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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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1:36

Ryan Bridge: Here we go again with the nurses strikes

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/28

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 hours. 4,300 surgeries and specialist appointments will be affected. It's a complete withdrawal of labour.It's 36,000 nurses. It'll affect every place where Health NZ provides health or hospital care, and it's the middle of winter. The nurses union's been bargaining. It's the usual stuff - pay and staffing levels. Also as usual, they say if it's

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34:14

Full Show Podcast: 29 July 2025

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/28

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 Ukraine, US Correspondent Toni Waterman has the latest. Health and Safety experts say the Government need to consider people's lives as they set to change scaffolding regulations. It's becoming increasingly difficult for young people to get into employment, Youth Employment expert Zainab Ali explains. Plus Australia correspondent Donna Demaio

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4:45

Geoffrey Miller: Geopolitical analyst discusses...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/27

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 strip and a tactical pause in three specific combat areas. Geopolitical Analyst Geoffery Miller told Ryan Bridge that 25 tons of aid was delivered to Gaza overnight, but that it’s up to Israeli forces to cooperate and allow the aid to travel into Gaza. He said that ‘they only really will help if Israel allows more aid to come into Gaza.’ and

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3:18

Floyd du Plessis: Corrections Association President...

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2025/07/27

Corrections staff are struggling to accommodate at-risk inmates as prison violence and aggression grows. Staff accepted 12-thousand requests from inmates to be separated from the general prison population in the 2023 financial year. Many do so because they feel unsafe or vulnerable, as more prisoners become gang-affiliated. Corrections Association President Floyd du Plessis told Ryan Bridge it's putting greater pressure on staff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2:02

Ryan Bridge: Cone Overkill Must Stop

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/27

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 untrained eye at least, completely pointless. They take a $100 job and make it a $1000 job. So why is this till happening? Why are there still cones everywhere, when the government says NZTA's code of practice for traffic management rick assessment - is no longer being used? Obsolete? Well, the problem is many councils are apparently still using

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34:24

Full Show Podcast: 28 July 2025

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2025/07/27

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, Corrections Association President Floyd Du Plessis shares his thoughts. Israel is allowing in more aid to Gaza, Geopolitical Analyst Geoffrey Miller explains how much fo a difference it will make. Andrew Alderson has the latest on the weekend's sport. Plus, UK Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey on Trump meeting with EU Chief to strike a trade

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4:38

Rob Campbell: Former Health NZ Chair on the call for...

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2025/07/24

Belief politicians should have skin in the public health system game. Health workers have signed an open letter asking MPs to voluntarily waive private healthcare for themselves and their families while in office. It says healthcare becomes personal when politicians rely on the same EDs, waitlists, and services as everyone else. Former Health NZ Chair Rob Campbell told Andrew Dickens MPs won’t give up their healthcare any more than they’d turn down their next pay rise, but it does highlight a

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3:21

Grant Hewison: Communities Against Alcohol Harm...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/24

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 stores and are stronger than RTDs, ranging from 7% to 16%. Communities Against Alcohol Harm have been raising the issue of the beers at a number of public hearings in Auckland. Secretary Grant Hewison says the beers present a much bigger issue compared to some other products. He says they're designed to be consumed quickly, are in 500 millilitre

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34:35

Full Show Podcast: 25 July 2025

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2025/07/24

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, Labour Justice Spokesperson Duncan Webb shares his concerns. Should MPs have to use the public health system? Former Health NZ chair Rob Campbell shares his thoughts. Single bottles of beer are being sold with the alcohol contents of up to 16%, Grant Hewison from communities against alcohol harm tells Andrew Dickens about the dangers of having such

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3:30

Duncan Webb: Labour justice spokesperson on planned...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/24

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, and ban free food and entertainment offered near booths. Goldsmith says the changes will stop the vote count hold ups once poll booths close.But Labour's justice spokesperson, Duncan Webb told Andrew Dickens says there's many reasons people forget to change enrolment details. Webb says every single vote counts and they'd rather have a system

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1:55

Andrew Dickens: Why now is the time to build

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/24

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 money became cheaper and cheaper, so more and more projects were undertaken. We had a residential construction boom in 2022, with approximately 51,000 consents issued, driven by surging house prices and historically low interest rates. But the good times weren’t to last. A new government cut many projects, including the construction of 2500

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3:43

Tania Tapsell: Rotorua Mayor on the increase in...

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2025/07/24

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 rough sleeping's sharply increased, doubling by some measures over 24 months. Mayor Tania Tapsell is relieved the Government is looking at finding a solution at a national level. She told Ryan Bridge a lot of transient people are starting to go to other regions when they can't find a place to stay. Tapsell says she spoke to other mayors at a

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3:38

Megan Dimozantos: Federated Mountain Clubs President...

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2025/07/23

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 visitor insights report shows 60 thousand people walked one of the trails. International visitor numbers last summer were back to 93% of pre-Covid levels, with more than 50% heading to a national park during their stay. Federated Mountain Clubs President Megan Dimozantos told Ryan Bridge this isn't a surprise. She says we live in such a

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2:38

Ro Edge: Save Women's Sport on Government tells Sport...

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2025/07/23

Hopes the scrapping of guidelines around transgender participation in community sport will pave the way for smaller organisations to follow. A Government directive from National and New Zealand First has led to Sport New Zealand dumping the principles put in place in 2022 It comes as New Zealand First leader Winston Peters threatens funding cuts for sporting codes of this nature. Save Women's Sport's Ro Edge told Ryan Bridge many will have been waiting for this decision. She says most international

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1:57

Ryan Bridge: A new political battlefront's opening up...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/23

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 doesn't really nail the problem. There are more people living rough, but we can't say for sure how many more, and even if we could, we can't say how statistically significant the change might be. Because we had census data, we know it got way worse under Labour - up 37% from 2018-2023. The councils are reporting —what economists might

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33:56

Full Show Podcast: 24 July 2025

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2025/07/23

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 Women's Sport Australasia NZ Spokeswoman Ro Edge, tells Ryan she's happy with the news. The Government's released a report on homelessness, Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell shares her thoughts.DOC summer booking have brought $13 million, President of federated mountain clubs, Megan Dimozantos tells Ryan why we've seen such a surge in domestic

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3:33

Duncan Grieve: Spinoff founder and media commentator...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/22

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 media commentator Duncan Grieve says Sky will have more options to roll out its content on TV3's free to air platforms. He told Ryan Bridge it will be a relief for TV3, as they’ve had a reluctant owner for a while now. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2:56

Chlöe Swarbrick: Green Party Co-Leader on their call...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/22

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 declaration calling for a ceasefire and condemning Israeli attacks on Palestinians seeking aid. Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbricksays we should sanction Israel to the same degree as Russia. She told Ryan Bridge words are not enough. Swarbrick says there's large scale starvation and Palestinians can't eat words. LISTEN ABOVESee

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34:15

Full Show Podcast: 23 July 2025

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/22

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 israel as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza gets worse, Green's co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick tells Ryan what we can do as a nation. A new report from MPI and Beef and Lamb NZ estimates non-tariff trade barriers are costing us over $1 billion every year, Beef and Lamb NZ chair, Kate Acland explains what needs to be done. Sky TV is buying TV three for

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2:56

Kate Ackland: Beef + Lamb Chair on a push to minimise...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/07/22

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 barriers are costing the industry an estimated $1.5 billion every year. Beef + Lamb Chair Kate Ackland told Ryan Bridge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is working on 194 different non-tariff barriers the sector's facing. She says the red meat industry is worth $10.4 billion, so $1.5 billion is significant. LISTEN ABOVESee

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