Students' attitudes towards truancy are said to be turning around. 

A new Education Review Office report has found six out of ten students attend regularly – back to pre-Covid levels, but still down on 2015. 

It also found 80% think education is important for their futures, and 75% think attending every day is important. 

Deputy Chief Executive Ruth Shinoda told Mike Hosking there's still more work to do. 

She says seven in ten children went to school regularly in 2015 and the government wants to increase that to eight in ten by 2030. 

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Students' attitudes towards truancy are said to be turning around.&nbsp;
A new Education Review Office report has found six out of ten students attend regularly – back to pre-Covid levels, but still down on 2015.&nbsp;
It also found 80% think education is important for their futures, and 75% think attending every day is important.&nbsp;
Deputy Chief Executive Ruth Shinoda told Mike Hosking there's still more work to do.&nbsp;
She says seven in ten children went to school regularly in 2015 and the government wants to increase that to eight in ten by 2030.&nbsp;
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Ruth Shinoda: Education Review Office Deputy CEO on the report finding attitudes towards attendance is turning around

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Greenland's been kept in the dark over discussions between Donald Trump and NATO about its future. 

The US President claims he’s laid the groundwork for a potential deal involving the Arctic island, while also backing down on proposed tariffs on NATO countries. 

Greenland Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen says nothing can proceed without Greenland’s clear support. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Denmark is open to Greenland being used as part of the Golden Dome anti-missile system and an extension of US-controlled military bases. 

However, he says, the US has had basing rights in Greenland under an agreement reached in 1951, so there’s a question of if this is anything other than the status quo. 

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Greenland's been kept in the dark over discussions between Donald Trump and NATO about its future.&nbsp;
The US President claims he’s laid the groundwork for a potential deal involving the Arctic island, while also backing down on proposed tariffs on NATO countries.&nbsp;
Greenland Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen says nothing can proceed without Greenland’s clear support.&nbsp;
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Denmark is open to Greenland being used as part of the Golden Dome anti-missile system and an extension of US-controlled military bases.&nbsp;
However, he says, the US has had basing rights in Greenland under an agreement reached in 1951, so there’s a question of if this is anything other than the status quo.&nbsp;
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Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the latest developments around Trump and Greenland

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Friday has come and Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back for the first time this year to Wrap the Week that was.

They discussed ACC and Kate’s pickleball injury, marriage and anniversaries, and Tim’s gift. 

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Friday has come and Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back for the first time this year to Wrap the Week that was.
They discussed ACC and Kate’s pickleball injury, marriage and anniversaries, and Tim’s gift.&nbsp;
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Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson: ACC and Kate's pickleball injury, and marriage and anniversaries

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 23rd of January, Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell provides an update on the slip in Mount Maunganui and the recovery efforts. 

ACC has a plan to turn around its multibillion-dollar debt, and it seems to be bearing fruit.  

Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back to Wrap the Week for the very first time in 2026.  

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 23rd of January, <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/mark-mitchell-emergency-management-minister-on-the-rescue-efforts-after-the-landslide-at-mount-maunganui/">Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell</a> provides an update on the slip in Mount Maunganui and the recovery efforts.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/megan-main-acc-ceo-on-the-organisations-plan-to-dig-itself-out-of-a-fiscal-hole/">ACC has a plan to turn around its multibillion-dollar debt</a>, and it seems to be bearing fruit. &nbsp;
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back to Wrap the Week for the very first time in 2026. &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: 23 January 2026 

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Ruth Shinoda: Education Review Office Deputy CEO on the report finding attitudes towards attendance is turning around

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