On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 19th of August, the Government is funding the conversion of more open-plan classrooms, and a report has revealed we’re at risk of falling behind when it comes to modernising banking payments.  

Infometrics’ Nic Brunsdon discusses the future of the country with natural population growth is at its lowest since WWII. 

Mark Mitchell and Ginny Andersen talk taxes and an increasingly angsty election campaign on Politics Wednesday. 

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 19th of August, the Government is funding the <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/catherine-law-avonside-girls-high-principal-on-the-government-investing-another-31m-to-put-walls-back-into-open-plan-classrooms/">conversion of more open-plan classrooms</a>, and a report has revealed we’re at risk of falling behind when it comes to <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/kent-duston-banking-reform-coalition-convenor-on-the-reserve-bank-report-about-the-need-to-modernise-the-bank-payment-system/">modernising banking payments</a>. &nbsp;
Infometrics’ Nic Brunsdon discusses the future of the country with natural population growth is at its lowest since WWII.&nbsp;
Mark Mitchell and Ginny Andersen talk taxes and an increasingly angsty election campaign on Politics Wednesday.&nbsp;
Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE &nbsp;

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Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show.Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda.The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion,...

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Full Show Podcast: 19 August 2026 

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