Mark the Week: Golden Visas are part of a solid run from the Government

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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.

The Golden Visas: 7/10

Part of what's turning out to be a pretty solid run for the Government. There seems genuine interest from the wealthy to come and park up here and grow the place.

Business sales: 6/10

Demand is up, supply is down. People want to chart their own destiny, which is always a very good sign.

Coachella: 4/10

Most people who went borrowed money to pay for their tickets. Clearly no money left over for Golden Visas.

Andrew Little: 6/10

Given Tory Whanau's reputation and record, is it even a race?

The women on Bezos' rocket: 2/10

Brought new meaning to the term space cadets.

Taupo: 8/10

Shout out for last weekend and the Supercars. Place was packed, looked awesome and Matty Payne was your hero #NZAtItsBest.

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Mark the Week: Golden Visas are part of a solid run from the Government

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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.

The Golden Visas: 7/10

Part of what's turning out to be a pretty solid run for the Government. There seems genuine interest from the wealthy to come and park up here and grow the place.

Business sales: 6/10

Demand is up, supply is down. People want to chart their own destiny, which is always a very good sign.

Coachella: 4/10

Most people who went borrowed money to pay for their tickets. Clearly no money left over for Golden Visas.

Andrew Little: 6/10

Given Tory Whanau's reputation and record, is it even a race?

The women on Bezos' rocket: 2/10

Brought new meaning to the term space cadets.

Taupo: 8/10

Shout out for last weekend and the Supercars. Place was packed, looked awesome and Matty Payne was your hero #NZAtItsBest.

LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mike's Minute: The great man that was Sir Bob Jones 2:16

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Steve Price: Australian Correspondent on the Federal election over the weekend 6:38

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Vaughan Couillault: Secondary Principals Association president on the Government's new 'Parent Portal' initiative 1:55

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Chris Bullen: Auckland University Public Health Professor on illicit tobacco sales and organised crime groups on mainstream resale platforms 3:53

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Wayne Mapp: Defence Minister on the Government's $12b commitment to defence 2:10

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Laura Jayes: Sky News Correspondent on Anthony Albanese's win, Peter Dutton's failure, Greens performance and more 4:52

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Andrew Kelleher of JMI on non-farm payroll data showing concerns over the Trump administrations policy blitz 5:40

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Non-farm payrolls - a monthly statistic released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows concerns over the Trump administrations policy blitz. In April 177,000 jobs were added to the US economy and unemployment rates are stable at 4.2 percent. But business and consumer surveys are still sending warning signals. Andrew Kelleher of JMI breaks down the data with Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on Trump's controversial NBC interview: immigration, economy, third-term 4:19

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Mike's Minute: Will the Covid inquiry submitters get the answers we want? 2:02

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I think I'm encouraged by the numbers of submissions into the Covid inquiry. This is Covid inquiry part two. The second part is to try and rectify the stitch up that was Covid part one from the previous Government, who were determined to set criteria that would not expose the true damage they wrought upon most of us. 31,000 have had their say this time. It is pointed out they came from all ages, all locations and were both positive as well as negative. Given Health NZ submitted on whether Wanaka should have a McDonalds, do not underestimate the establishment's ability to spend an indecent amount of time and money in putting a best-case scenario forward in a butt-covering exercise. This part of the inquiry looks into masks and mandates, vaccines and lockdowns, and 31,000 submissions tells me we are still very much exercised about the historic nature of the event and our keenness to try and come up with something that sees nothing like a repeat of the last exercise. I note the other day poor, old Chris Hipkins still tries to walk that very fine line between admitting they were in charge of a balls up and pretending it went mostly well. He is in an unwinnable place. As the last sap left standing, given Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson are long gone, he has the sorry task of defending what really were some astonishingly poor decisions. But that doesn’t mean the inquiry will come up with answers. Answers such as will a pandemic be the same, or similar, or not similar at all? What sort of Government will be in? Will that Government be competent or experienced? What roll will the public service play? Will epidemiologists become household names again? Will New Zealanders sink into a myopic funk again waiting for a leader to tell them what sort of stuffed animal to put in the window? What made last time so bad was the control, and out of the control, followed the anger and fear. I'm not sure an inquiry can dictate answers or solutions around emotion. But 31,000 submissions tells you the emotion is still very, very real. At least in putting the second part of the inquiry on, we attempt to recognise how profound those dark and troubled days really were. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Mark the Week: The All Blacks deal is a nice fit 2:18

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Mike's Minute: Three good ideas from the Govt this week 2:09

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