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    First Up for Friday 13 November 2020

    • Previous Episode: Thursday, 12 November 2020
    • Next Episode: Monday, 16 November 2020
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    • Trump appears in public, still pursuing vote rigging claims

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      US President Donald Trump walks along the West Wing Colonnade with acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney in January 13, 2020 in Washington, DC.

      5:09 AM.To the US now, where President Donald Trump made his first public appearance since his election loss to Joe Biden, visiting Arlington National Cemetery to pay his respects to America's fallen… Read more Audio

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      Trump appears in public, still pursuing vote rigging claims
    • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

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      Fresh strawberry at market in plastic boxes.

      5:23 AM.It's Friday and time to check in with our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth, who's been on the ground in Hawkes Bay this week during the awful weather and flooding. Audio

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    • New varieties of avocados set to rival common Hass

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      5:31 AM.Something for people who love the humble avocado. David and Judi Grey have been growing and testing new varieties for fifty years on their orchard near Gisborne. David's grandfather even planted… Read more Audio

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    • Covid income relief payments ends for 23.000 people

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      Covid-19 income relief payment

      5:44 AM.Almost 23-thousand people have come to the end of the covid income relief payment, without a job to go to. Figures from the Ministry of Social Development to the end of October show just over… Read more Audio

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    • China imposes new rules on Hong Kong, opposition resign

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      Pro-democracy legislators hold a press conference to resign from the Legislative Council en masse after Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu, Kwok Ka-ki, Kenneth Leung and Dennis Kwok were disqualified when China passed a new resolution in Hong Kong.

      5:46 AM.China has tightened its stranglehold on Hong Kong, with Beijing labelling anyone who supports independence "unpatriotic" and forbidding them from sitting on the legislative council. The new rule… Read more Audio

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    • Aucklanders asked to stay out of CBD due to Covid case

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      The Red Pig Restaurant in Auckland.

      5:51 AM.Workers in central Auckland are being asked to stay home today if possible - and to wear a mask - after a woman who lives and works in the CBD tested positive for Covid-19. Health workers are… Read more Audio

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