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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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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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Monday, 3 August 2020
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Fruit and veg report with Glen Forsyth
3 Aug 2020Our Minister of Fruit and Veg, Glenn Forsyth joined Indira Stewart for a look at the week in fresh produce. Audio
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Queenstown locals encouraged to get free covid-19 tests
3 Aug 2020Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult says people are rattled after a skiier who was recently in the town tested positive for Covid-19 in South Korea, and a community testing blitz is a responsible… Read more Audio
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New restrictions after Victoria's declared a state of disaster
3 Aug 2020To Australia now where Victoria's declared a state of disaster and introduced sweeping new restrictions across Melbourne under stage four. 671 new coronavirus cases have been detected since Saturday… Read more Audio
Friday, 31 July 2020
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Former united First leader Peter Dunne breaks down the polls
31 Jul 2020Well, when it comes to the main parties - the two most recent polls suggest Labour could have the numbers to govern alone. The 1News Colmar Brunton poll, published last night, put Labour on 53 per… Read more Audio
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David Seymour talks about the ACT party's poll result
31 Jul 2020ACT was the big winner among the minor parties in the 1News Colmar Brunton poll last night, coming in at 5 percent. The Greens are also sitting on 5 percent, while New Zealand First is steady on 2… Read more Audio
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More than 400 NZers desperate to get home from India
31 Jul 2020Two planes from India could arrive here empty next month - despite there being more than 400 New Zealand citizens and residents there desperate to get home. The Indian Government's announced two… Read more Audio
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Winners of Dairy Business of the Year tell us about the win
31 Jul 2020Waikato dairy farmers Richard and Nadine McCullough have a 383 hectare dairy farm near Lake Karapiro, milking 650 friesian cows supplying milk to Open Country Dairy. They are this year's winners of… Read more Audio
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Sports news with Nathan Rarere
31 Jul 2020Nathan Rarere joins Indira Stewart for a look ahead at the weekend's sport. Audio
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Fruit and veg report with Glenn Forsyth
31 Jul 2020A look at the weekend in fresh produce, our Minister of Fruit and Veg, Glenn Forsyth joins Indira Stewart. Audio
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What's trending with Ellie Jay
31 Jul 2020Time to look at what's trending on social media now with Ellie Jay. Audio
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Trump floats postponing November's election
31 Jul 2020To the US where President Donald Trump has suggested that November's presidential election should be postponed, saying increased postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate results. Giles Gibson… Read more Audio
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Dungeons and Dragons live show takes off at Wellington's Circa Theatre
31 Jul 2020Fans of the board game Dungeons and Dragons are being treated to a theatre production of a game at Circa Theatre in Wellington over the next few Sundays. We were desperate to know more about it but… Read more Audio
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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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