1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Hey, we're here. We made it last editorial for the year. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: What a year. Ray started in January with gold rise shoplifting. 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: This year, we watched ten thousand jobs go from the 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: public sector, then the private sector followed suit. We kind 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: of forget about that. Cash stopped bouncing around the economy. 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: National blame labor for everything. Labour blamed national. We watched 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: Scott Robertson fail to be the second Coming. But when 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: the all Blacks were good, they were very good, positive 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: about the future. The Treaty Principals Act debate came saw 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: and divided the Hikoi invader Parliament. Hey but they didn't 11 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: set up camp An. Entire newsroom disappeared. Others seemed vulnerable, 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: So that will be less eyes on the game, whether 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: you like it or not. Construction crash, power surged and 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: price mills closed, and towns pondered what are we going 15 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: to do next? The snow fell late, a football team 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: landed on the ground running. We found out that state 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: care in history in this country is not caring. In fact, 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: it's a national shame. A war in Ukraine rolled on 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: a war and Gaza started. A country finally expelled its 20 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: dictator Iran bond is Israel bombed Iran. World War three 21 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: seem closer than ever. China eyed Taiwan, China eyed the Pacific, 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: the States eyed China. We were asked to choose sides 23 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: more and more. Donald Trump won America. He said, let's 24 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: keep it simple and keep America first, and tariffs are 25 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: coming back. We will never forget you twenty twenty four. 26 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: But frankly, we're all sick of the sight of you. 27 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: We were saying the other day. Here we are doing 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: early edition and breakfast shows right up to Christ's with 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: meaty issues. What happened to the old days where in 30 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,919 Speaker 1: December we all just got a bit, you know, loose 31 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: and talked about shorts or jandles for summer, or what 32 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: is the best ice cream? And where's the best beat. No, 33 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: we've we've been doing big stuff right up to the end. 34 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty four. You delivered, and at the same time 35 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: you were paining the bum. And so it's time for 36 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: all of us to go to our families, go to 37 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: our favorite places, watch another summrise, rest and recuperate, because 38 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty we've got a big job fixing all 39 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: this stuff up. For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge. 40 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: Listen live to news talks it Be from five am weekdays, 41 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio