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First Up for Wednesday 30 November 2022

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
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  • Orchestra walk-throughs return at APO 4 Kids Christmas

    children music
    Auckland Symphony Orchestra at Spark Arena

    5:53 AM.That beautiful Christmas tune - Prokofiev's Troika - and others will be played live this weekend and next by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in their interactive family concert series APO 4 Kids… Read more Audio

  • Dairies, small businesses taking security to extreme

    business
    Flowers outside Rose Cottage Superette in Sandringham after fatal stabbing of a worker

    5:46 AM.With the number of dairies being robbed, small business owners are taking extraordinary steps to keep themselves safe. We visited one which is about as secure as they come, Cedar Park Superette in… Read more Audio

  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Ruby Topzand

    life and society
    Nadia Lim

    5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - Nadia Lim wants you to smell like you're farm fresh. And one of the most modern of Auckland's homes, with views from mangroves to volcanoes. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson… Read more Audio

  • China: protests ongoing as govt still aiming for zero Covid

    world
    Protesters march along a street during a rally for the victims of a deadly fire as well as a protest against China's harsh Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing on 28 November, 2022.

    5:13 AM.To China now where protests against strict covid-19 restrictions continue - with Nathan Rarere from Hong Kong is our correspondent Patrick Fok. Audio

  • Qataris still excited by World Cup despite elimination

    world
    Kalidou Koulibaly of Senegal celebrates his goal at the World Cup 2022.

    5:06 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from the centre of the soccer/football world is our correspondent Alex Baird in Qatar. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 1 December 2022
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