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First Up for Tuesday 30 May 2023

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 29 May 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
  • New fragrance "Road" mimics Auckland's Karangahape Rd

    life and society

    5:53 AM.Prepare your nose to be delighted ... a new fragrance is setting out to mimic one of the country's most iconic streets. Road, a perfume capturing 'Karangahape Road in a bottle', was released… Read more Audio

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  • Willis:housing policy gives flexibility to where councils build

    te ao Maori housing
    Nicola Willis

    5:43 AM.National has withdrawn its support from the bi-partisan housing agreement it helped draw up with Labour, instead opting to come up with its own policy. Instead of three-storey buildings, National… Read more Audio

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  • Turkey election: Erdogan wins, country still divided

    world
    Turkey's president and presidential candidate of AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a polling station in Istanbul on the day of the presidential runoff vote.  28 May, 2023.

    5:34 AM.Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured a third term as president. He has already ruled the country for two decades, as both Prime Minister and President. Speaking to supporters after winning about… Read more Audio

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  • LDR BOP: work starts on rebuild of netball pavillion in Kawerau

    local council
    Kawerau.

    5:24 AM.Time now for Local Democracy Reporting part of the programme and joining Nathan Rarere is Diane McCarthy from Whakatane Audio

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  • Japan: suspicions PM Fumio Kishida will call snap election

    world
    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan is deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II and we  express our sincerest condolences at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2022.

    5:15 AM.Time to hear the latest from Japan, where there are suspicions that the PM Fumio Kishida may call a snap election after the success of the G7 summit Nathan Rarere asked our correspondent Chris Gilbert… Read more Audio

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  • UK: issues with ITV's This Morning and Phillip Schofield

    world
    A video grab shows former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson making his opening statement as he attends a Parliamentary Privileges Committee hearing, in central London on 22 March, 2023.

    5:06 AM.Let's kick the programme off in the United Kingdom, joining Nathan Rarere from London is correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Monday, 29 May 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
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