Articles by Ryan Bridge
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Opinion
Ryan Bridge: You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Friday, 13 March 2026, 6:27amWe're learning a few hard truths this week and the old saying rings true - you don't know what you've got 'til its gone. Parties...
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Ryan Bridge: Teachers deserve a pay rise
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 6:12amI can't see what the problem is with teachers getting a pay rise. If that sounds weird, it's because it's the union complaining. The...
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Ryan Bridge: Where in the world is Nikhil Ravishankar?
Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 6:05amYou've got to feel a bit for the Air New Zealand boss. If ever there was a poisoned chalice, he's drinking from it. He's...
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Ryan Bridge: On oil shock, people want more self-reliance
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 6:12amThe war in Iran is not a shocking event in the sense that we knew it was coming. Trump has been not so much hinting, but...
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Ryan Bridge: This country's fines make no sense
Monday, 9 March 2026, 6:10amThis country's fines make no sense. you can get$70 for parking a few minutes over in the wrong spot, $150 for driving in...
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Ryan Bridge: I don't mind paying the train tax
Friday, 6 March 2026, 6:17amI don't mind paying the train tax in Auckland, even though I won't be using it. Rates are going up 7.9% next year. Which...
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Ryan Bridge: The oil price danger zone for inflation
Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 6:05amIf this is still going on in two or three weeks, lots of countries, including ours, will start to feel the pinch. Brent...
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Ryan Bridge: AI can't master all the jobs
Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 6:04amThere’s been a lot of chat about AI replacing jobs lately. And I get it, there are signs it’s happening. For certain roles,...
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Ryan Bridge: The issues we care about
Monday, 2 March 2026, 6:15amWe have a new issues poll out this morning. It's from IPSOS. 1000 people. Was taken after Waitangi weekend. The numbers...
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Ryan Bridge: Businesses should be scared to take our data
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 6:04amThis Government has made fast-track a buzzword. After yet another massive hack of private information on Sunday, it needs...
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Ryan Bridge: Kindness has its limits
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 6:03amKiwis are known around the world for their kindness. We open doors, we say please and thank you, we help out our neighbour....
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Ryan Bridge: Why aren't people buying apartments?
Friday, 20 February 2026, 6:13amI was driving through a street just out of Auckland’s CBD yesterday and saw all these apartments for sale. New buildings....
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Ryan Bridge: Would you pay $9 to cross the Auckland Harbour Bridge?
Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 6:02amThe answer depends on whether you can afford it. Congestion charging is coming and that'll add to the cost if you need to...
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Ryan Bridge: Beware the insatiable beast that is the State
Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 6:03amIt's like a hungry child screaming for more food, even though you've just fed them dinner and pudding. Across the Tasman,...
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Ryan Bridge: Yes, sport is dangerous
Monday, 16 February 2026, 6:06amFull credit to Tom Slingsby at the Aussies on their victory over the weekend. It obviously didn’t hurt that the Black Foils...
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Ryan Bridge: Don't go to the movies with the lights on
Friday, 13 February 2026, 6:06amYou know how everyone complains the lights at supermarkets are too bright? People reckon they do it on purpose.... it's a...
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Ryan Bridge: Protecting children starts in the home
Thursday, 12 February 2026, 6:20amThe brutal death of that poor wee boy Malachi is a disgrace. It's heartbreaking to think an adult could be so cruel to young...
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Ryan Bridge: Cut spending, don't levy
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 6:17amLabour's getting flak, especially in Auckland, for their capital gains tax. Rightly so. But National's approach, as is...
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Ryan Bridge: The Taranaki LNG terminal is a good idea, depending on who you ask
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 6:19amThis Government's running into similar problems Jacinda's one did on energy - they're getting too much 'official' advice...
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Ryan Bridge: A debate on interest rates
Monday, 9 February 2026, 6:07amI was having a good old debate with a mate at the weekend about interest rates. We're of the age where, mortgages are a...
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Ryan Bridge: Happy Waitangi Day!
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 6:05amYou’ll probably see and hear a bit of argy-bargy up North today as the politicians get welcomed onto the Treaty Grounds. If...
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Ryan Bridge: Australia's economy is a warning of what's to come
Wednesday, 4 February 2026, 6:02amThe inflation thief might be gone but it lurks in the corner and if you’re not careful, it happily leaps out and steals your...
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Ryan Bridge: FTA'S need to be done
Monday, 2 February 2026, 6:07amThose opposing our FTA with India have got be guilty of economic treason, don't they? We're a small trading nation with lots...
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Ryan Bridge: Here we go again with privacy breaches
Friday, 30 January 2026, 6:03amThis week we've heard about another privacy breach. We don't tell strangers on the street everything about ourselves but...
