At 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 economy: 2/10

What a week. Between the manufacturing sector, the services sector, the Reserve Bank and the dairy auction, reality came knocking on the ol' Kiwi front door.

The Warriors: 8/10

The wins just keep piling up. Tomorrow it's the Sea Eagles, then two to go. Hello finals. This is our year.

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GST off fruit and veges: 2/10

What a flagrant, blatant, shallow, superficial, befuddled, desperate, pile of vote-grabbing nonsense that was.

NZ First candidate Kirsten Murfitt of the Bay of Plenty: 1/10

Look up the coverage on her and ask yourself; how does a person who says that stuff get to run for Parliament? Actually, how does a person who says that stuff get to leave the house?

Immigration: 7/10

Solid numbers. We need more people. The brain drain is a worry but so far we have a net gain.

Covid restrictions: 9/10

About six months too late. But then if you lived through the way they ran the thing, are you really surprised? But, they're gone at last and in the rear view mirror.

Barbie: 7/10

It's entering the world of the remarkable. For what it appeared to be to what it has actually achieved is kind of astonishing. We laughed until it broke all the records and as for Margot Robbie and her $50 million, what's next?

FIFA Women's World Cup: 7/10

Even for those of us who don’t follow football, far less woman's football, is there anyone who didn’t at some point get wrapped up in it?

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