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Pollies: MPs Megan Woods and Mark Mitchell on whether Rob Campbell should be removed as chair of Environmental Protection Agency
All eyes are on whether the sacked Te Whatu Ora chair will also lose his job as chair of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Rob Campbell has been fired by Health Minister Ayesha Verrall for breaking the Code of Conduct, by publicly criticising National's Three Water's Policy and Christopher Luxon.
Senior Labour Cabinet Minister Megan Woods told Mike Hosking the question of Campbell's future needs to be asked of Environment Minister David Parker...
Michael Wallmannsberger: Cyber security consultant on the rise of e-Crime and apps used for data theft, extortion
Cloud databases are coming under increased pressure from hackers.
Over the past year there's been high profile cyber attacks on companies such as Microsoft and Samsung.
A new report reveals that eCriminals have been one of the biggest causes for concern over the past 12 months...
Gary Stead: Black Caps coach reacts to one of New Zealand's greatest Test victories
Black Caps coach Gary Stead has called it.
He thinks the one-run victory over England at the Basin Reserve yesterday will go down as New Zealand’s greatest test win.
Stead coached the Black Caps to the first-ever World Test Championship when they beat India in 2021 but he told the Mike Hosking Breakfast on Newstalk ZB that yesterday’s win, and the fact they had to follow on, tops that victory in Southampton...
Des Gorman: Emeritus Professor on medical schools reaching out to govt offering to train students and not hearing back
New Zealand is the middle of a healthcare worker shortage and our government is reportedly ignoring offers from medical schools.
Otago Medical School has offered to train more students, but the offer has fallen flat.
Auckland School of Medicine also made the same offer a year ago and they still haven't heard any update.
Auckland University Medical Emeritus Professor Des Gorman joined Mike Hosking.
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Rob Campbell: Former Te Whatu Ora chair adamant he hasn't crossed a line in public criticism of National's Three Waters policy
Rob Campbell is adamant he hasn't crossed a line in his public criticism of National's Three Waters policy.
The now former chair of Te Whatu Ora has been fired by Health Minister Ayesha Verrall, for breaking Public Service rules about political neutrality.
He told Mike Hosking he doesn't regret what he's said, but does regret he will be losing direct contact with thousands of health workers and their families...
Owen Vaughan: OneRoof editor on house prices dropping 11.5% since February last year
New Zealand house prices have taken another heavy hit, down 11.5 per cent since February last year.
The average property price is down $120,000 in the same time period to $971,000.
A OneRoof report is out today and editor Owen Vaughan joined Mike Hosking.
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Bill Browder: Russia's former largest foreign investor gives a unique perspective on the war in Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine passes the one year mark, there would be few in the world who has been as consistently outspoken against Putin and Russia as Bill Browder.
You may or may not know the story of his history with the country - Browder was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005 when he was denied entry to the country and deemed a national security threat...
Mike's Minute: Ideas like Julie Anne Genter's are why we have no money
I pray that somewhere in the departments that waste so much of our money, someone, somewhere, has the spine to stand up and tell the rest of the plonkers that what they are doing doesn’t work.
Julie Anne Genter, back in another Government when they gave her a portfolio, came up with the 'Road to Zero'.
That alone was one of the stupidest ideas going, for the simple reason that it set you up for immediate failure...
Rod Liddle: UK correspondent says deal for free movement of goods between Northern Ireland and UK has received support
Goods are set to be move more freely between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, under a new agreement-in-principle reached between the EU and UK.
Political commentator Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking the deal has received broad support.
“By and large, it’s cheered up most of the Northern Irish, if not the Democratic Unionist Party and there hasn’t been an enormous angst from the right-wingers, the Conservative Party.”
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Dr. Rose Crossin: Public Health professor on figures showing number of standard drinks people consume daily has declined
For the first time in 15 years, the number of standard drinks people consume daily has declined.
The 1 percent decline has dropped to 1.96 standard drinks a day.
The figures have sparked discussion as to whether we may be starting to see a trend of decline in alcohol consumption.
Senior lecturer in Public Health at the University of Otago Dr. Rose Crossin joined Mike Hosking.
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