Early childhood centres are lifting their game, with fewer falling below quality standards.

Education Review Office monitoring shows 47 percent of standalone services didn’t meet the quality threshold - down from 64 percent a year earlier.

Early Childhood Council Chief Executive Simon Laube says the reviews are just snapshots.

He says even the best centres go through staff changes and have to rebuild quality.

Early childhood centres are lifting their game, with fewer falling below quality standards.
Education Review Office monitoring shows 47 percent of standalone services didn’t meet the quality threshold - down from 64 percent a year earlier.
Early Childhood Council Chief Executive Simon Laube says the reviews are just snapshots.
He says even the best centres go through staff changes and have to rebuild quality.

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Simon Laube: Early Childhood Council Chief Executive on some ECE centres not meeting required standards

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Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 10 April.

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Full Show Podcast: 10 April 2026 

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Energy security is shaping up to be the hottest item on this year's election agenda, and with good reason. 

Ask any business who's about to renew an energy contract, any transport business who's battling the price of diesel or any factory or mill thinking about mass layoffs and shutting up shop. 

In Hawkes Bay, CEOs are organising an energy summit in June. Their business leaders voted energy their top concern. 

Bombing in the Middle East might be in pause, bar Beirut, but the energy price battle is far from over.

And it’s time for our politicians to put their swords down and agree on a long term energy strategy that addresses the new world we’re living in. 

Post ceasefire, oil is still more than 30% more expensive than it was before the war. Gas is 40% higher. 

There’s a piece in The Economist, well worth a read, that sets out the problem well.

Infrastructure's been damaged and takes time to repair. When the tankers start moving, the insurance premiums will cost an arm and leg. That’s before ships take the risk of sailing in the opposite direction back into the Gulf again while a shakey ceasefire is in play.

We’ve now all learnt that a few drones and terrorists with speed boats is all it takes to choke supply.

Oil will find a way, from other regions, or overland by pipes, but all this takes time and costs money.

I had Chloe Swarbrick and David Seymour in my show yesterday and they both disagreed with each other on what mix of energy solutions we need to keep trucks, factories and business moving. 

But the fact is they both have valid points and all parties should compromise and agree on an energy plan we can all agree on.

Whether that’s LNG, over-building renewables (as Sir Rod Drury argues) more drill baby drill, tanks at Marsden Point, coal for Huntly or a combination of all of the above, political consensus is the missing ingredient to make ensure NZ Inc can keep the lights on. 

Energy security is shaping up to be the hottest item on this year's election agenda, and with good reason.&nbsp;
Ask any business who's about to renew an energy contract, any transport business who's battling the price of diesel or any factory or mill thinking about mass layoffs and shutting up shop.&nbsp;
In Hawkes Bay, CEOs are organising an energy summit in June. Their business leaders voted energy their top concern.&nbsp;
Bombing in the Middle East might be in pause, bar Beirut, but the energy price battle is far from over.
And it’s time for our politicians to put their swords down and agree on a long term energy strategy that addresses the new world we’re living in.&nbsp;
Post ceasefire, oil is still more than 30% more expensive than it was before the war. Gas is 40% higher.&nbsp;
There’s a piece in The Economist, well worth a read, that sets out the problem well.
Infrastructure's been damaged and takes time to repair. When the tankers start moving, the insurance premiums will cost an arm and leg. That’s before ships take the risk of sailing in the opposite direction back into the Gulf again while a shakey ceasefire is in play.
We’ve now all learnt that a few drones and terrorists with speed boats is all it takes to choke supply.
Oil will find a way, from other regions, or overland by pipes, but all this takes time and costs money.
I had Chloe Swarbrick and David Seymour in my show yesterday and they both disagreed with each other on what mix of energy solutions we need to keep trucks, factories and business moving.&nbsp;
But the fact is they both have valid points and all parties should compromise and agree on an energy plan we can all agree on.
Whether that’s LNG, over-building renewables (as Sir Rod Drury argues) more drill baby drill, tanks at Marsden Point, coal for Huntly or a combination of all of the above, political consensus is the missing ingredient to make ensure NZ Inc can keep the lights on.&nbsp;

Ryan Bridge: Energy security will be hot this election

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The ceasefire with Iran has to hold, according to an intelligence foreign policy analyst, otherwise the entire global economy will collapse. 

The reduction in energy resources from the war was like “doing one of those Vulcan pressure holds on your carotid artery”, former US Navy senior chief Malcolm Nance told Ryan Bridge. 

“You can't hold it forever, you're then going to start killing the system… [US President Donald Trump] had to take this deal.” 

The US-allied Gulf states had lost trillions of dollars in market capital from the attacks, Nance said. 

“[Trump’s] going to have to deal with what's been played now, because there's no restarting this war. It will collapse the global economy if they do it again.” 

Nance —who has extensive experience fighting in the Persian Gulf— said the war should never have started in the first place as Iran’s chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz has been very clear since the 1980s. 

“This was done almost haphazardly. They didn't consult anybody and they didn't listen to the advice of military planners. 

“We are awesome —America— at blowing things up. We're apparently really awful at meeting our stated objectives.” 

LISTEN ABOVE 

The ceasefire with Iran has to hold, according to an intelligence foreign policy analyst, otherwise the entire global economy will collapse.&nbsp;
The reduction in energy resources from the war was like “doing one of those Vulcan pressure holds on your carotid artery”, former US Navy senior chief Malcolm Nance told Ryan Bridge.&nbsp;
“You can't hold it forever, you're then going to start killing the system… [US President Donald Trump] had to take this deal.”&nbsp;
The US-allied Gulf states had lost trillions of dollars in market capital from the attacks, Nance said.&nbsp;
“[Trump’s] going to have to deal with what's been played now, because there's no restarting this war. It will collapse the global economy if they do it again.”&nbsp;
Nance —who has extensive experience fighting in the Persian Gulf— said the war should never have started in the first place as Iran’s chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz has been very clear since the 1980s.&nbsp;
“This was done almost haphazardly. They didn't consult anybody and they didn't listen to the advice of military planners.&nbsp;
“We are awesome —America— at blowing things up. We're apparently really awful at meeting our stated objectives.”&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Malcolm Nance: Former US Navy Senior Chief on the ceasefire between the US and Iran

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Simon Laube: Early Childhood Council Chief Executive on some ECE centres not meeting required standards

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