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First Up for Wednesday 7 February 2024

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 5 February 2024
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 8 February 2024
  • Finance Minister Nicola Willis reflects on Waitangi

    te ao Maori politics
    National MP Nicola Willis

    5:49 AM.To politics, and the Maori Development Minister says the government needs to work together with iwi and community groups to deliver positive outcomes for Maori. Tama Potaka was among the government… Read more Audio

  • Masters Games 2024: Twilight 400

    sport
    The opening ceremony of the World Masters Games in Auckland, April 2017.

    5:44 AM.The New Zealand Masters Games is up and running til Saturday and the Twilight 400 is one of the many events that has captured the imagination. Organiser Geoff Simons educated Nathan Rarere on the… Read more Audio

  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Jess Malcolm

    life and society

    5:25 AM.If you've got a fleet of light aircraft and can't fit them all up the drive, TradeMe are coming to the rescue Producer Jeremy Parkinson spoke with TradeMe's Jess Malcolm about a property listed this… Read more Audio

  • Israel ramps up attacks on Rafah, near Egyptian border

    world
    Palestinian families are fleeing the city on the coastal road leading to Rafah from the southern outskirts of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto) (Photo by MAJDI FATHI / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

    5:18 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from the Middle-East is Alex Baird in Doha. Audio

  • UK: King Charles being treated at home after cancer diagnosis

    world
    Britain's King Charles III (L) waves as he leaves, with Britain's Queen Camilla,  the London Clinic, in London, on January 29, 2024. Britain's King Charles III, 75, stayed the London Clinic following prostate surgery on January 26, 2024. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

    5:12 AM.King Charles is being treated at home after his cancer diagnosis, our correspondent in London is Henry Riley who joins us with the latest. Audio

  • Anthony Albanese faces heat over his govt's indigenous policy

    world
    Australian and New New Zealand Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Christopher Luxon meet in Sydney

    5:06 AM.Let's kick off the hour across the Tassie, joining Nathan Rarere from Brisbane is Pam Corkery. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 5 February 2024
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 8 February 2024
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