First Up for Monday 14 December 2020
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Cook Island's pleased with travel bubble with NZ but March?
5:54 AM.New Zealand and the Cook Islands have agreed to open a quarantine-free travel bubble by end of March 2021. In a joint statement over the weekend the prime ministers of the two countries, Jacinda… Read more Audio
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Too much kaimoana being taken from rock pools
5:49 AM.Residents of Omaha Beach, north of Auckland are concerned visitors to the area are gathering huge amounts of kaimoana and the rock pools at the end of the beach are being decimated. Locals say the… Read more Audio
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Paremoremo prisoners spend time with their children for Xmas
5:45 AM.Christmas cheer was alive at the country's toughest jail this weekend, with a group of inmates getting to spend a few hours crafting and reading with their children. In a room decked out with… Read more Audio
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NIWA forecasting hot, dry weather to almost Christmas
5:34 AM.We had wildfires over the weekend in the Coromandel and Christchurch and hot, dry weather could be on the cards for a little while yet. NIWA's principal scientist and forecaster Chris Brandolino is… Read more Audio
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Allocation of MIQ room vouchers unfair, delays travel
5:31 AM.Rooms in managed isolation have been sitting empty, because some returnees have been able to hold on to more room allocation vouchers than they need. Meanwhile other returnees say they feel stranded… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:21 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Vegetables Glenn Forsyth tells us how to bag a bargain in the leadup to Christmas and what's good buying fruit and vege wise. Audio
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First Covid vaccines shipped around US, electoral college votes
5:08 AM.The US has started shipping the Covid-19 vaccine around the country as the city of Boston registers record Covid-19 levels Electoral College voters gather to caste ther votes and affirm Joe Biden as… Read more Audio
