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Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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. 1 HR. AGO

    Anita Baker: Porirua Mayor on Wellington Water overcharging ratepayers, if Nick Leggett should step down

    Questions over the future of Wellington Water's chairman, with calls for him to go after troubling findings within the organisation.  A scathing review has found poor procurement processes, potential for fraud, and a serious lack of value for money.  Board chair Nick Leggett says if the region's mayors ask him to go, he will, but thinks he's taken good action on the issues.  Porirua Mayor Anita Baker says he doesn't need to go.  She told Andrew Dickens they’re a year out from water reforms and him and Pat Dougherty are working exceptionally well together to achieve them.  Baker says she doesn’t see the point.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min

  2. 1 HR. AGO

    Donna Demaio: Australia Correspondent on the incoming Cyclone Alfred

    Queensland's bracing for Cyclone Alfred to hit later this week.  It's been upgraded to category two overnight, and is brewing off the Australian coast, where it's already causing heavy surf and high tides.   Correspondent Donna Demaio told Andrew Dickens it's expected to hit on Thursday or Friday.   She says there's a possibility of destructive winds and life-threatening flash flooding.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min

  3. 1 HR. AGO

    Gary Hooper: Aquaculture NZ CEO on the Government's financial boost for salmon farming

    The Government's sinking just under $12 million into salmon farming.  The five-year aquaculture investment will increase production and drive-up exports.  It's estimating the extra support will create an additional $500 million of exports by 2035.  Aquaculture New Zealand Chief Executive Gary Hooper told Andrew Dickens that's a conservative figure.  He says when everything is up and running, there will be up-to 60-million tonnes worth of exports annually – pushing a billion dollars in value.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  4. 4 HR. AGO

    Angus Chambers: GenPro Chair on the Health Minister setting aside funding to help uplift general practices

    Concerns general practices will take too many patients to secure performance-based Government funding.   The Health Minister's set aside 285 million-dollars to help uplift general practices as part of a larger boost to healthcare.   The General Practice Owners Association welcomes the initiatives - but is cautious about the impacts.   Chair Angus Chambers told Andrew Dickens practices will open their books to get more money without increasing their workforce.   He says he's waiting until it's made clear how performance will be measured.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  5. 4 HR. AGO

    Andrew Dickens: Simeon Brown's health announcement is well overdue

    How did we manage to bring so many people into the country and fail to have enough doctors when they get here? This is the question we’ve all asked every surge of immigration we’ve ever had.   And there’s been many. I’m one. I came out in 1965 with my English father and Kiwi mum.   And there’s been many more waves.   Every time we’ve opened the door there seems to have been an attitude that we’ll take the immigrants labour, money, and advantages but ignore the consequences of a bigger population.  So Simeon Brown's announcement of a faster track to qualifying overseas doctors who come here is welcome and about time.   Our immigration booms have distorted our society.   It swamped our motorways; it put strain on housing and infrastructure.   And it crushed our service sector including doctors.   Yet it also made people think we had a rockstar economy. It was artificial.  If the economy is rocking but you can’t see a doctor, is it really rocking?   Finally, we seem to be realising that if we bring in more people, we need to look at the whole picture.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    2 min
  6. Full Show Podcast: 04 March 2025

    4 HR. AGO

    Full Show Podcast: 04 March 2025

    On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 4th of March 2025, The new Health Minister's begun making moves to try save our deteriorating healthcare system, Genpro Chair Dr Angus Chambers tells Andrew Dickens how big of a difference it will make.   Councils in Wellington are furious with a new scathing report into Wellington Water, Porirua Mayor Anita Baker shares a plan for how to move forward.   Good news for the Aquaculture sector, the Government is Putting almost twelve million dollars into salmon farming.   Australia Correspondent Donna Demaio shares the latest on the prominent ex football player joining a class action against the AFL - alleging racial abuse.  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

  7. 23 HR. AGO

    Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on Pope Francis's health, European leaders meeting

    Pope Francis has been unable to deliver his traditional Angelus prayer in person for the third week in the row.  The Vatican published the Pope's written comments instead, saying he had written the text from his hospital room in a Rome "in the past few days." UK Correspondent Gavin Grey talks the Andrew Dickens about the Pope's current health, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with European leaders.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min

  8. 1 DAY AGO

    Jeffrey Price: Former US Defence Department official on the fallout of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his intention in the Oval Office was for the US to "stand more firmly on our side."  During the meeting Trump told Zelenskyy to make a deal with Russia or the US would be out.  Former US Defence Department official Jeffrey Price joins the show to discuss the meeting that continues to be felt around the world. LISTEN ABOVE.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min
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