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First Up for Thursday 29 September 2022

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 30 September 2022
  • NZ - NY Air NZ route, pilot says weather a big factor

    travel

    5:52 AM.Well listening to that is Air New Zealand pilot and Andrew Ridling. Andrew is also President of the Air Line Pilots Association and joins us now live from the global aviation hub of Montreal. Air New… Read more Audio

  • NZ - NY route difficulty underestimated by Air NZ - union

    travel
    Air New Zealand has committed to buying eight Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft.

    5:47 AM.Air New Zealand's fledgling New York route has hit multiple speed bumps since its launch with both passengers and bags offloaded from different flights amid warnings strong headwinds could force the… Read more Audio

  • Robertson: NZ in a better position to weather financial storm

    politics travel
    Grant Robertson

    5:33 AM.Six months ago the New Zealand dollar was worth 68.9 .9 US cents.. This morning as you've just heard, it's sitting at 57.1 So what are the implications, particularly on interest rates? Here's Deputy… Read more Audio

  • LDR Whanganui: how will councils spend Better Off support money

    local council
    Whanganui District Council chamber

    5:23 AM.Time to catch up with news from regional New Zealand and this morning we're in Whanganui with the marvellous Moana Ellis from the Local Democracy Reporting Programme. Moana's been looking at how the… Read more Audio

  • Europe: Finland wants a fence to prevent migrants entering

    world
    Traffic from Russia lines up waiting to enter Finland at the border crossing at Vaalimaa, Finland on 22 September 2022.

    5:13 AM.And joining Nathan Rarere is our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund from Sweden. Audio

  • UK: Labour Party has annual conference in Liverpool

    world
    LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, MARCH 06, 2022: Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer arrives at the BBC Broadcasting House in central London to appear on the Sunday Morning programme hosted by Sophie Raworth on March 06, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto) (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

    5:05 AM.Lots going on in the UK, the man to cover it for us is Henry Riley who Nathan Rarere caught up just before we came to air before he just about to catch the train home to London. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 30 September 2022
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