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First Up for Tuesday 10 December 2019

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 9 December 2019
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
  • First Up Daily Quiz for Tuesday 10 December

    life and society

    5:57 AM.Yesterday's answers and today's questions:

    1/. What was poured on the steps of Simon Bridges' electorate office on November 30th as a form of protest?

    2/. Which battle - in 1746 - ended the Jacobite… Read more Audio

  • Whakaari/White Island eruption latest details

    This handout image from a webcam belonging to the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences shows the volcano on New Zealand's White Island spewing steam and ash on December 9, 2019. -

    5:52 AM.As you've been hearing throughout the programme - Police say there are no signs of survivors on whakaari/white island and are working urgently to confirm the exact number of those who have died. 23… Read more Audio

  • Huntly museum needs public help to identify photos

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    5:48 AM.A community museum in the Waikato needs help putting names to faces. More than 300 photographs depiciting life in 1950's Huntly have been donated to the Waikato Coalfields museum after being… Read more Audio

  • Youth, Maori and single people most victimised of repeat crime

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    5:35 AM.Young people, Maori and single people are some of the most vulnerable people in the country because they are victims of repeat crime each year. The Justice Ministry has just released its latest report… Read more Audio

  • Boutique chocolate company Ocho: future is looking sweet

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    5:33 AM.Boutique chocolate company Ocho is ramping up business two years after a well-publicised crowd-funding campaign raised two-million dollars in less than 48 hours. Ocho was born in 2017 after Cadbury… Read more Audio

  • The Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester

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    5:23 AM.What's hot and what's not for Christmas? Most definitely not socks and undies. But a new Bullitt Mustang would be high on the hot list. Our producer Jeremy Parkinson caught up with TradeMe's Millie… Read more Audio

  • House Judiciary committee lay the case for impeaching Trump

    world
    US President Donald Trump.

    5:10 AM.To the US now, where lawyers for the Democrats and Republicans are laying out the case for - and against - impeaching President Trump at a hearing. Early on in the proceedings, House Judiciary… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 9 December 2019
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
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