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First Up for Tuesday 10 September 2019

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 9 September 2019
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
  • Govt's suicide prevention plan 2 years late

    health te ao Maori
    Māori suicides a national disgrace - Matthew Tukaki

    5:51 AM.Today, on world suicide prevention day, the Prime Minister and Health Minister will announce a suicide prevention plan. It comes just two weeks after we found out suicide rates in New Zealand had… Read more Audio

  • Student alleges cheating, misbehaviour at polytech

    education
    cropped image of student and teacher in car at driving test

    5:43 AM.A former international student has complained that he saw cheating and unruly behaviour in a course at Whitireia Polytechnic last year. The polytechnic has denied the allegations, saying it hasn't… Read more Audio

  • Biz Byte - what is the Capital Markets Review?

    business
    Kiwi dollar coins.

    5:35 AM.What is the Capital Markets Review? Here's our business reporter, Nona Pelletier with the answer. Audio

  • Pākehā student passionate about learning te reo

    life and society te ao Maori
    Hannah Hall.

    5:27 AM.Hannah Hall, an excelling first-year student studying te reo Māori at Victoria University of Wellington, says she's reluctant to pursue a career involving te reo because she's Pākehā.   Read more Audio

  • Kiwirail using prisoners as track workers in Northland

    transport crime
    Prison jail cells bars incarceration generic

    5:24 AM.KiwiRail is planning to take on prisoners as track-workers - in the wake of the government's new investment in Northland rail. The company is advertising for about twenty paid staff as it begins the… Read more Audio

  • UK parliament begins suspension, Speaker announces resignation

    world
    Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow speaks in the House of Commons on the Government's Withdrawal Agreement Bill, rejected by MPs for a third time.

    5:08 AM.The five-week suspension of the British Parliament will begin later this morning, after MPs are expected to again reject government calls for a snap election. Opposition MPs confirmed they would not… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 9 September 2019
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
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