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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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Getting to the bottom of the Covid "deep clean"
10 Sep 2020As case numbers climb and people's movements and contacts are traced - businesses, workplaces and schools have been forced to close for deep cleans. On Tuesday Countdown New Lynn and St Dominic's… Read more Audio
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Misinformation hindering testing, finding Covid-19 cases
10 Sep 2020The Auckland August cluster continues to grow - with six new cases yesterday bringing the total to 171. 43 of those are connected to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship - of which 22 have now been… Read more Audio
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Five to Thrive - tamariki top of agenda for election
10 Sep 2020Put the needs of tamariki at the top of the agenda this election - that's the call from four leading children's organisations. Barnardos, Te Kahui Mana Ririki, Whanau Awhina Plunket and Save the… Read more Audio
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Pasifika not getting the credit for bulk of volunteering work
10 Sep 2020Pacific People do the bulk of unpaid work and volunteering in New Zealand, but are they getting the credit they deserve? A treasury report found Pasifika do up to 30 hours of unpaid work per week, but… Read more Audio
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Meet the Mayors: K Gurunathan from Kapiti District
10 Sep 2020It's the time of the week where we meet New Zealand's local leaders, This week we hear from the 'Guru of Paraparaumu' - the Mayor of Kapiti coast district K Gurunathan. Guru is Malaysian - Indian and… Read more Audio
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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
