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When it comes to the Dunedin hospital scale back, the Government's in trouble on this.
That protest over the weekend was big. 35,000 people is more than a quarter of Dunedin's population.
If you assume they came from all over the region, which is probably true given the hospital would service the Otago region, itâs still big. Itâs 14% of the population.
There are very few issues that would drive that kind of frustration, but health is one of them.
It's because we want to know that there are the medical facilities to save our kid's lives, or our parent's lives.
Or our life.
But this is the reality - we are broke.
New Zealand canât afford a $3b hospital, and $3b dollar ferries and 64,000 public servants and any number of other things we may want.
We are running an operating deficit every single year. That's basically the household equivalent of spending more every year than you make and just running it on the credit card forever.
You canât do it.
If you want to know how broke we are listen to the Treasury warning last week.
Dominick Stephens, the Chief Economist there, warned that for us to get back to surplus the Government would have to cut so much spending, and so fast, it would be unprecedented in recent history in New Zealand.
Our debt is out of control, largely thanks to what Grant and Jacinda did during Covid.
Treasury's been warning about our debt levels since 2006. But back then they thought we were heading for net Crown debt of 13% of GDP.
We are now 3 times that. So, weâre broke.
I donât want to see projects like a hospital scaled back. I donât want to be sailing on tinpot ferries Iâm not sure will make it to the other side.
But you need money to buy and build and we donâtâ have any.
And we need to wake up to that.
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Thousands of Australians have collectively rallied in a National Day of Action in protest of conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.
This comes following Israeli strikes into Lebanon, which killed 30 Hezbollah leaders including Hassan Nasrallah.
Australian correspondent Steve Price tells Heather du Plessis-Allan the turnout was the strongest Australia has seen in a long time.
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New Zealand wool carpet company Bremworth is claiming to have made the countryâs first TV commercial using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Bremworth Chief Brand and Product Officer Rochelle Flint tells Heather du Plessis-Allan the AI advert is an innovative way to showcase and elevate the wool industry.
The use of AI is estimated to have reduced advertising spend by 60%.
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There is potential for 67 building consent authorities to be replaced as the Government considers major reform of the system.
Despite there being just one building code, different regional interpretations are creating inconsistencies across the country.
Reform would see the process streamlined to reduce inconsistencies, costs, and delays.
Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk tells Heather du Plessis-Allan when considering the changes, the Government is considering how to avoid lowering quality.
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Kiwis are increasingly moving to private healthcare and it is costing health insurance companies.
Southern Cross Health Insurance paid out close to $1.5 billion in claims in the last year â equal to $6 million every business day.
2024 results from Southern Cross show the number of claims made is up with 995,000 kiwis now on the books.
Southern Cross Health Society Group CEO Nick Astwick tells Heather du Plessis-Allan kiwis are concerned about access to quality healthcare.
In a normal year, the insurer finds one third of its members make a claim, but in 2024 nearly half did.
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The Middle East is on edge after the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Israel claims to have killed 30 top Hezbollah leaders and despite pressure from the United States to de-escalate the situation, Netanyahu says Israel is at a historic turning point.
Israeli journalist and analyst Gideon Levy tells Heather du Plessis-Allan the region is very close to war.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 30th of September with Heather du Plessis-Allan, the Government are looking at building consents to make it more consistent across the country.
Just wait until you hear how much just one insurance company is paying out each day for private healthcare and you'll get a sense as to why they are all putting up premiums.
Guy and Sav debate whether moving Beauden Barrett to first five was the success that Scott Robertson wanted it to be on the Commentary Box.
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The Government has announced a reform of the current Building Consent Authority structure.
The proposed reforms aim to streamline and standardise consenting processes, reducing inefficiencies.
Master Builders CEO Ankit Sharma tells Heather du Plessis-Allan that there have been reports of different inspectors from within the same consenting authority having different interpretations of a code.
80% of Master Builders report significant delays and costs caused by inconsistencies between neighbouring consenting authorities.
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Administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Deanne Criswell has said she doesnât believe anyone could be fully prepared for the amount of flooding that has been brought on by Hurricane Helene. In her assessment, Criswell stated the damage was a result of warm waters, which is a result of climate change.
The storm was a category four hurricane and has been catastrophic across multiple states.
US correspondent Richard Arnold tells Heather du Plessis-Allan close to 500 rescues have been performed, with people lifted off roofs of flooded buildings.
Meanwhile, Israel has claimed to have killed 30 top leaders of Hezbollah. The US was not aware of plans to assassinate Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Richard Arnold says âthere is no question that the Hezbollah of today is not the Hezbollah that was even just a week ago.â
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An estimated 35,000 people marched in Dunedin over proposed downgrades to the cityâs new hospital project.
Protesters were calling on the Government to keep its promise on the build - but the Government says the project is blowing out by billions and overspend would affect infrastructure in other regions.
Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop tells Heather du Plessis-Allan âitâs an extremely complex projectâ and the Government is being as transparent as it can be.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 27th of September, David Seymour has plans to prosecute parents who take their kids out of school too much and limit the number of teacher-only days.
In a world first exclusive since signing his contract, Liam Lawson joined the show as a newly minted official F1 driver.
Mike got the shock of the week when David Walliams popped into the studio for a surprise interview - and Kate played her role perfectly.
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The Associate Education Minister says the Government, schools, parents and students all have a part to play in attendance.
The Government's instructing schools to have Stepped Attendance Response plans by 2026.
It comes as students around the country ditch school for the School Strike for Climate today.
Associate Minister David Seymour told Mike Hosking schools should mark that as an unjustified absence.
He says for people to keep their living standards and emit less, we need a lot of science, and school's a good place to learn that.
Schools have also been instructed not to take teacher-only days in term time, unless authorised by the Minister.
Seymour told Hosking the Government has a role in introducing more prosecutions and support for schools.
He says the point of the STAR system is it sets out that the schools have a role - and they need to take that seriously.
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Have a look at the report out in Sydney into their new metro line.
This is the $21b behemoth that opened a few weeks ago that was going to transform Sydney's public transport.
It seems, at first report, to be working â and in that is the clue to public transport generally and whether or not it is successful.
The trouble with transport here, and let's be honest, we are really only talking about a couple of cities i.e. Wellington and Auckland that in theory have systems outside of a few random buses.
Wellington is famously hopeless and with Auckland it is hard to tell whether they are far behind, or quite possibly even more useless.
Anyway, the early numbers from Sydney show there has been a large drop in numbers through the busiest of the heavy rail stations.
The trick here is the âbuild it and they will comeâ scenario, which is the one that they will claim they use in this country but has never really turned out to be reality.
The buses famously in Wellington went up the wrong streets, ran out of gas and never turned up in the first place. They will claim they have fixed that, but the trains are still famous for problems.
Auckland buses have been hit and miss forever and they didnât have drivers for a while. But they too will claim they have fixed that. Our kids eventually refused to go for the simple reason they literally would not have got to school on time.
The trains are permanently cancelled for the never-ending schedule of maintenance.
So the theory has never met the reality.
In Sydney, where it is working, the question they will need to ask is, is having a new metro taking people off heavy rail actually solving anything?
And if people are leaving cars at home and taking the metro, how many of them are there? If you are merely shifting one commuter from a train to another train that doesnât strike me as a big time solution. If you're moving them out of cars you might be onto something.
It's still early days, but four weeks in the falls in train numbers are as high as 40%.
But then, their system works. And in that consistency and ensuing reputation for reliability is the real answer to the public transport conundrum.
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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.
Voting: 8/10
Democracy is a wonderful thing, and we have seen this week a new president for Sri Lanka and the first vote in America.
Tory Whanau: 4/10
Four times she opened her mouth and four times the hole got bigger.
Fonterra: 7/10
What they are doing for farmers and, by connection, the rest of the country at a time of real strife is not to be underestimated.
Working from home: 6/10
From the amount of whinging I have heard, you would have thought we had been doing it since Victorian times and we've got no idea how to turn up at the office like, you know, each workday.
David Seymour: 6/10
Most effective politician of the week. He got charter schools into law and cracked down on teacher only days.
Liam Lawson: 9/10
In one of the biggest global sports going there is a top 20, and a Kiwi is once again right up there. #dreamscometrue
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Health NZ will be weighing up the two options for the new Dunedin Hospital.
An independent review has found the current plan for Dunedin Hospital, is 'probably not achievable' within its current budget of $1.88 billion.
The Government has said it either needs to scale back the project's main building or swap it out in favour of a "staged development" on the old site to keep it within the budget.
Health NZ Head of Infrastructure Delivery Blake Lepper old Mike Hosking costs have been creeping up for some time.
He says after construction began on the main outpatients building, the real costs emerged and they realised they had a problem.
Lepper says this is the problem with greenfields projects, when they were trying to do something a bit different and aspirational.
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Global fashion designers and local artists alike are descending on the capital as this year's World of Wearable Art kicks off.
The show's been running for more than 35 years, displaying creativity and a bit of unique glitz and glam to Wellington with the theme 'Dream Awake'.
World of Wearable Art Chief Executive Meg Williams told Mike Hosking it's a perfect balance of artists, with a vibrant team.
She says there's headline talent alongside young New Zealand artists.
Williams said they had an amazing preview show last night, and every year they set themselves a challenge to raise the bar.
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Itâs a sad day for Timaru, with hundreds of meatwork jobs potentially on the line.
Alliance Group has called everyone at its Smithfield meatworks to an all-staff meeting at 11am.
Locals fear the plant will be mothballed this season, with production being moved to Invercargill, and up to 1200 people left out of work.
Nathan Guy from the Meat Industry Association told Mike Hosking any job losses will be most unfortunate.
But he says meat companies are very agile and make changes as they see fit, and today is about making the right decision for the company's future.
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Newstalk ZBâs Mike Hosking might just be David Walliamsâ biggest fan â and he couldnât believe it when the comedian surprised him in the studio this morning.
Walliams, who is in Auckland for his An Audience with David Walliams tour, sneaked into the Newstalk ZB studio on Friday before his first show, catching Hosking unawares while singing (Iâve Had) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing.
When he spotted Walliams, the broadcaster was gobsmacked. âNo fricking way, how exciting is that! This is magnificent.â
âHello mate, Iâve missed you. I worry about you in those tight jeans, a man of your age,â Walliams joked.
Walliams met Hosking and his wife, Kate Hawkesby, in London last year, joking with the radio host, âI remember Kate, but not you ... still married?â
He revealed the surprise had been in the works for some time âbecause you have a really huge crush on me, and it would be exciting for youâ.
âYes, I do,â Hosking confirmed.
When asked how the tour was going so far, Walliams said his shows in Australia had been âfantasticâ.
âIâve been so popular in Auckland that we added this show tonight,â he said.
David Walliams paid a surprise visit to the Newstalk ZB studio. Photo / Michael Craig
âIâve got my funny stories that Iâve thought about what they are and Iâm telling them ... but at the same time, the audiences have been so great in Australia, and Iâm sure theyâll be even better in New Zealand, they sort of give you permission to kind of push it further and further and just be spontaneous,â the comedian told Hosking.
âItâs really restored my faith in performing comedy. Like, oh yeah, when we all get together in a room, what we really want is a laugh and itâs spontaneous, Iâve been saying some pretty rude things.â
Hosking confessed spontaneity was Hawkesbyâs worry because she didnât want to be embarrassed from their front-row seats.
Walliams jokingly replied that shouldnât be an issue for the radio host. âYou look like the kind of man thatâd like attention.â
âNo, I donât want to be part of it, I just want to enjoy your talent,â Hosking responded.
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After a year of waiting, Formula Oneâs worst-kept secret has been confirmed: Liam Lawson will finish the rest of this season driving for Racing Bulls.
The 22-year-old has been locked in to drive for the subsidiary team of Red Bull at the expense of Australian Daniel Ricciardo for the final six races of the season, after which heâs expected to secure the spot for the 2025 season.
The move means Lawson will step into the Racing Bulls cockpit for Formula Oneâs next Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on October 21 (NZT). He becomes the first New Zealander to secure a fulltime seat in Formula One since Brendon Hartley in 2018.
In a world exclusive interview with Newstalk ZBâs Mike Hosking, Lawson said that it finally feels real.
âObviously I had, I knew about it for the last sort of... probably two weeks, but until itâs out there to the world, itâs, it obviously doesnât ever really feel set in stone.â
âItâs a very cool feeling.â
Lawson told Hosking that he hasnât had time to celebrate yet, as the news has come in at a very challenging point.
âObviously, you know, all these guys have done three quarters of a season now, so I have to try and compete with that now, at tracks that I haven't done as well. So it's gonna be challenging.â
âit's very, very special, but we don't have much time to, to really let it sink in,â he said.
âWe're getting straight to work.â
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Two New Zealand restaurants have been named among the worldâs best.
The Grove in Auckland and Queenstownâs Nest Bar + Kitchen made it onto Trip Advisorâs Travellersâ Choice Awards Best of the Best list for 2024, a milestone fewer than 1% of the 8 million listings achieve.
The Grove came in 9th in the fine dining category, and owner Michael Dearth says to get something like this is fantastic.
He says that when a lot of people leave the restaurant, theyâre just gushing with compliments.
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