Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: A deeper dive into EVs
Saturday, 5 July 2025, 10:11amWhat we need is an "are we sure we know what we are doing before we rush into this" catalogue or guide. The EV story might...
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Mark the Week: School lunches are a good example of a problem solved
Friday, 4 July 2025, 10:50amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. July...
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Mike's Minute: To the media - a bit of balance please
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 11:36amI feel there should be a rule, and the rule is around balance. Part of the media's demise is its unfairness in coverage,...
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Mike's Minute: Why are we only now thinking of new energy ideas?
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 10:25amIt's only the start of Wednesday so let's be honest we've only had two days of news, and we already have two stories around...
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Mike's Minute: Why do we get exercised about helicopters?
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 10:54amHelicopters are such an Auckland issue. I love helicopters. I have flown in a lot of helicopters. Our place is on a flight...
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Mike's Minute: Why are we concerned about the age of workers?
Friday, 27 June 2025, 10:27amWe've got more ageism, this time in education. Unions are "concerned" as more teachers work past retirement age. This in...
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Mike's Minute: We need leadership on the Ngāpuhi settlement
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 10:47amIs Shane Jones showing the Minister for Treaty Negotiations Paul Goldsmith how to run his own portfolio? In response to...
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Mike's Minute: The ACC system still doesn't work
Monday, 23 June 2025, 1:16pmIf you didn’t know, ACC is in some fiscal trouble again. This isn't new. ACC has been in trouble for years. Last year, 1.6...
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Mike's Minute: The move of the week from the Govt
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 10:47amI think this was the move of the week. Housing Minister Chris Bishop dropped the bombshell on local body operators that...
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Mike's Minute: Our economy is an increasingly large hole
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 10:33amRight, let's deal to the economy. There were two interesting things yesterday. The first was the food price inflation number...
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Mike's Minute: Manufacturing is our big economic red flag
Monday, 16 June 2025, 2:10pmAs much as we tried to celebrate last week's excellent economic numbers regarding the food and fibre, the bullishness of...
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Mike's Minute: It's revealed Adrian Orr left with little dignity
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 11:27amIt's hardly a surprise, is it? Adrian looks at what Nicola is offering to run the place, packs a sad, and is off. It’s a...
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Mike's Minute: The Census work numbers give me hope
Friday, 13 June 2025, 10:39amThe Census, and some of those numbers released this week, really are a treasure trove of not just fact and stats but, I would...
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Mike's Minute: Labour has completely turned farmers off
Thursday, 12 June 2025, 10:27amAs part of Fieldays, Federated Farmers have done the most interesting survey. It is a snapshot, like them all. But the numbers...
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Mike's Minute: The Council valuations are crap
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 10:09amSo, the great rates upset has begun to unfold. Auckland this week got its long-awaited council valuations. Why people get...
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Mike's Minute: We are too reliant on pine trees
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 10:17amThe problem with committing to things that may well come back to haunt you, is down the track, at some point, the mistake...
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Mike's Minute: Hospo - a boom or a bust?
Monday, 9 June 2025, 1:16pmWe got the press release recently from the Restaurant Association where they said there were flat sales, cost pressures and...
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Mike's Minute: Why do we still listen to polls?
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 10:58amThe polling industry, whose only answer to fairly obvious questions seems to be “this is just a snapshot in time”, may have...
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Mark the Week: Polls are the joke of the week
Friday, 6 June 2025, 10:47amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. David...
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Mike's Minute: I've struggled with the Jacinda Ardern book
Friday, 6 June 2025, 10:21amI've struggled with a couple of authors this week – Jacinda Ardern and Jake Tapper. What I struggle with is one of them...
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Opinion
Mike’s Minute: Was smokefree a failure or partially successful?
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 10:10amThere seems to be increasing reportage, based around some new research, that our dream of being smokefree is up in smoke. 2025...
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Mike's Minute: Some good energy news for winter, for once
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 10:17amChristmas came early for Tiwai Aluminium Smelter. They get to do business. In fact, they get to do business in a country...
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Mike's Minute: Here's my advice for Hipkins and Labour
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:13amI am here to help the ol' Chipster. The Chipster, aka Chris Hipkins, was in the building this week. I said hello to him. He...
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Mike's Minute: Christian Hawkesby's difficult job today
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 9:58amTo give you an insight into just how hard Christian Hawkesby's job is today, have a look at what the shadow board says. The...
