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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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34:43

Full Show Podcast: 17 December 2024

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2024/12/16

On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast for Tuesday the 17th of December. The government is making moves to refocus local councils on core cervices and improve accountability for ratepayers. So what do local government leaders make of the plan? Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers is on the show. The half year economic and fiscal update is out this afternoon. What does it say about where we sit heading into the new year? Cameron Bagrie previews the update. A new drug use

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3:03

Glyn Lewers: Queenstown Lakes District Mayor on...

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2024/12/16

A suite of reforms are on the way to hold local councils to account. The Local Government Act's being stripped of requirements to consider social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being as part of Cabinet's efforts to prioritise the basics. It will also benchmark performance with a yearly report on financial and delivery outcomes. Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says it will compare different councils rates, debt, spending, budgets and the state of their roads. Queenstown Lakes

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2:40

Andrew Dickens: The government has given the councils...

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2024/12/16

The government is going to hold councils accountable for the basics like pipes and rubbish, but screw any mention of well being. I don’t know about you, but the care of maintenance of pipes and sewage and trash is fundamental to my well being. Minister Simeon Brown wants a report issued each year on the financial health of each council, their spending and their results. They also want to look at the changes in rates for each dwelling. In other words they’re going to read the publicly listed council

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3:39

Gavin Grey: Europe correspondent on five people...

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2024/12/15

Five people have been killed in several shootings in northern France. BBC reports around 2pm local time, a man was shot outside his house in village Wormhout near Dunkirk. About 45 minutes later, two security guards were killed at a nearby port. Minutes later, two other men staying in the nearby migrant camp were also shot dead. Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey told Andrew Dickens a 22-year-old man has handed himself in. “Police absolutely covering the area and looking at finding motives for this,

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2:54

John Murphy: Vegetables NZ chair says supplier cost...

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2024/12/15

Supplier costs increases to supermarkets have continued to rise. Infometrics-Foodstuffs New Zealand Grocery Supplier Cost Index shows a 2.1 percent increase in supplier costs to supermarkets in November, compared to the year prior. Some of the largest rises were for chocolate and cooking oils. Vegetables NZ Chair John Murphy told Andrew Dickens there's still some general inflationary pressure – but the trend is below overall inflation. “So you see the likes of diesel and things like that starting

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34:40

Full Show Podcast: 16 December 2024

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2024/12/15

On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast for Monday the 16th of December. The next five-year plan for family and sexual violence has been released by the government, and it includes a review of $1.3 billion in prevention spending. Women's Refuge Chief Executive Dr Ang Jury is on the show. Infometrics latest food supplier cost index has seen a 2.1 percent rise in the year ending November, is it in line with inflation, and what does it mean for your last minute pre-Christmas dash to

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3:31

Dr Ang Jury: Women's Refuge Chief Executive on...

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2024/12/15

A new Government action plan for preventing family and sexual violence pushes for deeper collaboration across government agencies. It's the second action plan as part of a 25-year national strategy. Focus areas include improvements to protect children and young people, strengthening the workforce, taking action on sexual violence, and expanding prevention. Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence Karen Chhour says the first plan was the beginning of the conversation, and tried to

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2:56

Andrew Dickens: The political games hiding the real...

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2024/12/15

Anyone who thought the ferry debate was over for summer was very wrong. The weekend papers were full of reckons and I reckon it’s because it’s a bigger piece of infrastructure than many realise. Sure a lot of tourists and locals travel on it, heading on adventures or heading home, but $30 billion dollars worth of freight between the North and South Island depends on it too. So the reckons were about who screwed it up more. Nicola Willis, Grant Robertson or KiwiRail itself. Then there was debate over

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3:37

Jennifer Mills: Employment Expert on the new work...

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2024/12/12

An employment expert says the Government's new directive against public servants working from home makes sense. The Public Service Commission has issued new guidance confirming all flexible work arrangements should be monitored and workers are not entitled to work from home. It's sparked legal action from a major public sector union. Employment expert Jennifer Mills told Andrew Dickens workers on flexible arrangements are likely not the main target of this move. She says studies show there's no

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3:39

Deborah Powell: Resident Doctors' Association...

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2024/12/12

Health New Zealand is meeting its targets, but a doctors' union says that doesn't mean Kiwis are getting better care. New figures show cancer treatment is getting faster and child immunisation rates are improving. People are also spending less time, on average, in emergency departments. Resident Doctors' Association National Secretary Deborah Powell told Andrew Dickens that despite what these figures show, our healthcare system's under real stress. She says they don't have enough beds or staff to

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34:49

Full Show Podcast: 13 December 2024

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2024/12/12

Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 13 December. 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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2:32

Andrew Dickens: The quiet war between David Seymour...

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2024/12/12

Don’t you hate it when the kids fight. The quiet war between David Seymour and Winston Peters has kicked up a little lately with both the boys playing games in court to win the hearts of the public. That's the problem when you’re a minor party, you need to make noise to be noticed. The big noise for a while has been David Seymour who has taken conversations by the throat with his Treaty Principles Act. Love it or hate it, you're all talking about it which is all a politician wants. Last week I

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3:14

Matt Doocey: ACC Minister on increasing levies and...

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2024/12/12

The ACC Minister has announced a independent review into ACC because of concerns about its performance. Matt Doocey says rehabilitation rates are down and weekly compensation costs and average costs per claim were up. “This review will have a particular focus on claims management. It will look at whether ACC has the right interventions and settings in place to support accident claimants to return to independence as quickly as possible". It comes as ACC announces levies will be on the rise from next

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4:00

Dave Mazey: Whakapapa Holdings CEO on the potential...

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2024/12/11

The potential buyers of Whakapapa skifield are optimistic it'll be open for business come next ski season. Cabinet's agreed to give a $5 million loan to Whakapapa Holdings to support its bid to buy the ski field, but only if it gets a concession from the Conservation Minister. If granted, the sale's expected to be completed next April so it can open by July for the 2025 season. Whakapapa Holdings Chief Executive Dave Mazey told Andrew Dickens they're not worried about the turnaround. He says the

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3:43

Max Whitehead: Employment Expert on the Immigration...

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2024/12/11

An employment expert says there's a balance between free speech and unprofessionalism when dismissing staff for making inappropriate comments. 16 Immigration NZ staff have been disciplined for derogatory messages about visa applicants on Teams. 10 workers have been either dismissed or issued a formal warning already. Max Whitehead told Andrew Dickens employers need to be careful of free speech. He says people are entitled to say what they want to some extent, but an employer is likely to be reactive

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3:31

Kate Fisher: US Correspondent on the police matching...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2024/12/11

There’s a match on fingerprints found at the assassination scene of a major US health insurance boss in Manhattan. New York prosecutors have charged 26-year-old Luigi Mangione with murdering Brian Thompson. Police have told CNN that fingerprints found at the crime scene match Mangione's. Correspondent Kate Fisher told Andrew Dickens that development followed his extradition hearing yesterday. She says he refused extradition to New York and was then denied bail, so he'll remain in a Pennsylvania

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34:29

Full Show Podcast: 12 December 2024

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2024/12/11

On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast for Thursday the 12th of December. The government has a new plan for the Cook Strait ferries - but there was a noticeable lack of detail. Labour's Tangi Utikere reacts. A new multi million dollar loan to purchase Mount Ruapehu's liquidated Whakapapa ski field. Dave Mazey is heading the new venture and joins the show to talk about his plans. Staff at Immigration New Zealand have been sacked or given formal warnings for sending inappropriate

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3:44

Tangi Utikere: Labour's Transport Spokesperson says...

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2024/12/11

The long awaited ferry announcement from the government came yesterday, however there's still plenty unanswered questions. We'll get two new ferries, but the government hasn't said how much they will cost, or whether they will be rail-enabled. It comes more than a year after the Finance Minister cancelled the previous governments plan to purchase two new ships for $550 million. Labour's transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere says the announcement was underwhelming. "What we've learned is that kiwis

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2:39

Andrew Dickens: The new ferries we know nothing...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2024/12/11

Well that was confusing. When Nicola Willis blew up Kiwirail’s plan for new ferries she promised a better plan, and yesterday we got that plan. They're going to form a new company to buy some ferries. No news about which ferries and what format they’re in. Nothing about what’s happening portside. There was also an invitation to private industry to come up with a better solution. So no new ferries, no new ports, no ships ordered, and no idea that private industry already provides a service, that is

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2:54

Gavin Grey: Europe Correspondent on Germany...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2024/12/10

Germany is tightening its laws to make it harder to help smuggle migrants to the UK. Facilitating people-smuggling is not technically illegal in Germany if it’s to another country outside of the EU – which now includes the UK. A plan has been made between the two countries that sees Germany tighten their laws and make it easier to prosecute those involved. Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey told Andrew Dickens that Germany had inadvertently become a central hub for the people-smuggling networks. He’s

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