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First Up for Wednesday 21 June 2023

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 22 June 2023
  • Greens co-leader on 'a very serious accusation'

    politics
    Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson

    5:53 AM.Tuesday's question time in Parliament turned tense after Greens co-leader Marama Davidson was asked to leave the House. It all started when ACT MP James McDowal asked why ethnicity was a factor on the… Read more Audio

  • Choir event gives exemption to striking secondary teachers

    education music

    5:48 AM.As industrial action continues, unionised teachers are refusing to take part in all extra curricular activity around the country today. But union members involved with the national Big Sing event have… Read more Audio

  • Should we still be isolating when we catch Covid?

    University of Otago epidemiologist Michael Baker has won the 2020 Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize.

    5:37 AM.As winter sniffles set in there's still a lot of Covid out there too. There were more than 8 thousand new cases of Covid-19 reported in Aotearoa last week, and 39 more deaths due to the virus… Read more Audio

  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Audrey Malone

    life and society

    5:27 AM.Its a charity auction bonanza over at trademe, a foodbank and a community theatre both hopeful of raising some funds But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson talks with Audrey Malone from TradeMe about… Read more Audio

  • Mid-East:Israeli helicopters target Jenin refugee camp

    world
    Palestinians run for cover during confrontations with Israeli forces in the occupied-West Bank city of Jenin, on January 26, 2023. - An Israeli raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp today killed nine Palestinians including an elderly woman, Palestinian officials said.

    5:16 AM.Our Middle-East based correspondent is Alex Baird. Audio

  • Australia: referendum to vote The Voice into law

    world
    Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln  and the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) sail in the Arabian Sea in May.

    5:05 AM.Let's begin in Australia - joining Nathan Rarere from Brisbane is our correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 22 June 2023
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