Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: The unanswered questions around the Reserve Bank's funding
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 10:10amSome questions for you around the Reserve Bank and their funding. Firstly, the Finance Minister is to be congratulated on...
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Mike's Minute: We're essentially at the halfway mark for the Government
Saturday, 19 April 2025, 11:15amAt the halfway mark, can we suggest things are starting to turn for the Government? This week we have seen the Prime Minister...
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Mark the Week: Golden Visas are part of a solid run from the Government
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 10:12amAt 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's Minute: We need to amalgamate councils
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 10:00amMy fun fact of the week, not that it's that fun or even new, given it's been around if you could be bothered looking. In...
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Mike's Minute: Are all our polls doing more harm than good?
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 10:09amI wonder if we are doing ourselves more harm than good when it comes to our finances, if not our general mental health, with...
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Mike’s Minute: A good example of why people don’t trust the media
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 10:12amI have a good example as to why so many people don’t trust the media. Like most things it's got complicated and a lot of...
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Mark the Week: Trump is a complete and utter chaotic clown
Friday, 11 April 2025, 10:52amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Donald...
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Mike's Minute: How arrogant of the Waitangi Tribunal to ask for more money
Friday, 11 April 2025, 10:47amIs it gall, is it cheek, or is it comedic? The Waitangi Tribunal has been reviewed, and the review recommends it needs more...
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Mike's Minute: Is America now a global laughing stock?
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 10:04amKen Langone started a small operation called Home Depot. These days he is a billionaire and major donor to the Trump campaign...
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Mike's Minute: Snobs are complaining about Defence Force criteria
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 9:58amA touch of the ol' intellectual snobbery reared its head with news that the Defence Force dropped education criteria last...
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Mike Hosking: Why did we celebrate the Covid five year anniversary?
Saturday, 5 April 2025, 11:08amHere was a headline to mark the day: "We aren't ready, the next pandemic is coming." In that line of paranoia is everything...
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Mike's Minute: I have loved my years in the media game
Friday, 4 April 2025, 10:17amThe irony was not lost on me this week as two things job related happened. The first was the survey that suggested over...
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Mike's Minute: We are housing snobs
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 10:24amA housing development for you. A housing development that once again shows how reality beats theory. Housing is a New Zealand...
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Mike's Minute: Labour are the ones with a Greens issue
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 9:54amAs exercised as some have been this week about social media, the Greens and their behaviour, the bigger issue is not the...
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Mike's Minute: You can't beat Wellington on a good day - and when was that?
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 10:31amI sort of hinted at this the other day when the monitor for the Wellington City Council put out his second report. My question...
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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...
