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First Up for Monday 2 August 2021

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 July 2021
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 3 August 2021
  • Support at The Cloud as Dame Valerie Adams claims Bronze

    Olympics
    Dame Valerie Adams, shot put qualification round. Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Friday 30 July 2021.

    5:52 AM.New Zealand's wonderful Olympic weekend continued with success inside the track and field stadium in Tokyo when champion shotputter Dame Valerie Adams added a bronze medal to her collection. Adams… Read more Audio

  • Caleb Shepherd: only man to win medal in Women's event in Tokyo

    Olympics
    Women's eight silver medallists; Ella Greenslade (bow), Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Beth Ross, Jackie Gowler (stroke) and Caleb Shepherd (cox) Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Rowing in Tokyo, Japan on Friday 30th July 2021.

    5:46 AM.As eight New Zealand women rowers powered into Silver medal position in Tokyo, it was a man who sat at the front of the boat. Caleb Shepherd became the first man to win an Olympics medal for a women's… Read more Audio

  • Dylan Schmidt knew trampoline routine good to win Bronze

    Olympics
    Dylan Schmidt with his bronze medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Trampoline Gymnastics at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Tokyo, Japan, Saturday 31 July 2021.

    5:38 AM.Dylan Schmidt's stunning Bronze Medal on the Trampoline in Tokyo caps off a tireless journey that began as a five-year-old on the family's trampoline in Te Anau. Nathan Rarere caught up with Dylan… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    4629023 - assorted mildewing fruits and vegetables in a compost heap.

    5:25 AM.With us is our Minister of Fruit and Vege - Glenn Forsyth - after a frantic four days spreading the gospel of Fruit and Veg on the frontlines at the foodshow. Audio

  • Mass vaccination in South Auckland sees 15,500 get jab

    Alex Pimm said the mass vaccination event in Manukau South Auckland was an overwhelming success.

    5:16 AM.More than 15-and-a-half thousand people received their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the country's first mass vaccination event over the weekend. 135 staff were involved with the… Read more Audio

  • Lisa Carrington launches bid for more medals in Tokyo today

    Olympics
    Lisa Carrington crosses the line first in the K1 200m at the world champs in the Czech Republic.

    5:12 AM.She's already a two-time Olympic champion after winning Gold in London and Rio, and today in Tokyo Lisa Carrington launches her bid to win four medals at a single Olympiad. Carrington begins her quest… Read more Audio

  • Covid-19 cases on the rise in Japan, Italian wins Gold 100m

    world Olympics
    Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy reacts after winning Athletics men's 100m in Tokyo Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on 1 August 2021.

    5:07 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from Tokyo - where cases of covid-19 are once again rising, is our correspondent John Matthews. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 July 2021
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 3 August 2021
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