First Up for Wednesday 9 February 2022
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AK hospitality pivoting business to keep afloat
5:53 AM.It would be an understatement to say that these past few months have been tough for the hospitality industry. The latest Covid restrictions mean many are reporting greater than 50 per cent reductions… Read more Audio
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Energy efficient tips for keeping cool during humid weather
5:45 AM.If you're finding yourself clammy, sweaty and breathing heavily into your face mask when you're out and about at the moment, you're not alone. Northern parts of New Zealand have already had more than… Read more Audio
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Costco experience opens in NZ mid-August
5:35 AM.The country's first COSTCO is getting closer to opening, with the massive building nearing completion at Westgate in Auckland. The company intends opening at the site before the middle of the year… Read more Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Sarah O'Leary
5:26 AM.This week on TradeMe - there isn't a kidney shaped Kumara, or some Brain shaped Bread - BUT there is a perfect, heart-shaped potato There's also an original Dick Frizzell painting to gaze upon But… Read more Audio
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International students waiting another year to study in Japan
5:17 AM.To Japan now where Omicron is spreading rapidly through the population. The government's being accused of resting on its laurels after all but eradicating the Delta variant of Covid-19, and being too… Read more Audio
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Middle East reaction to US killing of ISIS leader in Syria
5:12 AM.We're off the Middle-East now - Nathan Rarere is joined from Doha by our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio
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OZ PM apologises for Parliamentary bullying, harassment
5:05 AM.As we do every Wednesday, we cross the Tasman to talk with our correspondent in Brisbane, Pam Corkery. Audio
