First Up for Thursday 6 October 2022
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Do sport head injuries contribute to high suicide rates?
5:54 AM.For one New Zealand scientist, the study has raised another big question: could our country's consistently high rate of suicide be linked to the number of people who play rugby and other contact… Read more Audio
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Living with early onset dementia is not easy
5:51 AM.Former rugby players are 2 and a half times more likely to develop degenerative brain disease and 15 times more likely to get motor neuron disease than the general public. These were the findings of a… Read more Audio
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Rising interest rates will affect people, bring inflation down
5:32 AM.Treasury's audit of the government's books released yesterday found things in a better state than had been anticipated given the massive Covid spend and the global volatility affecting markets. Final… Read more Audio
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LDR Marlborough: region's local body election voting very low
5:25 AM.Time for our twice-weekly look at news from regional New Zealand now.. This morning we're in Marlborough, where Maia Hart has been looking at the very interesting contests taking place in the local… Read more Audio
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Europe: Danish PM calls for general election after mink cull
5:16 AM.To Europe now - Nick Truebridge was joined from Sweden by our correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio
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UK: PM Truss promises to get country through stormy days
5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the UK, where Prime Minister Liz Truss has made her keynote address to the Tory Party conference. With Nick Truebridge from London is our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio
