Articles by Ryan Bridge
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Opinion
Ryan Bridge: The silence was deafening in our local elections
Monday, 13 October 2025, 6:29amIf the Coalition was looking for an endorsement of its rates cap idea, it got one over the weekend. Of the 18 councils that...
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Ryan Bridge: Is the work of activists making a difference?
Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 6:03amRegular listeners will know, when it comes to free speech, I'm into it. How else do we get smarter but to debate ideas,...
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Ryan Bridge: We need more than agriculture to be successful
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 6:31amThere’s nothing quite like watching a well-thought-out strategy come together and work. And hats off to South Korea this...
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Ryan Bridge: We need long term thinking for our health system
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 6:18amHealth has always been a portfolio MPs never want a bar of. You never win. Endless fights with the unions. People waiting...
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Ryan Bridge: New Zealand needs a grow spurt
Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 6:17amI’ve had it with people whinging about state of this county and people fleeing to Australia who then refuse to stop and ask...
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Ryan Bridge: Is funding major events a priority?
Monday, 15 September 2025, 6:09amThere's no doubt punters will like this new major events fund. $70-million of new and old money. Some for infrastructure...
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Ryan Bridge: What a week of news
Friday, 12 September 2025, 6:15amThis week NASA found the clearest sign yet of ancient life on Mars. We learned that for the first time in human history,...
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Ryan Bridge: Tom Phillips is no hero
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 6:08amIt’s brutal, but Tom Phillips brought this whole thing on himself. Yes, he was killed and that is a very hard and sad fact...
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Ryan Bridge: What can Nicola do about inflation contributors?
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 6:03amElectricity and groceries are your two big ticket inflation targets. Punters want to pay less for both. There are nuclear...
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Ryan Bridge: There's a new space race kicking off - I'm here for it
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 6:01amIs there anything more thrilling than watching two countries battle hammer and tong to achieve something we all dreamed impossible,...
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Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Wellington is in for a tempestuous election campaign
Friday, 11 July 2025, 5:47pmThe Wellington Mayoral race was supposed to be winding down into boring town. Tory went wild, had a tipsy whirlwind on Courtenay...
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Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Jacinda needs to face the Covid inquiry music
Monday, 7 July 2025, 7:38pmShould Jacinda Ardern return to the country and face the Covid inquiry music? The answer, I think, must be yes. I confirmed...
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Ryan Bridge: Nobody wants to give more money to councils who waste it
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 7:42amIf you're in Auckland and waking up this morning feeling poorer, it's because you are. It's because we all are. CVs down...
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Ryan Bridge: Online trends are taking lives
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 6:07amWhat happened in Palmerston North with the death of this young man was an absolute tragedy. We don't know exactly what happened...
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Ryan Bridge: The growth forecast in Budget 2025 at least gives us hope
Friday, 23 May 2025, 7:58amGood morning and guess what? Things are looking up. The future's looking pretty good. Not from budget announcements themselves,...
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Ryan Bridge: The Green's budget is in la-la land
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 6:25amHere’s a few c-words for your Thursday morning: communist, coalition, and crash. Crash, because that’s what’d happen to the...
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Ryan Bridge: The ultimate scandal
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 6:19amDisclaimer: Satire On the news last night, it was nothing but scandal. Scandal. Scandal. I don’t think I’ve seen political...
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Ryan Bridge: Budget 2025 will be frugal, but will Budget 2026?
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 6:16amYou can’t say we weren’t warned Nicola Willis would be taking to government spending like a butcher to a fresh carcass. She’s...
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Ryan Bridge: Flying will always be expensive in regional NZ
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 6:22amHere we go again with the whinge fest about Air New Zealand's prices. I get it. I try book the same flights as everybody...
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Ryan Bridge: Churches risk coming across hypocritical
Monday, 28 April 2025, 6:21amThere was a priest on the news last night talking about homeless people the cost of buying a house in New Zealand. This...
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Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Barbara Edmonds and Labour were wrong about the tariffs
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:10pmTrump's tariff backdown proves that Nicola was right and Barbara was wrong. Willis took the cool, calm, collected approach....
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Ryan Bridge: Trump's peace deal has hit the Kremlin wall
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:39amThere's no such thing as a ceasefire this morning. It's all breaking down in the Middle East. Netanyahu's come out with...
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Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Is violent crime really dropping?
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 4:47pmSo it looks like, on paper at least, that this is a big win for the Government's crackdown on crime. Violent crime is down...
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Ryan Bridge: Make movies short again
Friday, 24 January 2025, 9:51amThe Oscars nominations have come out and guess what? Wicked the Musical with Ariana Grande is on the list for Best Picture....
