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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, 19 February 2021
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Vaccinators being trained up to deliver Covid jabs around NZ
19 Feb 2021Today the first of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be given to New Zealand's Vaccinators - they are the healthcare workers who will administer the jab to the rest of the population, starting with… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
19 Feb 2021Joining us from the Friday markets is New Zealand's healthiest man, our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth who talks apples and how the Auckland markets reacted to Level 3. Audio
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Notorious Carla Crozier returns to Shortland Street
19 Feb 2021This year marks the 25th anniversary since one of Shortland Street's most famous characters was admitted to a psychiatric facility after attempting to murder her sister. Then she was gone. Carla… Read more Audio
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Auckland Arts events go ahead, postponed due to Level 3
19 Feb 2021Last year the pandemic impacted the arts sector to no end, with shows cancelled across the globe. And now the latest level three lockdown in Auckland has interrupted both the Pride and Fringe… Read more Audio
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Savage winter storm cuts power in Texas, Rush Limbaugh dead
19 Feb 2021We cross to the United States to our Washington correspondent Simon Marks who tells us about the winter storm cutting power to large parts of Texas and conservative talkback host Rush Limbaugh has… Read more Audio
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Thursday, 18 February 2021
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Covid-19: are the alert levels working?
18 Feb 2021Nathan Rarere discussed the alert level changes with University of Otago professor of Epidemiology Dr Michael Baker. Audio
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Level changes give certainty to Aucklanders
18 Feb 2021The alert level change was met with relief - and a bit of anxiety - on the streets of Auckland, as our reporter Ella Stewart found out. Audio
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Pike River recovery team reach furthest point in mine
18 Feb 2021The Pike River Recovery Agency has reached the furthest point that it plans to go to in the mine re-entry operation. On Tuesday, recovery workers reached the roof fall - 2.26 kilometres up the mine… Read more Audio
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LDR West Coast: tourism and rates concerning locals
18 Feb 2021We have heard a lot lately about the collapse of international tourism and the impact of that on the West Coast glacier towns of Franz Josef and Fox - which relied on it. Franz is still waiting to… Read more Audio
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Dr Drama Makes a Show with You premieres at AK Fringe
18 Feb 2021James Wenley is a lecturer in Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington but this week he's putting down the white board marker to be on stage himself. The academic has been working on an… Read more Audio
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New MP: Labour's Shanan Halbert of Northcote
18 Feb 2021This week's new MP is Labour's Northcote representative, Shanan Halbert. Mr Halbert took the Northcote seat off National's incumbent Dan Bidois in the 2020 General Election and says it was a hard… Read more Audio
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Germany closes its borders with Austria, Czech Republic
18 Feb 2021Nathan caught up with our Vienna, Austria correspondent Catherine Walbridge where Austria's neighbour is closing its borders. Audio
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