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First Up for Thursday 20 April 2023
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Labour: working with youth programmes to lessen youth crime
5:49 AM.Joining us now is Labour MP Ginny Anderson. The newly minted Police Minister is standing in for Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni who in the Pacific Islands this week. Audio
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Are you getting your bivalent Covid vaccine booster?
5:48 AM.We're riding a fourth wave of Covid with experts warning of increased pressure on our already overloaded hospital system. 14,000 people tested positive this week.. that's up 2000 on the week before… Read more Audio
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Review of NZ domestic cricket season
5:39 AM.It feels like it was yesterday we were speaking to the Groundskeeper at Hagley Oval about how they managed to play Cricket in early October... Well fast forward and the summer has passed us by, and… Read more Audio
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Childrens production The Worm doing 4 free shows in Hawke's Bay
5:26 AM.Theatre company Nightsong are taking their acclaimed childrens show 'The Worm' to Hawke's Bay for 4 shows at the end of this month. The free shows will be staged in the newly revamped Opera House at… Read more Audio
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LDR Sth AK: high rates of whooping cough causing worry
5:19 AM.To South Auckland now where Local Democracy Reporting Programme journalist Steve Forbes has been having a look at some possible candidates in the upcoming general election. Audio
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Europe: claims Russia using fishing vessels as spy ships
5:14 AM.To the European mainland now - Nathan Raree was joined from Germany by our correspondent Nita Blake-Persen Audio
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UK: Manchester's chief cop says not UK police force is racist
5:06 AM.Let's begin in the UK, from where Nathan Rarere is joined by our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio