The Prime Minister believes a major Commonwealth diplomatic summit does have a future, with certain priorities.

Christopher Luxon joined his Commonwealth counterparts for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, held this year in Samoa.

King Charles and Queen Camilla also attended.

Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking it was a good opportunity to meet leaders from the Caribbean and Africa who he doesn't see as often and build some relationships with them.

He says it has to be focused back on development and democracy, building the capacity of public services in developing states, and getting rid of corruption.

When it comes to Kiwibank, the Prime Minister says it needs to be fired up as the maverick in the banking sector. 

Treasury's advised ministers of three options to boost Kiwibank's capital to better compete with the Australian-owned banks.

They include borrowing money for Crown investment, third party investment, or an Initial Public Offering on the share market.

It comes after the Commerce Commission market study on personal banking.

Luxon told Hosking he hasn't seen the advice, so doesn't yet have a view on the best option.

He says one of the options is the stock exchange, and they could also seek Super Funds or other funds to invest. 

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The Prime Minister believes a major Commonwealth diplomatic summit does have a future, with certain priorities.
Christopher Luxon joined his Commonwealth counterparts for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, held this year in Samoa.
King Charles and Queen Camilla also attended.
Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking it was a good opportunity to meet leaders from the Caribbean and Africa who he doesn't see as often and build some relationships with them.
He says it has to be focused back on development and democracy, building the capacity of public services in developing states, and getting rid of corruption.

When it comes to Kiwibank, the Prime Minister says it needs to be fired up as the maverick in the banking sector.&nbsp;
Treasury's advised ministers of three options to boost Kiwibank's capital to better compete with the Australian-owned banks.
They include borrowing money for Crown investment, third party investment, or an Initial Public Offering on the share market.
It comes after the Commerce Commission market study on personal banking.
Luxon told Hosking he hasn't seen the advice, so doesn't yet have a view on the best option.
He says one of the options is the stock exchange, and they could also seek Super Funds or other funds to invest.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

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Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister talks Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Singapore, Kiwibank advice

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Is rugby union having a revival? 

Player registrations were up by 6% in 2024, with the critical bracket of teenage boys experiencing a 5% in of itself.  

There were 156 thousand registered players across the country, with Heartland provinces setting new records.  

NZR Community Rugby GM Steve Lancaster told Mike Hosking that enjoyment drives registration and retention. 

He said that their focus is on ensuring their participants, whether they’re a player, coach, referee, or volunteer, are enjoying their experience. 

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Is rugby union having a revival?&nbsp;
Player registrations were up by 6% in 2024, with the critical bracket of teenage boys experiencing a 5% in of itself. &nbsp;
There were 156 thousand registered players across the country, with Heartland provinces setting new records. &nbsp;
NZR Community Rugby GM Steve Lancaster told Mike Hosking that enjoyment drives registration and retention.&nbsp;
He said that their focus is on ensuring their participants, whether they’re a player, coach, referee, or volunteer, are enjoying their experience.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Steve Lancaster: NZ Rugby Community Rugby GM on the resurgence of rugby union

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It's kind of odd that it took Jeff Bezos to explain what I would have thought was the bleeding obvious.

There is a 'to do' in the US election among the elites over a couple of newspapers not endorsing a candidate.

This is an American thing – we don’t do it here and we are wise not to.

It started with the LA Times, who decided no endorsement would be made. This led to one of the editorial board quitting and a lot of whining.

Then came the Washington Post, which is the paper Bezos owns. The editor said it was their call not to endorse a candidate, this was disputed and several board members walked, and allegedly a couple of hundred thousand subscribers quit the paper.

Enter Bezos, who wrote a couple of self-explanatory things.

Firstly, he wished the no-endorsement move had come earlier, not in the heat of the battle.

He then pointed out, quite correctly, not a single undecided voter ever, anywhere, had their mind made up by a newspaper.

Then most importantly of all he suggested, once again quite correctly, that the media is not trusted by the American public and wandering around pretending to be neutral while endorsing people is not going to help their reputation.

Not surprisingly both papers were going to endorse Kamala Harris and whether from a point of view of true balance or not, a media already seen to be hopelessly left-leaning and in the Democrat's pocket was not going to tilt the balance their way by further enhancing their reputation as anti-Trump.

The endorsement business comes from a different age. An age when papers actually mattered.

Some still do, but not many, and as the media is diluted it matters less and less.

The problem with this problem is those in the middle of it still clearly suffer from another of the age-old problems of the media – too many take themselves too seriously.

I bet many of them actually believe that people don’t make up their mind until they are told to. Many of them will think an endorsement swings the race or moves the needle.

Many of them will think that Bezos, as owner, really doesn’t get to make the calls. Guess what? He does.

The upside might just be a tired, old habit of an endorsement by paper might just have died in the race of 2024.

It's kind of odd that it took Jeff Bezos to explain what I would have thought was the bleeding obvious.
There is a 'to do' in the US election among the elites over a couple of newspapers not endorsing a candidate.
This is an American thing – we don’t do it here and we are wise not to.
It started with the LA Times, who decided no endorsement would be made. This led to one of the editorial board quitting and a lot of whining.
Then came the Washington Post, which is the paper Bezos owns. The editor said it was their call not to endorse a candidate, this was disputed and several board members walked, and allegedly a couple of hundred thousand subscribers quit the paper.
Enter Bezos, who wrote a couple of self-explanatory things.
Firstly, he wished the no-endorsement move had come earlier, not in the heat of the battle.
He then pointed out, quite correctly, not a single undecided voter ever, anywhere, had their mind made up by a newspaper.
Then most importantly of all he suggested, once again quite correctly, that the media is not trusted by the American public and wandering around pretending to be neutral while endorsing people is not going to help their reputation.
Not surprisingly both papers were going to endorse Kamala Harris and whether from a point of view of true balance or not, a media already seen to be hopelessly left-leaning and in the Democrat's pocket was not going to tilt the balance their way by further enhancing their reputation as anti-Trump.
The endorsement business comes from a different age. An age when papers actually mattered.
Some still do, but not many, and as the media is diluted it matters less and less.
The problem with this problem is those in the middle of it still clearly suffer from another of the age-old problems of the media – too many take themselves too seriously.
I bet many of them actually believe that people don’t make up their mind until they are told to. Many of them will think an endorsement swings the race or moves the needle.
Many of them will think that Bezos, as owner, really doesn’t get to make the calls. Guess what? He does.
The upside might just be a tired, old habit of an endorsement by paper might just have died in the race of 2024.

Mike's Minute: Should newspapers be endorsing candidates?

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Australia's Prime Minister is facing increasing scrutiny for allegedly asking the boss of Qantas for personal flight upgrades. 

Anthony Albanese is accused of asking for upgrades on 30 flights, dating all the way back to a flight from Christchurch to Sydney in 1999. 

Albanese claims he's doing everything by the book. 

But Australia correspondent Steve Price told Mike Hosking he's failed to answer questions about his contact with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce. 

He says the ones that are causing him trouble are private flights on holidays that are nothing to do with Government business. 

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Australia's Prime Minister is facing increasing scrutiny for allegedly asking the boss of Qantas for personal flight upgrades.&nbsp;
Anthony Albanese is accused of asking for upgrades on 30 flights, dating all the way back to a flight from Christchurch to Sydney in 1999.&nbsp;
Albanese claims he's doing everything by the book.&nbsp;
But Australia correspondent Steve Price told Mike Hosking he's failed to answer questions about his contact with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce.&nbsp;
He says the ones that are causing him trouble are private flights on holidays that are nothing to do with Government business.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Steve Price: Australia Correspondent on the increasing scrutiny on Anthony Albanese for allegedly asking for Qantas freebies

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/51c5b61b-9607-4b11-aa22-b21801627293/transcript

Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister talks Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Singapore, Kiwibank advice

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