A peace summit is now underway in Egypt following the release of Israeli and Palestinian hostages.

The summit was attended by US President Donald Trump, who said that ‘the sun rises on a holy land that is finally at peace.’

Former Chief of Staff for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign Matt Terrill told Ryan Bridge that there is still a lot of work to do before peace can finally be declared.

‘You have a great opportunity here to forge lasting peace, but this is a peace deal. More work needs to be done.’

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A growing range of international visitor markets means New Zealand's on track to beat pre-Covid tourism numbers.

Overseas arrivals reached 92-percent of pre-pandemic numbers in August.

That's up from 87-percent in July.

Board of Air Line Representatives Executive Director Cath O'Brien told Ryan Bridge increased airline capacity from the Americas, Singapore, Hong Kong markets means we're seeing more than just Aussies.

She hopes this is meaningful for tourism businesses who have waited a long time to see this recovery.

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I've got some numbers for this morning.

QV House Price Index for September quarter.

Guess what? Going backwards. Auckland leading the fall.

Homes are worth an average of 1.1% less. Auckland's 2.5% less.

And how does that make you feel, really?

Most homeowners won't care because they're not trying to sell.

For those who are, it's depressing.

Now first home buyers are cranking - a quarter of new mortgages went to first home buyers in the first half of the year.

So we've got to ask ourselves - is this really what we want?

When the numbers are bad for owners they're good for would-be-owners.

We're forever complaining about the price of property, until we need to sell.

So if this is the new normal, we'd better get used to it.

It's interesting to look at what's selling. We had another developer - apartments - go bust in Auckland yesterday.

Have a look at the apartments, even the nice ones, they were building.

Is that really somewhere you'd want to live?

Guess what's not selling? These buildings without carparks.

This idea that somebody will want to buy a Shoebox and catch a bus is clearly not working out - they're taking the longest to sell.

Turns out people also like privacy. Who would have thought?

The bigger story here is that prices are lower and deep down, even though we say we want to fix the housing crisis, most people aren't happy about it.

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On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Tuesday 14th of October 2025, Donald Trump has arrived in Egypt for a peace summit, Matt Terrill, former Chief of staff for Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign, tells Ryan what Trump will need to do next to keep the peace deal successful.

Australia is helping push us towards out first pre-covid tourism summer, Cath O'Brien the Board of Airline Representatives Executive Director shares her thoughts.

Kids are reading better and the Government’s taking credit, Kaiapoi North School Principal Jason Miles, tells Ryan whether or not he's seen a difference in students learning.

Plus Australian Correspondent Donna Demaio has the latest on Qantas customers still fuming over data breach that led to dark web leak and record car thefts making Victoria the crime capital of Australia.

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

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Roughly 70% of Kiwis did not vote in the recent local elections.

It's shaping up to be the worst voter turnout in 36 years, with only 23% of Aucklanders voting in the local elections.

Senior fellow at the New Zealand Initiative Nick Clark told Ryan Bridge that making local elections in larger cities even more local would encourage more people to vote.

"It might be a bit of an out there solution to make councils more local rather than less local."

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Beef and Lamb's declaring methane target cuts, great news for New Zealand.

The Government's reducing targets to 14 to 24-percent below 2017 levels.

That's between 24 to 47-percent lower than previous targets.

Beef & Lamb Chair Kate Acland told Ryan Bridge the Government's right to say a number of farmers would have been put out of business without this change.

She says the new targets are in line with what the rest of the world is doing, with most countries also looking to incentivise not penalise.

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New Zealanders have voted against steep rates rises in the local elections.

Auckland's Wayne Brown and Christchurch's Phil Mauger have both been re-elected over the weekend, with a commitment to keep rates rises lower.

Wellington's Andrew Little and Hamilton's Tim Macindoe have indicated they'll rein in their cities' steep rates rises.

In Dunedin - Sophie Barker has won the mayoralty over incumbent Jules Radich.

Newstalk ZB's Callum Proctor, Claire Sherwood, Max Towle and Michael Sergel joined Ryan Bridge to recap the results so far.

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If the Coalition was looking for an endorsement of its rates cap idea, it got one over the weekend.

Of the 18 councils that hit ratepayers with double-digit hikes this year, 13 elected new mayors.

Newsroom had great coverage of the results. Tim Macindoe won in Hamilton. If the name sounds familiar — he’s a former National MP. Rates there rose 41% in three years. Go figure.

Voters aren’t stupid and should never be taken for granted.

Rates hikes are driving domestic inflation. Not only are you paying more to your council — they’re helping to keep interest rates higher.

It’s a double burn in the back pocket.

Our most important city councils — Auckland, Christchurch, and Hamilton — are now led by right-of-centre mayors.

The results speak for themselves. But the problem, of course, is the sample size.

Seventy percent of us didn’t bother voting.

Ask ten pundits why, and you’ll get ten different answers.

I think the problem is simple: the size and scope of local government is out of control.

In a small Pacific island nation at the bottom of the world, we just elected 1,500 people to sit on 78 different councils. Mayors are just one vote at the table — they’re not really that special.

Low turnout isn’t a rejection of the candidates. It’s a rejection of the system.

It’s too big. Too much compromise. Too many meetings, committees, and club sandwiches.

If the Coalition listens to the 30% who did vote and caps rates, they should also listen to the overwhelming silent majority who didn’t.

That means throwing entire councils in the bin. Halve the number of councillors. Give the mayor a veto vote so there’s accountability and a vision to vote for.

The lowest voter turnout in 36 years is a mandate for change — and change looks like a giant local government bonfire.

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