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First Up for Thursday 2 September 2021

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 1 September 2021
  • Next Episode: Friday, 3 September 2021
  • Robertson:country is prepping for vaccine rollout increase

    politics
    POOL -  Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson during the Covid-19 response and vaccine update with Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield at Parliament, Wellington.  24 August, 2021  NZ Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell

    5:50 AM.Nathan Rarere asked Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson whether the country has enough money down the back of the couch for an additional wage subsidy for struggling businesses. Audio

  • AK businesses need more support to survive current lockdown

    business
    Vivace Restaurant

    5:45 AM.Some Auckland businesses believe this lockdown could be the straw that breaks the camel's back and they may have no choice but to close down. This is despite the wage subsidy, resurgence payment… Read more Audio

  • Rest homes working hard to keep lcokdown residents connected

    life and society
    No caption

    5:34 AM.Residents of rest homes and retirement villages around New Zealand are facing an even longer time isolated from loved ones than most. Staff have been putting in extra hours to keep them connected with… Read more Audio

  • Space the final frontier: James Parr on Space news

    space
    Space debris

    5:30 AM.Nathan Rarere talks with James Parr from the Open Space Agency in London about cracks in the International Space Station and buying shares in Peter Beck's RocketLab. Audio

  • LDR Malborough: shipwreck boats made into tiny homes

    life and society housing
    Marlborough Sounds

    5:21 AM.It's that time of the week where we take a look around the country and talk to one of our Local Democracy reporters. This week we're heading off to Marlborough and we're joined by Chloe Ranford. Audio

  • Bishop Sycamore - football team whose high school doesn't exist

    sport world
    Samoana Sharks (in blue) won the 2017 American Samoa High School Football Championships.

    5:13 AM.In New Zealand, the poaching of young talent by elite schools to play for their rugby teams is a controversial matter that's been going on for decades. In the United States though, hopeful players'… Read more Audio

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  • England Rose Geva Mentor in MIQ for series against Ferns

    sport
    No caption

    5:10 AM.Netballer Geva Mentor is looking forward to her England Roses side's international series against New Zealand, and she's taken the long route to get here. The Ferns are hosting England in a three-Test… Read more Audio

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  • Croatian police robbing and evicting Afghan refugees

    world
    Refugees wait inside the train that will bring them to the capital Zagreb in Osijek, near Hungarian border in Croatia

    5:06 AM.We start this morning with news from Europe and Nathan Rarere was joined from Sweden by our correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 1 September 2021
  • Next Episode: Friday, 3 September 2021
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