There’s confidence a Parliamentary inquiry into online safety is on the right track. 

A Select Committee endorses a social media ban for under 16s and calls for an online regulator and tougher controls on harmful apps and algorithms. 

National's lead MP on the committee, Carl Bates, says some recommendations mirror moves overseas, while others are unique to New Zealand. 

He told Mike Hosking transparency around algorithms hasn't been done elsewhere. 

Bates says the committee recommends the Government explore it before putting any measures in place. 

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There’s confidence a Parliamentary inquiry into online safety is on the right track.&nbsp;
A Select Committee endorses a social media ban for under 16s and calls for an online regulator and tougher controls on harmful apps and algorithms.&nbsp;
National's lead MP on the committee, Carl Bates, says some recommendations mirror moves overseas, while others are unique to New Zealand.&nbsp;
He told Mike Hosking transparency around algorithms hasn't been done elsewhere.&nbsp;
Bates says the committee recommends the Government explore it before putting any measures in place.&nbsp;
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Carl Bates: National's lead on the Parliamentary Select Committee that endorses a social media ban for under 16s

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US President Donald Trump has told a US news outlet he wants to be involved in picking Iran's next leader.  

He's told Axios that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son is a lightweight and unacceptable to him.  

Meanwhile, the death toll in Iran has risen to 1200, multiple Gulf countries are continuing to intercept missiles, and in Azerbaijan, an airport and a school were hit by Iranian drones. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Iran is firing fewer drones and missiles as the US and Israeli forces expand their control of the air and sea. 

He says the Pentagon says they’re finding and destroying Iran’s mobile missile launchers. 

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US President Donald Trump has told a US news outlet he wants to be involved in picking Iran's next leader. &nbsp;
He's told Axios that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son is a lightweight and unacceptable to him. &nbsp;
Meanwhile, the death toll in Iran has risen to 1200, multiple Gulf countries are continuing to intercept missiles, and in Azerbaijan, an airport and a school were hit by Iranian drones.&nbsp;
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Iran is firing fewer drones and missiles as the US and Israeli forces expand their control of the air and sea.&nbsp;
He says the Pentagon says they’re finding and destroying Iran’s mobile missile launchers.&nbsp;
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Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the latest in the conflict between Iran, the US, and Israel

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It seems you really can’t beat locally grown produce. 

Recent numbers show farmers’ markets around the country now support over a thousand food producers – attracting more than 50 thousand shoppers every week. 

Tony Cato, owner of Pirongia Mountain Vegetables, told Mike Hosking that the industry’s been doing nothing but growing. 

They’ve been in the markets for nearly twenty years, he says, and especially after Covid they’ve seen an increase in customers wanting to know exactly where their food comes from.  

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It seems you really can’t beat locally grown produce.&nbsp;
Recent numbers show farmers’ markets around the country now support over a thousand food producers – attracting more than 50 thousand shoppers every week.&nbsp;
Tony Cato, owner of Pirongia Mountain Vegetables, told Mike Hosking that the industry’s been doing nothing but growing.&nbsp;
They’ve been in the markets for nearly twenty years, he says, and especially after Covid they’ve seen an increase in customers wanting to know exactly where their food comes from. &nbsp;
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Tony Cato: Pirongia Mountain Vegetables Owner on the growth in farmers' markets around New Zealand

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 6th of March, will New Zealand pull the trigger on a youth social media ban at the select committee’s recommendation?  

Could New Zealand become a powerhouse when it comes to medicinal cannabis? David Seymour thinks so. 

Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson go down memory lane as they Wrap the Week. Well, Mike and Tim do anyway. 

Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 6th of March, will New Zealand pull the trigger on a <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/carl-bates-nationals-lead-on-the-parliamentary-select-committee-that-endorses-a-social-media-ban-for-under-16s/">youth social media ban</a> at the select committee’s recommendation? &nbsp;
Could New Zealand become a powerhouse when it comes to medicinal cannabis? <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/david-seymour-act-leader-pushes-to-bolster-new-zealands-medicinal-cannabis-industry/">David Seymour thinks so.</a>&nbsp;
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson go down memory lane as they <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/wrapping-the-week-with-kate-hawkesby-and-tim-wilson-warriors-middle-east-and-a-trip-down-memory-lane/">Wrap the Week.</a> Well, Mike and Tim do anyway.&nbsp;
Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.&nbsp;
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Full Show Podcast: 06 March 2026 

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Carl Bates: National's lead on the Parliamentary Select Committee that endorses a social media ban for under 16s

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