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First Up for Tuesday 6 September 2022

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 5 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 7 September 2022
  • National wants targeted intervention to tackle housing issues

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    National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis.

    5:49 AM.National is calling for action over claims emergency housing tenants in Rotorua have been mistreated by a Government funded organisation set up to help them. Visions of a Helping Hand has received… Read more Audio

  • UK: new Tory leader has energy crisis as first issue

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    UK Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in central London on 5 September 2022.

    5:44 AM.We return to the United Kingdom now where Liz Truss will be the country's new Prime Minister. Joining us is our correspondent Olly Barratt. Audio

  • Pakistan floods not receding yet

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    PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 27: Displaced people wade through a flooded area in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 27, 2022. Since June, nearly 900 people have died by severe monsoon rains and floods in Pakistan, while thousands have been displaced and millions more affected. Thousands of people who live in areas under threat of flooding have been told to evacuate. Hussain Ali / Anadolu Agency (Photo by Hussain Ali / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

    5:35 AM.Aid agencies are warning Pakistan is in need of long-term assisatance as the death toll from the catastrophic floods continues to rise. The southern part of the country is worst-affected. Nathan… Read more Audio

  • LDR Rotorua: emergency housing a big issue

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    Housing in Rotorua

    5:26 AM.Time to check in with the Local Democracy Reporting programme and this morning we're in Rotorua with Voyager award-winning journalist Felix Desmarais. Audio

  • Japan: border slowly creaks open allowing tourists back

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    Tokyo residents were warned about the risk of heat stroke while wearing masks during a heatwave in June.

    5:15 AM.To Japan now where the country is preparing to open its doors a little wider to tourists than has been the case since the start of the pandemic. Our Tokyo correspondent Chris Gilbert explains. Audio

  • UK: Liz Truss is announced as new Prime Minister

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    Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak

    5:05 AM.Well as you heard in the news, the biggest story out of the UK is the new Prime Minister and for more on this and the other top stories in the UK we're joined by our correspondent, Ellie Jay Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 5 September 2022
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