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Karl Dean: Federated Farmers Dairy Chair on the opening milk price forecast
Farmers are wary of the opening milk price forecast. Fonterra's latest financial update puts the current season's midpoint payout forecast at $9.70. It's up slightly next season at $9.75, but signals it could end up as low as $8 or as high as $11, depending on global events. Federated Far…
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Andy England: Darfield High School Principal on the bolstering of trades, axing of Fees Free in Budget 2026
Mixed feelings over the Government’s shift from university study toward trades training. The Budget doubles Trades Academy places to 20,000 over four years, giving more secondary students access to vocational training while at school. It's being funded by scrapping Fees Free. Canterbury's Dar…
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Ruth Richardson: Former Finance Minister and Taxpayers' Union Chair unpacks Budget 2026
A former Finance Minister has praised the direction of the Budget, but says there are some “heroic assumptions” about getting back to surplus in 2028/29. It comes sooner than previously forecast, the date based on the OBEGALx measure, which excludes ACC. Ruth Richardson told Andrew Dickens th…
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Andrew Dickens: We're inching towards a healthier position
The Budget is out, and the Government’s done what it can with the pickle we’re in. Put simply, we don’t collect enough tax to pay for the services we run and the people we employ. There are only two fixes: either collect more tax — the left’s answer, though the last left Government didn’t have …
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Full Show Podcast: 29 May 2026
Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 29 May. 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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Laura McClure: ACT Education Spokesperson on the Government backing down from changing homeschool laws
The ACT Party is defending voting in favour of homeschooling legislation before it was scrapped after pushback from families. The amendments announced last week would've increased checks on children taught at home. Education Minister Erica Stanford now concedes homeschooling is more complex tha…
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Nick Tuffley: ASB Chief Economist on the Reserve Bank's decision to hold the OCR at 2.25%
ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley says the window for low mortgage rates has closed, with multiple Official Cash Rate hikes expected later this year following the Reserve Bank’s decision to hold the rate at 2.25% yesterday. The RBNZ's Monetary Policy Statement said Official Cash Rate (OCR) increas…
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Simon Bridges: Auckland Business Chamber CEO on his expectations for Budget 2026
Very few frills or surprises are expected to be in today’s Budget. Auckland Business Chamber CEO Simon Bridges predicts a “sensible, prudent, boring, Presbyterian” Budget, with only a few goodies coming from reprioritised spending. He told Ryan Bridge he was more interested in the "nuggets" th…
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Ryan Bridge: Budget spending must be careful and calculated
The Budget is always a fizzer in the sense that most of it is announced days in advance. There are a few sweeteners on the day, but this time, unless there's a rabbit about to be yanked from a hat, even they might be more Werther's Original than chocolate cake. The best time to read about the B…
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Full Show Podcast: 28 May 2026
Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Thursday 28 May. 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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