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First Up for Tuesday 11 June 2019

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 10 June 2019
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  • Only 70 % of Auckland public water fountains drinkable, clean

    health
    Closeup shot of a man pouring a glass of fresh water from a kitchen faucet

    5:55 AM.An Auckland University student found only 70 percent of the city's water fountains were drinkable and only two thirds of them were classed as clean. Tyla Goodsell-Matthews tested 282 public fountains… Read more Video, Audio

  • Encouraging the use of public water fountains

    health
    no caption.

    5:52 AM.Do you drink water on the go? And would you drink directly from a public water fountain or fill your drink bottle from one? The Healthy Auckland Together coalition - which is made up of Auckland… Read more Video, Audio

  • Pasifika people fearful of vaccinations after infants' deaths in Samoa

    Pacific health
    A child is immunised for measles in Vanuatu following Cyclone Pam.

    5:45 AM.A South Auckland doctor says the recent death of two babies in Samoa shortly after receiving a vaccine against measles has made many Pacific people fearful of getting vaccinated against the disease… Read more Audio

  • Biz Bytes - stubbornly low inflation

    business

    5:35 AM.Today, listener Alister Tompkins asks why is there so much talk about "stubbornly low inflation" when high inflation is so destructive. Here's business reporter Kim Savage. Audio

  • Large international crowds expected at Fieldays

    rural farming
    Case IH tractors

    5:20 AM.It's expected over a hundred thousand people will descend on Mystery Creek in Hamilton this week for the largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere. Fieldays gets underway tomorrow and this… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 10 June 2019
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
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