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First Up for Wednesday 1 February 2023

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 2 February 2023
  • Greens: climate change making extreme weather more likely

    politics
    Green Party Co-Leaders speak to RNZ's Giles Dexter at the end of 2022

    5:53 AM.Joining us now, as he will be every other Wednesday this year, is co-leader of the Green Party James Shaw. Audio

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  • 36 jobs lost as Chateau Tongariro closes

    business tourism

    5:48 AM.Last week First Up revealed that the Grant Chateau Tongariro would no longer take new bookings. Yesterday the company which runs the iconic building announced it wouldn't be renewing its lease, after… Read more Audio

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  • AK Floods: Ponsonby street begins the cleanup

    weather natural disasters
    Flood damaged items in the backyard of a Māngere house.

    5:43 AM.Around Auckland the clean up from Friday's deluge continues it was a double whammy for those living on one Auckland street. . Residents in Ponsonby's Tawariki Street told our producer Mahvash Ikram… Read more Audio

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  • Metservice updates on weather overnight

    weather
    Auckland floods

    5:34 AM.For the latest on the weather overnight Nathan Rarere was joined by metservice meteorologist John Crouch. Audio

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  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Ruby Topzand

    life and society
    Joel Little

    5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - Joel Little's Titirangi home is for sale. And if the weather doesn't exactly shout SUMMER, an old ice-cream truck certainly does. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson talks with… Read more Audio

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  • Weather update from Mohammad Alafeshat in Orewa

    weather
    Hibiscus Coast Highway in Orewa during flooding

    5:16 AM.Here in Auckland, it's been raining most of the night.. Let's go now to our reporter Mohammad Alafeshat who is just north of the city in Orewa. Audio

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  • Rainbow rights group want to protest at George Pell's funeral

    world
    Cardinal George Pell leaves the Victorian Magistrates Court in Melbourne on March 5, 2018. - Cardinal George Pell's barrister accused police of failing to follow proper procedures as a crucial hearing opened on March 5 to determine if the top Pope Francis adviser will stand trial on historical sexual offence charges.

    5:06 AM.We begin this morning in Australia, Nathan Rarere is joined from Brisbane by Pam Corkery. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 2 February 2023
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