Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mark the Week: The Covid report tells us what we already knew
Friday, 13 March 2026, 10:12amAt 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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Opinion
Mike's Minute: My observations on week two of the war
Friday, 13 March 2026, 10:05amMy observations on week two of the war. I'm as convinced as ever I was that this thing is over in the four week-ish window...
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Mike's Minute: Is there a legal case to be heard on the vaccine advice?
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 10:19amQuestion six, the House of Parliament Question Time. Winston Peters to Simeon Brown. The mandate for 12 to 17 year olds...
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Mike's Minute: My observations on the Covid Inquiry
Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 10:16amSome simple observations on part two of the Covid Inquiry. 1) It's cheaper than the British equivalent finished last week...
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Mike's Minute: Two important points on the Luxon story
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 10:08amLuxon - 1, media - 0. After no small effort on the media's part to drum up a crisis on a bad poll, there's two important...
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Mike's Minute: Primary teachers' union – pull your head in
Saturday, 7 March 2026, 10:17amThe primary teachers' union is doing my head in. This country needs fewer people like them and more people wanting to get...
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Mark the Week: We got a new All Blacks coach at last
Friday, 6 March 2026, 10:14amAt 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: Week one of the war
Friday, 6 March 2026, 10:06amWhere are we at with the war? Ambrose Evans-Pritchard makes a very compelling case that this thing is over in four weeks...
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Mike's Minute: This is where Labour and Hipkins have got it wrong
Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 11:05amIf you ever want an example of why Chris Hipkins is not going to be the next Prime Minister, watch Question Time yesterday. He...
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Mike's Minute: What did the unions achieve?
Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 10:02amI watched a woman from one of the unions explain how much work had been done to settle their claim. The allied health workers...
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Mark the Week: New Zealand's turnaround is real
Friday, 27 February 2026, 10:04amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. New...
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Mike's Minute: Air NZ has issues and the turnaround is a way off
Friday, 27 February 2026, 9:42amThere is no doubt that Air New Zealand has issues. In a week of company reports, the vast majority contained good news....
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Mike's Minute: The political divide on homelessness
Thursday, 26 February 2026, 10:15amThere was a huge reaction to yesterday's Politics Wednesday segment on homelessness and move-on orders. Labour argues homelessness...
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Mike's Minute: What's not being said about pay equity
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 10:34amMarilyn Waring. Remember her? Once an activist always an activist. Marilyn took it upon herself to form her own select...
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Mike's Minute: Good or bad story at university?
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 10:30amWhat's in the numbers? Well-known economist Shamubeel Eaqub has crunched a few figures. It turns out if you want to see...
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Mike's Minute: The job story is more than just a headline
Saturday, 21 February 2026, 10:33am2500 job applications. That’s got clickbait written all over it, doesn’t it? One job supposedly had 2500 applications. One...
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Mark the Week: The seeds of the Warriors' success are there
Friday, 20 February 2026, 10:42amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Red...
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Mike's Minute: This is why the real issues get ignored
Friday, 20 February 2026, 10:34amIt was the fish that summed it up for me. The Infrastructure Commission report was profound in its nature this week. Chris...
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Mike's Minute: The employment law changes are fine
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 10:16amThis time around the Brooke van Velden-led employment law changes have been described as a shake-up, even a major shake-up. But...
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Mike's Minute: The Labour Party needs to get serious
Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 10:25amAs I watch Chris Hipkins, presumably gleefully, mess about with the India Free Trade deal, I'm reminded this is not the Labour...
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Mike's Minute: This court case is outrageously political
Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 10:35amMy summation of what we have heard so far in the Judge Aitken case. The “Did I yell at and interrupt and disrupt Winston?"...
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Mike's Minute: Here's why we need the LNG facility
Thursday, 12 February 2026, 10:39amI don’t blame Chris Hipkins and Co. for a moment, calling it a gas tax. That’s politics when you are in Opposition, especially...
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Mike's Minute: KiwiSaver, success and competition
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 10:38amKiwiSaver is a newsmaker. It's making news of late because of the so-called "hardship withdrawals". Bad news is an easy...
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Mark the Week: Brian Tamaki broke the camel's back
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 10:12amAt 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...
