Articles by Mike Hosking
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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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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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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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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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Opinion
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...
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Mike's Minute: Sometimes it's not all about the money
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 11:09amIn one of life’s small ironies as the teachers spend another week immersed in industrial action, I got an email yesterday...
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Mike Hosking: First time home buyers need a leg up
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 9:40amOne of the great myths of the modern economy is the idea that young people can't afford a house. Now, the facts are that...
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Mike's Minute: The Government's KPI list highlights their issues
Monday, 13 October 2025, 9:07amI have read the latest KPI's for the Government. This is the things they are going to do before the end of the year. "Drag...
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Mark the Week: Hipkins is a hypocrite
Friday, 10 October 2025, 11:03amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Attention...
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Mike's Minute: Tory Whanau is the poster child for ineptitude
Thursday, 9 October 2025, 10:33amThe Wellington mayor went out, not really in a blaze of glory yesterday, but more a fireball of misery and bitchiness. Tory...
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Mike's Minute: NZ's Palestine call was logical and sensible
Monday, 29 September 2025, 9:07amIf you watched Winston Peters speech in New York late Saturday morning you can see why he did so well last week in the Herald's...
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Mike's Minute: We hope Anna Breman is a rockstar
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 10:36amThe Reserve Bank Governor appointment is not to be underestimated. We have never had a foreigner. Well, we have (the first...
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Mike's Minute: The Salvation Army's claims about kids and food
Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 11:19amThe Salvation Army says more than a quarter of kids are struggling for food. They talk of food security. According to the...
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Mike's Minute: The U.S. supports free speech, until it doesn't
Monday, 22 September 2025, 9:28amWhen Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson are raging against their President, you know a line has been crossed. Cruz said the FCC...
