Ryan Bridge: Kiwis actually love Butter Chicken, Shane

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Apr 20, 2026 · 2m · transcript

Take away migrants from our economy and the thing pretty much falls apart.

This is not Europe, where they're overrun with migrant boats and expensive hotel bills to house the passengers.

This is not the US, where illegal migrants poured across a porous border.

This is New Zealand, separated from the rest of the world by the Pacific Ocean and rather fussy about who comes here and why.

If you look at the numbers, they tell you we're doing a good job on migration.

Kiwi migrants are, according to a New Zealand Initiative report:

Less likely to claim a benefit

More likely to be employed

Their…