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Early Edition with Ryan Bridge
A fresh and intelligent start to your day - catch the very latest international and domestic news developments, sport, entertainment and business on Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, on Newstalk ZB.
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- Early Edition with Ryan Bridge
Steph Bond: Netball Players Association Executive Manager on the broadcasting deal with TVNZ
The short-term future of the ANZ Premiership is confirmed. Netball New Zealand has signed an exclusive broadcast deal with TVNZ for next year, with the…
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Kelvin Davidson: Cotality Chief Property Economist on the rising number of mortgage holders swapping loan providers
Those with mortgages are bank-hopping at record rates, but not necessarily to get lower interest rates. More than 3,500 holders switched nearly two and a half…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 30 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast 2025 Wednesday the 30th of July, 36 thousand nurses go on strike today, former Health NZ Chair Rob…
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Rob Campbell: Former Health New Zealand Chair on 24 hour nurses strike
Belief a breakdown of trust between nurses and leadership is fuelling protests today. Tens of thousands of nurses are striking for 24 hours over chronic…
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Ryan Bridge: Have we lost the plot on Health and Safety rules?
Brooke van Velden's anti-health and safety crusade's taken a rather bizarre twist - it's the plot twist nobody saw coming. She's consulting the public on safe…
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Zainab Ali: Youth Inspire CEO on the falling number of jobs filled by 15-19 year olds
Throwing in a CV and cover letter in response to a job ad may not cut it anymore, as young people face high unemployment rates. Stats NZ data shows jobs filled…
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Toni Waterman: US Correspondent on Trump's latest ultimatum for Russia
Russia has yet to respond to the latest ultimatum from US President Donald Trump. Trump says Vladimir Putin has between 10 and 12 days to make progress on…
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Chris Alderson: Construction Health and Safety Chief Executive on changes to scaffolding regulation
Health and Safety experts say the Government need to consider people's lives as they set to change scaffolding regulations. Government officials are consulting…
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Ryan Bridge: Here we go again with the nurses strikes
If you've got an appointment at the hospital this week, you might want to check it's still going ahead. Nurses are going on strike tomorrow from 9am for 24…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 29 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Tuesday 29th of July 2025, Donald Trump's set a deadline of 10 or 12 days for Putin to make a deal with…
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Geoffrey Miller: Geopolitical analyst discusses Jordan and the UAE's overnight aid airdrops into Gaza
Jordan and the UAE have begun airdrops into Gaza to deliver aid. This comes after the Israeli military announced it’ll open humanitarian corridors into the…
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Floyd du Plessis: Corrections Association President on prison violence surges putting pressure on corrections staff
Corrections staff are struggling to accommodate at-risk inmates as prison violence and aggression grows. Staff accepted 12-thousand requests from inmates to be…
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Ryan Bridge: Cone Overkill Must Stop
Chris Bishop says we're sick of over-the-top cone use and expensive traffic management plans. And he'd be right. They are so annoying and often, to the…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 28 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Monday 28th of July 2025, approved requests for segregation in prisons has hit more than 12-thousand…
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Rob Campbell: Former Health NZ Chair on the call for MPs to use the public health system while in office
Belief politicians should have skin in the public health system game. Health workers have signed an open letter asking MPs to voluntarily waive private…
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Grant Hewison: Communities Against Alcohol Harm Secretary on the concerns over high-strength beers
Communities are voicing concerns over high strength beers being a 'court case in a can'. The products are being sold as singles in supermarkets and liquor…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 25 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Friday 25th of July 2025, The Government's scrapped same day enrolments for general elections…
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Duncan Webb: Labour justice spokesperson on planned voting law changes
Fears changes to the way we vote will impact our democracy. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is planning to stop election-day enrolment, ban prisoner voting…
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Andrew Dickens: Why now is the time to build
It’s no secret that the construction industry is in trouble. There’s a number of factors. Firstly the boom in construction right after the pandemic years as…
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Tania Tapsell: Rotorua Mayor on the increase in homelessness and rough sleeping
Rotorua's mayor says the story's the same across the country regarding people sleeping on the street. The Government's June Homelessness Insights report shows…
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Megan Dimozantos: Federated Mountain Clubs President on the number of Kiwis visiting national parks and Great Walks
More and more Kiwis are taking a hike, with 60% of visitors to our Great Walks made up of New Zealanders last summer. The Department of Conservation's latest…
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Ro Edge: Save Women's Sport on Government tells Sport NZ to scrap transgender guidelines
Hopes the scrapping of guidelines around transgender participation in community sport will pave the way for smaller organisations to follow. A Government…
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Ryan Bridge: A new political battlefront's opening up on homelessness
Nobody wants to see streets dotted with tents like San Francisco or downtown LA. This much-hyped government report to Tama Potaka gives a few insights, but…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 24 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast 2025 Thursday 24th of July, the Government’s told Sport NZ to scrap its transgender guidelines, Save…
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Duncan Grieve: Spinoff founder and media commentator on Sky TV acquiring TV3
It's expected the Sky TV and TV3 deal will be mutually beneficial. Sky TV's bought the channel for a dollar from Warner Brothers Discovery. Spinoff founder and…
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Chlöe Swarbrick: Green Party Co-Leader on their call for sanctions against Israel
The Green Party says the Government needs to follow up its words on Gaza with action. A group of nations, including New Zealand, have signed on to a…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 23 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Wednesday 23rd of July 2025 opposition parties are saying we need to take a harsher stance against…
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Kate Ackland: Beef + Lamb Chair on a push to minimise barriers on our red meat export industry
A push to minimise barriers on our red meat export industry. The Meat Industry Association and Beef and Lamb New Zealand have revealed non-tariff trade…
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Ryan Bridge: Is supermarket pricing as bad as we think it is?
This business with the supermarkets and their pricing... Consumer NZ has launched a petition. They want change to stop prices being incorrectly labelled. So…
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Margaret Foster: Former Silver Fern on Netball NZ updating eligibility criteria for overseas-based players
Netball NZ is opening the door to overseas-based Silver Ferns. They’ve updated their eligibility criteria, which means overseas players can be considered for…
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Cameron Bagrie: Independent Economist on inflation reaching 2.7%
Inflation is coming dangerously close to the top end of the Reserve Bank’s target band. It’s reached 2.7% year-on-year – the main drivers being council rates…
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Sarah Dalton: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Executive Director on Waikato medical school given the greenlight
A belief the Government's claim a new medical school in Hamilton will provide more rural doctors and GPs is yet to be proven. Cabinet's putting almost $83…
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Ryan Bridge: Should we be worried about the business of business cases?
ACT's insistence that the Waikato University doctors school cost was out of whack and based on a poor quality business case seems to have been proven correct…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 22 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Tuesday 22nd of July 2025, the Government finally gave the green light for a new medical school at the…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 21 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Monday 21st of July 2025, inflation figures are out today which will help paint a picture of how the…
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Allan Pollard: Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive on six billion dollars of infrastructure projects kicking off
A warning that a stretched workforce could threaten the future of the country's infrastructure. Six billion dollars of projects including roads, schools and…
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Ryan Bridge: Something needs to be done about NCEA
If we could mark NCEA level One... would it even get an achieved. let alone a merit or excellence? We heard at the weekend about an ERO report. Basically, said…
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Tony Johnson: Rugby Commentator ahead of the final All Blacks v France match
Unlike last week, the All Blacks team for the final clash against France is filled with changes. Ethan de Groot, Fabian Holland, Patrick Tuipulotu, Ardie Savea…
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Karl Dean: Federated Farmers Dairy Chair on the high costs of butter
We may have to get used to paying more for butter. Kiwi consumers are now consistently paying more than twice as much for butter as they were a decade ago…
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Vincent McAviney: UK Correspondent on the country lowering the voting age to 16
The UK's Labour Party believes allowing the younger generation to vote could have positive ripple effects. It's lowering the country's voting age to allow 16…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 18 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Friday the 18th of July 2025, jobseeker benefit numbers are continuing to climb, former welfare…
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Phil O'Reilly: Former Welfare Advisory Group member on benefit numbers increasing
A welfare expert's pointing to the lack of jobs being the main reason more people are ending up on the benefit. Ministry of Social Development statistics show…
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Andrew Dickens: A different take on the Covid Inquiry
We all know the Covid Inquiry is looking at MIQ, amongst other things. And we all know that MIQ had noble aims and notable successes. But we also know the…
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Laura Marshall: Library and Information Association Executive Director on the National Library culling thousands of books
News the Government's set to shred half a million books from the National Library is being described as standard management. Books including religious texts…
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Paul Fuge: Powerswitch Manager on the Electricity Authority's latest measures to drive down prices
It's being suggested we need to generate more power if we want to fix our electricity market. Major power companies will soon be required to charge less for…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 17 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Thursday the 17th of July 2025, the Government's ditching open-plan classrooms, May Road Primary…
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Lynda Stuart: Auckland's May Road Primary School Principal on government ditching open plan classrooms
There's concerns the Government's being too black and white with its decision to pull the plug on open plan classrooms. The idea was introduced by John Key's…
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Andrew Dickens: We don’t need rate caps, we need smarter councils
So the Local Government Conference is underway and the Government took advantage of it to talk down to councils like a stepdad telling off their stepson…
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Liz Koh: Enriched Retirement Founder on health insurance in New Zealand, if employers should pay for it
Should your job provide health insurance coverage? There are calls for a fringe benefit tax break as a Council report reveals people are twice as likely to…
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Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on the John Torode allegations, future of the latest Masterchef UK season
The future of the latest BBC MasterChef UK series is up in the air. John Torode is leaving after a report upheld allegations he used an "extremely offensive…
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John Harbord: Major Electricity Users' Group Chair on the proposed special economic zones
Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones is floating the idea of special economic zones as an answer to New Zealand’s energy security. The Government's asking for…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 16 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Wednesday 16th of July 2025, The Government’s cracking down on councils - forcing them stick to…
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Tania Tapsell: Rotorua Mayor on the Government wanting to scrap local councils' four well-being provisions
The Government wants to scrap local councils' four well-being provisions. A amendment bill has been introduced to remove the social, economic, environmental…
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Andrew Dickens: Overreacting to the UN again
I’m always amazed at how much credence the United Nations is given in domestic New Zealand politics. The left loves the UN pronouncements on New Zealand’s…
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Kate Sutton: Deloitte Future of Auckland Lead on the State of the City report
A turning point for Auckland. The third annual State of the City report has been released, showing how we compare on a global scale. It highlights strengths in…
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Andrew Dickens: The great polytech flip-flop we’re all paying for
Here we go again. The polytechs that were centralised by the last government are going to be de-centralised by the current mob. It's not quite back to the…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 15 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Tuesday 15th of July 2025, Secondary Principals Council Chair and Aotea College Principal Kate…
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Kate Gainsford: Secondary Principals Council Chair on NCEA result improvements
Concerns we're narrowing the focus too much in the push to improve literacy and numeracy rates. Small improvements were seen on last year with 57% of NCEA…
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John Duffy: Chief Executive of Consumer New Zealand discusses open letter to Parliament
Over the weekend, a group of well-known organizations published an open letter to the Prime Minister. Organizations like the EMA, 2degrees and Consumer New…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 14 July 2025
On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Monday 14th of July 2025, Act's Tertiary Education Spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar shares her…