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First Up for Friday 24 February 2023

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 23 February 2023
  • Next Episode: Monday, 27 February 2023
  • Grim cleanup ahead for Tolaga Bay farmer

    rural natural disasters
    Logs brought down onto farmland in Tolaga Bay, Tairāwhiti, as flooding from Cyclone Gabrielle.

    5:54 AM.Farmers in Tolaga Bay north of Gisborne are facing an almost unfathomable cleanup job after Cyclone Gabriel. One of them is Ray Phillips who lives on an isolated property on Wharekaka Rd Despite being… Read more Audio

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  • ACT not happy at suggestions of flood tax

    Deputy leader of ACT party Brooke van Velden

    5:50 AM.Finance Minister Grant Robertson says he is not ruling out imposing a flood tax to pay for the recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle. The idea is not a hit with the opposition and the ACT party. Joining… Read more Audio

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  • Human induced climate change exacerbating extreme weather

    climate
    NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the sun "smiling" in 193 angstrom light on 26 October.

    5:44 AM.The new year started with record-breaking floods in Auckland. Just days later the North Island was hit by Cyclone Gabrielle. It has been a flood soaked summer for Tamaki Makaurau. And experts say… Read more Audio

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  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    A crate of donated apples in the New Zealand Foot Network warehouse.

    5:23 AM.To the frozen section of your supermarket of choice is our Minister of Frozen Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: Apples! Audio

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  • Moana Pasifika face Fiji Drua in opening Super Rugby match

    sport
    Christian Leali'ifano is Moana Pasifika's first player signing.

    5:17 AM.One match-up puts the Pacific firmly in Super Rugby Pacific in this weekend's opening round of the new season. Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium is expected to be full of life as Moana Pasifika host the… Read more Audio

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  • Africa: new mosquito brings malaria to Kenya year round

    world
    Image shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito completing the activity of obtaining a blood-meal from a human host.

    5:13 AM.Nabil Ahmed is strategically placed in Ghana to give us all the goings-on in Africa and he spoke with Nathan Rarere. Audio

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  • US: Trump does campaign visit to site of Ohio train derailment

    world

    5:07 AM.As we do on the regular, we begin the programme in the USA with correspondent Bevan Hurley. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 23 February 2023
  • Next Episode: Monday, 27 February 2023
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