Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: The Govt need to move on foreign buyers this year
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 9:48amThe good people at OneRoof were hinting at it the other day. They were reacting to what I know to be a bit of a buzz within...
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Mike's Minute: Trump is fantastic. Nuts, but fantastically nuts
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 10:10amWe have to talk about Donald Trump. He is fantastic. What I like about what he has done so far is none of it’s a surprise....
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Mike's Minute: Our farming land is our calling card
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 10:53amAn interesting, but good, move on forestry and farming. It is another example of practical thinking and application in an...
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Mike's Minute: We told you, it would work fine
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 10:25amFrom our “it worked fine, even though many didn’t think it would” file, there are two things to mention. Thing number one...
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Mike's Minute: Councils should stop playing games with fluoride
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 10:14amFluoride is a funny thing. I like it. Not too much, but just enough to help out in the water. Not everyone shares the view,...
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Mike's Minute: Who's worse – Elon Musk or Disney?
Friday, 22 November 2024, 11:08amI am trying to work out which I like least – Elon Musk or Disney. Elon bought Twitter and turned it into 'X'. He paid $44...
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Mike's Minute: The ComCom Transpower decision is madness
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 10:38amIt's ironic that we mention the Commerce Commission yesterday and here we are today, indulging in a bit more of its madness. Lines...
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Mike's Minute: Is this MMP working properly?
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 10:28amThe Treaty Principles Bill gets debated this week, and then off it goes to the committee that will hear a lot of fear mongering...
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Mike's Minute: What are we going to do about EVs?
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 10:37amI've got an EV car question for you. But first, the latest EV news. Nissan are laying off thousands of workers, Toyota...
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Mike's Minute: We should teach that exams aren't everything
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 10:35amWe are not unique, but we are most definitely different from the way we were. Once again we are into exam season, and once...
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Mike's Minute: The celeb trend for the election is a bust
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 10:43amOne of the many things I have failed to truly understand about this election is just what is it they think Jennifer Anniston...
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Mike's Minute: How does Labour deal with the Māori Party?
Friday, 1 November 2024, 11:06amBack to the review of the last election result we mentioned this week from the political brains trust at Victoria University. Just...
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Mike's Minute: Are the banks the bad guys?
Friday, 25 October 2024, 10:37amIf you are looking for cogent arguments, then there was no shortage of them from the banks this week in front of the Parliamentary...
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Mike's Minute: Stop Whingeing, Seymour has cracked it
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 10:26amWho doesn’t love katsu chicken? And with the katsu chicken, and the wraps, and the lasagne, David Seymour has saved us $130m. All...
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Mike's Minute: We seem to be getting sicker and sicker
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 10:54amThere are more people than ever with private medical insurance. In a so-called “cost of living crisis”, over 15,000 more...
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Mike's Minute: Chris Hipkins, the opportunist
Friday, 18 October 2024, 10:28amHere's a lesson for life - beware the opportunist. In this case I refer to Christopher Hipkins, leader of the Labour Party...
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Mike's Minute: What will the Greens do on Darleen Day?
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 10:25amI assume you are as excited as I am, for today is Decision Day. It’s Meeting Day, Deal with Darleen Day. Darleen is off...
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Mike's Minute: The prosecution guidelines highlight this country's issues
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 10:29amFrom our “you wonder why we are where we are” file, there's a note from the Solicitor General to the Police Prosecution Service...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Work more, not less
Friday, 11 October 2024, 11:10amAnother of the small gems to come out of the Census is that we are working less. Does that surprise you? It doesn’t remotely...
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Mike's Minute: There's dumb games being played in health
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 10:33amThere are some dumb games being played at the moment in the very serious business of health. Health NZ is in the red to...
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Mike's Minute: We will never not be jealous of people with money
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 10:19amI was going to suggest we are petty, but I have been saved by the Brits. They are having a couple of debates over money. One...
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Mike's Minute: We should get access to jury members
Friday, 20 September 2024, 10:07amWhat I would like out of the Philip Polkinghorne trial is access to the jury. This country has an archaic and sheltered...
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Mike's Minute: We need minerals and can't ignore it
Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 10:14amThe most telling part of the release of the draft of our critical minerals list is that we have never as a country developed...
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Mike's Minute: Māori ward seats voting wraps up
Friday, 6 September 2024, 10:33amThe process isn't over, but the Hawke’s Bay District Council was the latest yesterday to confirm a decision they had made...
