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Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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.

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5,270 episodesEN-NZ

Show overview

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 5,270 episodes. That works out to roughly 560 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 3 min and 4 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-NZ-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 725 episodes already out so far this year. Published by NZME.

Episodes
5,270
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
3 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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.

Viv Beck: Heart of the City CEO on the State of the City report for Auckland

Aug 25, 20263 min

Andrew Little: Wellington Mayor on the Government's promise to introduce a 4% council rates cap

Aug 25, 20262 min

Ryan Bridge: Parliament's backlog is becoming a problem

Aug 25, 20261 min

Ben Youdan: Action for Smokefree 2025 Director on Labour's pledge to return the smokefree generation commitment to the table

Aug 25, 20263 min

Full Show Podcast: 26 August 2026

Aug 25, 202634 min

Jane Turner: ASB Senior Economist on retail spending contracting in Q2 as petrol prices surged

Aug 25, 20262 min

Malcolm Mulholland: Patient Voice Aotearoa Chair on the data showing almost a quarter of nurse shifts were understaffed

Aug 24, 20261 min

Reuben Davidson: Labour's Spokesperson for technology and media on the under-16's social media ban

Aug 24, 20264 min

Full Show Podcast: 25 August 2026

Aug 24, 202634 min

Ryan Bridge: Labour's fallen for Nicola's election trap

Aug 24, 20261 min

Full Show Podcast: 24 August 2026

Aug 24, 202634 min

Sean Fitzpatrick: Former All Blacks Captain on the All Blacks victory over the Springboks at Ellis Park

Aug 23, 20264 min

Ryan Bridge: Let's celebrate the wins

Aug 23, 20261 min

Kevin Putt: Former Springbok previews the first clash between the All Blacks and Springboks

Aug 21, 20262 min

Claire Matthews: Massey University Head of Accountancy, Economics and Finance on Kiwibank's financial results

Aug 20, 20263 min

Peter Fraser: Dairy Industry Analyst on NZ First's proposal to amend the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act

Aug 20, 20262 min

Vincent McAviney: UK Correspondent on the latest with Harry and Meghan returning to the UK

Aug 20, 20262 min

Ryan Bridge: Kiwibank's result proves there is competition for banks

Aug 20, 20262 min

Shane O'Hare: Queenstown Airport CEO on reporting a $34 million profit for the year to June

Aug 20, 20264 min

Colin Hurst: Federated Farmers President on the Government's changes to the Freshwater Farm Plans

Aug 19, 20263 min
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