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First Up for Friday 2 September 2022
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Baker: debate should be had on mask use, isolation periods
5:52 AM.Australia has reduced its covid isolation period from seven to five days for asymptomatic people. And from next Friday, masks will also be scrapped on the country's domestic flights. It comes as Covid… Read more Audio
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NIWA releases summary of winter, La Niña on its way
5:48 AM.Floods in pakistan, hail the size of melons. Meanwhile, NIWA is also dropping it's Winter summary today. Joining Nathan Rarere is meteorologist Tristan Meyers. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:25 AM.It's the first Friday of September, so no time better to catch up with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: NEW ZEALAND AVOCADOS Audio
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Africa: kidnapped US nun freed in Burkina Faso
5:17 AM.To Africa now - where they're getting excited about the Football World Cup - and no one is more excited than our correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio
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International aid a drop in the Pakistan flood waters
5:12 AM.Shocking satellite images from the Sindh province in Pakistan show a stretch of land that was once brown and arid has turned into a 100 kilometer-wide lake after the Indus River broke its banks… Read more Audio
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US:Palin loses house seat in Alaska, native Alaskan wins
5:05 AM.And it's Friday so that means it must be time talk to with Bevan Hurley in New York. Audio