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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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US Justice Dept investigates "bribery for pardon" scheme
3 Dec 2020The US Justice Department is investigating an alleged 'bribery for pardon scheme' at the White House in exchange for a Presidential Pardon. Court records unsealed yesterday show a request from August… Read more Audio
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Picking the perfect Christmas Tree from tree farm in Drury
3 Dec 2020With the year we've had, you might be excused for getting the tree up early in a bid to bring some early Christmas cheer and if you haven't put up your Christmas tree yet, you might be in the… Read more Audio
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CH Metro Sports Centre opening still 2 years away
3 Dec 2020Christchurch's main anchor project - the Metro Sports facility is making steady progress but delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic means it's now two years away from operating. It will be the largest… Read more Audio
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Pike River families calls for explosion speculation to end
3 Dec 2020The wife of one of the men killed in the Pike River mine says leaked information about what has been found during the re-entry into the mine could undermine any future court action. Twenty-nine men… Read more Audio
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Europe still on various lockdowns heading into Christmas
3 Dec 2020Europe correspondent Catherine Walbridge updates us on the availability of the vaccine where she is in Austria; Christmas markets and punch stands are closed for Christmas; a conservative Hungarian MP… Read more Audio
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Maori/Pacific academics paid less, lower chances of promotion
New research has found that Maori and Pacific academics in New Zealand universities are paid less and have a significantly lower chance of promotion compared to their colleagues. The authors of the… Read more Audio
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Whakaari/White Island US victims sue cruise line
American couple Matt and Lauren Urey were on their honeymoon on board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Ovation of the Seas when they signed up for an excursion to Whakaari/White Island. Both suffered… Read more Audio
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Four day working week sounds good but has complications
2 Dec 2020A Wellington based employment law specialist says that a four-day working week sounds great, but it's not without complication. New Zealand employees of global consumer giant Unilever are the latest… Read more Audio
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What's Blooming? Tony Hayes from UFG on seasonal flowers
2 Dec 2020For a look at the flower markets heading in to the Christmas and summer seasons, Nathanspoke to Tony Hayes, the CEO of United Flower Growers. Audio
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NZ Made:Miriama Walesi from Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust
Every week we have a look at a unique New Zealand business and this week we're talking to the Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust. Started from a kitchen table in the home of Jo Poland The R.Y.A.L.T… Read more Audio
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Two new buildings for mental health services in Christchurch
2 Dec 2020A mental health advocate is astonished that it's taken nearly a decade to build two new buildings for mental health services in Christchurch. The 81.8 million dollar project will provide facilities… Read more Audio
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Giuliani denies discussion with Trump about self pardon
2 Dec 2020To the US - joining Nathan Rarere from Washington for all the latest on the dying days of the Trump administration is our correspondent Simon Marks. Audio
