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First Up for Thursday 26 September 2019
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Johnson tells UK parliament Supreme Court ruling wrong
5:54 AM.Let's go to the UK where prime minister Boris Johnson has said he thinks the supreme court's historic ruling yesterday was wrong. He's just finished his speech in the House of Commons. MPs have now… Read more Audio
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Hundreds evicted from Tamaki state housing for redevelopment
5:45 AM.Figures released to First Up under the Official Information Act have revealed 182 state house tenants and their families were evicted from their homes in Tamaki to make way for a new housing… Read more Audio
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Biz Byte - how has ACC made $8.7b deficit?
5:38 AM.One listener asks - how has the Accident Compensation Corporation made an 8-point-7-billion-dollar deficit? Our reporter Nona Pelletier has this report. Audio
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Climate catastrophe looming if failure to reduce emissions
5:24 AM.Millions of people displaced. A cost of trillions to the global economy. Irreversible damage to the Antarctic ice sheets. Once-in-a century coastal floods happening once a year. The findings of a new… Read more Audio
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Trump releases transcripts that prove he violated law
5:08 AM.Let's begin in the US where the White House has released details of a phone call between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart that has triggered an impeachment inquiry. Mr Trump had promised… Read more Audio