Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: The ComCom Transpower decision is madness
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 10:38amIt's ironic that we mention the Commerce Commission yesterday and here we are today, indulging in a bit more of its madness. Lines...
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Mike's Minute: Is this MMP working properly?
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 10:28amThe Treaty Principles Bill gets debated this week, and then off it goes to the committee that will hear a lot of fear mongering...
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Mike's Minute: What are we going to do about EVs?
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 10:37amI've got an EV car question for you. But first, the latest EV news. Nissan are laying off thousands of workers, Toyota...
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Mike's Minute: We should teach that exams aren't everything
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 10:35amWe are not unique, but we are most definitely different from the way we were. Once again we are into exam season, and once...
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Mike's Minute: The celeb trend for the election is a bust
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 10:43amOne of the many things I have failed to truly understand about this election is just what is it they think Jennifer Anniston...
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Mike's Minute: How does Labour deal with the Māori Party?
Friday, 1 November 2024, 11:06amBack to the review of the last election result we mentioned this week from the political brains trust at Victoria University. Just...
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Mike's Minute: Are the banks the bad guys?
Friday, 25 October 2024, 10:37amIf you are looking for cogent arguments, then there was no shortage of them from the banks this week in front of the Parliamentary...
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Mike's Minute: Stop Whingeing, Seymour has cracked it
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 10:26amWho doesn’t love katsu chicken? And with the katsu chicken, and the wraps, and the lasagne, David Seymour has saved us $130m. All...
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Mike's Minute: We seem to be getting sicker and sicker
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 10:54amThere are more people than ever with private medical insurance. In a so-called “cost of living crisis”, over 15,000 more...
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Mike's Minute: Chris Hipkins, the opportunist
Friday, 18 October 2024, 10:28amHere's a lesson for life - beware the opportunist. In this case I refer to Christopher Hipkins, leader of the Labour Party...
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Mike's Minute: What will the Greens do on Darleen Day?
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 10:25amI assume you are as excited as I am, for today is Decision Day. It’s Meeting Day, Deal with Darleen Day. Darleen is off...
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Mike's Minute: The prosecution guidelines highlight this country's issues
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 10:29amFrom our “you wonder why we are where we are” file, there's a note from the Solicitor General to the Police Prosecution Service...
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Mike's Minute: Work more, not less
Friday, 11 October 2024, 11:10amAnother of the small gems to come out of the Census is that we are working less. Does that surprise you? It doesn’t remotely...
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Mike's Minute: There's dumb games being played in health
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 10:33amThere are some dumb games being played at the moment in the very serious business of health. Health NZ is in the red to...
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Mike's Minute: We will never not be jealous of people with money
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 10:19amI was going to suggest we are petty, but I have been saved by the Brits. They are having a couple of debates over money. One...
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Mike's Minute: We should get access to jury members
Friday, 20 September 2024, 10:07amWhat I would like out of the Philip Polkinghorne trial is access to the jury. This country has an archaic and sheltered...
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Mike's Minute: We need minerals and can't ignore it
Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 10:14amThe most telling part of the release of the draft of our critical minerals list is that we have never as a country developed...
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Mike's Minute: Māori ward seats voting wraps up
Friday, 6 September 2024, 10:33amThe process isn't over, but the Hawke’s Bay District Council was the latest yesterday to confirm a decision they had made...
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Mike's Minute: Uber decision could have a chilling effect
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 10:30amThe New Zealand Uber drivers have won their case in the Court of Appeal. It agrees with the Employment Court that Uber drivers...
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Mike's Minute: The Government needs to sort our power crisis
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 10:10amSo, what to make of the so-called power crisis? About this time yesterday Mike Fuge from Contact Energy gave an eloquent...
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Mike's Minute: Ferries, plane and towers - We should learn from this
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 9:35amSo it seems we have ended up with three stories. But all three stories have the same outworkings - we look like a basket...
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Mike Hosking: Teachers' pay backdown shows Government are soft touches
Monday, 17 June 2019, 9:26amThe tricky thing with the teachers deal is it's hard to call it a loss, given it isn't. Especially if you're a teacher, for...
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Mike's Minute: Cannabis reform goes up in smoke
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 8:14amCOMMENT: In a world where polls are no longer to be trusted, and just before we completely throw them in the bin, I draw...
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Mike's Minute: Ardern's D-Day snub a glib insult
Monday, 10 June 2019, 7:01amCOMMENT: I avoided weighing into the D-Day commemorations saga because I was, in a way, hoping there might have been a pretty...
