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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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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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Tuesday, 2 July 2019
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Stones superfan rediscovers rare NZ concert footage
2 Jul 2019Spending hours on youtube can be fun, but it's not everyday that you get to re-live a few minutes of your youth and help others do so too. Simon Lynch has done just that - peering down the youtube… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 1 July 2019
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Terminally ill man's pre-funeral party: 'It was a really beautiful night'
1 Jul 2019It was a full house on Saturday night at Southland man Blair Vining's pre-funeral party. 38 year old Blair is terminally ill with bowel cancer and decided to celebrate his life in style with a final… Read more Audio
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New youth and family laws bring radical overhaul to OT
1 Jul 2019Oranga Tamariki will be shaken up today, with new youth and family laws coming into full force. The law requires the ministry provide a practical committment to the Treaty of Waitangi and support care… Read more Audio
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Biz Bytes - why pressure on banks to hold more capital?
1 Jul 2019Why is the Reserve Bank putting pressure on banks to hold more capital? Here with the answer is our business reporter, Madison Reidy. Audio
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Fruit and Veges with Glenn Forsyth
1 Jul 2019Joining us now for a look ahead to what would be a good buy for our listeners on the fruit and vege market is Glenn Forsyth. What are some good buys we should look out for this week and how to get a… Read more Audio
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Japan set to resume whaling, IWC could collapse
1 Jul 2019Japan's move to resume commercial whale hunting after a 33 year ban has sparked concerns that it could lead to the collapse of the International Whaling Commission. Japan has now left the Commission… Read more Audio
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Good food-growing soil disappearing under houses
You may remember our story from last week about Celery farmer Stan Clark who is being forced to close up shop after 60 years as a vegetable grower in Pukekohe. Like many other growers, the Clark's… Read more Audio
Friday, 28 June 2019
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Rising Kiwi music star on Grammy Award winner's album
28 Jun 2019As a young girl growing up in West Auckland, Andrea Lisa never thought she'd one day tour with grammy award-winning artists around the world. But that's exactly the dream she's now living. In fact… Read more Audio
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Judith Collins - Labour's housing portfolio reshuffle bad idea
28 Jun 2019One of the government's leading problems to tackle will now be shared among three ministers. Jacinda Arden's announced a trio of ministers will now be responsible for housing - and its former Minister… Read more Audio
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Laurie, the elderly capuchin monkey recovers after health scare
28 Jun 2019A monkey, who spent much of his early years riding a horse in the circus, is recovering at home after a health scare. Laurie, a capuchin, was rescued along with four other monkeys, by Wellington's… Read more Audio
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Biz Bytes - how reliable are surveys and why so many?
28 Jun 2019Gary Wills of Balclutha asks why are there so many surveys, and how reliable are they given that many contradict each other. Fossicking through the numbers is business editor Gyles Beckford. Audio
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Fruit and Veges with Glenn Forsyth
28 Jun 2019Time for our end of week fruit and vege wrap with Glenn Forsyth... Kiwifruit of all flavours Audio
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