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First Up for Tuesday 2 April 2024

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 28 March 2024
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 3 April 2024
  • Willis: minimum wage, landlords, China spying illegally

    politics
    Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivers the Budget Policy Statement.

    5:50 AM.Nathan Rarere speaks every week to the finance minister and deputy National leader Nicola Willis. Audio

  • Blacksticks getting ready for Paris Olympics

    sport
    A dejected New Zealand after their loss to Australia during the Men's Hockey Pool A match between Australia and New Zealand at Oi Hockey Stadium during the Tokyo Olympic Games, Tokyo Wednesday, July 28, 2021.

    5:44 AM.When we think of elite athletes, we probably associate millions of dollars coming their way, endorsement contracts and sponsorships but that's not always the case. The Blacksticks mens hockey team… Read more Audio

  • UK: JK Rowling not a fan of Scotland's new Hate Crime law

    world
    J.K. Rowling arrives at the 2019 RFK Ripple of Hope Awards at New York Hilton Midtown on December 12, 2019 in New York City.

    5:30 AM.To the UK now - joining us from London is Henry Riley. Audio

  • Good news for flood affected home owners in Tauranga

    local council
    One of the Maungatapu homes was shunted into the street by the landslide in January last year. Photo: John Borren/SunLive.

    5:16 AM.Time now to head to the regions and today it's the turn of Local Democracy Reporter Alisha Evans from Tauranga. Audio

  • China still unhappy at Japan's slow leak of nuclear water

    world
    An aerial photo shows the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated (TEPCO) in Fukushima Prefecture on August 24, 2023. TEPCO announced that Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant had started to release treated water stored within the premises of the plant into the ocean on the same day.( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Takuya Matsumoto / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)

    5:11 AM.Nathan Rarere chats with our correspondent in Japan, Chris Gilbert. Audio

  • Sth America: Argentina in trouble with Venezuela, Colombia

    world
    12651904 - earth with translucent water in the oceans and the detailed topography of the continents  detail of the earth with south america  isolated on white

    5:05 AM.Let's begin in South America, our correspondent in Argentina is Kate Pereyra-Garcia. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 28 March 2024
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 3 April 2024
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