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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, 8 July 2021
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Anita Purcell with news from Europe
8 Jul 2021Anita Purcell spoke to Ellie Jay about the latest in Europe. A citizen in Germany has been arrested on suspicion of spying, a prominent journalist has been shot in the Netherlands, President Putin has… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
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Hospitality students are getting snapped up in the industry
Celia Hay, the Director of the New Zealand School of Food and Wine, speaks to Nathan Rarere about the understaffed hospitality industry and how most hospitality students have already been snapped up.
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Covid-19 border restrictions cause understaffing in hospitality
Restaurants across New Zealand have been forced to close their doors as Covid-19 border restrictions cause understaffing in the hospitality industry. The industry is calling for urgent visa… Read more Audio
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The M&M stacking world record holder shares his tips and tricks
7 Jul 2021Striving for success is a goal for many .. but what about the goal of being The Greatest Of Them All? Well, earlier this year a young British man decided to give M&M stacking a go and walked away a… Read more Audio
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Restaurant owners want more workers let into NZ
Some of the country's restaurant owners are urging the government to let more hospitality workers into the country First Up has spoken to operators who have shut shop due to the lack of staff, and… Read more Audio
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Older New Zealanders are starting to care about climate change
A new study has found that older New Zealanders are starting to care more intensely about climate change and are increasingly accepting that humans are behind the crisis. Over 56-thousand Kiwis… Read more Audio
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Another week of lockdown for Sydney-siders
7 Jul 2021We cross the ditch to Brisbane correspondent Pam Corkery, to get the latest on the Australian news. Audio
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
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Shane Reti talks vaccines, travel bubble, and cyber security
Quarantine-free travel will resume with Western Australia and Northern Territory from midnight Friday, and New Zealanders from New South Wales and Queensland will be able to fly home despite those… Read more Audio
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Fijian Morgue in Suva is filled to capacity from covid outbreak
6 Jul 2021The morgue in Fiji's capital city Suva is reported to be filled to capacity, and the funeral service which runs it says they're bracing for more Covid-19 deaths.
The country reported 352 new positive… Read more Audio
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George Snook reps NZ in U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
6 Jul 2021While the world's sporting heads will be turned toward Tokyo in two and a half weeks, some of the country's future Olympians continue to ply their trade around the world. One such athlete is… Read more Audio
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Wonderful world of TradeMe with Millie Silvester
6 Jul 2021This week on TradeMe's cool auctions - the opportunity for lunch and a tour of parliament with ACT leader David Seymour . But first, TradeMe's Millie Silvester tells producer Jeremy Parkinson about an… Read more Audio
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2020's most unusal pet insurance claims
6 Jul 2021From eating a rock, to a sock.. to chowing down on a pack of sewing pins... and a puffer fish. Southern Cross has released a list of its most unusual pet insurance claims of 2020. The insurer paid out… Read more Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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