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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.

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

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Full Show Podcast: 10 April 2026

Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 10 April. Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ryan Bridge: Energy security will be hot this election

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Glen Dobson: Drug Detection Agency CEO on the exponential increase in seized drugs at the border

Drug traffickers have their eyes on New Zealand as Customs deals with a massive influx in border seizures. A Cabinet paper shows the volume of intercepted drugs more than quadrupled between 2018 and 2024, going from 1.5 to 6.5 tonnes. Drug Detection Agency Chief Executive Glen Dobson told Ryan Bridge officials are stepping up. He says we're being actively targeted by organised crime groups, and recommends greater cross-agency consultation. But Dobson says greater seizures are also a success. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mark Wilkshire: The Co-operative Bank CEO on RBNZ keeps OCR at 2.25 percent

The Reserve Bank expects inflation to spike this quarter but says it's still too early to say by how much. The central bank's opted to keep the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25% for now. It's forecasting inflation will surge to 4.2% in the June quarter but admits that forecast doesn't take into account the fall in fuel prices after yesterday's Iran ceasefire announcement. The Co-operative Bank CEO Mark Wilkshire shares his thoughts with Ryan Bridge. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Full Show Podcast: 09 April 2026

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Thursday 9th of April 2025, Iran and the US have agreed on a two week ceasefire, Intelligence, Foreign Policy Analyst and former US Navy Senior Chief Malcolm Nance tells Ryan if it will hold. Huge drug hauls are being caught at Auckland Airport, Drug Detection Agency CEO Glen Dobson tells Ryan why there's so much more drugs coming in. The OCR held steady at 2.25%, but the Reserve Bank says inflation will peak at 4.2% this quarter, the Co-operative Bank CEO, Mark Wilshire shares his thoughts. Plus, US Correspondent Mitch McCann has the latest on Trump changing tact on Iran, with negotiations set to commence on Friday in Pakistan and the Artemis crew heading back to Earth after reaching the far side of the Moon. 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.

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Ryan Bridge: This ceasefire, can we celebrate yet?

Should we welcome a ceasefire? Yes, of course. Should we count on it holding? No, of course not. The Iranians now control a strait they didn’t control before the war, and the Israelis are still dropping bombs in Lebanon even though this ceasefire apparently says they shouldn’t be. In fact, both sides now seem to be claiming they're talking about completely different 10-point plans. These are the things you can’t control. But on the things we can, does anybody else feel a bit relieved about the grownups we have in charge at home? Nicola Willis has risen to the occasion. Clear, concise, across the detail, and realistic about what Government can and can’t do to fix everybody’s problems. You’ll remember when this all kicked off I said they had few political choices given how hard they fought Labour’s Covid spending and its effect on inflation. The targeted, temporary, timely motto seems to have, for now, been the right one. Cometh the hour, cometh the woman. If there was to be a leadership spill in National, her performance in this crisis has out her top of the list of contenders. And Winston Peters, for all the cries and pleas for him to thump Trump, to criticise and protest, to play the role of the ICC, he’s held his nerve and kept his thoughts to himself. Some argue that shows weakness. But most Kiwis know what he’s doing is protecting us from the wrath of a very sensitive and vindictive President. This situation is far from done and dusted, but it’s shown us we have competent political and diplomatic leaders who are realistic about they can’t and can’t control. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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.