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First Up for Monday 8 July 2019

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 5 July 2019
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 9 July 2019
  • Blair Vining's cancer petition has more than 140,000 signatures

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    5:53 AM.More than 140,000 New Zealanders have signed a petition calling for a National Cancer agency in what has become the country's biggest Cancer petition to date. Last week you might remember we spoke to… Read more Audio

  • Family carers to be paid more but more still needs to be done

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    5:47 AM.The father of two disabled adults is welcoming an increase in the pay family caregivers receive - but says there are other issues the Government needs to address. Yesterday it was announced the… Read more Audio

  • Biz Bytes - keeping track of travellers with no departure card

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    A New Zealand Passenger Departure Card.

    5:35 AM.If I don't fill out a departure card when I get on a plane anymore.. how does anyone know if I'm leaving permanently or coming back? Here's our business editor Gyles Beckford. Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

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    5:25 AM.We talk to Glenn about the sale of fireworks at Chinese fruit and vege shops years ago, getting best deals at farmers markets and pushing gold kiwifruit. Audio

  • California still shaking after 2 powerful quakes over weekend

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    Firefighters battle an electrical fire in a mobile home park in Ridgecrest, California, on July 6, 2019 following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on July 5. -

    5:10 AM.To the US now where two powerful earthquakes hit California in two days - with residents bracing themselves for more aftershocks to come. On Saturday our time a 7.1 magnitude quake rocked the state… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 5 July 2019
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 9 July 2019
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