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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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Kiwis flock to the West Coast for housing bargains
10 Sep 2020It might be New Zealand's last frontier, but possibly not for much longer. Cashed up Kiwis are flocking to the West Coast, snapping up housing bargains with the aim of becoming mortgage-free… Read more Audio
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Routine pause in vaccine development delays for Australia
10 Sep 2020Joining us now from across the Tassie is our correspondent, former Alliance MP and broadcaster Pam Corkery. Prime Minister Scott Morrison famously signed a deal with Oxford University and the… Read more Audio
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Long tail expected to current AK Covid clusters
9 Sep 2020New covid-19 cases linked to the Mt Roskill Church "mini-cluster" are still emerging - so how long will it take the cluster to close? Another case was identified late last night - a pupil at St… Read more Audio
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Suicide video goes viral on TikTok, children warned off
9 Sep 2020Parents and caregivers are being urged to keep their children off social media after footage of a man dying by suicide went viral on TikTok. The social media platform has been attempting to remove the… Read more Audio
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Women who hired CEO of UFBA says concerns brushed off
9 Sep 2020A woman involved in hiring the chief executive of the United Fire Brigades' Association says she tried to raise concerns about him and was brushed off. Bill Butzbach was stood down last week pending… Read more Audio
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Auckland students to get extra boost to NCEA scores
9 Sep 2020Auckland secondary principals are relieved their students will get a further boost to their NCEA scores after the latest lockdown. Bonus credits were announced for all NCEA students after the first… Read more Audio
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First Up's Fish Report with Brett Sellers
9 Sep 2020We have our minister for Fruit and Veggies and now we are going to start taking a monthly look at Kai Moana. Keen fisherman Brett Sellers is Foodstuffs seafood operations manager and has been a… Read more Audio
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NZ Made: Danielle Culling's Pitstop Power
9 Sep 2020One mum's search for a natural and environmentally friendly deodorant has ended up becoming a successful side hustle. Danielle Culling runs and makes Pitstop Power alongside her part time primary… Read more Audio
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Whanau of Maori Battalion soldiers to receive war medals
9 Sep 2020The son of a soldier in the Maori Battalion says he was blown away to learn his father never received his war medals. A list of 134 soldiers from the Battalion's C company has been published online… Read more Audio
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Eight weeks out from US election, who's leading the polls?
9 Sep 2020To the US where they are exactly 8 weeks out from their presidential election and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden is still ahead in many polls - but - as Donald Trump proved in 2016, that… Read more Audio
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Matariki public holiday recognition meaningful to Maori
8 Sep 2020The Labour Party has promised to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022 if re-elected - in what would be the first new public holiday in nearly 50 years. Earlier this year nearly 35 thousand people… Read more Audio
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Cannabis campaigner has her bank accounts closed
8 Sep 2020One of Kiwibank's Local Hero medal recipients has now been dropped as a client, and Kiwibank are closing her bank accounts. Long-time cannabis campaigner Rose Renton, who makes and sells medicinal… Read more Audio
