Ryan Bridge
Midweek Mediawatch - Breakfast gets cooked
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about TVNZ Breakfast getting dragged into the Trump shooting debate, some NZME criticism from NZME… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - StuffHub takes shape
Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about new hires for the upcoming Stuff-Newshub 6pm bulletin. Also - TVNZ and the journalists’ union face off over job cuts while the outgoing… Audio
Newshub shutdown confirmed, jobs cut
Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed its plans to shut down Newshub, including its website and all TV news shows by July 5. 294 staff will lose their jobs. The company says no deal is in place yet…
Midweek Mediawatch - The case of the missing mayoral footage
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a much-reported recording of Wellington’s mayor which made many headlines recently - but has not yet appeared in the real… Audio
China uses huge display of might to announce big cut in troops
China's President has announced he will cut 300,000 troops from the world's largest military machine; numbering 2.3 million. Audio
Poor Chinese data sends stocks tumbling
Global markets are again in retreat after soft Chinese manufacturing data showed the woes affecting the world's second largest economy are not confined to its stock market. Audio
China stocks continue to fall
China's stock market has continued to tumble, down a further 5.2% on yesterday. Audio
Traders unsettled by Chinese market
Chinese shares have once again been propped up by government cash in another rollercoaster day of trading the country's troubled stock markets. Audio
China's share markets continue to drop
The latest now on China's share market which has dropped again today. Audio
Chinese Premier visits victims of chemical explosion
The Chinese Premier has visited victims of the Tianjin explosions. Audio
Death toll climbs are massive explosion in China
They were so big you could see the fireballs and explosions in Tianjin in China from space. Audio
Ryan Bridge in China
China's stock market meltdown continues to bubble away amid slowing economic growth, and now, its all-important manufacturing sector is making cries for help. Audio
Black Monday on Chinese sharemarket causes commentator concern
Chinese stocks endured another miserable day yesterday with investors seemingly not reassured by government moves to calm the market. Audio
Ryan Bridge in China
The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is offering reassurance to those worried about the state of the world's second largest economy, after the country's share market crisis made headlines around the… Audio
Rollercoaster ride continues on Beijing's sharemarket
Beijing's increasingly frantic attempts to stem a stock market rout were finally rewarded yesterday when Chinese shares bounced back. Audio
Fortunes and lives lost as Chinese market rout continues
China's sharemarket rout gathered pace again yesterday after the eyewatering amounts of Government cash allocated to prop up stocks over the weekend failed to staunch the bleeding. Audio
Ryan Bridge in China
China's shares plunged again yesterday, despite emergency measures to arrest their decline. Audio
Ryan Bridge in China
There's been mixed reaction in China to news of last week's share market nose-dive, when stocks on mainland exchanges plunged by up to 13 percent. Audio
Ryan Bridge in China
Now to the China where economists at its central bank are predicting a pick-up in economic activity in the second half of the year. Audio
Ryan Bridge in China
China is grappling with its housing market, like many countries. Audio
