The Mike Hosking Breakfast

New Zealand’s rising crime rates have begun to catch international attention. 

The US Overseas Security Advisory Council has released a report warning Americans who plan to travel to New Zealand about things like ram raids. 

Haka Tourism Group General Manager Eve Lawrence told Mike Hosking that while New Zealand still scores highly across a variety of safety indexes, the rise in vehicle thefts, ram raids, and gun related crimes paints a bad image...

MPs Megan Woods and Mark Mitchell joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast to wrap the week's political news.

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The Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme is under scrutiny again. 

Immigration NZ is already facing criticism over speculation that appropriate migrant visa checks aren't being conducted, while migrant exploitation rates increase.    

Recruitment marketing agency Talent Propeller’s Managing Director Sharon Davies told Mike Hosking that the programme is a mess, with smaller business unable to access it...

Officials are warning that the Government risks trade retaliation from other countries if it forges ahead with a Digital Services Tax. 

The tax would target offshore tech companies whose arrangements often mean they pay little tax in jurisdictions like ours. 

The Government is part of an OECD process to create a global framework but has reserved the right to implement the tax if these efforts fall through...

Dairy farmers won't have much reason to celebrate the latest slight rise in dairy prices. 

Overall prices have risen 2.7% at this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction, the first rise in four months. 

The crucial Whole Milk Powder price is up 5.3%. 

JMI Wealth Director Andrew Kelleher told Mike Hosking that the rise won't change Fonterra's Farmgate Milk Price, which has plummeted from a midpoint of $8 to a mid-point of $6.75 over the past five weeks...

The Police Association says a targeted approach to youth crime is a good move. 

The Government's launched a programme which will see New Zealand's 60 worst young offenders assigned an incentive support social worker, who'll tailor their work to them. 

Police Association President Chris Cahill told Mike Hosking it's worth a shot...

Kiwi film-maker Simon Mark-Brown has been directing for nearly thirty years, his documentaries and films having successful runs in film festivals both nationally and worldwide.  

His recent work ‘Brown vs. Brown’ is a love letter to his father, late architect Peter Mark-Brown, and takes viewers on a tour of New Zealand’s mid-century architecture. 

Simon told Mike Hosking that he initially started it 23 years ago but had to park the idea as he couldn’t find the right angle...

One of the reasons the Grocery Commissioner will largely amount to nothing is that they battle with ideas, as opposed to specifics. 

And ideas can't be regulated. 

As part of the Commerce Commission's review into supermarkets they found some of them bought land and prevented competitors opening near them. That is a 'specific' and you can change those rules, and they did...

Preparations for the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup are underway in France. 

However, France is currently in the middle of a heatwave. 

France Correspondent Catherine Field said that it’s looking like it's going to be around 28-29C for kickoff, with clear sunny skies. 

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Ticket demand for the Warriors playoffs is through the roof. 

As a result, fans will be able to purchase presale access for $49, a perk usually reserved for those with full season memberships.  

Warriors CEO Cameron George said that while it doesn’t guarantee they get a ticket, the presale access provides the best opportunity to get tickets. 

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