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First Up for Tuesday 22 June 2021

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  • National happy with vaccines being offered to children

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    5:52 AM.Medsafe has given the all-clear for New Zealanders as young as 12 to receive the Pfizer vaccine. This happened as the Prime Minister announced that a million New Zealanders have received their first… Read more Audio

  • Papatoetoe residents counting cost of damage after tornado

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    5:47 AM.We sent Ella Stewart the other way.. down Freyberg Avenue. Audio

  • Papatoetoe's Atkinson Ave residents cleaning up after tornado

    Damage after a tornado in the South Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe on 19 June 2021.

    5:43 AM.The Prime Minister will visit the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe on Friday to get a first hand look at the aftermath of the tornado which damaged more than 1200 homes on Saturday leaving 62… Read more Audio

  • 5 uncapped players selected for All Blacks 2021

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    Hoskins Sotutu after the match.
Blues v Force, Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman. Eden Park, Auckland. New Zealand. Saturday 12 June 2021. ©

    5:31 AM.A 36-strong squad All Blacks was announced in Auckland last night, ahead of tests against Tonga and Fiji next month. The group includes five uncapped players, but doesn't feature several senior… Read more Audio

  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester

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    5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - a Game of Thrones crew jacket and a particularly clever listing for a rather average fishing boat. But first, TradeMe's Millie Silvester tells producer Jeremy Parkinson about… Read more Audio

  • Tokyo announces 10,000 spectators allowed in Olympic venues

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    Tokyo Olympics mascot Miraitowa displays an Olympic torch.

    5:15 AM.To Japan, where it's been announced that up to 10-thousand spectators will be allowed into venues for the Olympic Games, either that or up to 50 per cent of capacity. Our producer Matthew Theunissen… Read more Audio

  • UK moves from Covid emergency response to booster programme

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    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attending Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in a socially distanced, hybrid session at the House of Commons, in central London on 9 June, 2021.

    5:10 AM.To the UK now where the Government is being urged to look beyond the initial immunisation programme and to make a plan for covid-19 boosters. A group of doctors and NHS trusts say that a plan for a… Read more Audio

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