Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Here's the truth on working from home
Saturday, 13 September 2025, 10:21amHasn’t working from home become funny? Seek have produced a thing called Money Matters, and they look at work-life balance. Actually,...
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Mark the Week: The by-election was a bust on every level
Friday, 12 September 2025, 10:11amAt 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...
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Mike's Minute: Charter schools starting to get their day in the sun
Friday, 12 September 2025, 10:03amMy uplifting story of the week involves charter schools. Charter schools are the little idea that could. Or maybe they are...
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Mike's Minute: Public support could be tipping away from teachers
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 11:17amAs the teachers maybe, maybe not accept their pay offers and maybe, maybe not go on strike yet again, I can't help but worry...
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Mike's Minute: The issue Hipkins has with the Māori Party
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 10:04amI have been wondering when the penny would drop and yesterday might have been it. There were two stories on Chris Hipkins'...
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Mike's Minute: We need more transparency around the Reserve Bank
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 10:41amWe should all thank Kelly Eckhold, a some-time participant on this show and most-of-the-time economist at Westpac, for his...
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Mike's Minute: Are we over-cafe'd?
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 10:39amWe have all seen it. I have seen it a good number of times. The café that was exemplary, sold, the new owner changes the...
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Opinion
Mark the Week: The Chinese parade was spellbinding
Friday, 5 September 2025, 11:21amAt 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...
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Mike's Minute: The Govt promised what they can't deliver
Friday, 5 September 2025, 10:48amFrom the old "cart before the horse" department are two setbacks for ideas we thought were going to work, or perhaps we hoped...
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Mike's Minute: Auckland is dealing with the trouble of change
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 10:13amThe trouble with change, apart from the fact we don’t like it, is it's especially bad if we don't know what it is. The good...
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Mike's Minute: The Paris Accord was well-intentioned, but futile
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 10:42amDavid Seymour's call around the Paris Accord merely adds to the list of calls around the Paris Accord. If we could park...
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Mike's Minute: Foreigners buying homes - we got there at last
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 11:06amWe got there at last. If you are a Golden Visa holder, that’s a person who puts $5-10 million into the country, you can...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: The Govt hasn't followed through on cutting the public sector
Saturday, 30 August 2025, 10:26amIt is with real enthusiasm that I see the Public Service Commissioner potentially doing what the main Government should have...
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Mike's Minute: The good and the bad of a 4-year term
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 10:59amI would have thought the timing could not be more awkward. If you broadly accept the current narrative that this Government...
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Mike's Minute: Luxon finally told it as it is
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 10:39amHas the penny dropped? There was no shortage of headlines and news coverage yesterday out of our interview with the Prime...
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Mark the Week: Recalling Mallard was the move of the week
Friday, 22 August 2025, 11:20amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Alaska:...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Why don't parents cop flak for our kid's education?
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 10:54amCan I ask a question about parents? I watched Erica Stanford do a press conference yesterday at a school in Wellington while...
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Mike's Minute: The pay equity court case is a "show trial"
Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 10:44amIf Grant Robertson thinks the Covid inquiry is a "show trial", then what is about to unfold at the High Court as of the end...
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Mike's Minute: Central Govt's differing approach to local govt
Friday, 15 August 2025, 10:12amThe battle of duelling responsibilities is unfolding before our eyes and I can't work out whether it will all end in tears. On...
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Mike's Minute: You need an open mind for the pilot military academy programme
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 10:38amPerhaps the biggest problem with the military-style academy and the ensuing pilot report is not the number of people who...
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Mike's Minute: Why not charge tourists to visit our hot spots?
Saturday, 9 August 2025, 10:51amI have at least partially changed my mind on charging tourists. The idea that you can wander around our conservation estate...
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Mark the Week: 15% tariffs are the biggest blow of the week
Friday, 8 August 2025, 11:51amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Sheds:...
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Mike's Minute: The Treasury report shows why Labour won't win the election
Friday, 8 August 2025, 10:30amI said earlier this week that the Government will be re-elected next year because, all things being equal, history tends...
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Mike's Minute: Linear TV in NZ is in trouble
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 10:22amThe stark reality of linear TV in New Zealand, if Irene Gardiner was right on yesterday's show, is fairly simple. Here is...
