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First Up for Wednesday 23 November 2022

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 24 November 2022
  • Ruby Tui's special gift for 11-year-old leukaemia survivor

    sport health
    Ruby Tui, New Zealand rugby player poses with her trophy after winning the Women's breakthrough player of the year award during the 2022 World Rugby Awards ceremony in Monaco on November 20, 2022. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP)

    5:52 AM.The 11-year-old leukaemia survivor who was gifted Ruby Tui's World Cup winners medal says she's been sleeping with it under her pillow. Lucia Hurst met Tui at a fan engagement event prior to the… Read more Audio

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  • Wet and thundery weather on the way

    weather
    Cars on motorway in Auckland after wild weather hit the city on 3 August 2021.

    5:47 AM.It's been a wet and windy ol' week and it looks like more wild weather is on the way. Joining Nathan Rarere to tell us what's in store is WeatherWatch forecaster Philip Duncan. Audio

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  • Jamie Reid on being the best speed golfer in the world

    sport
    Jamie Reid, speed golf champion

    5:36 AM.Last week our very own world number one speed golfer Jamie Reid won the individual World Speed Golf Championships in Saint Augustine Florida, and then backed it up by winning the Team World Cup with… Read more Audio

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  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester

    life and society
    Some of the unwanted Christmas gifts listed on TradeMe

    5:25 AM.Trademe time, and this week Leonard Powell spoke to Millie Silvester about a couple of good causes and a dream house in Christchurch. Leonard began by asking Millie about the Baduzzi Long Lunch on the… Read more Audio

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  • Turkish televangelist sentenced to 8,658 years in prison

    world

    5:18 AM.Time now to get the latest from the Middle East from our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

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  • Indonesian earthquake death toll rises to 268

    world
    A woman walks past a damaged house following an earthquake in Cianjur on 21 November, 2022.

    5:08 AM.To Indonesia now, where aftershocks of Monday's earthquake are still being felt. The epicenter was in Cianjur in West Java. The death toll has risen to 268 The ABC's Anne Barker is in Indonesia and… Read more Audio

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  • OZ: various media bosses resign or take leave for bad behaviour

    media world
    cute koala isolated on black background

    5:05 AM.Time now to go across the Tasman with Pam Corkery. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 24 November 2022
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