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The government will allow a 'Parent Boost' visa from September.
It will grant parents of citizens multi-entry access for five years, with the opportunity for renewal once - meaning they could hold the visa for 10 years.
Applicants will also need to meet specific health, income, and insurance requirements.
NZ Immigration Principal Consultant Katy Armstrong says New Zealand's not always just a skip across the ditch. For some people its a 24-hour journey or more, so the visa's a significant move.
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Steve Price and Mike Hosking discuss the impacts of Scott Morrisonâs COVID policies and support for Australian citizens.
Morrison provided relief money for countless Australians during COVID to keep families afloat during the pandemic. A move he now says has led Australians to lean on the government.
Price also discussed the use of Amazon to order machetes and large knives into Australia, and if the machete ban will work as the government intended.
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There are plenty of questions after an Australian naval ship accidentally blocked internet and radio services across parts of the country.
It's understood the radar of the HMAS Canberra accidentally interfered with one of the shared spectrum bands that anyone can use free of charge.
Intelligence expert Paul Buchanan saysoperational security was lacking.
He wants to know why the Canberra was on a commercial band, given it's the most important ship in the Australian navy
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 9th of June, the Government is making changes to parent visas so will this actually change anything? Will it help bring in the people we need?
The Prime Minister is in for a chat about our ferries, our gas (or lack of it) and when some of the changes they've promised will actually come into effect.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine cover off the Super Rugby playoffs, the Warriors' big win and the French Open final.
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Large-scale protests have erupted in Los Angeles in response to ICE deportations set up by President Trump to crack down on illegal immigrants.
The National Guard has now been deployed to LA by The President to assist the local police and riot squads in stopping the protests.
A third of the people living in Los Angeles were born outside of the USA, with many hailing from Central and South America.
President Trump has insisted that these deportation raids only target âhardened criminals.â
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Little guidance around how money is spent on principals' wellbeing, is being seen as a key cause for excessive state-school spending.
A report from the Office of the Auditor-General - as reported in the Post - has discovered 54 schools were questioned for âsensitiveâ spending with no apparent educational benefit.
In 2022, the Ministry of Education paid $6.3 million dollars to 524 schools, with principals able to access up to $6,000 dollars each for wellbeing.
PPTA President Chris Abercrombie told Mike Hosking that there was little guidance on the money, which he says gave principals freedom to do as they see fit.
He says there weren't many rules about how the money should be used at the start.
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Mike Hoskings and Prime Minister Chris Luxon sat down in the studio this morning for a discussion on electricity and gas in New Zealand.
âThe oil and gas ban was one of the dumbest, most insanest moves Iâve seen happen.â said the PM this morning.
According to Luxon, New Zealand must steer back away from coal in favour of gas as a source of energy. âWeâre the only country Iâm aware of in the world thatâs actually transitioning from gas to coal.â Which Luxon said is âtwice as bad as gas.â
The PM says his plan for future-proofing New Zealandâs energy grid is essential for supporting planned datacenters and other high-energy usage projects.
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The polling industry, whose only answer to fairly obvious questions seems to be âthis is just a snapshot in timeâ, may have trouble explaining the past week of polling in this country.
There was one on Tuesday night and one on Wednesday morning. They have completely different results.
One has Luxon as the most popular leader.
One has Hipkins as the most popular leader.
One has National leading Labour.
One has Labour leading National.
One has the current Government as the current Government.
One has a new Government, with the current Government out.
It doesnât get a lot more contrasting than that.
Even if you accept a lot of the numbers are tightish, some of the numbers aren't even within the margin of error.
It's almost as though the polls aren't accurate.
It's almost as though you could ring up 1000 people and get one answer, then ring up another set of 1000 people and get a completely different answer.
If you can do that, why would you pay money to people who will tell you these things mean anything?
At least TVNZ use commercial money to pay for this stuff.
Radio New Zealand, who seem to have taken over from TV3, use our money. And given they have just had a budget cut and given they are losing their audience at a rate of knots, I'm not sure this can be classed as quality expenditure.
I went to their website yesterday. The headline was "What the polls are telling us in 7 charts".
And there they were. There was lots of colour, lots of lines up and down, and squiggles.
But I already knew, given I had seen the charts from the night before, that either their charts meant nothing, or if they did mean something, then the other guy's charts weren't up to much.
Or quite possibly if we did this charade for a third time, they would both be exposed as having shonky numbers.
But remember: "they are only a snapshot in time". Except given they were done at the same time, they aren't, are they?
So what are they, other than a very large waste of time and money?
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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.
David Seymour: 7/10
In Britain, debating as we speak. But last weekend he ascended to Deputy Prime Minister and gave an excellent speech about what our country can be. It was uplifting, and uplifting is good.
Chris Bishop: 7/10
Was at the music awards and expressed an opinion. People of the left didnât appear to like opinions. That's not as uplifting.
Mitch Barnett: 3/10
Professionals get injured, but a season ender is a cruel blow, especially given this is our year.
The Waiuku raised crossing: 2/10
Because it's bollocks, but at least it's on hold.
Polls: 1/10
Joke of the week. Buy a dartboard and pretend it means something.
Six million: 7/10
Our population prediction by 2040. I like more people because more people brings growth. I've always thought we are way too small.
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I've struggled with a couple of authors this week â Jacinda Ardern and Jake Tapper.
What I struggle with is one of them is making money out of the fact they made an astonishing hash of their job, quit, bailed out of the country and is now collecting money for retelling what happened in a way that would suggest no carnage was left behind.
The other is making money by exposing what he watched unfold in front of his eyes for four years and really did nothing about.
I'm not sure who the bigger fraud is.
The Ardern book is widely traversed and has been marketed very well internationally. My wife showed me a snippet from Oprah.
Let's be frank: post WeightWatchers and Ozempic Oprah is not exactly reputationally untouched herself. She's fascinated with Ardern, and it appears to be around kindness. I bet you anything you want Oprah doesnât have the slightest idea about how the country was wrecked under Ardern.
She sees what Ardern wants you to see: fragile, huggy people who run things with good vibes.
In the meantime, at CNN, I have no idea what Jake Tapper was watching between 2020-24 because we all watched the same thing. Except CNN wasnât spending a lot of time saying "hey, have you noticed the old guy is getting worse by the day?".
Given that was CNN's job is it any wonder they rate the way they do? But for Tapper to then go out and monetise what he was already, allegedly, being paid to do, seems a new low of sorts to me.
But back with Ardern. In one review former Labour Party leader David Cunliffe runs the classic line of "I have a different recollectionâ. That's in response to Ardern's attack on him whereby she essentially calls him a fraud and how she couldnât understand how he got the top job and not her mate Grant.
You had to, she said (probably in tears), question his authenticity.
Are you serious? Authenticity? From Jacinda Markle? The only bit of marketing that seems to have been missed along with the hand-wringing interviews on Radio New Zealand and TVNZ is some Ardern jam or cake recipes.
If she had just been useless, it might have been alright. Hopeless, but didnât break the china.
But she wasnât. She was dangerous, she was the pulpit of truth, she was a control freak, and she was a narcissist dressed up in Kate Sylvester pretending she wrote back to all the kids.
She wrecked the joint then collected the dough in Boston.
Tapper and Ardern made money for failing to do their job.
There should be a law against it.
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The public breakdown between the Donald Trump and Elon Musk is snowballing - as the Tesla CEO calls for the US President's impeachment.
Musk criticised Donald Trump's spending bill days after his departure from the President's administration.
Trump says he's very disappointed, as Musk knew every aspect of the bill and never had a problem until he left.
Musk's hit back, sharing a post saying Trump should be impeached and replaced by Vice-President JD Vance.
He also claimed Trump appears in unreleased Epstein files.
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Kate Hakesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking once more to Wrap the Week that was.
Newstalk ZB won big at last nightâs Radio and Podcast Awards, claiming Station of the Year for the fifth straight year.
The Mike Hosking Breakfast also has reason to celebrate, winning two awards of their own.
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The Super Rugby Pacific playoffs are upon us.
The three-week series kicks off tonight, and the Chiefs are currently sitting in the top spot on the table.
Theyâll clash with the Blues tomorrow night in the only Kiwi derby in the qualifying finals.
CEO Simon Graafhuis told Mike Hosking a good game can always be expected between the two teams.
However, when it comes to the finals, heâs expecting the Chiefs will be facing off against the Crusaders or Hurricanes, as both teams are tracking well.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 6th of June, the farce in Parliament over the Te Pati MÄori MPs is over and we can finally get back to fixing our country.
The Super Rugby playoffs begin this weekend, so we need to catch up with the table topping Chiefs ahead of the only Kiwi derby in this round.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson celebrate Newstalk ZBâs and the Mike Hosking Breakfastâs success at the NZ Radio Awards.
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Positive news from the manufacturing sector.
Data from inventory management software company Unleashed shows that both revenue and profitability is up.
In the first quarter of the year, revenue across the sector was up 7.5%, and profitability was up 30% compared to the same time last year.
Food, beverage, and the building industry are the big winners.
Alan McDonald, EMA Head of Advocacy, Finance and Strategy, told Mike Hosking this latest survey just reinforces the trend weâre seeing about growing confidence in the sector.
He says all signs indicate things are looking much better down the track.
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Researchers say the Vape industry and regulators needs to show they're taking consumer safety seriously.
A study in today's Medical Journal shows more than half of vape juices have incorrectly labelled how much nicotine they contain.
Most of the mislabelled products had significantly less nicotine than advertised â some by over 50%.
Otago University Senior Research Fellow Jude Ball told Mike Hosking this is suggestive of widespread issues in manufacturing quality.
She says New Zealand has strong regulations about what can and can't be in vape products, so the fact nicotine levels are way off raises concerns.
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Inland Revenue's cracking down on unpaid tax bills.
It's been allocated an extra $35 million in Budget 25 to boost its tax compliance and collection activities.
The tax department expects to return an additional $4 for every dollar in the first year, and $8 in year two.
IRD Commissioner Peter Mersi told Mike Hosking it's hard to estimate how much tax is owed across the board.
He says they don't really know the size of the gap, but believes it's around $9 billion.
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A focus on boosting our gas supply in the short-term from the Resources Minister.
New Zealand's gas reserves have dropped by 27% over the past year.
Last month, the Government committed $200 million to new gas projects following removal of a ban on offshore oil and gas exploration last year.
Shane Jones told Mike Hosking there's a lot of interest in the South Island, but new projects need to be well-thought out.
He says so if people make a commitment, their investment is protected from the return of unicorn, fairy-head ideas.
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Satisfaction the Privileges Committee stood its ground over Te Pati MÄori's viral haka in Parliament.
The harshest sanctions in Parliament's history have been handed down, with co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi suspended for 21 days.
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's been suspended for seven.
Privileges Committee Chair Judith Collins told Mike Hosking the committee was almost universally appalled by the demonstration and six monthsâ worth of hearings.
She says the committee's work was worth it, and it's about time Parliament realised the public is appalled by the antics.
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Keir Starmer has signalled a potential U-turn regarding the winter energy payments.
Back in March, the UK government changed the rules for the Winter Fuel Payment, so that from winter 2024/25, it was only available to households that received the Pension Credit or certain other means-tested benefits.
This made it so that only 1.5 million pensioners received the payment, down from 10.8 million.
UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking reinstating them looks like a defeat for Starmer, as it was his government that axed the payments in the first place.
He says the Prime Ministerâs in a difficult position.
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