Mike Hosking has many questions.
Mike Hosking has many questions.

MediaSeptember 1, 2019

The Sunday List: 30 times Mike Hosking answered a question from Mike Hosking

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Mike Hosking has many questions.
Mike Hosking has many questions.

Leading New Zealand broadcaster has many questions for himself.

As one of New Zealand’s leading broadcasters, Mike Hosking asks a lot of people a lot of questions. Including himself. Drawn from his published opinion pieces from the last few months, here is a selection of Hosking asking questions and answering them.

  1. Are the Asian internet giants there? No.
  2. Can you bring them in? Yes.
  3. Is raising the super age a vote getter? No.
  4. Can you find anyone locally? No.
  5. Can our banks mount a case that they are good and safe? Yes.
  6. Is Eugenie Sage single-handedly wrecking our economy? No.
  7. Back to Philip Morris: is there merit in their offer? Yes.
  8. Would anyone really care if TVNZ 1 started showing a lot of Māori programmes, bird documentaries, foreign travel shows, and long-format interview specials? No.
  9. What the hell has a rugby team got to do with a madman and a gun? Answer: Nothing.
  10. Electric? Not so much.
  11. Was it perfect or a magic bullet? Of course not.
  12. Is there a gap? Could be.
  13. Do you reckon back in 2017, in the election campaign, if she had wandered round telling us she wanted cars banned, she might have damaged her parties vote? Yes.
  14. Do we want to add needless cost to our lives and businesses? No.
  15. Has the number of cars dropped? No.
  16. Do we drive less? No.
  17. Are we not buying new cars? No.
  18. Is this something that someone like Netball New Zealand need to deal with?No.
  19. If someone wants to kill people, and wants to use legally sourced automatic weapons, has the government made that harder? Yes.
  20. Does it follow logically that the fewer guns you have, the less chance there is of a nutter getting their hands on one? Yes.
  21. Could he still do his job with something else? Yes.
  22. You think we will all embrace mass produced Chinese boxes? I don’t think so.
  23. Is it possible to do anything if you’re mad enough and determined enough?No.
  24. Are National out, or in trouble? In a way, yes.
  25. Does she support him? Apparently yes.
  26. Do they want to? I don’t think so.
  27. Is it going to stop? I can’t see it.
  28. Theoretically, would it be nice to have balance? Of course.
  29. What have these people offered by way of solution? Nothing.
  30. Why? Because I have a lot of questions that haven’t been answered.
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MediaAugust 25, 2019

The Sunday List: 44 times someone slammed someone else in the last month

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Analysis of New Zealand media headlines reveals a lot of people slamming a lot of other people.

Slamming is at epidemic levels in New Zealand news. Drawn from just the last month, we present a selection of slamming.

On July 27

A union boss slammed David Clark

On July 29

Police slammed a dangerous photographer

On July 30

Simon Bridges slammed Jacinda Ardern

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People on the internet slammed Gordon Ramsay for shooting a New Zealand goat

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People on the internet slammed a dress for looking like an onion sack

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Winston Peters slammed a poll

On July 31

The Employment Relations Authority slammed Subway

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The tech sector slammed the government

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Simon Bridges slammed Jacinda Ardern

On July 31

Steve Hansen slammed attacks on referees

On August 1

Mark Richardson slammed Sonny Bill Williams

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The Chinese consulate slammed media reports

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Growers slammed rebate processes

On August 2

Ports of Auckland slammed Forest & Bird

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A lawyer slammed Immigration NZ

On August 3

Chris Hipkins slammed polytech hogwash

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David Rankin slammed the Māori King

On August 4

The Ports of Auckland slammed cycleway design

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Federated Farmers slammed Tim Shadbolt

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A report slammed Kapiti Council

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A transgender designer slammed Fashion Week

On August 5

A polar blast slammed the country

On August 7

Damien O’Connor slammed winter grazing images

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Peter Sterling slammed the Warriors

On August 8

John Hart slammed the All Black props

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Winston Peters slammed Labour

On August 10

Stuart Nash slammed racist abuse

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Alcohol Action NZ slammed the government

On August 11

Steve Hansen slammed the All Blacks

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the UK media slammed the All Blacks

On August 14

People on the internet slammed a woman who deceived NZ customs

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Mike Hosking slammed fake news scams

On August 15

Alan Jones slammed Jacinda Ardern

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Otago police slammed a speeder

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Police slammed media reports

On August 16

The High Court slammed Southern Response

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Shane Jones slammed Theo Spierings’ payout

On August 19

Wellingtonians slammed the Hand sculpture

On August 20

Phil Kingsley-Smith slammed Jonah

On August 21

Simon Bridges slammed the government

On August 22

Julie Anne Genter slammed John Tamihere’s bridge plan

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People on the internet slammed a Dunedin woman

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Winston Peters slammed Paula Bennett’s flowers

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Heavy rain slammed Auckland