The Mike Hosking Breakfast

New Zealand’s finance leaders are more confident for the year ahead.  A new report from the Hunter Campbell Group shows an uptick in confidence from CFOs, with 38% expecting modest to strong growth over the next 12 months – up from 31% last year.  But on the flip side, confidence in the Government’s ‘responsiveness’ remains low across the board.  Hunter Campbell Managing Partner Lee Marshall told Mike Hosking they’re starting to see a two speed economy take shape in New Zealand, with almost half of businesses surveyed meeting or exceeding their targets, while the other half stagnated or went backwards.  He says in general, those whose businesses performed well in the last 12 months are very confident things will continue to improve in the next 12 months.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s time for the business end of the NRL season.  The Warriors have finished 6th, securing a home final against the Penrith Panthers, but losing a couple more players to injury.  Coach Andrew Webster says after their loss to the Manly Sea Eagles over the weekend, the real season starts now.   Webster told Mike Hosking that he wants them to be judged on where they are now and what’s about to happen.  He says their mentality is to play the best football and see where it takes them, instead of putting a team on a pedestal and assuming they’re beaten before they get to the start line.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 11th of September, the Government are looking at the idea of guilty until proven innocent when it comes to shoplifting.  MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University and Mike provides the latest details throughout the morning.  Warriors coach Andrew Webster details how the Warriors are going to win this weekend in their do-or-die playoff game against the Panthers.  Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jetstar says it's done its homework on the New Zealand market before unveiling its latest —and biggest— expansion in the trans-Tasman market.  The airline's adding close to 500 thousand seats a year across five of its most popular domestic and trans-Tasman routes.  The Australian based carrier has operated in New Zealand for 20 years.  Jetstar Chief Executive Stephanie Tully told Mike Hosking it's always looking to open new markets and expand on existing ones.  She's seen a shift in preference and demand for Jetstar.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A young inventor has taken home the top honours at the James Dyson Awards for a pair of glasses made to tackle epilepsy.   University of Canterbury engineering student Mark Campbell has developed ‘Lensare’, which uses smart LCD lenses that detect harmful light patterns and instantly darken, providing protection for people with epilepsy and photophobia.  Campbell told Mike Hosking it’s still in the early stages of development, but the aim is to make it as bulletproof as possible.  He says the next steps are to make the prototype as robust and unobtrusive as possible, but after that there’s the potential to commercialise it.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A telling response as speculation swirls around the standing down of Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua ahead of next week's international series against South Africa.  Netball New Zealand claim they've made the decision due to "issues" within the high-performance environment which remain unresolved.  When asked by Mike Hosking if the players were boycotting Taurua because she’s pushing too hard, Board Chair Matt Whineray paused, before denying the claim.   Whineray told Hosking that they have some issues they need to resolve, and they’re hopeful they can, but in the meantime, they need to focus on the series against South Africa.  Yvette McCausland-Durie has been parachuted in as interim coaching cover.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government wants to deal with shoplifting offences in a quicker way instead of going through the entire court system.   The Justice Minister's newly released Cabinet paper proposes the burden of proof should fall on the suspect to prove their innocence.   This clashes with the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, as protected in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.   But Paul Goldsmith told Mike Hosking this could be compared to a traffic offence.  He says someone caught speeding is given a ticket and must pay a fine unless there is a reasonable excuse.  He’s also welcoming a High Court ruling that the decision to extradite Kim Dotcom was legal.   The Megaupload millionaire had challenged Paul Goldsmith's decision to surrender him to the US earlier this year, arguing the charges against him are politically motivated.   Dotcom fought the extradition process all the the way to the Supreme Court and his latest effort was a judicial review.   The Justice Minister told Hosking he's pleased to see his decision upheld but notes there are still potential appeals to be had.  The Dotcom legal battle began 13 years ago.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An expectation New Zealand needs to do more to keep people here longer.  Latest Stats NZ data shows close to 48 thousand New Zealand citizens left in the year to July.  There were 14 thousand migrant arrivals and nearly 10 thousand departures during the same period.  Immigration lawyer Marcus Beveridge told Mike Hosking half of the citizens leaving for Australia weren't born here.  He says the government could look at extending the period new residents have to be here before they become a citizen.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I have been wondering when the penny would drop and yesterday might have been it.  There were two stories on Chris Hipkins' problems with the Māori Party.   For all the energy the media wants to put into Chris Luxon and his future, the very obvious other side of the coin, if they ever wanted to explore it, lies in the very real issue for Labour in even coming close to putting together the numbers for a government.  The genesis of the coverage came out of the Takuta Ferris post on all the "Asians and blacks" and other racist bile he managed to pedal in the lead up to last Saturday's debacle of a by-election.  The Māori Party had to apologise, and obviously Hipkins had to face the growing reality that these folks are crazy and not remotely interested in being helpful, useful, or part of a coalition.  Why this hasn’t occurred to more in the media before now, I have no idea, other than to offer the suggestion it may just be a bit inconvenient for them and their agendas and its far easier to help build on the so-called demise of the Prime Minister.  But yesterday we got there at last, through simple questions: how does Labour even begin to form a deal with the Māori Party?  This is one for their coverage of the polls too. You will note polls are presented as simple centre-left/centre-right numbers.  A collection of parties added up and the headline is formed from the result of the maths. In this week's Curia poll, there was to be a change of Government, apparently.  But each time it involves the assumption, and what an assumption it is, that Labour and the Greens and the Māori Party are one group and no such thing has ever happened.  Let me make this prediction right now: it never will.  So add the numbers of likely groupings and you are left with Labour and, maybe, the Greens. Do they get to Government? No, they don’t.  So Hipkins, given it's his issue, not the Māori Party's, has to answer the very simple question: will you work with the Māori Party, and if so, how? What jobs do they get? What policies of theirs are you implementing?  Given he can't answer that and, dare I suggest, won't, he needs to grow his party support to about 40%, which he can't, and won't, either.  Which is why he is not winning the election next year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ministers from both sides of the divide are praising the Police for their handling of the Tom Phillips situation.  The four-year manhunt for Phillips ended early on Monday, when he was shot and killed by Police after he shot at an officer in rural Waikato.  The children were safely recovered and are in the care of Oranga Tamariki.  Former Police Minister Ginny Andersen says authorities have been doing their best, during the four-year search for Phillips.  She told Mike Hosking the area is very remote and a difficult part of the country to navigate, so she thinks the police did everything they could.  Police Minister Mark Mitchell told Hosking the police have been outstanding, and the huge relief is having the children in a safe situation.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.