Full Show Podcast: 29 September 2026
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How will PREFU test National’s economic credibility and Labour’s election promises?
While the rest are playing catch-up, stay ahead. The Mike Hosking Breakfast. With Aveda Retirement Communities. Life your way. News Talks at B. Morning
and welcome. Yes, no more sleeps. It is pre-food day. Good news also on the jobs front. Good news on the exports front for you this morning. Lee Child is in for a catch-up. Looking forward to that one after late. Catherine's in France with the Pope. And Enders in Britain with the Terror. Hosking. It is seven past six. Welcome to the day. We've got Ruth Richardson to thank for today, if you didn't realise it. She was the architect of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1994, what today will be called the PRIFU. If you don't remember it, it heralded a change in approach that seemed to me at the time as significant, if not profound. Elections were crapshoots. It was a different time. If you think most people's understanding of basic economics today is limited, 1994 was the Wild West.
Many years before, you may remember, Muldoon had talked about the voter not knowing a budget deficit. If they tripped over it in the street, he was right, of course. But by 1994, I'm not overly sure it was a lot different. So the idea was we could at least see what shape we were in if we were interested and whether the ensuing promises made any sense. And here we are over 30 years later, and the PRIFU has a critical role for both major parties today. For National, it's a report card, a credibility check. It's the very thing, almost the singular thing, I think, this election, it's being fought on. Have they done enough economically to convince us they need another term? And for Labour, equally critical.
There is a fortune in promises, 18 billion and counting, including the seemingly gargantuan and magical pay equity promise worth at least 12 of those billions. Wait for the preview, we've been told. Wait for the preview, as if whatever is revealed today will answer any doubters. I doubt it will, of course. I think Labour today, to some degree, will be badly exposed. It'll be a contest today between the state of the place, and therefore the government's economic credentials, and the state of the place, and therefore the cold hard truth. There isn't $18 billion just lying around looking to be spent. But most importantly, thanks to Ruth Richardson, is the fact it will all be there. The fiscal journey of the past three years, the fiscal cliffs, the debt, the cuts, the promises, the payments, the delivery, the growth or lack of it, the outlook.
They say every election has never before been as important as the current one. And they say it's always about the economy. Both are true. And I feel never more true than 2026.
News of the world in 90 seconds.
Right, stand down. Yesterday's terror plot in the UK is nothing of the sort. The material in the vans was not viable explosives and all the blokes arrested are out on bail.
They are subject to stringent conditions on their movement and contact with others. This may be actively committed by proxies or individuals either knowingly or unknowingly working on behalf of a foreign state.
I mean, obviously they're not church-going do-gooders, but they ain't from Iran, the Home Secretary full of reassurance.
We must all remain vigilant. And to all those who mean us harm and plot violence on our soil, let this be a reminder. You will never defeat us.
And don't worry, if you do, we'll let you out on bail anyway. Farmers who dobbed them in seem to have possibly seen different things to what we've been told. There was
definitely more than five. We think maybe between eight and ten of them were there. And a lot of them had their faces covered. They were all wearing like, it looked like similar, almost you'd have thought perhaps it was like what they've been told to wear.
Yeah, some are suggesting it could have actually been the police. Farage has his own trouble given he claimed yesterday there were foreigners who turned up in small boats despite the fact that
didn't
and
they're all British. Counter-terrorism are constantly worried about Iranian agents coming into Britain via small boats.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How will PREFU test National’s economic credibility and Labour’s election promises?
0:01–13:46
2
Why are New Zealand homes overheating, and what building changes could help?
13:46–29:55
3
What does Stephen Joyce say PREFU reveals about New Zealand’s debt and economy?
29:55–36:48
4
How should schools protect children’s privacy when sharing photos online?
36:48–45:18
5
Why are New Zealand red meat exports surging despite domestic cost pressures?
45:18–51:35
6
How do strategic voting and undecided voters affect New Zealand’s election?
51:35–59:47
7
How did Lee Child’s Reacher success lead to a Neagley TV spinoff and novels?
59:47–1:15:53
8
What’s behind the UK’s alleged terror plot and record-high fuel prices?
1:15:53–1:30:37
Speakers
8 identifiedMore from The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Lee Child: Author on the success of the Reacher TV show, Neagley spinoff show and new book series focused on her
Mark Smith: ASB Senior Economist on annual job growth hitting 0.9%
Nathan Guy: Special Agricultural Trade Envoy on red meat exports surging 23% in August
Michael Webster: Privacy Commissioner on schools struggling with student photo restrictions
Stephen McNeil: Building Research Association Senior Building Physicist on the overheating problem in new-builds, review pushed back to 2031
Steven Joyce: Former Finance Minister previews the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update