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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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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
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South Auckland Neighbours connect students online with a "digital cup of sugar"
25 Aug 2020While the government has been scrambling since March to get disadvantaged students devices and internet access for online learning during the lockdown, one South Auckland Principal has found a way to… Read more Audio
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Father of mosque shooting victim forgives killer
25 Aug 2020A father whose son died during the Christchurch mosque attacks will be one of the last to give his victim impact statement during the sentencing this week. Fourteen year old, Sayyad Milne was shot in… Read more Audio
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Public health professor:use NZDF bases for quarantine
25 Aug 2020Masks should be compulsory attire for a night out to a restaurant or bar according to a leading public health professor. Otago University's Nick Wilson says the government's policy to make masks… Read more Audio
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The Wonderful World of TradeMe with Ruby Topzand
25 Aug 2020How does winning an auction for lunch with a public servant sound? No, not Jim from Gliding On - the Cancer Society reckons Dr Ashley Bloomfield is a more appropriate 2020 lunch companion. As Ruby… Read more Audio
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Auckland City Mission:all hands on deck for second lockdown
25 Aug 2020It's all hands on deck at the Auckland City Mission, close to two weeks after it was announced the city would be going back to alert level 3. Demand for food parcels trebelled during the first… Read more Audio
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UK Prime Minister determined to get children back to school
25 Aug 2020Indira spoke with our correspondent Henry Riley in the UK where Boris Johnson seems determined to get children back to school. Audio
Monday, 24 August 2020
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Mosque attack victim won't attend sentencing of killer
24 Aug 2020Nour Travis was a victim of the Al Noor Mosque attack in Christchurch on March 15th last year. The 49-year-old father of two managed to escape when the first shooting took place but his two best… Read more Audio
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Law professor: law standing up to test in mosque sentencing
24 Aug 2020The sentencing of the Christchurch mosque gunman begins today at the Christchurch High Court. The hearing is to be held over the next four days. The gunman is being sentenced on 51 counts of murder… Read more Audio
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Gold Fossicking at Fever Pitch
24 Aug 2020Gold fossickers are dusting off pans and rummaging through garages for shovels, as prices for the precious metal reach fever pitch. Greymouth-born Jade Wright is part of several online fossickers'… Read more Audio
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Greengrocers tell Govt they need to open, safely equipped
Greengrocers and independent retailers are still calling on the Government to let them open under the Alert Level 3 restrictions saying they are well equipped to operate safely, Mike Chapman, CEO of… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
24 Aug 2020Joining Indira for a look at the Monday markets is our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth. Capsicums, broccoli and avocado all good buys this week. Audio
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Central Pulse defend title, pleasing for coach McCausland-Durie
24 Aug 2020The Central Pulse have gone back-to-back in the ANZ Premiership, giving their departing coach Yvette McCausland-Durie the perfect send off. After a long season disrupted by Covid-19, the Pulse… Read more Audio
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