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Latest episodes
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3 min
Anishka Jelicich: New Zealand Winegrowers CEO on wine exports exceeding $2 billion in the year to June
Wine drinkers across the globe are continuing to reach for Kiwi made bottles. Our wine exports reached over $2 billion, with export volume increasing to over 306 million litres, in…
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3 min
Elliott Smith: Newstalk ZB's Lead Rugby Commentator on the NZ Rugby Summit looking at how to cut outgoing cost…
The future of Super Rugby and the NPC are on the table today as New Zealand Rugby holds a critical summit. The organisation needs to save $20 million a year, and options include me…
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3 min
Karla Bergquist: Specialist Mental Health and Addiction Director on the reduction of Police patient handover t…
Health New Zealand's confident the new target time for Police handing mental health patients over to ED is about right. The agencies had initially aimed to cut the handover time fr…
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4 min
Shane Jones: Associate Energy Minister on the LNG import terminal decision being put on hold due to the upcomi…
The Government's run out of time to complete the procurement process for a billion-dollar LNG import terminal. Energy Minister Simeon Brown had intended to sign a contract with a s…
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4 min
Wattie Watson: Professional Firefighters' Union National Secretary on the policy announcements to reset, revie…
Firefighters are welcoming policy from across the political spectrum, but insists action is needed now. National's made an election promise to do away with the Fire and Emergency b…
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2 min
Mike's Minute: The BSA legislation should have been delivered sooner
If I was generous, I would let him off, given he has got more portfolios than anyone. But Paul Goldsmith has delivered to Parliament the bit of legislation that will finally finish…
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11 min
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on National's anti-Labour crime ads, Labour's u-…
National's Police Spokesperson's batting away questions over why their Labour attack ad uses crime footage from the Government's own term. The video's claims Labour was soft on cri…
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5 min
Steve Smith: Master of Wine on New Zealand Chardonnay outscoring top Burgundies in a global blind taste test
New Zealand Chardonnay has earned its place at the world's fine wine table in a blind taste test. Wines from Pyramid Valley and Smith & Sheth were tasted alongside top French Burgu…
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1 h 29
Full Show Podcast: 23 September 2026
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 23rd of September, the Finance Minister responds to the independent review of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy durin…
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3 min
Andrew Fairgray: 2degrees Chief Business Officer on the company posting $1.46 billion in revenue
2degrees has posted another year of growth, with revenue up 5.5% to $1.46 billion. Profit before tax was $27.4 million, marking a $50 million turnaround, with growth across its con…
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3 min
Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the independent review into the Reserve Bank's performance during Covid
The Finance Minister believes the report on the Reserve Bank's performance during Covid affirms decisions made by the current Government. An external review of Bank's Covid monetar…
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3 min
Lisa Hopkins: Business Events Industry Aotearoa CEO on the Government's plan to create a coordinated National…
The Government's unveiled plans for a new National Events Strategy. It follows an independent review that found New Zealand's a strong events host, but lacks a coordinated, long-te…
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6 min
Simeon Brown: Health Minister on the surgery waitlist's 41% decrease from peak, drop in number of people waiti…
The Health Minister's claiming a win following improvements in elective treatment wait times. April to June data shows patients waiting fewer than four months for treatment increas…
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2 min
Mike's Minute: The most important thing the Govt has done this term
For all the opprobrium heaped on the National Party for their supermarket call, the old National was out yesterday finalising the India free trade deal. Of all the things this Gove…
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9 min
Maria Sten and Greyston Holt: Stars of Reacher spinoff Neagley on the making of the show
The Reacherverse has expanded. Neagley, a spinoff of the Reacher TV series, is cantered around the character of Frances Neagley, whose popularity in season one saw her written into…
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3 min
Dr John Cameron: Registered GP on the concern that adult ADHD is being over-diagnosed
Is adult ADHD being over-diagnosed? A new survey of British doctors shows 7 in ten of the 829 GPs survey believed the disorder is over-diagnosed. They estimate more than 80% of pat…
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1 h 29
Full Show Podcast: 22 September 2026
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 22nd of September, new data shows just how many billions were spent on the now-scrapped Fees Free scheme. Property inves…
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6 min
Tony Alexander: Independent Economics Commentator on ANZ revising its OCR forecast, potential for interest rat…
There's a belief we're underestimating how high interest rates will go. ANZ has revised its forecast for the next six months, now predicting three hikes to the Official Cash Rate,…
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3 min
Matt Ball: NZ Property Investors Federation Advocacy Manager on Labour deciding to keep landlord interest dedu…
Labour's u-turn on interest deductibility is being seen as a huge relief for both landlords and renters. The party's confirmed they won't make changes to current rules, which were…
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4 min
Todd Lauchlan: JLL New Zealand Managing Director on New Zealand ranking among the world's most transparent pro…
New Zealand's earned a silver medal for commercial real estate market transparency in the Asia Pacific, coming behind only Australia. We also ranked seventh out of 88 countries ove…