First Up for Tuesday 27 August 2019
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Women call for transparency and an end to pay secrecy
5:53 AM.Women around the country are calling on the government to end pay secrecy and establish an independent pay transparency agency. They're sharing their stories of pay discrimination as part of a… Read more Audio
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What3Words uses words instead of addresses to mark locations
5:45 AM.Lifted-pints-pumps. Those three incredibly random words mark the location to the front door of our office here in Auckland. A British startup called What3Words has divided the world into 57 trillion… Read more Audio
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Biz Byte - interest rates are low, good time to spend?
5:35 AM.Interest rates are low. Is this a good time to spend? Here's our business reporter, Nona Pelletier, with the answer. Audio
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A national strategy won't reduce Maori suicide rates
5:26 AM.A national strategy isn't the solution to reducing the number of Maori taking their own lives. That's the opinion of Tuta Ngarimu, who's the manager of the Nati for Life trust suicide support group in… Read more Audio
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Women's drug treatment programme at Arohata a huge success
5:20 AM.A group of female prisoners say they've turned their lives around after overcoming their addictions through a drug treatment programme at Arohata Prison. The programme at the female-only prison in… Read more Video, Audio
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Kayaker Lisa Carrington looking forward to Tokyo Olympics
5:18 AM.Kayak world champ Lisa Carrington is looking forward to next year's Tokyo Olympics after a double gold medal weekend in Hungary. She took out the k1-200, marking her seventh year undefeated in that… Read more Audio
