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First Up for Tuesday 31 October 2023

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 30 October 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 1 November 2023
  • Nicola Willis says she'll take action against big supermarkets

    politics
    Countdown and Pak N Save stores.

    5:46 AM.This Friday the official results of the election are revealed - including all those special votes. From there - the National party will form a new coalition government... And how those special votes… Read more Audio

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  • Australian teenager becomes world champion speedcuber

    sport
    Rubik's cube

    5:37 AM.An Australian teenager has become a world champion in an elite sport. 14-year-old Charlie Eggins from Brisbane broke the record for blindfolded speed-cubing by 0.68 of a second. He started by telling… Read more Audio

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  • Paper roads returned to Ngati Ranginui

    5:26 AM.The return of the land will aid the marae's papakainga project and enable them to build four extra affordable homes Audio

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  • Wild weather has once again hits the Coromandel

    weather

    5:26 AM.Wild weather has once again hit the Coromandel, as Cyclone Lola combined with King Tides to close several roads and cause surface flooding. Metservice issued an Orange weather warning for the… Read more Audio

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  • Africa: suspected fake doctor arrested in South African

    world politics
    A hygienist rests as he waits outside a decontamination area in a COVID-19 coronavirus treatment centre that cares for positive patients that show little or no symptoms in Dakar.

    5:20 AM.A popular South African TikToker who allegedly claimed to be a doctor has been arrested, nearly three weeks after authorities accused him of being a fraud. Audio

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  • UK: Covid-inquiry has roared back into the headlines

    world politics
    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on May 25, 2022, following the publication of the Sue Gray report. - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected calls to resign after an inquiry Wednesday found that he presided over a culture of lockdown-breaking parties that featured drunken fighting among staff. Johnson is among dozens of people in Downing Street who have received police fines for breaching Covid regulations since 2020 -- making Number 10 the most penalised address in the entire country. (Photo by Leon Neal / various sources / AFP)

    5:09 AM.A senior U.K. civil servant who worked closely with Boris Johnson turned on WhatsApp's controversial disappearing messages function in a group used by government figures, weeks before the then-prime… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Monday, 30 October 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 1 November 2023
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