Misleading vape labelling is a worry for youth vaping. 

A study in the medical journal shows more than half of vape juices have incorrectly labelled how much nicotine they contain.

Most of the mislabelled products had significantly less nicotine than advertised—some by over 50%.

Vape Free Kids Co-Founder Charyl Robinson told Ryan Bridge there's no funded support for youth quitting vaping and families are paying the price. 

She says it's hard enough on families trying to support their children, let alone with no confidence in how much nicotine is actually in the product they're using.

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On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Friday 6th of June 2025, there's pressure on the Prime Minister to separate New Zealand's foreign policy from America's Former National Party Leader Don Brash shares his open letter with Ryan.

It's the Super Rugby quarter finals this weekend, rugby commentator Tony Johnson tells Ryan who he thinks the favourites will be. 

There's been a new study in the Medical Journal which has found more than half of vape juices have been labelled with the wrong concentration of nicotine, Co-founder of Vape Free Kids Charyl Robinson shares her thoughts on how harmful this can be. 

Plus, UK/ Europe Correspondent Vincent McAviney has the latest on Friedrich Merz meeting with Trump in the Oval office. 

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Well that was as chaotic as you'd expect. 

I caught the first half of Parliament's debate on the haka-gate: Winston Peters went full attack dog, Willie Jackson fought back, Waititi brought a noose into the chamber, and Adrian Rurawhe, former Speaker and Labour MP, had the most sensible and respectable take of the debate. 

I've had the pleasure of interviewing him a few times. He's a humble, quiet and observant sort of guy.

He's quick to a smile and enjoys a good argument.  

Not that you could hear it in the House yesterday. Loads of interjecting. Lots of noise.  

Adrian gets respect because he shushed his own Labour colleagues while he was up on his feet. 

He made two decent points. 

1. The Privileges Committee is meant to be bipartisan. The fact this punishment was not, is a bad thing. Why? Because now it's open season, governments —of any persuasion— can weaponize its punishments against their political opponents. This is not a good thing. As he points out, this was the government punishing MPs, not the Parliament. Which it ought to be. 

Herein lies the problem with Parliament these days - there is no agreed standard of behaviours that's universal to all MPs. Getting physically up in somebody's grill is considered okay by some. The House is meant to be about what comes out of your mouth, not how close another MP is to it. 

2. Rurawhe scolded the Māori Party for not apologising for their bad behaviour. He spoke of his cousin Dame Tariana Turia. She never skipped a vote, worked hard for her people and spoke on every bill before the House.

The question really is whether Te Pati Māori actually wants to be in Parliament or whether it wants a separate one. If it wants the latter, which its website says it does, and doesn't turn up half the time or gets suspended for breaking rules, you've got to ask yourself why they're there in the first place. 

All in all, aside from Adrian's wise words, there's a few hours wasted the House won't get back.   

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Fighting in Trump’s cabinet after Elon Musk lashed out at Trump’s “Big, beautiful bill”.  

US Correspondent Mitchell McCann told Ryan Bridge that Elon Musk’s comments earlier in the week have gone unaddressed by the President so far.  

Musk took to X and called the President’s new bill a “disgusting abomination.” Later adding that the bill would increase the budget deficit to $2.5trillion.  

President Trump wanted the bill on his desk by the 4th of July, but the opposition from one of his closest allies could drastically slow down the process. 

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The Commerce Commission is ramping up efforts to disrupt the supermarket monopoly. 

It says supplier charges and promotional pricing are reinforcing the dominance of Foodstuffs and Woolworths. 

It's proposing a simplified grocery code, reducing the range of payments that supermarkets can charge suppliers. 

Grocery expert Ernie Newman told Ryan Bridge that supermarkets are receiving billions of dollars in discounts - which largely aren't being passed on to consumers.  

He says there's more money floating around in the sector than the Commerce Commission had previously identified. 

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Homeowners will have to pay more for home insurance to help the Natural Hazards Commission.  

Associate Finance Minister David Seymour says levies will almost certainly need to rise further, with Cabinet set to decide on the changes in the coming months.   

Insurance consultant Dean Lester told Ryan Bridge that these changes could cost homeowners two to $300 more a year.  

The government says they'll carry $2 billion worth of risk but have about $500 million in the kitty. 

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New Government reforms aim to tidy up inconsistencies in Fish and Game New Zealand. 

It will be shifted to a nationalised fee collection system to reduce double handling of fees. 

Fish and Game councils will also be required to consider the interests of other stakeholders, like farmers and the aviation sector, when it comes to decision making. 

Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meager told Ryan Bridge he wants to ensure councils function efficiently.

He says there should be a consistent approach across the country.

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On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Thursday 5th June of 2025, The Grocery Commissioner has revealed changes to crack down on the grocery sector, Grocery Policy Expert Ernie Newman shares his thoughts. 

Homeowners could be in for more insurance levies, Insurance Consultant Dean Lester tells Ryan Bridge why. 

The Government's announced an overhaul of Fish and Game, Minister for Fishing and Hunting, James Meager tells Ryan Bridge what the changes will mean. 

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The Commerce Commission reckons we need fewer items 'on sale' at the supermarket. 

That would mean less yoghurt on special at $4.99, fewer $1.99 chocolate bars at the checkout, and just less price yo-yo-ing in general.

This is counterintuitive. The job of Commerce Commission, through the Grocery Commissioner, is meant to score us cheaper prices and boost competition, right?

So, what the hell is going on here?

This morning, they announced they want to change the rules around what the supermarkets can charge suppliers.

Foodstuffs and Woolworths purchase $15 billion of goods from suppliers each year and control 82% of the retail market. 

When they do this, suppliers will discount prices by about $5 billion a year through rebates, discounts, and promotional payments. This ensures their stock is on sale. If they need to move a boat load of it, they can do on special and quickly, because we all love a bargain.

The Supermarket tsar says if you’re a new, smaller supermarket chain opening up, you can’t compete with that cause you don’t have the buying power and economies of scale.

Now this is where I think the tsar takes one of many leaps of faith. They reckon we consumers are overall worse off because of these specials and discounts. 

The tsar says: "Consumers lose out because prices jump around more. This can mean the average price is more expensive and it’s harder for consumers to assess the value of products.”

They don't offer any evidence this is actually happening, and that a change would make things cheaper.

Leap of faith #2 is that this saving will be passed on to the consumer via the supermarket.

Is there not a floor in this logic?

Does essentially banning discounts actually make prices cheaper?

If so, by how much? $5 billion? Remember the industry’s revenue is $25 billion a year. 

If all of the discounts were handed down the chain of command to us shoppers, we’re expected to believe general prices would fall a whopping 20%?

Remember when the Grocery Commission was set up under Labour, we were told the supermarkets were making excess profits of $365m a year. 

There's a bunch of other changes, too. 

Some of this stuff is just proposed. Suggestions. Voluntary. 

Some stuff needs consultation. Then further review. Others need 12 months. Others form part of a new report aiming for 2026.

By the time this is finished I will have not only lost the will to shop, but also to live.

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Ukraine's struck a critical bridge connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula. 

It's security service claims agents mined the supports of the bridge with more than one-thousand kilograms of explosives, severely damaging the foundations. 

Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey told Ryan Bridge the bridge is a hated symbol of Russian occupation for Ukraine. 

He says it's also a vital piece of infrastructure for Russia. 

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