Early Edition with Ryan Bridge
Michael Glading: NZ Open Tournament Director on Saudi Arabia's PIF pulling funding from the LIV Golf Tournament
LIV Golf’s financial backer is pulling its funding after the current season. Plays and staff will reportedly find out the decision today to axe the funding by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It’s reportedly cost PIF over US$5 billion to operate the series so far. NZ Open Tournament Di…
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Pooja Sundar: Immigration Lawyer on the number of visa rejections dropping to a post-Covid low
There's a suggestion better quality visa applications are coming through, with more than nine in ten applicants being approved. Data released to Newstalk ZB shows just over 65 thousand applications were declined in 2025 – down from over 83 thousand in 2024. Last year's rejection rate was about …
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Full Show Podcast: 01 May 2026
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Friday 1st of May 2026, still no answers for Mount Maunganui businesses following a council meeting on when the Mount will reopen, Beach Hut Cafe Owner Michelle Craig tells Ryan what happened during the meeting. Saudi Arabia's pulling fundin…
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Michelle Craig: Mount Maunganui Beach Hut Cafe owner on community council meeting
Mount Maunganui businesses are frustrated at a perceived lack of progress in reopening the mount. Hundreds of residents went to a community meeting last night with council and local MPs. Mauao's been closed to the public since the landslide which killed six holiday makers nearly 100 days ago.…
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Ryan Bridge: We need less fighting, more long term thinking in Wellington
There's no reason parties on left and right in New Zealand politics can't work together to get stuff done. This week we've seen it with the India FTA. It's essentially just deal-making. It'll pass because a party not in government joined forces with two in government to make it happen. We've …
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Kelly Eckhold: Westpac Chief Economist on Australia's inflation surging to 4.6%
Australia's starting to feel the economic effects of the energy squeeze stemming from conflict on the other side of the world. Annual headline inflation surged to 4.6% in March, up from 3.7% in February. It's the country's highest inflation rate since September 2023, when the economy was boun…
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Andrew Hoggard: Biosecurity Minister on the trial of New Zealand's response to foot and mouth disease
New Zealand is about to test its readiness for foot and mouth disease with a farm simulation next month on a Taranaki farm. It'll be followed by a national exercise including everything from mock on-farm detection, quarantine, and national governance decisions. Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hogga…
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Andrew Hoggard: Biosecurity Minister on the trial of New Zealand's response to foot and mouth disease (1)
New Zealand is about to test its readiness for foot and mouth disease with a farm simulation next month on a Taranaki farm. It'll be followed by a national exercise including everything from mock on-farm detection, quarantine, and national governance decisions. Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hogga…
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Carolyn Young: Retail NZ Chief Executive on the Government cracking down on nangs
There are hopes the Government's latest crackdown on the misuse of nitrous oxide gets the message through to retailers. People inhaling the gas to get high is becoming a serious public health concern. Imports of the gas will soon need approval from the Director-General of Health, while large can…
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Full Show Podcast: 30 April 2026
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Thursday 30th of April 2026, inflation spiking across the Tasman, Westpac Chief Economist Kelly Eckhold tells Ryan what this could mean for us. The Government's changing import rules to crack down on nangs, Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn …
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