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First Up for Tuesday 26 January 2021

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 25 January 2021
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
  • Christchurch prepares for HOT weather, fires

    weather
    Smoke from a scrub fire on Christchurch's Port Hills on 15 December 2020.

    5:48 AM.Christchurch is set to get to 36 degrees today and with two fires breaking out yesterday afternoon - crews are on high alert. Two helicopters and six fire crews fought a blaze on Balmoral Hill in… Read more Audio

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  • Space the final frontier: James Parr on space news

    technology
    The space glass, James Parr

    5:36 AM.We take our monthly trip into space right now as we head to London to catch up with the founder of the Open Space Agency, former fastest kid in gumboots at school in Eastbourne, Wellington, James Parr… Read more Audio

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  • UFC Dan Hooker to continue fighting despite devastating loss

    sport
    New Zealand fighter Dan Hooker grapples with Paul Felder in their UFC lightweight bout in Auckland.

    5:32 AM.Kiwi UFC star Dan Hooker had a devastating loss over the weekend, being TKO'd by his American opponent Michael Chandler in Abu Dhabi. Adding to the drama was Hooker's throwing off his gloves at the… Read more Audio

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  • The Wonderful World of TradeMe with Logan Mudge

    life and society
    Peter and Pippa Blake after Team New Zealand crossed the finishing line on race day five in Auckland in 2000.

    5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - classic Americas Cup memorabilia, a spine with an attached pelvis and the supermarket promotion of the Summer - a Smeg knife block. TradeMe's Logan Mudge told producer Jeremy… Read more Audio

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  • Nate's Mates in the States: Daniel Corbin Garcia

    life and society world
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    5:13 AM.The images of the Washington Capital building being stormed by a mob of Donald Trump supporters felt an absolute world away from us here in New Zealand. Not to mention the 25 million cases and… Read more Audio

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  • Vaccine rollout on track in UK

    world

    5:09 AM.To the UK now, where the Covid vaccine rollout is going well but the nation continues to record death rates amongst the highest in the world. All this as the realities of Brexit are starting to bite… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Monday, 25 January 2021
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
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