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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 Protest: 3/10 "It didn’t work, it wasn’t Groundswell, it wasn’t well organised, it had mixed messages, too many nutters, and too many angry people. Protests make a point and sway a debate, this one just pissed everyone off." Rapid Antigen Tests: 1/10 "We had the revelations around acquisition or stealing, the Sir Ian Taylor falling out, and the stories of threats and stand-over tactics. This is a shabby, low rent, and nasty business by a government that looks increasingly mafiaesque." Labour: 2/10 "Yet again we face a crisis at the workplace and in the fields. Grapes, kiwifruit, house building, teachers, pick a job and we are short. Look to the border it is closed, this is no recipe for success." Job Ads: 7/10 "Record jobs ads, which once seemed a good thing, but not if they're not getting filled. It's like saying your unemployment is 3.2 percent and yet you have 90,000 more people on a benefit, it doesn’t make any sense." Steven Joyce and Matthew Hooton: 7/10 "Look up their pieces on the state of this country. Hooton on division and Joyce on MIQ and who we are. It's high-quality reading and a big wakeup call if you value the future of this country." The CCCFA: 2/10 Proof this week from the banks, ASB and ANZ that money isn't being lent to people who would have qualified previously. How do you buy a house when you can't get money and the bank would give you the money, if it wasn’t for David Clark?" Explore Auckland Vouchers: 3/10 "Remember the Government's vouchers in Auckland to go visit stuff? 10 percent of the population applied and only 58 percent have actually been used, who would have thought?" Zoi Sadowski-Synnott: 10/10 "Hero of the week and a reminder the young lead the way for us all. It's uplifting to watch winners." LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEWSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |