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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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Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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National happy with vaccines being offered to children
22 Jun 2021Medsafe has given the all-clear for New Zealanders as young as 12 to receive the Pfizer vaccine. This happened as the Prime Minister announced that a million New Zealanders have received their first… Read more Audio
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Papatoetoe residents counting cost of damage after tornado
22 Jun 2021We sent Ella Stewart the other way.. down Freyberg Avenue. Audio
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Papatoetoe's Atkinson Ave residents cleaning up after tornado
22 Jun 2021The Prime Minister will visit the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe on Friday to get a first hand look at the aftermath of the tornado which damaged more than 1200 homes on Saturday leaving 62… Read more Audio
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5 uncapped players selected for All Blacks 2021
22 Jun 2021A 36-strong squad All Blacks was announced in Auckland last night, ahead of tests against Tonga and Fiji next month. The group includes five uncapped players, but doesn't feature several senior… Read more Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester
22 Jun 2021This week on TradeMe - a Game of Thrones crew jacket and a particularly clever listing for a rather average fishing boat. But first, TradeMe's Millie Silvester tells producer Jeremy Parkinson about… Read more Audio
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Tokyo announces 10,000 spectators allowed in Olympic venues
22 Jun 2021To Japan, where it's been announced that up to 10-thousand spectators will be allowed into venues for the Olympic Games, either that or up to 50 per cent of capacity. Our producer Matthew Theunissen… Read more Audio
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UK moves from Covid emergency response to booster programme
22 Jun 2021To the UK now where the Government is being urged to look beyond the initial immunisation programme and to make a plan for covid-19 boosters. A group of doctors and NHS trusts say that a plan for a… Read more Audio
Monday, 21 June 2021
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Flood, tornado damage repairs underway in Sth Auckland
21 Jun 2021Nathan Rarere spoke with the Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff. Audio
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Family mourning, clean up begins after weekend tornado
21 Jun 2021An Auckland family is mourning the loss of their father and husband after he was killed in the devastating tornado that hit south Auckland on Saturday morning. Janesh Prasad was working at the South… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
21 Jun 2021We're almost a third of the way through winter so what's good at the produce markets this week? For the answer to that question - Nathan was joined by our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth. Read more Audio
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People Power saves iconic Auckland pohutukawa tree
21 Jun 2021The community who rallied to protect an iconic pohutakawa says that it shouldn't have required "People Power" for Auckland Council to own up to its mistake that put the tree at risk in the first place… Read more Audio
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What changes for rest of the world with new Iranian President
21 Jun 2021To the Middle East, where Iran has a new President-elect - hardliner Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi's election comes just as the West is working toward reinstating the 2015 Nuclear Deal which was abandoned by… Read more Audio
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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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