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First Up for Tuesday 12 September 2023

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 11 September 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
  • 'Massive inequities in this country' - thoughts from Te Araroa

    life and society politics
    Te Araroa on the East Cape

    5:52 AM.The East Coast is a beautiful place to visit, but it's also home for many people who suffer Aotearoa's worst inequities - housing, health, poverty - and more. Our reporter Leonard Powell continues his… Read more Audio

  • Nicola Willis defends policy on unruly Kainga Ora tenants

    housing politics
    Deputy leader of National Party Nicola Willis

    5:45 AM.The election campaign is in full swing, and in the latest political poll, support for the Labour Party has fallen to 26.8 percent. Meanwhile, National is up to 40.9 percent, giving the party a… Read more Audio

  • Update: on ground conditions in Morocco

    world
    Building rubble blocks a street in Mzouda village in Morocco's Chichaoua province following a devastating earthquake, on 8 September, 2023 - the strongest-ever to hit the country - that killed more than 2,000 people, as rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped in the rubble of flattened villages.

    5:36 AM.As you've heard in our news, the death toll from the earthquake in Morocco now sits nearly 2700, four days after the magnitude 6.8 quake hit the country's High Atlas mountains. Nathan Rarere asked our… Read more Audio

  • Taranaki: fate of iwi-Maori partnership boards post-election

    te ao Maori local council
    Taranaki Maunga

    5:23 AM.Time now to check in on Taranaki with our local democracy reporting part of the programme. Joining Nathan Rarere is Craig Ashworth. Audio

  • Japan: Tackling truancy with robots

    world

    5:15 AM.Time now to get the latest from Japan with our correspondent Chris Gilbert. He started by telling Nathan Rarere that Prime Minister Kishida believes more countries "understand" the Fukushima water… Read more Audio

  • UK: PM addresses threat of spying by China

    world

    5:06 AM.Later in the programme we'll cross to friend of First Up Alex Cadier, who has arrived in Morocco, but first we'll begin in the UK - our correspondent there is Henry Riley. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 11 September 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
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