Mark the Week: The Robertson era looks to be a very good thing

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 trifecta: 8/10  

He got the White House, the other House and the Senate. That is as comprehensive as it gets. 

 

The reaction: 7/10 

Because people are nuts. Elections always have winners and losers and there is always another election. Social media has shown us how often people forget that. 

 

Fonterra: 9/10 

Right now it's as good as it gets. $9.50 could become $10, a sale worth billions, and an effect on the economy that is so fantastically welcome. 

 

The All Blacks: 7/10 

It looks increasingly like the Robertson era is going to be a very good thing. Beating England and Ireland, with France for good measure, that’s a good way to head to Christmas. 

 

The apology: 7/10 

Because it was heartfelt and came from the right place. But that was the easy bit. 

 

The protest: 1/10 

More depressing than the immigration numbers. 

 

The media covering the protest: 2/10 

Between singing reporters and reporters making up numbers, it's not hard to see why the media is where it is and is held in the sort of contempt it is. They have brought it on themselves. 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Time to mark the week, little piece of using current events.
It's as exciting as being Matt Gates when Donald calls
the trifector. Eight. It is a nice world today. Ah oh,
the White House, the other House, the Senate. This is
as comprehensive as it gets. The reaction seven because people
are nuts. Elections have always had winners and losers, and
there is always another election. Social media is shown. It's

(00:21):
just how often people forget that HOSPO seven. General spending
this this week we find is still a mnemic. But
HOSPO is upper decent chunk, So will take that all
day long. Speaking which Fontier A nine? I mean right now?
Is it as good as it's ever going to get?
Nine to fifty could be ten bucks, a sale worth billions,
and an effect on the economy that is so fantastically welcome.

(00:41):
The all black seven. They look increasingly like the Robertson
era is going to be a very good thing. England
and Ireland with France for good measure, and that's a
good way to hit Christmas. I would have thought a
cop twenty nine sex because it's so funny. No one
of relevance is there. The host president thinks oils from God,
and it looks increasingly like the ernest Shearradas finally reached
its Nadia shell. Seven. Good Court went over the act

(01:04):
of as nutters. Courts can't enforce the way business is
done and hold you responsible for things you don't even make.
Here we save eight another seven billion we find out
on top of the eight billion we find out so
far this year, So saving is no bad thing. But
Black Friday six he doesn't love a bargain because spending's
ripe fun too, isn't it. China six three hundred and

(01:25):
forty million dollars worth of business done on the latest
trade mission, reminding us that being engaged with the world
is actually good for business tourism for I mean the
great dropped ball of the past few years. Lockdown, we've
been forgotten. Immigration two about the most depressing thing this week.
The numbers leaving New Zealand are heartbreaking. The numbers arriving
are falling. What's at say when we're actually going backwards,

(01:47):
which we will be. Are the apology seven because it
was heartfelt and came from the right place. But that
was the easy part, of course. The protest one. Wow,
more depressing than the immigration numbers. Are afraid to tell you.
The media cover the protest two between singing reporters. I
don't make this up singing reporters and reporters making up numbers.

(02:09):
It is not hard to see where the media is
where it is and is held in the sort of
contempt it is. And they brought it on themselves, basically.
And that's the week copies on the website. And if
you take two of these, by the way, twist them
into a band and color them yellow, they make an
awesome bracelet for the love heart bit of the Coldplay concept.
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