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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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Friday, 9 April 2021
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
9 Apr 2021We've missed him over Easter, our Minister of Fruit and Veggies is back, Mr Glen Forsyth is here talking about NZ potatoes and dill. Audio
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India travel suspension greeted with dismay in India
9 Apr 2021New Zealand will suspend flights arriving from India due to the high number of Covid-positive passengers arriving from there as the country grapples with its worst wave of Covid-19 yet. Our produer… Read more Audio
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Brexit just one reason for Northern Ireland protests
9 Apr 2021To the UK now where we join our correspondent Alex Cadier in London. Audio
Thursday, 8 April 2021
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Robertson: Privately funded drugs admin too expensive for public
Nathan Rarere spoke with deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and began by asking him whether was fair to people like Mandy. Audio
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Admin of privately funded drugs huge cost for patients
8 Apr 2021Bowel cancer patient Mandy Grantley who had to pay 64-thousand dollars to get unfunded treatment says it's outrageous that half the cost went towards getting it administered because under the current… Read more Audio
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LDR Whanganui: 50 percent shortage of GPs in next 5 years
8 Apr 2021Every Thursday we get one of reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme to wake up early and tell us what's been happening on their beat. LDR is a free public-interest news service… Read more Audio
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Australian tourists will give much needed boost for tourism
8 Apr 2021Our tourism operators are champing at the bit to have Australian tourists back once the travel bubble opens on April the 19th. But how much of a boon are they going to be for the struggling sector… Read more Audio
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Women's health services chronically underfunded
8 Apr 2021A leading healthcare professional says the problems facing women's health services would've been solved long ago if they'd been affecting men. Yesterday, the Gender Justice Collective gathered on the… Read more Audio
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Europe adds rare blood clots to AZ vaccine side effects
8 Apr 2021To Europe, where the European Drug Agency has been addressing concerns about blood clot links to the AstraZeneca vaccine. And the results are through in Greenland's snap election which could have big… Read more Audio
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Grave of unknown soldier finally identified
8 Apr 2021A 103-year old mystery has been solved with the identification of the grave of an unknown New Zealand soldier killed in the First World War. The unmarked grave at the Dochy Farm 'New British Cemetery'… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
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New MP: Tukituki's Labour MP Anna Lorck
7 Apr 2021Every Wednesday, we introduce you to a first term MP, someone new to parliament and this week it's the turn of Labour Party MP for Tukituki. Anna Lorck unseated National MP Lawrence Yule in last… Read more Audio
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Tourism minister looking forward to Aussie tourists visiting NZ
7 Apr 2021Nathan Rarere asked the Tourism Minister Stuart Nash whether he'll be hopping on the first flight to Australia. Audio
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