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First Up for Tuesday 23 April 2024
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NZ looking into options re AUKUS participation
5:50 AM.In our weekly chat with National Party deputy leader and finance minister Nicola Willis talks to Nathan Rarere about her trip to Washington to meet up with other finance ministers, our options about… Read more Audio
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Rotorua woman fighting fast fashion, one t-shirt at a time
5:45 AM.Fast fashion is one of the world's biggest polluters but in Rotorua, Gayle Heath is doing her bit to save the planet, one t-shirt at a time. Our producer Mahvash Ikram paid her a visit. Audio
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The Great Outdoors: dactylanthus, flower of the underworld
5:35 AM.We're beginning a new feature The Great Outdoors with DOC - where we'll be checking in with the Department of Conservation each month to hear what they're getting up to out in the wilderness. Avi… Read more Audio
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Tension around rec facilities in Whakatane's long term plan
5:24 AM.Local Democracy reporter Diane McCarthy tells Nathan about tensions surrounding recreational facilities during the first day of hearings for Whakatane District Council's Long-term Plan 2024-34. Audio
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Argentine senators give themselves a payrise
5:16 AM.The cost of living crisis isn't for everyone in Argentina - the country's senators have voted themselves a massive pay rise - Kate Pereyra-Garcia has more Audio
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Japan looking to reopen a decomissioned nuclear plant
5:11 AM.Japan prepares to fire-up long mothballed nuclear plants - our correspondent Chris Gilbert tells us why Audio
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UK: BBC presenter taken off air a year ago, has resigned
5:06 AM.BBC presenter Huw Edwards formally resigns almost a year after stepping back from presenter duties - correspondent Henry Riley joined First Up from London Audio