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You can argue until you are blue in the face as to whether what happened at the White House on Saturday was bullying, or unfair, but what the U.S President has on his side is common sense and military power.
As Zelenskyy slunk off to Downing Street for a hug with Keir Starmer and today's meeting with King Charles, what few in Europe seem to understand is that saying you back Ukraine doesn’t win a war, or come close to it.
Without America, this thing is over, and fast. Mark Rutte gets that, hence his plea to Zelenskyy to repair the damage.
Norway promised more resource, or at least said they would ask their Parliament.
The UK announced another 2.5 billion pound loan. But for what?
This thing is three years old and is going nowhere, at best with America fully on board it is a stalemate.
It is, as so many have put it now, a meat grinder and Russia has more meat to grind.
What was on display in Washington was a simple reality of the Trump administration - they are not interested in war, they are interested in deals.
A mineral agreement sees the Americans on the ground in Ukraine. No one is rolling over American interests militarily in Ukraine.
Trump is also right in saying a ceasefire is pretty much instant and it's at that point you start working on the “what next“.
All the photo opportunities and love-ins that Zelenskyy appears to revel in doesn’t get you an inch of your country back and it doesn’t give you any advantage over the Russians.
NATO are incapable of beating Russia without American buy-in.
That buy-in is over.
Trump keeps it simple - Zelensky has no cards and, to a lesser degree, Europe only has limited cards.
It is why America is America. Without them we are done.
Where I think Trump is most right is he appears the only one interested in actually getting this thing sorted. The Europeans talk about peace, but peace as a result of victory.
There will be no victory. Three years of the war shows us this.
The only victory is Russia's if America bails.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 3rd of March, it seems crazy we haven't had a police officer training facility in the centre of Auckland, so we've finally fixed that.
Where does the Ukraine war go after the shambles that was the Oval Office meeting? We speak to an expert out of Washington D.C.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine give their sporting highlights of the weekend, which won't be the Warriors.
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Cuts in the health sectors "back office" roles are forcing front-line workers to pick up administrative work, resulting in delays for treatment and a reduction in services.
Nurses and social worked are working as reception ships due to the staff shortages.
In the year to June, 12,000 kiwi nurses gained registration across the ditch.
Nurses Organisation President Kerri Nuku talks to Mike Hosking about the issue.
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Peter Dutton's liberal party is committing $3 billion to the purchase of extra joint strike fighter jets, if they win the upcoming Australian election.
The party say they will buy 28 fighter jets.
The pledge comes as Chinese warships have circumnavigated Australia.
Australian Correspondent Steve Price talks to Mike Hosking about the commitment, Dutton's 60 Minutes interview, what the polls are saying, and how Trump brushed off Australia.
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An emergency summit has taken place in London, days after a contentious meeting between Trump, Zelenskyy and JD Vance.
Where does this leave the White House?
Senior Advisor at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies Mark Cancian talks to Mike Hosking about the fall out of the meeting.
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It's Oscars day and Kiwi's are front row for their work out of Wētā FX this year.
The team have three nominations for Alien Romulus, Better Man and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Head of Visual FX Matt Aitken talks to Mike Hosking about the ceremony.
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New Zealand's meth use has reached unprecedented heights.
New figures show a monthly peak of 39.2 kg recorded in October - well above historic averages and nearly double the previous record of 20.6kg in 2021.
Massey University Drug researcher Chris Wilkins talks to Mike Hosking about the reason for the surge, and what this means for the country.
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The Police announced yesterday they will be opening a new training wing for recruits in Auckland.
The current Royal New Zealand Police College is in Porirua, where recruits train for 20 weeks.
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers talks to Mike Hosking about the need for the new location, what it will do for the target of 500 new police, if the Police are on track for that target, and flexibility it will give the recruits.
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Consumer confidence perked up in February to 96.6.
Perceptions of personal finance situations was up five points, with 21 percent expecting to be better of this time next year.
Greg Smith of Devon Funds Management breaks down the findings with Mike Hosking.
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The world is reacting to a fiery meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold says shock waves are continuing to be felt around the world, with NATO attempting to 'patch things up.'
"Vance certainly intervened in ways we've not seen from an American VP before, and is facing protesters right now in Vermont," he said.
Was it a setup?
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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.
Andrew Bayly: 3/10
It’s a sad business. Was it a sackable offence? No. Does it put people off entering politics? I would have thought so. But when you call someone a loser and grab an arm, can you survive? It was the re-offence that was sackable.
Law and order: 8/10
The violent crime stats and new detainment powers are tangible evidence of progress in the right direction.
Marsden and the rebuild: 2/10
That’s what is wrong with coalitions. They indulge folly.
Temu: 3/10
We are spending more there and less domestically. Never underestimate the power of cheap crap.
Tory Whanau: 1/10
Cancelling her Newstalk ZB slot is the beginning of the end. Cancelling Newstalk ZB slots doesn’t tend to go well for voting patterns – I speak from experience.
The Warriors: 7/10
Unbeaten in the offseason and some fairly ordinary, blow-up bat-wielding Raiders to tackle first up.
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There were two hardcore reality checks this week as a result of the arrival of the Trump sequel.
BP summed up the climate dilemma very succinctly when he said they got it wrong on net zero.
Net zero has become an unobtainable obsession. It's a business decision for many thousands of companies all over the world, driven not by clear-sighted intelligence, but woke nonsense and a desire not to stand out from the crowd.
It's that mad, insecure feeling you have when you are 10 years old in the schoolyard not to look different, say anything unusual, or attract attention. As it turns out, it stays with you all the way up to the boardrooms, who got sucked into believing that spending billions, cutting jobs and forgoing growth would somehow lead to saving the planet.
"We got it wrong on net zero". So, BP are back in the oil business because Trump said "drill, baby drill".
That was a campaign slogan in an American election with a flow-on effect for the whole world.
Then you come to aid. There's nothing wrong with aid, but a Labour Prime Minister in Britain cut the aid to pay for the defence.
The polls say he did the right thing, as 66% of Britain think they spend too much on aid. When they hear a transportation system for refugees in Eastern Europe uses a Porsche dealer and they are paying for it, who can blame them?
Our aid in the Pacific, until recently, remained largely unaudited.
The idea of helping the helpless is worthy. But the reason it never ends is because aid becomes an industry and the helpless rarely get actual help. UNRWA is a UN aid agency. Have a look at their record and see how keen you are to keep giving.
It is human nature. Most ideas start off well but blow out into a combination of madness, waste, expansion and slackness, until someone comes along and says enough is enough.
The core principles of aid and a cleaner planet remain laudable goals and ideals.
But until we can bring some discipline to the execution, some rigour to the containment, parameters of the targets and some realism around what's actually practically achievable, it will always be hijacked by tryhards, do-gooders and zealots.
We will always make the same mistake.
It will end up needing a German election-type result, or a Trump-type victory, to bring us back to our senses.
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Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking once more to Wrap the Week that was.
They went through the list of MPs’ credit card expenses, discussed school lunches, and the latest conflict between Hosking and the ZB Afternoons hosts.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 28th of February, we talk to both the energy sector and Minister Simon Watts on the new recommendations that could level the playing field.
We've got the list of MPs credit card expenses – who's buying Carl Jr's and who’s buying the magnum of red wine?
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson discuss whether the producer of this show needs to fired and school lunches as they Wrap the Week.
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The Prime Minister's shifting his focus from politics to business during the final leg of his trip to Vietnam.
Luxon is aiming to drum up as much support as possible for Kiwi businesses operating in the Vietnamese market.
Earlier in the week, he signed a new Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement with Vietnam, making New Zealand just one of 10 counties to have such an agreement.
Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls told Mike Hosking that Vietnam’s government structure is inextricably linked with the business side of things, and to get anything done on the business side, you need to get things done on the political side.
He says the consensus within the business delegation is that the agreement will help drive business and get Kiwi businesses into the Vietnamese market.
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Questions have been raised over how US actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa died, with the situation deemed suspicious, despite no signs of foul play.
The pair have been found dead with their dog in their New Mexico home.
Carbon monoxide poisoning has been ruled out.
The couple's front door was found unlocked, with no signs of forced entry.
Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking the pair's bodies were found in separate rooms.
He says they'd been rarely seen since they quit Hollywood decades ago.
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Local Government New Zealand is making its support known for four-year terms extending to them.
The Government's proposing to keep the standard three-year term, but allow it to be broadened if the opposition of the day is better represented at select committees.
Local Government New Zealand President & Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton told Mike Hosking it makes sense for councils to adjust as well.
He says there's only one good year for doing work, with the other two disrupted by elections and setting up.
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A Horowhenua district councillor is under fire for working remotely – from the other side of the world.
Councillor Rogan Boyle left the country in October and is said to currently be in Scotland with no plans to return any time soon.
Horowhenua Mayor Bernie Wanden told Mike Hosking while Boyle has been attending council meetings on Zoom, it's not good enough.
Wanden believes Boyle should resign.
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The Energy Minister says new rules for the electricity sector can't come soon enough.
The Electricity Authority's proposing changes to give independent power companies the same access to prices and hedge contracts.
Simon Watts hopes that will create a more level playing field.
Power companies are hiking prices, and Watts told Mike Hosking things could get worse as we head into winter.
He says conditions are dry, lake levels are lower than they were this time last year, and we still have a gas shortage.
Watts says the situation is acute and he's worried.
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High hopes for proposed changes to the electricity sector.
The Electricity Authority is proposing new rules, giving independent power companies the same access to hedge contracts and access to the same wholesale prices.
Electric Kiwi was forced to turn away new customers last winter due to surging wholesale prices.
Chief Executive Huia Burt told Mike Hosking these changes will be a game-changer.
She says this is what they've been fighting for – a level playing field, for sharper pricing, more investment, and more affordable energy.
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