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On a day of a resignation at a fairly high level, we also have a confession in court from another high profile operator.
The problem with "high profile" is it tends to be high-wire.
More is expected of you because of your role. Or is it?
From the details available, which aren't many, Andrew Bayly didn’t commit a sackable offence as far as I can work out.
Putting your hand on the arm of a person you are having a “lively” discussion with isn't very cool, or acceptable, but in and of itself it's not the end of a career.
But the trouble with Bayly is the "loser" thing in some way, shape or form was going to haunt him. So a small infringement, by way of a follow up misdemeanor, was always going to be larger than it would have been with a clean sheet.
Also, Luxon has set the behaviour bar high. The precedent is there, so any trouble and you're out.
Contrast that to Caleb Clark, who has pled guilty to dangerous driving and failing to stop for police.
The max sentence, with sentencing happening in June, is many thousands of dollars, or months in prison.
His lawyer wants him discharged without conviction.
Unlike Bayly he hasn’t offered to quit, so the question becomes: is it a sackable offence?
Drink driving has been established with a number of incidents over the years with high profile convictions as not being sackable, so the precedent is set there.
But what about dangerous driving, and more worryingly, with the message it sends of failing to stop for the police?
Failing to stop with a view to what? Scarper? Not get caught? Evade the law? Get away with it?
Law and order has been a major election issue and the polices rolling in to get on top of law breaking has been a major focus for most of us of late.
If I, as a high profile operator, was up on charges of failing to stop or dangerous driving, would you expect me to be sacked? Would this workplace, beyond whatever happens in court, expect to see some sort of resignation?
Or does profile only count in politics, where no law was broken but emotions get you sacked?
What does an All Black have to do, illegally, to be sacked as an All Black?
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The cost of keeping Government-owned assets could be more than the return it's getting from them.
A report by The New Zealand Initiative says the Government owns $571 billion in assets, yet the returns from them don't even cover the interest on loans used to buy them.
Author Bryce Wilkinson is calling for a review to identify if assets should be sold, and if so, which ones.
He says the Government should be asking if someone else could put the assets to better use to improve public access.
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Since winning the IndyCar Rookie Award in 2021, Scott McLaughlin has gone from strength to strength.
He finished 3rd last year, only 39 points shy of first place, as well as having the historic pole lap at Indy500, going faster than anyone in history.
McLaughlin and his wife also welcomed their first child in October of last year, right at the end of the racing season.
He told Mike Hosking that life as a dad has been pretty wild, but he’s enjoyed it.
“Had a great Christmas, and I’m just really, really excited to get back to the racetrack and get amongst it.”
Their daughter will be coming to the track for the first time this weekend, which McLaughlin says will be awesome.
This is McLaughlin’s fifth year racing, and he’s certain he can claim the win.
“I feel like I’m in the right, the right frame of mind, I feel like I’m driving the best I ever have, and I’ve got all the tools to do it.”
“The title for me is a big goal.”
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 25th of February, Erica Stanford has a new teaching announcement, coming not a moment too soon considering the current shortage of over 2000 teachers.
The Prime Minister tangles himself into a knot when trying to answer if he would have sacked Andrew Bayly if he hadn't offered his resignation.
Indycar driver Scott McLaughlin is taking a pitstop before this weekend’s season opener to talk to Mike about becoming a dad and his expectations for the year.
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Some good news for our tourism sector.
Millennium and Copthorne Hotels have recorded its highest full-year revenue in five years, with a sense 2025 will be strong for travel.
Current international visitor arrivals still sit at 89% of pre-pandemic levels.
Chief Executive Stuart Harrison told Mike Hosking they've been holding a 'revive and thrive' strategy.
He says they've been doing refurbishments and upgrades to position themselves in a strong space for the future.
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The French President has met with Donald Trump at the White House, seeking stability following America's sidestep of traditional European ties.
It comes as world leaders met in Kyiv on the third-year anniversary of Russia's invasion, and the UN General Assembly voted against a US resolution to end the war without reference to Russian aggression.
Newstalk ZB European Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking Emmanuel Macron will be saying Europe understands his frustrations with defence spending.
But Macron will also be asking Trump to keep the US European security guarantee in place, as it's what their security and economics are based on.
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The Prime Minister says Andrew Bayly's good work can't compensate for bad behaviour.
The Port Waikato MP has resigned from cabinet after touching a staffer's arm during a lively conversation.
It follows an earlier incident in which he called a winery worker a loser.
Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking the good work that Bayly was doing doesn't excuse it.
He says it's important to have standards and Bayly has realised he didn't meet his own expectations.
Luxon would not be drawn on whether he would have sacked Bayly had he not resigned. He repeatedly said Bayly had not met his expectations.
“The standards are really clear of my ministers. In this case, I laid down, after the last [loser] case, crystal-clear expectations."
Pushed on whether his answers were indecisive, Luxon said he was decisive.
He then said he would have demoted Bayly and taken his ministry away from him had Bayly not resigned.
On the Chinese navy, Luxon said it has got “much more benign, much more competitive in the Pacific”.
He said it was normal for airlines to divert flights. “We’re relaxed with what’s happening in the sense of it’s legal, but we want to make sure we get a bit more advanced notice.”
On the Cook Islands, Luxon said he was incredibly frustrated with Prime Minister Mark Brown and the government.
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The Government's changing residency rules to allow overseas primary teachers to apply for New Zealand residency.
Speaking exclusively to Newstalk ZB, the Immigration Minister says from next month, offshore primary teachers will only need a job offer, and don't need to have worked here for two years, to be given residency.
Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking it follows the Government putting secondary teachers on the same pathway last year, which made a big difference to their numbers.
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In Australian election polls, the Coalition has built a 52 percent to 48 percent lead over Labor, its biggest since the last election.
The margin significantly increases Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's chance of creating a minority government.
Australian Correspondent Steve Price says the Sydney Morning Herald has now said the election will now be sooner rather than later.
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I am sad to report that Winston Peters is wrong.
His thinking that the Pacific favours friendship has been proven naive.
As I have always said, chequebooks win and we don’t have a chequebook and even his goodwill gesture in 2017, when he lined up along side Labour and handed out a billion dollars, has proven woefully short.
The Chinese have shown over the weekend that the world is changing, and in a dramatic way, and we haven't even mentioned the word Trump yet.
The Cooks deal is about mining the seabed. It's about things at great depth in the ocean that are worth a fortune.
In the meantime the Chinese navy has arrived locally and we are busy diverting planes while having no idea why they have done what they have done.
The best reasoning I have seen so far is from Mick Ryan, who appears on this show periodically. He is ex-military and a great thinker and is deeply worried. If he is, we all should be.
His theory is the Chinese are reminding Australia that you might want to stay local instead of wandering off and doing your exercises in places like, oh, I don’t know, Taiwan?
If you don’t know what's coming and when, staying local makes sense. They are sending a message.
Is it legal? Yes. It's international waters so it's international law and nothing has been broken, apart from the fact they are rude by not letting anyone know.
But then that's the point.
There is also a sense that some sort of picking of sides is coming i.e AUKUS or no AUKUS.
We might like to think about that as well. We might also like to look at our defence forces and wonder, yet again, if we have tried our luck just a little too long and what's left of what we have, might need a bit more dough spent on it.
But, as for the Pacific, Mark Brown will say nice things. But money talks and it has talked.
The Pacific generally are being, or have been, bought off by Chinese money, whether its security like the Solomons or mining like the Cooks.
Friendship doesn’t solve any of it.
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The Pope is in critical condition as he now battles kidney failure.
On Saturday the Vatican announced he was suffering from a prolonged respiratory crisis, and he has since been receiving constant oxygen.
Rome Correspondent Jo Mckenna joins the show for an update on the Pope's condition.
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The German Conservative party has been elected, securing the largest part in the next German parliament.
The party received nearly 30% of the vote.
The Far-right party has come second.
Co-founder and director of the Global Public Policy Institute Thorsten Benner discusses the details of the election with Mike Hosking.
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The Government is welcoming more foreign investment to New Zealand businesses by amending the Overseas Investment Act.
The Associate Finance Minister David Seymour talks to Mike Hosking about the announcement, why it took as long as it did, how much money is coming into the country, and the sectors excluded from the reform.
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Police have a target of answering 70% of non-emergency calls within 90 seconds, but they're at 17%.
The average wait time is 6 minutes and 36 seconds.
They now have a new focus: customer satisfaction.
Police director of Service Superintendent Blair Macdonald talks to Mike Hosking.
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NATO leaders are on their way to the United States this week.
French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in Washington tomorrow, followed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk's "5 Things" deadline is up tomorrow, leaving federal workers jobs on the line.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold joins the show.
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Three Chinese warships have been docked off the coast of Sydney since last week, and they have since been seen carrying out a live weapons drill.
Commercial flights had to be diverted as a result of the exercise, with pilots being told to avoid the area.
Should New Zealand be worried?
Defence Minister Judith Collins talk to Mike Hosking about China's presence in the Pacific.
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Spark has lost $1 billion in market value, a result that was greeted with shock by investors.
Sky TV also reflected a tough economy, while Fonterra jumped after lifting earnings forecasts.
Crossing the Tasman, an American real estate giant has launched a A$2.6B bid for Australian real estate portal domain.
Greg Smith of Devon Funds Management talks to Mike Hosking about the outcomes.
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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.
Super Rugby: 7/10
Good start, good rugby, no one knows who is going to win and the crowds were okay.
Jannik Sinner and tennis: 3/10
For a sport that I assumed didn’t want to look shonky, it's got a very WWE vibe about it these days.
Farmers: 9/10
At over $10 in dairy and regulation driven by reality, not fairy tales, it's no wonder they are feeling good.
Bootcamps: 6/10
The report spoke well of the pilot. Pity the media didn’t cover more of the report, as opposed to the Labour Party pile on.
Debbie from the Māori Party: 1/10
When you are that detached from the world in which you are allegedly serving, and on holiday while you're displaying your ignorance, you've got to wonder. Mind you, as Rawiri Waititi so eloquently, and yet incorrectly, put it, it could be a hatch job.
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In a week, 230 New Zealanders were given confirmation Kinleith Mill was over.
The Australians facing the same scenario at a place called Whyalla in South Australia did something completely different.
The steel mill is owned by a British billionaire and it's in a world of financial trouble. It may well go to the wall.
It employs 1000 people in a town of 22,000. So the state Government, backed by the Federal Government, has bought it.
Even for a Labour Government in Australia it is an extraordinary move.
But the assessment is, in a small town, you can't afford to lose that many jobs.
They will look for a buyer, they will look for finance and they will look to rejig the place to solve the problem. But in the meantime, the place is open and the jobs are saved.
The first question you ask, of course, is would this decision be made if it was not about a month or so out from an election, which is an election the Government who just bought the steel mill is in serious danger of losing?
The precedent is also shocking. If you save one, surely you save them all? And if you don’t, because you can't, the locals will, quite righty, ask why not?
Also, the Government owning things in the long term has never really been a recipe for efficiency or success. As much heat as Labour got in the 1980's for selling the railways here, Helen Clark buying them back has hardly been one of life's great business decisions.
In a small town though, at the pub or the dairy or the sports field, who cares? They've got jobs, the bills get paid, and the kids stay in the local school. They'll take it. Where the money came from doesn’t really matter.
As much as Shane Jones espouses the value of the regions, the region here still lost its mill.
We still have the problem that is the price of power. It still hasn’t been addressed as an issue, and we go into another winter with a mess of a system.
In Australia the place is open, the jobs are saved and no one's leaving town.
So, which approach is better?
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