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First Up for Wednesday 29 June 2022

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
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  • Hospitals heave as winter flu cases add to covid pressure

    health

    5:53 AM.Our hospitals are heaving under pressure as the country sniffles through our first winter flu season in two years. Covid isn't going away either with more than 8000 cases reported yesterday. All this… Read more Audio

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  • Texas truck found full of dead migrants

    crime refugees and migrants
    Border patrol agents found the body of a man who died when he tried to cross the border between Mexico and the United States in Juarez, Mexico, on July 26, 2021.

    5:48 AM.To the United States where at up to 50 migrants have been found dead inside a truck in San Antonio. It's one of the worst cases of people smuggling in the country's history. At least a dozen others-… Read more Audio

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  • Bromley residents raise stink about stench at fiery public meeting

    infrastructure local council
    Trickling filter media being removed

    5:44 AM.Emotions ran high at a fiery meeting with residents of the Christchurch suburb of Bromley yesterday around the ongoing stench from its damaged wastewater plant. It was the first of three such… Read more Audio

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  • The Final Frontier: space news with James Parr

    technology space
    Rocket Lab Capstone mission

    5:35 AM.Theres a lot of excitement about the latest mission to the moon with Aotearoa front and centre. NASA's CAPSTONE satelitte was launched last night from Mahia Peninsula, and The University of Canterbury… Read more Audio

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  • Wonderful world of TradeMe with Ruby Topzand

    life and society
    TradeMe's apartment of the week

    5:25 AM.Auckland's iconic Farmers building on Hobson Street has had a few incarnations since the department store pulled the plug many years ago - but none of them can compare to this week's featured… Read more Audio

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  • US to resume nuclear deal talks with Iran

    world politics
    Iranian missile launches from its underground silo launch facility, 3D rendering

    5:15 AM.In the Middle-East delegations from Iran and the US are meeting to discuss the ground-rules for a resumption of official talks to get the 2015 nuclear deal back on track.. Joining Nathan from Doha -… Read more Audio

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  • India overtakes China and NZ as third largest demographic in Oz

    life and society immigration
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    5:08 AM.To Australia, where census figues show that India is now the third most common place of birth for residents.. Nathan is joined from Brisbane by our correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 30 June 2022
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