Ryan Bridge: NZ is littered with well-intentioned actions that ended in a balls-up

OPINION: New Plymouth's $3.8m cycleway features blocks dubbed 'Tim Tams' by locals.

Ryan Bridge: Political wizard Peters casts spell around Hipkins

OPINION: Hipkins hasn't ruled out Winston, hoping he might change his mind.

Ryan Bridge: The start of something new for me and the Herald

OPINION: The new streaming show starts at 7am from NZME’s Auckland newsroom.

Ryan Bridge: I hereby request a pay equity claim for NZ v Aus

OPINION: Greens' budget fails to address NZ-Australia wage gap.

Ryan Bridge: Our high airfare curse is one of economics not competition

Eighty percent of New Zealand's land is uninhabited.

Ryan Bridge: Winston Peters and the art of political survival

OPINION: New Zealand First rose to 7% in this week’s TVNZ political poll.

Ryan Bridge: Trump’s tariffs a gamble on US manufacturing revival

OPINION: Donald Trump's tariffs challenge global stability.

Ryan Bridge: Govt guilty of Labour's crime on bloated public service

OPINION: Yes, this is the same “woke” that New Zealand First voted for.

Ryan Bridge: Govt prepping for a bonfire of the vanity projects

OPINION: It’s not a filleting knife in Nicola Willis' hand but a meat cleaver.

Ryan Bridge: Luxon is on a roll, he's not about to get rolled

OPINION: Nobody’s foolish enough yet to think changing horses midstream will fix problem.

Ryan Bridge: Billions on the line if Kiwi diplomats can't work their magic on Trump

OPINION: In a cruel twist of irony, our exporters have been diversifying away from China.

Ryan Bridge: MPs are short-sighted, I'll be voting yes for a four-year Parliament term

OPINION: There’s no doubt politics and politicians are currently far too short-sighted.

Ryan Bridge: Luxon's Cabinet congestion - time to cut ministers' workloads

OPINION: Ministers can be responsible for everything and nothing all at the same time.

Ryan Bridge: Policy ‘vibe’ of kindness kills public service competence

OPINION: Unironically, Kāinga Ora this week announced a focus on building state houses.

Ryan Bridge: PM must define the economic debate or Seymour steals the show

OPINION: The public appetite is there, the time for big, bold policy debates is now.

Ryan Bridge: I got scammed, now I'm cashing in on my own misfortune

OPINION: Five of the top columns of the year from Ryan Bridge.

Ryan Bridge: And so this is Xmas – or is that an offensive word now?

OPINION: It’s time we stop feeling bad and worried we might offend somebody.

Ryan Bridge: Poll bump shows David Seymour's Treaty strategy is working

OPINION: In NZ we’ve had two years of per capita recession and we’re absolutely sick of it

Ryan Bridge: Some Covid lockdowns went too long, vaccine mandates went too far

OPINION: As social beings, we struggled to allow for differences of opinion and thought.

Ryan Bridge: Supermarkets are price gouging forgetful shoppers with cost of paper bags

OPINION: How much profit are the supermarkets making here?

Ryan Bridge: Hīkoi a masterclass in political branding from Te Pāti Māori

OPINION: Behind all the mud-slinging and nonsense, some interesting questions have arisen.

Ryan Bridge: Taming inflation, the Grinch that threatens Christmas

OPINION: We all need to adjust our expectations to match our current reality.

Ryan Bridge: I got scammed, now I'm cashing in on my own misfortune

OPINION: Technology is like legs. Excellent when working but crippling when they're not.

Ryan Bridge: Hospital beds, not berths – don't sink Govt cash into Am Cup defence

OPINION: If we’re building infrastructure, let’s go for hospital beds over yacht berths.

Ryan Bridge: Capital punishment – do Tory and her council need Govt training wheels?

OPINION: What Wellington needs to learn is a lesson the hard way.

Ryan Bridge: That sinking feeling when critics try to blame diversity

OPINION: We are so much more than who we root or what we’re packing south of the border.

Ryan Bridge: Driven to distraction – are speed limits the issue or lazy Kiwi drivers?

OPINION: Don’t we have to just let people drive and allow accidents to be the lesson?

Ryan Bridge: Taxing times — let's start with sugar to feed the Beehive monster

OPINION: Tax is like a cancer eating away at your hard work.

Ryan Bridge: Wouldn't it be easier if we banned kids?

OPINION: The reality is a parent’s job in 2024 is no different to what it’s always been.

Ryan Bridge: Can MPs ever agree on infrastructure - or do we need a dictatorship to get things done?

OPINION: There’s one simple way to fix all our problems overnight: Let’s ditch democracy.