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Am 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 me ask the Prime Minister on a Monday, when is the Waitangi Tribunal decision being made? What is Potaka doing with this activist tribunal?
Well, on Friday we got the answer.
He is going to have a review.
I thought that's what he was already doing. Thatâs why I thought we had been waiting so long.
The impatience I was showing in asking the Prime Minister is not "when is he announcing a review"? It's, when is the Government snipping the wings of taxpayer-funded activists that have lived well past their use by date?
The tribunal was set up 50 years ago to settle historic grievances. To a large extent, they have done that.
The fact some remain outstanding is an indictment on the people who haven't settled and various Governments who have refused to put deadlines in place.
But the majority of the intent of the tribunal is over.
Having ticked that box, they saw a future in a lot more money and work offering increasingly radical views for anyone who was bored and angry and wanted to take a case, so they could get a judgement to beat the Government of the day over the head with.
This current Government, perceived by the aggrieved as a particularly nasty lot, have kept the tribunal flat out filing complaints and receiving damning reports. None of it means anything because the tribunal has no real legal standing.
None of this is complex. Yet Potaka has been sitting there doing Lord-knows-what, to finally muster up a press release on a Friday to tell us at long, long, long, last we'll get a couple of people to wander off for a few months and come back with an opinion the Government wants, so they can do what they should have done all along - call a halt to the circus.
Once again we remind you - no small amount of the support that got this Government to power was predicated on the idea that enough was enough on the Maori overreach front.
Delivery has been painfully slow.
Potaka has been dragging the chain.
Is it possible part of the reason this Government has failed to fire more, is simply because their talk was a lot more attractive than their action?
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 12th of May, the Government are going back to crushing cars. Will they be more effective than Judith Collins and her three crushed cars in eight years?
The Prime Minister is in studio to talk the Coalition of the Willing call over the weekend, the Waitangi Tribunal review and Act agreeing to disagree on guns.
Andrew Saville and Jason Pine give their highlights of the sporting weekend and the future of the NZR after bringing in record revenue but still losing $20 million.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is in studio with Mike Hosking to discuss all the big issues of the week.
The Governmentâs announced plans to work on restrictions banning social media use by those under 16. ACT isn't supporting the bill, but the Prime Minister says that could be changing.
"They sort of started to shift their position a little bit on the weekend, which is good," he said.
The Prime Minister discusses the war in Ukraine after talking with leaders on the issue recently. He says Russia started the war, and they can finish it.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon discusses all this and more with Mike Hosking.
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Itâs been revealed that New Zealandâs hidden economy costs us around $13 billion a year in unseen taxes.
It comes out to around 11 percent of our GDP.
Independent tax expert Geof Nightingale talks to Mike Hosking about our black market.
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Drivers who participate in street races will have their vehicles destroyed or forfeited in the majority of cases under new legislation announced by the Government today.
On Sunday, Transport Minister Chris Bishop said the current penalties âarenât strong enough to deter this appalling behaviourâ. He said police reporting found the frequency of anti-social road events was increasing and âenough is enoughâ.
Presumptive sentences are coming, meaning more power for the police to monitor and close areas like roads.
Assistant Police Commissioner Mike Johnson talks to Mike Hosking about the crackdown.
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Thursday could be a big day for developments in the war in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putinâs proposing direct talks between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday, as a counteroffer after being faced with an ultimatumof agreeing to a 30-day ceasefire today.
Trump has told Ukraine to accept the proposal.
Geopolitical Analyst Geoffrey Miller talks to Mike Hosking about the tense situation.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is rejecting an initial ceasefire deal with Ukraine, and instead proposing direct talks to start in Istanbul this week.
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland visited Ukraine over the weekend, setting tomorrow as a deadline for Russian to accept a 30 day ceasefire or face additional sanctions.
The Trump Administration said it will impose additional sanctions on Russia if they don't comply.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold talks to Mike Hosking about the deal, the new royal jet for Washington and the latest on China-US trade talks.
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The Prime Minister says the Government is making work on restrictions to social media for New Zealanders under the age of 16 part of its official programme.
It will sit with Education Minister Erica Stanford, whose portfolio will be expanded to allow her to commission advice and direct officials from a range of departments on reducing social media harm for those under 16.
As itâs a Memberâs Bill, it needs to be drawn from Parliamentâs ballot before proceeding.
Education Minister Erica Stanford talks to Mike Hosking about the bill.
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Developments are being made in the US and China trade talks.
A top Trump economic adviser says about two dozen trade deals are in the works with the country.
Talks took place in Switzerland over the weekend.
Greg Smith of Devon Funds Management talks to Mike Hosking about the negotiations, British Airways buying billions of dollars worth of planes and why BP's in the crosshairs of a takeover suiter.
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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.
Anthony Albanese: 8/10
Better than anyone, and I suspect even he, expected.
Nigel Farage: 8/10
Better than anyone, and I suspect even he, expected.
Donald Trump: 6/10
Between the redecorating tips, the movie move, the GDP going backwards, Mark Carney, whatever the Middle East announcement is, the deals he wants to do, the deals he doesnât want to do, his withdrawal of another nomination, defunding of public broadcasting, his outrage over the Emmy nod for the interview he's suing over, plane loads of illegal's to Syria, Lord knows how many court cases - and thatâs just this week! Have you ever seen a more omnipresent international player?
Erica Stanford's email: 2/10
The biggest time-wasting nonsense of the week.
Adrian Orr's farewell: 4/10
The saddest thing you ever heard. $6,000 for water, juice and biscuits.
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Two entrepreneurs are bringing Kiwi ingenuity to the world stage.
Dan Wallace and Anthony Clyde, co-founders of Velduro, have won gold at the 33rd Annual China International Bicycle Fair.
Their âsuper light carbonâ e-bike beat out 600 other bikes for the prize.
Wallace told Mike Hosking they entered the bike in February in the hope they would get some recognition and to put New Zealand on a bit of a stage.
He says they found out the day they arrived that theyâd won an award â and he got to stand up on stage surrounded by some pretty big leaders in the industry.
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In the NZR press release yesterday, Chairman David Kirk and CEO Mark Robinson did their best to infer that life financially for the sport is sensational.
Despite the fact it isn't.
They lost money, almost $20 million. And they lost money the year before that as well.
Kirk ran the line that it was not a cash loss and that they had $170-ish million in reserves.
They also spruiked the fact that they were pulling in record revenue.
Now, I am a conservative when it comes to money. The fact they pulled in record revenue and still lost money is your real news, because if you can't make dough when you're raking it in, your model is broken.
Mark Robinson admitted as much by saying "there was further work needed to achieve a sustainable financial model".
This is no different to your household budget.
You had a pay rise, brought some good coin into the house, but you are still not getting ahead. Then you reassure yourself that although you got a pay rise, but spent it all and then some, don't worry â we still have the savings account.
The trouble for people like Kirk and Robinson is everyone is an expert. We all run rugby and, in a way, that is a good thing. We are not short of interested parties.
But what you can't argue with is the market rugby plays in. The global sports market is booming. The money out there for elite sport is eye-watering and NZR's revenue uptick indicates they might be seeing a bit of that.
But the simple truth is if you can't bank the buck in the golden years, you will be killed in the lean ones.
The experts who text me will tell you Robinson is a fool, women's rugby is a drain, and the provincial unions are run by people called Bruce who still drink handles of beer every Friday night with their shirt fronts hanging out.
But what all of that florid verbiage from the well-intentioned doesnât address is the really big important question.
If you can't make money from your national game, either no sport can make money (which we know not to be true), or something is wrong with the way the national game is run.
If you're still in the red when it's raining money and your press releases have a desperation about them, someone needs to be held to account.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 9th of May, we got the white smoke, and the cardinals have elected Robert Prevost to become the next Pope. He's the first American Pope and will take on the name Leo XIV.
NZ Rugby have had their third full year financial loss in a row, despite record revenue. CEO Mark Robinson is on to explain whether the model, or something else, needs to change.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson play a fun new game that Mike invented and discuss the new radio station that launched today as they Wrap the Week.
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Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson are back with Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was.
New Zealand finally has a radio station that caters to Mikeâs taste in music, with iHeartCountry NZ launching this morning.
Plus, Kate and Tim played a game of Mikeâs invention for the chance to win a cash prize.
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New Zealand Rugby has posted a $19.5 million loss for 2024.
Since NZR brought US fund manager Silver Lake on as an equity partner in June 2022, the national body has posted total accumulated losses of around $76 million over three years.
NZR is trumpeting record income of $285 million dollars against the loss.
CEO Mark Robinson told Mike Hosking that much of the deficit is as a result of investment, and putting all those aside, the deficit is just under $6 million over the last four years.
He says that theyâre making choices to fund investment and growth for the future, and you can see some green shoots coming through.
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New Zealand banks are being asked to pay up in the next few months.
Kiwibank, BNZ, Westpac, ANZ and ASB will need to repay around $9.2 billion in cheap Covid-era loans to the Reserve Bank.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen told Mike Hosking that they have variety of options they can use to repay the money.
He says the banks knew when taking out these loans theyâd have to pay them back eventually.
Olsen told Hosking that if theyâre not ready to pay them back, they probably donât qualify to be called bankers at this point.
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The Government's scraped the bottom of the barrel to find more money for the upcoming Budget.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's promising an extra $400 million for maintaining and upgrading assets, on top of the already projected $3.6 billion.
He says he wants to prioritise growing the economy.
Infrastructure New Zealand Policy Director Michelle McCormick told Mike Hosking things are looking up after the investment summit earlier this year.
She says things are happening in the background, including creating a more positive investment environment.
McCormick says that while it's breadcrumbs, it's positive news.
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The new Pope's experience around the globe has hoisted him above front-runners for the papacy.
69-year-old Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, is the first Pope to come from the United States.
While he was born in Chicago, he's also a naturalised Peruvian having lived there for about 20 years, and speaks English, Spanish, and Italian.
Newstalk ZB's Jo McKenna is at the Vatican and told Mike Hosking his history in Peru would've drawn support from South American cardinals.
She says heâs strongly pushing messages of connection, talking in his speech about peace and maintaining the message of Pope Francis of reaching out to all corners of the earth and creating an inclusive church.
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The Government's planning to increase ventilation requirements in new homes to address overheating in townhouses.
RNZ reports Auckland homeowners have complained of 30-degree temperatures overnight due to poorly ventilated buildings.
Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says changes are needed so people don't get cooked alive in their own house.
Property developer and investor David Whitburn told Mike Hosking the problem's driven by cost and design.
He says the building code has changed for insulation standards, while ventilation rules have stayed the same.
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Donald Trump's tariffs continue to loom over the film industry.
The New Zealand Film Commission is embarking on an international trade mission of its own.
The team is headed to India, the UK, and France to look for new investment partnerships and international productions.
Chief Executive Annie Murray told Mike Hosking co-production is on the rise, despite the tariffs.
He says there's a lot of business happening and they're looking ahead to Cannes, where they'll conduct more meetings to grow the industry.
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