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First Up for Thursday 20 July 2023

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 21 July 2023
  • First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 20 July

    6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: it's a happy melting pot of cultures, but being accepted as gay in the Indian communuity isn't always easy; tax payer-funded accommodation payments for homeowners forced out… Read more Audio

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  • Got working on how long flood victims get support payments

    politics
    Carmel Sepuloni

    5:52 AM.Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni spoke with Nathan Rarere. Audio

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  • Govt announces interim support payments for AK flood homeowners

    money life and society
    A car next to a 'road closed - residents only' sign.

    5:51 AM.The Government has announced interim support payments for homeowners displaced by this year's floods. The assistance is being offered to those having to pay for a private rental because their own… Read more Audio

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  • NZ superfan first schoolgirl to play football in 1975

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    5:44 AM.Barbie isn't the only thing kicking off today. The FIFA Women’s World Cup gets underway here in Auckland this evening. The Football Ferns taking on Norway at Eden Park from 7pm, and one New Zealand… Read more Audio

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  • RNZ Asia: Kiwi Indians share their rainbow journeys

    Ajay Chhibber

    5:33 AM.It's the biggest film industry in the world, but Kiwi-Indian Ajay Chhibber says Bollywood had little to offer in his teenage years The lack of rainbow representation in Indian movies meant he spent a… Read more Audio

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  • Million dollar fertility study in Pacific communities

    Pacific local council
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    5:23 AM.Time now for the local democracy reporting part of our programme. And today it's the turn of Kim Meredith from South Auckland. Audio

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  • Europe: Russia bombs Ukraine grain supplies

    world
    Bulk carrier ARGO I is docked at the grain terminal of the port of Odessa, Ukraine, on April 10, 2023, from where Ukraine ships wheat according to the grain agreement the country currently has with Russia.

    5:13 AM.Nita Blake-Persen is our correspondent in Germany, and she joins the programme now. Audio

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  • UK: 3 by-elections, inflation slowly easing

    world
    Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a tour after a meeting with Gov. Greg Abbott at the Texas State Capitol on May 23, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Gov. Abbott met with Johnson to discuss economic development.

    5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the United Kingdom - our correspondent in London is the excellent Henry Riley. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 21 July 2023
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