing billions is changing hands as the boomers die and the kids get the inheritance.
Women are disproportionately benefiting over men, it will carry on well into the 2040's and is a reminder that we are not in fact the squalid, broke, backwater that many would make us out to be.
We might be a low paid or "wage economy", but we are not as economically divided as some would make out. We are not broke and through things like housing, vast sums have been amassed.
And it's currently being bequeathed and left to others.
The trick is to read the detail, not fall for the headline.
Can some not afford rent? Yes.
But it's not the norm. That's your story.
But then that doesn’t make a good headline.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 19th of March, there have been overnight developments on both the Ukraine and Gaza wars, and the ceasefire call between Trump and Putin seems to be a bust.
Mike recounts his troubles with One NZ and the call system.
And Mark Mitchell stays up late in India to join Ginny Andersen on Politics Wednesday, talking PPPs and Rawiri Waititi's comments about David Seymour.
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Labour is ruling out supporting foreign investment in what it calls "critical infrastructure", including hospitals, schools, and prisons.
Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds has told Ryan Bridge there is a place for some public private partnerships but won't say which ones Labour will support.
Labour’s Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking that there some fundamental areas that they believe aren’t helped by making a profit out of them.
However, she says, they’ve made it clear that if National goes into a deal for a PPP, they won’t wind it back.
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A silver-lining in otherwise bleak retail crime numbers.
Data gathered by retail crime reporting software Auror shows the number of events with weapons in 2024 was 10% higher than 2023.
It shows threatening and violent behaviour similarly increased.
But Auror Chief Executive Phil Thomson says New Zealand's still doing better than some other countries.
He told Mike Hosking the unfortunate part is that this is happening across every retail store, and it’s the frontline retail workers being threatened.
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Aotearoa's joining the Minecraft world.
Tourism New Zealand's joined forces with developer Mojang to make six Kiwi hotspots playable locations within the game.
That includes destinations Abel Tasman National Park, Waitomo Caves, and Tekapo, and is expected to generate $50 million in advertising value.
It's a cross-promotion for locally-filmed ‘The Minecraft Movie’.
Tourism New Zealand Marketing Manager Brodie McLeish told Mike Hosking the pack is available to the game's 170-million monthly users.
She says the Kiwi sites are free for all to download and engage with.
McLeish says it aims to encourage people to play the game, then come and travel around New Zealand for real.
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There’s a belief better pathways to industry and trades training are needed.
A report from the New Zealand Initiative has found just 6% of 16-to-19 year-olds participate in workplace learning, while 11% are unemployed.
It states schools are geared toward university education, even though only about a third enrol in degrees.
Report author Michael Johnston says apprenticeship options need to be more visible to young people.
He told Mike Hosking part of the problem is apprenticeship training is viewed as being for the kids who don’t cope with the academic path.
Johnston says we need to rearrange the system so that young people, regardless of their background and propensities, look at apprenticeship training as a viable option.
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A relatively minor breakthrough for the US in its attempts to end hostilities between Russia and Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's agreed to pause attacks on energy infrastructure for 30 days and progress talks about a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea.
It follows a call with Donald Trump, who had been seeking a temporary ceasefire on all fronts.
Edward Lucas from the Centre of European Policy Analysis told Mike Hosking Putin's tardiness prior to the call could be perceived as a weapon.
He believes Putin doesn't show Trump a mutual level of respect, and perhaps the thin pickings out of the call reflect that.
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Landlords offering incentives to entice tenants is said to be a simple supply and demand issue.
Rental listings in Auckland and Wellington have seen investors offer free weeks of rent, or bonuses like supermarket vouchers and even free moped scooters for people who sign on to a lease.
Residential Property Managers' Association Chair Tony Mitchell told Mike Hosking investors are fighting for tenants due to a lack of demand.
He expects it to be only a temporary thing and hopes the strong underlying demand factors will make a difference soon.
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The war in Gaza appears to be back to square one.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 400 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight, ending a fragile truce that began in January.
Israel is vowing to ramp up the attacks towards Hamas.
International geopolitical analyst Geoffrey Miller told Mike Hosking it's been the deadliest 24 hour period since November 2023.
He says things are looking grim, with Israel's Defence Minister warning he'll open the gates of hell if the remaining hostages aren't released.
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If the New Zealand Labour Party wants to get real about re-election, they should look no further than the UK Labour Party.
Keir Starmer blew up the NHS on Friday because he said it doesn't work. He says the bloating of the numbers has not improved anything.
Jobs will be lost.
Before he blew up the NHS, he attacked the welfare system. He called it unjust and unfair because, essentially, there are too many people sitting on welfare doing nothing and there is no incentive for them to change their habits.
Remember, this is a British Labour Prime Minister.
We are also expecting the chancellor to slash more spending. Why? Because they don’t have any money.
If only a Hipkins or an Ardern or a Robertson were anything close to this.
What was close to this was Roger Douglas, David Lange, David Caygill, and Mike Moore - the proper Labour Party. The Labour Party many recognise as being a middle-of-the-road centrist-type party that a lot of New Zealanders could recognise.
If what Starmer is up to works, he is Tony Blair 2.0, and the lesson Blair taught us is the same thing Bob Hawke taught us in Australia – a Labour movement doesn’t have to be about wokeness and largesse and economic ineptitude.
It needs to be about common sense and the worker. Not a hardcore unionist, but a middle class New Zealander who gets up, makes their kid's lunches, heads to work and comes home late, a bit tired and ready for a beer and a BBQ at the weekend, living in their own home in suburbia with a belief that life is pretty good, New Zealand is pretty good and the future is moderately bright.
None of that is hard. But I bet you it's completely foreign to most of the current Labour lot who butchered the place between 2017-2023.
The old adage around votes and political support about the centre being large and the place to get a lot of votes, is real.
We wouldn’t mind some wider representation. National or Labour can occupy the centre. History shows it's possible and it's successful.
Hipkins needs to study Starmer and learn.
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Kiwi musician Blair Jollands has made a name for himself overseas.
He works as a sound designer and composer in the film industry, as well as creating and releasing his own music.
Jollands has a wide range of film credits, but some of the most popular he left his mark on are Poldark, Shackleton, Midas Man, and Alien vs Predator.
He’s worked with a wide range of stars, including Madonna and Rhianna, and won praise from the late David Bowie and Boy George.
‘Little Comet’ is his fourth album, which he recently released under his own name after performing under the pseudonym ‘El Hula’.
Jollands left New Zealand in 1995, spending awhile in the United States before winding up in the UK, where he’s remained since.
He told Mike Hosking that getting a job in sound design at the time was very much a right time, right place situation.
“I was a coffee barista, and I thought y’know, I really need to get something that pays a little bit more to help my music along.”
“So I actually walked in and gave them my CV, and a week later they said ‘will you come in because we had three people just, they’ve been headhunted and they’ve gone to another studio.’”
Although sound design and music production may seem like different areas, Jolland says these days the line between them is really fine.
“For example, the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, for say, his movie ‘Sicario’, it’s, I find it very hard to establish what is music and what is sound design – it's very tonal, it’s not as harmonic, less melodic.”
“But generally speaking, sound design is more organic, and we capture sounds and manipulate them.”
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