Full Show Podcast: 14 July 2026
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Sharp on Insight. The Mike Hosking Breakfast. With Bailey's Real Estate. Your local experts with national and global reach. News Talk ZB.
Good morning and welcome today, New Zealand Inc. With more good news around our economy, the services sector back in expansion. Sir John Key on the state of the place. Sir Ian Mune on Sir Sam Neill.
What are the big headlines and top-of-show news items this morning?
The new head of... Actually, while we're in people with knighthoods, Sir Scott Dixon is in for a word after 8 o'clock this morning. The new head of Fonterra, by the way, talks about the dairy forecast. Catherine Field in France. Into Brady does the UK for us. Welcome to the day, seven past six. You'll note I asked Chris Bishop the other day about view shafts. Now, I did that for a reason. He has a report coming. It's been coming for a while, too long, in fact, I suspect, because it's either being overseen by imbeciles or it contains a few explosive thoughts. View shafts are an Auckland thing, right? Rules designed to protect, well, views of iconic stuff. Ring a toto. There's a famous one. Your house has direct line of sight to the Great Volcano.
You can't have a person build a high rise in front of it. Now, the problem is Chris Bishop, minister in charge of all of this stuff, is from the hut. And he's the bloke who came up with the two million homes for Auckland plan that got so spectacularly spanked. So my guess is his view shaft idea is along the lines of lost productivity. In other words, why can't you build more high rises over there? Who cares if the view's blocked a bit? What harbour? Who wants to see a lot of water? I hope I'm wrong, of course, but as much as I hate overarching rules, and believe me, the view shaft rules are overarching, they're a minefield, but at the heart of them, they're well-intentioned, and here's the key. It deals with people's homes, and their homes are their castles.
How might Chris Bishop's proposed 'view shaft' reforms affect Auckland homeowners?
You buy in certain places because of the outlook, because of the view. because you don't have 15 stories next to you. That's what neighbourhoods are, and that's what reports like Chris's have the ability to upend. His two million plan is already in tatters and has already been readjusted. My great hope is the reason we haven't seen this report is because when it first got mooted many months ago, he was still stinging from the rebuke he'd received. And further, the National Party, who were quite keen on doing well this election in Auckland, got to him and said, mate, I do hope you're not going to view Shafters out of electoral victory. Get the right house you see with the right view. It adds millions, literally millions of dollars to the value.
On paper, a Chris of the Hut might well be able to argue that all these shafts hinder productivity. And on paper, he may well be right. But paper doesn't vote. People with nice houses in nice areas with excellent views do. Mess with that at your peril. Can't wait to see what the report says.
News of the world in 90 seconds.
Wow, what a difference a day makes, eh? As the Ann Whittakin murder investigation's been handed over to Counter Terror, a safety of MPs discussed in the Commons.
I think those arrangements are comprehensive. However, we should ask ourselves always whether they are enough and whether they are responding to the changing nature of threats or the spike in threat activity that we sometimes see as well.
The PM on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Anyone found supporting or assisting these groups will now face up to 14 years in prison. That is the material impact of that change that we're making today. They also paid tribute. Anne was always there when her friends needed support. The Scottish whiskey industry has lost a very discerning customer. As a force of nature, she was impossible to argue with.
Stay tight, they're remembering Lindsey Graham. Sometimes he even built a bridge for the Republicans in the Senate and the President when there were disagreements, he would be the guy that would bring all of us together. But as a person... I just missed my friend.
Conspiracy theorists, by the way, have been out suggesting the old Plattner implosion got suppressed online.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:18
2
What are the big headlines and top-of-show news items this morning?
0:18–1:33
3
How might Chris Bishop's proposed 'view shaft' reforms affect Auckland homeowners?
1:33–10:04
4
What fresh developments are in the UK Ann Widdicombe murder and national security story?
10:04–24:30
5
How is New Zealand's services sector performing and what does the PSI reading mean?
24:30–36:22
6
Why did Fonterra cut its farmgate milk price forecast and what does it mean for farmers?
36:22–39:23
7
What is the proposed Marston Point biorefinery and how could it improve fuel and fertiliser resilience?
39:23–1:32:00
Speakers
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