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First Up for Thursday 9 May 2024
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Sepuloni: concerns about new details over school lunches
5:51 AM.Labour's Deputy Leader and Kelston MP Carmel Sepuloni joins Nathan in her regular Thursday morning chat to talk about new plans around school lunches, prison plans and importing coal for energy use… Read more Audio
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Kitchen Collection founder on reduced price school lunches
5:46 AM.Changes to the lunches in schools programme are on the way. The government's budgeted three dollars per lunch - down from about 8 dollars. Harrison Stott is the founder of the Kitchen Collective… Read more Audio
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Space News: James Parr on the dark side of the moon
5:36 AM.James Parr tells us about the dark side of the moon and a delay to the latest launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule. Audio
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Marlborough residents will wait 3 years for stopbank repair
5:27 AM.RNZ's Samantha Gee tells Nathan about Nelson residents having to wait 3 years to have the stopbank around the Wairau River repaired Audio
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Russia targets Ukraine's power system, Sweden hosts Eurovision
5:18 AM.As the war in Ukraine continues, Europe competes in Eurovision - and Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund casts her eye over it all Audio
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Biden's xenophobic comments about Japan, regretable
5:12 AM.Chris Gilbert reports in from Tokyo about US President Biden calling Japan xenophobic and the town annoyed at tourists over their picture perfect photo-taking of Mt Fuji. Audio
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UK: Tory MP defects to Labour, women allowed in men's only club
5:05 AM.A Tory MP has defected to Labour, and women are now allowed in a men's only club. Ellie Jay reports from London Audio