Today on Mike's Minute - National's in trouble over its promised surplus.

Today on Mike's Minute - How many of us have believed that despite what’s before our eyes, and the very obvious competition, we think the petrol industry is just one giant jack up, and they’re all in cahoots and we’re the poor suckers who are getting bled dry. Well rest easy conspiratorialists, the petrol industry is as clean as a whistle.

News of the World with Mike Hosking for May 1, 2015

Mark McGuinness, managing director of Willis Bond, talks about New Zealand’s biggest new apartment project after his business won the right to build up to 600 new residences in 17 blocks in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter.

Today marks Air NZ's 75th anniversary. The airline's maiden flight by a Short S30 flying boat took off from Auckland on this day in 1940 and landed in Rose Bay in Sydney. This supplied corporate video includes footage from the maiden flight.

This Emirates corporate video features Performance Standards Purser Don Godamune's journey of his career as cabin crew with Emirates as the airline crosses the 20,000 cabin crew milestone. Supplied by Emirates.

Today on Mike's Minute: Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking has his say on police disguising a revenue raising mission as a road safety campaign.

Today on Mike's Minute - What should refugees offer in return for life in NZ?

Aviation reporter Grant Bradley traveled on LAN's Dreamliner launch flight.

Plans are underway to build a series of new apartment blocks in the regenerating Wynyard Quarter of Auckland. See this supplied promotional video of the Wynyard Central apartments.

Your news of the world update for Wednesday April 22, 2015.

If you don't like the Ports of Auckland extension - what's your alternative? That issue on today's Mike's Minute.

Mike Hosking presents your News of the World for April 21, 2015.

Auckland-based animation company Huhu Studios has signed up to a co-production with China Film Animation to develop the first animated 3D movie between the two nations, 'Beast of Burden'.

Fletcher Construction has released this video showing its workers lifting an 11-tonne steel staircase into the new Fonterra headquarters it is building to the west of Auckland's CBD.

Massey University's second annual Business Boot Camp brought together 70 students from 33 schools across the country to explore the business world.

The Rutherford engine uses liquid oxygen kerosene as fuel.

Prime Minister John Key talks about the funds designated for the new seven schools.

A New Zealand woman is vying to raise £35,000 to launch a specialist wine store in London.

The first set of results are in from two years of testing on New Zealand’s new Precision Seafood Harvesting fishing method and scientists say already they can see that the survival rates for fish are better than expected.

A new mussel hatchery and lab facility is due to open north of Nelson at the Cawthron Aquaculture Park, where Greenshell Mussels where industry leaders say the element of chance is being taken out of mussel farming. Video supplied by SpatNZ.

Fonterra has released its latest financial results, with profits down and a drop in the forecast dividend payout. See Fonterra's broadcast presentation of its result here.

Pumpkin Patch has issued a corporate video this morning with CEO Di Humphries' commentary about the company's half year result.

Tourism New Zealand's promotional video 'The Big Blue' showcases New Zealand as a cruising and chartering destination and offers a glimpse into what a superyacht holiday in New Zealand is like The video was produced with the Mayer family while travelling on their superyacht The Big Blue in New Zealand earlier this year.

Economics editor Brian Fallow discusses the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Statement issued today. The bank has removed the prospect of future interest rate hikes from its forecast horizon as a strong kiwi dollar and cheap oil hold down inflation, and the central bank ponders whether to lower its assessment of where "neutral" interest rates should be. The kiwi dollar gained after the statement.

The Reserve Bank has removed the prospect of future interest rate hikes from its forecast horizon as a strong kiwi dollar and cheap oil hold down inflation. See highlights from governor Graeme Wheeler's press conference.

Promotional video showcasing the 39-level apartment complex set to occupy a site next to the long-abandoned historic St James Theatre.

A secret door between the children's area and the community meeting room, anti-fight pillow seating squabs and a microchip-activated cat door for elderly tabby Benjamin are unusual features of the new Devonport Library, which had its civic opening last Thursday.

The Reserve Bank has prepared a short video explaining the importance of regulation. This video, featuring the Bank's Head of Prudential Supervision, Toby Fiennes, explains how regulation helps to promote a sound and efficient financial system, and why everyone has a role to play.

Air New Zealand says a surge in capacity this year will help lead to lower airfares. The airline is boosting the number of seats by just under 12 per cent for the remainder of this financial year around the Pacific Rim and on domestic routes. Air New Zealand announced today record interim normalised earnings before taxation of $216 million, up 20 per cent on the prior corresponding period. It's chief executive Christopher Luxon said the carrier was in a period of unprecedented growth.