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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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Thursday, 23 June 2022
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Robertson: moving alert settings could ease hospital pressure
South Auckland GPs will offer free appointments for the second weekend in a row in a bid to curb the pressure on Middlemore Hospital. Counties Manukau DHB are paying GP practices up to $350 per… Read more Audio
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How RNZ is covering Matatriki in multi-media special
23 Jun 2022Tomorrow is the first time Matariki will be celebrated as a public holiday in Aotearoa. Producer Leonard Powell hit the streets of Tamaki Makaurau to find out what people are doing to celebrate. He… Read more Audio
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US: Day 4 of Jan 6 hearings sees evidence growing against Trump
23 Jun 2022Day 4 of the United States House Select Committee public hearings into the January 6 Insurrection kept piling up the evidence against Donald Trump and his team. To take us through the biggest talking… Read more Audio
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Worst time for first-home buyers to buy house
A just-released report has found that it's the worst time for potential first-home buyers trying to get into the housing market since 1957. That's according to economic consultancy Infometrics, their… Read more Audio
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LDR Tauranga: owner 11th hour bid to save dog after vet attack
23 Jun 2022It's Local Democracy Reporting Programme time now and this morning we're in Tauranga with Alisha Evans. Alisha's been covering the story about a dog owner's 11th hour bid to save her dog after it… Read more Audio
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Aussie-born Scott Sorenson excited to play for Kiwis
23 Jun 2022Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium returns to life on Saturday - with the New Zealand men's and women's rugby league sides hosting their Tongan counterparts. And for one of the new players in the Kiwis squad… Read more Audio
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Europe: panic buying in Russian enclave of Kaliningrad
23 Jun 2022To Europe now, where there's a war still raging in Ukraine and the French President Emmanuel Macron has yet another crisis on his hands.. Joining Nathan Rarere from Sweden is our Europe correspondent… Read more Audio
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UK: talks to end rail strike underway, millions affected
23 Jun 2022To the UK now where the second of three scheduled rail strikes is set to proceed as talks to end the dispute resume. Joining Nathan Rarere from London is our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
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Wairarapa MP attempts world record 26 hour interview
22 Jun 2022Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty will this weekend undergo the longest recorded interview ever. Yes the government minister plans to be interviewed for 26 hours non-stop and beat the Guiness World Record… Read more Audio
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AK GPs burnt out from patients unable to attend EDs
22 Jun 2022Auckland GPs say they're getting burnt out as they pick up extra patients who've been unable to be seen at emergency departments Twenty-seven clinics opened for free appointments in east and south… Read more Audio
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NZ's first alcohol-free bottle shop opens in Auckland
22 Jun 2022As an increasing number of Kiwis say no to booze, alcohol-free alternatives to beer, wine and spirits are gaining popularity. Now the New Zealand company AF Drinks has opened the country's first… Read more Video, Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Ruby Topzand
22 Jun 2022This week on TradeMe - if the Kardashians lived in Christchurch, they would be well interested in today's property listing. But it's electric vehicles that are leading the pack this week with… Read more Audio
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