First Up for Wednesday 12 August 2020
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Microbiologist says Covid community transmission always likely
5:52 AM.The Prime Minister announced level 3 restrictions will begin at midday for all of Auckland and last until midnight on Friday, while the rest of the country will move to Alert level 2. There are 4 new… Read more Audio
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NZ doctor in Melbourne: mentally draining dealing with Covid
5:36 AM.In Australia, a New Zealand doctor is dealing with as many as a hundred covid cases a day at the epicentre of the massive Melbourne outbreak. Former Wellingtonian Megan Robb is the director of… Read more Audio
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East coast iwi receive funding to restore Raukumara forest
5:31 AM.After years of lobbying successive governments, iwi on the East Coast have finally received funding and support to restore the dying Raukumara Forest. The government has invested 34 million dollars to… Read more Audio
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NZ Made: Amber's Adventures
5:24 AM.A ten-year-old making jewellery out of old coins has been busy fulfilling orders since posting on the Chooice Facebook page. Formerly called NZ Made - each week we speak to a business that's shared… Read more Audio
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Upper Hutt family bankroll multi-million dollar film studio
5:11 AM.A brand new 45-million dollar film studio for the Wellington region is being bankrolled by just one Upper Hutt family. On the site of an old data centre, the studio will feature two… Read more Audio
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VP Joe Biden expected to pick running mate this week
5:06 AM.Let's cross now to the USA where presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden is expected to pick his running mate sometime within the next 24 hours. Traditionally, vice-presidential… Read more Audio
