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First Up for Thursday 17 November 2022

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 18 November 2022
  • Investigations continue into missiles that killed 2 in Poland

    world
    PRZEWODOW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 16: Police officers secure access to the site of the explosion in the village of Przewodow in the Lublin Voivodeship, on November 16, 2022 in Przewodow, Poland. At least two people were killed Tuesday in a suspected missile attack in eastern Poland not far from the Ukrainian border. Artur Widak / Anadolu Agency (Photo by Artur Widak / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

    5:54 AM.To Poland now where the investigation continues into who fired a missile that killed two farmers near the country's border with Ukraine. Just before coming to air, freelance journalist based in… Read more Audio

  • NZ's response to missiles landing in Poland

    politics Covid-19
    Grant Robertson

    5:46 AM.Diplomatic tensions ran high yesterday after a missile killed two people in Poland near its border with Ukraine, raising fears of how NATO may respond to the incidident in a member state. Nathan… Read more Audio

  • Documentary explores first time homosexuality mention in Bible

    life and society
    Hands folded in prayer over Holy Bible

    5:35 AM.Biblical condemnation of Homosexuality has been used as justification for anti-gay sentiment and actions by many sections of Christianity. But a new documentary sheds light on the fact that the very… Read more Audio

  • LDR Malborough: district council consulting on wheelie bins

    local council
    Those who wanted wheelie bins in Marlborough, at the moment, had to go through a private company.

    5:27 AM.To Marlborough now where we join Local Democracy Reporting programme journalist Maia Hart, who's got news about wheelie bins! Audio

  • Florida man announces run for US presidency

    world
    An aerial view of former US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on 14 September, 2022. Trump's legal team has negotiated with the Justice Department regarding the selection of a special master to review documents, some marked 'top secret', seized when the FBI searched the compound in August 2022.

    5:17 AM.Former US president Donald Trump has confirmed he will run for the 2024 US presidential election at an announcement at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Our US correspondent Simon Marks spoke with… Read more Audio

  • PM tells Vietnam NZ is open for business

    politics world
    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern walks into Vietnam Government House in Hanoi with Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh. 14 November 2022

    5:11 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in Vietnam attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. And she has one message... New Zealand is open for business. Time to ctach up with First Up's… Read more Audio

  • UK: Deputy PM Raab in trouble over behaviour

    world
    British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab speaks at a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2020. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / POOL / AFP)

    5:06 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere is our UK correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 18 November 2022
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