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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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Monday, 27 May 2024
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US: Trump gets booed on stage at Libertarian convention
27 May 2024Former US president Donald Trump gets booed at the Libertarian convention, US corrspondent Mitch McCann with all the details. Audio
Friday, 24 May 2024
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Epuni St in Wellington renamed to Honiana Te Puni St
24 May 2024Epuni Street in Wellington's inner city has been formally renamed to Honiana Te Puni Street correcting a two century old mistake Audio
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Explained: what's the deal with e-scooters, speeding rules
24 May 2024What are the rules around e-Scooters? Explainers editor Katie Kenny has the details Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
24 May 2024It's soup season - the Minister, Glenn Forsyth, swoops in with his dad's famous 4-2-1 soup plus Fruit of the Week: NZ Beurre Bosc Pears Audio
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Kenyan mountaineer found dead near Mt Everest summit
24 May 2024A Kenyan mountaineer has died on Mt Everest - Nabil Ahmed Rufai joined the programme from Ghana, Africa Audio
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Pacific: violent unrest still plaguing New Caledonia
24 May 2024Unrest continues in New Caledonia - Kalafi Moala updates us on events from French Polynesia Audio
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US: Justice Dept looking at monoploy of Ticketmaster
24 May 2024The US Department of Justice intends to break up the Ticketmaster and it's parent company Live Nation - Bevan Hurley has the details from New York. Audio
Thursday, 23 May 2024
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Sepuloni: surprise axing first home grants is a mistake
23 May 2024Labour's Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni isn't impressed with the ditching of the First Home Grant Audio
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How will axing first home grants affect those buyers
The government has axed the First Home Buyers Grant - mortgage broker Grant Patten talked with Nathan Rarere Audio
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First Kiwi Sikh climbs Mt Everest
23 May 2024Malkit Singh has become the first New Zealand Sikh to climb Mt Everest - he talked with Nathan Rarere from his hospital bed in Kathmandu Audio
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Northland has too many kiwi on an island, too many kina
23 May 2024Our Northland reporter Peter de Graaf tells Nathan about a good over-population problem with too many kiwi on Moturoa Island and a bad over-population problem with too many kina around the coast. Audio
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Afghanistan floods blamed on climate change
23 May 2024Heavy flooding in Afghanistan kills hundreds - reporting from Kazakstan is Anas Mallick Audio
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