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First Up for Monday 3 April 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 31 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 4 April 2023
  • Ugly fruit is fruit too!

    food
    Trendy ugly organic vegetables. Assortment of fresh pepper, eggplant, cucumber, tomato, pumpkin. Cooking ugly food concept. Stone concrete background, copy space

    5:55 AM.At your local supermarkets, you'll notice that the greens in the produce section look pretty-well perfect -- the leaves don't have holes, the fruit is all around the same size, and the veggies are… Read more Audio

  • Mental health in seafood industry in the spotlight

    food
    View with a shallow depth of field of the deck of a fishing vessel: boxes with a fresh fish yield of tuna, the yellow rope and simple drag anchor, ocean water with bokeh overboard

    5:45 AM.Hundreds of people head out to sea each day to ensure Kiwis can get some of the freshest seafood in the world. It's tough work, which can be really stressful and isolating. But the mental wellbeing of… Read more Audio

  • Stratford Shakespeare

    arts
    William Shakespeare

    5:40 AM.Shakespeare lovers in Taranaki are bathing in 2 weeks of The Bard's greatest hits. The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has been re-ignited after a long hiatus and there's a feast of plays, readings… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    A screenful of feijoas

    5:20 AM.For his first report for the month of April is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

  • US: Trump to be charged, and killer storms hit the US

    world

    5:06 AM.It's expected that Donald Trump will be charged over hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels, and deadly storms have hit the United States. With Nathan Rarere from California is LA broadcasting legend… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 31 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 4 April 2023
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