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First Up for Tuesday 23 May 2023

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 22 May 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 24 May 2023
  • National regrets the way it communicated about $5 prescription

    Deputy Leader of National Party Nicola Willis

    5:50 AM.Now it's time for our chat with National deputy Nicola Willis. We started with the budget - and how National was pretty quick to criticise Labour's cost of living measures like free presciptions, free… Read more Audio

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  • Grieving mother shares heartfelt advice

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    Close up portrait elderly 60s woman looking unhealthy use tissue blowing runny nose suffers from grippe warms herself with plaid, female feels upset crying having personal or health problems concept

    5:46 AM.Morgan Tosh died when a car, he was a passenger in, spun out of control and smashed into a power pole in Auckland's Green Bay in December 2018. He was just15 years old. Five years on graffiti has… Read more Audio

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  • NZ Butter Chicken is a 'dessert' - comedian Ed Amon

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    Ed Amon

    5:34 AM.You may know comedian Ed Amon from The Panel, podcasts, as a newspaper columnist The multi talented man about to make his 3rd appearance at the NZ International Comedy Festival Ed has partnered with… Read more Audio

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  • Big development for historic triangle precinct in Ashburton

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    Ashburton Morning by Henry Lowen-Smith

    5:25 AM.Today we're in Ashburton with the local democracy programme's Jonathan Leask. Nthan Rarere asked him about a developer's big plans for a new mixed use hospitality complex? Audio

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  • Japan: Ukraine's President main event at G7

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    This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on May 20, 2023, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky disembarking upon his arrival at Hiroshima Airport at Mihara, Hiroshima prefecture, on the second day of the G7 Summit Leaders' Meeting. Zelensky's surprise summit appearance -- he had been expected to appear by video call -- is his furthest foray from Kyiv since Russia's invasion began 15 months ago. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS  - NO ARCHIVES

    5:16 AM.Time now to check in with our correspondent in Japan, Chris Gilbert. Nathan Rarere began by asking Chris for his summary of the G7 Audio

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  • UK Home Secretary says speeding tickets issue a nothing-burger

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    (FILES) In this file photo taken on October 18, 2022, Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London. - UK's hardline interior minister Suella Braverman has left the government, fuelling suspicions that the new government of Prime Minister Liz Truss was already unravelling.

    5:06 AM.We cross to the UK to catch up with all the news there with Ellie Jay in London. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Monday, 22 May 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 24 May 2023
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