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First Up for Friday 30 August 2019

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 29 August 2019
  • Next Episode: Monday, 2 September 2019
  • Early childcare centres want inclusion in free lunch prog ramme

    health education
    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Kaitao Intermediate School in Rotorua.

    5:54 AM.There are calls for the government to consider including early childcare centres in its roll out of free school lunches. The Prime Minister's announced students from 30 primary and intermediate… Read more Audio

  • Biz Byte - why are businesses so down in the dumps?

    business
    ANZ's business confidence survey for June 2019.

    5:35 AM.Why are businesses so down in the dumps? Here with the answer is our business reporter, Madison Reidy. Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Pile of bananas on a market

    5:26 AM.Now to the fruit and vege markets - our produce guru Glenn Forsyth is back from Australia and joins is now. Aussie fruit and veges are a lot cheaper than here... Audio

  • Tall Blacks aim for more history at FIBA Basketball World Cup

    sport

    5:20 AM.The former New Zealand men's basketballer John Macdonald believes the Tall Blacks can make history at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. The tournament begins on Sunday with New Zealand… Read more Audio

  • Legal challenges trying to block UK parliament's suspension

    politics world
    Anti-Brexit demonstrators march from Britain's Houses of Parliament to Downing Street in protest at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement that Parliament will be suspended for more than a month.

    5:08 AM.To the UK now, where two separate legal challenges have been launched in an attempt to block Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of the British Parliament. Yesterday, the Queen approved the… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 29 August 2019
  • Next Episode: Monday, 2 September 2019
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