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First Up for Tuesday 26 April 2022

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 22 April 2022
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
  • Maritime Union calls for port safety inquiry after 2 deaths

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    Containers being unloaded at Lyttelton Port

    5:53 AM.A person died at Lyttelton Port yesterday while coal was being loaded onto a ship; that is the second tragedy at one of the country's ports in less than a week. Lyttelton Port Company said the… Read more Audio

  • Willis:National says govt overspending not helping inflation

    economy politics
    Nicola Willis

    5:43 AM.The cost of living is on everyone's lips at the moment with inflation up to 6.9 per cent -- a 30-year high. The government's been under fire from its political opponents, who've accused it of spending… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

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    5:24 AM.Let's head to the fresh produce markets with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

  • LDR Sth AK: surgery backlog facing Middlemore Hospital

    health local council
    Middlemore Hospital emergency department.

    5:17 AM.It's that time of the week when we check in with the journalists from the Local Democracy Reporting Programme.. This morning Stephen Forbes from South Auckland told Nathan Rarere about the surgery… Read more Audio

  • Japan: 26 ppl onboard tourist boat goes missing off Hokkaido

    world
    Shoppers shopping for food at a supermarket in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo on March 26, 2020, amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

    5:12 AM.You may have caught the new Netflix show, Old Enough. The show from Japan sees toddlers sent out into the world by themselves to run errands - AND it's taking the world by storm. Nathan Rarere… Read more Audio

  • UK: re-election of French President Macron welcome news

    world
    French President Emmanuel Macron

    5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the city that gave usMan Un The Rovers return and Noel Gallagher - well Manchester, this is where our correspondent Ed O'Driscoll is this morning. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 22 April 2022
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
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