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Best of First Up for Monday 12 April
Audio 12 Apr 2021In the pod today: Kiwis are gearing up to head to Australia ahead of the opening of the travel bubble at the end of the week; a cancer patient joins the fight to get the Government to fund the… Audio
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Melbourne gangland barrister who turned police informant
An intriguing tale from the Melbourne underbelly. ABC investigative journalist Josie Taylor talks to Kathryn about the trail leading to lawyer Nicola Gobbo, who represented an infamous list of… Audio
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'It's a hell of a way to make a living... if it doesn't kill you'
Having started working as a roadie at the tender age of 17, Tana Douglas was offered a job with an up-and-coming band called AC/DC in 1975, thus starting her life as a roadie for some of the world's… Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 30 November 2020
Residents of Plimmerton north of Wellington face a big cleanup this morning. Academics are warning a new mandatory literacy and numeracy test could be too tough for pupils. The government is being… Audio
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Lifting the lid on the rise and rise of organised crime in NZ
In his new book, Gangland, investigative reporter Jared Savage explores the country's growing underbelly of organised crime and violent gangs, paying particular attention to the constantly-growing… Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 30 November 2020
Residents of Plimmerton north of Wellington face a big cleanup this morning. Academics are warning a new mandatory literacy and numeracy test could be too tough for pupils. The government is being… Audio
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Cats costing billions each year by spreading diseases
Diseases transmitted by cats costs the Australian economy more than A$6 billion annually. This news is bad for New Zealand, too, with 45% of Kiwi households having at least one cat. Professor Sarah… Audio
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The Sampler: Troy Kingi, Techtones, David Long
Nick Bollinger discusses an album of memories and ghosts from Troy Kingi; an unearthed slice of 1981 post-punk from Auckland band the Techtones; and David Long's colourful soundtrack for television… Audio
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Unproven Covid 'cure' gets big dose of coverage
News of an effective and ready Covid-19 remedy made headlines this week with researchers here playing a big role. Meanwhile media outlets in Australia - and one here - have backed a drug for headlice… Video, Audio
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What lockdown taught us about medical events
The medical world is starting to look at some of the unintended consequences of lockdown - some of them positive, some more worrying. Audio
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Record drug seizure made in Papua New Guinea
A record drug seizure in Papua New Guinea means other countries around the Pacific will need to be extra vigilant in case their countries become routes for illegal drugs.
Last Friday PNG police… Audio
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Major drug bust in PNG could be just the tip of the iceberg
A major drug haul in Papua New Guinea is being hailed by authorities in Australia as a victory over trans-national crime. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch MPs exit with swipes at the media
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about two MPs' parting shots at the media, John 'last of the lions' Lewis' advice for journalists, a particularly… Video, Audio
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When it's not plain sailing - our big sporting controversies
Once again the America's Cup has erupted in scandal - but that's nothing new for the sport. Today we take a trip through some of the country's other big controversies, with rugby writing legend Phil… Audio
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Terei Tonight - Pio Terei and Nicola 'Nix' Adams
Nicola "Nix" Adams left jail two years ago in Australia, returning home to rebuild her life after she lost a child, turned to drugs and her husband left with their other two children. Audio
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Case #006 - The Mr Asia Drug Ring
Investigative journalist and presenter David Lomas began covering the Mr Asia drug ring case when he was a crime reporter at the Dominion newspaper in Wellington in 1978. He has followed the story… Audio
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Call for A-grade taskforce to keep pace with Australia's Covid-19 economic recovery
The head of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council says Australia is outstripping New Zealand on the economic comeback from Covid-19, and we need to assemble an 'A team' on the economy if we… Video, Audio
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'Of the Pacific' - Why NZ MPs visit their Pacific neighbours
Taxpayers paid thousands of dollars for five New Zealand MPs to go to Tonga and Fiji so what does New Zealand get out of it asks Daniela Maoate-Cox. Audio
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The hunt for Asia's El Chapo
Tse Chi Lop is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate through the Asia-Pacific region that is raking in up to $17 billion a year. Journalist Tom Allard has been on the… Audio
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Sprained your ankle? DON'T ice it!
Injury researchers in Australia say putting ice on soft tissue injuries could actually slow down the body's natural healing. The standard treatment for sprains and strains is rest, ice, compression… Audio
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Mums form group to combat rise of drugs in Fiji
There's a dangerous drug - Flakka - threatening the streets of Fiji, and a group of local mums has vowed to fight the drug epidemic in the country to protect their children. Audio
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Cannabis gel helping decrease seizures among epileptic children
Clinical trials of a cannabis-based gel by Otago University researchers have shown a dramatic decrease in seizures among epileptic children. After five months of using the gel, nearly two thirds of… Audio
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'Black Widow' Helen Milner case at Court of Appeal
A woman dubbed the 'Black Widow' may have to go to the High Court to get body samples of her dead husband released for testing in Australia.
Helen Milner is serving a 17-year jail sentence for… Audio
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Crooked chemists and the Fentanyl minefield
Journalist Ben Westhoff, prompted by a spike in deaths at raves looked into the cause, which led him to write his book, Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating The Deadliest Wave Of The… Audio
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Palmerston North police station robber sentenced
A man who stole guns and drugs from a police station said he wanted to raise money to bring his children to New Zealand after he was deported from Australia.
The police were left red-faced after Alan… Audio
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Pacific police caught off guard by growth of meth trade
Police forces around the Pacific have been caught off guard by the growth of the methamphetamine trade in the region. Audio
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Mixed messages and health news we can really use
Efforts to confront two different but potentially deadly diseases hit the headlines this past week. Both were complicated stories impressively reported and explained by the media - but sometimes… Audio
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Dr Andrew Klein: Catching the fraudsters in medical research
Dr Andrew Klein explains how the medical research sector can clean up the scientific record and get rid of "fake data". Audio
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Kate Lyons: Uncovering the Pacific drugs highway
Guardian journalist Kate Lyons has just compiled a stunning series of pieces looking at the worsening drug-running route from South America to Australia and New Zealand through the Pacific Islands… Audio
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Annah Stretton: bringing hope to women in prison
For five years fashion designer Annah Stretton and her sister Rebecca, have been helping women prisoners find a way out of the vicious cycle of drugs, addiction and violence. Video, Audio