On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 26th of January, we get the latest from Tauranga mayor Mahe Drysdale on the slip and the review.

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Andrew Saville and Jason Pine cover Sam Ruthe, Wayne Smith and why the All Blacks are playing a game in Baltimore.

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The dream continues for a teen running sensation, Sam Ruth.

He became the fastest ever 16-year-old to run the mile following this weekend's Cook's Classic.

He stopped the clock at 3:53.83, but he was beaten by fellow runner Sam Tanner, who is 25.

Father Ben Ruthe told Andrew Dickens that, "we just want to keep giving him the opportunity to do what he loves."

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Some renters across the country feel they're still being unfairly rejected for owning pets, despite recent legislation changes.

New rules came into force in December, making it easier for renters with pets, by requiring reasonable grounds for refusal if landlords don't want animals on their properties.

Some renters fear nothing has changed, and enforcement of the rules is needed.

Aspire Property Managing Director Mike Atkinson says landlords can always choose lower risk tenancy applicants.

He says there's nothing in the new laws that say landlords can't just choose someone without a pet.

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Global tourist hotspots like Barcelona and New York are banning or restricting the use of short term accommodation, like AirBnB to try to free up housing.

Now , Sydney is looking into it.

Queenstown is also interested - with a third of homes empty every night due to short term rentals.

Opes Partners Resident Economist Ed McKnight told Andrew Dickins that it makes sense for Sydney but not necessarily Queenstown.

He says if you take away Airbnb in Queenstown - it doesn't mean there's more housing for sale - because a lot of them are holiday homes anyway.

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Tauranga's Mayor says they're hopeful recovery work can resume today, after Thursday's slip at Mount Maunganui.

Six people remain unaccounted for and are presumed dead.

Recovery work was paused yesterday after a crack was found on the maunga, making the site unsafe.

Tauranga City Council has ordered an independent review into the slip - and what happened leading up to it.

Mahe Drysdale says specialist equipment was flown in from Wellington last night - to help with recovery operations.

He says geotechnical engineers are up Mount Maunganui at the moment - to ensure it's safe for work to continue today.

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Queenstown's seeing a surge in ultra wealthy overseas buyers looking to purchase houses.

A luxury real estate agent is reporting a 600 percent increase in overseas enquiries for properties across the lakes district.

There's increased interest from former Soviet bloc countries, suggesting buyers are trying to get away from the conflict in Europe.

Oliver Road Luxury Real Estate Founder and Managing Director Cam Winter told Andrew Dickens that the issue of affordable accommodation in Queenstown is separate from the luxury real estate market.

He says buyers don't want to buy a home here and spend so little time in it that they feel like aliens.

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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.

Trump: 6/10

An infuriating mix of effective and insane. It's rare for a single person to dominate news everyday all week, but there you go.

Iceland: 2/10

Was Iceland his Biden moment and no one called it out? Can you threaten to invade a place who's name you can't even remember?

Tony Brown: 8/10

Appeared on the show this week and set the cat amongst the pigeons.

The rugby union: 2/10

When you look at Razor and listen to Tony, where do you reckon the real issues are?

Anna Breman: 6/10

The Dr vs Winston vs Nicola. I side with Anna. She is either independent or she isn't.

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ACC is in crisis.

I'm not sure if that’s news to you or not.

They are sinking in a sea of debt. They are forecast in four short years to be in the hole to the tune of $26 billion.

Now there are side issues like court cases, which make decisions that envelop the organisation into a fiscal level of responsibility they can't calculate, and in that I feel sorry for them.

But their turnaround plan, which has just been launched, involves them getting back to black in four years.

That, if done, will be well worth applauding. Now, I have no doubt it can be done, mainly because the problem is one of will and determination.

But it does involve tough decisions, a bit of backbone and a whole new attitude.

A couple of key figures give the story away.

Figure 1: The number of people in the past decade who are on long term payments. It's gone from 12,000 to 24,000. In other words, it's doubled.

Has the population doubled in that time? No.

Have we fallen over a lot more? Not necessarily.

Have we milked a system able to be milked? Of course.

Figure 2: The cost of rehab. In the same period, it's gone from $2 billion to $4 billion, so it's doubled.

Has inflation doubled? No.

Have people seen ACC coming and adjusted their costs accordingly? Yes.

The whole thing is not a lot short of a scam.

It's an industry in which if you take your eye off the ball, make the rules convoluted and look to scrimp and save in the wrong areas, is ripe for the sort of calamitous outcome that has clearly eventuated.

Literally half the country claims ACC each year. It's astonishing.

It's not normal.

Recently a family member was a recipient of ACC. Without boring you with the details, at times ACC seemed determined this person should not return to work.

There was a rigid inflexibility in their approach. Rules were rules. Ironically this family member was desperate to get back to work, but, said any number of doctors and specialists, not before just a bit more treatment.

Do that two million times over and you're $26 billion in the hole.

The good news is there is no reason it can't be fixed. The question is, do they have the gonads and the wherewithal to do it?

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