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Preserving, pickling, dried food helping with cost of living
5:53 AM.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
5:46 AM.While 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
5:25 AM.Winter 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
5:25 AM.Cameron 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
5:16 AM.Representing 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
5:05 AM.In 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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'Everything about it is joy, that keeps you going' The Wiggles
5:51 AM.The Wiggles are heading our way - Nathan talks with the Red (Simon) and Yellow (Tsehay) Wiggles on the eve of their 2024 tour. Audio
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Explainer: what is structured literacy?
5:45 AM.Structured literacy is heading to a classroom near you - but what is it exactly?? RNZ Explainers editor Katie Kenny fills us in Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:24 AM.Pumpkin varieties and Jazz Junior apples are leading the fruit and veggie charge this week from the markets with Glenn Forsyth with Fruit of the Week - New Zealand persimmons Audio
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Africa: plane skids off runway in Senegal, 10 injured
5:17 AM.An airliner in Senegal has skidded off the runway - Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Ghana Audio
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Former Fiji PM Bainimarama sentenced to 1 year jail
5:12 AM.Vanuatu's national airline hits the skids - but the island nation is still the happiest on earth - Kalafi Moala reports from Tonga Audio
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US: Stormy Daniels finishes testifying in Trump trial
5:06 AM.Stormy Daniels is back on the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial - Bevan Hurley is covering the case from New York Audio
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Sepuloni: concerns about new details over school lunches
5:51 AM.Labour's Deputy Leader and Kelston MP Carmel Sepuloni joins Nathan in her regular Thursday morning chat to talk about new plans around school lunches, prison plans and importing coal for energy use… Read more Audio
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Kitchen Collection founder on reduced price school lunches
5:46 AM.Changes to the lunches in schools programme are on the way. The government's budgeted three dollars per lunch - down from about 8 dollars. Harrison Stott is the founder of the Kitchen Collective… Read more Audio
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Space News: James Parr on the dark side of the moon
5:36 AM.James Parr tells us about the dark side of the moon and a delay to the latest launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule. Audio
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Nelson residents will wait 3 years for stopbank repair
5:27 AM.RNZ's Samantha Gee tells Nathan about Nelson residents having to wait 3 years to have the stopbank around the Wairau River repaired Audio
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Russia targets Ukraine's power system, Sweden hosts Eurovision
5:18 AM.As the war in Ukraine continues, Europe competes in Eurovision - and Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund casts her eye over it all Audio
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Biden's xenophobic comments about Japan, regretable
5:12 AM.Chris Gilbert reports in from Tokyo about US President Biden calling Japan xenophobic and the town annoyed at tourists over their picture perfect photo-taking of Mt Fuji. Audio
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UK: Tory MP defects to Labour, women allowed in men's only club
5:05 AM.A Tory MP has defected to Labour, and women are now allowed in a men's only club. Ellie Jay reports from London Audio
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Billy Stairmand on competing at the Paris Olympics in Tahiti
5:53 AM.Billy Stairmand is one of two Kiwi surfers heading to the Olympics - however they won't be in France to compete, their event is in Tahiti - Billy joined Nathan Rarere for a chat Audio
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Expert says writing a will not as hard as people think
5:48 AM.Research shows half of us don't have a will - reporter Mahvash Ikram asks why. Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Tiana Barns
5:28 AM.Space-kai is on the menu on TradeMe this week - producer Jeremy Parkinson talks with Tiana Barns. Audio
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Tensions high between India and Canada
5:17 AM.The Government of India has objected to a float at a parade in Canada - to tell us more is correspondent Anas Mallick Audio
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US: Trump faces Stormy Daniels in his hush money trial
5:11 AM.It's Stormy in a number of states - not least New York Donald Trump has been on the stand in his hush money trial - our correspondent Bevan Hurley has the latest Audio
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Australia: accused mushroom killer appears in court
5:06 AM.An axe weilding man has been arrested in downtown Brisbane - Pam Corkery reports from the safety of her apartment as well as having an update on Erin Patterson. Audio