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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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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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Wednesday, 31 August 2022
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Minimum standard of care for treatment of melanoma
31 Aug 2022A network of over a thousand health professionals have released a set of guidelines to try and achieve consistency across the country for how skin cancer is treated. With more than 350 New Zealanders… Read more Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester
31 Aug 2022This week on TradeMe Sir John Key's old house is up for sale - the Parnell mansion last sold for nearly 24 million dollars .. so good luck with mortgage repayments on this. Also up for grabs is a… Read more Audio
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Podcast brings about conviction for 30 year old murder
31 Aug 2022To Australia now where a 30-year-old murder mystery has come to an end with a guilty verdict. Joining Nathan Rarere from Brisbane is our correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio
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Mid-East: Shia cleric calls for calm to stop Baghdad violence
31 Aug 2022To the Middle-East now, where Nathan Rarere was joined from Doha by our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
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Willis: govt should apologise over cost of living payment
30 Aug 2022The National Party is urging the government to apologise after the Auditor General's ruling on the distrubtion of payments to help low and middle income New Zealanders with the high cost of living… Read more Audio
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Inflatable slide company fined $350,000
30 Aug 2022Worksafe has imposed a 350-thousand dollar fine on an inflatable slide company behind a string of incidents and injuries. The health and safety regulator says that JTK Trustee Limited -- trading as… Read more Audio
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LDR Gisborne: gold kiwifruit growers charged higher rates
30 Aug 2022Our chance to catch up on news from regional New Zealand now and this morning we're in Gisborne with the Local Democracy Reporting Programme's Matthew Rosenberg. He's been looking into why kiwifruit… Read more Audio
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Sheep shearing competition returns after Covid restrictions
30 Aug 2022After two years of covid restrictions, it's time to for another team of proud New Zealanders to put on the Black tracksuit top and overseas in search of glory In October, the New Zealand team will be… Read more Audio
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UK: energy bills are sky high as Tory leadership race continues
30 Aug 2022To the UK now - where energy bills are sky-high and the race for the Tory leadership is like one of those long distance marathons. Joining Nathan Rarere from the UK is our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio
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More than half of Pakistan affected by flooding
30 Aug 2022We begin this morning in Pakistan, where authorities are bracing themselves for more devastation as the country grapples with catastrophic floods. More than 30 million people - about 15 per cent of… Read more Audio
Monday, 29 August 2022
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Bluetooth tracking devices sell out as airlines lose luggage
29 Aug 2022Amid numerous reports of airlines misplacing travellers' luggage, bluetooth tracking devices are sold out at many stores across New Zealand. The devices, including Apple AirTags and Samsung SmartTags… Read more Audio
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Stuff's Marc Hinton dissects All Blacks loss to Pumas
29 Aug 2022The All Blacks' 18 - 25 loss to Argentina over the weekend has reignited debate about the team's leadership. After coach Ian Foster was granted a reprieve thanks to the ABs' barnstorming victory over… Read more Audio
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