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First Up for Monday 22 June 2020

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 19 June 2020
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 23 June 2020
  • Demand for COVID isolation facilities spilling into the regions

    health security

    5:53 AM.The Government is planning to increase their number of isolation facilities, and are looking to the regions to do it. At an announcement yesterday, the Head of Managed Isolation and Quarantine, Air… Read more Audio

  • Dawn Chorus: Birdsong during Lockdown

    environment
    tui

    5:47 AM.Did you notice you were hearing a lot more of the birds during lockdown? Michael John Gorman stepped outside his house in Munich in the early morning one April day with his 6 year old son and was… Read more Audio

  • Sport with Nathan Rarere

    sport
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    5:38 AM.The Blues have won five in a row on the road - that's a club record, but the biggest news from the weekend of sport has to be the dumping of Warriors Coach Stephen Kearney. Joining me now fresh from… Read more Audio

  • Clive of India was never a hero - William Dalrymple

    history
    William Dalrymple

    5:33 AM.Colonial era statues have been in the news over the past couple of weeks both here and around the world. But it's not just statues which are a not-so-pleasant reminder of our colonial past, the names… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Veg Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food farming
    Pumpkin still life  with nuts and spices isolated on white

    5:24 AM.Joining us now from the fruit and vegetable markets is our Minister of all things fresh, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

  • Masks in Vienna as Austria reopens

    life and society
    No caption

    5:15 AM.The last time we spoke to Catherine Walbridge Austria had just gone into lock-down and so much has happened since then. Europe is slowly opening up to the outside world again, but Austrians are being… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 19 June 2020
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 23 June 2020
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