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First Up for Friday 3 June 2022

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 2 June 2022
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  • US equity firm Silver Lake sign $200m for percentage of NZR

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    5:53 AM.New Zealand Rugby yesterday signed a 200 million dollar deal with US private equity firm Silver Lake, giving it control of its revenue-generating assets. At a special general meeting yesterday the 26… Read more Audio

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  • Jack Jordan wins World Timbersports trophy in Vienna

    sport
    Jack Jordan

    5:48 AM.A 26 year old sheep and beef farmer from Taumarunui won the STIHL World Timbersports trophy in Vienna over the weekend, defeating world champion Jason Lentz in the final in front of a crowd of 3500… Read more Audio

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  • Taste of Pasifika: Auckland's beloved food and culture festival returns this June

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    Faces of Pasifika

    5:42 AM.The Pasifika Festival has been a looked forward to event that had to deal with cancellations these past few years. Organisers are putting on Taste of Pasifika, which will cram the best bits of the… Read more Video, Audio

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  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

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    5:24 AM.It's a loooooong weekend - and if you're eating fruit.. pineapple will be high on the list. Nathan Rarere was joined from the markets by our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

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  • Africa: US redeploys trrops to Somalia

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    Somali army members were killed in the attack.

    5:14 AM.To Africa we go - where Russia is on the hunt for friends and toe-selling is trending in Zimbabwe. Nathan Rarere asked our correspondent Nabil Ahmed, who's in Ghana about the US deploying troops to… Read more Audio

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  • US: another day, another mass shooting this time in Tulsa

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    People in Uvalde visit memorials for victims of the May 24th mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, where 19 children and two teachers were killed.

    5:09 AM.To the USA - where Nathan Rarere is joined from New York by our correspondent Anna Burns-Francis. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 2 June 2022
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 7 June 2022
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