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Latest episodes
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5 min
Vicky Pryce: Business Correspondent on the upcoming UK Budget announcement, cost of living protests in Europe
The UK's new Chancellor is set to deliver his first Budget. John Healey will set out Labour's tax and spending plans on October 28th, with tax increases possible. Business Correspo…
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9 min
Erica Stanford and Ginny Andersen: National and Labour's Education Spokespeople on curriculums, fundamentals,…
There's potential for National and Labour to find common ground on education, despite disagreement over curriculum reforms. National's Erica Stanford told Ryan Bridge she tried to…
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3 min
Oliver Hartwich: NZ Initiative Executive Director on ACT's policy manifesto
ACT's unveiled its policy manifesto - compiling it's vision for New Zealand. It's pushing to create a smaller Government through cuts - delivering 12.4 billion less debt by 2031 th…
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1 min
Ryan Bridge: Will the US midterms matter more to Kiwis than our own election?
Odds are on we'll get another hike to the OCR tomorrow. That'll take us to 3%. Markets are pricing the chance of that hike happening at about 85%. It's not great timing for a Coali…
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35 min
Full Show Podcast: 27 October 2026
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast 2026, Education Minister Erica Stanford and Labour's Education spokesperson Ginny Anderson join Ryan for an election special…
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5 min
Bill Geradts: Armageddon Expo Organiser on this year's Auckland event
The country's biggest pop culture extravaganza Armageddon starts in Auckland today. Around 50 thousand sci-fi, anime, fantasy, and gaming fans are expected to flock to Auckland Sho…
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3 min
Francesca Rudkin: Why are charter schools vilified?
Education Minister Erica Stanford’s education overhaul has been impressive this government term. We’re seeing improvements in primary school student achievement, the NCEA qualifica…
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35 min
Full Show Podcast: 23 October 2026
Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 23 October. Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio,…
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Barbara Edmonds: Labour's Finance Spokesperson on CPI falling to 3.7%
Inflation's eased up slightly - but it's also become more persistent and widespread. The official inflation rate has fallen in the past three months - from 4.1 percent to 3.7 perce…
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4 min
Andrew Alderson: Newstalk ZB Sports Reader ahead of the Indian cricket tour
The Indian cricket tour begins tonight with a T20 against New Zealand at a sold-out Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The sides last met in March's World Cup final at Ahmedabad, won by…
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4 min
Simon Bridges: Auckland Business Chamber CEO on the Mood of the Boardroom weeks out from the election
Auckland Business Chamber CEO Simon Bridges says politically, the Mood of the Boardroom shows a "tactical draw" between National and Labour. The survey of business leaders shows di…
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4 min
Mike Jones: BNZ Chief Economist on inflation
A warning we could see some more nasty inflation spikes before the year is out. Stats NZ is releasing the inflation data for the three months to September just before 11 this morni…
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35 min
Full Show Podcast: 22 October 2026
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Thursday the 22nd of October 2026, economists are expecting a mixed bag in today's inflation figures, BNZ Chief Economist Mi…
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2 min
Ryan Bridge: My final election prediction, Qiulae's out
Nearly there. Voting's already happening for kiwis overseas. Monday, we start in-country. Two weeks later it's all over and counting begins. The result looks as tight as a fishes b…
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4 min
Sarah Helm: NZ Drug Foundation Executive Director on the new report showing three people are dying a week from…
Opioids remain the biggest driver of overdose deaths, often with a cocktail of other substances. The latest NZ Drug Foundation report reveals the country's losing around three peop…
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Sarah Dalton: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Executive Director on Labour's plan to cut down ED w…
A health sector leader's praising Labour's plan to get our emergency departments into recovery mode but says there are still gaps. The party's released its plan combining all their…
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35 min
Full Show Podcast: 21 October 2026
On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Wednesday the 21st of October 2026, Police arrests for retail crime are through the roof, Retail NZ CEO explains. Labour’…
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3 min
Carolyn Young: Retail NZ Chief Executive says retailers are celebrating a Police crackdown crime
There's a view retail crime's reduced as penalties have strengthened. The Ministry of Justice's latest data shows finalised charges for theft from a retail premises were more than…
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2 min
Andrew Dickens: A Government before Christmas is unlikely
The other day Christopher Luxon sent conniptions through the commentariat by saying we'll be lucky to have a Government by Christmas. I'm not surprised. So we have an election on N…
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4 min
Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on the NZ Superannuation Fund posting a return of 14.17%
Our Superannuation fund is seeing great returns, but growth is still needed for the long term. The 25-year-old fund is now worth $94.35 billion dollars, excluding tax, with it earn…