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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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Friday, 13 December 2019
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First Up Daily Quiz for Friday 13 December
13 Dec 2019Yesterday's answers and today questions: 1/. Which comic strip hero was created by Jerome Siegel and Joseph Shuster? 2/. What were the full names of the French brothers who patented their… Read more Audio
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Whangarei Mayor says moving Northport benefits the country
13 Dec 2019The future of the Northport proposal will be decided in the first half of next year - after Cabinet confirmed keeping the North Island's main port in Auckland is not viable A working group report… Read more Audio
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Forensic dentist says patience essential in identifying bodies
13 Dec 2019A forensic dentist says people should be patient as teams work to identify the bodies recovered from Whakaari-White Island, because speed is dangerous. Dr David Antunovic says Interpol will have been… Read more Audio
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Burns survivor says White Island victims face a long hard road
13 Dec 2019A man who suffered burns to twenty-percent of his body after a go-kart accident says the victims of Whaakari-White Island face a long, hard road. Roger McKernan was just 13 when he recieved… Read more Audio
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Easy summer recipes for your fruit and vege gains
13 Dec 2019Glen Forsyth serves a winning winter dish and a smooth smoothie for your fruit gains.
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Hawke's Bay stone fruit for summer "hailstorm heroes"
The Yummy Fruit Company is rolling out new packaging this year - labelling its stonefruit 'hailstorm heroes.' It follows a huge hailstorm in October, that did significant damage to young fruit growing… Read more Audio
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DoC pays tribute to botanist David Bellamy, dead at 86
13 Dec 2019The Department of Conservation have paid tribute to conservationist David Bellamy, saying the department was built on the shoulders of his work. Dr Bellamy passed away aged 86 on Wednesday. A well… Read more Audio
Thursday, 12 December 2019
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First Up's Daily Quiz for Thursday 12 December
12 Dec 2019Yesterday's answers and today's new questions from quizmaster Alan Wheatley: 1/. What name is given to the Italian technique of inlaying furniture with semi-precious stones? 2/. What was the name of… Read more Audio
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Meet the Mayors - Kaikoura's Craig Mackle
12 Dec 2019Each week we speak to those leading our local communities around the country. Today we go to the smallest district council in the country, Kaikoura, and joined by Mayor Craig Mackle Audio
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Locals frustrated at govt insistence on no travel to Whakaari
12 Dec 2019The government isn't allowing anyone to go onto Whakaari/White Island until it is safe even if families of the victims want to go and retrieve the bodies themselves. The aftermath of the volcano… Read more Audio
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White Island eruption burns victims in need of skin
12 Dec 2019Some of the survivors of the Whakaari / White Island eruption have suffered burns to all but the equivalent of four palm-sized areas of skin. Medical staff are working around the clock to treat the 29… Read more Audio
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Whakatane cafe owner feeding first responders for free
12 Dec 2019A cafe owner in Whakatane says offering free food to Whaakari/White Island first responders just felt like the right thing to do. Taylor Ulufonua and his wife Lila Henareh run Cafe 4U and have been… Read more Audio
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