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First Up for Wednesday 28 September 2022

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 27 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 29 September 2022
  • Frozen ovaries transplanted back into cancer survivor's body

    health
    Female reproductive organs, illustration. (Photo by PIKOVIT / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / TPA / Science Photo Library via AFP)

    5:52 AM.A cancer survivor has successfully become the first New Zealand woman to have her frozen ovaries implanted back into her body. 36-year-old Alana Scott underwent the procedure on Monday in the hope of… Read more Audio

  • Costco opens in West Auckland to waiting crowd

    business
    An early morning queue in front of supermarket giant Costco's new store in Gunton Drive, Westgate, West Auckland before it opened on Wednesday 28 September 2022.

    5:47 AM.Costco, where you can buy anything from food to furniture to fuel, is opening its first branch in Auckland this morning. Now we don't want to just give the new business a free advertisement, but this… Read more Audio

  • Stop feeding birds bread, clean sugar water feeders daily

    animals
    Doves in droves. Spotted doves congregate at a garden bird feeder.

    5:34 AM.With daylight saving time comes longer days and the return of birdsong to our gardens. However Birds New Zealand is concerned that a number of native birds are dropping dead because of how well… Read more Audio

  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester

    life and society
    Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen.

    5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - if the Tutukaka Coast is on your list and money is no object - this week's property listing might be just for you.. And a convertible that couldn't be more 1967 if it tried… Read more Audio

  • Mid-East: protests continue in Iran over headscarf dress code

    world
    TEHRAN, IRAN - SEPTEMBER 21: Dozens of people stage a demonstration to protest the death of a 22-year-old woman under custody in Tehran Iran on September 21, 2022. Stringer / Anadolu Agency (Photo by STRINGER / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

    5:14 AM.Protests have continued across Iran in the wake of the death of a Kurdish woman in the custody of the country's "morality police". Joining Nathan Rarere from Doha is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

  • Federal Anti-corruption agency finally formed in Australia

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    5:05 AM.We'll begin this morning in Australia where Nathan Rarere is hoping that Pam Corkery can please explain why Pauline Hanson is in the news again. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 27 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 29 September 2022
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