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First Up for Friday 31 March 2023

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 30 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Monday, 3 April 2023
  • ACT: agree with 2nd AK harbour crossing but question timing

    politics
    A convoy of tractors from a farming advocacy group headed towards Auckland's CBD at 60 km/h on 1 September, causing mild congestion.

    5:54 AM.We're joined now by the deputy leader of the Act Party, Brooke van Velden. Audio

  • Second AK harbour crossing - what do Aucklanders think?

    transport

    5:52 AM.Options for a new crossing Harbour over Auckland's Waitemata were announced by the Governement yesterday. Having been talked about for as long as many of us can remember, Transport Minister Michael… Read more Audio

  • Former Warrior now amputee playing in All Abilities Golf Tourny

    disability sport
    Joe Aperahama Flavell.

    5:45 AM.A car crash resulted in Joe Flavell being left as an above the knee amputee, but this weekend he lines up in his first golf tourmament at the New Zealand All Abilities golf championship at Windross… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Feijoa harvest at Kaiponi Farms.

    5:25 AM.Twice a week, we're joined from the fresh produce markets by our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth - this is one of those times. Fruit of the Week: NZ Feijoas Audio

  • Moss Te Ururangi Patterson heads up NZ Dance Company

    arts

    5:16 AM.The NZ Dance Company has restructured itself over the past couple of years and is excited to announce the appointment of a new artistic director and CEO Moss Te Ururangi Patterson. (Ngati Tuwharetoa)… Read more Audio

  • Africa: US VP Kamala Harris touches down in Africa

    world
    US Vice-President Kamala Harris gives a press conference in Paris on November 12, 2021. (Photo by Thomas COEX / POOL / AFP)

    5:12 AM.To Africa now - Nabil Ahmed is our correspondent in Ghana, and he spoke with Nathan Rarere. Audio

  • US: Nashville residents gather to remember shooting victims

    world
    NASHVILLE, TN - MARCH 27: Children arrive at Woodmont Baptist Church to be reunited with their families after a mass shooting at The Covenant School on March 27, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. According to initial reports, three students and three adults were killed by the shooter, a 28-year-old woman. The shooter was killed by police responding to the scene.   Seth Herald/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Seth Herald / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    5:05 AM.We begin this Friday in the US, where Nathan Rarere was joined by our correspondent Katherine Firkin. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 30 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Monday, 3 April 2023
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