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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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Wednesday, 11 November 2020
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Napier floodwaters taking time to recede
11 Nov 2020Emergency services, Council staff and Locals will continue the clean up operation in Napier today. Hundreds of properties are still without power, and the city's wastewater system remains overloaded… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
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Covid-19, politics and burnout bringing international doctors to NZ
10 Nov 2020As Covid-19 cases rise overseas so does the desire of doctors wanting to come to New Zealand shores. Medical recruitment agencies say demand to move to the country has sky rocketed this year with the… Read more Audio
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Republicans supporting Trump's non concession of election loss
10 Nov 2020Back to the US now where President Donald Trump has yet to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden. And many Republicans politicians are backing his stance, telling the President to not to… Read more Audio
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Napier Mayor will assess area after State of Emergency declared
10 Nov 2020A local state of emergency has been declared in Napier, after a record-breaking amount of rain dumped itself over the city in one day. The 237-millimetres of rainfall caused widespread surface… Read more Audio
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Cook Islands' travel bubble with NZ getting closer
10 Nov 2020With all the rain about a tropical holiday would be good right about now A government delegation will visit the Cook Islands later this week to assess the suitability of creating a travel bubble with… Read more Audio
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Beach training helps The Fixer at NZ Trotting Club, Addington
10 Nov 2020The North Canterbury trainer Regan Todd will have his first ever runner in the New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington this afternoon. 30 year old Todd took over the training of former Cup winner The… Read more Audio
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The Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester
10 Nov 2020This week TradeMe has the usual fine selection of interesting auctions including one of the most excellent caravan restorations you are likely to see anywhere. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson… Read more Audio
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The UK/USA relationship now with Pres-elect Biden
10 Nov 2020We head to the UK now as England's second lockdown continues to drag on. Joining Nathan Rarere is our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio
Monday, 9 November 2020
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Biden needs to re-establish foreign relations around the world
Joe Biden's win in the US Presidential election provides an opportunity for the country to rebuild relationships both domestically and abroad. President Donald Trump's tenure has been marred by… Read more Audio
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Trump yet to concede, retweets, plays golf again
9 Nov 2020And we head back to the United States now where Donald Trump still hasn't conceded the election despite Joe Biden having a clear majority. Nathan speaks with Washington correspondent Simon Marks. Audio
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Epidemiologist:NZDF employee should not have caught Covid
9 Nov 2020A second Defence Force employee has tested positive for Covid-19, and flew from Auckland to Wellington after becoming infected. The first case, which was announced on Friday, had been working at the… Read more Audio
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Comedian Justine Smith says 2020 good year for comedy
9 Nov 2020It's comedy season again, with the New Zealand Christmas Comedy Gala kicking off a side-splitting summer of lols. And one of the stars of the show is Billy T James award winner Justine Smith. Nathan… Read more Audio
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