Mike Hosking

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128,494 appearances 929 recordings 4 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 2d ago

Mike Hosking’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Chris Quin: Foodstuffs Managing Director on food prices, being the target of most political parties · 20 Sep 2026 podcast

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Those costs up at 2.9%, even though it's more than you'd want to pay, and presumably somebody's paying the difference there between your 1.5 and 2.9, that's actually not bad all things considered, is it? voice-verified

Yeah, you make a very good point about the dollar. voice-verified

Anything you import, which is a lot of stuff, that's imported inflation, isn't voice-verified

That's right. voice-verified

Do you admit defeat, given the politics of all? voice-verified

I mean, you've got pretty much every party bar act wanting to blow you up now. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Well, if you had to, this is an impossible question to answer, but I'll give it a crack. voice-verified

If you had to take the Nats Comcom versus Labour's busting up the wholesalers, which would you take? voice-verified

Appreciate it. voice-verified

Chris Quinn, who is the Foodstuffs New Zealand Managing Director. voice-verified

I talked to a number of people. voice-verified

I happen to know a number of people who are what you would loosely call franchisees. voice-verified

And they are particularly national, Labour less so because of who Labour are, but national especially. voice-verified

There is something un-national. voice-verified

The consistent argument been put to me is that Nicola particularly, mind you, Luxon's got to carry the can, buck stops at the top. voice-verified

But Nicola in particular has been captured by the consultants and the consultants will be presenting her with endless polls that go something like, you know, we asked people, do they like paying this much for groceries? voice-verified

And they all said no. voice-verified

And we asked people, do they think butter's too expensive? voice-verified

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