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First Up for Tuesday 7 February 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 3 February 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 8 February 2023
  • Quiet Waitangi weekend worries Coromandel businesses

    tourism

    5:53 AM.Staying in the Coromandel, where businesses that rely on tourists were faced another blow over Waitangi weekend. It follows a quiet Auckland Anniversary the previous week when Auckland tourists were… Read more Audio

  • Slip blocks access to school for many Thames High students

    education
    The landslide that sliced through SH25A in the Coromandel, pictured on 2 February 2023 after more land slipped down the hillside.

    5:50 AM.A group Thames High school students might have to resort to online learning or board away from home after a huge landslip blocked their access to school. It could take months and possibly over a year… Read more Audio

  • Willis: why National was only represented by Reti at Waitangi

    politics
    National's Shane Reti said: "Unity and love towards one another".

    5:37 AM.Waitangi Day has come and gone - and in this election year, it seemed especially important that our political party's were represented on the day by MPs and party leaders.. But there was one notable… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Water melon fruit bulk in fresh market, big ellipsoid-shaped and green colored tropical fruit

    5:23 AM.It's Tuesday - so not our normal time to talk with the Minister of Fruit and Veg - but we're going to regardless, here's Glenn Forsyth! Audio

  • Japan:anger at anti-LGBT statements by senior politician

    world
    cooking, asian kitchen, sale and food concept - close up of hands with tongs taking sushi at street market

    5:13 AM.To Japan now where the world-famous sushi trains could be arriving at their final stop. But first our correspondent in Tokyo Chris Gilbert told Nathan Rarere why people are angry after a senior… Read more Audio

  • UK: Former PM Liz Truss tells her side of story

    world
    Britain's International Trade Secretary Liz Truss speaks on her phone as she is driven into the Houses of Parliament in central London on September 25, 2019. - British MPs returned to parliament on Wednesday following a momentous Supreme Court ruling that struck down Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend the house weeks before the Brexit deadline. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

    5:08 AM.To the UK now - Nathan Rarere spoke from London by our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 3 February 2023
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 8 February 2023
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