A Government delegation has landed in the Indian capital to kick-start Free Trade Agreement talks.

The Prime Minister, along with several other ministers, visited India earlier this year to improve diplomatic ties.

India New Zealand Business Council Chair Bharat Chawla told Ryan Bridge India will hope to make movement in New Zealand easier for its people.

He says it will also be looking to make use of New Zealand's fruit and dairy industries.

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A tough winter ahead for meat processing plants as livestock numbers continue to decline.

Latest figures from Stats NZ show a 21% drop in sheep numbers over the past 10 years – a total decline of 6.2 million sheep since 2014.

The number of dairy cattle also fell 13% over the same period.

Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair Toby Williams told Ryan Bridge keeping livestock processing plants open, profitable, and running efficiently is a significant challenge.

He says big plants are struggling to get numbers of livestock through, with close to million less lambs to process this year than last.

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The Australian Prime Minister's confirmed he's had a 'warm and positive' chat with US President Donald Trump.

Anthony Albanese's Labor Party has swept back into office, securing a historic second term.

It's widely thought Trump's volatility influenced the outcome.

Australian Correspondent Donna Demaio told Ryan Bridge Albanese thanked him for reaching out in such a positive way.

She says they talked about tariffs, and will continue to engage with each other.

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Tourism organisations from across the North Island are teaming up to shine a light on its tourism offerings.

Fifteen operators including Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Rotorua NZ and Northland Inc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

It aims to generate interest from key tourism markets particularly Australia, North America and China.

Northland Inc Head of Destination Tania Burt told Ryan Bridge tourists fly into Auckland and then head straight to the South Island.

She says only 20 to 30-percent of their region's visitors are international, hence the need to work together.

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Disclaimer: Satire

On the news last night, it was nothing but scandal. Scandal. Scandal.

I don’t think I’ve seen political misconduct of this magnitude since Watergate.

The Woodward and Bernstein’s of our time were busy digging through documents, uncovering truth. Protecting democracy. From corruption. From evil.

Erica Stanford…Minister of Education and obvious crook… first in the firing line.

Her crime? Printing off work emails at home.

Disgraceful.

A two-part report from One News leading the bulletin over consecutive nights details how this menace… flagrant in her disregard for best practice…. Printed papers from her home computer after emailing them to her own private email address.

Why? I hear you ask. Why such an egregious act?

Well… it turns out, and this where the story really gets interesting… parliamentary IT hadn’t hooked up a printer in her office or home.

So instead of ignoring her immense workload, switching off her computer and going to the pub like any decent politician, she emailed them to herself, printed them off. And worked late into the night.

Outrageous.

Other documents… other emails exclusively uncovered… the existence of which made possible because the Minister flagged them with officials for inclusion in future OIA requests. Like the one we're now looking at.

So, brazen in flouting the rules she thought she’d never get caught.

Shameless.

One reporter noted Stanford was quote “safe for now”.

It’s at least on par with the Hegseth and his signal chat. Kiri Allen drunk driving then crashing a ministerial car before resisting arrest... pales into comparison.

But how much worse can this scandal get for Stanford?

We must wait for part two this evening.

Then the next minister in the firing line? Matt Doocey. Mental Health. And this story is crazy. He should be locked up like crooked Hilary.

His crime?

Worse than lying… the newsreader told us the accusation was

Wait for it... massaging the message.

It's a new charge but thought to be very, very, very serious.

Some pages detailing workforce shortages were removed from a glossy Ministerial booklet that went out to the public.

There was one small problem with this future Pulitzer Prize winner….

The problem… as cameras bared down… as his crimes were read aloud…. Was Doocey had no idea what the reporter was talking about - it was old mate Lester levy.

It was Levy's fingerprints over this one, not Doocey's.

But he’s already on the way out so what’s the fun in getting him on camera… shackling him to the pillory for a flogging?

So, it was Doocey in the dock.

The best part about this expose? It came with its very own deep throat. Yes, an insider whose secret cache of draft documents blew the sorry wide open…

That person was Ingrid Leary from the Labour Party.

Case closed. It’s a knockout. It’s a slam dunk.

Both ministers must be sacked immediately.

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On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Tuesday 6th of May 2025, A Government delegation has landed in New Delhi for the first round of talks towards a FTA between India and New Zealand, India New Zealand Business Council Chair Bharat Chawla tells Ryan Bridge how we should approach a deal.

New figures from Stats NZ show our livestock numbers are falling, Federated Farmers Meat & Wool Chair Toby Williams tells Ryan whether or not we should be worried.

A brand new alliance of fifteen tourism organisations is hoping to attract more overseas visitors to North island destinations, Northland INC Head of Destination Tania Burt shares her thoughts.

Plus Australia Correspondent Donna Demaio has the latest on The mushroom murder trial entering its sixth day.

Get the Early Edition Full Show Podcast every weekday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Eight men have been arrested in two separate counter-terrorism UK police investigations.

Five people were arrested at various locations around England on Saturday as part of a "pre-planned" investigation into a plot to "target a specific premises."

Three other men, all Iranian, were arrested in London on Saturday as part of a separate counter-terror police investigation.

UK Correspondent Gavin Grey talks to Ryan Bridge about the investigations.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been re-elected for a second term after Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton not only failed to unseat Albanese, but he also lost his seat of Dickson in Brisbane, making him the first federal opposition leader to ever do so.

Australian Correspondent Lesley Yeomans talks to Ryan Bridge about Saturday's election.

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