Mark the Week: The Crusaders had a year to forget
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
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.
Democracy in action is always good, especially in a world where democracy doesn’t reach all corners and not everyone gets a say.
The Crusaders: 3/10
A year to forget and a dynasty undone. Plenty of work-ons as they say, but that old hackneyed "sack the coach" thing reminds us how trigger happy and superficial we can be.
The Trump fundraising record: 6/10
Does that mean crime pays?
Labour asking for your tax cut: 2/10
Surely in Opposition when you are not actually doing anything, you can keep the stupidity down to a minimum.
The Māori wards submissions: 3/10
Yet more angsting around race. We already have the best system and it's called democracy, and anyone can run, and everyone gets a free and fair go. Try it. It works.
The hunger striker: 0/10
He had three demands and not one was met, nor were they ever going to be, obviously. Which simply reminds us that the self-absorbed know no bounds.
ZB station of the year, Niva newsreader of the year, the people who produce this were producers of the year, and so it went. It turns out in a media landscape littered recently with casualties there are still quite a few who have it together, deliver the goods, make the profits and revel in a future that’s pretty bright.
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