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First Up for Friday 5 July 2019
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How Lord of the Rings has affected NZ actors
5:47 AM.Work is already underway in Auckland on "pre-production" of Amazon's billion dollar plus Lord of the Rings television series, but what has changed in the years since Peter Jackson's movies began… Read more Audio
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Rotorua whanau's plea for return of pounamu taonga from grave
5:43 AM.A Rotorua whanau's social media plea for information about a stolen pounamu from their son's grave site has been shared nearly four thousand times. For three years, the dark-green - circle-shaped… Read more Audio
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Biz Byte - why does the NZX keep hitting record highs
5:35 AM.Why does the NZX keep hitting record highs? Here with the answer is our business reporter, Madison Reidy. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:26 AM.This nasty weather has to be having some effect on fruit and vege availabillity and price - and there's only one man around who can tell us all about that - our Glenn Forsyth. Audio
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Westland Milk shareholders vote to sell to Chinese company Yili
5:20 AM.Just over 93 percent of farmer shareholders of Westland Milk yesterday voted to sell the entity to Chinese Company Yili. The company will be sold for around $588 million dollars after approval by the… Read more Audio