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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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Lucy Fisher: Financial Times Whitehall editor on Sir Keir Starmer's resignation

Stock traders across the UK are hoping the next Prime Minister will lead to some much-needed stability. Sir Keir Starmer has set out his plan to resign as UK Prime Minister and says a successor will be in place by Parliament's return in September at the latest. It means Downing Street will welcome its seventh leader in a decade. Financial Times Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher told Ryan Bridge markets had already priced in a likely leadership change. She says the signals pointing towards a fairly seamless transition of power, rather than a bloody contest, are being welcomed by the markets. Former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham has now returned to Parliament as MP for Makerfield and is considered a shoo-in to become the next Prime Minister. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Full Show Podcast: 23 June 2026

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Tuesday 23rd of June 2026, Sir Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as UK Prime Minister, Whitehall editor at the Financial Times, Lucy Fisher has the latest out of the UK. Dave Rennie's unveiled his first All Blacks squad as coach, Sports Commentator Sam Ackerman shares his thoughts. A2 Milk has won approval to sell infant formula into China from its Pōkeno plant, Shareholders Association CEO Oliver Mander tells Ryan how important this is. Plus, Australia Correspondent Donna Demaio has the latest on poultry farms going into lockdown in Western Australia following a deadly Avian Flu strain and Australia’s biggest ever cocaine drug bust. 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: We should be worried about the message behind Starmer's resignation

Sir Keir Starmer's resignation has come as no surprise to those who listen to this - or pretty any - show on this station. But what should worry us is why. Sure, he was a dud. Sure, he was a bit of a goofball. He wasn't cool. But, on immigration he was, at-least, trying. Net immigration was 85% below peak. Crime there is apparently falling. The economy's stumbling but not fallen over. The Times newspaper nailed it with a headline: 'Panicking politicians addicted to iPhones oust a Prime Minister'. In just ten years they've had Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer and now, shortly, Burnham. Who'll probably end up just as loathed and hated as the bloke who went before him. I don't think this is just a politics thing, and certainly not just a British thing. We humans are undergoing an evolutionary metamorphosis - into impatient and petulant children. All of us. Yesterday researchers reported kids can't watch movies these days because their attention spans are too short. And movies are meant to be fun. Musical albums are a thing of the past. Even the idea of a sitting and listening to entire song is foreign to some - a few seconds or hooks of a chorus on TikTok passes as easy listening these days. Forget reading a book. Is it any wonder the world is chewing through political leaders like there's no tomorrow. And consuming more content than the world ever has in its history, yet somehow end up dumber than beforehand? And the irony of AI, the great saviour of the universe, the technological equivalent of Andy Burnham, will save us time. Will give us mor time. To read and watch movies and switch political leaders. What on earth will we do with it all? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Full Show Podcast: 22 June 2026

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Monday the 22nd of June 2026, National wants to make KiwiSaver compulsory for all workers from 2028, if re-elected Financial Services Council Chief Executive Kirk Hope shares his thoughts. Business Correspondent Vicky Pryce has the latest on Europe intent on reducing China content in imports and production, Oil prices dropping after the US/Iran peace deal and Inflation stable in the UK, and interest rates stayed unchanged. PWC tax partner Sandy Lau shares her thoughts on the Green Party's wealth tax policy. Plus, UK/Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest on the UK PM urged to resign by colleagues to ensure a bloodless leadership battle he seems certain to lose and a major rail line connecting London to the north faces disruption for the whole week following a fatal train crash at the weekend. 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
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Sandy Lau: PWC tax partner on the Green's wealth tax

A tax expert says the Greens' proposed approach to tackling corporate greed - is likely to be unpopular. If elected, the party's promising to add new super rich, gifts and inheritance taxes, a major banks levy and a big tech tax. It also wants to lift the corporate tax rate to 33 percent - for large companies like supermarkets, gentailers and banks. PWC tax partner Sandy Lau shares her thoughts with Ryan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ryan Bridge: The Green's wealth tax isn't going to happen

There's no point talking about the latest loony bin tax plan grab from the Greens because it's not going to become anything more than a word doc on their website. It's not going to happen. An inheritance tax is about the cruellest thing a state can impose on a grieving family. 33% when mum or dad dies. You've got to then take out a loan from the bank, congratulations bank and pay the government. Or sell the shares or property or whatever. Then pay the state. Congratulations state. The idea is that somehow, this act of forced goodwill, taxing assets your family's worked hard to acquire, using money that's already been taxed, earning income that is already taxed, will somewhere, somehow materially change the livers of others is absolute BS. I've just been in France where they have exactly this system. They have high personal income tax rates. And they're swinging far right. And this plan includes a wealth tax on everything from shares to companies, which only a handful of countries around the world bother doing because you may have asset, but it doesn't mean you've got cash to pay a tax on it. Just a reminder. This is not how a country gets rich. This is not how you create more jobs and industry. It's not how you grow an economy. And if you're not doing that. You're standing still or going backwards. We've been doing that in this country for too long. Ideas like this, may be appealing on paper, in reality almost never deliver the things the politicians espousing them promise on the hustings. You don't hear this said often but thank god for Labour completely ruling this thing out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Tony Philp: Hurricanes CEO ahead of the Super Rugby Pacific final against the Chiefs

This weekend’s Super Rugby Pacific Final is shaping up to be a blockbuster. The Hurricanes are hosting the Chiefs at a sold-out Hnry Stadium. The Chiefs are chasing their first title in thirteen years, but the Hurricanes are hungry to lift the trophy again, a decade after their only win. CEO Tony Philp told Andrew Dickens they know the Chiefs are going to come down and play an epic game. He says it’s the two best teams, and they’re super excited about taking that challenge on and doing it in front of what’s set to be a loud and boisterous home crowd. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Lisa Futschek: Seafood New Zealand CEO on the delay of the Fisheries Amendment Bill

A fishing industry lobby group says the Government's decision to press pause on changes to fishing laws will be a missed opportunity. Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has confirmed a bill, easing restrictions on the industry, won't be passed before the election. The Government had already scrapped controversial plans to reduce minimum size limits for commercial fishers. Seafood New Zealand Chief Executive Lisa Futschek told Andrew Dickens this legislation was put in place in 1996 and needed an update. She says the bill has been shrouded in misinformation, and the benefits of the changes have been ignored. LISTEN ABOVE 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.