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First Up for Monday 12 June 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 9 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
  • "Stay away from Piha" - locals warn, do not climb slips

    Steven Morrison's property on Rayner Road, Piha.

    5:52 AM.Piha locals are warning daredevils to stay away after multiple instances of people climbing slips since Cyclone Gabrielle. In one case, fire rescue & chopper were needed to get people to safety… Read more Audio

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  • Skate park for Tairua being delayed for 30 years by NIMBYs

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    Houses in Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula.

    5:47 AM.After decades of debate and conjecture, the coastal township of Tairua in the Coromandel looked set to get a new skatepark. But, the skatepark is now subject to a judicial review, lodged at the High… Read more Audio

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  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

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    Fresh limes on tree.

    5:24 AM.With the programme now from the fresh produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Mr Glenn Forsyth. Audio

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  • Ukraine signals counter-offensive against Russia

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

    5:16 AM.To Europe now - basking in Sweden's summer sun is our correspondent Dr Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio

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  • US: Trump rallies against federal charges against him

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    This undated image, released by the US District Court Southern District of Florida, attached as evidence in the indictment against former US president Donald Trump shows stacks of boxes in a bathroom and shower allegedly in the Lake Room at Mar-a-Lago, the former presidents private club. Federal prosecutors unsealed a wide-ranging indictment of Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former US president of endangering national security by holding on to top secret nuclear and defense documents after leaving the White House. (Photo by Handout / US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

    5:11 AM.To the US now - we're joined from New York by Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann. Audio

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  • UK: former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon arrested

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    Police officers outside the home of Peter Murrell, former chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP), and his wife, Scotland's former First Minister and former leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon, in Glasgow on April 5, 2023.

    5:05 AM.We begin this morning in the UK with news that former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in the inquiry into the finances of the Scottish National Party. With Ntahan Rarere from… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Friday, 9 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
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