Full Show Podcast: 21 April 2026
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Your trusted home for news, sport, entertainment, opinion and Mike. The Mike Hosking Breakfast with Bailey's Real Estate. All together better across residential, commercial and rural. News Talk ZB. Morning and welcome. Today our inflation rates and help for rural schools in the fuel crisis. Speaking of which, here New Zealand's boss back in with price increases and cancelled routes. Of course, the IOD crackdown on crypto. Carl Urban as he lines up for the final season of the boys. Catherine Field and France Rod, little ponies up from the UK. Welcome to the day, seven past six. You'll be aware, of course, of the Far North Council and their unelected Maori voting plan. It is, of course, a scandal. But more importantly, it is part of the overall demarification of the economy this current government, in one form or another, promised to address.
What are the latest insights on inflation data from BNZ's Chief Economist?
The fact this stuff is still going on, I would have thought, proves they're failing. Todd Stevenson from ACT the other day wrote to the Public Services Minister, Judith Collins, asking about Maori names in government departments. She said there was a war on and we had better things to do. Is that a fair point?
How is Air New Zealand responding to the fuel crisis and rising fare prices?
or is it a convenient excuse? Simple truth is, what they promised and what has happened are two different things. Interact, who are now promising to ban far north type behaviour. Now, is that a double promise? Didn't you already say you would do that?
What are the highlights of the final season of The Boys with Karl Urban?
So here's the problem with it. One, ACT aren't running the government, they're merely part of it, unless they make it a bottom line, which they won't, it may or may not see the light of day after the election. Two, given their well-promoted stance on race-based policy going into another election, having had the opportunity to fix it already, You've got a credibility problem, don't you? And three, my sense of this as a broad-based issue is it isn't what it once might have been. I mean, personally, I find marrification problematic. To give someone rules or money or decisions or names or jobs based on race is simply irrefutably wrong.
What names are being discussed regarding discontent within the National Party?
But the fervour with which that was argued a couple of years ago doesn't appear to be quite as white-hot. I mean, yes, there's a very vocal group who seem to have made it their raison d'etre. But they're small, and many of them are rabid, which makes the appeal of the overall argument to the broader populace less enticing. You might also argue that against this wall of determination was an even bigger wall of determination, i.e. those who believe in it, think it's good, who have held the line and carried on. And can I suggest that at this point, in the far north councillor-y gold star example, it is they who are the more successful of the two camps? News of the world in 90 seconds. Ah, yes, the thrills of a new week Monday in London and poor old Keir's got a couple of people wanting a word.
He chose to ask no questions about the vetting process. He asked no questions about Mandelson's relationship with Epstein. It doesn't appear that he asked any questions at all. Why? Because he didn't want to know. Sorry. Wanted a bit of that. We needed a government of honesty, integrity and accountability. So will the Prime Minister finally accept that the only way he can help to deliver that is to resign? Even Diane Abbott, who was Labour-adjacent, given she's currently suspended, had to pile in.
Ordinary people don't really care about process and procedure.
They want transparency and they want to know that they can have confidence in the words of elected politicians. The man himself has never sounded more in charge. There were repeated times when I should have been told, I should have been told on appointment... I should have been told when Peter Manelson was sacked. The cabinet secretary should have been told when he reviewed the process. What a doofus. To epic fury, deadline on the ceasefire expires Thursday. Iran still playing games about round two of the talks.
We witnessed that the United States insisted on bad faith and violation of the ceasefire. All of this is evidence that the United States apparently does not show seriousness in the diplomatic process.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:44
2
What are the latest insights on inflation data from BNZ's Chief Economist?
0:44–0:58
3
How is Air New Zealand responding to the fuel crisis and rising fare prices?
0:58–1:12
4
What are the highlights of the final season of The Boys with Karl Urban?
1:12–1:44
5
What names are being discussed regarding discontent within the National Party?
1:44–11:11
6
What are the implications of the recent CPI data release?
11:11–13:46
7
What are the key issues surrounding rural schools and government support?
13:46–16:15
8
How does the current fuel supply situation impact Air New Zealand's operations?
16:15–1:29:47
Speakers
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