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First Up for Thursday 13 October 2022

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 12 October 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 14 October 2022
  • Robertson:meeting with head of US Federal Reserve in NYC

    politics world
    Grant Robertson

    5:51 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere is the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson who has just arrived in New York. Audio

  • Gore's Ben Bell waiting to find out if he's youngest Mayor

    local council
    Ben Bell, Gore

    5:46 AM.Local election results are in and are most towns know who is in charge. But a handful of places are still waiting for the results - Gore being one of them. Twenty-three year old Ben Bell is… Read more Audio

  • Russia continues to pummel Ukraine civilian targets

    world
    A view of the scene after several explosions rocked the Shevchenkivskyi district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv on 10 October  2022.

    5:36 AM.Russia has continued to hit targets across Ukraine in the wake of the attack on that bridge in Crimea. Joining Nathan Rarere from Ukraine is Newshub's Europe correspondent Lisette Reymer. Audio

  • Ruapehu businesses want govt to help failing ski operators RAL

    business tourism
    Skiers on a chairlift at Turoa ski field.

    5:25 AM.Ruapehu businesses are calling for the government to help the failing RAL company which runs the Whakapapa and Turoa ski fields. Voluntary administrators have been called in to try and figure out… Read more Audio

  • UK: PM Truss pushes ahead with tax cuts

    world
    A handout picture released by the BBC, taken and received on October 2, 2022, shows Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss appearing on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' political television show with journalist Laura Kuenssberg. - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Sunday conceded she should have better prepared Britain for her recent debt-fuelled mini-budget, which sparked a week of market turmoil, dismal headlines and disastrous polls. (Photo by JEFF OVERS / BBC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / JEFF OVERS-BBC " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS TO REPORT ON THE BBC PROGRAMME OR EVENT SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION - NO ARCHIVE - NO USE AFTER **OCTOBER 22, 2022** /

    5:16 AM.To the UK we head - where Prime Minister Liz Truss is insisting her tax cut program will go ahead and that she has no plans to cut public spending to pay for them. Joining Nathan Rarere from London is… Read more Audio

  • Russia detains 8 people over bombed Crimean bridge

    world
    Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, after a truck exploded, near Kerch, on October 8, 2022. - Moscow announced on October 8, 2022 that a truck exploded igniting a huge fire and damaging the key Kerch bridge -- built as Russia's sole land link with annexed Crimea -- and vowed to find the perpetrators, without immediately blaming Ukraine. (Photo by AFP)

    5:06 AM.We begin this morning in Russia - where authorities have announced arrests in relation to the bridge explosion in Crimea last weekend. Joining Nathan Rarere from Moscow is our correspondent Stuart… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 12 October 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 14 October 2022
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