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First Up for Monday 22 May 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 19 May 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
  • Lawyers for Climate Action welcomes Glenbrook emissions cuts

    business climate
    Communities Against Alcohol Harm secretary and lawyer Grant Hewison.

    5:54 AM.Ntahan Rarere spoke with Dr Grant Hewison from Lawyers for Climate Action New Zealand Audio

  • Glenbrook Steel Mill to build electric arc furnace

    business climate
    Prime Minister Chris Hipkins at the NZ Steel Glenbrook plant.

    5:51 AM.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins there - announcing the Government's plan to dramatically cut climate pollution from the Glenbrook Steel Mill. Shortly we talk to Dr Grant Hewison from Lawyers for Climate… Read more Audio

  • Candlemaker finds a match with like-minded creatives

    business
    Haya Khan - founder of the South Asian creative collective Masala Bazaar and the home fragrance company Masala Scents

    5:46 AM.With Kiwis finding themselves with less money once the food shopping is done, one Auckland store has chosen co-operation over competition to bring in their business - a tiny collective of mostly… Read more Audio

  • Greytown's Little Theatre is off to the races with Ladies Day

    arts
    Greytown's Little Theatre - Studio 73

    5:30 AM.Four female fish filleters off to the races - that's the plot of the latest play at one of the country's oldest and tiniest theatres. Wairapapa's Studio 73 in Greytown has just 36 seats - Nathan… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
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    5:20 AM.Time now to get the latest from our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

  • Europe: millions cast votes in Greek elections

    world
    New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis sallutes supporters.

    5:12 AM.And it's Monday morning so time to cross to our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund Audio

  • US: Ukraine's PM arrives at G7, US promises F-16 training

    world
    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a news conference following the G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima on 21 May, 2023.

    5:07 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann is on the line with us now. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 19 May 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
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