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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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Friday, 17 June 2022
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US: third day of January 6 hearings gets underway
17 Jun 2022To the US now, where the January 6th hearings have begun for the day - joining Nathan Rarere from New York is our correspondent Bevan Hurley. Audio
Thursday, 16 June 2022
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Robertson: Cabinet reshuffle, GP shortage, All Whites loss
Nathan Rarere also discussed the GP shortage with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. But first he wanted to talk to him about Monday's Cabinet reshuffle, which saw Chris Hipkins become Police… Read more Audio
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Travelling hundreds of km to see a GP, dire shortage of doctors
16 Jun 2022People have found themselves travelling hundreds of kilometres just to see a GP for a 15 minutes consult, due to a dire shortage of doctors. Checkpoint reported yesterday that with no Invercargill GP… Read more Audio
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Maori health experts fearful of long Covid hit
16 Jun 2022Health experts are worried that a long covid crisis looms for Maori, which could cause many to be unable to work or get the help they need. The experts worry that deep-seated inequities will only… Read more Audio
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LDR South AK: GP shortage forcing patients to hospitals
16 Jun 2022It's Local Democracy Reporting Programme time now and this morning we're in South Auckland with Steve Forbes. He's been investigating a big issue that we'll be taking a further look at a little later… Read more Audio
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UN finds Finland violated political rights of indigenous Sami
16 Jun 2022To Europe where France continues to stuggle with the burkini and Italy is shaken by the case of a mother who killed her four-year-old daughter. Joining Nathan Rarere from Sweden is our correspondent… Read more Audio
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UK: flight cancelled, EU protests UK asylum flights to Rwanda,
16 Jun 2022Joining Nathan Rarere from London is our correspondent Ellie Jay Audio
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
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All Whites vs Costa Rica in Doha, update from stadium
In less than 10 minutes the All Whites will get their one and only shot to be the 32nd - and final team - to qualify for this year's Football World Cup. The team take on a team ranked 70 places above… Read more Audio
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Onehunga jeweller closes business after ram raid
A jewellers in Auckland's Onehunga is closing down after 20 years, after being targetted by ram raiders Jewellers on Queen owner Bharti Patel says she feels unsafe after two robberies in as many… Read more Audio
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Space the Final Frontier: space news with James Parr
15 Jun 2022News from outer space now with James Parr, founder of the Open Space Agency. This week's got the lot - meteor collisions, "sentient" robots ... and AIs in cinema history. But Nathan Rarere began by… Read more Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Ruby Topzand
15 Jun 2022This week on TradeMe - a car straight out of Noddy, but for a price even Big Ears probably can't pass by... And an apartment in one of Auckland's swisher suburbs - But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson… Read more Audio
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Blood Service: 38,000 new donors urgently required
15 Jun 2022This week New Zealand Blood Service is running National Blood Donor Week. Nearly 38-thousand new donors are needed across New Zealand in the next 12 months to keep up with the country's increasing… Read more Audio
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