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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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An early morning news and current affairs conversation hosted by Nathan Rarere featuring the people behind key issues and quirky human interest stories from New Zealand and overseas.
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Thursday, 20 April 2023
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Labour: working with youth programmes to lessen youth crime
Joining us now is Labour MP Ginny Anderson. The newly minted Police Minister is standing in for Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni who in the Pacific Islands this week. Audio
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Are you getting your bivalent Covid vaccine booster?
20 Apr 2023We're riding a fourth wave of Covid with experts warning of increased pressure on our already overloaded hospital system. 14,000 people tested positive this week.. that's up 2000 on the week before… Read more Audio
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Review of NZ domestic cricket season
20 Apr 2023It feels like it was yesterday we were speaking to the Groundskeeper at Hagley Oval about how they managed to play Cricket in early October... Well fast forward and the summer has passed us by, and… Read more Audio
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Childrens production The Worm doing 4 free shows in Hawke's Bay
20 Apr 2023Theatre company Nightsong are taking their acclaimed childrens show 'The Worm' to Hawke's Bay for 4 shows at the end of this month. The free shows will be staged in the newly revamped Opera House at… Read more Audio
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LDR Sth AK: high rates of whooping cough causing worry
20 Apr 2023To South Auckland now where Local Democracy Reporting Programme journalist Steve Forbes has been having a look at some possible candidates in the upcoming general election. Audio
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Europe: claims Russia using fishing vessels as spy ships
20 Apr 2023To the European mainland now - Nathan Raree was joined from Germany by our correspondent Nita Blake-Persen Audio
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UK: Manchester's chief cop says not UK police force is racist
20 Apr 2023Let's begin in the UK, from where Nathan Rarere is joined by our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
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Greens want excess profit tax imposed on supermarket
19 Apr 2023Green MP Elizabeth Kerekere has been accused of ongoing poor behaviour - including badmouthing and undermining her caucus colleagues and staff. Five individuals close to the Greens - including current… Read more Audio
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Forty teen girls get a taste of Airforce life
19 Apr 2023Forty teenage girls in their final year of high school are getting a taste of life in the Airforce this week. They're part of a school holiday programme at Ohakea airbase in Manawatu trying to… Read more Audio
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The Auckland Home Show returns after three-year hiatus
19 Apr 2023After eight postponements due to Covid and problems at Cornwall Park, the Auckland Home Show will return for the first time in three years from tomorrow. The home improvement and design extravaganza… Read more Audio
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The wonderful world of TradeMe
19 Apr 2023Online shopping time, this week our producer Leonard Powell spoke to Audrey Malone from Trademe about the weird and wonderful auctions going at the moment. They started by discussing a rare 82 year… Read more Audio
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Tonga cruises into economic growth
19 Apr 2023From across the ditch to the Pacific now, where our correspondent Kalafi Moala joins us from a slightly stormy Kingdom of Tonga. Audio
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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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