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First Up for Monday 27 July 2020
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Rotorua Stockcar Club will no longer fly Confederate Flag
5:52 AM.The Rotorua Stockcar club will no longer fly the Confederate Flag, after more than 1000 people signed a petition calling on them to stop using it. At the club's AGM yesterday members decided to design… Read more Audio
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Tidy Kiwi Des Watson collecting waste, saving marine life
5:47 AM.One tidy Kiwi is making his way round New Zealand, picking up plastic pollution and saving marine life one polystyrene sheet at a time. Des Watson started his trip at the beginning of 2019… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:23 AM.To the Monday fresh produce markets, Indira talks to our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth about kale, fresh turmeric and winter fruits. Audio
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British man's raising of green caterpillars goes viral
5:09 AM.If you found a little green caterpillar on your broccoli, what would you do? Well, when one British man ended up bringing seven little caterpillars home from the supermarket, he decided to raise them… Read more Audio
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First person convicted of human trafficking, slavery sentencing
5:06 AM.The first person convicted of human trafficking and slavery in New Zealand will be sentenced in Napier today. Over nearly two decades, Joseph Matamata brought thirteen Samoans to Hastings to work in… Read more Audio