On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 5th of February, Finance Minister Nicola Willis tries to put a spin on a headline unemployment number that doesn't help the Government in an election year.

There’s a sewage disaster in Wellington, so Mayor Andrew Little joined to discuss the situation.

Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson discuss jobs, and Mike can't believe that money is now the gift of choice for a wedding on Wrapping the Week.

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A decent haul from Mike Hosking’s cherry tree.

Last year he was gifted a tree to ‘adopt’ by the team at Electric Cherries – who run everything without the use of fossil fuels.

The ‘Mike Hosking Tree’ has now been harvested and six kilos of cherries are ready to be eaten.

Founder Mike Casey told Mike Hosking that it’s been a pretty rough season down in Central Otago, with a lot of wind, rain, and a lot of damaged cherries.

But there’s a consolation prize, he says, which is that prices have remained high since there’s been much fewer cherries on the market.

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There’s cautious optimism New Zealand could achieve the country's largest medal haul at a Winter Olympics.

17 athletes, all in various snowboard and ski disciplines, will compete at the Milan-Cortina Games starting this weekend.

Chef de Mission Marty Toomey told Mike Hosking that recent form points towards a new frontier of success.

He says the Snow Sports NZ crew have come off an X Games with six medals, and New Zealand took three medals in the Beijing Games, so he’s hoping they’ll get north of that.

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