Podcast Episodes

Full Show Podcast: 11 December 2025

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast with Heather du Plessis-Allan Full Show Podcast for Thursday 11th of December, as Australia bans social media for under 16s, what does our interim report say we should d…

Published on 6 days, 3 hours ago

Mark Cuban: US Billionaire Businessman on the state of NZ rugby, NBA, US politics, AI

Mark Cuban has his hands in all sorts of pies. 

The US billionaire businessman is involved with tech, media, health insurance, the NBA, and more recently, politics. 

He got his first major start with…

Published on 6 days, 3 hours ago

Jason Te Brake: Zespri CEO on their new red variety, Red80

A brand new kiwifruit is about to hit the market. 

Zespri has approved the commercialisation of a new red variety, Red80, following the success of Red19. 

The fruit has been naturally bred through Ze…

Published on 6 days, 3 hours ago

Grant Webster: Tourism Holdings CEO on tourism numbers rising 6% in the year to October

Tourists continue to flock across the ditch to New Zealand. 

Stats NZ figures show more than 260 thousand overseas travellers visited in October, 22 thousand up on the year before. 

More than 120 tho…

Published on 6 days, 4 hours ago

Carl Bates: Education and Workforce Committee Acting Chair on the call for NZ to follow Australia's social media ban

Just because something's hard to do, doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. 

Parliament's education committee is recommending New Zealand consider following Australia in banning under 16s from social med…

Published on 6 days, 4 hours ago

David Seymour: Associate Education Minister on Food Safety NZ clearing the school lunch provider over mouldy lunches

“A week of drama” could have been avoided had the principal of a school with mouldy lunches waited for the investigation rather than going public, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. 

Ne…

Published on 6 days, 4 hours ago

Dr Chris Jackson: Otago University Medical Oncologist on the State of Cancer Report for 2025

There are concerns our health system isn't keeping pace with our accelerating cancer rates. 

The Cancer Control Agency's latest State of Cancer Report has found more New Zealanders are being diagnose…

Published on 6 days, 4 hours ago

Paul Paynter: Yummy Fruit Company General Manager on the company stopping apple exports to the US due to tariffs

A major New Zealand apple grower is pulling the pin on exporting to the US due to Donald Trump's tariffs.  

Export tariffs for New Zealand increased to 15% in August. 

New Zealand's $70 million of ap…

Published on 6 days, 5 hours ago

Heather du Plessis-Allan: The RMA change is good, but prepare for issues

Cast your mind back a couple of weeks to what the boss of Auckland Port Roger Gray said. 

He told us New Zealand is a country that says 'no' so often, Miami cruise bosses he spoke to had taken to cal…

Published on 1 week ago

Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on Trump wading into Netflix and Paramount's battle over Warner Bros. Discovery

Donald Trump has waded into the battle to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.  

Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile bid for company in a last ditch effort to outbid Netflix. 

The offer would be worth a…

Published on 1 week ago