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First Up for Tuesday 13 August 2019
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BYO containers to buy over the counter food at supermarkets
5:55 AM.In the pledge to rid the country of single use plastic bags supermarkets warned and then removed plastic bags from checkouts. This forced customers to bring in their own bags. And just a month or so… Read more Video, Audio
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Metservice says weather will ease today for the north
5:53 AM.Staying with weather, strong winds in Auckland overnight have blown a container off a stack on Auckland's Jellicoe Wharf, hitting the side of a car, and trapping a person inside. It took around a half… Read more Audio
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How to stay safe in a thunderstorm with lightning
5:46 AM.Avoid showers and baths, don't worry about the washing up and ignore the landline if it rings during a thunderstorm. That's according to NIWA's principal scientist, Chris Brandalino. Much of the North… Read more Audio
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Wellington's little blue penguins are back!
5:43 AM.Wellington's sushi-loving penguins have returned - this time found waddling near a burger joint. A few weeks ago we told you about the two little blues who tried to nest underneath a sushi stand near… Read more Audio
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Biz Byte - how did Fonterra get itself in so much debt?
5:35 AM.How did Fonterra find itself mired deep in debt with a looming loss of 600 million dollars. Audio
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Spout Alternatives' idea for cafes using milk in kegs
5:23 AM.A trio of young entrepreneurs are hoping to switch New Zealand's cafes from milk in plastic bottles, to milk in kegs. The venture, called Spout Alternatives, has finished successful trials in Dunedin… Read more Audio
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Hundreds of flights cancelled in Hong Kong due to protests
5:08 AM.We cross to Hong Kong, where bloody street battles have seen dozens injured in the tenth straight week of anti-government demonstrations. Thousands of pro-democracy protesters occupying Hong Kong… Read more Audio