First Up for Wednesday 16 February 2022
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Tow firms sympathetic to Parliament protestors, won't move cars
5:51 AM.A tow truck operator says the reason towies won't move the vehicles illegally blocking streets outside of Parliament is not due to safety concerns as claimed by police - it's because they sympathise… Read more Audio
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Red setting, phase 2 but is scanning in on the out?
5:46 AM.Since the Government's Covid tracer app came into force QR codes have been mandatory for most businesses, but as the Omicron wave hits, are we still scanning in? And do we actually need to? At… Read more Audio
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Winter Olympics: NZ wins a silver medal in Big Air snowboarding
5:38 AM.The Winter Olympics hit another peak yesterday, with Zoi Sadowski-Synnott taking a silver in the BIG AIR snowboarding .. Nathan Rarere asked our man in Beijing, Patrick Fok, whether the support shown… Read more Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Ruby Topzand
5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe's cool auction list is an old-skool fundraiser utilising the powers of the sharpie pen and the 2021 All Blacks.. And a vehicle that will keep your drinks cool But first TradeMe's… Read more Audio
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Space the final frontier: James Parr on Space News
5:23 AM.Every few weeks we talk with James Parr from the Open Space Agency.. and he and Nathan Rarere had a chin wag. Audio
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US: Prince Andrew settles out of court with Virgina Giuffre
5:11 AM.All eyes were on Russia over the past few hours as President Putin and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz held a joint press conference after meeting in Moscow. This follows Russia's Defence Ministry… Read more Audio
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NZer deported from Australia over minor fraud conviction
5:05 AM.We begin this morning in Australia where the issue of criminal deportees from Australia to New Zealand has raised its head again - this time an attempt by the Australian government to deport a man… Read more Audio
