Blues CEO Karl Budge believes a revamped Super Rugby Pacific format for 2027 will enhance interest in an improved on-field product.

10 teams will play 16 regular season matches with an ANZAC Day Bledisloe test break, before the top two teams get direct passage to the semi-finals while the next four ranked teams face off – no Lucky Loser.

While the draw is yet to be released, Budge is glad that the new format retains a greater sense of jeopardy and makes for bigger games throughout the competition.

He told Mike Hosking it means teams will play for meaningful outcomes right through to the end of the season.

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The ACT Party says it has killed three birds with one stone as new workplace legislation is passed.

The bill reverses a number of changes in the 2015 Health and Safety at Work Act, and will shift focus to critical risks.

It passed its third reading in Parliament yesterday, despite criticisms from New Zealand First.

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke Van Velden told Mike Hosking it grows the economy, supports small businesses, and stops wasting money.

However, the legislation will no longer be implemented in November – instead pushed back until April.

Labour is also promising to repeal the legislation, if elected.

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Open home attendance is picking up, despite the housing market remaining soft.

Cotality’s latest Home Value Index shows the national median fell 0.2% in June, slipping 0.9% on last year.

It's 17.5% below its 2022 peak.

Independent Property Commentator Tony Alexander told Mike Hosking the market remains fundamentally weak, but we're back from the brink because of events overseas.

He says a net 27% of agents are seeing fewer people at open homes, down from 51% two months ago.

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