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First Up for Monday 20 July 2020
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Northland flooding update
5:50 AM.Northland is in clean-up mode after a one in five hundred weather event flooded houses and businesses and damaged roads. The torrential rain, which began on Friday, has affected water systems, with… Read more Audio
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Buying ethical chocolate explained
5:46 AM.Buying ethically covers everything from fashion to skin care but right now everyone's talking about chocolate. It comes after Trade Aid criticised Whittaker's for their move in April to switch from… Read more Audio
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Peter Meihana's Mighty Wairau River
5:38 AM.Peter Meihana grew up swimming in the swift currents of Marlborough's Wairau River. The lecturer in Maori history at Massey University says the large braided river is a central identity marker for… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:35 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth updates us on the good buys on the produce markets. Audio
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Sport news with Nathan Rarere
5:34 AM.Nathan Rarere joins Alex Perrottet to discuss the past weekend's sports. Audio
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Northland farmer hopeful they'll bounce back after flood
5:09 AM.A Northland farmer is hopeful they'll be able to bounce back quickly after the weekend's massive dumping of rain. Paddocks in low-lying areas were inundated with water after rivers and streams burst… Read more Audio