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First Up for Tuesday 14 March 2023

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
  • Willis: latest drop in poll results not a crisis for National

    politics
    WHANGANUI, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 24: National Party leader Christopher Luxon and National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis leave Ratana Church, Te Haahi Ratana, during Rātana Celebrations on January 24, 2023 in Whanganui, New Zealand. The 2023 Rātana Celebrations mark the last day as Prime Minister for Jacinda Ardern following her resignation on January 19. Labour MP Chris Hipkins became the sole nominee for her replacement and will be sworn in as the new Prime Minister at a ceremony on January 25.  (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

    5:51 AM.Last night's 1 News Kantar Poll was bad news for the National Party and particularly its leader Christopher Luxon, who just 17 per cent of people said was their preferred Prime Minister down a massive… Read more Audio

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  • Breakers off to Sydney for ANBL final against Sydney Kings

    sport
    Tom Abercrombie of the NZ Breakers.

    5:40 AM.The Breakers live to fight another day, and to catch yet another flight across the ditch to Australia. The sole New Zealand team in the Australian National Basketball League took the final series to a… Read more Audio

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  • Resident calls on council to maintain streams on private land

    natural disasters local council
    Healthy Waters is disputing a claim from a West Auckland homeowner that it was rare to see anyone clearing the section of Swanson Stream near his house. Healthy Waters says that section of the stream had had regular maintenance.

    5:35 AM.Hundreds of West Auckland properties have been been red or yellow strickered after being hammered by the anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. Several of these homes were inundanted after local… Read more Audio

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  • LDR BOP: new stadium will affect sports clubs

    local council
    Polar the dog is available for adoption at SPCA Kerikeri

    5:24 AM.Time now to hear from the Local Democracy Reporter programme. And today it is Alisha Evans from the Bay of Plenty She started by telling Nathan Rarere why dog owners in her patch are feeling happy. Audio

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  • Japan: protests over Fukushima disaster water dump

    world

    5:15 AM.Time now to get the latest from Japan. Our correspondent Chris Gilbert started by telling Nathan Rarere about the protests in Tokyo to mark the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. Audio

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  • UK: Match of the Day host Gary Lineker returns to BBC

    world
    Gary Lineker, former England footballer turned sports TV presenter for the BBC, arrives at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on March 11, 2023, ahead of the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Chelsea. - The BBC's sport service was in meltdown on Saturday after pundits and commentators refused to work in support of presenter Gary Lineker, who was forced to "step back" after accusing the government of using Nazi-era rhetoric. Match of the Day presenter Lineker, England's fourth most prolific goalscorer, sparked an impartiality row by criticising the British government's new policy on tackling illegal immigration. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)

    5:05 AM.Tuesday is here and time to whip across the planet to talk with our correspondent in London, Ellie Jay. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
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