The Mike Hosking Breakfast

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 7th of April, how will our share market react today after we dealt with the worldwide tariffs from the U.S?   The amount of rubbish we are buying from the likes of Temu appears to be stabilising.   Andrew Saville and Jason Pine talk the super rugby weekend and Liam Lawson's first race back at Racing Bulls. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian is next month and the polls are showing Albanese's Labor out in front.  Opposition leader Peter Dutton is scrapping his scheme that meant Canberra civil servants couldn't work from home if he was elected, after it was criticised by Labor.  Anthony Albanese has said anyone with solar power will get $4000 towards the cost of a battery. But what's the catch?  Australian Correspondent Steve Price talks to Mike Hosking about everything that's happened in the lead up to the election.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The stock market has seen the biggest daily fall since the Covid-19 period, as a result of Donald Trump's tariffs announced last week.  Beijing responded with its own retaliatory tariffs, which caused the S&P 500 to fall another 6%.  Craigs Investment Partners Director Mark Lister says it's a historic fall.  "It's pretty rare for things to fall as much as that in a two-day period."  Lister talks to Mike Hosking about where New Zealand sits in the aftermath.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christopher Luxon says he has no regrets about the Treaty Principles Bill. Parliament's Justice Committee has recommended the bill not proceed when it returns to the House, after public submissions were overwhelmingly opposed to it. The Prime Minister says it's time for the debate to end. He told Mike Hosking allowing the bill to proceed to committee stage, but refusing to support it any further, is the right approach. LISTEN ABOVE OR WATCH BELOW See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shopping habits have shifted - cheap goods were up by 33% last year, which is more than double across 5 years.  Kiwibank says spending on websites like Temu and Shine have stabilised at a high level.  First Retail Group Managing Director Chris Wilkinson says price is the biggest driver for people deciding where to spend their money.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Public feedback means small dwellings can now be built without consent up to 70 square metres.  It was originally set at 60 square metres.  Housing Minister Chris Bishop says it adds extra optionality for people.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently retired Chair of the Parole Board, Sir Ron Young, is saying short sentences may be doing more harm than good.  "We can't do anything about the crime that someone's committed who's already in prison," he said. "We can try and do something about the crimes that they could commit by reducing reoffending, and that's putting huge effort into rehabilitation."  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The United States is reacting to Donald Trump's tariffs, with people turning out in their thousands to protest across the country.  The markets have been in 'meltdown' since US President Cannounced global tariffs.  Trump has returned to the White House after three days away, and tomorrow he will meet with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US Correspondent Richard Arnold talks to Mike Hosking about the fallout.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world is reacting to the tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump over the weekend.  The Dow is down 2,231 points and the biggest names in tech have been hit hard.  Apple is down 16% in two days.  Greg Smith of Devon Funds Management talks to Mike Hosking about the fallout.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here was a headline to mark the day: "We aren't ready, the next pandemic is coming."  In that line of paranoia is everything that was wrong with the five year anniversary, if that’s the right word, of our first lockdown for Covid.  As two commissions have, or continue, to wade through any number of submissions, it's all a waste of time.  There are those who are determined to forecast doom and, as such, would do exactly the same next time as they did five years ago.  I noted Ashley Bloomfield popped up for a chat. He told us the bird flu is a worry, and he should have listened more. What's that actually mean? Listen more?  Does it lead to anything? Of course not. It’s a sop.  The epidemiologists who flooded our living rooms would unquestionably be no different in Covid 2.0 than they were with the original.  In fact, if anything should have come out of 2020 and lockdown it should have been we don’t mark anniversaries. We shouldn’t be allowed to interview either Hipkins, Bloomfield, or Ardern about Covid ever again. Hearing them whine is bad for your health. It is triggering.  One Covid report is already out. It was a reflection, ironically, of the Covid response itself, limited in its scope. It was a stitch up designed to look like a report.  You’ve had a bit of a look at how we handled it. But the terms of reference were very much designed not to illicit anything too dramatic.  Part two is being driven by the new Government, aghast at part one's scandalous limitations. They're working away feverishly as we speak.  But it doesn’t matter what it says. Nothing will come of it.  As I've said from day one, luck is your pre-determining factor.  Get a government of competence and you stand a chance. Get some interlopers the way we did, and you're done for.  If I learned anything, it is that warnings about doom from the likes of Bloomfield mean little, or nothing.  If any Government here ever tries half the stuff they did again, from the pulpit of truth to vaccine mandates, to lockdowns for spurious reasons, the reaction would be vastly different.  And you don't need a commission of inquiry to figure that out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.