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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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Thursday, 29 October 2020
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Record daily covid infections across Europe, more lockdowns
29 Oct 2020Let's head to Europe now where we are joined our correspondent Catherine Walbridge in Austria. Catherine talks with Nathan about covid cases rising all across the continent with meetings underway to… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
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New MPs: Southland's Joseph Mooney
28 Oct 2020After the historic election result earlier this month when 40 new MPs were elected to Parliament, we've been trying to introduce you to as many of the newbies as we can. One of the few new National… Read more Audio
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Healthcare sector working to reduce carbon emissions
28 Oct 2020The climate emergency is seeing workplaces across the country changing their ways to try and reduce carbon emissions, and many healthcare workers are finding novel and innovative ways to ensure they… Read more Audio
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18 year old's lifeguard skills helps in river rescue of 11 yo
28 Oct 2020An 11-year-old boy was rescued from the Waikato river over the weekend thanks to a heroic by-stander. Joel Kumeroa is an 18-year-old builder, but it was his life guard skills that gave him the courage… Read more Audio
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Battle of Gate Pa, Pukehinahina commemorated today
28 Oct 2020Today is Te Putake o te Riri, He Ra Maumahara - the National Day of the Commemoration of the New Zealand Wars. The day is being marked at various events around the country but in Tauranga, there will… Read more Audio
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First international netball: Silver Ferns vs England Roses
28 Oct 2020International netball is back tonight with the Silver Ferns hosting the English Roses in the first game of the three-match Taini Jamison series. Covid-19 hit England netball hard, and the team haven't… Read more Audio
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NZ Made: Perzen Patel of Dolly Mumma
28 Oct 2020Each week we talk to a small New Zealand business and this week we're talking to Perzen Patel who's business is called 'Dolly Mumma'. They make ready-to-cook Indian products which you can use to make… Read more Audio
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Melbourne man on lockdown cycles 1400km on 5km circuit
A lot of people around the planet worked on important projects during the Covid crisis. Melbourne man Ben Loke is one. He cycled 14-hundred kilometres during his city's lockdown, and that was despite… Read more Audio
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Amy Coney Barrett's appointment turns SCOTUS conservative
28 Oct 2020Staying State-side now, where Judge Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed to the Supreme Court by the US Senate. Coming as it does just one week from the election, her hugely controversial appointment… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
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Scientists find abundance of water on the Moon
27 Oct 2020Nasa has just announced that water has been found on the moon. The liquidy discovery was made by scientists who analysed data from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, which… Read more Audio
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Labour moves to remove three strikes law
27 Oct 2020With no New Zealand First as part of a coalition acting as a handbrake, the controversial three strikes law could well be scrapped under the new Labour-led government. Introduced by the National and… Read more Audio
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Call for taonga to be returned to Parihaka
27 Oct 2020The former chief executive of the Tasman Bays Heritage Trust is asking Nelson families holding taonga taken from Parihaka to do the right thing and return them. About 200 of the 1600 militia who… Read more Audio
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