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First Up for Monday 20 July 2020

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 17 July 2020
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 21 July 2020
  • Northland flooding update

    weather

    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

  • Buying ethical chocolate explained

    food

    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

  • Peter Meihana's Mighty Wairau River

    te ao Maori
    The Wairau River flows from its source in the Southern Alps, to Cook Strait 170 km away. A plan is under way to create a regional park along its banks from the confluence of the Waihopai River down to its exit at Te Koko-o-Kupe/Cloudy Bay.

    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

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Red onion

    5:35 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth updates us on the good buys on the produce markets. Audio

  • Sport news with Nathan Rarere

    sport
    Hurricanes Ngani Laumape celebrates their win during the Hurricanes vs Blues Super Rugby Aotearoa match at Sky Stadium on Saturday the 18th of July 2020. Photo by Marty Melville / Photosport.co.nz

    5:34 AM.Nathan Rarere joins Alex Perrottet to discuss the past weekend's sports. Audio

  • Northland farmer hopeful they'll bounce back after flood

    farming weather
    Sam Davis, centre, says three quarters of his Northland Dairy farm was underwater

    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

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 17 July 2020
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 21 July 2020
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