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First Up for Tuesday 27 September 2022

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 23 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
  • Russia: gunman kills 15, himself at his old school in Izhevsk

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    People hold anti-war banners during a protest in Belgrade on September 21, 2022, after Russia President dramatically escalated his seven-month war in Ukraine by calling up 300,000 military reservists. (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC / AFP)

    5:52 AM.To Russia now where a mass school-shooting has taken place in the city of Izhevsk - joining Nathan Rarere from Moscow is our correspondent Stuart Smith. Audio

  • Three year old toy poodle Burrito found after 11 days missing

    The 3-year-old micro-chipped poodle was playing with another dog in the off-leash section of Manurewa's Botanic Gardens when he went missing.

    5:47 AM.Holy guacamole, they've found Burrito! After 11 days lost in Auckland's Botanic Gardens, the 3-year-old toy poodle was spotted by a dog walker on a river bank ... shivering, hungry and badly… Read more Audio

  • Business leaders back Nicola Willis as future Finance Minister

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    Deputy Leader of National Party Nicola Willis

    5:42 AM.As we do every week, we get to hear from the deputy leader of the National Party Nicola Willis. We talked business confidence -- or lack thereof -- among CEOs. But Nathan Rarere started by asking what… Read more Audio

  • Autaia: blend of kapa haka, theatre for rangatahi

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    5:20 AM.Haka Theatre returns to Tamaki Makaurau's Aotea Centre - rangatahi from 8 schools across the region will be presenting original works on stage. Kura Te Ua has pioneered this unique blend of kapa haka… Read more Audio

  • Japan: review to double Japan's defence budget to 2% GDP

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    ARCHIVE PHOTO: A 41-year-old attacked former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in open Stravue. Abe's condition is critical. Prime Minister Shinzo ABE (Japan) Joint press briefing by the Japanese Prime Minister and the Federal Chancellor in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on April 30, 2014 ?_? (Photo by Annegret Hilse / SVEN SIMON / SVEN SIMON / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

    5:12 AM.To Japan now where the convenience stores are saying "no more forks!" But first our Tokyo correspondent Chris Gilbert explained why the government is looking to spend whopping great sums of money on… Read more Audio

  • UK: tax cuts sends pound intro freefall

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    5:05 AM.We begin this morning in the UK where, if you listen carefully, you can here the pound the plumeting to record lows.. Joining Nathan Rarere from the London of King Charles III is our correspondent… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 23 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
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