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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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3:34

Andrew Alderson: Weekend Sport Wrap, Chris Wood, NFL...

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2025/02/02

What happened over the weekend in sport? Newstalk ZB's Andrew Alderson joins the show to discuss the India v England T20 match, Auckland FC's 'impressive' win, Lydia Ko's struggle and the NFL heading to Australia. LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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34:37

Full Show Podcast: 03 February 2025

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2025/02/02

Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Monday 3 February. Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:07

Kara Biggs: Campaign for Wool General Manager on...

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2025/01/30

There's confidence from the wool sector that Kainga Ora will learn the value of wool carpets. The social housing agency's back-tracking on a previous ban after using synthetic carpets for more than a decade. It will now allow wool carpet providers to tender for carpet and underlay contracts. Campaign for Wool general manager Kara Biggs told Andrew Dickens there's an opportunity to show Kainga Ora how wool can compete on price and value now. She says that wool is natural, flame resistant, warmer, and

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3:04

Catherine Beard: Business NZ Advocacy Director on the...

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2025/01/30

New Zealand remains in the dark about Donald Trump's tariff plan, as new data shows the US has overtaken Australia as our second largest destination for exported goods. Business NZ Advocacy Director Catherine Beard told Andrew Dickens blanket tariffs wouldn't have the same impact as targeted tariffs. She says it would mean the cost will be passed on to the US consumer rather than having to be absorbed by exporters, and we would still be competitive against other markets. LISTEN ABOVESee

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34:30

Full Show Podcast: 31 January 2025

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2025/01/30

Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 31 January. Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:19

Matt Reid: Barnardos Chief Executive on helpline...

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2025/01/30

Children's Minister Karen Chhour has reversed an Oranga Tamariki decision to pull funding from the Barnardos helpline. It comes after Oranga Tamariki providers were given little notice their funding would end last year, a process the Auditor General is looking into. The Minister has told Oranga Tamariki to pause it's review of funding and extend existing contracts with providers until the end of the year. Barnardos Chief Executive Matt Reid has welcomed the reversal. LISTEN ABOVESee

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2:00

Andrew Dickens: The cautious political answer...

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2025/01/30

So the word of the week was privatisation. It became a debate because David Seymour said we should do it now in his state of the nation speech on Monday. So obviously the media asked the Prime Minister want he thinks of the junior coalition partner’s thoughts. And Christopher Luxon vacillated, he gave the cautious political answer trying not to upset anyone. It's something we might look at, but not without a mandate, so we might campaign on it in 2 years time. So it won’t happen for two years, or

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2:56

Parul Sood: Auckland Council Deputy Director of...

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2025/01/29

Auckland Council's sounding the alarm over a spike in rubbish-truck fires this month. It says more and more risky batteries and battery-powered devices are being illegally dumped in bins. In December alone, nearly 600 laptops and more than 300 12-volt batteries ended up in Auckland’s regional recycling facility. Parul Sood, Auckland Council’s Deputy Director of Resilience and Infrastructure, told Andrew Dickens that the council website has a list of places you can take e-waste, and many retailers

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3:31

Richard McIntyre: Federated Farmers banking...

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2025/01/29

Competition is being touted as a possible answer to banks' climate informed decisions. NZ First Minister Shane Jones has spoken out against several banks' attempts to reduce lending and services to fossil fuel businesses - decisions he says are driven by "unelected climate apostles". Federated Farmers banking spokesperson Richard McIntyre told Andrew Dickens that if new legislation came forward, he would like businesses to have other options. He says that if banks decide they're the moral police

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34:14

Full Show Podcast: 30 January 2025

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2025/01/29

On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast for Thursday the 30th of January. The government is lowering speed limits across the country. Viastrada's Glenn Koorey says it makes sense in some places, but does go against the evidence that roads with lower speeds are safer. Shane Jones has fired off at banks for their attempts to reduce lending and services to fossil fuel business and is understood to have a members bill in the works. Auckland has seen nine rubbish truck fires in just

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4:47

Glenn Koorey: Viastrada Certified Safe System...

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2025/01/29

The Government has announced the reversal of speed limit reductions on a large number of New Zealand roads, including many in the northern regions of the country. The move will result in speed limits being increased on 38 sections of key routes, including parts of State Highway 1 in Northland, SH16 near Auckland and SH3 in Hamilton. Also on the list are changes to SH2 between Featherston and Masterton, and SH3 Whanganui. Making the announcement in Wairarapa, where the speed limit increase will save

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2:55

Andrew Dickens: Why the plan for a new Waikato...

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2025/01/29

It's beggars belief these days when we report that it's hard to make money in a GP practice and that we don't have enough doctors. Primary medical care is the most important care, forget your fancy specialists and rock star surgeons. If your GP can spot and fix a problem as it begins then you can save your life and save the nation a ton on costs down the lineso the health of our primary health sector should be of primary importance. But it hasn't been. We've added a million people through

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3:15

Gail Downey: UK Correspondent on the UK's population...

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2025/01/28

The UK’s population is set to skyrocket. Net migration is expected to increase the population to 72.5 million in the next seven years – an addition of almost ten million people. UK Correspondent Gail Downey told Andrew Dickens the statistics also reveal that almost 5 million people are leaving the country to live elsewhere. She says the government wants to bring down the high migration levels, but won't put an arbitrary cap on the number of people coming in. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener

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3:43

Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on...

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2025/01/28

Tech stocks have been taking a hammering after the debut of DeepSeek. The Chinese tech firm has created a budget AI model said to be cheaper and more efficient than the other models on the market. It sent the stocks of Nasdaq and NVIDIA tumbling – Nasdaq falling about 3% and NVIDIA plummeting more than 16%. Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen told Andrew Dickens that the market has already recovered about half the drop. He says everyone is now trying to get a handle on how big AI is and the

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2:53

Roger Gray: Port of Auckland CEO on the shipping...

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2025/01/28

Wondering when a shipment will turn up in New Zealand may hopefully be a thing of the past. A collaboration has been announced between two of the world's largest shipping companies - Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk Gemini Cooperation. Port of Auckland Chief Executive Roger Gray told Andrew Dickens the initiative may mean delivery takes longer across multiple ships, but it will also see cargo moved more reliably on a better schedule. He says importers and exporters will benefit from the schedule reliability,

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34:11

Full Show Podcast: 29 January 2025

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2025/01/28

On the Early Edition Full Show Podcast for Tuesday the 28th of January. People on the visitor visa will be allowed to work remotely while in New Zealand in an aim to increase time and money spent in the country. Tourism Export Council Chief Executive Lynda Keene joins the show to discuss how it will work. A new study says less than $500,000 is needed on top of superannuation to live comfortably as a retiree - is it really enough? Superannuation expert Jonathan Eriksen speaks to Roman. Students will

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2:55

Andrew Dickens: Why New Zealanders love and loathe...

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2025/01/28

I’ve been watching a lot of the late night shows this week from America on YouTube. Fallon, Kimmel and Colbert, all of them have used the same joke - “oh my god... it’s only been a week” And then the audience cheers or laughs or boos or cries, or more likely all of that, all at once because what a week it's been. The second golden era of Trump kicked off and he started doing things, brilliant things. Colombia won’t take deportees, so hit them with killer tariffs and economic sanctions that take hold

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4:47

Nick Leggett: Infrastructure NZ Chief Executive on...

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2025/01/28

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has suggested National may take asset sales to the next election but denies there are any immediate plans for a sell-off. Act’s David Seymour says it’s time to debate whether some government assets should be sold off if they aren’t delivering returns. Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis on Monday said Treasury had identified some areas where entities were not delivering “as well as it should” and more would be said in the future. Infrastructure NZ Chief Executive

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4:06

Jonathan Eriksen: Superannuation and Super Fund...

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2025/01/27

An expert is backing a recent recommendation that retirees need a decent amount of money to top up their superannuation. New Expenditure Guidelines have found less than $500 thousand in savings is enough for most over-65s. Superannuation and Super Fund expert Jonathan Eriksen told Roman Travers a nest egg is required to top up superannuation. He says Massey University's half a million dollar figure is right, adding if people want a bit more luxury for holidays, a million is probably needed. LISTEN

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4:04

Julie Chapman: KidsCan CEO on the increasing number...

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2025/01/27

The leader of a kids charity says it's a bleak situation for some families heading into the school year. KidsCan, which offers schools help with uniforms and food, has 70 schools on its wait list. Chief executive Dame Julie Chapman told Roman Travers that 20 of those have applied since the middle of last year. She says they're already supporting kids in more than 1,100 schools and early learning centres. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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