The government appears to have found an unlikely ally in former Tourism Minister Stuart Nash.  

It's increasing the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy from $35 to $100 next month, an increase of nearly 200%.

Nash wanted to bring the levy up by as much as $200 back in 2022.

He told Mike Hosking that anyone saying these fees will deter visitors is wrong.

Nash says they're dreaming if they think an extra $65 US will be the difference between coming here or another country.

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The government appears to have found an unlikely ally in former Tourism Minister Stuart Nash.   
It's increasing the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy from $35 to $100 next month, an increase of nearly 200%. 
Nash wanted to bring the levy up by as much as $200 back in 2022. 
He told Mike Hosking that anyone saying these fees will deter visitors is wrong. 
Nash says they're dreaming if they think an extra $65 US will be the difference between coming here or another country. 
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Stuart Nash: Former Tourism Minister on the increasing of the international visitor levy

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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;
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<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/doug-heye-former-republican-party-communications-director-on-the-political-shift-in-the-united-states/">The Americans: 8/10</a>&nbsp;
Spoke with a rare clarity around a singular idea called 'Trumpism'.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Trump: 9/10&nbsp;
As profound a redemption and comeback story as you will ever see.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
The All Blacks: 8/10&nbsp;
Awesome start to the Northern Tour against England because, no, we don’t count Japan. Next stop is Ireland, which is not the same as England.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/boris-johnson-former-uk-prime-minister-discusses-donald-trump-uk-financial-policy-us-election/">Boris Johnson: 7/10</a>&nbsp;
Enjoyable and on his way here. Politics aside, the world needs more irrepressible and brilliant people.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Auckland FC: 8/10&nbsp;
A sensational story. They're barely formed, haven't lost and you can't score against them.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Cars: 6/10&nbsp;
Because October's sales were some of the best of the year, unless of course you sell EVs.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW&nbsp;

Mark the Week: Auckland FC's a sensational story

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Our old friend Adrian Orr has decided Donald Trump will be slightly inflationary and that peak free trade is over. 

On both counts he is right. 

He is not always right. He wasn’t right this week on the jobs, when he thought they would be 5% by way of unemployment. And I don’t think he's right when he talked in his fiscal risk report that more jobs will lead to more mortgage defaults on housing. 

If we have learned one thing out of this whole mad Covid experiment it is that New Zealanders and our relationship with housing is something out of the box. 

It's obsessive. If we don’t believe it’s a right to own a house, it's certainly on the “to do” list and we work awfully hard to make it happen. 

And having made it happen, we ain’t letting go easily, which is why the mortgage cliff never happened. All the doom and misery around all the houses that would be foreclosed on never came to pass. 

So a few more job losses isn't going to add to the calamity that never happened in the first place. An interesting question to ask is whether Adrian's conservatism has, and indeed continues to, hold us back. 

He has a “just in case” feel about him. 

I refer to the amount banks have to keep aside for things that so far haven't happened, the jobs that might be lost that in fact weren't, the money all the banks needed for free during Covid so they could spray it about to protect a lot of stuff that, as it turned out, didn’t need protecting. 

This is not to say things haven't been, and aren't, bad, because they are. Adrian has made a godawful mess of it all, as bad as anywhere and worse than most.  

But this week I think we saw a bit of hope. The jobless rate is still to rise, but if the forecasts were wrong now, my bet is those who think it could go to 6% will be wrong next year. 

The mood has, or is, changing. People don’t want to be any more down than they have to be and the tide, my gut tells me, is turning. 

Even Adrian saw better times ahead for farming in his report. 

I see it for farming and, indeed, for most of the rest of us. 

Our old friend Adrian Orr has decided Donald Trump will be slightly inflationary and that peak free trade is over.&nbsp;
On both counts he is right.&nbsp;
He is not always right. He wasn’t right this week on the jobs, when he thought they would be 5% by way of unemployment. And I don’t think he's right when he talked in his fiscal risk report that more jobs will lead to more mortgage defaults on housing.&nbsp;
If we have learned one thing out of this whole mad Covid experiment it is that New Zealanders and our relationship with housing is something out of the box.&nbsp;
It's obsessive. If we don’t believe it’s a right to own a house, it's certainly on the “to do” list and we work awfully hard to make it happen.&nbsp;
And having made it happen, we ain’t letting go easily, which is why the mortgage cliff never happened. All the doom and misery around all the houses that would be foreclosed on never came to pass.&nbsp;
So a few more job losses isn't going to add to the calamity that never happened in the first place. An interesting question to ask is whether Adrian's conservatism has, and indeed continues to, hold us back.&nbsp;
He has a “just in case” feel about him.&nbsp;
I refer to the amount banks have to keep aside for things that so far haven't happened, the jobs that might be lost that in fact weren't, the money all the banks needed for free during Covid so they could spray it about to protect a lot of stuff that, as it turned out, didn’t need protecting.&nbsp;
This is not to say things haven't been, and aren't, bad, because they are. Adrian has made a godawful mess of it all, as bad as anywhere and worse than most. &nbsp;
But this week I think we saw a bit of hope. The jobless rate is still to rise, but if the forecasts were wrong now, my bet is those who think it could go to 6% will be wrong next year.&nbsp;
The mood has, or is, changing. People don’t want to be any more down than they have to be and the tide, my gut tells me, is turning.&nbsp;
Even Adrian saw better times ahead for farming in his report.&nbsp;
I see it for farming and, indeed, for most of the rest of us.&nbsp;

Mike's Minute: The unemployment rate suggests hope

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Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back with Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was. 

They dug into the US Election – its polls, results, and whether celebrity endorsements mean anything anymore. 

Are there things you should and shouldn’t do as you get older? And at what age do you tire of owning things. 

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Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back with Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was.&nbsp;
They dug into the US Election – its polls, results, and whether celebrity endorsements mean anything anymore.&nbsp;
Are there things you should and shouldn’t do as you get older? And at what age do you tire of owning things.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson: US Election, what you should and shouldn't do as you get older

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/e1228f58-b28b-46a8-ac22-b221015d9a10/transcript

Stuart Nash: Former Tourism Minister on the increasing of the international visitor levy

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