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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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Best of First Up for Thursday 30 July
30 Jul 2020On the podcast today: a new government policy aims to shift the burden of waste management onto the businesses helping to create it; the record store that's adapting to a Covid economy; she's in the… Read more Audio
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Meet the Mayors: David Trewavas from Taupō
30 Jul 2020We've unrolled our map of New Zealand again - and this week our dart's landed on Taupo - where David Trewavas has been mayor since 2013, he talks with Indira Stewart. Audio
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Man caught photographing woman can't be charged
30 Jul 2020A student who caught a man stalking her and taking dozens of inappropriate photos of her as she shopped in an Auckland pharmacy says she feels let down by police who told her they could do nothing… Read more Audio
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A look inside Navy's new ship HMNZS Aotearoa
30 Jul 2020It was an early morning in Devonport yesterday, as HMNZS Aotearoa was officially commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy. The half-a-billion dollar logistics support vessel travelled from South… Read more Video, Audio
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Golfer Ryan Fox: playing in Europe a challenge
30 Jul 2020New Zealand number 1 Ryan Fox says three months will be his limit on the European Golf Tour. Fox returned to the European Tour last week and just four days after arriving in the UK managed a top ten… Read more Audio
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Marbecks Record Store adapts to new economy post Covid
30 Jul 2020A record store owner in Auckland's Queen Street says the city's central shopping district has been forced to adapt quickly to the economic rigours of Covid-19. Marbecks Record Store opened in 1934 and… Read more Audio
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Govt policy shifts waste management burden to businesses
30 Jul 2020A new government policy aims to shift the burden of waste management from communities and councils back onto business making the waste. The Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage has announced… Read more Audio
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Pam Corkery reports from Queensland with new Covid cases
30 Jul 2020Indira speaks with our Queensland based commentator, former Alliance MP Pam Corkery who updates us on new cases of Covid in her state. Audio
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Returning Kiwi asking for compassion in managed isolation
29 Jul 2020A Kiwi in the UK forced to return home due to a medical condition says she cannot afford to pay for managed isolation when she returns and is calling on the government for compassion. Mel Sloan was… Read more Audio
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NZ reaction to Hong Kong protects values
29 Jul 2020New Zealand risked slipping into a master and servant relationship with China had it not taken action to support Hong Kong, says one academic. On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced New… Read more Audio
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Pandemic added substantial pressure on ERA causing delays
29 Jul 2020A workers advocate says the Covid-19 pandemic has brought substantial pressure onto the Employment Relations Authority. Advocates help workers bring their claims of mistreatment by employers forward… Read more Audio
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National MPs change their tune on Maori electoral rolls
29 Jul 2020National party MPs are no longer singing from the same song sheet on whether Maori should be allowed to switch electoral rolls. There have been renewed calls from frustrated Maori who are being… Read more Audio
