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First Up for Monday 31 May 2021

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  • Best of First Up for Monday 31 May

    10:00 AM.In today's pod: there are states of emergency in Ashburton and Timaru due to Sunday's deluge and more rain is expected today Monday; two New Zealand Scotts are competing in the Indy 500; we hear about… Read more Audio

  • Queenstown welcomes Australian PM for visit

    QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 30: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny Morrison attend a Welcome Reception at Skyline Queenstown for the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders' Meeting on May 30, 2021 in Queenstown, New Zealand.

    5:52 AM.Australian Prime Minster Scott Morrison is in New Zealand for his first face to face meeting with Prime Minister Ardern in more than a year. The trans-Tasman summit in Queenstown will focus on our… Read more Audio

  • Metservice update weather for Monday in Canterbury

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    5:48 AM.And to tell us what the weather will be doing in Canterbury today, we're joined by Metservice meteorologist Lisa Murray. Audio

  • Ashburton residents on standby to evacuate

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    Debris banked up on Ashburton River Bridge

    5:43 AM.And we head back to Canterbury now where flood waters are threatening thousands of homes and have already led to dozens of evacuations. We join our reporter Ella Stewart in a very soggy Ashburton. Audio

  • Indy 500 underway under Covid-19, 2 NZ Scotts driving

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    Indy 500 pole sitter Scott Dixon 2021.

    5:31 AM.The Indy 500 is underway - and who better to talk us through the world's greatest race is the most American person we know, sports broadcaster Dan Dibley from San Francisco's 95.7 The Game sports… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

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    Carrots

    5:24 AM.It's fresh fruit and veggie time now with none other than Glenn Forsyth Audio

  • Canterbury in state of emergency as flood waters rise

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    5:17 AM.The entire region of Canterbury is in a state of emergency as flood waters continue to rise and threaten thousands of homes. This morning all eyes are on the Ashburton River, which has been… Read more Audio

  • Sonny Bill Williams pushes plight of refugees to Aus PM

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    Sonny Bill Williams speaks at the Auckland service.

    5:10 AM.Sporting great Sonny Bill Williams is trying to ensure that the plight of refugees detained on Nauru and Papua New Guinea is not kept off the agenda as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets… Read more Audio

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