The US says its military ships and other cargo vessels have been sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Yesterday, President Donald Trump vowed to escort ships through the crucial waterway - calling it a "humanitarian gesture".

However, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps says any claims ships are sailing through the Strait are "baseless".

US Correspondent Toni Waterman shares the latest with Ryan Bridge.

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What are your chances of getting divorced?

The new Stats NZ numbers were interesting for a couple of reasons.

1. Fewer people are getting hitched. 2025: 7.6 marriages per 1000 people.

That's half of the rate in 2000 (15.5 per 1000). 1971: peak marriage, it was 45 per 1000 people.

So basically, fewer of us are bothering to get married.

I've got friends who are single and don't mind being single.

That was far less acceptable in 1971.

2. We're getting married later in life. We used to put a ring on it around the age of 20, now we wait until we're into our thirties.

This is part of a bigger trend.

People still live at home with their parents when their 25.

It's common.

They go to university, don't get proper jobs until they're sometimes in their late 20's or even early thirties.

We're living longer at the other end of life, and it feels like we're stretching out childhood a bit at the beginning, too.

Get a dog, live at home, complain about house prices and then marry later.

3. Divorce is the most interesting part.

If you're in a marriage, and you're wondering whether you might get a divorce then I reckon you probably will.

Otherwise, why would you be thinking about or worrying about it?

The numbers tell us how long you're married before you call it quits.

5% within five years.

15% within 10 years.

1/3 within 25 years.

But here's the good news.

The news you should hope for.

60% of couples remain married for the rest of their lives.

Happily, ever after, just like in the movies.

As the old saying goes, the best way to stay married is to not get divorced.

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On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Tuesday 5th of May 2026, according to the US Trump's 'project freedom' seems to be doing the job, US Correspondent Toni Waterman has the latest.

Marriage rates are now officially lower than divorce rates, Family Lawyer Jeremy Sutton, tells Ryan why less couples are getting married.

Treasury's sounding the alarm on the Cook Strait Ferry replacement programme, Maritime Union Secretary Carl Findlay shares his thoughts.

Plus, Australia Correspondent Donna Demaio has the latest on the first day of witnesses at the antisemitism royal commission in Sydney and the Wikileaks founder who's visiting Australia, says teen social media ban is an embarrassment.

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ACT leader and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour will campaign on new immigration policies.

His proposed changes include stronger English language requirements, a daily levy, and a specialised enforcement unit targeting people who overstay their visas.

Immigration lawyer Marcus Beveridge called Seymour's policies 'superfluous'.

He told Ryan Bridge, "it's not really worth getting out of bed for this, because most of it's already here, it's super superfluous, it's posturing."

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The fuel crisis is scuppering optimism in the retail sector.

The latest quarterly Retail Radar Report shows rising confidence at the end of last year has turned into anxiety about the future.

Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn Young told Ryan Bridge 66 percent of retailers don't expect to make their sales targets in the next quarter.

She says 29 percent aren't certain they can survive the next year.

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On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Monday 4th of May 2026, Marcus Beveridge a Immigration Lawyer at Queen City Law shares his thoughts on David Seymour's new 6 point immigration plan.

Business Correspondent Vicky Pryce has the latest on interest rate decisions last week in UK and ECB and US, the latest economic dictators and forecasts revised down due to oil prices and what governments are talking about doing, including on easing jet fuel problems for airlines.

Retailers want Kiwis working from the office, not home, after the latest Retail NZ survey, Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn Young shares her thoughts.

Plus UK/Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest on a man and woman dead and three others were injured in a "suspicious" explosion at a house in Bristol, and the US threatening to withdraw more troops from Europe after announcing plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany.

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I have good news and bad news for you this morning.

The good news, I was out shopping on the weekend, which means I didn't actually buy anything but drove halfway across town looking for a bed-head, couldn't find one that fit, and went home empty-handed.

But the good news is the shops I visited were full of people spending money. Hardware store. Full. Furniture store, less full but still busy. The Devil Wears Prada on Saturday night was 100% booked out for sessions running almost on the hour.

I've never rated Anne Hathaway's acting chops, but literally thousands of middle-aged women, glass of Savvy Bin hand, clearly did.

A survey out today says retailers are worried about the fuel shock, but I didn't see much reason to be freaking out o the weekend.

Now the bad news, all the stuff we buy in this country comes by sea.

All the trinkets and furniture and non-perishables come over the ocean, because we're a, yah know, an island.

More than 80% of our trade is done on a ship, by value and weight.

Half of that trade - imports and exports - is done by the shipping giant Maersk.

In a little-reported note to customers Friday, Maersk is slapping an almost 30% fuel surcharge on to inland transport.

The fuel bill for imports is increasing 27%. The Aussies' is going up 18%.

This cost gets added to all the stuff we buy. So anything in country right now will be cheaper than anything that's about to be sent here.

They started the new charging rate on Friday.

Which does make my weekend in busy shops and gay old time at the pictures on Saturday night feel somewhat like, to use another movie analogy, a dinner party aboard the Titanic as it listed into the Atlantic ocean.

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LIV Golf’s financial backer is pulling its funding after the current season.

Plays and staff will reportedly find out the decision today to axe the funding by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

It’s reportedly cost PIF over US$5 billion to operate the series so far.

NZ Open Tournament Director Michael Glading told Ryan Bridge that the model was flawed from the get-go – you can’t just create teams out of nowhere.

He says if something sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true.

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