Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mark the Week: Signalgate's a good sign of how mad and dopey that lot are
Friday, 28 March 2025, 10:35amAt 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:...
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Mike's Minute: The older worker has never been more valuable
Friday, 28 March 2025, 10:29amThe most uplifting part of the week for me in terms of news was the combination of Winston Peters and his very wise words...
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Mike's Minute: Nimbyism will kill us
Monday, 24 March 2025, 10:16amAnother swing and a miss. Contact Energy wanted to build a wind farm in Southland. They have been turned down. They are...
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Mark the Week: Whangarei's fluoride meeting was both gold and farcical
Friday, 21 March 2025, 10:49amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. GDP:...
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Mike's Minute: The GDP number is the biggest win for the Government
Friday, 21 March 2025, 10:10amIf you accept that the Government are struggling in the polls, you may well accept the general notion that part of what is...
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Mike's Minute: Is the rental market in trouble or not?
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 9:32amSo, who is right? "The rental market is like musical chairs". That was a headline yesterday. Landlords are offering grocery...
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Mike's Minute: Labour need to follow the Keir Starmer blueprint
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 9:54amIf the New Zealand Labour Party wants to get real about re-election, they should look no further than the UK Labour Party. Keir...
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Mike's Minute: Is the public service sabotaging the govt?
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 10:35amMy long-held suspicion, oft produced for the Prime Minister on Tuesdays, that the public service might well be working against...
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Mike's Minute: The "Trumpian" influence is global
Monday, 10 March 2025, 9:40amSay whatever you want about Trump, but his demeanour and influence is genuinely global. Peter Dutton has been accused of...
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Mark the Week: What a waste the Warriors were
Friday, 7 March 2025, 10:33amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. New...
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Mike's Minute: The Government's finally doing what they were voted to do
Friday, 7 March 2025, 10:23amAm I joining too many dots? I wonder aloud whether the Government and the Prime Minister, having had by any measure a very...
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Mike's Minute: Stop dumbing down our education system
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 10:05amThere's a bit of pushback coming from some sectors in the education business towards the reading, writing, and maths tests. These...
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Mike's Minute: A reality check for the zealots
Friday, 28 February 2025, 10:06amThere were two hardcore reality checks this week as a result of the arrival of the Trump sequel. BP summed up the climate...
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Mike’s Minute: We wanted citizen arrest powers. Stop moaning
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 10:41amThe trick, and we fail it virtually every time, is not to get bogged down in the minutiae. There aren't prizes for coming...
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Mike's Minute: Power issues - Here we go again
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 10:17amFrom the “here we go again” file: we are being lined up once more for another winter of shonky power supply. A deal has been...
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Mike's Minute: Should we be buying the closed mills?
Friday, 21 February 2025, 10:38amIn a week, 230 New Zealanders were given confirmation Kinleith Mill was over. The Australians facing the same scenario at...
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Mike's Minute: KiwiSaver reality vs ideology
Thursday, 20 February 2025, 10:12amGiven the issues around KiwiSaver, it’s a miracle any of us save anything to become remotely independent in retirement. Last...
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Mike’s Minute: The Daman Kumar deportation case is fascinating
Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 9:53amHow fascinating is the Daman Kumar case? How would you like to be Chris Penk, the minister in charge of making the call...
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Mike's Minute: Is the "need" for charities dropping?
Friday, 14 February 2025, 10:21amWho knew helping charities was so hard? Or to put it another way, who knew charities were doing so well? We have had a...
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Mike's Minute: A Land Rover drive isn't a crisis
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 10:56amLike most things in life, there is nuance and subtlety that is lost along the way. David Seymour is of a personality that...
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Mike's Minute: Pain for New Zealand Rugby
Wednesday, 12 February 2025, 10:50amFor a sport that is hardly sizzling in a sports world that is sizzling, the pain for New Zealand Rugby has clearly just got...
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Mike's Minute: We are losing to the Australian economy
Tuesday, 11 February 2025, 10:01amA must read for a reality check is the ABC, as in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and their exploration of the New...
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Mike's Minute: Our race relations prevent progress
Friday, 7 February 2025, 10:08amThe TJ Perenara performance and the reaction to David Seymour are both indicative of all that is wrong with this country...
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Mike's Minute: Is it time we pull out of Paris?
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 10:40amWe adjusted our climate target, or one of our climate targets last week. Which in and of itself is part of the whole climate...
