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First Up for Thursday 26 September 2019

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
  • Next Episode: Friday, 27 September 2019
  • Johnson tells UK parliament Supreme Court ruling wrong

    politics world
    A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he gives a statement in the House of Commons in central London on September 25, 2019.

    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

  • Hundreds evicted from Tamaki state housing for redevelopment

    housing
    Tamaki College students said their parents had been forced to pay more for private rentals in South Auckland.

    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

  • Biz Byte - how has ACC made $8.7b deficit?

    business
    ACC Building

    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

  • Climate catastrophe looming if failure to reduce emissions

    climate
    waves, beach, ocean, sea, generic

    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

  • Trump releases transcripts that prove he violated law

    world
    US President Donald during a meeting at the UN in New York, September 25, 2019.

    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

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
  • Next Episode: Friday, 27 September 2019
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