Full Show Podcast: 05 June 2026
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Tough on power, sharp on insight. Heather Duplessy-Allen on the Mike Hosking Breakfast. With Aveda Retirement Communities. Life your way. Newstalk ZB.
Morning and welcome to you coming up on the show. Looks like we have a bit of a breakthrough in the Middle East with the ceasefire deal struck between Lebanon and Israel. We're going to get to the US on that. We're now relying back here on a record number of foreign trained teachers. The education minister's in for a chat on that. It is super rugby weekend, playoff weekend anyway. We're going to speak to the boss of the competition. Murray Olds will do Australia for us and Tim and Kerry are in to wrap the week.
What breakthrough has occurred regarding the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire?
So should Grant Robertson, in his relatively new role as the vice-chancellor of Otago University, have piped up about the government? Earlier this week, he sent an email to the university in his role as the vice-chancellor, and it went to the students and presumably also the staff. And first, he commented on the New Zealand First Bill that defines what a woman is, says some queer students may find it upsetting. He personally finds it disturbing. And then he got stuck into the budget. He mentioned that it was a lean budget for the tertiary education sector. He opined that the removal of the free year of uni, which his lot introduced, would hit students particularly hard. And then he expressed his view that, quote, Now, the question is, should he have done this?
And really, it depends on what you think is more important, his right to freely express his opinion, which is probably pent up as all hell now that he's sitting in Dunedin, Or the need for universities to be places where all opinions are heard and debated rather than everyone understanding that the right opinion is Grant's opinion. Personally, I think the bigger crime here is his lack of anything interesting to say. His email is so predictable it's almost unnecessary.
What insights does the Super Rugby Pacific CEO share about the playoffs?
It's no surprise to find that the guy who spent a political career trying to make university free is in denial that fees free didn't work, it cost $2 billion, didn't increase student enrolments. It's no surprise that a former red MP is having a crack at the blue team, even when he's in And it is no surprise that Jacinda's best friend then ends up with a dose of kindness at the end of the email. Look after yourselves and each other. Ngā manaakitanga. Now that kindness, I just want to point this out to you if you haven't already clocked onto it, is not always genuine. It is a political strategy. It means if you disagree with anything that I just said before, you're not kind. How predictable. Biggest crime in that email is that it belongs in 2017.
The rest of us have moved on.
Kimmy Badenoch has been speaking to the family of Henry Novak. They want to look into the sentencing of the murderer. They want to look at religious practices that allow people to carry these sorts of knives. And they want to look at transparency and accountability with the police. Keir Starmer's had enough of people like Nigel Farage and Elon Musk and their stirring.
Just listen again to what the family are asking of us, which is to remain calm, to show the leadership that's needed here and not allow this case to be used to whip up division.
Now, despite a supposed ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, the drone strikes are still coming in from Israel.
Israel should announce from the White House that it has no ambitions to occupy our land and that once Hezbollah is no longer a factor and there is no one fighting it, it will withdraw. International law does not permit it to remain.
Trump is lauding the plan and the US involvement in it. I mean, if it happens, I mean, it might not happen, you know, who knows?
But if it happens, it could happen like over the weekend. In theory, they're pretty close to signing a paper.
We've actually gotten along with them very well. Trouble is, Hezbollah has rejected the truce. So where this leads us, who knows? More from Richard Arnold later. Now, it turns out over in the UK, as I told you, that Starmer has the settings on his WhatsApp where his messages automatically disappear after a period of time.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:34
2
What breakthrough has occurred regarding the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire?
0:34–1:41
3
What insights does the Super Rugby Pacific CEO share about the playoffs?
1:41–8:32
4
How are foreign teachers impacting New Zealand's education system?
8:32–13:20
5
What are the implications of the ceasefire rejection by Hezbollah?
13:20–19:07
6
What challenges are being faced in the construction sector?
19:07–33:59
7
How is consumer behavior changing with respect to spending?
33:59–43:51
8
What trends are emerging in multi-generational housing?
43:51–1:29:56
Speakers
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