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First Up for Friday 2 June 2023

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  • ACT: in favour of council selling its shares in AK Airport

    politics
    ACT New Zealand leader David Seymour

    5:51 AM.Joining us now is ACT leader David Seymour. Audio

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  • Are Aucklanders in favour of Ak Council selling Airport shares?

    A rendition of how Auckland Airport will look after the redevelopment.

    5:48 AM.Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is under fire again, not just for his proposed sale of council shares in the city's airport but because a number of media outlets were excluded from his budget announcement… Read more Audio

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  • Number one seed, scrabble champ on National Scrabble Champs

    life and society
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    5:41 AM.The King's Birthday break won't be a holiday for everyone...The National Scrabble Championships are taking place in Howick this long weekend. Scrabblers from around the country are travelling to… Read more Audio

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  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    lemon and sky

    5:23 AM.Joining the programme from the fresh produce markets is THE Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: NZ Meyer Lemons. Spicy Piccolo Pieces Ingredients · 700g bag of Piccolos… Read more Audio

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  • Africa:rocket attack on Khartoum, truce talks collapse in Sudan

    world
    Smoke billows over residential buildings in Khartoum on April 30, 2023 as deadly clashes between rival generals' forces have entered their third week. - Heavy fighting again rocked Sudan's capital as tens of thousands have fled the bloody turmoil and a former prime minister warned of the "nightmare" risk of a descent into full-scale civil war. (Photo by AFP)

    5:14 AM.To Africa now, with Perlina Lau from Ghana is our correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio

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  • US: Pence, Christie to join Republican race for President

    world
    (FILES) In this file photo taken on April 12, 2022 former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campus lecture hosted by Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. - A lawyer for Mike Pence discovered documents marked as classified at the former US vice president's home last week and turned them over to the FBI, a top lawmaker said on January 24, 2023. Pence "reached out today about classified documents found at his home in Indiana," Republican House oversight committee chairman James Comer said in a statement, adding that the potential 2024 presidential hopeful had agreed to "fully cooperate" with any congressional investigation. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly / AFP)

    5:06 AM.We begin this last programme of the week in the USA, joining Perlina Lau from New York is our correspondent Bevan Hurley. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 1 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 6 June 2023
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