The Mike Hosking Breakfast

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 9th of September, Police Commissioner Richard Chambers and Police Minister Mark Mitchell discuss the successful operation to find Tom Phillips’ kids and the police officer who was shot in the process.  Sir Brian Roche details his disappointment in the unions for rejecting yet another pay offer, and what they say is the issue.  High performance coach James Laughlin is in for a motivational word.  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.

Rents are falling, with the national average hitting the lowest point since September of 2023.  It’s sitting at $628, with Wellington being hit the hardest, with a drop of 11.8%, while Auckland fell 2.3%.   New rental listings also surged 16% year on year, with 6,700 in August.  Aspire Property Managing Director Mike Atkinson told Mike Hosking Wellington in particular is facing some specific economic challenges, as well as the ones faced by the rest of the country.  He says that the culling of public service jobs, consultants, and contractors has reduced the numbers of people who need to live in the Wellington City area, impacting rents.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The New Zealand Super Fund has bucked economic trends.  It's generated returns of nearly 12% over the past year, growing to $85 billion, and it’s suggested it will reach $100 billion by 2028.  CEO Jo Townsend told Mike Hosking that despite the ever-increasing amount of uncertainty in the world, markets have been incredibly strong over the last five years.  She says it goes to show it’s almost impossible to pick what the market is going to do over the short term – be it one year or five.  Their job, Townsend says, is to build a portfolio that’s resilient enough to cope when markets are doing well, and when they’re not.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police Minister Mark Mitchell says officers faced a difficult and complex situation bringing an end to Tom Phillips's time on the run.  He was shot dead by Police in the early hours of yesterday on a rural Waikato road following a burglary.  An injured officer, who was shot multiple times, remains in Waikato Hospital and is facing a number of surgeries.  One of his three children was with Phillips, the remaining two were found yesterday afternoon at a campsite around two kilometres from where Phillips died.  Mitchell told Mike Hosking it's almost the worst-case scenario for Police.  He says that although it was an absolute tragedy, safely recovering the three children is a good thing.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recent pay offers to teachers are seen by the Public Service Commissioner as entirely reasonable.  Primary teachers decided to reject its latest offer, while PPTA members are voting on the revised one.  It includes increasing the number of days secondary teachers can be called back to work outside of term time.  Commissioner Sir Brian Roche told Mike Hosking they have the ability to call them back for 10 more days a year, which is what's being asked.  He says they're getting paid for this and just want teachers to be available for career development when students aren't at school.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Police Commissioner says they're very relieved to have safely recovered the children of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips after nearly four years.  He was shot dead by Police in the early hours of yesterday on a rural Waikato road following a burglary.  One child was with him, the two others were found in the afternoon at a remote campsite.  Richard Chambers told Mike Hosking it took them a while to recover the children, but they'd been told there were firearms at the campsite.  He says the way the situation played out was not something they wanted, but they suspected it could end that way.   Chambers says the injured officer who was shot multiple times remains in Waikato Hospital.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 8th of September, NZ First leader Winston Peters speaks after his party conference over the weekend. Scott 'Razor' Robertson is on the show on a Monday after an incredible win over the Springboks at Eden Park. Jason Pine and Andrew Saville discuss the All Blacks win, the Warriors loss and buildup to the playoffs and the first "Sunday" football in the NFL. 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.

What a contrast Saturday night was. At Eden Park the rugby as good as you could possibly want. For all the hype and worry of the week, the All Blacks reminded us that when it all comes together, when it really matters and records of significance are on the line, there is no side in the world that can touch them. We won well. We never looked like we would lose and when you know you are that good there is no reason to believe you won't win the rest of the season. In the meantime, in the by-election, what a shocking reminder of several things; 1) Given MMP, we no longer need Māori seats. 2) Given those who argue for Māori seats do so at least in part because Māori need to see themselves represented and they need the chance to participate, why then don’t they? The turn out was appalling. It was a joke. 3) What does the result tell the Labour Party? 4) What does the result tell the Māori Party? Let's deal with number three first. The seat has been Henare's for three terms until he lost last time by 42 votes. Not great, but not the end of the world. Yet on Saturday they rejected him spectacularly. Not only couldn’t they get the vote out, but those that did turn up didn’t want Henare or Labour. You can argue all you want about by-elections and history and turn outs, but this was embarrassing. On number four, this was not a win for their candidate. This was a win for the party. The candidate didn’t seem up to much but, worryingly, that doesn’t seem to matter, which indicates in most races we don’t vote for the individual, we vote for the party. The Māori Party will be worried because they too failed to get the vote out. But they'll be buoyed by the fact that they seem to have the Māori vote, such as it is, stitched up. So the All Blacks march on after one of the great matches and the Māori Party take a win that was worryingly troubled. The Labour Party must really be wondering if the size of this rejection is potentially there to be played out again next year, short of them doing something pretty spectacular between now and next October/November.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Pine and Andrew Saville join Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the weekend's sports. On the table today: The All Blacks have defeated South Africa to defend their unbeaten streak at Eden Park. The Wallabies have narrowly defeated Argentina after scoring a try 6 minutes after full time. And the Warriors have suffered another loss ahead of their game against the Panthers later this week. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prime Minister's surprised Labour lost in the Tamaki Makaurau by-election.  Te Pati Maori's Oriini Kaipara won the seat over Peeni Henare by three thousand votes.  The by-election was triggered by the death of MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp. Total turnout was around 27.1 percent.  Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking he thought Labour would trounce Te Pati Maori, as they've had no policies and have only been criticising. Luxon says he also felt bad for Peeni Henare with Chris Hipkins not showing up to the party.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.