At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. 

 

Farmer confidence: 8/10 

In an economic world of woe, it's good to see a decent chunk of people doing well and enjoying it. 

 

GDP: 2/10 

Sort of the turgid, rank, icing on the rotten economic cake. How does a Reserve Bank not see a contraction of that size? 

 

Eden Park: 7/10 

Best news of the week as reality finally arrived in suburban Auckland. Have a massive facility and actually use it? How novel.   

 

Shane Jones: 6/10 

Didn’t we already think he was the deputy? 

 

Jimmy Kimmel: 3/10 

If they stuck with being light and entertaining, not angsty and angry, they might not be getting yanked off air or sacked. 

 

Benjamin Doyle: 2/10 

What a hapless, self-aggrandising waste of time. The Greens have got a massive credibility issue when it comes to candidate selection. 

 

LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW 

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/jacqueline-rowarth-dairynz-board-member-on-farmer-confidence-reaching-its-second-highest-point-in-the-last-decade/">Farmer confidence: 8/10</a>&nbsp;
In an economic world of woe, it's good to see a decent chunk of people doing well and enjoying it.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/sir-john-key-former-prime-minister-on-the-gdp-contracting-09/">GDP: 2/10</a>&nbsp;
Sort of the turgid, rank, icing on the rotten economic cake. How does a Reserve Bank not see a contraction of that size?&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Eden Park: 7/10&nbsp;
Best news of the week as reality finally arrived in suburban Auckland. Have a massive facility and actually use it? How novel. &nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Shane Jones: 6/10&nbsp;
Didn’t we already think he was the deputy?&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/richard-arnold-us-correspondent-on-jimmy-kimmels-show-being-axed-after-his-comments-on-the-charlie-kirk-situation/">Jimmy Kimmel: 3/10</a>&nbsp;
If they stuck with being light and entertaining, not angsty and angry, they might not be getting yanked off air or sacked.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Benjamin Doyle: 2/10&nbsp;
What a hapless, self-aggrandising waste of time. The Greens have got a massive credibility issue when it comes to candidate selection.&nbsp;
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LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW&nbsp;

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Mark the Week: The GDP figure was the icing on the rotten economic cake

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