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First Up for Tuesday 25 August 2020

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  • Covid-19: Dr Shane Reti supports more targeted lockdowns for Auckland

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    5:52 AM.Auckland will remain in Level 3 lockdown until midnight Sunday, when the supercity will join the rest of country at Alert Level 2 However, mass gatherings will still be restricted - meaning groups of… Read more Audio

  • South Auckland Neighbours connect students online with a "digital cup of sugar"

    technology
    Luke Sumich Ormiston Junior College Principal

    5:47 AM.While the government has been scrambling since March to get disadvantaged students devices and internet access for online learning during the lockdown, one South Auckland Principal has found a way to… Read more Audio

  • Father of mosque shooting victim forgives killer

    life and society
    An armed policeman stands guard in front of the Masjid Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on March 16, 2019. (Photo by MICHAEL BRADLEY / AFP)

    5:43 AM.A father whose son died during the Christchurch mosque attacks will be one of the last to give his victim impact statement during the sentencing this week. Fourteen year old, Sayyad Milne was shot in… Read more Audio

  • Public health professor:use NZDF bases for quarantine

    5:34 AM.Masks should be compulsory attire for a night out to a restaurant or bar according to a leading public health professor. Otago University's Nick Wilson says the government's policy to make masks… Read more Audio

  • The Wonderful World of TradeMe with Ruby Topzand

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    5:24 AM.How does winning an auction for lunch with a public servant sound? No, not Jim from Gliding On - the Cancer Society reckons Dr Ashley Bloomfield is a more appropriate 2020 lunch companion. As Ruby… Read more Audio

  • Auckland City Mission:all hands on deck for second lockdown

    housing inequality
    Auckland City Mission CEO and Auckland City Missioner Chris Farrelly

    5:12 AM.It's all hands on deck at the Auckland City Mission, close to two weeks after it was announced the city would be going back to alert level 3. Demand for food parcels trebelled during the first… Read more Audio

  • UK Prime Minister determined to get children back to school

    world
    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attending a remote press conference to update the nation on the novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic inside 10 Downing Street in central London on July 31, 2020.

    5:08 AM.Indira spoke with our correspondent Henry Riley in the UK where Boris Johnson seems determined to get children back to school. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 24 August 2020
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 26 August 2020
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