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First Up for Thursday 4 March 2021

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 3 March 2021
  • Next Episode: Friday, 5 March 2021
  • Grant Robertson disappointed not everyone following Level 3 rules

    politics
    Speaking at Parliament on purchase of Ihumātao

    5:50 AM.With New Zealand's borders closed, the timing was always going to be challenging for New Zealand to host the Women's Rugby World Cup later this year. A dozen teams, with up to 50 staff and players… Read more Audio

  • Non-English speakers need more support for Covid-19 advice - Shane Reti

    politics
    Motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive COVID-19 coronavirus case was reported in the community as the city enters a level 3 lockdown in Auckland on February 15, 2021.

    5:45 AM.The deputy leader of the National Party Shane Reti says that people whose first language is English would struggle to understand the Government's Covid-19 advice, let alone someone for whom it's their… Read more Audio

  • Who should get the vaccine next?

    life and society

    5:36 AM.Who should get the vaccine next? That's the question on a lot of peoples minds as Auckland is locked down once again. More and more people are putting their hands up in hopes they'll be next. Reporter… Read more Audio

  • NZ cricket teams both beaten in T20 games

    sport
    Devon Conway

    5:32 AM.It was a double loss day for NZ cricket yesterday as both our Men's and Women's teams lost in a T20 double header in Wellington. Sophie Devine's White Ferns lost by 7 wickets to England, while Aaron… Read more Audio

  • Experts worried post Covid investments return to fossil fuels

    environment
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    5:23 AM.New research shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has cut fossil fuel emissions by 2.6 billion tonnes in 2020, it's the biggest drop scientists have seen since humans started burning fossil fuels. It's… Read more Audio

  • LDR Gisborne: region's banks shutting branches

    life and society
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    5:15 AM.Every week we catch up with the brilliant reporters from the Local Democracy Programme, which is dedicated to covering parts of New Zealand that sometimes get overlooked by the big news outlets.

    We… Read more Audio

  • Auckland lockdowns affecting community education classes

    education
    Eight principals sit at 2 round children's tables in a class room.

    5:12 AM.Over the year Selwyn Community education in Auckland runs over 600 classes, with about 900 people a week taking classes in pottery, woodworking, and Japanese among other courses on their packed… Read more Audio

  • US relationship with Saudi Arabia strained under Biden

    world
    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

    5:07 AM.Kamahl Santamaria is our correspondent in Doha and he tells Nathan Rarere about watching the first tentative steps between the new US administration and Saudi Arabia. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 3 March 2021
  • Next Episode: Friday, 5 March 2021
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