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First Up for Wednesday 2 March 2022

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  • Russians attack TV tower in heart of Ukraine

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    This handout picture released on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian Interior ministry  on March 1, 2022 show the smoke after a missile attack targeting the Ukrainian capital’s television centre in Kyiv.

    5:52 AM.Back to the conflict in Ukraine now, where Russian forces are moving swiftly toward the capital Kyiv.. Nathan Rarere spoke with our correspondent in Moscow, Giles Gibson. Audio

  • Rapid antigen tests:are there enough, how much, where from?

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    Close up of fingers holding express antigen covid test, negative result

    5:46 AM.People will soon be able to add Rapid Antigen Tests to their shopping lists now supermarkets and pharmacies have been given the green-light to sell them. With 20,000 new infections yesterday and… Read more Audio

  • Iwi want protestors at Parliament to leave

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    Police with shields prepare for an operation at Parliament.

    5:37 AM.Iwi say the protesters have lost their right to occupy their whenua and are asking them to pack up their things and leave. This week, Taranaki Whanui in Wellington - who were served a bogus trespass… Read more Audio

  • Kiwi Ukrainians manage to flee Ukraine as fighting worsens

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    A view of a school destroyed as a result of fighting not far from the centre of the Ukrainian city Kharkiv, located some 50 km from the Ukrainian-Russian border, on 28 February, 2022.

    5:33 AM.On Christmas day Nigel Peterson's wife Nadiia left New Zealand with their young son to visit her family in Ukraine - she hadn't seen them since the pandemic began and it is the first time her parents… Read more Audio

  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester

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    5:23 AM.You can spend your life in Aotearoa and not have this opportunity - this week on TradeMe, the ultimate kiwi experience is up for grabs raising money to help save The Kiwi.. But first off this morning… Read more Audio

  • Middle East:Turkey warns of passing warships through its waters

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    In this file photo Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 21, 2021 in New York.

    5:15 AM.To the Middle East now where Turkey has warned the international community against passing warships through the country's waters. Turkey has been restricting movements since the start of the Ukranian… Read more Audio

  • Sydney warned to expect flooding, Scott Morrison has Covid

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    5:09 AM.Australia now where the Government has pledged more than 70 million dollars in military aid to the Ukrainian government, and around half that amount to help with the humanitarian effort.. Joining… Read more Audio

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