Full Show Podcast: 21 September 2026
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Why did the Warriors lose the NRL finals and what were the key moments?
While the rest are playing catch-up, stay ahead. The Mike Hosking Breakfast. With Aveda Retirement Communities. Life your way. News Talks at B.
Bonnie, welcome today. Food prices that are, are you ready for it? Under control. More screen time talk in schools. The worries departure from the 26th. Dream the Prime Minister's in. The lads in the commentary box. Richard Arnold and Steve Price are prepped for the occasion. Hosking. the week seven past six and so it is over my summation is finals football is not regular season football the facts would show we can beat the dolphins we can beat the knights but finals football requires you to beat them on cue if you looked at the game last night but you didn't know the score you would have handed it to the knights wouldn't you they did more with less they look more likely yes it was close yes it was an arm wrestle if you want to use cliches but even if we had limped through
Did we look like a side in the finals that would have gone on to deal to the Panthers before taking on whoever it was in the grand final? See, Brett Fittler last week suggested we might have let the pressure get to us against the Dolphins. I think he could have been right. The real disappointment for me was this wasn't like the other playoff years. This wasn't a side who might or might not make the eight. This wasn't a side that scraped into the playoffs so everything from then on in was a bonus. This was a side that was top two. This was the best side in the competition. This was the side that had just beaten the other best side a few weeks earlier, and the other best side was only there by way of points differential.
That side, the Panthers, did what sides at that end of the contest do. Game one with a life and home field. Go and win. And they then wait for whoever's left. They will most likely beat that team, the Knights, as it turns out, and go on to the final. That's where top teams should be. And that's how the great top teams handle this part of the year. See, I didn't mind losing to the Dolphins. I guess the record showed us that eight games, four all, could have gone either way. But the Knights came 7th. You beat the seventh side. That's how it works. We dropped the ball. We left those glaring gaps in defense. At times, we looked either tired or lost or both. We simply didn't step up in a way that a top two side should.
Now, I'm not sure firing up at the referee is one of your finer moments. NRL officiating has been crap for years. You live by it, you die by it. And besides, if we'd played like we can and have, we would have piled up enough points for it not to matter. And so it ends in a whimper. You can't put it any other way. Yes, a great year, a great regular season, glass half full. We've got a top side, a truly great coach, and there'll be more where that came from next year. But this season for me was simple. End at the top and at least make the final. Anything less would have been a sad, gutting end, which, as it turns out, is exactly what it is.
Maybe next year! Yeah! News of the world in 90 seconds.
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place. What happened in Israel at the No Music Festival on October 7th was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain. What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate.
See, for a bloke who's famously been apolitical, he's making a hash of it, no wonder the fans are confused.
I was surprised when Macklemore was announced to be cancelled, but then it became clear that he had sort of caved to a corporate interest. Ed Sheeran is a great performer. He has gotten me through the roughest days and the best days of my life, and I don't think politics belong at any music venue.
Yeah, the growing story now is he's going to walk away from the whole tour. The other high drama is the amount of ink old Diana's brother's getting in Britain for his book. It would be really
beholden on people to learn from Diana's example. I'm not here to speak for Harry and Meghan, but for anyone who's being...
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did the Warriors lose the NRL finals and what were the key moments?
0:01–15:01
2
How is the National Party planning to tackle the supermarket competition and price issues?
15:01–31:08
3
What are the latest food price trends and how do they compare to official statistics?
31:08–46:02
4
How are AI developments like Gemini raising concerns for regulators and investors?
46:02–59:22
5
What impact will the upcoming UN Security Council bid have on New Zealand’s foreign policy?
59:22–1:11:57
6
How will the new education reforms address screen time and early‑year learning?
1:11:57–1:27:30
7
What are the tourism forecasts for New Zealand and how are overseas visitors responding?
1:27:30–1:28:41
8
What are the key takeaways from today’s political and economic roundup?
1:28:41–1:30:23
Speakers
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Chris Quin: Foodstuffs Managing Director on food prices, being the target of most political parties
Erica Stanford: National Education Spokesperson on proposed screen rules for Early Childhood Education Centres