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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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An early morning news and current affairs conversation hosted by Nathan Rarere featuring the people behind key issues and quirky human interest stories from New Zealand and overseas.
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Nicola Willis on social investment, gang policy
5:50 am todayFinance Minister Nicola Willis talks social investment and Government's policy on gangs Audio
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Auckland city centre residents welcome overnight parking fees
5:44 am todayAuckland city centre residents group spokesman Adam Parkinson says a turnover of cars is good for local business Audio
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Post leukaemia, pro golfer Michael Hendry wins in Japan
5:34 am todayA year after a brush with cancer, golfer Michael Hendry has a win on the Japanese golf tour Audio
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Canoeist Aimee Fisher is completely focussed on Olympics
5:24 am todayCanoeist Aimee Fisher has beaten Dame Lisa Carrington in a world cup event just months out from the 2024 Olympic Games - she talked with RNZ's Felicity Reid Audio
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Japan adds fin whales to commercial whaling catch
5:16 am todayJapan adds Fin whales to its commercial catch list - Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo Audio
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UK: PM Sunak delivers speech attacking a Labour govt
5:05 am todayRishi Sunak has made a major election year speech - Henry Riley reports from London Audio
Monday, 13 May 2024
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Preserving, pickling, dried food helping with cost of living
You can store eggs for up to 12 months in lime-water?? Who knew? And what is lime water?? Leonard Powell finds out from preserve and pickle champion Ellen Schindler. Audio
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Space News: James Parr on solar storms, auroras
13 May 2024While we were seeing pretty lights and going WOW, Space James saw science things like nitrogen, oxygen and argon.. he talked with Nathan Rarere. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
13 May 2024Winter appears to have arrived at the produce markets - so it's mandarin and kumara time with Glenn Forsyth Audio
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Paralympic swimmer Cameron Leslie on his "young family" support
13 May 2024Cameron Leslie is back for his fourth Paralympics - he talked with sports reporter Felicity Reid about his three young children watching him for the first time. Audio
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Eurovision wraps up in host country Sweden amid protests
13 May 2024Representing Samoa at Eurovision is our Sweden-based correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund Audio
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US: Washington's reactions to Israel's expansion in Gaza
13 May 2024In his last appearance on First Up as Newshub's North America correspondent, Mitch McCann looks at US reaction to Israel's assault on Rafah and the Trump trial in New York Audio
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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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