Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: A mindset shift is needed to recapture our brightest
Monday, 16 February 2026, 8:59amI am increasingly impressed by Iain Rennie, who is the Treasury boss. He seems to say a bunch of interesting and insightful...
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Mike's Minute: Greg Foran is back where he belongs
Saturday, 14 February 2026, 8:08amGreg Foran is back where I suspect he belongs, and likes. The former Air New Zealand boss, if you have missed it, is off...
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Mike's Minute: March 6th is the start of redemption
Friday, 13 February 2026, 8:59amMarch 6th is your day. This is the date that the changes to foreign buyers of expensive houses comes into play. This date,...
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Mark the Week: Spot the sport going places
Friday, 13 February 2026, 8:52amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. LNG:...
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Mike's Minute: The issue we have in rural New Zealand
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 10:08amIs Origin Air and Westport part of a wider regional issue in rural New Zealand? Origin's Westport to Wellington flight is...
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Mike's Minute: What a year 2026 is going to be
Monday, 19 January 2026, 3:39pmI don’t think there’s a scriptwriter in Hollywood who could out-dramatize real life right now. It seems the show is back...
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Mike's Minute: I still have questions over Razor's departure
Monday, 19 January 2026, 9:14amI’m a bit exercised about Scott Robertson, because I like him and I thought he was a good coach. His record at Canterbury...
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Mike's Minute: We watch Australia's social media ban with interest
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 10:23amThe Australian social media ban has started. Well, sort of. It came in on Monday but begins officially on the 10th of December. The...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: I think we should get rid of some jury trials
Monday, 1 December 2025, 9:20amIn the UK the Justice Secretary has suggested the end of the jury trial, except for rape, murder, manslaughter, or what he...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Britain's COVID enquiry highlights Labour's mistakes
Monday, 24 November 2025, 9:14amThe overarching view of the British Covid inquiry is that lockdown did not need to happen. Their inquiry is different to...
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Mike's Minute: Tariff backdown is a big win for NZ Inc.
Monday, 17 November 2025, 9:14amBig win for NZ Inc. and a lesson for everyone who doesn’t understand tariffs. Donald Trump has cut tariffs on beef and the...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Bank margins are going up despite major profits
Monday, 10 November 2025, 10:09amThe battle of the bank BS is back. BNZ, who announced their profit last week, talked of the strong competition out there. But...
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Mike's Minute: The Waitangi Tribunal is Running Roughshod
Monday, 3 November 2025, 9:23amExplain this to me. Which clause of the Treaty is the Waitangi Tribunal using when they suggest the Government recognise...
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Mike's Minute: Paul Goldsmith cannot regulate the internet
Saturday, 1 November 2025, 10:34amTell me how Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith is going to sort the unsortable? The Broadcasting Standards Authority has,...
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Mike's Minute: More MP's? What on Earth are they thinking?
Friday, 31 October 2025, 10:28amFor a group that normally seems to nail ideas and present them well, the New Zealand Initiative this week went off-piste...
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Mark the Week: Fonterra's mega-sale and the Noeline Taurua saga
Friday, 31 October 2025, 8:54amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Bill...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Bill Gates said what many of us have been thinking
Thursday, 30 October 2025, 9:11amI think the biggest test for those who fell over backwards when Bill Gates said what he did, is not that he said it. It's...
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Opinion
Mark the Week: Labour's election policies and the mega strikes
Friday, 24 October 2025, 10:51amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Judith...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Labour's report card for the week
Friday, 24 October 2025, 8:38amAhead of the long weekend let's give the Labour Party a report card for their policy week. It will be one of the few report...
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Mike's Minute: The CRD was always counter-productive
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 10:32amAh the lament. Poor, old RNZ's obituary of the climate-related disclosures (CRD) makes you weep. "New Zealand guts climate...
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Mike's Minute: Has protest lost it's impact?
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 9:43amOur default to futility worries me. It's the same sort of thing as the "No Kings" march over the weekend in America. What...
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Mike's Minute: Labour's policy shows they haven't learnt a thing
Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 10:41amIt seems the labour party has not learned a thing about running a country. Their first policy for next years vote is out,...
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Mark the Week: Will the ceasefire last?
Friday, 17 October 2025, 9:30amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Matt...
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Mike's Minute: How miserable it is if you can't celebrate good news
Friday, 17 October 2025, 9:23amDr Hosking would diagnose a kind of "funk" as a result of observations this week. There's been two very clear examples these...
