On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast 2026, the Government's decided to put council amalgamation on ice, Canterbury Regional Council Chair Dr Deon Swiggs tells Ryan councils aren't happy with the decision.

Fonterra farmers are getting a pretty healthy payout, Dairy NZ CEO Campbell Parker tells Ryan if it's enough to keep farmers going through El Nino. 

The American diplomat who famously called New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance a 'relic' says it wouldn't rank in the top 10 problems for the US in the Pacific today, former US Ambassador and East Asia/pacific Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill shares his thoughts with Ryan. 

Plus, UK Correspondent Vincent McAviney has his last international cross on Early Edition after a decade, sharing the latest on a fire at a Starlink satellite station in central Poland and German prosecutors investigating a man aged 105 over allegations that he was an accessory to multiple counts of murder at a Nazi prisoner of war camp in World War Two.

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