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World leaders and surviving veterans of the Normandy landings gathered on both sides of the Channel on the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
In France, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and Princess Anne have been taking part in commemorations.
And in the UK, King Charles, Rishi Sunak and Prince William have been paying tribute to those who fought to "replace tyranny with freedom", in a service at the key departure point of Portsmouth.
Biden delivered a speech at the commemorations linking the allied efforts on D-Day with the challenges posed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that he then said in a separate interview that Vladimir Putin is “not a decent man” and is struggling to keep his country together while continuing the assault.
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At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.
Elections: 8/10
Democracy in action is always good, especially in a world where democracy doesn’t reach all corners and not everyone gets a say.
The Crusaders: 3/10
A year to forget and a dynasty undone. Plenty of work-ons as they say, but that old hackneyed "sack the coach" thing reminds us how trigger happy and superficial we can be.
The Trump fundraising record: 6/10
Does that mean crime pays?
Labour asking for your tax cut: 2/10
Surely in Opposition when you are not actually doing anything, you can keep the stupidity down to a minimum.
The Māori wards submissions: 3/10
Yet more angsting around race. We already have the best system and it's called democracy, and anyone can run, and everyone gets a free and fair go. Try it. It works.
The hunger striker: 0/10
He had three demands and not one was met, nor were they ever going to be, obviously. Which simply reminds us that the self-absorbed know no bounds.
The Radio Awards: 8/10
ZB station of the year, Niva newsreader of the year, the people who produce this were producers of the year, and so it went. It turns out in a media landscape littered recently with casualties there are still quite a few who have it together, deliver the goods, make the profits and revel in a future that’s pretty bright.
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Lack of access to specialist healthcare is having a significant effect on patients and health professionals.
An Otago University report has found that between 2018 and 2022 the risk of being declined following a GP referral increased by 5.2% per year.
Co-author Professor Robin Gauld told Mike Hosking that it's more than 17,000 extra people being denied over that time.
He says there are longstanding issues with workforce, availability of staff such as theatre technicians, and funding.
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It's important I think to end the week with the good news.
The good news from an industry, you might have read, that has been creating a bit of bad news lately.
The media has troubles, newsrooms are being closed, programmes are being cancelled, people are being laid off, losses are mounting, hands are out for help and pleas are being made for you to see what some do on the local landscape as being important. So yes, it has been a bad year.
But against that backdrop the radio industry got together last night to hand out a few gongs and remind us all that there are no shortage of success stories.
This is the best station in the country. Not just that but we were awarded the title for the 4th year in a row.
This show has the best producers in the game.
This show has the best newsreader in the game.
This station has the best sport bloke on the weekends.
The eclectic guy at night from Bluff won for about the 8th year in a row and the news team were recognised for their Cyclone Gabrielle coverage.
More broadly, this company picked up an outsized number of awards given the competition. That is a bit not to be forgotten.
Radio in New Zealand is still, as far as I know, the most competitive market per head of population in the world. We have a pile of radio stations all chasing the audience and all chasing the dollar.
What radio is, is an example of how a market evolves. While some in the media grapple with change, radio did a lot of its changing a couple of decades back with deregulation and the arrival of FM.
We worked out what the audiences wanted and gave it to them.
It's ever evolving of course. But in a media landscape of so much upheaval there are plenty still doing fine thank you, and that needs to be better told.
Part of the problem with the media, in an irony of ironies, is their predilection for the negative. There are more media stories of success than there are of woe.
This show, on this station, in this company, is killing it. That’s not skiting, it's balancing the ledger a bit.
So you're listening to the best in the business. But you knew that.
A few judges just backed you up with silverware last night.
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A Kiwi wine company has a unique approach to blending their new vintage.
Invivo is currently in New York where they, along with their partner Sarah Jessica Parker, will be blending their new vintage in the middle of Citi Field.
The field is the home stadium for the New York Mets, who have given them exclusive use of the empty stadium.
Co-founder Tim Lightbourne told Mike Hosking that they wanted to open their brand up to a wider audience instead of being enclosed in a room somewhere at a winery.
He said that in a market like America, you have to do things really different, and you can’t just sit at home with your fingers crossed.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Friday 7th of June, we looked at the billions allocated to fixing potholes and the move to sort out the ridiculous amount of traffic management in this country.
Forgive us for indulging ourselves as we give you a highlights package of the big night at the Radio and Podcast Awards for Newstalk ZB.
Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson cover the week, the Radio Awards, and a particular green suit.
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Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was.
On the agenda today was everything from Mike's Radio Awards acceptance speech to Producer Sam's green suit, to the demise of the little coffee kiosk outside of NZME.
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There are fears the illegal sale of vapes to young people will continue unless more restrictions are implemented.
A study's found half of vape retailers aren't checking ID when young shoppers buy disposable vapes.
Action for Smokefree chairman Robert Beaglehole told Mike Hosking that it's not only about increasing retail compliance, but also encouraging young people not to vape at all.
He says we need better enforcement of the rules but says it won't stop underage vaping all together.
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The Transport Minister's confident the pothole prevention funding boost will result in more roads being fixed.
The Transport Agency's confirmed it'll put more than $2 billion into prevention on state highways, and nearly $2 billion for local roads.
It'll cover resealing, rehabilitation, and drainage maintenance.
Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking that they're focused on getting the cost of traffic management down so more money goes towards actually fixing the infrastructure.
He says the Government's already been working with NZTA on this issue and found 145 of 800 traffic management sites were not needed.
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Corrections is acknowledging an inquiry into the Waikeria Prison riot which has found multiple issues with preparedness and communications.
The department commissioned the report after the near week long violence left a building engulfed in flames in late December 2020.
Commissioner of Services, Leigh Marsh says it's important to remember the event was a deliberate act by a group of violent individuals who put lives at risk.
Despite the findings, he told Mike Hosking that he praised his staff on the scene.
Marsh suggests the report points more to system processes and training issues, which they've invested in in recent years.
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The European Parliament Election kicks off today, the first since Brexit.
The Parliament acts as a co-legislator for the European Union, the body directly elected by EU voters every five years.
In Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seen as a frontrunner for the Parliament.
Italy Correspondent Jo McKenna told Mike Hosking that they’re looking to young people to really make the difference when it comes to voting.
She said that there are indicators that younger people are shifting to the right, which could work in Meloni’s favour.
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It was a fiery debate in the UK ahead of the election.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour party challenger Keir Starmer have gone head-to-head in the first face to face.
Starmer's questioned the Conservative's leader's belief his economic plan's working.
He says Sunak knows inflation's going up and energy prices are going up in the autumn, and if he'd thought the plan was working, why's the election being called now.
Sunak says that's ironic, because Starmer's called for an election since he got the job.
He says the plan is working, people are only starting to feel the benefits now, but inflation is normal, wages are growing, and taxes are being cut.
UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking that Sunak won easily and convincingly. He said that his win wasn’t enough to reverse the polls, but it’s maybe enough to shove 2-3%.
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Local body politics is having a bit of a week in the sun.
They have formed a group, as we told you Tuesday, to look at ways of pumping up voter turnout and the possibility of a four-year term.
The Government's change of rules around Māori wards has also seen the local authorities front up and have their say at a select committee.
On that specifically they are bogged down, and they don’t even seem to know it, by something that never had to be as problematic as it has turned out to be.
The old rule was if councils decided to introduce Māori seats or wards, the locals who hadn't been consulted got to run a vote if they got 5% of the ratepayers backing one.
When they did hold the vote, it was a landslide win telling the councils Māori wards weren't wanted.
Labour changed that rule without consultation. You weren't allowed to vote anymore. Councils could do whatever they wanted with no checks and balances.
This Government wants to flip the law.
Mistake number one as argued this week, is that it's central Government overreach. They forget they are the same councils who cry poor to Government's over everything from infrastructure to storm damage to GST collection. You can't have it both ways with central for the money and local for the power.
The second mistake is that the answer has been in front of them all along. It's called democracy.
Before they started gerrymandering the system anyone could stand, and still can. If they got enough votes they were elected.
Because not many Māori stood some bright spark argued race-based policy was an answer. Stack the rules, Māori get a different deal and it's been downhill ever since.
When the rule is that anyone can stand, there are no barriers and you have no problems. The freedom to stand, the freedom to debate and the freedom to contest the vote is a good, clean, clear system and, most importantly, a level playing field. It's fair.
When you mess with it you strike trouble and here, we are years later trying to untie the mess that race-based bias creates.
Keep it simple. Listen to the people. Value democracy.
You might find more people actually turn up to vote.
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It’s been an intense year politically in the United States, with both the presidential election and Donald Trump’s trial and conviction.
His sentencing is next month, but before that is the first debate between Trump and Joe Biden, taking place June 27th.
Nick Bryant, a former US Correspondent and author, has written a book about the hate and decisiveness in the States and the role it plays in its history.
The book is titled ‘The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself’.
Bryant told Mike Hosking that the past reflects the current times, and Donald Trump is as much a product of American history as Nixon, JFK, or Ronald Reagan.
He said that a lot of presidents have had surprisingly authoritarian tendencies, and the American people like this kind of president, the strong man type.
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A review of Early Childhood regulations is said to be long overdue.
Regulation Minister David Seymour says the sector needs a closer look, to better affordability, access and regulation for the sector.
Early Childhood Council CEO Simon Laube said that the system they have is just not fit for purpose.
He told Mike Hosking that it’s so complex, and some of the regulations are conflicting with each other.
Regulations get applied inconsistently, Laube said, and one minor infraction could mean the loss of their licence.
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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 6th of June, the man representing the whistleblowers in the Te Pāti Māori Census and vaccine allegation scandal joined to discuss the details.
The Government is looking to change the rules around leave, so both the employers and the union gave us their thoughts.
Famed former American correspondent Nick Bryant was back on the show to talk his new book, Trump's conviction, and the upcoming first debate.
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Auckland looks to be leading the pack in the downwards property market.
CoreLogic's latest House Price Index reveals property prices have dipped 0.2% around the country in May.
Auckland dropped a notable 0.8% on the back of a 0.6% fall in April.
Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson says it's pretty striking to see our largest city having a weakness in prices.
He says Auckland has gone backwards in the past two months and that's something to keep an eye on.
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Some Toyota owners may be regretting their purchase.
It’s a struggle to insure one Toyota car model, with annual insurance costs reaching nearly three thousand dollars.
The Toyota Aqua is the most commonly stolen car in the country, which has caused insurers to hike prices.
Consumer NZ Chief Executive Jon Duffy told Mike Hosking that while the Aqua is cheap to run, the fuel savings may not be worth it.
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There’s a belief that changes to holiday laws will benefit employers.
The Government's drafting legislation to change the Holidays Act 2003.
It'll include proposals to pro-rata sick leave and move annual leave from an entitlement system to one using accrual.
Employers and Manufacturers' Association's Alan McDonald told Mike Hosking that an accrual system is favoured because a single calculation is needed.
He says employees will know what they're getting from day one, while employers just have to do the calculation and get it right.
But Unite Union Assistant Secretary Gerard Hehir says that the changes will affect many Kiwis.
He says over 40% of employees work part time.
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An employee advocate says whistleblowers have been vilified for raising allegations against Te Pāti Māori.
It's alleged information collected at Auckland's Manurewa Marae was used to help the party's election campaign, something Te Pāti denies.
Stats NZ has appointed an investigator, Police have received a complaint, and the Privacy Commissioner's considering what to do next.
Allan Hulse represents marae and MSD workers who he says have been wrongly blamed for the misconduct.
He told Mike Hosking that there's evidence showing MSD essentially funded the election campaign of the Tamaki Makaurau candidate.
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