Early Edition with Ryan Bridge
Vincent McAviney: Europe Correspondent on the sentencing of the men involved in France's mass rape trial
Guilty verdicts have been reached in France's mass rape trial. Dominique Pelicot's been jailed for 20 years after drugging and raping his wife Gisele and inviting dozens of strangers to do the same for over nearly a decade. He was also found guilty of taking indecent images of his daughter an…
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Danu Abeysuriya: Rush Digital founder on the new measures from the Government, private sector to combat text scams
The Government's teaming up with the private sector to get on top of text scams. When people report scam texts as junk on some phones, text messages will soon go directly to the Department of Internal Affairs. It can then share the info with telcos so they can be blocked. Rush Digital founder…
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Henry Russell: ANZ Economist on the latest GDP figures putting New Zealand into a recession
Stabilising the economy is not as simple as investing more. Stats NZ figures out yesterday show GDP fell 1% in the three months to September. They also revised the preceding quarter down to 1.1% contraction, with both figures putting us in deep recession. ANZ Economist Henry Russell told Andr…
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Full Show Podcast: 20 December 2024
Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 20 December. Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Sandra Grey: Tertiary Education Union President says free speech changes not needed
The government has announced changes to free speech rules for universities, saying it's concerned that they are currently taking a risk based approach and need more diverse opinions. The new rules will set out expectations for universities on how to approach freedom of speech issues and each one w…
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Andrew Dickens: We’ll never forget you 2024, but frankly we’re sick of the sight of you
This is my last editorial for the year. What a year it’s been, we started in January with Golriz shoplifting, we watched 10,000 jobs go from the public sector and the private sector follow suit as cash stopped bouncing around the economy. National blamed Labour for everything and Labour blamed N…
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Toni Waterman: US Correspondent on the Amazon workers set to strike over the Christmas and Hanukkah period
Many Americans could be in trouble this Christmas. Amazon workers across a number of facilities in New York, Illinois, and Southern California are gearing up to strike later this week. The strike would take place the week before and during Christmas and Hanukkah, the two biggest gift giving hol…
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Mary Jo Vergara: Kiwibank Senior Economist ahead of the third quarter GDP release
Infrastructure investment is being held up as being paramount to keeping New Zealand's economy on the right track. Stats NZ will release GDP data for the third quarter just before 11am today. The major banks are all predicting between a 0.2% and 0.4% contraction, meaning our third technical rec…
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Jim Goodwin: Lake Alice survivor on the redress payments for those who experienced abuse in care
A Lake Alice survivor understands the frustration at the Government's torture redress. Eligible people tortured at the psychiatric hospital in the 1970s can take an expedited payment of $150 thousand or apply for independently assessed redress. Payments will be made between March and December n…
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Full Show Podcast: 19 December 2024
Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Thursday 19 December. Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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