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Labour's admitted the gang patch ban hasn't turned out as badly as they feared.
The Deputy Police Commissioner has confirmed staff are pleasantly surprised at the ban's effectiveness, saying it's brought more control to the situation.
It comes as Gisborne police are given more powers to deal with gangs.
Labour police spokesperson Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking the fact it's gone well is a good thing.
She says given fears haven't eventuated of frontline officers getting hurt, she can recognise it's gone better than everyone thought it would.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday the 26th of March, the national stadium debate is continuing to drag on - and Rugby World Cup CEO Martin Snedden is calling for some action.
The government has written to Labour and the Greens asking for cross party support for its RMA reform - Mike asks Chris Hipkins whether Labour will get on board.
And Mike loves the idea of people needing a qualification to be able to become a local councillor or Mayor.
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Employment confidence has bottomed out.
The Westpac-McDermott Miller index shows it's slipped to a level not seen since the post-2020 Covid lockdowns.
It's fallen in four of 11 regions —including Auckland— which dominated the national average.
EMA Head of Advocacy Alan McDonald told Mike Hosking business is still doing it hard, directly impacting the ability to hire and expand.
He says more than 60% of firms let staff go within the last year.
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins says compromises will need to be made in reforming the Resource Management Act.
The Government's replacing the Act with a new planning framework, including rules around land development and environment protections.
It's seeking cross-party support.
Hipkins told Mike Hosking the country's administration can't keep putting infrastructure projects on hold.
He says that if there are projects underway, even if they’re not the administration’s first choice, they’ll keep doing them.
Labour also wants clarity around the Treaty of Waitangi's role in the reform.
Cabinet's decided on ruling out incorporating a Treaty clause in the legislation, despite the Expert Advisory Group recommending the current clause be carried over.
Hipkins told Mike Hosking they want to make sure Treaty settlements are respected.
He says saying you want to respect the Treaty but then saying you don't want to put it into law is contradictory.
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A leading Australian economist says more focus needs to be put on productivity to pull Australia out of a deficit.
The federal Budget announced yesterday included tax cuts and cost of living relief for households.
HSBC Chief Economist Paul Bloxham told Mike Hosking with big spending measures announced in the lead up to the election, deficits to the tens of billions are forecast for years to come.
He says the best way to change that is to boost Australia's slumped productivity, which is at the same level as it was in 2016.
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There's a belief the bigger problem with Auckland's stadiums is not having the right sized venues.
Councillors are set to vote tomorrow on whether to back Eden Park 2-point-1 or build a new Quay Park site.
The latter project can be scaled down to 20-thousand for smaller events, from 50-thousand for big ones.
But Rugby World Cup 2011 chief executive Martin Snedden told Mike Hosking they can't keep putting smaller events like test cricket into big stadiums.
He says even if they build the new stadium and it gets five-thousand people to smaller games, they'll have the same problem.
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The Police Deputy Commissioner says staff are pleasantly surprised at the effectiveness of banning gang patches.
Rival gang tensions in Gisborne mean officers have just been given extra powers to search and impound vehicles and seize weapons, following eight incidents in a week.
Tania Kura told Mike Hosking the gang patch ban has been really good for them.
She says it's brought more control to the situation, with staff admitting it's probably gone better than they thought.
However, Kura says this doesn't mean they can rest on their laurels either.
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French actor Gérard Depardieu's gone on trial – charged with sexually assaulting two women on a film shoot four years ago.
About 20 other women have also accused the 76-year-old of improper behaviour, but this is the first case to come to court.
He's the highest-profile figure to face accusations in the French response to the Me Too movement.
Paris Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking his has been a long time coming.
She says he's such a giant in the industry, so the courts have shied away despite previous allegations.
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June 2026 is not far off.
In fact, it's next year and next year is election year.
By that time, it is being reported, the interest on our national debt will be $11b.
Do you see how this works?
Not long ago the warnings were issued that it might reach $10b and at the time, it was pointed out that that is multiple times more than the Police budget.
That's just in interest. Once we pay the $10b our debt doesn’t diminish. It's exactly the same. We have gone nowhere. We've just kept the wolf from the debt door for another 12 months.
Well, the $10b has gone and we are now heading for $11b.
Why?
Because as the Finance Minister keeps warning, and she is doing this because the budget is close, the cost of borrowing is going up.
Why?
Because we are a greater risk. Risky people who want money have to pay a higher price. It's why credit card debt is more expensive than mortgage debt.
The Government sells bonds, they ask for money and in return they will give you interest. For you to give them that money you want a decent return.
The last time they put some 10 year bonds out they were paying 4.62%. That’s a big interest bill on billions of dollars.
Remember also that they are adding to that debt pile each and every year until they reach an annual surplus. Even if they reach an annual surplus, which they aren't going to now for years, all you have achieved is not adding to the pile of debt.
Even if you add not one more dollar to the debt, the debt doesn’t shrink. It demands another $11b from you to pay the interest bill.
The mistake that is often made is we look to other countries and go "look, their debt is more than ours", either in dollar terms or as a % of GDP. What isn't pointed out is how small and vulnerable and unable we are to grow our way out of that.
We owe a lot and ratings agencies, although not alarmed, are alert.
This Government were left with a shed load of debt from an economically criminal previous Government.
And that bill is about to hit $11b a year, or over $30m a day.
Every day, forever.
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It’s been 17 years since Pete Murray last graced Kiwi stages.
The 3x number one album selling Australian singer-songwriter has announced a 55 date tour in Australia – including four stops in New Zealand.
He’ll be in the country next month, bringing just himself and his guitar.
Murray told Mike Hosking that although he last performed here 17 years ago, he’s made the journey across the ditch much more recently.
“Loved New Zealand, getting back over there and holidaying with the family just recently too,” he said.
“In fact, when Covid hit a few years back, I got the last flight out of the place back to Australia.”
Murray joked that they were probably disappointed to get the flight, saying it would’ve been nice to stay in the country during lockdown.
But he told Hosking that 17 years without performing here is too long.
“I’m going back to correct that now, so, looking forward to it actually.”
“It’s going to be good fun.”
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 25th of March, the Government is adjusting the RMA again – will this change be the end of it all?
The Prime Minister is back from India and talking Kainga Ora, councils stopping the clock, and our national debt.
Australian singer Pete Murray is coming back to New Zealand after 17 years to play some shows, so he came on for a chat.
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Australian beef exporters are being described as ‘lopsided and unfair’ by American farmers.
Over 20 years, the trade deficit between the two countries is thought to be $45 billion – America is hoping tariffs will fix that.
Beef + Lamb Chair Kate Acland told Mike Hosking it’s unlikely New Zealand would be hit with similar tariffs on beef.
She says the Americans’ concern is over “unfair trading practices”, and New Zealand plays with a really straight bat.
Acland says there’s no restrictions on American meat coming into New Zealand, our farmers and exports aren’t subsidised, and our exchange rate isn’t manipulated.
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The All Whites have secured a spot at next year's expanded football World Cup, beating New Caledonia 3-nil in the Oceania qualifying final at Auckland.
New Zealand needed an hour to score when defender Michael Boxall headed in from a corner - replacements Kosta Barbarouses and Elijah Just also struck.
This marks the third time the All Whites have qualified for the World Cup, which now accommodates 48 rather than 32 teams.
NZ Football CEO Andrew Pragnell told Mike Hosking this is probably the greatest group of talent they’ve ever seen in the men’s space.
He says expectations should be high, and this group has the capability to not only win games, but get out of the group round.
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Christopher Luxon says the country needs to get faster at building things.
The Government's announced it is replacing the Resource Management Act with a new planning framework, including new Acts around development of land and on protection of the natural environment.
It comes after the Government also announced plans to allow trusted builders to approve their own work and look at whether consenting authorities are fit-for-purpose.
The Prime Minister told Mike Hosking too many things are standing in the way of getting things done.
He says it currently takes 19 months to build a standard three or four-bedroom house here and is 50% more expensive than in Australia.
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There are hopes reforms to the Resource Management Act have walked the line between development and environment.
The Government's new framework for planning includes new acts around development of land and on protection of the natural environment.
Each act includes a set of national policy direction for simplifying and streamlining local government plans and decision-making.
RMA Expert Advisory Group chair Janette Campbell told Mike Hosking they're confident it's hit a balance.
She says they had a clear direction to protect the environment bottom line, and they've done that with the Environment Act.
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A massive spike in meth use is being linked to a change in global shopping habits.
Christopher Luxon has asked ministers to look into meth use, after annual wastewater results show a 96% increase in consumption last year compared to 2023.
Massey University drug researcher Chris Wilkins told Mike Hosking it's likely a case of both people using more, and more people using.
He says the increase represents the changes to the drug market, which is moving from a brick-and-mortar store, to a global online platform.
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Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary is facing backlash for his “cavalier” comments regarding Social Security.
Social Security employees have been warning that the Trump administration’s plan to cut staff will result in delayed benefit cheque.
Secretary Howard Lutnick says that anyone who complains about a missed Social Security cheque is a fraudster.
This is despite 40% of all seniors living alone being entirely reliant on the payment – some 40 million people.
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Another swing and a miss.
Contact Energy wanted to build a wind farm in Southland. They have been turned down. They are not the first and they will not be the last.
Close to $300 million and hundreds of jobs are now not happening because of it.
Also, the need to build 15GW of additional capacity in the next 25 years will not be happening either. So far, we have built less than 3GW.
We are entering yet another winter where it is touch and go on power supply.
The Minister has been busy wagging his finger at the gentailers.
The climate campaigners bark on about the role of renewables, yet we continue to import record amounts of coal to cover the gap.
We have cut a deal to keep Huntly going ever longer because the renewable dream is getting further and further away. Renewables may or may not be the answer to our problems at all.
The simple truth about water, sun, and wind is they are beyond our control.
Coal and nuclear isn't. But we seem to insist renewables are what we want to do, and yet we don’t.
Nimbyism will kill us. We seem happy to be shocked every year at the coal pile and we seem to be happy to be unhappy at the idea we don’t have enough power to get us through a winter.
The industry tells us they are investing in wind and solar. But are they?
How many get turned down vs how many actually get the go ahead? Are we actually progressing, or taking a step forward and a step back?
Here is the ultimate irony: there's been a lot said about this Government's fast track law. Their fast track law is actually just an extension, or an amendment, of the old fast track law, which Labour produced during Covid.
Under that fast track law this wind project got turned down.
So, is a “no” fast tracking? Or no tracking?
If you can't get a wind farm through under fast track, are we actually into solving issues or not?
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday 24th of March, we get the first inside look at the discussion and process behind the potential FTA agreement with India.
The public service has been asked where they think their sector can make cuts – Judith Collins explained the census as the Minister in charge of our version of DOGE.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine discuss Liam Lawson's weekend in China and the impact of Alex “Grizz” Wylie in the Commentary Box.
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Canterbury rugby great Alex "Grizz" Wyllie, who died on the weekend aged 80, is being remembered for his uncompromising nature.
He played 210 games for Canterbury as a loose forward before a storied coaching career with his province and the All Blacks.
Sports journalist Andrew Saville told Mike Hosking on the Commentary Box that Wyllie loomed large in his formative years, in the good ol' days when players and media actually socialised.
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