First Up for Tuesday 17 May 2022
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Low income families get chance to get new EVs
5:53 AM.As you heard earlier, low-income families who scrap their old car will get funding to buy a low-emitting vehicle in a $569 million scheme announced yesterday. It's one of the measures forming the… Read more Audio
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US mass shootings: 10 dead, 20 shot at various locations
5:49 AM.It is the 17th of May and there have already been 200 mass shootings in the United States. Just yesterday 7 people were shot in North Carolina, 5 at a Flea Market in Houston, 5 in a Taiwanese… Read more Audio
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National broadly supports Govt emissions reduction plan
5:36 AM.We're in the midst of a cost of living crisis with household budgets stretched to breaking point. Businesses are struggling to find staff and interest rates are rising.. those are the words of… Read more Audio
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LDR Taranaki: kaimoana rahui extended to 70 km of coast
5:22 AM.It's that time of the week we look around the Motu and chat with our Local democracy reporters, and this morning we're talking to Craig Ashworth from Te Korimako o Taranaki. Audio
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Japan marks 50 years of return of Okinawa by US
5:11 AM.Japan is marking the 50th anniversary of the return of Okinawa by the US - but it's not like they left, more than 25-thousand American military personnel are still based on Okinawa Island itself -… Read more Audio
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UK: govt minister "get a better job" in cost of living crisis
5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the UK, where a cabinet minister has suggested people simply "get better jobs" to deal with the cost of living crisis. Joining Nathan Rarere from London is our correspondent… Read more Audio
