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First Up for Thursday 13 April 2023

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
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  • Sepuloni: council staff were amazing during AK floods

    politics
    Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni at the Civil Defence Centre set up in Saint Leonard's Road School in Kelston, on 28 January, 2023.

    5:49 AM.And joining Nathan Rarere is the deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni. Audio

  • AK Council was lacking in response to January floods

    weather local council
    Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown apologises for flood response.

    5:44 AM.Aucklanders did not get the information, leadership or support they had a right to expect during a major crisis. That's one of the conclusions of a report by former police commissioner Mike Bush into… Read more Audio

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  • LDR BOP: district mourning loss of councillor Louis Rapihana

    local council
    Louis Rapihana

    5:27 AM.Time to check in with the ace reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting Programme now. This morning we're in Whakatane with Diane McCarthy. Audio

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  • Europe: Zelensky denounces Ukraine soldier beheading video

    world
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

    5:18 AM.To Europe now - Nathan Rarere is joined from Sweden by our correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

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  • UK: being head of Twitter "quite painful" for Elon Musk

    world
    This handout image released by TED Conferences shows Tesla chief Elon Musk speaking during an interview with head of TED Chris Anderson (out of frame) at the TED2022: A New Era conference in Vancouver, Canada, April 14, 2022.

    5:05 AM.Twitter boss Elon Musk has admitted his few months in charge of Twitter has been "quite painful" - he did a revealing interview with the BBC, Nathan Rarere asked our London correspondent Henry Riley… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 14 April 2023
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