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First Up for Monday 5 August 2019

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  • Snow falls on beaches in the South Island cold snap

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    The Milford Road before it was cleared, after a snow dump on 11 July 2017.

    5:54 AM.The forecast snow has finally come, with snow falls to low levels in the south of the South Island and snow in the mountainous regions of the upper south and North Islands. But snow isn't the only… Read more Audio

  • 29 dead after 2 mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over weekend

    world
    Residents Erica Rios, 36, and Alma Rios, 61, cry outside a reunification center at MacArthur Elementary School, following a deadly mass shooting, in El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019.

    5:48 AM.To the US now, where two mass shootings have taken place in less than 24 hours. The first, in the Texas border town of El Paso, saw 20 people killed and more than two dozen injured, after a gunman… Read more Audio

  • Keith Quinn: Sir Brian Lochore was true rugby legend

    sport
    Sir Brian Lochore and wife Lady Pam at the New Zealand Rugby Awards in 2016.

    5:45 AM.Former All Blacks' captain and coach Sir Brian Lochore died over the weekend aged 78. He has praised throughout the country by sporting figures and the public as one of the very greatest figures in… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    13711669 - vegetables in the garden

    5:25 AM.We ask Glenn Forsyth about cold winter weather affecting supplies of produce. Audio

  • Cancer Society says new radiation machines are just first step

    health
    David Clark, Jacinda Ardern at cancer treatment announcement in Wellington alongside Dr David Hamilton, Head of radiotherapy at Wellington Hospital and Dr Claire Hardie, Radiation Oncologist at Palmertson North Hospital

    5:14 AM.Cancer care could overwhelm the entire health system, if the wrong plans are put in place. That's from the Cancer Society, who are welcoming the announcement the government will fund 12 new radiation… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 2 August 2019
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 6 August 2019
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