Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Moana Pasifika was a bust from the start
Saturday, 25 April 2026, 10:52amIf you want a lesson in how to set up a business properly, then Moana Pasifika is not your guide. I wandered through the...
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Mark the Week: How hard did the India FTA have to be?
Friday, 24 April 2026, 11:05amAt 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: My disappointment of the week
Friday, 24 April 2026, 10:59amDisappointment of the week for me has been the gargantuan mess Formula 1 has got itself into in the name of climate change. They...
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Mike's Minute: Look at Australia for the supermarket experience
Thursday, 23 April 2026, 10:55amIf you are one of those exercised about supermarkets and whether they are scandal merchants, then you must follow the current...
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Mike's Minute: Did Luxon just have a leadership-defining moment?
Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 10:16amIt's quite possible the Prime Minister might look back on yesterday's caucus meeting as a moment that defined his leadership. He...
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Mike's Minute: The issue the Govt promised to address
Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 10:46amYou’ll be aware of the Far North Council and their unelected Māori voting plan. It is of course a scandal, but more importantly...
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Mike's Minute: The key player in this war
Saturday, 18 April 2026, 10:22amA bloke called Roman Gofman could be the key to all this. Gofman is the incoming Director of Mossad. If you believe the...
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Mark the Week: The Aitken case was a storm in a bone china, Northern Club teacup
Friday, 17 April 2026, 10:22amAt 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: Is the boss responsible for a death in a major company?
Friday, 17 April 2026, 10:14amNot a lot of coverage has been given to the failed appeal by Tony Gibson. He was the head of the Port of Auckland, a worker...
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Mike's Minute: The reality of NZ vs Australia's fuel response
Thursday, 16 April 2026, 11:11amLike a school report, the International Monetary Fund forecast for the global economy arrived in yesterday's post. No one...
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Mike's Minute: Do we complain about public service pay too much?
Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 10:23amOne of the easiest games in town is currently being played in Wellington. The water company has a new Māori name, and they...
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Mike's Minute: We need to take a good, hard look at ourselves
Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 10:35amI'm an AvGeek. I like plane and travel videos and one of the regulars I watch is a guy called Nonstop Dan. He's American...
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Mark the Week: The war ended the way some thought it would
Friday, 10 April 2026, 10:32amAt 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: Is National a victim of success?
Friday, 10 April 2026, 10:18amHere is an irony for you. Could it be that the Prime Minister, the one so disliked by the media, is actually so good at...
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Mike's Minute: There are lessons for us to learn from this war
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 9:39amDo you think we will learn some lessons or change our mind now that the war is essentially over? Do we need to be more oil...
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Mike's Minute: Let's take a proper look at the polls
Wednesday, 8 April 2026, 10:04amFor what it's worth, let me have a crack at the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll. Firstly, officially, I pay no attention...
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Mike's Minute: Trump's way or the UN way
Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 9:47amSo what is the alternative to what Trump has done in Iran? The answer was discussed at a meeting over the weekend. The...
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Mike's Minute: I can help Steve Abel
Saturday, 4 April 2026, 9:37amI can help Steve Abel. Steve is the Green's agriculture bloke and he wants an urgent inquiry into the Wattie’s and Heinz...
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Mark the Week: Kieran McAnulty is bringing the modern world to Easter
Thursday, 2 April 2026, 11:15amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Pakistan:...
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Mike's Minute: Could this be the beginning of the end of the war?
Thursday, 2 April 2026, 9:55amIt’s a bit early given it's a short week, but at four and a half-ish weeks into Operation Epic Fury, there's a reason to...
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Mike's Minute: The Govt's housing vision – a school project gone wrong
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 9:55amThe Auckland housing number and the Government's housing vision now looks like a school project gone wrong. Chris Bishop,...
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Mike's Minute: NZ look like the adults in the room re our fuel response
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 10:03amFrom our "don’t waste a crisis" file, is it possible this Government's handling thus far of oil events might well see them...
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Mike's Minute: Here's the problem with the Reserve Bank economists
Saturday, 28 March 2026, 9:55amThe problem with people like Paul Conway, who is the Chief Economist at the Reserve Bank, is they “know” some stuff. They...
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Mark the Week: This could be a tipping point for EVs
Friday, 27 March 2026, 10:23amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Donald...
