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The debate around the Privileges Committee and their decision for the MÄori Party MPs starts today.
It's set to be a long-winded and largely pointless exercise.
If you can be bothered, get a read on where each of the parties stand.
Why?
Because you will find that some parties donât agree with the committee and think the so-called punishment is a bit hard.
The Prime Minister was asked about this yesterday at his post-Cabinet press conference. In fact, they were the first questions asked, which was sad and yet again a reminder of how the Press Gallery is not really interested in the news of the day, and perhaps even the good news of the day.
The good news of the day came from the Finance Minister, who was standing next to the Prime Minister at said conference and had been busy up to the question bit outlining some new tax treatment for investment and payments for start-ups and businesses looking for a bit of relief around rules and paperwork.
That got scant coverage, despite the fact these are the very sort of issues, ideas, and polices that will drag this beleaguered economy out of the quagmire it is currently stuck in.
As regards to the Privileges Committee, for the record, the Prime Minister stood firm on the ensuing debate, and whether or not by bargaining away the decision it could expedite what could be days of time wasting.
Why this matters is because standards matter, and standards in this country have become embarrassing. What the MÄori Party did was farcical, as well as embarrassing.
Their punishment was not because they were MÄori, or because what they did was MÄori, it was because they broke the rules, and rules count or should count.
Because when they donât, people like the MÄori Party and to a lesser degree the Labour Party and the Greens, bring us all into disrepute.
Believe it or not, there are large swathes of this country that find what has been happening at our highest level of leadership to be completely and utterly shocking, as well as embarrassing and needless, and we are more than over it.
By asking whether Government can plea bargain it away so we can skip a lengthy, boring debate is systematic of the problem itself.
"Why deal to it, when we can ignore it or water it down?"
If those who think this is all okay want to debate it and remind us what mediocre looks like, that's on them.
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Donald Trump says the Vatican's 'very interested' in hosting negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
The US President's held two separate phone calls today, one with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the other with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
He says Ukraine and Russia will immediately start working towards a ceasefire, and more importantly, an end to war.
Europe Correspondent Jo McKenna told Mike Hosking Pope Leo XIV has had a flurry of diplomatic meetings following his recent inauguration.
She says he may be set to host peace talks, so Trump may be heading to Rome.
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Kiwis will be able to experience the drama as âNine Perfect Strangersâ returns for a second season.
Nicole Kidmanâs Masha Dmitrichenko has invited a new cast of characters to join a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps, pushing them to the brink over the course of a week.
Annie Murphy and Murray Bartlett are among the cast, playing alongside Henry Golding, Lena Olin, Christine Baranski, Lucas Englander, King Princess, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Mark Strong, Aras Aydin, and of course, Nicole Kidman.
For Murphy, the ensemble nature was a huge draw, telling Mike Hosking she was thrilled by the prospect.
âWe were there for six months Munich, with a whole bunch of really talented, really theatre, dorky actors... I was thrilled.â
Bartlett was also excited to be a part of the show, having watched and âdevouredâ the first season.
Season 2 will be releasing on May 22nd worldwide on Amazon Prime.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 20th of May, millions are being invested into rail and tax changes for foreign investors â where is the Government getting the funds from?
Parliament is voting today on the punishment for the three Te Pati MÄori MPs.
White Lotus star Murray Bartlett and Schitt's Creek star Annie Murphy are on to talk their roles in the new season of Nicole Kidman's âNine Perfect Strangersâ.
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A continuing squeeze on natural-gas supply, with little hope for a quick solution.
Production fell 20% in the first quarter, compared on the year before, to 22.85 petajoules.
Industry spokespeople say available gas is depleting and exploration of new fields is banned.
Echelon Resources CEO Andrew Jefferies told Mike Hosking we're not going to get more gas without looking for it.
He says gas provides nearly the same amount of energy electricity does, so people can't do without it.
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Donald Trump says the tone and spirit of this morning's conversation with Russian's President Vladimir Putin were excellent.
This comes following a two-hour call between the two leaders, with Trump now saying Ukraine and Russia will immediately start working towards a ceasefire.
He's reportedly also wrapped up a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Kyiv-based Foreign Policy and Security Analyst Jimmy Rushton told Mike Hosking Putin has Trump right where he wants him, and he's clearly being manipulated and worked by Putin.
He says Trump and his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are simply making things up as they go along.
He says they keep talking to Putin about this 'destructive war', but he doesn't care, even about the lives of his own people.
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A former Speaker of the House has been worried Parliament's standards have been slipping over the past few years.
It comes as the Privileges Committee report on Te Pati MÄori's behaviour during last year's Treaty Principles Bill vote, will be debated and voted on this afternoon.
It proposes a 21-day suspension for the party's leaders, and a seven-day suspension for MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke.
Former Speaker Sir Lockwood Smith told Mike Hosking a decision to close the public gallery is wise.
He says this will be a test for Speaker Gerry Brownlee because his judgement will be critical.
Smith says itâs up to him to make sure this debate, which will be watched by many, shows Parliament to be a better place than itâs been in the last couple of weeks.
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The Transport Minister says maintenance to keep the country's railways working is long overdue.
Chris Bishop, alongside Rail Minister Winston Peters, announced $461 million for the rail freight network, and an additional $143 million for Auckland and Wellington's metropolitan trains.
It's ahead of this week's Budget announcement.
Bishop told Mike Hosking more will be needed in the future to keep Auckland and Wellington's trains running.
He says successive governments have neglected rail maintenance.
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There's frustration over the Government's lack of pace in changes to encourage foreign investment.
It's set aside $65 million over four years to loosen the capitalisation rules for investors.
The change will allow foreign-owned companies to fund a bigger chunk of their investments in New Zealand through tax deductible debt.
Queen City Law managing director Marcus Beveridge says told Mike Hosking the Government's still trying to get rid of roadblocks.
He says it's underwhelming to be a year and a half through an election cycle and to still be tweaking things in this space.
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OneRoof had a story over the weekend about an apartment in Auckland that is for sale for $17 million.
It was for sale for $16 million, so they have put the price up despite the fact it has been for sale for several years.
They are looking to the international market where $17 million is not a lot of money.
The article also featured information about a Knight Frank Wealth report that ranked the priorities of those with money and real estate investment was right up there, as well as, for the super wealthy, the ability to have a super yacht park featured highly as well.
The point being, in Auckland your $17 million penthouse can be a few hundred metres away from your super yacht. Yet, in this country foreigners can't do that because they aren't allowed to buy a house.
What they are allowed to do is get a golden visa and the new rules have proved popular. There is good inquiry. For $5-10 million you invest in a business, you employ, you grow, you help us out and, yet, you still can't buy a house.
The fact the apartment has been on the market for years clearly shows no locals want it, or can afford it.
So the fear, as proffered by some, that foreigners take houses off New Zealanders at this level clearly isn't true.
The Government, or parts of it, want to fix this anomaly and yet they can't, or donât, because NZ First refuses.
Rumours a while back suggested a compromise had been reached. National had an election policy of $2 million as a protection on lower priced houses. The rumour was a figure of $5-6 million had been reached with NZ First but it never came to fruition.
So in Budget week, when yet again the dire state of our finances is laid bare and a commentary around growth will be pushed hard, one of the answers of the wealthy having money to invest, has not been fully enacted because one part in this Government is xenophobic.
This battle to regain our economic mojo is hard enough as it is without ankle-tapping ourselves by refusing to enact blatantly obvious ideas.
If we can't pull every lever possible we have no one to blame but ourselves.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the popeâs inauguration in Rome over the weekend.
While there, he met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to discuss donating military tanks to the country.
Australia has donated $1.5 billion in support of Ukraine.
Australian Correspondent Steve Price talks to Mike Hosking about the meeting between the leaders, Victoriaâs budget, the F1 and more.
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The Prime Minister says his Government is calling out bureaucrats falling foul of the government's expecations.
It comes off the back of Winston Peters expressing his criticism of MÄori targeted hires, after a government job was advertised as a âtikanga leadâ to promote MÄori customs, principles and values in the MÄori policing unit.
Luxon discusses whether the reason NZ First is seeking changes to the regulatory standards bill is because they have problems internally.
The Government is officially announcing its budget on Thursday, after a series of pre-budgets announcements have been made, including multi-million-dollar funding to the film industry and urgent care facilities across the country.
Mike Hosking questions where the moneyâs coming from.
Prime Minster Christopher Luxon and Mike Hosking talk all this and more.
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It's good news for the manufacturing sector.
Business BNZ performance of manufacturing index shows an upward of 0.7 points.
JMI Wealth Spokesperson Andrew Kelleher says it's a strong indicator that recovery is underway for manufacturing.
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There are changes to the way New Zealanders are getting educated, with distance learning increasing.
Correspondence schooling has seen a 32 percent rise in enrolment since 2018.
Crimson Global Academy CEO Penelope Burton talks tells Mike Hosking social anxiety is a contributor, while others aren't finding in-person schooling challenging enough.
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The rural community of members bill is looking to adjust the rules around KiwiSaver so that it can be used to buy a farm.
The change would also allow defence force personnel to get access to a first home.
National MP for Rangitīkei Suze Redmayne talks to Mike Hosking about the proposed changes.
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Rules are being relaxed around borrowers using flatmates to pay their mortgage.
Previously, borrowers would need signed documentation from a flatmate contributing to the cost, but now a declaration of intent is all thatâs needed.
Opes Partners Resident Economist Ed McKnight talks to Mike Hosking about what this means.
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The Governmentâs announced $164 million will be spent on five new 24/7 urgent cares across the country.
Rural areas will have round the clock, on call support.
It means 98 percent of Kiwis will be within an hour from the nearest urgent care.
Chief Executive of Rural Healthcare Network Dr Grant Davidson talks to Mike Hosking about the investment.
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US President Donald Trump is facing strong opposition from members of his own party, after they blocked the advancement of the President's budget bill.
Nicknamed the 'big beautiful bill' by Trump, the bill seeks to lock into place tax cuts which mostly benefit wealthy American's, while also calling for no taxes on tips.
To pay for the tax cuts the Government would need to cut medical aid, food for the poor and clean energy initiatives.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold talks to Mike Hosking about the bill and a terrorist attack in Palm Springs.
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Welcome back Tony Blair.
A new report he is a part of sees him joining the growing list who argue that Net Zero is doomed.
Net Zero will be doomed whether we do anything about it. No one is going to jail if they donât reach Net Zero.
It's just that we can avoid a lot of needless damage along the way by recognising it early and bailing, so our economies can be put back on some sort of level footing.
Ironically, there is growing anger in Spain over this week's power blackout, with a lot of people blaming the renewable aspect of their supply chain. Spain is over 50% renewable, which is high for Europe.
The people's argument being the higher the reliance on renewables the more fragile your grid is.
Back here farmers are furious, once again, over the new settings for the ETS. We have gone from 50% to 51% reductions, only because Paris says each year you need to adjust up.
So they adjusted the least they could. But they still acquiesced to what was signed up years ago when Net Zero was a bullish theory, not an economy sapping reality.
The Climate Change Commission the other day put new targets for credits and pricing on the carbon auctions. They were completely different to last years, in a "we make it up because we donât know what's going on" kind of way.
We have stumbled and bumbled our way through all of this, hurting our living standards. And to what end?
Emissions are in fact down for New Zealand. Yay us.
Is the world any better? No.
Which is why Blair joins Kemi Badenoch in calling it all out. The Reform Party are booming, in no small part because they have called it all nonsense.
So between Blair, Farage and Badenoch thatâs a lot of cross-political support to tip up an increasingly obvious dead-end idea.
Like 'Me Too' and the cancel culture and all the other bandwagons that got fashionable, Net Zero is destined for the same end.
Not that helping the planet isn't good or laudable. But what we didnât understand then, but clearly do now, is at what price?
And are we prepared to pay it?
Given the answer is no, a few more Blair, Badenoch, Farage-type voices here wouldnât go amiss.
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