The Mike Hosking Breakfast

The Principals' Federation is unsure where specialist teachers in maths will come from as schools grapple with staff shortages.  The Government's injecting $100 million into maths education over four years, as part of Budget 2025.  More than half the money will go into 143 new full-time maths intervention teachers.    President Leanne Otene told Mike Hosking we don't have enough teachers as it is.  She says to take that number out of the school system and get them to deliver this programme won't solve the problem in the long run.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is yet to confirm if he'll attend direct talks with Ukraine this week.  It comes after western allies in the 'Coalition of the Willing' offered a US backed 30-day cease-fire proposal to Russia, alongside the threat of sanctions.   Ukraine President Zelenskyy's asking for a ceasefire before they begin talks but is willing to meet in Turkey on Thursday.  Europe Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking Putin requested the meeting, without preconditions.   She says he may not even attend and instead could send his Foreign Minister.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former Police Minister says watching porn on a work computer is a pretty dumb thing to do.  Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming had been suspended on full-pay since December.   He was under a criminal investigation by police on unrelated different allegations, the nature of which can't be reported.   Our newsroom understands while investigating the original complaint, detectives allegedly discovered porn on one of his electronic work devices.  Stuart Nash told Mike Hosking he struggles to understand McSkimming doing this.  He says every bloke knows there are ways to watch porn without watching on your work computer.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Former Local Government Minister's not taking issue with the Auckland Mayor's new manifesto.  Wayne Brown has laid out his thoughts and a Beehive to-do list ahead of the 2025 Budget.    He scored the Government a B+, saying they're too distracted by mega-projects and press releases.  Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking Wayne Brown is just doing his job.  He says he's the mayor of our largest city and he's advocating for what he believes is needed, even if they don't agree.  The Government's refusing to budge on an Auckland bed tax.   Brown’s manifesto also includes calling for the government to reconsider an Auckland bed levy, adding a small fee on short term accommodation.  Brown told Hosking they don't want to lump Aucklanders with the tax.  He says in fact the council should be looking for efficiencies in its own budget instead of new taxes.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Am I right to inquire just what it is that Tama Potaka has been doing for a year and a half? How many times have you heard me ask the Prime Minister on a Monday, when is the Waitangi Tribunal decision being made? What is Potaka doing with this activist tribunal? Well, on Friday we got the answer. He is going to have a review. I thought that's what he was already doing. That’s why I thought we had been waiting so long. The impatience I was showing in asking the Prime Minister is not "when is he announcing a review"? It's, when is the Government snipping the wings of taxpayer-funded activists that have lived well past their use by date? The tribunal was set up 50 years ago to settle historic grievances. To a large extent, they have done that. The fact some remain outstanding is an indictment on the people who haven't settled and various Governments who have refused to put deadlines in place. But the majority of the intent of the tribunal is over. Having ticked that box, they saw a future in a lot more money and work offering increasingly radical views for anyone who was bored and angry and wanted to take a case, so they could get a judgement to beat the Government of the day over the head with. This current Government, perceived by the aggrieved as a particularly nasty lot, have kept the tribunal flat out filing complaints and receiving damning reports. None of it means anything because the tribunal has no real legal standing. None of this is complex. Yet Potaka has been sitting there doing Lord-knows-what, to finally muster up a press release on a Friday to tell us at long, long, long, last we'll get a couple of people to wander off for a few months and come back with an opinion the Government wants, so they can do what they should have done all along - call a halt to the circus. Once again we remind you - no small amount of the support that got this Government to power was predicated on the idea that enough was enough on the Maori overreach front. Delivery has been painfully slow. Potaka has been dragging the chain. Is it possible part of the reason this Government has failed to fire more, is simply because their talk was a lot more attractive than their action?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 12th of May, the Government are going back to crushing cars. Will they be more effective than Judith Collins and her three crushed cars in eight years? The Prime Minister is in studio to talk the Coalition of the Willing call over the weekend, the Waitangi Tribunal review and Act agreeing to disagree on guns. Andrew Saville and Jason Pine give their highlights of the sporting weekend and the future of the NZR after bringing in record revenue but still losing $20 million. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is in studio with Mike Hosking to discuss all the big issues of the week. The Government’s announced plans to work on restrictions banning social media use by those under 16. ACT isn't supporting the bill, but the Prime Minister says that could be changing. "They sort of started to shift their position a little bit on the weekend, which is good," he said. The Prime Minister discusses the war in Ukraine after talking with leaders on the issue recently. He says Russia started the war, and they can finish it. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon discusses all this and more with Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been revealed that New Zealand’s hidden economy costs us around $13 billion a year in unseen taxes. It comes out to around 11 percent of our GDP. Independent tax expert Geof Nightingale talks to Mike Hosking about our black market. LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drivers who participate in street races will have their vehicles destroyed or forfeited in the majority of cases under new legislation announced by the Government today. On Sunday, Transport Minister Chris Bishop said the current penalties “aren’t strong enough to deter this appalling behaviour”. He said police reporting found the frequency of anti-social road events was increasing and “enough is enough”. Presumptive sentences are coming, meaning more power for the police to monitor and close areas like roads. Assistant Police Commissioner Mike Johnson talks to Mike Hosking about the crackdown. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday could be a big day for developments in the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s proposing direct talks between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday, as a counteroffer after being faced with an ultimatumof agreeing to a 30-day ceasefire today. Trump has told Ukraine to accept the proposal. Geopolitical Analyst Geoffrey Miller talks to Mike Hosking about the tense situation. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.