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First Up for Tuesday 12 September 2023
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'Massive inequities in this country' - thoughts from Te Araroa
5:52 AM.The East Coast is a beautiful place to visit, but it's also home for many people who suffer Aotearoa's worst inequities - housing, health, poverty - and more. Our reporter Leonard Powell continues his… Read more Audio
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Nicola Willis defends policy on unruly Kainga Ora tenants
5:45 AM.The election campaign is in full swing, and in the latest political poll, support for the Labour Party has fallen to 26.8 percent. Meanwhile, National is up to 40.9 percent, giving the party a… Read more Audio
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Update: on ground conditions in Morocco
5:36 AM.As you've heard in our news, the death toll from the earthquake in Morocco now sits nearly 2700, four days after the magnitude 6.8 quake hit the country's High Atlas mountains. Nathan Rarere asked our… Read more Audio
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Taranaki: fate of iwi-Maori partnership boards post-election
5:23 AM.Time now to check in on Taranaki with our local democracy reporting part of the programme. Joining Nathan Rarere is Craig Ashworth. Audio
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Japan: Tackling truancy with robots
5:15 AM.Time now to get the latest from Japan with our correspondent Chris Gilbert. He started by telling Nathan Rarere that Prime Minister Kishida believes more countries "understand" the Fukushima water… Read more Audio
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UK: PM addresses threat of spying by China
5:06 AM.Later in the programme we'll cross to friend of First Up Alex Cadier, who has arrived in Morocco, but first we'll begin in the UK - our correspondent there is Henry Riley. Audio