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First Up for Friday 4 October 2019

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  • Learn best way to make YOUR perfect cup of coffee

    life and society

    5:55 AM.Short. Long. Flat. Black. White. There's numerous ways to take your coffee - and for early risers like us, it's often a vital start to the day. For some, a cup of joe is just a way to get a caffene… Read more Audio

  • Taiaha speargun Mau is a Best design awards finalist

    te ao Maori
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    5:50 AM.The Best design awards will be awarded this evening, celebrating the top Aotearoa New Zealand designers across a number of categories, Anzac Tasker, a creative director at Designworks and lifelong… Read more Audio

  • Biz Bytes - feasibility of moving Ports of AK to Northland

    business

    5:35 AM.The second instalment of a government commissioned report has backed shifting Ports of Auckland to Northland... but how feasible is it ? Here's business editor Gyles Beckford. Audio

  • Fruit and Veges with Glenn "Raiders" Forsyth

    food
    broccoli, green lettuce and cherry tomatoes on a table

    5:25 AM.We head to the weekend fruit and vegetable market now with passionate Raiders fan Glenn Forsyth. Audio

  • Changes to electricity industry should bring cheaper power

    energy
    Up to 80 percent of faulty indoor electric heaters potentially still on the market.

    5:20 AM.Struggling families are being promised cheaper power bills under changes to the electricity industry. There are 20 proposals in the Electricity Price Review among them a plan to force companies to… Read more Audio

  • Pike River families get closer to loved men but feel empty

    Sonya and Daniel Rockhouse embrace before entering the Pike River drift.

    5:12 AM.It's been almost 10 years since families lost their loved ones at the tragic Pike River mine disaster and yesterday, as they stood closer than they've ever been before to where the victims died, they… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 3 October 2019
  • Next Episode: Monday, 7 October 2019
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