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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, 4 December 2020
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
4 Dec 2020December's 5+ A Day recommendations from our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth. Audio
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Circa Theatre's Cinderella - The Pantomime enchanting audiences
4 Dec 2020You shall go to the ball! The enchanting tale of Cinderella with a 2020 twist is wowing Wellington audiences for this year's Circa Theatre pantomime. Cinderella lives in a leaky room on Mt Victoria… Read more Audio
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Grim Covid-19 deaths in US reach 3000 in one day - a record
4 Dec 2020Figures released overnight show more than 3000 people died of covid-19 in the US yesterday. This is a record number of deaths due to the virus. Some projections show another 150,000 people could die… Read more Audio
Thursday, 3 December 2020
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Ecostore boss:more money needed to achieve carbon neutrality
3 Dec 2020New Zealand declared a climate emergency yesterday vowing to go carbon neutral with all buildings going green and all new cars going electric by 2025. The move sees us join 32 other nations in… Read more Audio
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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
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
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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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