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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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Covid-19: sex workers should contact WINZ
17 Mar 2020The Prostitutes Collective is urging sex workers to contact Work and Income New Zealand amid the covid-19 pandemic. It's National Coordinator, Dame Catherine Healy says sex workers are going to take a… Read more Audio
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UK still to decide on lockdowns, currently 35 deaths
Let's begin in the UK, where the total number of people to test positive for the virus has risen to 1,543. Indira was joined by our correspondent Alex Cadier. Audio
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Best of First Up from Monday 16 March
16 Mar 2020On the podcast today: a former lawyer retrains as a Master of Wine; the Government is finalising a multi-billion dollar package to tackle to economic fall out of the coronavirus; we head to Vodafone… Read more Audio
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Engineering for Covid-19 antibodies done, results in April
Across the world scientists are studying Covid-19 and working hard to develop both treatments and vaccines for the virus. Jacob Glanville from Distributed Bio is working on developing an antibody to… Read more Audio
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Vodafone NZ's deep clean to protect staff from Covid-19
In NZ, the focus is very much on stopping the spread of the virus - and preparing for the worst. While we're all having to take some personal responsibility - washing our hands and not touching our… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 govt package should focus on jobs & business losses
16 Mar 2020The Government is finalising a multi-billion dollar package to tackle to economic fall out of the coronavirus. The tougher travel restrictions, which came into force at 1 oclock this morning, are… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
16 Mar 2020To the fruit and vege markets now with our Minister of Fruit and Vegetables, Glenn Forsyth.. Audio
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For the love of wine, Sophie Parker-Thomson
16 Mar 2020A Marlborough wine maker is about to become one of only a few hundred Masters of Wine in the world, and one of a handful in New Zealand. Sophie Parker-Thomson, who co-owns Blank Canvas Wines with her… Read more Audio
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Europe ramps up Covid-19 response
16 Mar 2020Reports out of Germany suggest it is to close borders alongside France, Switzerland and Austria, the Government is yet to officially announce any closures. Spain and France have entered states of mass… Read more Audio
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Making the Arts accessible for all
13 Mar 2020NZ Festival of the Arts this year is offering a programme of touch tours, audio described performances and events for deaf and hard of hearing audiences in a push to make the Arts more accessible for… Read more Video
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Mosque shooting survivor: forgiveness essential to move on
13 Mar 2020A survivor of the March 15 terror attacks says when he migrated to New Zealand from Morocco 16 years ago, he felt like he was in the safest country in the world. As the one year anniversary of the… Read more Audio
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Touching your Face: Why do we do it and how to stop
13 Mar 2020One way to stop the spread of the coronavirus is to wash our hands reguarly and not touch your face. But that is often easier said than done. Read more Video, Audio
