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    First Up for Wednesday 11 November 2020

    • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 10 November 2020
    • Next Episode: Thursday, 12 November 2020
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    • Napier floodwaters taking time to recede

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      Napier flood - row kayak

      5:07 AM.Emergency services, Council staff and Locals will continue the clean up operation in Napier today. Hundreds of properties are still without power, and the city's wastewater system remains overloaded… Read more Audio

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    • Donald Trump refusing to concede as Justice Dept investigates

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      US Defence Secretary Mark Esper, with US President Donald Trump,on May 15, 2020.

      5:09 AM.To the United States now, where President Trump is no closer to conceding the US Election. And it appears that his heels are more than just a little dug in. Nathan Rarere spoke with our correspondent… Read more Audio

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    • NZ Made: BL Jewellery's Brett Liddle

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      Brett Liddle: https://www.bljewellery.nz/

      5:22 AM.Each week we take a look at a small New Zealand business and this morning we'll hear from one of the few jewellers still carrying out the highly-skilled craft by hand. Brett Liddle has been making and… Read more Audio

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    • First Up's Fish Report with Brett Sellers

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      5:30 AM.It's time for our fortnightly look at Kai Moana .. what we can find in the seas and our stores around New Zealand. Nathan Rarere spoke with our fish expert - Foodstuff's Seafood operations manager… Read more Audio

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    • Huge iceberg heading towards South Georgia Is in sub-Antarctic

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      An Iceberg in the Penola Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

      5:35 AM.An iceberg nearly five times the size of Auckland is on a collision course with the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The huge iceberg carved off the Antarctic Peninsula a couple of years ago and… Read more Audio

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    • NZ vaccinologist:new Covid-19 vaccine leads to normal life

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      A health care worker holds an injection syringe of the phase 3 vaccine trial, developed against the novel coronavirus pandemic by the US Pfizer and German BioNTech company, at the Ankara University Ibni Sina Hospital in Ankara, Turkey on October 27, 2020.

      5:42 AM.After yesterday's fantastic news that drug company Pfizer has developed a 90 per cent effective Covid-19 vaccine, the race to get final approval and have it distributed around the world is on. Pfizer… Read more Audio

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    • Bird of the Year coping with its own vote rigging scandal

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      5:47 AM.It's been a big year in politics but it's not over yet, the hotly contested and brutal election of New Zealands' bird of the year is back. Voting began at the start of this month and closes on at 5 on… Read more Audio

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    • Bird of the Year debate: oystercatcher vs kakariki karaka

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      5:52 AM.With election day looming, the campaign for some of the birds are well and truly heating up, with some turning to Donald Trump for inspiration. Under the banner "the Orange Face You Can Trust", the… Read more Audio

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      Bird of the Year debate: oystercatcher vs kakariki karaka
    • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 10 November 2020
    • Next Episode: Thursday, 12 November 2020

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