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Nick Tuffley: ASB Chief Economist on worst case scenario for NZ economy from Iran War
Treasury has released numbers on the potential fallout for the New Zealand economy from the Iran war.
It estimates that under a worst‑case scenario —…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Full Show Podcast: 17 March 2026
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 17th of March 2025, ASB's Chief Economist Nick Tuffley talks the "worst case scen…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ryan Bridge: Nicola Willis is right not to splash the cash
A 1pm presser and Covid‑style alert levels.
This fuel price spike is bringing back bad memories from those dark days of lockdown.
But a few facts hel…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
David Smith: Guardian Washington Bureau Chief says Trump wants help opening the Strait of Hormuz
In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump called on the UK, China, France, Japan, South Korea and others to send ships to help keep the Strait of Hormu…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Full Show Podcast: 16 March 2026
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Monday 16th of March 2025, we get the latest on the Iran War as it enters its third week.…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ryan Bridge: Labour shouldn't automatically back the Unions
Last week ended with a bizarre situation where Labour effectively came out against a pay rise for teachers.
They did this because that’s what the uni…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on food price growth, and whether Iran war will have an impact
Concerns the Middle East conflict will make rising grocery prices worse.
The Infometrics-Foodstuffs New Zealand Grocery Supplier Cost Index finds sup…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Andrew Tuck: Homegrown CEO on the festival's return to Hamilton, this year's lineup
Hamilton's welcoming the Homegrown Music Festival back to the city where it all began.
Organisers announced last year the festival would leave Welli…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Mike Casey: Rewiring Aotearoa CEO says declining gas supplies could accelerate the shift to cleaner and cheaper energy
An electrification advocate says the rising price and falling supply of gas may not be a bad thing in the long-term.
PwC research —commissioned by G…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Terry Collins: AA Fuel Spokesperson weighs in on rationing fuel
New Zealand could go back to rationing fuel - like we did in the Muldoon era - if our fuel stocks run dry.
Crude oil prices are increasingly unstabl…
5 months, 2 weeks ago