The Mike Hosking Breakfast
The Mike Hosking Breakfast
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Steve Price: Australian correspondent on the 4.8 earthquake that hit Melbourne over the weekend
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit Victoria in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to recent reports, residents were woken up by the shaking around 2am, with people feeling the quake across Melbourne's south-east. Australian correspondent Steve Price says the region's usually pretty benig…
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Commentary Box: Andrew Saville and Jason Pine discuss the NRL grand final, Liam Lawson's latest race and the NPC results
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine joined Mike Hosking to review all the big sporting events of the weekend, including the NRL grand final, Liam Lawson's 7th place F1 finish and the latest NPC results. LISTEN ABOVE
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Murray Harris: Milford Asset Management KiwiSaver general manager on ACT's planned changes for KiwiSaver
An investment fund manager says political parties need to reach a consensus on KiwiSaver, so people can get on with saving. ACT has announced it wants to cut the tax on investment earnings through KiwiSaver, while also scrapping the $260-a-year Government contribution. Labour, National, New Zea…
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Richard Arnold: US correspondent on Trump touring around US states ahead of upcoming mid-term elections
Trump is on the campaign trail as the US mid-term elections are set to take place next month. The President has been touring around red states, doing back-to-back rallies in Texas and Oklahoma. US correspondent Richard Arnold says Trump has been urging his base to get out and vote - but his lates…
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Kim Mundy: ASB acting chief economist on ASB's latest forecast indicating inflation could stay up for the rest of the year
Inflation could keep running hot for the rest of the year, driven by high prices at the pump and our weakening NZ dollar. ASB's latest quarterly economic forecast predicts the Reserve Bank will push the OCR up two more times, to 3.25 percent. It also expects unemployment to stick around 5.6 perc…
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Mike's Minute: My observations of the campaign so far
Some observations as we enter week two of the election campaign of 2026. Firstly, it's not really week two. This thing has been going for ages, which doesn’t help. It feels long and boring already. Secondly, what do we make of the small party promises you know are never going to see the light of …
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Full Show Podcast: 05 October 2026
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 5th of October, Labour's Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds runs through her fiscal plan while the pay equity regime still isn't fully costed, in public anyway. The Prime Minister is on the campaign trail in Christchurch and responds…
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Christopher Luxon: National Leader on Labour's financial plan, strategic voting and Mill Road
Chris Luxon is criticising Labour's long-awaited fiscal plan, but won't put a date on when its fiscal plan will be released. Labour's plan includes a return to operating surplus by 2028-29 - and the party's confident every campaign promise so far is fully costed and funded. Luxon has criticised t…
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Barbara Edmonds: Labour's Finance Spokesperson on the party's fiscal plan
Barbara Edmonds is adamant she's 'absolutely credible' as Labour's finance spokesperson. The party's unveiled its Fiscal Plan, promising to return the books to an operating surplus in 2028/29. Edmonds is confident every campaign promise so far is fully costed and funded. She's not providing a fi…
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Mike's Minute: Has the Opportunity Party blown it?
The Opportunity Party turns out to be a sham of sorts. We have bottom lines, but not real bottom lines. 1) More power to the Commerce Commission. Big deal... 2) A 10-year health plan. That means nothing. 3) Reforming lobbying. That's hardly a thing. It means a lot, or little, or nothing, bu…
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