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First Up for Monday 6 November 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 3 November 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 7 November 2023
  • ACT's Brooke van Velden on progress of coalition talks

    politics
    ACT party deputy leader Brooke van Velden speaks to media following the party's campaign launch in Auckland on 17 September 2023.

    5:52 AM.To politics now - and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters plans to meet face to face with ACT leader David Seymour as their two parties hold coalition talks with the National Party. On Friday the… Read more Audio

  • Five hacks to save your life in a tsunami threat

    natural disasters
    GNS Science explains how a submarine landslide can generate a tsunami.

    5:47 AM.It's been nearly 20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami, which left nearly 230 thousand people dead around the edges of the Indian Ocean. And who can forget the quake and tsunami in Japan which caused… Read more Audio

  • Former jockey Michael Walker on Melbourne Cup

    sport
    MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 22: Jockey Michael Walker reacts after riding Tagaloa to win race 7 the Blue Diamond Stakes during Melbourne Racing at Caulfield Racecourse on February 22, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images)

    5:35 AM.Former New Zealand jockey Michael Walker says the Melbourne Cup was a great race to be involved in but not one that he ever got nervous about. Walker retired from racing earlier this year after… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Cut and whole dragon fruits in crate, top view

    5:23 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from the Nation's fresh produce markets is the Minister of Fruit and Vegetables Glenn Forsyth. Audio

  • Flights cancelled at Hamburg Airport due to hostage situation

    world
    A policeman stands guard in the departure hall of Brussels Airport, in Zaventem on October 17, 2023, after the suspected perpetrator of the attack in Brussels was shot dead during a police intervention. The suspect in the Brussels killing of two Swedish football fans was shot and fatally wounded by police during his arrest on October 17, 2023, officials said. (Photo by DIRK WAEM / BELGA / AFP) / Belgium OUT

    5:14 AM.To Europe now, correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund is in Sweden. Audio

  • US: Sec of State meets with leader of Palestinian Authority

    world
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R), Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi hold a press conference, after meetings amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Amman on November 4, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan ERNST / POOL / AFP)

    5:09 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann is in New York and joins us now. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 3 November 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 7 November 2023
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