Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Free trade will survive these tariffs
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 11:01amKeir Starmer is fast becoming a new political hero. For a bloke who stumbled into office not on his brilliance or a nationwide...
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Mike's Minute: Should the Government force you to buy wool?
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 10:18amI am conflicted. In the age of tariffs and free trade and making stuff that the world wants, how is it a Government can...
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Mike's Minute: The Treaty Principles Bill is a half-baked, deeply divided mess
Monday, 7 April 2025, 9:41amThe Treaty Principals Bill is on its way to the gallows as the select committee came back Friday and suggested it wasn’t...
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Mark the Week: Three in a row is three in a row
Friday, 4 April 2025, 10:31amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. The...
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Mike Hosking: Union movement creates more chaos
Saturday, 29 March 2025, 12:16pmVillage Roadshow, no small player in the movie industry, this week filed for Chapter 11. They have been having some legal...
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Mike's Minute: The harsh reality of elite sport
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 10:14amThe problem with Red Bull and Liam Lawson is several fold. One, the most egregious part is, if the reports are true, that...
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Mike's Minute: Get some expertise around the council tables
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 9:52amLindsay McKenzie is still busy at work. You will have forgotten the name because like so much news these days, it's hot...
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Mike's Minute: The interest on our national debt will hit $11B
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 9:59amJune 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...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: The Investment Summit looks like a winner
Friday, 14 March 2025, 10:17amI suppose technically it is only halfway through, with today still to go, but the Investment Summit looked good to me on...
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Mike's Minute: We are open to the world – it's about time
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 10:19amWell, here we go and welcome to International Investment day. I found it somewhat bewildering, if not sad, that Ginny Andersen...
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Mike's Minute: What we've learnt from the Treaty Bill submissions
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 10:04amWe should give a shout out, or at least take a few moments, to read Lyric Wairiri-Smith's account of the Treaty Principles...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Adrian Orr leaving is excellent
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 9:59amThe fact Adrian Orr is leaving is excellent. It shows a level of accountability and responsibility for what has been a ruinous...
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Mike's Minute: Work and Safety have something to answer for
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 10:08amI am thrilled for the White Island company that had their conviction quashed on appeal on Friday. White Island and its judicial...
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Mike's Minute: Donald Trump has common sense on his side
Monday, 3 March 2025, 9:33amYou can argue until you are blue in the face as to whether what happened at the White House on Saturday was bullying, or...
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Mike's Minute: Are incidents more serious if you're high profile?
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 10:24amOn a day of a resignation at a fairly high level, we also have a confession in court from another high profile operator. The...
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Mike's Minute: The public service - A gargantuan ship of hopelessness
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 10:28amYou have to read it to believe it and even in reading it, it might well be you still can't believe it. A report, one of...
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Mike's Minute: Europe are wetting their pants over Trump and the US
Monday, 17 February 2025, 9:32amThey call it a once-in-a-generation crisis summit. Keir Starmer will be there. Emmanuel Macron called it. Olaf Scholz is...
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Mike's Minute: The golden visa was well received, as it should be
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:51amThe Prime Minister's speech yesterday afternoon, to what I assume was a business audience, was well received. Another piece...
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Mike's Minute: You won't believe it - the union is right
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:03amBuckle up, it looks like I might agree with a trade union. CTU policy director Craig Renney is worried about the same thing...
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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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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,...
