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A fresh and intelligent start to your day - catch the very latest international and domestic news developments, sport, entertainment and business on Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, on Newstalk ZB.

  1. 21 HR AGO

    David Smith: The Guardian Washington Bureau Chief says Iran has chosen a new Supreme Leader

    Israel is launching a new wave of strikes in Tehran, which has been choked by smoke following attacks on its energy resources.  Iran state-media says a new supreme leader has been chosen but they're yet to be named.  Israel is also claiming its first military deaths of the war with two soldiers dead in southern Lebanon.  Iran continues to lash out at US allies with Saudi Arabia authorities saying two have been killed and 12 injured in a recent attack.  The Guardian Washington Bureau Chief David Smith told Ryan Bridge that Iran is risking further spreading the war.  LISTEN ABOUT  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  2. 22 HR AGO

    Simeon Brown: Health Minister on Health NZ directly employing all first-year trainees

    A shake-up to GP trainee employment could make the pathway into general practice more appealing. Health New Zealand will now directly employ all first-year trainees not already in private practice - with applications opening today for next year. Currently, doctors must switch to being employed by the College of GPs. Health Minister Simeon Brown told Ryan Bridge it’s been one of the barriers discouraging doctors from specialising as GPs. He says they effectively become employees of the college and lose leave balances and other conditions - which is a challenge for recruitment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min
  3. Full Show Podcast: 09 March 2026

    22 HR AGO

    Full Show Podcast: 09 March 2026

    On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Monday the 9th of March 2025, Washington Bureau Chief for the Guardian David Smith shares the latest on the conflict in the Middle East.  Health New Zealand will now become the direct employer for all first-year GP trainees, Health Minister Simeon Brown tells Ryan how this will benefit new trainees. Andrew Alderson has the latest on the weekend's sport.  Plus, UK/Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest on Trump telling Starmer he doesn't need his assistance of an aircraft carrier to fight Iran as the war has already been won and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has been the latest to call for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be removed from the royal line of succession.  Get the Early Edition Full Show Podcast every weekday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.           LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    34 min

  4. 22 HR AGO

    Ryan Bridge: This country's fines make no sense

    This country's fines make no sense.  you can get$70 for parking a few minutes over in the wrong spot, $150 for driving in a bus lane at the wrong time, which is the same texting while driving, an act that could, in theory, distract you enough to kill somebody on the road. So what gives?  You get $30 for going a few Kms over 100 on a main road.  Anyone who's been to Australia knows things are different. Way harsher. People, generally, follow the rules as a result.  Burt that doesn't mean nobody's crashing and dying on their roads, does it.  The problem is revenue gathering. If you actually set the fines based on the potentially damage an action may cause, we'd have a totally different system and set of punishments.  But you'd also have councils and cops who take the piss and revenue grab - speeding cameras in areas nobody's seen a crash in decades.  That's basically why we are where we are.  There is one change they can make that I support - free parking for over 80s.  Gore already does it. Oamaru is looking at doing it.  They've got new parking meters installed in December and it's apparently, according to Age Concern, making the elderly anxious.  They're digital. You get two hours free but then have to enter your details for a third hour. The fear of getting a $70 ticket is too much for them so they just don't drive into town. That's a massive setback for an older person.  That's less chatting to people in the mall, shop-owners and cafe owners, less socialising.  If you've made it to 80, you deserve to head into town. In your own car. Without being scared of half yah pension flying out the window in fines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min

  5. 3 DAYS AGO

    Alex Powell: NZ Herald Sports Reporter on the 2026 Formula 1 season kicking off in Melbourne

    The 2026 Formula 1 season is kicking off in Melbourne today.  Homegrown racer Liam Lawson will be facing the Albert Park street circuit once again – the race that saw him fail to finish last year.  NZ Herald Sports Reporter Alex Powell told Ryan Bridge it’s been a tricky start to the year for everyone, with new cars and new regulations, so everyone’s waiting with bated breath to see how they’ll go.  He says today will be the first time we’ll see these cars and race situation on a track.  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  6. 3 DAYS AGO

    Parmjeet Parmar: ACT MP on the outcome of the Parliamentary Select Committee into online safety, youth social media ban

    There are claims a Parliamentary inquiry into online safety is rushing toward regulation without fully considering the consequences.  A Select Committee is backing a social media ban for under 16s and calling for an online regulator and tougher controls on harmful apps and algorithms.  ACT MP Parmjeet Parmar initiated the inquiry last year but says the recommendations don't have adequate analysis.  She told Ryan Bridge concerns about youth online are real, and we need to find real solutions for them.  Parmar says it's a complex issue and wasn't dealt with the seriousness that parents and young people deserve.  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  7. 3 DAYS AGO

    Waseem Alzaher: Cannabis Clinic CEO on David Seymour's push to bolster medicinal cannabis production and exports in NZ

    Other countries are using our medicinal cannabis products more than we are.   ACT leader David Seymour says he's looking at further improvements to speed up processing for exports of the plant, which he believes could one day rival the wine industry.   He is open to improving regulation domestically as well.  Cannabis Clinic CEO Waseem Alzaher told Ryan Bridge there's are a lot of companies growing the plant locally.  He says that product is being sent offshore, in forms people can't get in New Zealand.  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min

  8. 3 DAYS AGO

    Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on Keir Starmer announcing the UK will send four fighter jets to Qatar

    The UK Prime Minister has an uphill battle to convince the public his response to the war in Iran is the right one. Sir Keir Starmer has announced four extra Typhoon jets are being sent to join the squadron in Qatar, while helicopters with anti-drone capabilities will shortly arrive in Cyprus and the HMS Dragon is being deployed to the Mediterranean. The move follows a strike from an Iranian-made drone at the UK’s Akrotiri air base in Cyprus. But Starmer is still being accused of having “completely misjudged” the need to put defences into Cyprus, UK Correspondent Grey told Ryan Bridge. The HMS Dragon wouldn’t arrive for around a week, while other European nations were very quickly filling the void by sending naval assets. “Frankly many people think Keir Starmer has been caught rather napping on this - plus the fact, rather embarrassingly for him, the first...government-chartered flight out of the Middle East for people who were stuck there had been delayed for some engineering problems.” The flight had now taken off, Grey said. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min
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