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First Up for Thursday 24 August 2023

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 25 August 2023
  • Wahs or Warriors? Mt Smart or Eden Park? Fans weigh in

    sport life and society
    Warriors players Marata Niukore celebrates his try during the New Zealand Warriors v Canberra Raiders, Round 21 rugby league match of the 2023 NRL Premiership season at Go Media Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. Friday 21 July 2023. © Photo credit: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz

    5:55 AM.With two rounds to go, the Warriors looks set for a top four NRL finish, meaning home finals for the first time since 2008. However ther success means that the NRL might require them to take their… Read more Audio

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  • Labour spells out plans for crime, youth vaping

    politics
    vapes

    5:48 AM.Time now for our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party. And today we'll hear from Justice and Police minister Ginny Andersen. She started by telling Nathan Rarere about what she thinks of ACT being in… Read more Audio

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  • Whakatane Maori street name deemed too long

    local council
    "Whakatāne" in the style of iconic New Zealand road sign.

    5:25 AM.Time now to catch up with the neighbourhood of Whakatane and local democracy reporter Diane McCarthy. The Te Rahui Herenga Waka Harbour has been in the news there - Nathan Rarere asked what's… Read more Audio

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  • Europe: record wildfires kill 18 in Greece

    world
    Smoke rises over the Acropolis Hill and the Parthenon from a wildfire that is burning at the western suburbs of the city of Athens, on August 22, 2023 (Photo by Andrea Bonetti / SOOC / SOOC via AFP)

    5:17 AM.To Europe now - standing by in Berlin is correspondent Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

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  • Pacific:leaders meet in Suva, divided on Japan's water release

    Pacific
    Sitiveni Rabuka

    5:12 AM.To the islands now, joining us from Tonga is Kalafi Moala. Audio

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  • UK: Nadine Dorries broken silence, says still working as MP

    world
    Nadine Dorries

    5:06 AM.Let's begin in the UK - our correspondent in London is Henry Riley. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 25 August 2023
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