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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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34:04

Full Show Podcast: 15 August 2025

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2025/08/14

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Friday 15th of August 2025, All eyes are on Alaska ahead of a crucial meeting between Trump and Putin, US Correspondent Toni Waterman is in Alaska and has the latest. The All Blacks are taking on Argentina in Córdoba, former All Black Josh Kronfeld shares his thoughts ahead of the game.Sheep and beef cattle numbers are improving, Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chairperson Richard Dawkins shares his thoughts. Plus UK/ Europe Correspondent

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2:12

Matt Ball: NZ Property Investors Federation PR &...

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2025/08/13

Times are tough for property owners as they see the lowest resale profits in over a decade. Cotality’s latest Pain & Gain Report shows 89.4% of homes sold above their purchase price last quarter – the lowest since 2014. Christchurch was the most resilient of the main centres, with 4.9% of Q2 resales made at a loss, well below the national average of 10.6%, while Auckland recorded the highest proportion of loss-making sales at 15.9%. NZ Property Investors Federation’s Matt Ball told Ryan Bridge

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4:50

Andy England: Darfield High School Principal on NCEA...

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2025/08/13

NCEA Level 1 achievement's dropped to its lowest level in a decade, while all qualifications saw improvement. In 2024, achievement in Levels 2, 3, and University Entrance went up for the first time since 2020. Student's completing Level 1 continued to drop, and Māori also fell further behind. Darfield High School Principal Andy England told Ryan Bridge there've been problems with the qualification since its introduction. He says there's been a lot of tinkering for teachers to get their heads round

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34:12

Full Show Podcast: 14 August 2025

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2025/08/13

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Thursday 14th of August 2025, Jacinda Arden and Chris Hipkins won't show face at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19, Minister responsible Brooke Van Velden shares her thoughts. Property owners are seeing the lowest resale profits in over a decade, Matt Ball from the NZ Property Investors Federation tells Ryan why. New NCEA achievement data shows mixed results, Darfield school Principal Andy England breaks it down. Plus, US

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4:16

Brooke van Velden: Minister in charge of Covid-19...

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2025/08/13

The ACT Party's laying into the former Ministers who lead our Covid-19 response for refusing to front public hearings. Labour leader Chris Hipkins, and former Ministers Jacinda Ardern, Grant Robertson, and Ayesha Verrall have declined to appear as part of the Royal Commission's Inquiry. Commissioners are confident it won't hamper efforts. Act's Brooke van Velden, who's in charge of the inquiry, told Ryan Bridge these Ministers stood publicly and made huge decisions about people's lives. She says

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2:39

Ryan Bridge: What has Chris Hipkins got to hide over...

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2025/08/13

Yesterday they wheeled out three excuses for not fronting up and answering questions about why they went so hard on lockdowns and mandates which they then papered over with $66-billion in spending - second in the world only to the US - thereby helping fuel the inflation we're all now paying the price for taming. 1. First we heard they wouldn't attend the public hearing and give public evidence because they were worried about how the public might react - that some might use their videos to spread

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4:05

Richard Briggs: Energy Efficiency and Conservation...

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2025/08/12

More heat pumps in households could cut energy bills by a total of $1.5 billion a year. A report by the New Zealand Green Building Council has found replacing gas and electric heaters with heat pumps could save 40% of gas produced, each year. It's also revealed this could protect thousands of jobs, with three mills closing in the last year due to soaring energy prices. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority’s Richard Briggs told Ryan Bridge heat pumps are about 3.5 times more efficient than a

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4:01

Penny Simmonds: Vocational Education Minister on...

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2025/08/12

The Vocational Education Minister assures its Te Pukenga de-merger is responsible, despite Treasury raising concerns. Newstalk ZB can reveal it urged the Government to seek reassurance that allowing polytechs to go back to governing themselves would help their finances. The mid-March paper warned the financial situation would be the same, if not worse, than before the merger. Penny Simmonds told Ryan Bridge if they did nothing, Treasury would be right, but they haven't sat on their hands. She says

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34:13

Full Show Podcast: 13 August 2025

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2025/08/12

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Wednesday 13th of August 2025, Treasury warned the Government that breaking up Te Pukenga could leave polytechs worse off, Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds tells Ryan Bridge why they decided to go ahead anyway. A report from the Green Building Council shows Kiwis could save up to $1.5 billion on their annual energy bill if we moved to full heat pump adoption. Major America's Cup changes are coming, Interim CEO of yachting New

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2:26

Ryan Bridge: Labour's getting protest votes

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2025/08/12

People aren't telling pollsters they'd vote for Labour because they'd actually vote for Labour. Labour hasn't got any policies - they're an empty vessel. It's captain is still, according to most recent polling, less popular than the current Prime Minister. It's a protest vote. They're telling the PM to hurry up and do something else to rescue the economy the last lot, and a trade war, have suppressed. You don't throw the baby out with the bath water and back a team that has no plan. That clown

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3:56

Len Houwers: Major Gas Users Group spokesperson on...

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2025/08/11

Major gas users are looking to the Government for help, with many struggling with high prices. A survey by energy management company Optima and Business NZ reveals gas prices have risen by more than 100% on average in the past five years. Nearly half of industrial and commercial users have had to make cuts as a result. Resources Minister Shane Jones is seeking advice whether rationing gas supplies is possible. Major Gas Users Group spokesperson Len Houwers told Andrew Dickens Jones has proposed a

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2:37

Glyn Lewers: Queenstown Mayor on the influx of...

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2025/08/11

It’s believed our trans-Tasman friends are keeping tourism strong in Queenstown. Skyline Operators, who run the luge and gondolas, have seen international luge rides increase by 32.6% from 7.46 million in the last year to close to 10 million. Gondola rides have also risen more than 21%. Queenstown Mayor Glyn Lewers told Andrew Dickens they're crossing the ditch in numbers. He says the latest stat from the airport shows routes from Aussie are up 145% on pre Covid numbers. LISTEN ABOVESee

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34:15

Full Show Podcast: 12 August 2025

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2025/08/11

On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast 2025 Tuesday 12th of August, the government's deciding whether to formally recognise Palestine as a state, Massey University's John Battersby tells Andrew the difference it will make. Queenstown tourism is booming; Mayor Glyn Lewers shares his thoughts. There's a call for the Government to take immediate action in the gas sector as supplies reach a crisis point, major gas users group spokesperson Len Houwers tells Andrew what the Government

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3:12

John Battersby: Massey University defence and...

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2025/08/11

The world's eyes will be on New Zealand over the next month as it weighs up a decision to recognise Palestinian statehood. Australia's declared it will recognise Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September. It's following suit behind other Western countries including the UK, France, and Canada. Massey University defence and security studies professor John Battersby told Andrew Dickens there's widespread public opinion that something has to be done to pull Israel's action back. He says there's

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2:27

Andrew Dickens: The issue of recognising Palestine as...

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2025/08/11

So the big question of today is whether New Zealand should join other nations in recognising a Palestinian state. Now this is a much bigger question than it seems. For some it's easy - call Palestine a state and then they have a legal foothold to fight for some land I guess. And in a way, we already have done that by calling publicly for a two state solution to the conflict in the Middle East. But it's easy to confuse nations and states. States have a multi-layered definition. A state is a political

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3:26

Catherine Delahunty: Former Green Party MP on what...

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2025/08/10

The greens want to lead the next government. Co-Leader Chloe Swarbrick admits they’ve got ‘work to do’ - with the party polling just under 10% and Labour in the early 30s. Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty told Ryan Bridge that Green will need to ‘team up’ with smaller parties if they want to push Labour out of the spotlight. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2:57

Karl Dean: Federated Farmers Dairy Chair on new work...

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2025/08/10

Federated Farmers says two new visas provide a clear pathway for seasonal international workers. Experienced workers like rural contractors can apply for the Global Workforce Seasonal Visa, which is available for up to three years and allows them to return on the same visa. The Peak Seasonal Visa will be for up to seven months. Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Karl Dean told Ryan Bridge it's a welcome change. He says normally they'd get workers in on a working holiday visa for a year, but this makes

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2:01

Ryan Bridge: Putin and Trump decide their fate

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/08/10

You've got to feel for Zelensky on weeks like this. Friday's the big day. Putin will fly to Alaska and meet Trump for cup of tea and biscuit. They'll negotiate the terms of ceasefire for what the Russians are calling a 'Ukraine crisis', rather than a bloody war they started. The body count is as astonishing as the fact there's a war raging in Europe in 2025. One million Russian soldiers killed or injured. 400k Ukrainian casualties, including between 60 and 100k dead. Moscow now occupies 20% of the

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34:10

Full Show Podcast: 11 August 2025

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2025/08/10

On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast Monday 11th of August 2025, two new work Visas are on the way, Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Karl Dean tells Ryan about the difference it'll make. The Green party wants to lead the next government, Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty shares her thoughts. Andrew Alderson has the latest on the weekend's sport. Plus, UK/Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest on a joint statement issued by EU leaders on Trump's meeting with Russia. Get the Early

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3:46

Olga Ivshina: BBC Russia Correspondent on the meeting...

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge ·

2025/08/07

Time will tell if Vladimir Putin will postpone a meeting with Donald Trump, as he has done in the past. The Kremlin says the US President and his Russian counterpart have agreed to meet in the "coming days". The Trump administration has indicated, for the pair to meet, Putin must meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. BBC Russia Correspondent Olga Ivshina told Ryan Bridge Putin's made progress towards his goals while pretending he's open for peace talks. She says he's pushed Ukrainian

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