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First Up for Friday 26 November 2021

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 25 November 2021
  • Next Episode: Monday, 29 November 2021
  • Dunne: analysis on National leadership change

    politics
    Judith Collins at the Bring Back Business Presser

    5:51 AM.National's hangover could continue for some time with the party in disarray after yesterday's ousting of Judith Collins as leader. Collins was dumped after just 499 days as leader at a three hour… Read more Audio

  • Despite lockdown, online auctions, AK house prices soar

    housing Covid 19
    Generic graphic showing rising house, unit, apartment rises.

    5:43 AM.Auckland's housing market continues to soar despite the city spending more than 100 days in lockdown. Homes are being snapped up sight unseen by kiwis desperate to return home and there is huge demand… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    boysenberry / blackberry

    5:26 AM.We off to the markets now - Nathan Rarere was joined by our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week - Blackberries Audio

  • NZ TV series Creamerie to stream on US channel Hulu

    media arts
    Perlina Lau

    5:17 AM.In exciting entertainment news, a New Zealand TV series set eight years after an unexplained virus has wiped out the world's men and boys, has been picked up in the US and will stream exclusively on… Read more Audio

  • Business travellers to Japan complain about quaratine measures

    world
    A Qantas plane takes off from the Sydney International airport on May 6, 2021, as Australia's competition regulator said it would block a pricing, code-sharing and scheduling deal between Qantas and Japan Airlines because it would likely mean higher fares for passengers. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

    5:12 AM.In our weekly chat with our Asia correspondent Chris Gilbert, we discussed the complaints already coming in about the new supposedly eased-quarantine measures for business travellers. Audio

  • US:three white men found guilty of black jogger in Georgia

    world
    Travis McMichael has been convicted of murder for chasing and shooting Ahmaud Arbery.

    5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the United States - Nathan Rarere was joined from from Te Aporo NUI - THE BIG APPLE, by our good friend and correspondent Bevan Hurley. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 25 November 2021
  • Next Episode: Monday, 29 November 2021
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