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First Up for Monday 12 December 2022

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 9 December 2022
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
  • Immunologist worried about Covid case spike for summer

    Covid-19

    5:53 AM.A leading immunologist is concerned that a lack of reliable data means we could be heading into the Christmas period with far more Covid infections than we're aware of. University of Auckland senior… Read more Audio

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  • Govt announces measures to stop 10 - 13 yo from reoffending

    crime
    Shivneel Kumar has written an open letter to Justice Minister Kiri Allan and the Prime Minister calling for the government to get tougher on crime.

    5:48 AM.On Thursday, the Government announced "circuit breaker" measures to stop 10 to 13 year-olds from reoffending. It's part of the Better Pathways package aimed at helping young offenders to re-engage… Read more Audio

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  • St Bathans Vulcan Hotel's ghost that haunts Room One

    life and society
    The St Bathans Vulcan Hotel.

    5:36 AM.This week we're going to be touring some of some of New Zealand's top summer locations ... some of which you may not have come across before. This morning we're in one of the jewels in the Crown… Read more Audio

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  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Maungatapere Berries.

    5:23 AM.We're off to the fresh produce markets now with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio

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  • Xmas: what's your worst present, real or fake tree?

    life and society
    Santa Claus bring the sack with gifts for Christmas. The house is beautifully decorated for Christmas.

    5:16 AM.The pohutakawa is in bloom, Michael Buble is playing on a loop in the mall, and many of us are wondering how on earth it's December already. But yes, Christmas time is upon us Our producers Matthew… Read more Audio

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  • Europe: fallout continues from far-right raids in Germany

    world
    German special police forces patrol and search the area in Bad Lobenstein, Thuringia, eastern Germany, on December 7, 2022 as part of nationwide early morning raids against members of a far-right "terror group" suspected of planning an attack on parliament. - More than 3,000 officers including elite anti-terror units took part in the early morning raids and searched more than 130 properties, in what German media described as one of the largest police actions the country has ever seen. The raids targeted alleged members of the "Citizens of the Reich" (Reichsbuerger) movement suspected of "having made concrete preparations to violently force their way into the German parliament with a small armed group", prosecutors said in a statement. (Photo by Fricke / NEWS5 / AFP)

    5:11 AM.And it's Monday morning so time to cross to our Europe correspondent Nita Blake-Persen who joins spoke with Anna Thomas from Germany. Audio

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  • US: Lockerbie bomb builder in custody

    world
    Wreaths were placed at the Lockerbie Memorial Cairn during the ceremonies.

    5:05 AM.We begin this morning in the US, Anna Thomas was joined from New York by our correspondent Anna Burns-Francis. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Friday, 9 December 2022
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
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