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First Up for Thursday 15 June 2023

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 16 June 2023
  • Deputy PM: around 25c/litre added to petrol after subsidy goes

    politics
    WYNTK fuel tax cut

    5:47 AM.Our reporter Leonard Powell discovered a 61 cent discrepancy per litre for unleaded 91 across the Tamaki Makaurau. That adds up to a thirty dollar difference for filling up an average 50 litre tank… Read more Audio

  • Staggering difference in petrol prices across Auckland

    transport
    Fuel price board at Costco, West Auckland, 14 June 2023.

    5:35 AM.61 cents. That's the staggering difference in the cost of a litre of unleaded 91 petrol across Auckland and the AA says the difference could be up to 65 cents a litre for diesel. Motorists have… Read more Audio

  • Europe: Ukraine claims to have retaken seven villages

    world
    A Ukrainian serviceman walks down a street in the frontline city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region on April 23, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP)

    5:14 AM.To Europe now, joining us from Germany is Nita Blake-Persen Audio

  • UK: man arrested in triple stabbing murders in Nottingham

    world
    A police officer stands by a cordon outside on Market Street in Nottingham, central England, during a 'major incident' in which three people have been found dead. UK police on Tuesday locked down the central English city of Nottingham after three people were found dead in a "horrific and tragic incident". A 31-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said, adding that they were also investigating another incident which they believed was linked, in which a van had attempted to run over three people. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)

    5:05 AM.Let's begin in the United Kingdom with our correspondent Henry Riley who gave Nathan Rarere the latest in the triple stabbing murders in Nottingham and what is known about how it occurred. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 16 June 2023
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