Articles by Mike Hosking
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Your retirement savings are in your own hands
Friday, 4 July 2025, 10:25amThere was a survey out last week that broadly supported the Government’s moves around KiwiSaver, as in the 3% and 3% going...
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Mike's Minute: NZ is better than we think
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 11:19amA friend of ours opened a new business last week. It was a soft opening and will be full steam ahead by the school holidays. So...
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Mark the Week: Pension was the bum note of the week
Friday, 27 June 2025, 11:49amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Trump:...
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Mike's Minute: We can't get out of our own way on Super
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 12:21pmFrom the "we can't get out of our own way" file comes the question, as posed this week by the Retirement Commissioner, as...
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Mike's Minute: It's time - cap the rates and can some councils
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 10:41amSo having looked at every council in the country and the pending rate rises we are all going to have to pay, a couple of...
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Mark the Week: The world is a mess, isn't it?
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 11:41amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Good...
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Mike's Minute: The real world is catching up to Radio New Zealand
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 1:16pmNow, perhaps the most startling thing of the news yesterday that our old mates at the state radio broadcaster have opened...
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Mike's Minute: I admire Nico Porteous' call to retire
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 10:39amLast week when Shaun Johnson was in the studio, we were discussing retirement. Not mine, but that’s of growing fascination...
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Mark the Week: The Warriors can't stop winning
Friday, 13 June 2025, 11:10amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Ryan...
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Mike's Minute: The Govt can't rule on 'Run it Straight'
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 9:51amIf the headline is right, and I hope it isn't, the Government are seeking advice on what to do about Run it Straight. If...
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Mike's Minute: The Reserve Bank didn't inspire me
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 11:03amCall me superficial, but to watch the Reserve Bank heavyweights lined up, as I did Wednesday post their cash rate decision,...
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Mike's Minute: Has the political divide gotten worse?
Friday, 30 May 2025, 10:27amI cannot recommend a piece of reading enough in the Listener, and reproduced elsewhere, on a longitudinal study that now...
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Mark the Week: Trump looks ropier by the day
Friday, 30 May 2025, 10:01amAt the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Fonterra:...
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Mike's Minute: Luxon might be fighting the wrong battle with super
Monday, 26 May 2025, 11:03amIt is suggested Peter Dutton in Australia lost the election because of his nuclear issue and work from home policies. I personally...
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Mike's Minute: What I hope from the Budget
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 11:05amWhat I hope for today is a sign and a sense that what we are facing economically as a country is real, and it's real bad,...
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Opinion
Mike's Minute: Chris Hipkins needs help
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 10:50amChris Hipkins needs help. For the life of me I have no idea why he is wasting his time defending the Māori Party. He says...
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Mike's Minute: The vote today is for standards and rules
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:55amThe debate around the Privileges Committee and their decision for the Māori Party MPs starts today. It's set to be a long-winded...
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Mike's Minute: Stop mucking around - remove the foreign buyer ban
Monday, 19 May 2025, 10:15amOneRoof had a story over the weekend about an apartment in Auckland that is for sale for $17 million. It was for sale for...
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Mike's Minute: I miss the good old days
Friday, 16 May 2025, 12:36pmI asked Judith Collins yesterday, just what has become of us? The “us” I was referring to is this country. But I amended...
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Mike's Minute: My take on the c-word debate
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 10:37amFirst, a small update on what I said yesterday on pay equity. My gut says it won't damage the Government. Don’t get me...
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Mike's Minute: The pay equity changes are in muddied water
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:31amHere is another example of the way the pay equity game is played by the media. If you choose not to call a minister the...
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Mike's Minute: Why are we only just now getting the Waitangi Tribunal review?
Monday, 12 May 2025, 10:29amAm I right to inquire just what it is that Tama Potaka has been doing for a year and a half? How many times have you heard...
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Mike's Minute: Despite record revenue, NZR is still losing money
Friday, 9 May 2025, 9:43amIn the NZR press release yesterday, Chairman David Kirk and CEO Mark Robinson did their best to infer that life financially...
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Mike's Minute: Does public TV and radio need all our money?
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 10:38amThere was a bit of beltway excitement a couple of weeks ago when Winston Peters turned up on the breakfast show at the national...
