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First Up for Wednesday 21 August 2019
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AA recommends premium price be advertised on petrol boards
7:15 AM.Fuel retailers are being pushed to advertise premium fuel on the big advertising boards to broaden price competition. The Commerce Commission has found the retail fuel sector is not as competitive as… Read more Audio
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Regulating Fuel Prices would be 'a step too far' - Gull GM
5:54 AM.Gull's General Manager Dave Bodger said Regulating Fuel Prices would be 'a step too far'. Audio
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New Zealand on brink of losing its measle-free status
5:46 AM.A vaccine expert says the government needs to act now to stop New Zealand losing its measles-free status. According to the World Health Organisation New Zealand eliminated measles in 2017. That status… Read more Audio
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A 500 year-old tradition gets a new lease of life in Nelson
5:40 AM.The old printing presses from the former Nelson Evening Mail, and others even older, have whirred back into life. The Armarie Room, which operates from Nelson's heritage park, Founders, is using the… Read more Audio
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Business Byte:Fuel Prices-Commission may have to look elsewhere
5:36 AM.Let's go to business now where every morning we answer one of your questions. The Commerce Commission's investigation into the fuel sector has found it isn't as competitive as it could be ... so does… Read more Audio
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Council launches fund to help with controlling stray cats
5:14 AM.The days of stray cats roaming free and causing havoc in Hamilton are numbered with the launch of a 100-thousand dollar fund to desex and rehome them. Organisations that can show proof of a cat… Read more Audio
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Ngawha prisoners treated "like animals that belong in a zoo"
5:10 AM.A justice reformer is horrified to find prisoners at Northland's Ngawha prison are being treated like zoo animals. The Chief Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, says in a surprise inspection of the prison in… Read more Audio