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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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Wednesday, 24 June 2020
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More bad news for tourism as cruise ships ban extended
24 Jun 2020The tourism industry is facing more bad news as the Government extends a ban on cruise ships entering the country. The current ban has been extended past June 30th, following a rise in new cases of… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
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Retired cop's painting raises funds for slain officer's family - "We share in your pain."
23 Jun 2020The day after Constable Hunt's death, retired Senior Sergeant Dave Laumatia painted a tribute in honour of the late officer's career, and after receiving an overwhelming response online, decided to… Read more Audio
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West Auckland community pay respect at Henderson Police Stn
23 Jun 2020The Massey community has been rallying around the police whanau in west Auckland after the fatal shooting of Constable Matthew Hunt on Friday morning. The 28-year-old was killed and another officer… Read more Audio
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Bella Gubay: Life or Death under Pharmac, still fighting one year on.
23 Jun 2020This time last year we ran a series speaking to people battling with our drug buying agency Pharmac to gain funding to life saving and extending drugs. Since then, Pharmac is now funding the… Read more Audio
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High levels of nitrates in Canterbury water
23 Jun 2020New test results show multiple Canterbury Council's have recorded high levels of nitrates in the water. The results provided to Forest and Bird under The Official Information Act show 19 testing sites… Read more Audio
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Queenstown Mayor wary of managed isolation facilities
23 Jun 2020The government has not ruled out looking further afield to set up managed isolation facilities, but with the school holidays fast approaching, there is concern locals may put off travelling. Bus loads… Read more Audio
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The Wonderful World of TradeMe with Logan Mudge
23 Jun 2020Signed rugby jerseys are a dime a dozen on TradeMe, but what isn't so common is a Dan Carter autographed game shirt. It's the shirt one of our greatest All Blacks wore in his 70th test appearance… Read more Audio
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K-pop fans, TikTok users disrupt Trump rally even from NZ
23 Jun 2020TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music groups say they sank President Trump's campaign rally by registering potentially hundreds of thousands of tickets as a prank. The Tulsa fire department say… Read more Audio
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UK: All victims of Reading terror attack named
23 Jun 2020To the UK now where the nation is still coming to terms with Saturday's terror attack - three people were killed by a man who went on a rampage with a knife in the town of Reading. Authorities say the… Read more Audio
Monday, 22 June 2020
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Demand for COVID isolation facilities spilling into the regions
The Government is planning to increase their number of isolation facilities, and are looking to the regions to do it. At an announcement yesterday, the Head of Managed Isolation and Quarantine, Air… Read more Audio
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Dawn Chorus: Birdsong during Lockdown
22 Jun 2020Did you notice you were hearing a lot more of the birds during lockdown? Michael John Gorman stepped outside his house in Munich in the early morning one April day with his 6 year old son and was… Read more Audio
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Sport with Nathan Rarere
22 Jun 2020The Blues have won five in a row on the road - that's a club record, but the biggest news from the weekend of sport has to be the dumping of Warriors Coach Stephen Kearney. Joining me now fresh from… Read more Audio
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