Ryan Bridge: The climate change message from the Government

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Oct 19, 2025 · 1m · transcript

Don’t expect a handout.

That’s basically the message to homeowners hoping the Government will swoop in and buyout houses after the next big cyclone.

Watts is the climate Minister. He took a paper to cabinet. I had a read in the weekend.

They haven’t immediately turned the tap off to buyouts, but they’re making it pretty clear it won’t e long before they do.

How long? Doesn’t say, specifically. Just sometime in the medium to long term.

If you’re buying a house or land, you’re going to want to check flood zones very carefully.

After the Auckland floods - you know which parts of suburb are more…