Articles by Ryan Bridge
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Opinion
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....
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Ryan Bridge: Our economy is still in the wilderness
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 8:53pmSo we have an inflation number, which is better than not knowing, but it doesn’t tell us much. 2.2 percent for the year to...
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Best of 2024: Ryan Bridge - Why are we paying $80 a year for a bin no one uses?
Friday, 20 December 2024, 11:30amAccording to the group who are upset about the monopoly-duopoly that's happening in our grocery sector, you could save, at...
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Best of 2024: Ryan Bridge - Thank you to David Seymour and Big Pharma
Friday, 20 December 2024, 11:27amI've got an amazing wonder drug to tell you about New Zealand, and it saved me in the last couple of weeks. People are talking...
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Ryan Bridge: Build the roads, we'll pay for them
Friday, 13 December 2024, 7:35pmIt should come as no surprise to anyone, driving on our roads is about to get more expensive. Simeon Brown's come out this...
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Ryan Bridge: We need 500 excellent cops, not average ones
Friday, 6 December 2024, 5:56amSo it looks like looks like police will miss the deadline of adding 500 extra sworn officers by 2026. What we were promised...
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Ryan Bridge: Should the government buy NZ made, even if it costs us more?
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 4:36amThat's basically the question you've got to ask yourself after the latest wool snub. This time it was Kāinga Ora saying no...
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Ryan Bridge: Will we ever have enough money to spend on health?
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 4:49amHere's a question for you this morning - How much will ever be enough to spend on health? The answer is there will never...
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Ryan Bridge: Nobody is above the law, until they are
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 4:42amWhy do Americans keep saying nobody is above the law and then repeatedly showing us some blatantly are. Biden tweeted during...
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Ryan Bridge: Labour lost the country's trust, can they get it back?
Monday, 2 December 2024, 4:48amPolitics is largely about trust. When you break it down to its most simple terms, it's about trust. If you see a bloke...
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Ryan Bridge: The Covid-19 inquiry - the verdict is in
Friday, 29 November 2024, 8:14amThis Covid phase one report – the verdict is in, and it's pretty much ‘guilty your honour’. Fine to begin with, and then...
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Ryan Bridge: When will our economy come out of its hangover?
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 6:23amThe US economy is just humming along at the moment, isn't it? 2.8% is their lucky number this morning. 2.8% annualised GDP...
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Ryan Bridge: The issue with paper bags
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 8:36amI paid 40 cents for a paper bag while shopping at my local supermarket the other week. 40 cents. Remember when they used...
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Ryan Bridge: The new Auckland police station won't magically solve all of our problems
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 8:37amDon't get me wrong, a new police station in central Auckland is good news, as were recent stats showing crime in the city...
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Ryan Bridge: A few questions about the plastic bag ban
Monday, 25 November 2024, 8:00amRemember the excitement, the pride at being first, the proclamations of cleaning up our world and making it better for tomorrow. I'm...
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Ryan Bridge: I trust police to make the call around regular arming
Friday, 22 November 2024, 9:52amAlmost 70% of cops want to be armed, and I say who the hell are we to get in their way? The new Commissioner has come in,...
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Ryan Bridge: Is the patch ban going to solve the underlaying causes of gang crime?
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 9:09amEveryone hates gangs. Unless you're in them, you hate them because they intimidate, they cause misery, they beat their wives,...
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Ryan Bridge: The hīkoi was a good example of democracy working
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 10:13amDemocracy is a delicate and fragile thing, and yesterday's protest was a good example of it working. People oppose something,...
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Ryan Bridge: The price we must pay for living in a democracy
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 7:34amCommuter chaos. It's one of the prices we must pay for living in a democracy. I know this won't be popular with Aucklanders...
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Ryan Bridge: The Kiwi trying to stop the Trump tariffs
Friday, 8 November 2024, 7:41amRosemary Banks – remember that name. She now has one of the most important jobs for New Zealand – a potentially $2 billion...
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Ryan Bridge: The Government is stuck between a rock and a hard place
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 8:12amTrying to control kid criminals – you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. This week, a document from children's...
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Ryan Bridge: Is the Mike King situation really a big deal?
Friday, 1 November 2024, 7:48amYou can't say you care about and want to hear from people with so-called 'lived experience' and then dismiss them when you...
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Ryan Bridge: The stories about violence in New Zealand are infuriating
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 7:32amI'm getting really angry reading these stories about violence in New Zealand, and I don't think that harsher sentences are...
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Ryan Bridge: Confused advice from the Ministry for Social Development
Monday, 21 October 2024, 8:42amCouple of stories in the news today, one of them and I'll just read you the first line from this story. "Ministry of Social...
