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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
Gary Hooper: Aquaculture NZ CEO on the Government's financial boost for salmon farming
The Government's sinking just under $12 million into salmon farming. The five-year aquaculture investment will increase production and drive-up exports. It's…
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Angus Chambers: GenPro Chair on the Health Minister setting aside funding to help uplift general practices
Concerns general practices will take too many patients to secure performance-based Government funding. The Health Minister's set aside 285 million-dollars to…
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Andrew Dickens: Simeon Brown's health announcement is well overdue
How did we manage to bring so many people into the country and fail to have enough doctors when they get here? This is the question we’ve all asked every surge…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 04 March 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 4th of March 2025, The new Health Minister's begun making moves to try save our deteriorating…
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Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on Pope Francis's health, European leaders meeting
Pope Francis has been unable to deliver his traditional Angelus prayer in person for the third week in the row. The Vatican published the Pope's written…
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Jeffrey Price: Former US Defence Department official on the fallout of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his intention in the Oval Office was for the US to "stand more firmly on our side." During the meeting Trump…
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Elliott Smith: Sports commentator on Warriors Las Vegas loss, Black Caps loss and Dame Lydia Ko win
The Warriors have faced a crushing defeat in Las Vegas as the 2025 NRL season opener. The Black Caps also crumbled to India by 44 runs. Dame Lydia Ko, on the…
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Andrew Dickens: Trump's meeting with Zelensky was schoolyard bullying
Andrew Dickens: Trump's meeting with Zelensky was schoolyard bullying Well who didn’t see the Trump Zelensky meltdown coming? The whole thing has been a show…
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Casey Costello: Associate Police Minister on new Police training facility in Auckland
The Government is trying to hit the mark on work-life balance as it announces a new Police training site in Auckland. The Police Commissioner says he hopes to…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 03 March 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Monday 3rd of February 2025, Auckland's getting a new police training facility, Associate Minister for Police…
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Andrew Dickens: Trump's meeting with Zelensky was schoolyard bullying
Well, who didn’t see the Trump Zelensky meltdown coming? The whole thing was a show for the crowds and not a real play for peace. Before the summit Zelensky…
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Cameron George: Warriors CEO ahead of their season opener against the Raiders in Las Vegas
The Warriors have gone to Las Vegas with a purpose. The team is in Sin City for their season opener, clashing with the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium. CEO…
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Liz Shackleton: Animal and Plant Health NZ CEO on the Government's commitment to cutting delays for animal and plant health approvals
Hope from farmers and growers as the Government commits to speeding approvals for animal and plant health products. It's accepted all 16 Ministry of Regulation…
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Mike Casey: Rewiring Aotearoa CEO on the need to enforce any potential changes to the energy sector
Changing the rules of the electricity sector is one thing, getting the sector to follow the rules could be another. The Electricity Authority is proposing…
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Vincent McAviney: European Correspondent on Tate brothers arriving in America
Speculation over how much the United States intervened in the Romanian justice system, to help the Tate brothers reach American soil. A private jet believed to…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 28 February 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Friday 28th of February 2025, The energy competition task force is making moves to bring down power bills. The…
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Andrew Dickens: Let's stop with the announcement of announcements
Now I'm a bit of a policy wonk. I don't care which party it is. If they come up with a policy, I like to break it down and see if it makes sense. Now I know…
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Grant Webster: Tourism Holdings CEO on tourist spending returning to pre-pandemic levels
A return to form for international tourist spending. Data shows it was up 60% to nearly $17 billion in the year to March 2024, just under pre-pandemic levels…
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Andrew Little: Former Defence Minister on the talks between NZ and China about the warships in the Tasman
Our Government has raised concerns about China's warships in the Tasman Sea at the highest level, as our Defence Force continues to monitor the ships'…
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Carolyn Young: Retail NZ Chief Executive says proposed changes to citizen arrest laws are dangerous
Safety concerns are top of a mind for one retail representative, at news the Government is proposing to loosen citizen arrest laws. The measure is being…
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Andrew Dickens: The Government's proposed changes to loosen citizen arrest laws lack detail
The power of citizen’s arrest was all the talk yesterday. And I think we all agree that poor old dairy owners and small retailers who watch ratbags nicking…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 27 February 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Thursday 27th of February 2025, Retailers don't seem to be onboard with the Government's proposed changes to…
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Wesley Smith: UK Correspondent on the significant boost in the defence spending
The UK's confirmed the biggest boost in defence spending since the Cold War. It comes as our Government is committing to a "very significant" increase in…
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Michelle McCormick: Infrastructure NZ Policy Director on the growing infrastructure pipeline
A growing infrastructure pipeline is being welcomed, but more work is needed. The latest update from the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission shows the value…
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Sunny Kaushal: Dairy and Business Owners Group Chair on the Govt's efforts to curb crime rates
Praise from a vocal retail crime critic and ministerial advisor over the Government's strategies to curb crime rates. New data shows ram raids halved last year…
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Glen Dobson: Drug Detection Agency CEO on an uptick of opioid use in the workplace
Concern about the uptick of opioid use in the workplace. The Drug Detection Agency released its drug testing findings in the three months to December. Cannabis…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 26 February 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 26th of February 2025, Violent crime has increased by 2% for the first time since 2018, Dairy…
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Andrew Dickens: Is Luxon in trouble?
Say what you like about Cam Slater, but the boy can write. He's had his ups and downs and paid for some bad behaviour on his website, but he has a good flow in…
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Chris Cahill: Police Association President on the charges laid against gang members after the new laws were launched
More than 3,000 charges have been filed against gang members in the three months from the launch of new laws. Police have seized 76 gang patches and 67 guns…
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Thorsten Benner: Director of Berlin's Global Public Policy Institute on the outcome of Germany's snap election
Germany's conservatives are celebrating after the country's snap election. Friedrich Merz is most likely to become the country's next chancellor. His…
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Brigitte Morton: Political commentator believes delaying telling the public about Andrew Bayly's resignation is no big deal
A defence of the gap between Andrew Bayly's resignation and it being revealed to the public. The Port Waikato MP resigned from his ministerial portfolios after…
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Andrew Dickens: Andrew Bayly did the right thing
How many times in the middle of an intense argument with a stupid work mate have you been tempted just to smack their stupid little face. But you don’t. In…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 25 February 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 25th of February 2025, Andrew Bayly is giving up his Ministerial portfolios after an incident with a…
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Catherine Beard: Business New Zealand Director of Agency on a reform to the Overseas Investments Act
David Seymour has announced the Government will make it easier for Kiwi businesses to receive international investment. The Associate Finance Minister said a…
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Andrew Alderson: Sports contributor on Auckland FC's win, Joseph Parker fight and India v Pakistan Cricket ODI
Newstalk ZB's Andrew Alderson join the show to update the biggest sporting moments of the weekend. Auckland FC beat Wellington in an enormous 6-1 win…
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Suzannah Jessep: Asia New Zealand Foundation Chief Executive on the importance of Vietnam ahead of PM's visit
Christopher Luxon is heading to Vietnam this week for bilateral talks. This visit comes as the Asia New Zealand foundation put out a report which explores…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 24 February 2025
On the Early Edition Full Show Podcast for Monday the 24th of February 2025, The Government's announced an overhaul of the Overseas Investment Act, Business…
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Andrew Dickens: NZ missed its chance with the Cook Islands
So, the weekend has been spent watching the Chinese Navy use the Tasman Sea as a firing range. They’ve never done this so far south before and you have to…
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Gavin Grey: Europe and UK Correspondent on the first exit polls in Germany's snap election have been released
The first exit polls in Germany's snap election have been released. Centre-right CDU tops votes so far, with leader Friedrich Merz likely to be the next…
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Mike Blackburn: Blackburn Management Owner on the increase in building costs in the last four years
Building costs have gone through the roof. A new QV CostBuilder survey revealed a significant increase to costs over the last four years. It looked at the…
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Geoffrey Miller: Foreign Policy Analyst on heightened tensions in the Pacific as China deploys warships off the coast of Australia
There’s a sign of heightened tensions as China deploys warships off the coast of Australia. Three Chinese warships have been seen sailing around 280 kilometres…
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Jacqui Southey: Save the Children Advocacy and Research Director on New Zealand's Child poverty stats
There has been no change to child poverty in the last year. That's according to data released yesterday by stats NZ which shows 17.7% of all children are in…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 21 February 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Friday 22nd of Feburary 2025, There has been no change to child poverty in the last year, Save the Children…
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Andrew Dickens: Get Parliament back to work
Can we get Parliament back to work? At a time when the Prime Minister is urging us to work work work for growth growth growth, Parliament is playing around…
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Jason Walls: Newstalk ZB Political Editor on the relationship between New Zealand and the Cook Islands
The Foreign Minister says New Zealand is officially resetting its relationship with the Cook Islands. Tensions have continued to escalate between our…
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David Nottage: Ruapehu District Councillor on the rubbish dumping along the Desert Road detour
There's frustration about rubbish dumping along the Desert Road detour. State Highway 1 between Tūrangi and Waiōuru closed in mid-January for about two months…
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Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the impact of the OCR cut and dropping interest rates
Banks could soon be competing a bit harder for our business. The Reserve Bank's signalling yesterday's double cut to the OCR will be followed by at least two…
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Mitch Mccann: US Correspondent on tensions rising between the US and Ukrainian presidents
Tensions are rising between the US and Ukrainian presidents. In a post on social media network Truth Social, Donald Trump has labelled Volodymyr Zelensky a…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 20 February 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Thursday 20th of Feburary 2025, Finance Minister Nicola Willis reacts to the Reserve Bank cutting the OCR by 50…
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Andrew Dickens: The Reserve Bank can't wait around any longer to cut the OCR
So yesterday I outlined the reasons why the Reserve Bank might not cut interest rates. I got that wrong. They chopped the rate by the expected half a percent…
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Gavin Grey: Europe Correspondent gives an update on the health of Pope Francis
New medical tests have shown further complications in the condition of Pope Francis. They reveal the 88-year-old pontiff has developed bilateral pneumonia. The…
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Sharon Zollner: ANZ Chief Economist on the OCR likely being cut by 50 basis points
Economists are very confident in a 50-point cut to the Official Cash Rate today. The Reserve Bank is expected to drop the OCR from its current 4.25% to 3.75%…
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Matt Terrill: Former Chief of Staff for Marco Rubio on the talks between the US and Russia on ending the war in Ukraine
There's an expectation Ukraine won't be left out of peace deal negotiations. US and Russia have agreed to appoint teams to negotiate ending the war following…
Early Edition with Ryan BridgeFull Show Podcast: 19 February 2025
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 19th of February 2025, the inquiry into steps government agencies took to ensure personal Census and…
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Alan Hulse: Employment Advocate says if whistleblowers didn't stand up for what's right the census report would've never happened
Vindication for whistleblowers, following revelations officials lack census data safeguards, when sharing with third parties. An inquiry shows multiple…
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Andrew Dickens: Our public service can do better
A mate and I have a little joke. Whenever we screw up. Either big or small. We’ll look at each other and say, “it only took one goat”. It acknowledges that it…
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Donna Demaio: Australia Correspondent on the Bureau of Meteorology renaming the next tropical storm
Australia’s next tropical cyclone is getting a name change. Cyclone Zeila’s dissipation has brought the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to the end of an…
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Catherine Lye: Advancing Manufacturing Aotearoa on the new work experience programme for students
Waikato high schoolers can earn a qualification and a paycheque with a pilot programme supporting manufacturing. The Government's teamed up with Advancing…
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Malcolm Johns: Genesis CEO on the coal restock at Huntly Power Station to avoid a generation shortfall
Genesis Energy says it's doing what it can to ensure Huntly Power Station helps the country avoid another generation shortfall this winter. More than 500,000…
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Andrew Rettman: EUobserver Foreign Editor says the European Union is trying to stay relevant amid talks between Russia and the US
European nations are expected to show a united front regarding discussions on ending the war in Ukraine. An emergency summit of European and NATO leaders is…