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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. The...
So was the debate a hit? Yes and no: the ratings tell a story. The numbers were good but not great. 1.1 million tuned in...
You've got to hand it to Jacinda Ardern. Having been spanked in the debate, such is the life of a politician in a campaign,...
So, first rule of polls is don’t take them all that seriously. We have never lived in an age in which polls are more all...
The real test of last night's debate in a way ties in with last night's poll, how many people are engaged. The poll still...
There is something amiss about the tourism funding help. Millions more got announced yesterday. Some make sense, some don’t. But...
Does Auckland feel like one of the world's most liveable cities? The trick to understanding the human condition is to realise...
A couple of interesting things to come out of the weekend’s poll on the Auckland Central electorate. The first, the slightly...
It's almost quaint that we call it a recession. A recession is we might have, in the good old days, have gone backwards...
The detail is all out there, if you want it. And the great question of this election is, who does? Oliver Hartwich for example...
We are one of the most open economies in the world - heard it before? Yes, you have. It’s the Prime Minister sprooking our...
You can feel the incredulity meter ramping up. Good on all those who spoke out yesterday calling out the Prime Minister...
A bone for the planes just in time for the holidays, which in and of itself is good news for places like Queenstown. The...
It was only a matter of time. Lewis Hamilton is now under investigation for wearing a t-shirt post yesterday's Grand Prix...
COMMENT: The only glimmer of light to come out of the Rugby Championship debacle for the government was the bad news was...
Oh, the irony. Having on Tuesday made a plea to the government to wake up and try and learn to be a bit more proactive –...
COMMENT: Credit where credit is due, National can't be accused of not taking this election seriously with policy. Name...
You are about to see, if we haven’t already, that the border is leaking, and that the measures in place aren’t up to it and...
I feel a bit remiss over my beloved Warriors. Normally we would start a Monday off the back of a win, with a word or two...
Am I reading this right? In this mad old world of mixed messages, we seem to have an admission from the government that...
Two major polices, one I liked, one I didn’t, yet both of them failed and seemingly failed miserably. I called KiwiBuild...
Honestly, I hate to tell I told you so, but it has been revealed foot traffic in the Auckland downtown area is down 25 percent. As...
COMMENT: So there's quite a lot of bad news in last night's Newshub poll. Sadly, lot of it is bad news for Newshub who,...
I know it was well before Simon ever got rolled, but you may remember we predicted that the election was going to be way...
