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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1517/
- Published: 2026-06-26T20:16:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-26T20:16:13.000Z
- Description: The Broadcasting Standards Authority has refused to uphold a complaint by Martin Garrood regarding an episode of Mike’s Minute.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Media

> A media watchdog has thrown out a complaint against radio host Mike Hosking over his scathing assessment of the previous government’s pandemic response.  
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> The Broadcasting Standards Authority refused to uphold the complaint by Martin Garrood regarding an episode of *Mike’s Minute* broadcast on Newstalk ZB on March 11, 2026.  
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> The segment focused on *Whītiki Aotearoa*, the Phase Two report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19 Lessons Learned.  
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> During the broadcast, Hosking listed 17 observations, telling listeners he was convinced the report was “a waste of time” and asserting the Labour government broadly “cock\[ed\] it up” and “badly”.  
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> Stuff

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