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First Up for Tuesday 17 September 2019

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 16 September 2019
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
  • Report: 2017 fuel pipeline rupture could have been worse

    transport energy
    Pipeline repairs, at left, and an image released by Refining NZ on the pipeline damage.

    5:50 AM.Turning now to a report released this morning about the rupture of Auckland's fuel pipeline in September 2017 which caused widespread fuel shortages and forced the cancellation of flights out of… Read more Audio

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  • Replica of Endeavour banned for docking in Mangonui

    history te ao Maori
    Captain James Cook painted at the age of 50 by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1776)

    5:46 AM.The far North iwi Ngati Kahu has banned a replica of Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour from docking in Mangonui as part of a national commemoration marking 250 years since Cook's arrival in Aotearoa… Read more Audio

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  • Calls to save Big Fresh animatronic food characters

    life and society
    Get it to Te Papa

    5:38 AM.A set of giant animatronic food items which simultaneously thrilled and terrified a generation of New Zealanders is up for grabs on TradeMe The 11 characters from the defunct Big Fresh supermarket… Read more Audio

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  • Biz Byte - how does fuel get to our pumps?

    business
    Fuel pump.

    5:35 AM.A report out this morning calls for urgent investment in New Zealand's fuel supply chain... but how exactly does fuel get through to the pump? Business reporter Kim Savage with the answer. Audio

    biz-byte-how-does-fuel-get-to-our-pumps
  • Nationwide consistent quality care needed for dementia patients

    health
    Young doctor giving helping hands for elderly woman

    5:25 AM.The head of Alzheimers New Zealand says her wish for World Alzheimers Awareness month is for the health system to be consistent for people living with dementia across the country. Catherine Hall says… Read more Audio

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  • UK PM Boris Johnson a no show after Brussel Brexit meeting

    politics world
    Boris Johnson, pictured on a visit to year six pupils at Pimlico Primary in London on Sept 10.

    5:09 AM.The Prime Minister of Luxembourg says the Brexit process has turned into a nightmare, after holding talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Xavier Bettel conducted - what was meant to be a joint… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Monday, 16 September 2019
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
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