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First Up for Friday 27 September 2019

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 26 September 2019
  • Next Episode: Monday, 30 September 2019
  • TRC Housing development company welcomes evicted families back

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    At least 182 tenants and their families were evicted from their state homes by Housing New Zealand between 2012 and 2016 to make way for a housing development.

    5:54 AM.The Tamaki Regeneration Company says it has relocated the family of at least one evicted Tamaki College student back in Glen Innes and others are welcome to return too. It comes after First Up first… Read more Audio

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  • Closure of Fonterra's Kapiti site an economic boost for Eltham

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    5:43 AM.South Taranaki's mayor is welcoming the economic boost 35 new jobs at Fonterra's Eltham site will provide - but feels for those affected by the closure of their Kapiti site. Yesterday, the dairy giant… Read more Audio

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  • Biz Byte - will Fonterra's new plan get back to core business?

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    5:35 AM.This morning's question - will Fonterra's new plan to get back to basics and concentrate on being a New Zealand business pay dividends? Here's business editor Gyles Beckford. Audio

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  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

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    5:27 AM.It's time to look at this weekend's fruit and vege specials with our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth. Audio

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  • Alternative travel options: Cody Moir cycles from UK to NZ

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    Cody Moir

    5:20 AM.More and more people are trying to find alternatives to flying due to the environmental cost of air travel. 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg refuses to fly and sailed from Britain to… Read more Audio

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  • US whistleblower's letter claims White House cover up

    world
    Donald Trump speaks to the media prior to departing the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC for a weekend trip to the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, 2 August 2019.

    5:08 AM.Let's begin in the US where a whistleblower complaint against the US president has accused Senior White House officials of a cover up. The whistleblower's letter was released a few hours ago and it… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 26 September 2019
  • Next Episode: Monday, 30 September 2019
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