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Full Show Podcast: 09 February 2026
Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Monday 9 February.
Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Mike Pearse: UK correspondent on Keir Starmer's chief of staff quitting
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff has quit - claiming he's responsible for advising Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Ryan Bridge: A debate on interest rates
I was having a good old debate with a mate at the weekend about interest rates.
We're of the age where, mortgages are a thing.
In Auckland, quote a…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Billie Moore: NZ Airports Association CEO on the potential closure of its Westport-Wellington service
Westport’s only air link could be cut within months.
Originair won’t guarantee its Westport-Wellington service beyond May after failing to secure Go…
3 months ago
Sam O'Brien: Wellington Eastern Ward Councillor on the Moa Point sewage leak
A Wellington City Councillor says he's frustrated to see yet another example of the capital's water infrastructure failing.
Heavy rain flooded the c…
3 months ago
Full Show Podcast: 05 February 2026
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Thursday the 5th of Feburary 2025, unemployment’s jumped to a 10-year high of 5.4%, EMA Head …
3 months ago
Alan McDonald: EMA Head of Advocacy, Finance and Strategy on unemployment
The job market's remaining tougher, for longer, than many economists were expecting.
Unemployment's reached a ten-year high of 5.4 percent in the Dec…
3 months ago
Ryan Bridge: Happy Waitangi Day!
You’ll probably see and hear a bit of argy bargy up north today as the pollies get welcomed onto the Treaty Grounds.
If you’ve never been up there, i…
3 months ago
Mark Revill-Johnson: Institute of Driver Educators President on the changes to the drivers licensing system
A view more practical training for drivers will be essential, with the full licence test in the rear-view mirror.
After passing the restricted licen…
3 months ago
Tai Nelson: Soljans Estate vineyard manager on the struggle with grape overproduction
Growers are counting the cost as drinking habits change.
Around 100 thousand tonnes of grapes —a fifth of the crop— were left on the vine last year …
3 months ago