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First Up for Monday 21 June 2021

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 18 June 2021
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  • Flood, tornado damage repairs underway in Sth Auckland

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    5:53 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with the Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff. Audio

  • Family mourning, clean up begins after weekend tornado

    weather
    The tornado threw this trampoline on to a fence

    5:45 AM.An Auckland family is mourning the loss of their father and husband after he was killed in the devastating tornado that hit south Auckland on Saturday morning. Janesh Prasad was working at the South… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Parsnips with Crispy Parmesan & Garlic

    5:25 AM.We're almost a third of the way through winter so what's good at the produce markets this week? For the answer to that question - Nathan was joined by our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth. Read more Audio

  • People Power saves iconic Auckland pohutukawa tree

    environment local council
    New Zealand Pohutukawa

    5:16 AM.The community who rallied to protect an iconic pohutakawa says that it shouldn't have required "People Power" for Auckland Council to own up to its mistake that put the tree at risk in the first place… Read more Audio

  • What changes for rest of the world with new Iranian President

    world politics
    Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wears a face mask as he casts his ballot on June 18, 2021.

    5:07 AM.To the Middle East, where Iran has a new President-elect - hardliner Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi's election comes just as the West is working toward reinstating the 2015 Nuclear Deal which was abandoned by… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 18 June 2021
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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