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NZ golfer Steve Alker wins Senior PGA champs in Michigan
5:35 AM.New Zealand golfer Steve Alker won the Senior PGA Championship over the weekend in Michigan to become the first New Zealander to win a Senior Major Championship Before his dream run on the over 50's… Read more Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester
5:23 AM.We're are all tightening our belts as the cost of living rises - and many of us are looking to the second hand market to make those savings. First Up producer Jeremy Parkinson talked with TradeMe's… Read more Audio
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Turkey demands Sweden, Finland amend laws to join NATO
5:14 AM.To the Middle East now, where Turkey is still the immovable object in the way of Sweden and Finland joining NATO - joining Nathan Rarere from Doha is Alex Baird. Audio
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PM talks to media after Oval Office meeting with Biden
5:10 AM.In the United States - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has just addressed media at the White House after meeting President Joe Biden. She told waiting media she was greatly heartened by their… Read more Audio
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Australia: new Foreign Minister Penny Wong outflanks China
5:05 AM.So we will begin across the Tasman, where Foreign Minister Penny Wong appears to have saved the day - and uber-conservative Peter Dutton steps up to lead the Liberal Party. Joining Nathan Rarere from… Read more Audio
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Willis: competition only way to ease supermarket duopoly
5:52 AM.Nathan Rarere also discussed the new Supermarket rules with National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis. But first he asked what she made of last night's One News Colmar Brunton poll which has Labour… Read more Audio
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Consumer NZ hopes new supermarket rules will impact shoppers
5:47 AM.The government has introduced a raft of new rules for supermarkets in an attempt to counter soaring food prices. It follows the Commerce Commissions market study into New Zealand supermarkets, which… Read more Audio
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Severe weather hitting North Island through long weekend
5:37 AM.Yesterday saw severe weather warnings issued for much of the North Island with some areas seeing up to 150-millimetres of rain. And it doesn't look to be over just yet. Nathan Rarere spoke with Philip… Read more Audio
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Food charity Everybody Eats moving from K Rd location
5:33 AM.Everybody Eats is a not for profit charity taking donated would be going to waste and turning it into tasty three course meals. Operating thanks to a large team of volunteers, Everybody Eats began as… Read more Audio
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Nelson's riverside library vulnerable to flooding
5:22 AM.Nelson's council will re-evaluate its plans for a new 46-million dollar riverside library after it was found to be vulnerable to flooding. The library is set to be built alongside the Maitai River… Read more Audio
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Japan: former leader of Japanese Red Army freed
5:13 AM.In Japan, the former leader of the Japanese Red Army has been freed after serving a 20 year sentence. Fusako Shigenobu, who's now 76, evaded capture for decades before being arrested in Osaka in the… Read more Audio
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UK: investigations launched into Champions League fans
5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the United Kingdom where main streets are festooned with bunting in anticipation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee.. Joining Nathan Rarere from London is our… Read more Audio
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Queenstown needs more staff to cope with increased tourism
5:52 AM.The mountains are white with snow, the Aussies are arriving unimpeded by Covid restrictions and the businesses owners are breathing sighs of relief. Well not everyone, the Queenstown tourism sector… Read more Audio
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Doc Edge documentary film festival is back in person
5:46 AM.The "Doc Edge" documentary festival kicks off on the 1st of June and runs til the 10th of July with a full online festival as well as in-person screenings in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:26 AM.To the fresh produce markets now - and it's getting near winter, to tell us more about the change in season - and the change in the availablilty of fruit and veggies is our Glenn Forsyth. Read more Audio
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Red tape at banks stopping Maori building papakainga
5:18 AM.They held on to their land through war and confiscations or fought to get it back, but now they can't build on it. Longform Journalist Ella Stewart has done a deep dive into how red tape and barriers… Read more Audio
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Jacinda Ardern's Harvard speech delights Pakistan
5:09 AM.On the Indian sub-continent our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's speech at Harvard University is making waves.. And in Afghanistan, the Taliban and the UN Security Council are at odds - again - over… Read more Audio
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Police to support small retailers hit by ram raids
5:52 AM.Police will manage a 6 million dollar crime prevention programme, installing bollards and similar measures to prevent ram raids, as part of the government's response to the attacks. Police Minister… Read more Audio
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US: PM Ardern in Boston to address Harvard's Class of 2022
5:48 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in Boston this morning - a day after doing the rounds at Capitol Hill, where she met politicians from across the political spectrum. With the Prime Minister in Boston… Read more Audio
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NZ Band T-shirt Day raises money for MusicHelps
5:33 AM.If you're planning on wearing your favourite New Zealand music shirt today that was a very good choice! Today is NZ Band T-Shirt day - raising money for MusicHelps, a charity which among other things… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:23 AM.It's Friday, and time to head to the fresh produce markets with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Tamarillos are now in season, leafy greens still in good supply and Fruit of the Week -… Read more Audio
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Friendship Force:international peace through homestays
5:14 AM.Friendship force is an international organisation that hopes to bring peace through friendships and homestays. They have 10 clubs in New Zealand and they're launching a global initiative to get the… Read more Audio
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Africa: 11 newborns die in hopsital fire in Senegal
5:10 AM.To Africa where Gambia is preparing to prosecute it's former leader and a hospital tragedy in Senegal, as fire takes the lives of 11 newborn babies.. Nathan Rarere asked our correspondent in Ghana… Read more Audio
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Deputy PM: PM well received on US tour
5:49 AM.Nathan Rarere asked the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson during their regular weekly chat for his response to the tragedy in Texas. Audio
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Update on Texas school shooting: 19 students, 2 teachers dead,
5:45 AM.Nineteen students and at least two teachers were murded during a shooting at a primary school in Texas, the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States. The 18-year-old gunman carried out… Read more Audio