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First Up for Monday 23 August 2021

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 20 August 2021
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 24 August 2021
  • Epidemiologist: govt most likely to extend lockdown

    5:53 AM.The government has made it compulsory to sign-in at busy locations and large gatherings to ensure the contact tracers can get on top of any new clusters quickly. It's the latest scheme to get on top… Read more Audio

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  • Parents keen to get teens vaxxed as cases found at schools

    5:47 AM.12-to-15-year-olds are now able to go along with their parents to get the Pfizer vaccine. While they won't be able to secure an appointment until the first of next month, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

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  • Fiji Covid-19 cases spread to islands - Kadavu affected

    Pacific

    5:42 AM.Fiji has recorded another 303 cases of covid-19 over the last 24 hours with 5 deaths over the weekend, Joining Nathan Rarere is our correspondent Lice Movono. Audio

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  • Paralympian Corbin Hart on his kayaking journey to Tokyo

    sport Olympics

    5:32 AM.The Paralympics kick off on Wednesday and amongst our team in Tokyo is one new athlete who would never have qualified for Rio. You see Corbin Hart never thought he'd make a Paralympics. And that's… Read more Audio

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  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food

    5:20 AM.It's time to have a look at the fruit and veggie markets with our resident expert, our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth who answers a listener query about the carbon footprint of growing off… Read more Audio

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  • Tasmanian Kiwi lays down hangi for dying Kiwi, feeds 55

    te ao Maori world
    Red-hot earth oven.

    5:14 AM.In this next story where we discover that not all heroes wear capes. Sean McCann is an expat Kiwi living in Tasmania who sprung into action after seeing a post on a Facebook group from another New… Read more Audio

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  • NSW continues to break Covid-19 case records

    world

    5:07 AM.We begin in Australia where states continue to record record new case numbers of Covid-19. As authorities desperately try to slow the spread of the virus, hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters clashed… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Friday, 20 August 2021
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 24 August 2021
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