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First Up for Monday 15 May 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 12 May 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
  • SH2 reopens between Wairoa and Napier

    infrastructure

    5:52 AM.Three months since the devastation wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle, a vital lifeline has been reopened in Hawkes Bay, with traffic resuming on State Highway 2 this week between Wairoa and Napier Wairoa… Read more Audio

  • Sweden's Loreen wins Eurovision for second time

    arts world
    Singer Loreen performs on behalf of Sweden during the final of the Eurovision Song contest 2023.

    5:48 AM.It's the highlight of Europe's pop calendar - the Eurovision song contest wrapped a week of kitsch and glamour in the non-European city of Liverpool.. It was Ukraine's turn to host the annual… Read more Audio

  • Georgia Schofield documenting Holcim PRB in Ocean Race

    sport
    Live Ocean Racing's catamaran.

    5:33 AM.So what do you do if your on a yacht in big seas miles off Brazil and your mast breaks? If you name is Georgia Schofield you don't panic. You dont jump in the lifeboat - No -you film it ! This young… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
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    5:21 AM.We're halfway through the month of May - joining Nathan Rarere from the autumn markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Leel and Potato Soup 2 leeks - decent size, sliced including… Read more Audio

  • Europe: Turkey's tight election taking place

    world
    05/07/2023 Ankara, Turkey. Kemal Kilicdaroglu gives a speech at his presidential campaign. Turkey's general election is going to be held on May 14 2023. Turkey. (Photo by Efekan Akyuz / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)

    5:13 AM.To Europe now, our correspondent in Sweden is Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

  • US: $1m raised for man accused of killing subway rider

    world
    US Marine veteran Daniel Penny (C) is walked out of the New York Police Department 5th Precinct in Lower Manhattan, May 12, 2023 on his way to a arraignment after he surrendered to authorities after being charged with 2nd Degree Manslaughter in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely. The death of Jordan Neely -- widely identified as a Michael Jackson impersonator who often performed on the train -- earlier this month sparked outrage. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

    5:06 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann is the first cab of the rank this week - he joins us from New York. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 12 May 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
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