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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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Wednesday, 9 June 2021
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Cook Islands' seeing a boost in tourism as flights increase
9 Jun 2021To the Cook Islands now where the burst travel bubble is in to its fourth week and it seem business is booming. We've been talking with Liana Scott who is GM of the Muri Beach Club Hotel and president… Read more Audio
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Fiji battles worst Covid-19 outbreak to date
9 Jun 2021To Fiji now where the country is battling it's worst Covid-19 outbreak to date with 147 new cases in the last two days alone. 681 cases have been recorded since the latest outbreak began in April, for… Read more Audio
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Widespread international website outages being fixed
9 Jun 2021As you wake up this morning, you might find that a number of your favourite international websites are either down or struggling to perform. Joining Nathan Rarere to tell us more is our UK… Read more Audio
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Australian Federal govt slammed for pandemic response
9 Jun 2021Melbourne continues to put out covid-19 fires with at least 3 more community cases in the last 48 hours. The city is still in lockdown and it's possible the initial week long lockdown, which was… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
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National's Deputy leader: we're backing the nurses
8 Jun 2021As we do every week, Nathan Rarere caught up with the Deputy Leader of the National Party Shane Reti. This time they spoke about cycling over Auckland's harbour, tax for big corporates, and Nathan… Read more Audio
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NSW mouse plague spilling over into towns, cities
It's feared that the plague of mice which is eating its way across rural New South Wales could swarm the country's towns and cities next. Entire farms and homes have been overrun by billions of… Read more Audio
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The Wonderful World of TradeMe with Logan Mudge
8 Jun 2021We'd all love to be "off-grid" - you could be motivated by thinking solar or wind is better for the envorniment OR maybe the most appealing thing is not having a power bill. Dream no more - you too… Read more Audio
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Honour to be recognised: Dame Hinewehi Mohi
Hinewehi Mohi has been made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to Maori, music and television. She is one of the 170 recipients recognised in yesterday's Queen's… Read more Audio
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Anger in Hungary over Chinese built University campus
8 Jun 2021Joining Nathan Rarere from Sweden is our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio
Friday, 4 June 2021
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Bubble travellers: beware of your travel insurance
4 Jun 2021The Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman is warning hopeful bubble travellers to be prepared to take risks. Karen Stevens says the independent service received 230 mostly travel-related… Read more Audio
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Space the final frontier: James Parr on space news
4 Jun 2021Joining Nathan for a look at all the news from off the planet is our regular space correspondent SPACE JAMES.. James Parr from the Open Space Agency. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
4 Jun 2021Joining Nathan Rarere for all the mid-year fresh produce news is our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth - update on produce affected by floods in Canterbury. Read more Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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