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First Up for Monday 7 December 2020

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 4 December 2020
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  • Golfer Adam Taylor plays 504 holes of golf for charity

    sport life and society
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    5:52 AM.Kiwi golfer Adam Taylor has been playing four rounds of golf a day over the last week for charity. After his own battle with cancer he wanted to give back so all money raised is going to the Cancer… Read more Audio

  • No travel bubble with Cook Is affecting health of people, pets

    Pacific
    A beach in One Foot Island, Aitutaki, Cook Islands

    5:48 AM.Cook Islanders say they're seriously stretched to their limits, and need the travel bubble to open, not just for tourism but for essential health Services. New Zealand government officials visited… Read more Audio

  • Whakaari family victims:ACC grief counselling hard to access

    health

    5:43 AM.Extended family members of those who died in the Whakaari White Island Eruption say it has been a Battle to get Grief Counselling following the tragedy. The Government is promising to roll out greater… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Julie Biuso's Spring Salad

    5:24 AM.It's time for the Monday markets with our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth - Nathan has now dubbed him Pope of Salads and the latest for fruit heading into Christmas. Audio

  • Japanese spacecraft with asteroid rock found in Australia

    science world
    An artist's rendering of the separation of a capsule from the space probe Hayabusa-2, containing a sample collected from the asteroid Ryugu.

    5:08 AM.A recovery team in Australia has found the Space Capsule carrying the first large quantities of rock from an asteroid. The samples were collected by a Japanese spacecraft called Hayabusa-2, which… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 4 December 2020
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 8 December 2020
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