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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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Managing risks with our natural, dangerous tourism attractions
11 Dec 2019Questions are being raised about how to manage the risks associated with New Zealand's natural and sometimes dangerous tourism attractions. Negative coverage about the safety of New Zealand's tourism… Read more Audio
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UK General Election: "they're over it"
11 Dec 2019To the UK now where the general election is just one day away and according to our correspondent Alex Cadier, many around the UK are simply over it. Audio
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First Up Daily Quiz for Tuesday 10 December
10 Dec 2019Yesterday's answers and today's questions:
1/. What was poured on the steps of Simon Bridges' electorate office on November 30th as a form of protest?
2/. Which battle - in 1746 - ended the Jacobite… Read more Audio
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Whakaari/White Island eruption latest details
10 Dec 2019As you've been hearing throughout the programme - Police say there are no signs of survivors on whakaari/white island and are working urgently to confirm the exact number of those who have died. 23… Read more Audio
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Huntly museum needs public help to identify photos
10 Dec 2019A community museum in the Waikato needs help putting names to faces. More than 300 photographs depiciting life in 1950's Huntly have been donated to the Waikato Coalfields museum after being… Read more Audio
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Youth, Maori and single people most victimised of repeat crime
10 Dec 2019Young people, Maori and single people are some of the most vulnerable people in the country because they are victims of repeat crime each year. The Justice Ministry has just released its latest report… Read more Audio
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Boutique chocolate company Ocho: future is looking sweet
10 Dec 2019Boutique chocolate company Ocho is ramping up business two years after a well-publicised crowd-funding campaign raised two-million dollars in less than 48 hours. Ocho was born in 2017 after Cadbury… Read more Audio
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The Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester
10 Dec 2019What's hot and what's not for Christmas? Most definitely not socks and undies. But a new Bullitt Mustang would be high on the hot list. Our producer Jeremy Parkinson caught up with TradeMe's Millie… Read more Audio
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House Judiciary committee lay the case for impeaching Trump
10 Dec 2019To the US now, where lawyers for the Democrats and Republicans are laying out the case for - and against - impeaching President Trump at a hearing. Early on in the proceedings, House Judiciary… Read more Audio
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First Up's Daily Quiz Monday 9 December
9 Dec 2019Friday's answers plus brand new questions for Monday: 1/. What has the Lancet Planetary Health Journal said could be made longer and more severe in New Zealand, because of climate change? 2/. When… Read more Audio
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Christmas spirit: Invercargill community helping struggling families
9 Dec 2019While the Christmas season is supposed to be a joyous time for many, for those living under the poverty line - it can mean suicide, depression and family violence. The Spirit Army is a citizen-led… Read more Audio
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2019 Child Poverty Monitor shows high figures of deprivation
9 Dec 2019A city bigger than Dunedin - that's how many New Zealand children are living in serious poverty. It's just one of the findings in the 2019 Child Poverty Monitor, examining hardship in New Zealand. The… Read more Audio
