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First Up for Tuesday 27 February 2024

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 26 February 2024
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
  • Pie, coffee is breakfast of champions for Lewis Clareburt

    sport
    Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand competes in the Men's 200m Individual Medley during the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

    5:52 AM.From the Parliament to the Pool now! Last week Lewis Clareburt won the 400 metre individual medley gold medal at the World Swimming Championships in Doha. It was New Zealand's second gold of the event… Read more Audio

  • Willis: private investment will help transport projects

    National MP Nicola Willis

    5:45 AM.To politics now and the Education Minister claims the school property system is bordering on a crisis. The Government's launched a review into school property, pausing and reassessing hundreds of… Read more Audio

  • Facebook scammers take advantage of Fa'anana Efeso Collins’ funeral

    life and society
    Focus on Politics: Fa'anānā Efeso Collins in front of empty parliament seat tribute

    5:36 AM.Last week, there was the tragic news that Green MP and South Auckland leader Fa'anana Efeso Collins had died suddenly, aged 49. Now, as the community prepares to say farewell, profiles have been… Read more Audio

  • Signs to watch for when dogs around children

    animals
    dangerous dog

    5:25 AM.To Australia, where an inquest has been launched after seven fatal dog attacks. In one of the cases, a five-week old baby died after being mauled by the family dog. In New Zealand last year, a dog was… Read more Audio

  • US Sec of State visits Argentina as part of Brazil G20 meeting

    world
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on as he arrives in Abu Dhabi on January 7, 2024, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)

    5:16 AM.To South America now, Kate Pereyra-Garcia is with us from Argentina. Audio

  • Thousands of Korean doctors strike due to working conditions

    world
    South Korea Flag.

    5:11 AM.To Asia now where there's trouble at South Korea's public hospitals, with thousands of doctors walking off the job over working conditions. Our correspondent Chris Gilbert tells me it's putting a… Read more Audio

  • UK: Tory MP refuses to apologise to London mayor

    world
    Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan attends the launch of the Driving For Change project, which offers homeless people essential services in multi-function buses, in central London on October 7, 2021.

    5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the UK, joining us from London is Henry Riley. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 26 February 2024
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
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