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First Up for Monday 3 October 2022

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 4 October 2022
  • Maori and Moriori remains return home

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    Iwi delegation arrive on to Rongomaraeroa, carrying the tūpuna and karāpuna through the waharoa and Ranginui doors at Te Papa’s repatriation pōwhiri.

    5:51 AM.After more than a century, the remains of an estimated 64 Maori and Moriori -- many of them stolen by a notorious Austrian grave robber -- have been welcomed home by their descendants in Aotearoa… Read more Audio

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  • Local voting turnout remains low

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    Postal voting in local body elections.

    5:45 AM.Tomorrow is the last day to post your vote if you want to ensure it's counted in this year's local body elections. Saturday is D-day and it's come down to a two horse race in the country's biggest… Read more Audio

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  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

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    5:24 AM.Time to check out the fresh produce at the Monday morning markets with the Minister of Fruit and Veges - Glenn Forsyth. Not the greatest start to spring - koanga - over the weekend Glenn - you had to… Read more Audio

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  • Europe: Ukrainian forces retake strategic city of Lyman

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    Tatyana, 69, walks in front of her destroyed house in the village of Lukashivka, Chernihiv region, on September 7, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP)

    5:13 AM.And it's Monday morning so time to cross to our Europe correspondent Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

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  • US: thousands still without power following Hurricane Ian

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    A man takes photos of boats damaged by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on September 29, 2022. - Hurricane Ian left much of coastal southwest Florida in darkness early on Thursday, bringing "catastrophic" flooding that left officials readying a huge emergency response to a storm of rare intensity. The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the "extremely dangerous" hurricane made landfall just after 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) on the barrier island of Cayo Costa, west of the city of Fort Myers. (Photo by Giorgio VIERA / AFP)

    5:06 AM.We begin this Monday morning in the United States where it's hurricanes all round.. joining Nick Truebridge from New York is Katherine Firkin with the latest. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 September 2022
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 4 October 2022
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