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. 

James Shaw: 6/10 

Likeable bloke and will find life outside immeasurably more fun. 

Chlöe Swarbrick: 6/10 

The obvious replacement choice I would have thought. Good luck to her, but it doesn’t advance the cause if you like the green bit of the Green Party. 

Heat alerts: 3/10 

When did we decide 27 degrees needed a heat alert, and who decided that? 

Wellington Water: 1/10 

It's not this council's fault, but it is multiple council's fault and is beyond a joke now. Perhaps it's a lesson in paying attention to local body politics and who we vote for? 

Shane Jones: 6/10 

My politician of the week for having the gonads and the experience to be able to stand up to some of this race-based nonsense and give it right back. 

The return to work: 7:10 

I have no time for those mad articles about how to cope, the New Year blues etc. If you don't like what you do, then fix it. Life is short. 

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