Ryan Bridge: The issues we care about

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 1, 2026 · 1m · transcript

We have a new issues poll out this morning.

It's from IPSOS. 1000 people. Was taken after Waitangi weekend.

The numbers are bad for National, because they should be winning on more issues.

But Luxon won't hate the numbers because they're going in the right direction of a few key issues.

A significant increase on Cost of Living - after a period of trending in the wrong direction.

Another 'significant' increase on healthcare/hospitals- closing the gap from 19 to 12 points since October.

After being overtaken on the economy, they've come back to draw with the reds.

Interestingly, concern from…