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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 13 December from 2023-12-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - after a couple of weeks away, Pam Corkery brings us news from Oz; there's drama at the UN climate talks after a draft deal failed to include plans to end fossil fuels; we ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 12 December from 2023-12-12T06:30
On today's First Up pod - move over Wordle - we speak to the creator of the game Gubbins; Japan prepares for Christmas and no New Year celebrations at Shibuya; Nicola Willis explains plans to repea...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 11 December from 2023-12-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the US vetoed a UN Security Council demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza; we're find out about Swedish Christmas traditions; champion advice on best shots for a succe...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 8 December from 2023-12-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we get the latest from the conflict in Gaza; US financial support for Ukraine is on the senate bargaining table; we check out the brilliant line up of artists at Auckland'...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 7 December from 2023-12-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson appears infront of the UK's inquiry into covid-19; Labour MP and shadow leader of the House Kieran McAnulty talks politics; an Auckland man who got so sick o...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 6 December from 2023-12-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - UN officials say there's nowhere safe to go in Gaza; we talk to a former chair of climate change negotiations who says COP28 doesn't seem to be focussed on its primary goa...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 5 December from 2023-12-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the latest on Gaza with ABC journalist Riley Stuart; we hear how the Far North District Council is using maramataka - the Maori lunar calendar - to schedule its meetings; ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 4 December from 2023-12-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a slip has closed State Highway 2 north of Napier - we catch up with Wairoa mayor Craig Little as the northern Hawke's Bay town is still cut off from the south; we hear th...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 1 December from 2023-12-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the truce between Israel and Hamas gets extended again, but it's hanging in the balance; a new study says patients who should've gone elsewhere aren't to blame for overcro...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 29 November from 2023-11-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - prisoner exchanges continue as the Israel-Hamas truce is extended; in India, all 41 trapped tunnel workers have been rescued; eight truck loads full of free fencing is abo...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 28 November from 2023-11-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we're in the Middle East as the four day truce enters its final day; finance minister Nicola Willis on the timeline for the mini mini budget and why smokers will pay for t...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 27 November from 2023-11-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - there's a temporary truce in the Israel-Hamas war - we get the latest on the hostage deal and we go to West Auckland, where flood-hit homeowners are now dealing with the i...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 24 November from 2023-11-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we get the latest news out of the BIG APPLE with Bevan Hurley; Nabil joins us from Africa, as lions and hyena's are being rescued from the war zone in Sudan; it looks like...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 23 November from 2023-11-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - there is to be a four day pause in fighting in Gaza, and a hostage exchange - we'll have more on that soon have reaction from the UK; we talk with the 22 year old man ridi...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 22 November from 2023-11-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a potential truce and hostage deal in the Middle East, we get the latest from Tel Aviv; Kalafi Moala reports on the Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands; we have a list of...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 21 November from 2023-11-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the UK's chief science official fronts up to the Covid-19 inquiry; Japan is to buy missiles from the US and North Korea isn't overly impressed; Woolworths is asking for a ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 20 November from 2023-11-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - The WHO calls the al-Shifa hospital a death zone - we have the latest from the conflict in Gaza and reaction from the USA; Peter Dunne's here as coalition talks stretch in...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 17 November from 2023-11-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod with Jimmy Ellingham - highlights from a high-stakes meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping - we get the latest from Gyles Beckford at the APEC summit in San Francisco; we...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 15 November from 2023-11-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we cross to Israel where Gaza's biggest hospital is being described as being 'like a cemetery'; a Kiwi medical aid ship is stuck in Fiji as the nation faces Tropical Cyclo...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 14 November from 2023-11-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Suella Braverman has been sacked as the UK's Home Secretary; we ask Nicola Willis about the 'jagged edges' around tax putting a handbrake on a coalition deal; staff and st...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 13 November from 2023-11-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we learn why water safety is more than just knowing how to swim - and why the Indian community is being targeted and we hear the beautiful story of a 96 year old man who's...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 10 November from 2023-11-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod - drama at the Pacific Islands Forum as the Nauruan delegation storms out; in the US, the actor's strike is over; Professor Michael Baker tells us we could be seeing another...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 9 November from 2023-11-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - pro-Palestine march set for Armistice day across the UK is under fire; Egypt could be negotiating a 1 day ceasefire in Gaza conflict as Qatar does deals for a prisoner swa...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 8 November from 2023-11-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we hear from a young golfer who's just become the first Samoan to claim the New Zealand Women's Amateur Championship title; a film experience with live actors providing th...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 7 November from 2023-11-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Henry Riley updates us on a Scottish sheep named Fiona; Chris Gilbert is in Tokyo where G7 leaders will gather over the next few days - wars in Gaza and Ukraine sure to be...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 6 November from 2023-11-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - with only a year until the next US presidential election we have the latest from Donald Trump's legal troubles; there's been a hostage situation at Hamburg airport overnig...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 3 November from 2023-11-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump and Robert De Niro have both been in New York courtrooms this week - as has Bevan Hurley who will tell us how those trials are progressing; the special votes ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 2 November from 2023-11-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt is open for limited humanitarian relief and the evacuation of foreign nationals; outgoing deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni joi...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 1 November from 2023-11-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we speak to the entrepeneur trying to make sustainable furniture .. out of seaweed .. seat weed? We find out what is going on with Hamilton's Festival of Weird and Blackca...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 31 October from 2023-10-31T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Israel identifies two African hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza; The counting of the special votes for Election 23 will be completed this Friday, National Deputy Nicola...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 30 October from 2023-10-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we have the latest from Gaza as the humanitarian crisis grows; Sport Minister Grant Robertson joins us from Paris in the wake of the All Blacks loss And we hear the story ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 27 October from 2023-10-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we go to the US where a suspect has been named in the mass shooting in Maine; we have the latest from Gaza as Israel ramps up it's attack on Hamas; it's crunch time, the b...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 26 October from 2023-10-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod - hospitals in Gaza are stopping all but life-saving operations, with fuel supplies needed to power medical equipment running low, South African rugby officials have come ou...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 25 October from 2023-10-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Bushfires are burning throughout Queensland, Cyclone Lola is bearing down on Vanuatu, as unrest in the Middle-East intensifies, experts are battling a war of another kind ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 24 October from 2023-10-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we have the latest from Gaza as Israel ramps up it's attack on Hamas; Tai Rawhiti grapples with mounting weather related costs and we catch up Brodie Retallick's mum - who...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 20 October from 2023-10-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Rishi Sunak has been in Israel - we have the latest from Gaza; we dip in for a taste of the Tauranga Arts Festival that is on this weekend; podcaster extroadinaire Andy Ro...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 18 October from 2023-10-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod - US President Joe Biden confirms visit to Israel as the death toll rises on both sides of the conflict; New Zealand boxer Mea Motu gets her health on track in time for an i...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 17 October from 2023-10-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - up to 10 Britons remain as hostages in Gaza, we're in the UK for the latest; National deputy Nicola Willis talks to us about her party's victory, election promises and the...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 13 October from 2023-10-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - ACT leader David Seymour joins us for before the polls close on the weekend; Fiji lock horns with England for the Rugby World Cup quarter final on Monday - we cross to Suv...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 12 October from 2023-10-12T06:30
On today's First Up pod - humanitarian groups appeal for aid corridors out of Gaza; Labour's support grows but Winston Peters could hold balance of power - deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni giv...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 11 October from 2023-10-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Hamas continues to hold more than 100 people hostage including high ranking Israeli officers - we go to Tel Aviv; Green Party co-leader James Shaw on fiscal holes and the ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 10 October from 2023-10-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Israel declares war on Hamas - more than 700 people have already died. We cross to Tel Aviv for the latest; National's deputy leader Nicola Willis joins the programme from...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 9 October from 2023-10-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - hundreds are dead as Israel and Hamas become locked in a new wave of violence; it's the final week before the election - The Opportunities Party leader Raf Manji joins us ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 6 October from 2023-10-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - our correspondent in New York has been at the trial of Crypto-king Sam Bankman Fried; our minister of fruit and veges reveals a berry good fruit of the week; we cross to F...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 5 October from 2023-10-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Rishi Sunak announces new rules around cigarette sales in the UK; we get the latest from Europe where support for Ukraine might be waning; we cross to Suva as the corrupti...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 4 October from 2023-10-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod - an All Blacks jersey signed by Richie McCaw that's not as black as the name suggests; the Green Party's Ricardo Menendez March talks policy priorities; we meet people pick...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 3 October from 2023-10-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Police in the UK probe more allegations against Russell Brand; the Ranfurly Shield has been through the ringer, and the man tasked with fixing it is pretty sure he's got t...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 2 October from 2023-10-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the US government narrowly avoids a shutdown and woos Pacific leaders at a summit in Washington DC; Glenn Forsyth cuts crisp with news from the world of fruit and veges; N...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 29 September from 2023-09-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Jimmy Ellingham in for Nathan: Glenn Forsyth talks about the Chinese Moon Festival and reveals his fruit of the week; ACT's deputy leader Brooke Van Velden is here, with j...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 28 September from 2023-09-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Prince Harry's nemisis, Kiwi journalist Dan Wooton is suspended from his high-profile job in the UK; if New Zealand and South Africa clash in a Rugby World Cup game, they w...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 27 September from 2023-09-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Daniel Andrews resigns as Victoria Premier; Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson on potentially bringing 18 MPs into Parliament and her party's Best start payment; demand ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 26 September from 2023-09-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod: China ramps up it's ban on Japanese sourced seafood; we dissect Australia's loss to Wales at the Rugby World Cup; National's deputy Nicola Willis joins us to answer all our...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 22 September from 2023-09-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod: We're in Kinshasa for the latest news out of Africa; Glenn Forsyth reveals his fruit of the week; David Seymour is up early to tell us about the week in ACT; the Warriors f...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 21 September from 2023-09-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Rishi Sunak sets out his government's climate policy; Queenstown's mystery gastro bug continues to spread, and the town's kettles are at boiling point; deputy prime ministe...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 20 September from 2023-09-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Greens co-leader James Shaw talks free lunches and broccoli pasta; they're ok as politicians, but not so good as artists - Luxo and Chippy feature on TradeMe this week; Nat...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 19 September from 2023-09-19T06:30
On today's First Up pod: police in the UK have received a complaint against Russell Brand; we look at the vetting process for political hopefuls in New Zealand; Northland prepares for an influx of ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 18 September from 2023-09-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Rugby-mad Fiji is up early for this morning's game against Australia at the Rugby World Cup - we cross to the island nation for an update; the low down on TOP stuff - leade...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 15 September from 2023-09-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod: we find out why Te Reo Maori is more than a language; Leonard Powell takes us to the final stop of his trip around the East Cape; ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden joins ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 14 September from 2023-09-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod: the Marlborough Sounds still need their roads fixed, but council can't decide who foots the bill; we talk with the Warriors most well-known fan ahead of their home semi-fin...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 13 September from 2023-09-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod: we take a walk through a unique light and fire festival in Havelock North; Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson talks to us about the PREFU - otherwise known as the pre-el...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 12 September from 2023-09-12T06:30
On today's First Up pod: the latest from Morocco where almost 2700 people have been killed after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the country on the weekend; we ask what will become of iwi-Maori p...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 11 September from 2023-09-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Morocco's earthquake devastates mountain villages - we'll have the latest from north Africa; Kalafi Moala is up early in Tonga with all the news to crow about; we cross to ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 7 September from 2023-09-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod: a well loved Auckland bakery closes its doors for the final time; deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni talks India being a trade priority after the election and we meet a ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 6 September from 2023-09-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod: we check in with our correspondents in Australia and Africa and check out cool auctions on TradeMe; concerns the US Tennis Open has become a superspreader event thanks to a...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 5 September from 2023-09-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod: the hunt for a famous bass guitar; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis about taxing foreign property buyers; find out the reason a small Hawke's Bay town is buzzi...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 4 September from 2023-09-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod: we're in the USA where thousands of people are stuck in the mud at a music festival; we discusses China's reaction to Japan releasing nuclear waste-water; the seeds are fal...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 1 September from 2023-09-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Anna Thomas in for Nathan: we get the latest on a deadly blaze that's killed more than 70 people in the South African city of Johannesburg; Maui continues its long road to...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 31 August from 2023-08-31T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a Pasifika community leader who's retired from politics to return to his people; a Whanganui teenager who's in Italy for the In-line Speed Skating World Championships; dep...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 30 August from 2023-08-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Green Party's Julie Anne Genter joins us to talk about the cuts to climate change spending; the eye-watering price one cafe is charging for an iconic Kiwi treat and Nation...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 29 August from 2023-08-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we speak to the author of a new report about workplace health and safety that shows on average 73 Kiwis die at work each year; National party deputy Nicola Willis talks ab...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 28 August from 2023-08-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the cold facts about Aotearoa's long winter, and when (or if) we can expect the weather to get warmer; with only weeks to go until the general election, Te Pati Maori's De...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 25 August from 2023-08-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the roads have way more cyclists than there used to be, we visit a humble bike shop in Mt Albert to see what got people pushing pedals; ACT Leader David Seymour joins give...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 24 August from 2023-08-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - controversy in Whakatane over a street name that's apparently too long; Henry Riley is back from holiday as the hunt for Nadine Dorries continues; Police Minister Ginny An...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 23 August from 2023-08-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the latest political poll shows support for the Green Party is up - we speak with co-leader Marama Davidson; a teenage kickboxing sensation about to represent New Zealand ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 22 August from 2023-08-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Britain's worst child serial killer Lucy Letby is sentenced in London; tens of thousands of evacuations across British Columbia and Canada's NorthWest territories as wildf...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 21 August from 2023-08-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the death toll from the wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui is now 114 as authorities declare it the deadliest natural disaster in state history; First Up Minister of...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 18 August from 2023-08-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod - British broadcaster Michael Parkinson has died - we have a look back at his extraodinary career; David Seymour on the government's $20 billion transport plan and how ACT w...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 17 August from 2023-08-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Matildas are out of the FIFA World Cup - recent football convert Pam Corkery on Australia's reaction; the Breakers basketball team sign their shortest player ever; dep...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 16 August from 2023-08-16T06:30
On today's First Up pod - former President Donald Trump is facing more charges; we talk solar power with Greens co-leader Marama Davidson; we hear from a company that will let your pets fly inside ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 15 August from 2023-08-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Commuters in Nelson-Tasman are buzzing with excitement about new electric buses; Spain and Sweden face off at Eden Park for the Women's World Cup semi final tonight - we f...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 14 August from 2023-08-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the death toll from the Hawaiian wildfires heads toward 100, we cross there for the latest; Te Pati Maori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa Packer on Labour's plans to remove GST f...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 11 August from 2023-08-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Jimmy Ellingham in for Nathan today: Hawaii's firestorm claims the lives of 36 people; a sell-out crowd - Tuesday's semi final in Eden Park will be the last FIFA Women's W...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 10 August from 2023-08-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Jimmy Ellingham in for Nathan today: Taking indoor cricket to the next level... we speak to a man who installed a cricket pitch in his attic; Police Minister Ginny Anderse...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 9 August from 2023-08-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Africa and the Middle-East are in our international sights this morning - as more migrant ships sink off the Italian coast: Bernard Hickey breaks down Blackrock's 2 billion...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 8 August from 2023-08-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod: we head to Japan where the awkwardness of the release of the film Oppenheimer and the anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb is under the spotlight; in the UK, they've be...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 7 August from 2023-08-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod: not a good weekend for New Zealand at the netball - we get the update from Bridget Tunnicliffe in South Africa; Te Pati Maori co-leader Rawiri Waititi with their plans on c...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 4 August from 2023-08-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod: the Silver Ferns fall to Jamaica - will they make the semi-finals?? Bridget Tunnicliffe joined us from South Africa; Donald Trump is due in court...again; ACT's flies high ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 3 August from 2023-08-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod: We're in South Africa, where the Silver Ferns are taking on the hosts in the Netball World Cup; the latest Newshub Reid Research poll has ACT and National on track to gover...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 2 August from 2023-08-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod: news out of Aussie and the Middle East; the depths of winter bring wild weather and a polar blast - Weatherwatch's Philip Duncan is monitoring the situation and Green Party...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 1 August from 2023-08-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod: it's hot as in Japan while UK have suffered through a cold wet summer; National's deputy Nicola Willis on their transport policy, and sex education in schools and 500 women...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 31 July from 2023-07-31T06:30
On today's First Up pod: the Football Ferns are out of the World Cup; the All Blacks triumph at the MCG; we'll see how mixed martial arts is having an impact on Maori athletes and an Aboriginal com...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 28 July from 2023-07-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod: July this year is likely to be declared the hottest year in hundreds if not thousands of years; we meet the NZer with THE greatest job in the whole world - chief judge for ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 27 July from 2023-07-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod: A London jury finds actor Kevin Spacey not guilty of sexual assault; back home, cleaners picket for fair pay; five ministers down in five months.. deputy prime minister Car...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 26 July from 2023-07-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod: the Football Ferns lost to the Philippines, we break down what went wrong; Green Party health spokesperson Ricardo Menendez-March on his recently launched dental campaign a...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 25 July from 2023-07-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Kiri Allan's resigned from all her portfolios but remains the MP for East Coast, we ask how it's affected those in Tai Rawhiti; the Football Ferns are back in action tonigh...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 24 July from 2023-07-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod: the number of New Zealanders sleeping in cars is getting close to 500 - Susan St John is with us to talk poverty and politics and holding on by your teeth, sprinting for th...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 21 July from 2023-07-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod: extreme heat grips the northern hemisphere from Europe and United States to Japan; "window dressing" ACT says the government's recent announcements to tackle youth crime do...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 19 July from 2023-07-19T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Australia bails out of the 2026 Commonwealth Games and throws the future of the sporting event in doubt - we talk with shot-putter Tom Walsh and correspondent Pam Corkery i...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 18 July from 2023-07-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod: we get to the bottom of a 'putrid smell' coming from a West Coast landfill; we hear about a Japanese town that has proposed allowing residents to control mayors salary with...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 17 July from 2023-07-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod: We get the latest from the US and the Pacific; excitement builds as The Fifa Womens Football world cup is upon us and Te Pati Maori are getting into the spirit of the seaso...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 13 July from 2023-07-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod: NATO is meeting in Lithuania - we get the latest from Europe and the UK; Te Pati Maori wants it, the Greens are asking for it and the finance minister admits he was a fan, ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 12 July from 2023-07-12T06:30
On today's First Up pod: Auckland Transport says its closing pedestrian crossings over railway lines for safety, but communities say they aren't getting a clear explanation; Greens co-leader James ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 11 July from 2023-07-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod: southwestern Japan takes a pounding thanks to torrential rain; we're getting a new Grocery Commissioner - how does that help us get a good deal at the check out; we ask Nic...
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First Up, The Podcast, Monday 10 July from 2023-07-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod: US President Joe Biden is winging his way to the UK; Te Pati Maori's new candidate for Rotorua Merepeka Raukawa-Tait joins First Up to tell us why she's standing; we go to ...
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First up - The Podcast, Friday 7 July 2023 from 2023-07-07T06:30
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First Up - The Podcast Thursday 6 July 2023 from 2023-07-06T06:30
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First Up - The Podcast 5th July from 2023-07-05T06:30
On todays podcast. Israel ramps up its operation in the city of Jenin - as Australia clamps down on vapes - we'll have the latest from the Middle East and from across the Tasman School holidays, sk...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 4 July from 2023-07-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas this week - in the UK: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure to cut immigration numbers; a six year old Australian Rugby League prodigy is setting al...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 3 July from 2023-07-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas this week - in the US - another mass shooting and San Francisco's move toward driverless taxis; Pacific nations continue to object to Japan dumping nuclear ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 30 June from 2023-06-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the shocking amount of rain damaged roads around Gisborne and Tairawhiti; a quiet Netball champion finds her voice thanks to younger team mates and counting down to kick o...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 29 June from 2023-06-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - The man who says he's planning to do 800 bungy jumps in 24 hours and smash the current world record; the Maritime Union warns against privatising the Ports of Auckland; we...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 28 June from 2023-06-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - most people use vaping to quit smoking, but what if vaping becomes the addiction? We find out the tertiary education union's view on the government's 128 million dollar ba...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 27 June from 2023-06-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Correspondent Ellie Jay checks in from the Glastonbury Festival, the G7 tackles gender equality, Tauranga city council tackles traffic woes, and the need for food banks is...
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First Up - The Podcast Monday 26 June from 2023-06-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Amazing news over the weekend as a coup attempt unfolded in Russia, a 21 year old Speed Cuber Max Park has set a new world record for the fastest time to solve a rubiks cu...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 22 June from 2023-06-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a chaotic year for Labour, we ask Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni how she feels about it; an aircraft detects underwater noises in the search area for the missing Ti...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 21 June from 2023-06-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we ask Michael Baker if it's time to get rid of Covid isolation or reduce it from seven to five days; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson on making the accusation that led to...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 20 June from 2023-06-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we ask Consumer's boss Jon Duffy if there is a way to avoid the mystery ticket fees you're paying; the government abandons a funding condition of its flagship budget polic...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 16 June from 2023-06-16T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson is found to have lied to a inquiry into his conduct during covid lockdowns; ACT were doing street corner constituent catch ups - we ask deputy Brooke Van Vel...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 15 June from 2023-06-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we ask deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni about gang tensions in Opotiki and the ongoing secondary school teacher's strike and we hit the road to find out why there is ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 14 June from 2023-06-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump is due to appear in court facing criminal charges; an auction for a ceramic pot, glazed with silt sourced from the aftermath of cyclone Gabrielle; Opotiki eff...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 13 June from 2023-06-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - at least 10 people are dead after a bus transporting guests home from a wedding crashed in Australia's Hunter Valley; an RNZ web journalist who altered online stories to i...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 12 June from 2023-06-12T06:30
On today's First Up pod - former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested; Ukraine's forces make their move against Russia - the long-awaited counteroffensive has begun; kick flips...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 9 June from 2023-06-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Smoke from the Canadian wildfires sends New York's air quality into the hazardous range; Act Party deputy Brooke Van Velden lights up your Friday; there's been a mass resc...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 8 June from 2023-06-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry finishes his testimony at the High Court in London; Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni is with us as pressure mounts on Michael Wood to resign; as schools ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 7 June from 2023-06-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - A convicted child killer in Australia has been pardoned after 20 years in jail; Prince Harry gives 5 hours of testimony; Tonga's King adresses the country's illicit drug p...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 6 June from 2023-06-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry is due in court - we're in London for the latest; a zoo in Japan so good the wild animals are breaking in! National's Nicola Willis on the King's honours list...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 2 June from 2023-06-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Perlina Lau hosting today: Auckland's public on the proposal to sell the city's airport shares - ACT leader David Seymour talks about what his constituents think, ACT's ne...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 1 June from 2023-06-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Perlina Lau hosting today: police minister Ginny Anderson talks crime, police numbers and fog cannons; we're at Government House as the pilots who waded through falling as...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 31 May from 2023-05-31T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we get news from the Pacific, Australia and the Middle East; at home we ask Greens co-leader James Shaw about the housing crisis, bilingual signs and a drop in the polls; ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 30 May from 2023-05-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - President Erdogan wins Turkey's election and secures his third decade in parliament; National's deputy Nicola Willis on her party's housing flip flop and bi-lingual street...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 29 May from 2023-05-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Votes in Turkey's presidential run-off election are being counted; Newshub's Mitch McCann is at the Indianapolis 500; there was a massive weekend multi-vaccination drive i...
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First Up - The Podcast Friday 26 May 2023 from 2023-05-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod - car maker Ford reverses it's decision to scrap AM radios in their American-built cars; we talk bank for your buck as an iconic Akaroa landmark goes up for sale; Deputy Pri...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 25 May from 2023-05-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod - car maker Ford reverses it's decision to scrap AM radios in their American-built cars; we talk bank for your buck as an iconic Akaroa landmark goes up for sale; Deputy Pri...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 24 May from 2023-05-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we talk to Zoo Miami about a disturbing video of a Kiwi being shown off under bright lights and handled by guests; how would New Zealand deal with a serious maritime emerg...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 23 May from 2023-05-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - UK home secretary Suella Braverman denies 'untoward' meddling over speeding tickets; we're on the line to Japan where the G7 got an unexpected guest from Kyiv; is ordering...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 22 May from 2023-05-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at the G7 Summit; Greytown's Little Theatre is going to the races in "Ladies Day"; we ask a lawyer how good the Government d...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 19 May from 2023-05-19T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the latest on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's paparazzi incident from New York; we're showcasing more talent from the International Comedy Festival and Lads without Label...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 18 May from 2023-05-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they've been involved in an incident in New York; we have an Auckland debt collector who's campaigning for a caring approach to this har...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 17 May from 2023-05-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We head around the world with Pam Corkery in Australia, the Pacific with Kalafi Moala and to the Middle East with Alex Baird; we ask Pharmac why there is a dire shortage o...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 15 May from 2023-05-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Eurovision came to its flamboyant finale in Liverpool yesterday - a Kiwi music fan tells us her favourite; it's soup weather and Glenn Forsyth shares a recipe; losing your...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 11 May from 2023-05-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry receives an apology in his phone hacking court case; a US jury has found former president Donald Trump sexually abused a woman and then defamed her by brandin...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 10 May from 2023-05-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Moscow holds a scaled back Victory Day Parade as the war in Ukraine continues; Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested; yesterday's heavy rains stran...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 9 May from 2023-05-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - massive piles of bunting line the post-Coronation streets of London; the new Covid 19 sub variant - made in New Zealand - that's filling up hospitals; school's out today f...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 8 May from 2023-05-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - winter is here and we're being encouraged to be up to date with our booster and flu shots, our roving reporter Leonard Powell checks in at South Seas Healthcare in Otara; ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 5 May from 2023-05-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - only one more sleep until King Charles' coronation, we head to the UK for the final countdown; which African leader will be in London for the big day? Despite republican t...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 4 May from 2023-05-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Kremlin has come under drone attack; we ask Labour's Deputy leader Kelvin Davis about Meka Whaitiri's shock resignation; we're in London as rehearsals get underway for...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 3 May from 2023-05-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK as it counts down to the country's biggest royal party; Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is in London for the fesitivities; closer to home, we ask Greens co...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 2 May from 2023-05-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we cross to London where preparations are underway for the Coronation of King Charles III; we ask National's deputy Nicola Willis why she keeps accusing the government of ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 1 May from 2023-05-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - less than a week to the coronation of King Charles, we get the latest from the UK; a storm hovers over large parts of New Zealand with more heavy rain forecast throughout ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 28 April from 2023-04-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - an Inland Revenue study showed the wealthiest Kiwis pay about 10% tax, while the figure for the average New Zealanders is near 20% - we ask ACT's Brooke Van Velden why the...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 27 April from 2023-04-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the super-wealthy are paying way less income tax than the average New Zealander, so what's the loophole and how is the government planning to fix it - deputy prime ministe...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 26 April from 2023-04-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we're in Turkey for ANZAC Day, to take a look at how the day was marked in Gallipoli this year; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson joins us.. what will become of embattled M...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 24 April from 2023-04-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - tributes flow for legendary Australian entertainer Barry Humphries who died on Saturday at the age of 89; Australia finally allows New Zealanders living there for longer t...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 21 April from 2023-04-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we touch down in the United States and Africa for the latest from our reporters there; ACT leader David Seymour is asked if the latest inflation figures are good news; the...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 20 April from 2023-04-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the National Party trys to woo farmers with proposals to slash red tape, meanwhile one of their candidates resigns in shame - we find out what Labour makes of it; we hear ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 19 April from 2023-04-19T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Tonga gets ready to welcome it's seventh cruise ship this year; Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez-March stands in for his co-leaders; it's been cancelled eight times over th...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 18 April from 2023-04-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a study on long Covid has raised concerns amongst infectious disease experts in Australia; Phil Goff talks about his new life as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Uni...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 17 April from 2023-04-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - tanks are rumbling through the streets as fighter jets roar overhead in the capital of Sudan, we find out more from our Africa correspondent; we hear the inspirational sto...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 14 April from 2023-04-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - authorities say they have a suspect in the case of leaked US government secrets; Three Waters has been reset...will it be enough to placate the critics - we talk with Broo...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 11 April from 2023-04-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Japan has declared war...on pollen; we talk managed retreat with National's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop; two tornados in less than 24 hours damaged multiple properti...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 6 April from 2023-04-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Former US President Donald Trump lays the blame on everyone but himself after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying his business records; we ask the Deputy Prime ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 5 April from 2023-04-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump to appear in a New York court to face criminal charges over porn star hush money - we're live outside his Mar-a-Lago compound; Greens co-leader James Shaw joi...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 4 April from 2023-04-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod - over 30s can now get their second Covid jab - why is the rollout so low-key this time around? Did yesterday's government announcement about changes to the lobby rules go f...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 3 April from 2023-04-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We're in the United States as New York braces for the indictment of former President Donald Trump; he might have been born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but we hear why Stratfor...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 31 March from 2023-03-31T06:30
On today's First Up pod - US Vice President Kamala Harris touches down in Africa; five options for a new Auckland harbour crossing: should it be a bridge, tunnel, or combination of both? Act's Broo...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 30 March from 2023-03-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Peter McIlwiane in for Nathan today - Stuart Nash may have gone as a Cabinet Minister - has there been a cover up? Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins the programm...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 29 March from 2023-03-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to address calls for her to apologise publicly over her comments about cis white men; Wellington Callisthenics has a new wor...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 28 March from 2023-03-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry makes a surprise appearance in a London court where he's suing the Daily Mail's publisher; why Whangarei's $33 million Hundertwasser Art Centre needed an $800...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 27 March from 2023-03-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Documents explaining why charges against the Pike Rver boss were dropped could be released to families of the disaster; tornadoes and Trumpnadoes roll across the States an...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 24 March from 2023-03-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Why is the Act Party so keen to silence poet Tusiata Avia while demanding that anti trans rights activist Posie Parker be allowed into the country? The Black Caps go into ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 23 March from 2023-03-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson defends his actions around Partygate in front of a parliamentary select committee in the UK; South Island schools struggle to get their rowing boats to the M...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 22 March from 2023-03-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Will Donald Trump be arrested today over porn star hush money, as the former president himself has predicted? Vinyl is now outselling cds for the first time in decades - w...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 21 March from 2023-03-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Japan rounds up the sushi bandits; the cost of living has seen op-shopping on the rise and one of the country's biggest stores is struggling to keep up with the demands of...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 20 March from 2023-03-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump says he'll be arrested this week; Elizabeth Kerekere from the Greens believes anti-transgender rights activist Posie Parker shouldn't be allowed into the coun...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 17 March from 2023-03-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we go to the US as the military releases footage of Russian jets downing that drone over the Black Sea; the ACT party wants for Police Minister Stuart Nash stripped of all...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 16 March from 2023-03-16T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Stuart Nash has resigned as police minister, Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni explains why; it's WOMAD this weekend - brought to you by big oil - and not everyone's h...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 15 March from 2023-03-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - The US, UK and Australia sign a nuclear submarine deal - we have the latest from Pam Corkery; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to discuss the government's latest ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 14 March from 2023-03-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - according to the latest political poll The National Party is on the rocks - political editor Jane Patterson gives us her view, and we ask Nats deputy leader Nicola Willis ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 13 March from 2023-03-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we have news from the USA and Europe; we'll ask Karekare's fire chief if the cut-off Auckland community can rebuild, or if it's just too dangerous to live there now and fl...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 10 March from 2023-03-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod - California prepares for more wild weather; the Act Party wants flood affected-businesses to be exempt from minimum wage increases and Fair Pay Agreements; Passionfruit!! W...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 9 March from 2023-03-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - one of the BBC's biggest stars is under fire for criticising the UK government; the surprising origin story of the world's most popular doll; we hear how a group of Coroma...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 8 March from 2023-03-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the head of a Tai Rawhiti organisation trying to find homes for families displaced by the floods; Green Party co-leader James Shaw will be here to talk the country's crumb...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 7 March from 2023-03-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - how would National help cyclone-damaged parts of the country like the Coromandel; a Japanese gangster turns himself in in a surprsingly mundane way; devastated Auckland re...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 6 March from 2023-03-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - New Zealand's biggest survey closes tomorrow, we speak to Stats NZ about census 2023; we hear from an Auckland couple who are running out of money after they were were for...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 3 March from 2023-03-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We ask ACT's deputy Brooke van Velden if her party is engaging in cancel culture; we're joined by a baker whose huge sourdough loaves are being snapped up before they leav...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 2 March from 2023-03-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - at least 36 people have been killed in a train collision in Greece, we'll have the latest from Europe; we ask Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni about crime in cyclone-...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 1 March from 2023-03-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta meets her Japanese counterpart; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson is with us for a Green perspective on the events of the week; no power and ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 27 February from 2023-02-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - The CEO of the Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce, talks about distributing the 25 million dollars pledged yesterday to cyclone-affected businesses; we hear from a charity su...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 24 February from 2023-02-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - It's been a rain-soaked summer and more wet weather is on the way, so is it time we get used to a sub tropical climate? There's an eagle on the loose in New York City Beva...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 23 February from 2023-02-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Surf Life Saving's Matt Williams on the theft of critical radio equipment from Piha; deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni on flood recovery efforts across the country and...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 22 February from 2023-02-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Japan proposes dumping nuclear waste from the Fukushima disaster into the Pacific Ocean and the Island nations are not happy; the floods haven't put a dampner on Auckland ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 21 February from 2023-02-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the latest from the UK where a body is found in a river less than a mile from where UK mother of two Nicola Bulley vanished three weeks ago; the Government announces a 300...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 20 February from 2023-02-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - US Vice President Kamala Harris says Russia will be held to account for crimes against humanity; orchardists count the cost of cyclone Gabrielle. We tell you what you can ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 17 February from 2023-02-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we hit North America with Bevan, Africa with Nabil and the fresh produce markets with the Minister; as cyclone evacuees take stock of their situation in different parts of...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 16 February from 2023-02-16T06:30
On today's First Up pod - At least four people dead and thousands homeless across Tairawhiti, Hawke's Bay, Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel; Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins us in ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 15 February from 2023-02-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Ex-Cyclone Gabrielle has left a trail of distruction - we ask the Metservice if the worst is over; a group of Tongan workers have been rescued from a roof in Hawkes Bay; w...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 14 February from 2023-02-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - widespread evacuations and tens of thousands of homes are without power as Cyclone Gabrielle bears down on the North Island - we have updates from across the motu and loca...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 13 February from 2023-02-13T06:32
On today's First Up pod - As people wake up to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, we have updates from around the motu from the Mayor of the Far North, our reporters and Metservice; we ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 10 February from 2023-02-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we get the latest from Turkey where the death toll now stands at more than 19-thousand; the Act Party reckons that people don't need to earn the new $22.70 minimum wage in...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 9 February from 2023-02-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Ukraine's president Zelensky is in the UK - Henry Riley joins us from London; we get the update from Turkey where rescuers are racing against time to save people from the ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 8 February from 2023-02-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the World Health Organisation predicts the final death toll from Turkey's devastating quake could top 30,000; 11 days on from Auckland's record-breaking floods, we're in S...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 7 February from 2023-02-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Turkey is smashed by two huge earthquakes - we have the latest from the disaster zone; in Japan the sushi train could be arriving at its final stop; we ask National's depu...
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First Up - the Podcast, Friday 3 February from 2023-02-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We're in the USA and Africa with our international correspondents; back at home, Auckland's state of emergency is due to end today but with more thunderstorms forecast we'...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 2 February from 2023-02-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the great egg shortage of 2023 continues.. we tell you what you can use as a substitute; Auckland children can return to school and childcare centres from today.. but how ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 1 February from 2023-02-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - The latest rain update from the Metservice; Ponsonby residents talk of the ongoing stench amid the cleanup after sewage mixed with rainwater on Friday night flooding their...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 31 January from 2023-01-31T06:30
On today's First Up pod - two polls but very similar results... why do voters now prefer Chris Hipkins over Chris Luxon? National's deputy leader Nicola Willis is with us; floodwaters almost up to ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 30 January from 2023-01-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has sacked Conservative Party chair Nahim Zahawi; And as rain still falls in the upper North Island we count the cost of Auckland's worst eve...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 27 January from 2023-01-27T06:31
On today's First Up pod - First Up's Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth has 2023's very first fruit of the week! More wet weather just in time for Auckland Anniversary weekend with Northland c...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 26 January from 2023-01-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Germany is to send tanks to Ukraine - we'll have the latest from the UK and Europe; Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins us for her first interview since being offi...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 25 January from 2023-01-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We get the latest on California's spate of mass shootings; Novac Djokovic defies the hecklers to march on in the Australian Open; we talk with Green Party co-leader Marama...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 24 January from 2023-01-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - why some of Japan's young people are opting for apartments which don't have a bath or shower; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis if our new Prime Minister from ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 23 January from 2023-01-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he'll be reigning in non-essential government programmes. So what's Chippy gonna chop? We'll have analysis from former Labour ch...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 16 December from 2022-12-16T06:30
On our final First Up pod for 2022 with Anna Thomas - we touch down in the USA with Bevan Hurley and Nabil Ahmed in Africa; and it's fruit of the year time with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies; f...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 15 December from 2022-12-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas - our reporters hit the streets of Auckland for tips on how to get rid of visitors who outstay their Christmas welcome; will ditching the fuel tax raise inf...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 14 December from 2022-12-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas - TradeMe's featured property this week is perched high above Russell and is best seen by helicopter; we take a look at fun things to do on a budget in both...
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First Up - the Podcast, Tuesday 13 December from 2022-12-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas - We ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis if she reckons the TVNZ-RNZ merger is a lame duck; oh no - it's 9pm on Christmas Eve and you forgot to buy l...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 12 December from 2022-12-12T06:30
On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas - an immunologist says a lack of reliable data means we could be heading into the Christmas period with far more Covid infections than we're aware of; we as...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 9 December from 2022-12-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Harry and Meghan drop a barrage of Royal bombshells in their just-released Netflix documentary; Christmas in the Park returns for the first time in two years ... let's hop...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 8 December from 2022-12-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod: summer travel plans hit turbulence due to a bad batch of aviation fuel - we'll see how it might affect one of our smaller carriers, Air Chathams and we ask the Deputy PM Gr...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 7 December from 2022-12-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we find out what happens if the court is granted guardianship of a baby whose parents won't let him be vaccinated with blood from anyone who's had the Covid vaccine and if...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 6 December from 2022-12-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we find out why businsses are going through an "inventory crisis" and making significantly less money as a result; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis if her par...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 5 December from 2022-12-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the MP for Te Atatu, Phil Twyford, who represented the electorate when dairy owner Arun Kumar was killed in 2014 met his son on Sunday and is with us; Kaipara's mayor defe...
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.First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 1 December from 2022-12-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - China's former leader Jiang Zemin has died at the age of 96; we talk with our correspondents in the UK and Sweden; Labour's Grant Robertson on raising the age of superannu...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 30 November from 2022-11-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Protests continue over covid restrictions in China - we cross to Hong Kong; we're in Doha for the latest as the soccer/football world cup continues and 21 security cameras...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 29 Novmber from 2022-11-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - National accuses the government of being soft on crime but we remind Nicola Willis they were accused of the same thing following the 2014 stabbing death of another Aucklan...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 28 November from 2022-11-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We touch down in the US and Europe; First Up was at yesterday's funeral of slain dairy worker Janak Patel and the chair of the Sandringham Business Association is with us ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 25 November from 2022-11-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Black Friday is upon us, we find out if the cost of living crunch may keep people away from the shops; Retail New Zealand boss Greg Harford joins us to talk to us about Pa...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 23 November from 2022-11-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the latest from Indonesia, where the scale of a 5.6 earthquake is beginning to unfold; what does it take to be a world speed golf champ - a New Zealander - we speak to Jam...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 22 November from 2022-11-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - why is Mangawhai in Northland is the new hot spot and the strain on infrastructure; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis why her party's so opposed to 16 year old...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 21 November from 2022-11-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We cross to the United States where a special counsel has been appointed to determine whether Donald Trump should face criminal charges; back home public transport operato...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 18 November from 2022-11-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we head to the United States where a growing lineup of his former allies are turning their backs on Donald Trump; we catch up with the head of the 48 hour film festival ah...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 17 November from 2022-11-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we're in Poland where tensions are high after a missile killed two people near the border with Ukraine and Henry Riley has the UK's reaction; a new documentary explores wh...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 16 November from 2022-11-16T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a helter-skelter action packed programme for our Prime Minister as she heads to APEC in Thailand; the countdown is on.. NASA's Artemis rocket is set to blast into space fo...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 15 November from 2022-11-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - US Republicans ponder their future; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis why they're pledging to repeal the offshore oil and gas exploration ban, just as world le...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 14 November from 2022-11-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we're in the US as final votes from the mid-terms trickle in and control of the Senate is decided; burnt-out and at the end of their tether, we hear from AUT nursing stude...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 11 November from 2022-11-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we cross to the US where the "red wave" predicted by pollsters failed to occur in the mid-term elections; hospitality businesses tell us the post-lockdown boom they'd hope...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 10 November from 2022-11-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Russia appears to be pulling out of Kherson; results are trickling through for the US Midterms; we talk about the banks huge profits with the deputy prime minister and fin...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 9 November from 2022-11-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we have the very latest on the US midterm elections; a computer algorithim may have solved the case of the missing Lord Lucan; why diagnosing ADHD in adults is difficult a...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 8 November from 2022-11-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We're in Egypt as the UN Cop 27 Conference gets underway.. but will we see any real action on the climate emergency? There's a rare opportunity to see a blood moon tonight...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 7 November from 2022-11-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the midterm elections are about to get underway in the US - control of the the House and Senate is in the balance, and is Trump a factor again? The head of the Early Child...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thusday 3 November from 2022-11-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Deputy PM Grant Robertson talks about the latest financial stability report warning of a rocky road ahead; we ask an expert about the "variant soup" that's leading to ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 2 November from 2022-11-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a leading immunologist says we're "driving ourselves off a cliff" thanks to more a relaxed approach to Covid; the West Coast prepares for a month's worth of rain in just 3...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 1 November from 2022-11-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Jair Bolsonaro has been ousted by Lula da Silva in the Brazlian elections; what are the implications for New Zealand after the world's richest man Elon Musk's purchase of ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 31 October from 2022-10-31T06:30
On today's First Up pod - at least 150 people are killed in a crowd crush in Korea - we have the latest news from there and from our correspondents in the United States and in Europe; as Covid case...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 28 October from 2022-10-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - more than 100 cases of Ebola have been identified as an outbreak in Uganda spreads - Nabil Ahmed tells us more; we head to Lyttelton where they've just had a cruise ship v...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 27 October from 2022-10-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - In the UK a new Prime Minister has just taken over, the Australian Government is turning to the private sector to solve the country's affordable home crisis and Jacinda Ar...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 26 October from 2022-10-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Australian Federal budget has been announced, Liz Truss has passed the baton to new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Covid cases are on the rise again with over sixte...
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First Up -The Podcast, Tuesday 25 October from 2022-10-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Rishi Sunak is to be the new UK prime minister; Russia's latest rattling of the nuclear sabre in Ukraine; Rotorua has lost $17 million in tourism spending in three months....
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 21 October from 2022-10-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - After 44 days Liz Truss has gone - a new prime minister will be elected within a week; the new mayor of Matamata joins us and we talk New Zealand pizza with one of the sta...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 19 October from 2022-10-19T06:30
On today's First Up pod - get a dose of arts for your woes from the Art Chemist at the Nelson Arts Festival; Whanganui's new mayor gets up early for us; no prizes for guessing that inflation is the...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 18 October from 2022-10-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Can Liz Truss hang on to the British Prime Minister-ship? A report into Middlemore Hospital's emergency department has described it as dysfunctional, overcrowded and unsaf...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 17 October from 2022-10-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - new research shows kids who tell the blunt truth are often judged more harshly by grown-ups; as the country's mayors gather in the capital over the next couple of days, we...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 14 October from 2022-10-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Parkland mass-shooter Nikolas Cruz has been sentenced; the cost of building a home has reached a new record high; Christchurch is the epicentre of the arts and culture...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 13 October from 2022-10-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we're in Ukraine and Russia as attacks on key infrastructures continue; we meet the 23-year-old who could become the youngest mayor in the country today; the deputy prime ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 12 October from 2022-10-12T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the government's proposed agricultural emissions scheme got the two repsonses you'd expect - some farmers say it could put them out of business, while environmentalists sa...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 11 October from 2022-10-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - More than 80 cruise missiles slam into targets across Ukraine; we're in the Chathams as hundreds of pilot whales beach themselves on Pitt Island; National's deputy leader ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 10 October from 2022-10-10T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we get the latest on Thursday's mass shooting at a child care centre in Thailand; in this part of the world it's all about our new local leaders this morning - we speak to...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 7 October from 2022-10-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: We touch down in the USA and Africa to find out the big stories there - as well as catching up with our Minister of Fruit and Vege...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 6 October from 2022-10-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss pledges to get the country through its current economic turmoil; our deputy prime minister Grant Rober...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 5 October from 2022-10-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: Golfer Ryan Fox on his 1.5 million dollar win at the home of golf; Green MP Chloe Swarbrick discusses her Alcohol Harm Minimisatio...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 4 October from 2022-10-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: we get the latest from the UK on the goverment's U-turn on tax cuts; meanwhile, National's Deputy Nicola Willis accuses the Prime ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 3 October from 2022-10-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: we have the latest on the stadium stampede in Indonesia and thousands are without power after Hurricane Ian; this week is your las...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 30 September from 2022-09-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we get the latest on Hurricane Ian hammering the eastern United States; if you catch a fish or find a bargain bit of vege down the market, one Auckland chef is offering to...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 29 September from 2022-09-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the British Labour party are in conference in Liverpool, our correspondence Henry Riley is there to talk about the conference and the UK's crashing pound; did Air New Zeal...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 28 September from 2022-09-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - COSTCO opens in Auckland this morning and there's already people there! First UP will be on the scene; a cancer survivor has created New Zealand history, having her frozen...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 27 September from 2022-09-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK for reaction to the government's 85 billion dollar tax cut package; National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks business confidence; in Moscow, opposit...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 23 September from 2022-09-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we head to Moscow as citizens try to leave the country to avoid being forced to fight in Putin's war; we hear from boxer Joseph Parker ahead of his bout this weekend with ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 22 September from 2022-09-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We're in New York as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly and Donald Trump is back in the spotlight - the Southern Distric...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 21 September from 2022-09-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - cloud seeding is the newest way to open the heavens - we find out why New Zealand is yet to jump on the band wagon; Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flown to the US - our...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 20 September from 2022-09-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - It's a special First Up as Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest in the King George the Sixth Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle; with 500 world leaders, Royals and dignitarie...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 19 September from 2022-09-19T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK for the latest as the world prepares to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth; back home, we canvas New Zealanders to see if they are staying up to watch the ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 16 September from 2022-09-16T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we cross to London where people have spent over 20 hours waiting in line to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II; warnings that the cost of food could drive people to unh...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 15 September from 2022-09-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we have the latest from London as Queen Elizabeth lies in state; US stocks have tumbled to their worst day in more than two years - economist Brad Olsen explains; acting P...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 13 September from 2022-09-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we're in the UK as the new king, Charles III, arrives in Edinburgh to hold vigil for his mother; we catch up for coffee with Auckland Mayoral contender Wayne Brown we find...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 8 September from 2022-09-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - We ask Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson if the government will apologise to the women wrongly accused of breaking lockdown rules and plunging Northland into lockdown;...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 7 September from 2022-09-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan today: we eat some kai and have a chat with the major Auckland mayoral candidates - this morning it's kebabs with Craig Lord Britain's new Pr...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 6 September from 2022-09-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we have reaction from the UK as Liz Truss defeats Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest to be the new UK prime minister; aid agencies warn Pakistan is in need of long...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 5 September from 2022-09-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Why New Zealand's anti-hate activists are celebrating the demise of internet forum Kiwi Farms, which facilitated vicious harrassment campaigns against its political enemie...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 2 September from 2022-09-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Serena Williams over-powers the world number two in her final US Open; as the UK recovers from a heatwave and floods ravage Pakistan, we ask NIWA what OUR spring will look...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 1 September from 2022-09-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Europe and the world mourn Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia - not so much; after a tsunami of opposition the Government does a u-turn on a proposal to tax fees on kiwisaver funds...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 31 August from 2022-08-31T06:30
On today's First Up pod - it's Magpie swooping season in Australia - we touch on tactics for magpie avoidence with Pam Corkery in Brisbane; the UN is calling it a monsoon on steriods - Pakistan is ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 30 August from 2022-08-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Hundreds of children are among those killed in the worst floods in Pakistan's history; international shearing competitions are back after a covid-related hiatus; National'...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 29 August from 2022-08-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the All Blacks' historic loss to Argentina has reignited debate about the team's management. STuff's Marc Hinton joins us for the autopsy and with claims of lost or mispla...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 26 August from 2022-08-26T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the rock climbing accident with a $500,000 hospital bill. The brother of a New Zealand woman who narrowly survived speaks of her recovery; Costco vows to pay staff more th...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 25 August from 2022-08-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod - 130 people lose their jobs at Mt Ruapehu's ski fields due to the lack of snow; We checkout what's on the Government's shopping list for the supermarket duopoly with Deputy...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 24 August from 2022-08-24T06:30
On today's First Up pod - road closures cause headaches for Nelson schools as the clean up continues; the Sharma drama goes on and on and even after being expelled it's still going on and why Palme...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 23 August from 2022-08-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan today: Wellington prepares for the arrival of more anti-government protesters ... will this look anything like February's three week occupati...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 22 August from 2022-08-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan today: A little godwit's unusual travel patterns; the head of a rest home forced to shut its doors after 89 years due to the country's staff ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 19 August from 2022-08-19T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan today: It's Friday so we touch down in the USA and Africa as well as the fresh produce markets with the Minister of Fruit and Veggies; and pa...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 18 August from 2022-08-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan today: There's a state of emergency in Nelson and the West Coast after torrential rain caused widespread flooding yesterday ... and more is o...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 17 August from 2022-08-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan today: calls mount for former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to quit amid revelations he appointed himself to multiple ministries w...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 16 August from 2022-08-16T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan today: the upper South Island expecting a concerning amount of rain today; National's deputy Nicola Willis gives us her take on the allegatio...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 15 August from 2022-08-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we head to the US where author Salman Rushdie is in recovery after being attacked; it's been a year since the fall of Kabul - we check in with World Vision in Afghanistan;...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 12 August from 2022-08-12T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the FBI raid on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago continues to dominate headlines; the first cruise ship in two years is about to enter our waters, and Auckland is pulling all the...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 11 August from 2022-08-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - why nine out of ten employers would love to pay their staff more; the launch of a "first-of-its-kind" trades course in te reo Maori; Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 10 August from 2022-08-10T06:32
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan: tributes continue to flow for Olivia Newton John with a state funeral to be held; the FBI raids Mar-a-Lago - the home of former President Do...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 9 August from 2022-08-09T06:31
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan: the Commonwealth Games wraps up - we talk with the CEO of Sport NZ, Raelene Castle about the success of the New Zealand team Will National's...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 8 August from 2022-08-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan: Tauranga's former mayor sets up an aid charity in Ukraine; our Commonwealth Games chef de mission Nigel Avery joins us from Birmingham; we h...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 5 August from 2022-08-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - new research finds the right music can help you to tune out pain; country singer Tami Neilson calls for her audiences to mask up and the All Blacks' reputation is at stake...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 3 August from 2022-08-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we have the latest on our Commonwealth Games competitors; former National swimming coach Mark Bone explains why our elite athletes feel unsupported by the current funding ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 2 August from 2022-08-02T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we go to the UK to find out if our once lovely Ellie Jay has now become insufferable after the English victory in Euro 22 We're live from Birmingham as it rains gold on th...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 1 August from 2022-08-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we have the latest from the games in Birmingham; New Zealand's maritime and air borders are now fully open for the first time since the start of the pandemic and a concern...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 29 July from 2022-07-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - USA's Monkey pox numbers hit 1000 a day; our reporter Felicity Reid is in Birmingham for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games and a bus with a vision to make eye...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 28 July from 2022-07-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - some Australian sports stadiums are bringing back cans instead of one-use plastic cups to save on waste. Should the same happen here? The Deputy PM Grant Robertson jets of...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 27 July from 2022-07-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - our Commonwealth Games athletes prepare for action in the UK; an Florida activist challenges the Supreme Court by hoping to invoke the name of Satan at his old high school...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 25 July from 2022-07-25T06:30
On today's First Up pod - talk of inflation, Gib and petrol prices take a backseat for the day as we talk the Pox that the WHO has declared a health emergency - we speak with epidiologist Michael B...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 22 July from 2022-07-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - President Biden tests positive for Covid-19; New Zealand tests positive for terrible weather, our weather guru updates us for the weekend; claims that some carers to work ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 21 July from 2022-07-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we head to the sweltering heat UK where temperatures topped 40 degrees for the first time yesterday, we talk inflation with the finance and deputy prime minister Grant Rob...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 20 July from 2022-07-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Auckland Mayor Phil Goff discusses the pedestrianisation of the city centre. Will it become a no-go zone for cars? If you've gotten out of the habit of wearing your mask, ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 19 July from 2022-07-19T06:30
On today's First Up pod - National's deputy leader Nicola Willis on how her party would bring down the cost of living and economist Shamubeel Eaqub crunches the numbers; there's a deadly heatwave i...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 18 July from 2022-07-18T06:30
On today's First Up pod with Nick Truebridge in for Nathan - America's thirst for oil saw US President Joe Biden bump fists with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the weekend; the quarrying ind...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 15 July from 2022-07-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a new study finds Maori and Pacific patients could be missing out on critical heart treatment because diagnosis methods were developed for white Americans; the government ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 14 July from 2022-07-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - drama at the Pacific Islands Forum as Chinese officials are ejected from a key meeting; we're joined by a Christchurch butcher at his wit's end after his business was floo...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 13 July from 2022-07-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - senior citizens afraid to leave home because of declining mask use, we hear from Grey Power's president; Wellington's Sky Stadium is scrambling to get staff thanks to Covi...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 11 July from 2022-07-11T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Pacific Islands Forum's in disarray after Kiribati's 11th hour decision not to take part; Japan's election day's under the shadow of the assassination of former Prime ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 8 July from 2022-07-08T06:30
On today's First Up pod - UK PM Boris Johnson is to step down as leader of the conservative party; Floods cause chaos in NSW and torential rain is on the radar for NZ and reports of a gunman on the...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 7 July from 2022-07-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - UK PM Boris Johnson faces massive pressure to resign; American supporters of reproductive rights are mobilising en masse to fight back against the Supreme Court's Roe v Wa...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 6 July from 2022-07-06T06:30
On today's First Up pod - an Australian religious sect have been charged in connection with the death of an eight year old girl; 4th of July weekend celebrations have been shattered by multiple vio...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 5 July from 2022-07-05T06:30
On today's First Up pod - A 22 year old Danish man suspected of the weekend's shooting in a Copenhagen shopping mall, has appeared in court; Spores that burrow into young cicadas during their long ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 4 July from 2022-07-04T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the fallout from both the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe V Wade and the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson at the January 6th hearings continue to be felt across the US; ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 1 July from 2022-07-01T06:30
On today's First Up pod - as the NATO summit in Spain comes to an end, Western Leaders are united in their attitude to Russian aggression in Ukraine; far-right violent extremists known as The Proud...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 30 June from 2022-06-30T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Sweden and Finland have ended - in Sweden's case - 200 years of military neutrality by joining NATO; parts of Japan are experiencing temperatures in excess of 40 degrees a...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 29 June from 2022-06-29T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Australian census figues show that India is now the third most common place of birth for residents; Middle-East delegations from Iran and the US are meeting to discuss the...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 28 June from 2022-06-28T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson is in Germany for the G7 and Ukraine is leading the agenda - UNESCO recognises Rewana bread as a cultural icon, New Zealanders over 50 will be offered anothe...
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Firstup - The Podcast, Monday 27 June from 2022-06-27T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we review day 4 at the January 6 insurrection hearings; we ask the Deputy Prime Minister if it's time we move to the Red alert level setting to ease pressure on the countr...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 23 June from 2022-06-23T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we review day 4 at the January 6 insurrection hearings; we ask the Deputy Prime Minister if it's time we move to the Red alert level setting to ease pressure on the countr...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 22 June from 2022-06-22T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnaulty will this weekend attempt to be interviewed for a world-record 26 hours - he joins us for a live training session; we visit New Zealand's fir...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 21 June from 2022-06-21T06:30
On today's First Up pod - parts of Spain burn as Europe swealters under a record heatwave; how children's charity KidsCan is making a huge defference, but they still need your help; National's depu...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 20 June from 2022-06-20T06:30
On today's First Up pod - horror as a Sunday morning crash near Picton leaves seven people dead and emergency services traumatised; with just days to go before the first ever Matariki public holida...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 17 June from 2022-06-17T06:30
On today's First Up pod - a dramatic day of hearings on the January 6 attacks on the American Capitol; our Africa correspondent takes us to Mozambique; what's happened to your Kiwisaver and when sh...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 16 June from 2022-06-16T06:30
On today's First Up pod - The UK's asylum seeker deportation flights hit a last minute snag: health experts fear Maori could be facing a looming long Covid crisis; we quiz Deputy PM about the Cabin...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 15 June from 2022-06-15T06:30
On today's First Up pod - live crosses to Doha covering the All White's World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica; Queensland's cold snap puts demand on the Australian power grid; Space James - James ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 14 June from 2022-06-14T06:30
On today's First Up pod - we discuss yesterday's Cabinet reshuffle with National's deputy leader Nicola Willis, and ask if her party's new gang policies are actually any good; we catch up with two ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 13 June from 2022-06-13T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Anna Burns-Francis in the United States briefs us ahead of the second day of hearings examining the January 6 attacks on Washington DC; Nathan gives acclaimed actor Jennif...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 10 June from 2022-06-10T06:33
On today's First Up pod - we hear from one half of the Black Ferns' latest sister act, ahead of their clash with Canada on Sunday: the battle of the phone charger has finally been won - we'll hear ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 9 June from 2022-06-09T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the UK sees petrol prices rise to their highest level; Uber helps out in Ukraine; Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson head off to Australia today to meet Prime Minister Alb...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 8 June from 2022-06-08T06:34
On today's First Up pod - Australia's new Prime Minister prepares to welcome his first foreign leader to Australia - our own Jacinda Ardern; an Auckland supermarket owner finds himself cleaning toi...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 7 June from 2022-06-07T06:30
On today's First Up pod - the Cook Islands farewells one of its great characters, Trader Jacks founder Jack Cooper; we talk inflation, crime and te reo with National's deputy, Nicola Willis and a r...
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 3 June from 2022-06-03T06:30
On today's First Up pod - Britains kick off four days of celebration in honour of Her Majesty the Queen; how much would you get for a toe if you sold it in Zimbabwe? US firm Silver Lake buys a $200...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 2 June from 2022-06-02T08:08
On today's First Up pod - Queen Elizabeth celebrates 75 years on the Throne; we ask the Deputy PM Grant Robertson about the PM's mission to the US; we catch up with one of the politicians to watch ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Wednesday 1 June from 2022-06-01T07:00
On today's First Up pod - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office for 90 minutes; there's lots of belt tightening as the cost of living rises and TradeMe ...
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 31 May from 2022-05-31T07:00
On today's First Up pod - warnings to tie down your trampolines, another blustery front is on the way & Philip Duncan from WeatherWatch tells us about it; we hear about a restaurant where people ch...
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 30 May from 2022-05-30T08:11
On today's First Up pod we hear how red tape and barriers at the bank are stopping Maori from building Papakainga; there's an absolute treasure trove of documentaries at this year's DoC Edge festiv...
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 26 May from 2022-05-26T08:00
On today's First Up pod we get more details on the horrific primary school shooting in Texas and how PM Jacinda Adern is doing on her visit to the States. We hear from our correspondents in the UK ...
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Best of First Up for Friday 18 June from 2021-06-18T10:00
In today's pod: The Beast takes on a NZ benchpress record; we look at why there's been a 454 per cent increase in online searches for electric vehicles this week; the Covid-19 vaccine will official...
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Best of First Up for Thursday 17 June from 2021-06-17T10:00
In today's Pod: we break down the chances of the Black Caps beating India this weekend; older residents in the Counties Manukau DHB catchment have been waiting more than 10 weeks for a Covid jab - ...
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 16 June from 2021-06-16T10:00
In today's Pod: an investigation is launched into whether mysterious plastic beads scattered across a Coromandel beach could be from the wreck of the Rena which sank almost 10 years ago; a New Zeal...
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 15 June from 2021-06-15T10:00
In the pod today: a formal apology half a century in the making - co-founder of the Black Panthers Will 'Illolahia says he wants an amnesty for overstayers as well as the government's apology for t...
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Best of First Up for Monday 14 June from 2021-06-14T10:00
In the Pod today: a recruiter wants more grunty part time work to suit mums; the government announces a subsidy for those wanting to buy an electric vehicle - National's Transport spokesperson Mich...
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Best of First Up for Friday 11 June from 2021-06-11T10:00
In the Pod today: Taiwan is a sobering warning for us with Covid-19 rampant; the government wants all of our new vehicles to be electric by 2035 - we ask a couple of experts how; the perks of dinin...
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Best of First Up for Thursday 10 June from 2021-06-10T10:00
In today's pod: the government extends about 10 thousand temporary working visas to help alleviate ongoing labour shortages and let's agricultural workers in; why is there no more money for nurses ...
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 9 June from 2021-06-09T10:00
In today's pod: thousands of nurses are going on strike - the Nurses Organisation explains what they want; the Cook Islands travel bubble has businesses booming and the Chief Ombudsman has raised s...
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 8 June from 2021-06-08T10:00
In today's pod: we hear from one of the New Zealanders honoured over Queen's birthday; we catch up with the deputy leader of the Opposition about cycling over Auckland's harbour, pay for our nurses...
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Best of First Up for Friday 4 June from 2021-06-04T10:00
In today's pod: find out how your community services card or gold card entitles you to get a cat de-sexed for free; space news with Space James; New Zealand's quarantine-free travel bubble pause wi...
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Best of First Up for Thursday 3 June from 2021-06-03T10:00
In today's pod: Vietnam vets who believe their chronic health problems are related to the toxic herbicide Agent Orange renew calls for compensation and truck drivers are facing massive delays due t...
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 2 June from 2021-06-02T10:00
In today's pod: in the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu looks like being ousted as Israel's Prime Minister; what Canterbury's weekend rain and flooding means for farmers and our wider economy and th...
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 1 June from 2021-06-01T10:00
In today's pod: Margaret Mahy's former Banks Peninsula home goes up for sale; National's deputy leader Shane Reti talks about our relationship with Australia, vaccines and the Canterbury floods and...
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Best of First Up for Friday 28 May from 2021-05-28T10:00
In the pod today: Melbourne wakes up to its fourth lockdown as a new variant of Covid-19 spreads through the city; we hear how conservationists are trying to save the last of some seriousl...
Best of First Up for Thursday 27 May from 2021-05-27T10:00
In the pod today: Boris Johnson's former chief advisor Dominic Cummings goes rogue accusing the PM of being "unfit" for his job; the mucky business over mortuary waste in Gisborne; Labour'...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 26 May from 2021-05-26T10:00
In the pod today: two parties claim that they have a mandate in Samoa's deepening political crisis; the hackers behind the Waikato DHB's security breach claim to hold patient and staff inf...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 25 May from 2021-05-25T10:00
In the pod today: the World reacts to the hijacking of the Ryan Air flight over Belarus - four new cases of Covid-19 in the community in Melbourne - what does it mean for trans-tasman trav...
Best of First Up for Monday 24 May from 2021-05-24T10:00
In the pod today: A second major storm in only a few weeks is about to hit India, Samoa faces a constitutional crisis and tribute flow for a MMA fighter who died over the weekend.
Best of First Up for Friday 21 May from 2021-05-21T10:00
In the pod today: Why Christmas may not deliver the tourists that Cook Island business operators need and while Scott Base revels in a 344 million dollar funding boost to rebuild, others a...
Best of First Up for Thursday 20 May from 2021-05-20T10:00
In the pod today: the Cook Islands sets the pace, vaccinating 662 people on its first day, around 5 per cent of its population; Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson t...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 19 May from 2021-05-19T10:00
In the pod today: It's vaccination day in the Cook Islands.. our reporter Nick Trubridge is there; we meet 19-year-old Football Fern goalkeeper, Olympian Anna Leat; what's up with UFOs - o...
Best of First Up for Monday 17 May from 2021-05-17T10:00
In the pod today: we get some analysis on the latest conflict in Gaza; the Cook Islands travel bubble is ready to go - we find out how preparations are going; the NZ Boat Show was packed o...
Best of First Up for Friday 14 May from 2021-05-14T10:00
In the pod today: we head to India where bodies of Covid-19 victims continue to wash up on the banks of rivers as the pandemic sweeps through rural areas; and following First Up's revelati...
Best of First Up for Thursday 13 May from 2021-05-13T10:00
In the pod today: Israel ramps up the airstrikes in response to more than 1000 rockets from Gaza; the government has put workers' noses out of joint over its public sector pay restrictions...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 12 May from 2021-05-12T10:00
In the pod today: the government makes it illegal for high-risk people to own firearms, we speak to Police Minister Poto Williams; when is a pay freeze a pay freeze? The union says it is. ...
Best of First Up for Monday 10 May from 2021-05-10T10:00
In the pod today: an aviation expert believes new research provides the best chance yet of finding the final resting place of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and why is it that our IPL play...
Best of First Up for Friday 7 May from 2021-05-07T10:00
In the pod today: New Zealand's IPL cricketers begin their exodus from Covid-ravaged India; a middle-aged cool Mum doing stand up: flights to and from New South Wales are on hold until mid...
Best of First Up for Thursday 6 May from 2021-05-06T10:00
In the pod today: we speak with the winner of the Champions of Cheese Awards; the Cricket Players Association says that New Zealand's IPL stars hope to leave India within the next 24 hours...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 5 May from 2021-05-05T10:00
In the pod today: Sol3 Mio singer encourages others by getting the Covid-19 vaccine; no one wants to see the head lice notice come home from school ... but one Northland woman saw a busine...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 4 May from 2021-05-04T10:00
In the pod today: the Indian Youth Congress tells us it was just answering a call for help when they delivered an oxygen tank to the New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi; buckle up, we...
Best of First Up for Monday 3 May from 2021-05-03T10:00
In the pod today: a leading epidemiologist says we shouldn't risk sending our athletes to Tokyo for the Olympics; nine border workers lose their jobs because they refuse to be vaccinated a...
Best of First Up for Friday 30 April from 2021-04-30T10:00
In the pod today: We catch up with Joseph Parker as he prepares for his first fight under a new trainer; a woman excommunicated by the Exclusive Brethren Church likens it to becoming a ref...
Best of First Up for Thursday 29 April from 2021-04-29T10:00
In the pod today: Fiji continues to record new cases of Covid-19 as the country locks down; Cook Islanders are wondering where their travel bubble is; we catch up with Olympic surfer Ella ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 28 April from 2021-04-28T10:00
In the pod today: a man is self isolating in Northland after travelling to New Zealand from Perth - despite the city being in lockdown; we meet new ACT MP Toni Severin; New Zealanders in I...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 27 April from 2021-04-27T10:00
In the pod today: is the uproar over the government's Five Eyes alliance comments less about the facts and more about the gender of the politicians who made them; National's deputy leader ...
Best of First Up for Friday 23 April from 2021-04-23T10:00
In the pod today: oxygen and hospital beds are in short supply in India as they're overwhelmed with covid infections.. will our Government extend the travel ban? an animal sanctaury filled...
Best of First Up for Thursday 22 April from 2021-04-22T10:00
In the pod today: What do winemakers do with the tens of thousands of tonnes of leftover grape remnants? the health system gets its biggest shakeup in decades - we ask people from across t...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 21 April from 2021-04-21T10:00
In the pod today: the first flight on another planet happened so why should we care; Vodafone backtracks on a warning to staff against holiday travel to Australia - could you really lose y...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 20 April from 2021-04-20T10:00
In the pod today: European football is in turmoil after the creation of a new "Super League"; Australians and New Zealanders can now travel freely across the Tasman but for those who arriv...
Best of First Up for Friday 16 April from 2021-04-16T10:00
In today's pod: the Government unveils big changes in its bid to make New Zealand smoke-free by 2025; we unravel the mystery of Cook's petrel chicks turning up in gardens and roads across ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 14 April from 2021-04-14T10:00
In the pod today: we find out about new ACT MP Karen Chhour; why some Wairarapa residents have been boiling their water for more than a month; the excitement of the hops harvest for fesh h...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 13 April from 2021-04-13T10:00
In the pod today: why are record numbers of our top athletes seeking psychological support; what's hot on TradeMe; National's deputy Shane Reti on our unvaccinated MIQ workers and with onl...
Best of First Up for Monday 12 April from 2021-04-12T10:00
In 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...
Best of First Up for Thursday 8 April from 2021-04-08T10:00
In the pod today: a century old war mystery is solved; deputy PM Grant Robertson talks about the pace of our vaccine rollout and whether HPV home-test kits should be funded and a bowel can...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 7 April from 2021-04-07T10:00
On today's podcast: please make sure that your seatbelt is fastened and your tray table is upright .. the Trans Tasman bubble is open on April 19 just in time for the school holidays; Moa ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 6 April from 2021-04-06T10:00
On the podcast today: Helen Clark has hit out at the UN Security Council for failing to protect the people of Myanmar; a leading virologist is concerned about the Covid-19 mutation circula...
Best of First Up for Thursday 1 April from 2021-04-01T10:00
On today's pod: the man refusing to leave the doomed area of Matata; what planets are on show this Easter; US investment firm Silverlake wants to buy 15 per cent of NZ Rugby, we ask the De...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 31 March from 2021-03-31T10:00
On the pod today: an original artwork by the secretive British graffiti artist 'Banksy' sold for a phenomenal amount at the international Art Centre in Parnell; our new MP this week is Nat...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 30 March from 2021-03-31T10:00
On the pod today: Brisbane wakes up in lockdown; how easy is it to get fake Covid-19 test results and vaccine passports on the Dark Web; National's deputy Shane Reti on whether flights fro...
Best of First Up for Monday 29 March from 2021-03-29T10:00
On the pod today: A deadly weekend in Myanmar as the military hit back at anti-coup protesters; will we be able to relax in Rarotonga come May? Cook Island's Tourism boss Liana Scott hopes...
Best of First Up for Friday 26 March from 2021-03-26T10:00
On the pod today: It's emerged that managed isolation returnees were bundled onto the same bus as someone who'd already tested positive for Covid-19; the Cook Islands could lose 40 per cen...
Best of First Up for Thursday 25 March from 2021-03-25T10:00
On the pod today: we talk housing, vaccines and Westpac with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson; we join a man running 654 kilometres around Auckland's domain for suicide awareness;...
Best of First Up for Monday 22 March from 2021-03-22T10:00
On today's pod: where will the next America's Cup event be sailed; contact tracing apps are used around the world to slow the spread of Covid-19. But what happens with the apps when our bo...
Best of First Up for Friday 19 March from 2021-03-19T10:00
On today's pod: Today marks a year since the borders closed.. Auckland Airport discuss the logistics of a trans-tasman bubble. Is April actually possible and how will it work; a Wellington...
Best of First Up for Thursday 18 March from 2021-03-18T10:00
On today's pod: the America's Cup remains New Zealand's Cup, Team New Zealand wins race 10 beating Luna Rossa 7 to 3 but will we play host to the next regatta or will it be held offshore? ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 17 March from 2021-03-17T10:00
On the pod today: Wellington City Mission opens a supermarket where those in need of help can now come and choose their own groceries, rather than being given a food parcel; we hear from t...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 16 March from 2021-03-16T10:00
On the pod today: a private island for 22 million and a three quarter of a million car - TradeMe has all the deals this week; we discuss Elon Musk's starlink project; can Team NZ win the A...
Best of First Up for Monday 15 March from 2021-03-15T10:00
On the pod today: travellers who arrived in New Zealand prior to Covid-19 are lobbying to stay until the pandemic's been brought under control - or they get a vaccine; we find out what it'...
Best of First Up for Thursday 11 March from 2021-03-11T10:00
On the pod today: it's one all between Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa after the first day of the America's Cup, we get analysis; we ask people on the streets of Papatoetoe who they think ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 10 March from 2021-03-10T10:00
On the pod today: the America's Cup begins on Wednesday - yachting expert Tom Ehman gives his prediction on a winner; we hear about competitors in the world's largest expedition race who a...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 9 March from 2021-03-09T10:00
On the pod today: the interview that's rocked the Royal Family and got everyone talking - Meghan Markle reveals that she was suicidal while pregnant and that concerns were raised about how...
Best of First Up for Monday 8 March from 2021-03-08T10:00
On the pod today: a community case of Covid enters the country through airline cabin crew; Auckland charities say that while they are better prepared for lockdowns it's bittersweet taking ...
Best of First Up for Friday 5 March from 2021-03-05T10:00
On the pod today: the East Coast is shaken awake at half past 2 by a 7.1 quake - we see how a quake under pandemic conditions affects businesses; we catch up with what could possibly be an...
Best of First Up for Thursday 4 March from 2021-03-04T10:00
On the pod today: the lockdowns have seen a big reduction in fossil fuel emissions, but can this be sustained when the world opens up again; who should be next in line to get the Covid-19 ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 3 March from 2021-03-03T10:00
On the pod today; Destiny Church leaders Hannah and Brian Tamaki flee Auckland's level 3 lockdown; we find out what Rocket Labs' flight to Venus means to science and no sport, no after sch...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 2 March from 2021-03-02T10:00
On the pod today; Love in the time of coronavirus ... what does lockdown mean for couples trying to get married? We'll meet Act Party Deputy Leader and new MP Brooke van Velden, A rare tan...
Best of First Up for Monday 1 March from 2021-03-01T10:00
On the pod today; Another Monday, another lockdown level 3 for Auckland, We'll hear from Mayor Phil Goff, Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker And MIT chief executive Gus Gilmore talks t...
Best of First Up for Friday 26 February from 2021-02-26T10:00
On the pod today: should a US Airforce bomber capable of carrying Nuclear weapons be allowed to fly over New Zealand as part of an airshow; New Zealand's top heavyweight boxers step into t...
Best of First Up for Thursday 25 February from 2021-02-25T10:00
On the pod today: headaches, fatigue and muscles aches are being added to the list of symptoms for the new variant of Covid-19, the experts tell us why; Tiger's apparently out of the woods...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 24 February from 2021-02-24T10:00
On the pod today: a New Zealand Made business entrepreneur is encouraging others to start their own business; anxious Papatoetoe High School students and their families go back into isolat...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 23 March from 2021-02-23T10:00
On the pod today: TradeMe auctions could tempt you with a Cadillac sign for your front lawn; a group of Auckland parents have come up with a way around paying top-dollar for expensive scho...
Best of First Up for Monday 22 February from 2021-02-22T10:00
On the pod today: The Muppet Show's important influence on NZ comedians; a UK court says Uber drivers are entitled to holiday pay and minimum wage, what does that mean for contractors here...
Best of First Up for Thursday 18 February from 2021-02-18T10:00
On the pod today: we meet the new Labour MP for Northcote, Shanan Halbert; Auckland wakes up to Alert Level 2 and the rest of the country is now back to Alert Level 1; an academic bringing...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 17 February from 2021-02-17T10:00
On today's podcast: we hear from one of the authors of the study trying to anticipate the next coronavirus outbreak; economist Brad Olsen talks about the impact of Auckland's level 3 lockd...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 16 February from 2021-02-16T10:00
On today's podcast: petition started by the Green Party calling for the urgent banning of conversion therapieshealth authorities still don't know how a family came down with Covid-19 in So...
Best of First Up for Monday 15 February from 2021-02-15T10:00
On today's pod: new research has highlighted the risk Covid-19 poses to wildlife in Antarctica; in the America's Cup Challenger series, Luna Rossa have extended their lead over Team UK and...
Best of First Up for Friday 12 February from 2021-02-12T10:00
On today's pod: performance artists are preparing to take over the Auckland Town Hall for the city's Fringe Festival; we get Cook Islands' reaction to news Mike Pero wants to start flying ...
Best of First Up for Thursday 11 February from 2021-02-11T10:00
On today's pod: we catch up with happenings in South Auckland with our local democracy reporter; the 16 year old Aucklander who got the call for the White Ferns; a UK farm is letting peopl...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 10 February from 2021-02-10T10:00
On today's pod: we find out why this time of year is busy for the fish markets; investors will need a 40 per cent deposit to get a mortgage from May, economist Brad Olsen on the new LVR ru...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 9 February from 2021-02-09T10:00
On the pod today: Auckland Art Gallery is in need of a 10 to 12 million dollar makeover - who picks up the bill? Questions raised about Air New Zealand doing jobs for the Saudi military wh...
Best of First Up for Friday 5 February from 2021-02-05T10:00
On the pod today: scientists believe they have taken the first photograph of the extremely rare ginkgo-toothed beaked whale off in NZ waters; Auckland's biggest ever Pride festival kicks o...
Best of First Up for Thursday 4 February from 2021-02-04T10:00
On the pod today: Medsafe has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine but what will it mean for our borders; the Black Caps have the chance to become world test champions! Cricket stats wiz...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 3 February from 2021-02-03T10:00
On the pod today: house prices went up 2.2 per cent last month and 13 per cent year on year - we tell you what it means for your city; Goat Island locals were left outraged after a group o...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 2 February from 2021-02-02T10:00
On the pod today: greyhounds are being rehomed more than ever before - what should you know before adopting; who's bidding for the chance to meet a new baby flamingo; a new reort says Maor...
Best of First Up for Monday 1 February from 2021-02-01T10:00
On the pod today: the Climate Change Commission says we need to take bold action to meet our greenhouse gas emission obligations; we catch up with the mightily impressive Young New Zealand...
Best of First Up for Friday 29 January from 2021-01-29T10:00
On the pod today: cicadas are the sound of summer but we're not hearing them quite yet; we find out what its like at an isolation hotel after this week's covid-19 community cases; we're ki...
Best of First Up for Thursday 28 January from 2021-01-28T10:00
On the pod today: we catch up with our local democracy reporter in Wairarapa about an invasive plant sniffing dog detective; the sad news of the rapid decline of shark species worldwide; n...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 27 January from 2021-01-27T10:00
On the pod today; Who's up with us this early? We visit Daily Bread bakery; an artist who has modified from paintings to more pratical homeware and how Covid-19 patients could still be sus...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 26 January from 2021-01-26T10:00
On the pod today: Kiwi UFC star Dan Hooker lost over the weekend, is he on the brink of retirement? Over the next couple of days we'll be speaking to ordinary Americans about what they thi...
Best of First Up for Monday 25 January from 2021-01-25T10:00
In today's pod: people can now fly quarantine-free from the Cook Islands to New Zealand, but why not the other way around? Councils are calling on the government to fix a loophole that all...
The Best of First Up for Friday 18 December from 2020-12-18T10:00
On today's pod: Santa is nearly ready to set off, but how will he keep safe on his deliveries; the holidays can be hazardous for pets, how to keep them safe this Christmas; Oscar Kightley ...
Best of First Up for Thursday 17 December from 2020-12-17T10:00
On today's pod: MPI help fund research to extend the life of commercial Bumblebee hives; a Wellington author says having an assistance dog has changed her life but the long journey to get ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 16 December from 2020-12-16T10:00
On today's pod: What's in the stars for New Zealand over Christmas and how can you see them; fish for festive meals - salmon's good on the barbie and the workers at Wellington Airport are ...
Best of First Up for Monday 14 December from 2020-12-14T10:00
On today's pod: we find out why rooms are sitting empty in MIQ facilities; a Cook Islands travel bubble is finally confirmed for March; it was family day at Paremoremo prison - a dad meets...
Best of First Up for Thursday 10 December from 2020-12-10T10:00
On today's pod: the impact of Covid-19 on Grand Canyon tourism; Zespri is to pay China's growers for illicitly grown SunGold fruit - what does one of New Zealand's largest growers think; t...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 9 December from 2020-12-09T10:00
On today's pod: Whakatane locals say the healing continues a year on from the Whakaari White Island explosion which killed 22 and injured 25 others; we talked about fake versus real Christ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 8 December from 2020-12-08T10:00
On today's pod: a new survey shows a third of households are earning less now than they were before the pandemic; the first poll since the election shows two new faces making waves in the ...
Best of First Up for Monday 7 December from 2020-12-07T10:00
On today's pod: a planetary scientist on why the ambitious mission to get asteroid rock is so important; we catch up with Kiwi golfer Adam Taylor who's been playing four rounds of golf a d...
Best of First Up for Friday 4 December from 2020-12-04T10:00
On the pod today: Cinderella the Pantomime gets a 2020 twist; one of Hong Kong's leading democracy campaigners is jailed for over a year for holding a protest that was deemed unlawful; tou...
Best of First Up for Thursday 3 December from 2020-12-03T10:00
On the pod today: Pike River family member calls for speculation about cause of explosion to end; our Government joins 32 other nations declaring a Climate Change Emergency, a businessman ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 2 December from 2020-12-02T10:00
On the pod today: new research shows Maori and Pacific academics in New Zealand Universities are paid less and have a lower chance of promotion compared to their colleagues; why a four day...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 1 December from 2020-12-01T10:00
On today's pod: it was raining crayfish - a Plimmerton resident describes the floods of the past two days and the sealife that came with it; Auckland City considers a congestion charge of ...
Best of First Up for Monday 30 November from 2020-11-30T10:00
On the podcast today: should we be introducing Australian animals to replace native species that have gone extinct; Plimmerton is mopping up the mess after flooding tore through the town a...
Best of First Up from Friday 27 November from 2020-11-27T10:00
On the pod today: border exemptions will be granted to around 2000 seasonal workers from next year; a Coromandel man feared his partner could have died while waiting 3 hours for an Ambulan...
Best of First Up for Thursday 26 November from 2020-11-26T10:00
On the pod today: Black Friday is back with promises of huge savings.. but are they worth it? A Youth Theatre Company finds a way to end the year on a high note; and Coromandel's windscree...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 25 November from 2020-11-25T10:00
On the pod today: wWe mark the 80th anniversary of the first de Havilland Mosquito flight; economist Brad Olsen on the cost of Covid and the Government's move to cool the housing market; t...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 24 November from 2020-11-24T10:00
On the pod today: Sir Tim Shadbolt hits back at a damning report criticising his performance as Invercargill Mayor; we get a glimpse of what other people are up to in the early hours - thi...
Best of First Up for Monday 23 November from 2020-11-23T10:00
On the pod today: the National Party did some serious Soul Searching at its AGM over the weekend - but was it enough after one of it's worst election performances ever and a pet refuge is ...
Best of First Up for Friday 20 November from 2020-11-20T10:00
In the pod today: a scathing report details allegations Australian special forces were involved in the unlawful murder and torture of 39 Afghan civilians. Investigative journalist Jon Step...
Best of First Up for Thursday 19 November from 2020-11-19T10:00
In todays' pod: a six year old's dream to become an Olympian finally comes true; retailers and importers are grappling with lengthy wait times to bring products into the country; it's been...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 18 November from 2020-11-18T10:00
On today's pod: a new survey shows the effects of Covid-19 on our "secondhand economy"; we talk to the Women of Influence Lifetime Acheivement award winner; New Zealand flower growers have...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 17 November from 2020-11-17T10:00
On the podcast today: TradeMe says it has rigorous processes to catch problematic listings; Space X successfully launches its first commercial crew to the International Space Station and t...
Best of First Up for Monday 16 November from 2020-11-16T10:00
In the pod today: Have we contained the Auckland CBD covid-19 outbreak and is this kind of situation going to become more common? Guy Heveldt dissects the horrendous All Blacks loss to Arg...
Best of First Up for Friday 13 November from 2020-11-13T10:00
In the pod today: Thousands come off Covid-19 payment without jobs; Hong Kong has been plunged deeper into crisis after opposition lawmakers were ousted for supporting independence; our ru...
Best of First Up for Thursday 12 November from 2020-11-12T10:00
On the podcast today: concerted action needed to tackle NZ/Pacific child obesity; we talk to the Napier Mayor about the devastating floods in the area; what will covid-19 mean for the work...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 11 November from 2020-11-11T10:00
On today's pod: Is a vaccine for Covid-19 just around the corner? an massive iceberg is on a collision course with the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia and we had the warmups with the...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 10 November from 2020-11-10T10:00
On today's pod: Donald Trump continues to deny reality and cling to the presidency; a travel bubble with the Cook Islands is a little bit closer and as Covid-19 cases rise overseas so does...
Best of First Up from Monday 9 November from 2020-11-09T10:00
On today's pod: Joe Biden is now President-elect of the United States - we look at what this means for New Zealand; a second Defence Force employee has tested positive for Covid-19; And we...
Best of First Up for Friday 6 November from 2020-11-06T10:00
On today's pod: the final results from New Zealand's election come out - we find out what this could mean for the shape of our Parliament; we catch up with Sport New Zealand's new boss Rae...
Best of First Up for Thursday 5 November from 2020-11-05T10:00
In the pod today: the US Presidential election is balanced on a razor's edge, economist Brad Olsen talks about the implications for New Zealand; Kiwi driver Haydon Paddon unveils his new e...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 3 November from 2020-11-03T10:00
On the pod today: we're in the US with a Kiwi family voting for the first time in a Presidential election; the new cabinet was confirmed on Monday, with more than a couple of surprise addi...
Best of First Up for Monday 1 November from 2020-11-02T10:00
In today's podcast: our Minister of Fruit and Veges pays us a visit in person; a new 13-million dollar project that it's hoped will provide a four dimensional picture of earthquakes; the G...
Best of First Up for Friday 30 October from 2020-10-30T10:00
On the pod today: we meet a pilot retraining for a career in agriculture; we're anticipating the results of New Zealand's two referenda; catching up with actor Joel Tobeck about the new dr...
Best of First Up from Thursday 29 October from 2020-10-29T10:00
On the pod today: the agriculture sector is begging for more overseas vets; Northland police are carrying firearms as the search continues for two gunmen who shot at an officer - we talk t...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 28 October from 2020-10-28T10:00
On today's pod: the Melbourne man who cycled 1400 kms on a 5km circuit during lockdown; hospitals are making big moves to help address the climate crisis; we meet an Indian food business h...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 27 October from 2020-10-27T10:00
On the pod today: water has been discovered on the moon, does this make a lunar outpost a reality? A call for taonga taken from Parihaka 139 years ago to be returned; and is it time to get...
Best of First Up for Friday 23 October from 2020-10-23T10:00
On the pod today: a leading health economist says the Government isn't doing enough to stop people becoming complacent about Covid-19; the charity Kids Can is seeing a huge increase in dem...
Best of First Up for Thursday 22 October from 2020-10-22T10:00
On the podcast today: winegrowers producing more "natural" wines; we meet the new MP for Hamilton West, the first ever Indian-born Kiwi to win an electorate seat; Police are increasing the...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 21 October from 2020-10-21T10:00
On today's pod: a business that restores classic Kiwi wool blankets; Professor Shaun Hendy talks to us about the cases Covid-19 detected at a Christchurch managed isolation; Dame Trelise C...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 20 October from 2020-10-20T10:00
On today's pod: our country is gaining brains due to the pandemic, led by teachers returning home from overseas; we're joined by our first MP of Mexican origin - social activist Ricardo Me...
Best of First Up for Monday 19 October from 2020-10-19T10:00
On the podcast today: we're dissecting the election - a huge swing to Labour over the weekend Labour won an incredible 64 seats to National's 35, while Act and the Greens return to Parliam...
Best of First Up for Friday 16 October from 2020-10-16T10:00
On the pod today: a Raglan teacher is about to vote for the first time and he's letting his students decide which boxes get a tick; what will political parties do to address alarming respi...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 14 October from 2020-10-14T10:00
On the pod today: how Dr Ashley Bloomfield inspired a luxury robe; a managed isolation nurse shares what it's like at the front line of our border defence and we investigate the undergroun...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 13 October from 2020-10-13T10:00
In today's pod: after their own winter lockdown of sorts New Zealand's bees are getting busy again, we hear why springtime is the bees' knees; we speak to a journalist who's investigation ...
Best of First Up for Monday 12 October from 2020-10-12T10:00
In today's pod: a veteran Waikato dairy farmer believes a Labour-Green government would not be good for farmers; a small South Island Iwi takes a stand for itself and its reo by releasing ...
Best of First Up for Friday 9 October from 2020-10-09T10:00
In today's pod: we meet the Hoofman who is tasked with the important job of keeping the cow hooves of the nation trimmed; the latest poll could see the Act Party gain 11 seats in parliamen...
Best of First Up for Thursday 8 October from 2020-10-08T10:00
Today on the pod: Surf Lifesaving's plea to The Rock to help save men from drowning; we hear from a woman whose decades-old cannabis convictions continue to follow her around today; when C...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 7 October from 2020-10-07T10:00
Today on the pod: a review of the SkyCity fire last year suggests changes are needed in the way the Fire Service tackles big fires; former Gloriavale members protested outside last night's...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 6 October from 2020-10-06T10:00
On the pod today: 11 days with no community transmission, Aucklanders prepare for a return to Alert level 1; a new sailing app allows users to tap into technology used by Team New Zealand;...
Best of First Up for Monday 5 October from 2020-10-05T10:00
On the pod today, Aucklanders will find out whether or not they'll move down alert levels and a wildfire has destroyed homes and livelihoods in the Mackenzie Basin - we hear from local res...
Best of First Up for Thursday 1 October from 2020-10-01T10:00
On today's pod: the Sikh community is nominated for an award for their efforts during lockdown; the government stands firm against yachties around the Pacific wanting to shelter here durin...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 30 September from 2020-09-30T10:00
In the podcast today: a "first-of-its-kind" drag musical for kids opens for the school holidays at Wellington's Circa Theatre; Labour releases its dental policy promising a tripling of an ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 29 September from 2020-09-29T10:00
In today's pod: Winter's last gasp causes heavy snow and icy temperatures down south; travel agents feel the stress from non-travelling customers and Marlborough residents can now dob peop...
Best of First Up for Friday 25 September from 2020-09-25T10:00
In the podcast today: 31 close contacts have been identified after an Auckland family who tested positive for Covid-19 met with 18 people from all over the country, they all met in Taupo -...
Best of First Up for Thursday 24 September from 2020-09-24T10:00
In today's podcast: the link to 3 new cases on Wednesday and the revelation of a new index case pose new questions about Covid-19; the number of NCEA results reported drops by 20 percent b...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 23 September from 2020-09-23T10:00
In the Pod today: the southbound lanes of Auckland's Harbour bridge have opened after overnight repairs - we speak to Mayor Phil Goff; former MP Peter Dunne joins us to look at how Judith ...
Best of First Up for Monday 21 September from 2020-09-21T10:00
On the podcast today: people keen for Flights to Nowhere; are we ready to ease Covid-19 restrictions? Epidemiologist Michael Baker joins us ahead of the government's decision today and Auc...
Best of First Up for Friday 18 September from 2020-09-18T10:12
On the podast today: the Great Kereru Count is back today for it's seventh year; we say haere ra to Maori Language week with one man's mission to share the whakapapa and pronunciation of M...
Best of First Up for Thursday 17 September from 2020-09-17T10:00
On the podcast today: we're officially in recession, National's finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith tells us how he would navigate the road out of the red; a Queenstown man's bid to create a ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 16 September from 2020-09-16T10:00
On the podcast today: the National Party promises a 30 million dollar boost to improve children's oral health - what difference will that make? it would have been it's 128th anniversary bu...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 15 September from 2020-09-15T10:00
On today's podcast: why Covid-19 has put paid to the flu season in the southern hemisphere; a warning to landlords as the rent freeze comes to an end soon and a cry for more help from the ...
Best of First Up for Friday 11 September from 2020-09-11T10:00
Today in the Pod: prepare for a double jab next year - we find out what's going on with covid vaccine trial; what do you do with a wasp nest the size of a tent and a Tongan family and a fa...
Best of First Up for Thursday 10 September from 2020-09-10T10:00
Today in the Pod: Kiwis are flocking to the West Coast for bargain houses: are Pacific people getting the credit they deserve for doing the bulk of unpaid volunteer work in New Zealand? Ou...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 9 September from 2020-09-09T10:00
In the pod today: Our new monthly segment talking to an expert of all things Kai moana; parents are being warned about a disturbing graphic TikTok video which has gone viral - Netsafe has ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 8 September from 2020-09-08T10:00
In the pod today: what are your rights when the concert you have tickets for is postponed or cancelled because of Covid-19; Labour promises to make Matariki a public holiday and last year ...
Best of First Up for Monday 7 September from 2020-09-07T10:00
On the podcast today: Know a child or teenager struggling to find a sense of routine post lockdown? A child psychologist gives some advice; National's Health spokesperson on 5 ways the Cov...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 2 September from 2020-09-02T10:00
On the pod today: our NZ made business makes jewellery from recycled plastic; nine new Covid cases at our border on Tuesday but First Up revealed at least five of them tested negative just...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 1 September from 2020-09-01T10:00
On the pod today: Fiordland's innovative way to help locals get their friends and whanau holidaying in town; a Kiwi woman whose mask business is empowering and employing other women and wh...
Best of First Up for Monday 31 August from 2020-08-31T10:00
On the pod today: the housing development threatening to push our only urban bat population to extinction goes to court; we look at Auckland's move to alert level 2.5 and what it means for...
Best of First Up for Friday 28 August from 2020-08-28T10:00
On the podcast today: Southland farmers say new rules around water use are unworkable and our Muslim Community calls for the Christchurch mosque gunman to be sent back to Australia, we'll ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 26 August from 2020-08-26T10:00
On the podcast today: growing up not out - how two Kiwis have revolutionsed garden in compact spaces; the Race Relations Commissioner says he has been inspired by the victims of the March ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 25 August from 2020-08-25T10:00
On the podcast today: the Auckland City Mission doubles its efforts under the new lockdown; is the Ohakea airbase the answer to lockdown isolation; National's health spokesperson on the go...
Best of First Up for Monday 24 August from 2020-08-24T10:00
On the pod today: domestic tourism operators desperate and hopeful Kiwis will get travelling again after the lockdown; produce growers struggling in lockdown say the borderline has present...
Best of First Up for Friday 21 August from 2020-08-21T10:00
On the pod today: Netballs' Pulse coach Yvette McCausland-Durie on the ANZ Premiership decider against the Tactix, this weekend; while Covid-19 forced many magazines off our shelves - Nort...
Best of First Up for Thursday 20 August from 2020-08-20T10:00
In the pod today: a tourism farm experience turns to training after Covid; we join exercise junkies working up a sweat for Rainbow Youth; Gore's mayor is with us for a look at his town - w...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 19 August from 2020-08-19T10:00
On today's pod: Google helps capture a pet emu escapee; we talk to a Kiwi artist making a mindfulness book for children; descendants of the original land owners at Kapiti Airport call on t...
Best of First Up from Tuesday 18 August from 2020-08-18T10:00
On the podcast today: a lockdown cookbook has won two international awards; we hear from 17-year-olds now eligible to vote with the election date postponed; thousands sign a petition calli...
Best of First Up for Monday 17 August from 2020-08-17T10:00
On today's podcast: Nanogirl on the the Do's and Don'ts for wearing and making masks; we find out why ticket purchasers for the 50 million dollar Lotto draw spent much of Sunday locked out...
Best of First Up for Friday 14 August from 2020-08-14T10:00
Coming up: with the latest lockdown, the accommodation sector says it's almost at the end of the road and it's urging the government for help. We hear from home made mask makers in high de...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 12 August from 2020-08-12T10:00
In today's pod: one family bankrolls new film studios in Upper Hutt; new covid-19 cases in Auckland outside of managed isolation means the super city moves to lockdown level 3; across the ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 11 August from 2020-08-11T10:00
On the podcast today: a tiny house in Auckland is causing interest on TradeMe; joy for one neighbourhood community in Taumarunui after a police bust finds its beloved stolen park swings; i...
Best of First Up for Monday 10 August from 2020-08-10T10:00
On the podcast today: things to do with Buddha's Hands; the difference covid-19 's made to the way crews will operate in Antarctica - and what's the future for New Zealand First, former Un...
Best of First Up for Friday 7 August from 2020-08-07T10:00
On the pod today: we meet the company helping to make up for the billions of dollars of clothing orders cancelled because of Covid-19; Whanau Ora's Merepeka Raukawa-Tait on a damning repor...
Best of First Up for Thursday 6 August from 2020-08-06T10:00
On the podcast today: sequencing the genome of the tuatara will reveal mysteries; we cross to Beruit in Lebanon, now in a state of emergency after yesterday's massive explosion killed at l...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 5 August from 2020-08-05T10:00
On the podcast today: a newlywed couple seperated by border closures plead for a pacific bubble; their texts and emails may paint a damning picture - but Tauranga City Councillor's are ada...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 4 August from 2020-08-04T10:00
On the pod today: Air New Zealand customers say the company's lack of compassion over granting refunds is putting them off the airline; one renter's take on the new tenancy laws to be urge...
First Up Podcast for Monday 3 August 2020 from 2020-08-03T10:00
On the podcast today, Australia's Victoria state declares a state of disaster and introduces sweeping restrictions under lockdown stage four. We reveal how many diplomats have chosen not t...
Best of First Up for Friday 31 July 2020 from 2020-07-31T10:00
On the podcast today, from board game to the stage - we find out about the Dungeons and Dragons theatre production. Almost all of this year's poll results show Labour could govern alone, b...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 29 July from 2020-07-29T10:00
On the podcast today: American film critic Leonard Maltin and a Kiwi film buff have collaborated to produce a new board game; a Kiwi in the UK forced to return home due to a tragic injury ...
Best of First Up for Monday 27 July from 2020-07-27T10:00
On the pod today: we hear about the very hungry caterpillars, the broccoli and the viral Twitter thread; after a petition and a vote, the Rotorua Stockcar Club is now rebranding and will e...
Best of First Up for Friday 24 July from 2020-07-24T10:00
On the pod today: a Kiwi living in the UK plans to travel returning on a tourist visa, so she doesn't overstay her work visa; school principals are disappointed over law changes for the ph...
Best of First Up for Thursday 23 July from 2020-07-23T10:00
On the podcast today: the 12-year-boy who's turned possum hunting into a pocket money earner; "delusional", "sleazy" and "insane" - words used by those accused of leaking Winston Peters su...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 22 July from 2020-07-22T10:00
On the podcast today: the Falloon scandal puts Parliament's culture and mental health back in the spotlight; a call for more than a thousand Covid-19 prosecutions to be reviewed to curb a ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 21 July from 2020-07-21T10:00
On the podcast today: another National MP gone, this time Andrew Falloon after revelations he sent indecent pics to a 19-year-old woman, political commentator Bryce Edwards on what now for...
The Best of First Up for Monday 20 July from 2020-07-20T10:00
On the podcast today: Heavy rain leaves Northland in clean up mode - Whangarei's Mayor Sheryl Mai joins us as does animal charity founder Carolyn Press-McKenzie, who booked a flight as soo...
The Best of First Up for Friday 17 July from 2020-07-17T10:00
On the podcast today: Medical researchers are urging World Rugby to try reducing on-field player numbers in a bid to reduce injuries, Christchurch residents affected by a gas explosion on ...
Best of First Up for Thursday 16 July from 2020-07-16T10:00
In the pod today: sheep shearing competitions are at risk with borders closed to international competitors; two asylum seekers imprisoned upon arrival months ago are finally released; a fi...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 15 July from 2020-07-15T10:00
In the pod today: an incredible collection of iconic World War II aircraft is gifted to a Heritage Centre in Blenheim; hair bars for curly hair a priority for our featured business; a Cook...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 14 July from 2020-07-14T10:00
In the pod today: new research out of London suggests immunity to Covid-19 might only last a few months; TradeMe auctions this week include a Dick Frizzell designed fridge and a tiny histo...
Best of First Up for Monday 13 July from 2020-07-13T10:00
In the pod today: farmers remind local councillors about valuable crop land; members of India's legendary Bollywood star family test positive for Covid-19 - as case numbers there rise to t...
Best of First Up for Friday 10 July from 2020-07-10T10:00
In the pod today: the idea someone in managed isolation could not know the rules is described as laughable; a new genetic study suggests that Polynesians made an epic voyage to South Ameri...
Best of First Up for Thursday 9 July from 2020-07-09T10:00
In the pod today: Te Araroa locals want an old dump site removed for good; an expert warns that diseases that can jump between animals and humans will get more common and we must act now t...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 8 July from 2020-07-08T10:00
On the pod today: a Kiwi gin maker is thanking New Zealanders for backing local; a change in attitude from many rough sleepers - who are now accepting permanent housing for the first time ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 7 July from 2020-07-07T10:00
On the podcast today: selling authentic anything on TradeMe; the Electoral Commission has ruled on posters of Jacinda Ardern; assault victims and advocates slam Netflix, saying a new movie...
Best of First Up for Monday 6 July 2020 from 2020-07-06T10:00
On the podcast today; How the Covid-19 lockdown led to a backlog of dental appointments, concerns we've forgotten the hygiene lessons we learned during covid lockdown, and a member of the ...
Best of First Up for Friday 3 July from 2020-07-03T10:00
On the podcast today, traped in New Zealand after covid-19 Samoan RSE workers hoping to go home, public funding to team New Zealand is frozen as investigations ramp up, and when will block...
Best of First Up for Thursday 2 July from 2020-07-02T10:00
On the pod today: principals fear border closure will worsen the teacher shortage; a petition is quickly gaining signatures asking the government to improve post birth rehab for women; Ton...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 1 July from 2020-07-01T10:00
On the pod today: skullduggery and subterfuge a normal part of the America's Cup; we meet a New Zealand business based out of Western Australia and it's been one year since single use plas...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 30 June from 2020-06-30T10:00
On the pod today: more schools are accepting 5 year olds in cohort entry so children start in a group; how working from home during the lockdown increased our risk of cyber attacks and Pha...
Best of First Up for Monday 29 June from 2020-06-29T10:00
On the podcast today: Devilskin announce big tour of the country in August; a review into our Quarantine and Managed isolation finds the system is not broken but under extreme stress; New ...
The Best of First Up for Friday 26 June from 2020-06-26T10:30
On the podcast today, A father shares how lifechanging it's been since his son with cystic fibrosis got much needed medication funded by Pharmac and New Zealand adds another international ...
Best of First Up for Thursday 25 June from 2020-06-25T10:00
On the pod today: we explore various ways of working for love during Volunteer Week; we're continuing our look back at struggles with getting drugs funded by Pharmac and the battle of the ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 24 June from 2020-06-24T10:00
On the pod today: the tourism industry facing more bad news as the Government extends a ban on cruise ships; our New Zealand made business features loves letters typed out by hand; we catc...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 23 June from 2020-06-23T10:00
On the pod today: social media users worldwide disrupt Trump's Oklahoma weekend rally; Dan Carter puts up an autographed All Blacks shirt to raise money for his local rugby club; we catch ...
Best of First Up For Monday 22 June from 2020-06-22T10:00
On the pod today: How much do we know about the historical origins of the names of New Zealand's towns? One small town Hawkes Bay comes under the spotlight. A German scientist connects the...
Best of First Up For Friday 19 June from 2020-06-19T10:00
On the pod today: Celebrations kick off in Auckland tomorrow to celebrate Matariki, the start of the Maori New Year. If you're part of the wealthy one percent of people who don't need your...
Best of First Up for Thursday 18 June from 2020-06-18T10:00
On the pod today: Could New Zealand be first in line for post-Brexit trade deals with the UK; queues at Covid-19 testing stations are on the rise following two new confirmed cases; an anti...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 17 June from 2020-06-17T10:00
On the pod today: compassionate leave for those in isolation is suspended - as our covid-free streak ends; Facebook moves to tackle fake news and foreign interference in the lead up to thi...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 16 June from 2020-06-16T10:00
On the pod today: Massey University students want to go back to class as online classes continue; calls for a Pacific Travel Bubble are getting louder; ACC sees a dramatic fall in the numb...
Best of First Up for Monday 15 June from 2020-06-15T10:00
On the pod today: Across New Zealand thousands marched in solidarity with the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the US, Nathan Rarere tell us all about the first weekend of live sport...
Best of First Up for Friday 12 June from 2020-06-12T10:00
On the pod today: New Zealand academics slam a live theatre programme designed to warn young students of the dangers of underage drinking; a sense of chaos - nurses describe the experience...
Best of First Up for Thursday 11 June from 2020-06-11T10:00
On the pod today: record high carbon charges may lead to a winter tomato shortage in the South Island; around the world, statues of slave traders and colonial leaders are being pulled down...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 9 June from 2020-06-09T10:00
On the podcast today: skifield's are celebrating the move to Level One; we've got plenty of ways of departing with your cash from TradeMe including a second-hand Lamborghini SUV; level one...
Best of First Up for Monday 8 June from 2020-06-08T10:00
On the podcast today, Maori mothers describe their experiences with Oranga Tamariki in a new report by the Children's Commissioner which he's described as "distressing"And an Australian NR...
Best of First Up for Thursday 4 June from 2020-06-04T10:00
On the pod today: immigrants confused by contradictory government messages over work visa holders; the government supplying free period products in schools will be life changing; the battl...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 3 June from 2020-06-03T10:00
On today's pod: a Facebook page reminiscing on Auckland's Nightlife of old amasses thousands of followers; protests and mayhem raging across multiple cities in the US show no signs of abat...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 2 June from 2020-06-02T10:00
In the Pod today: a Kaikoura business is keeping optimistic about surviving the downturn; Nelson's Haulashore Island gets volunteer aid; the US reels from massive protests and clashes with...
Best of First Up for Friday 29 May from 2020-05-29T10:00
On today's podcast; Paku and Quammen the elderly Orokonui takahe breeding pair go into retirement; a relief fund scraped together for Hawkes' Bay farmers battling a once-in-a-lifetime drou...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 27 May from 2020-05-27T10:00
On today's podcast: redirecting your internationally focussed business locally; we highlight another local business taking advantage of the new NZ Made Facebook page; smoking is banned in ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 26 May from 2020-05-26T10:00
On the pod today: recent rainfall won't break the drought; a wildlife ecologist wants NZ to not lose sight of our ecological goals; a teddy bear tribute to the PM is part of the Wonderful ...
Best of First Up for Monday 25 May from 2020-05-25T10:00
On today's podcast: worryingly rheumatic fever is back in Wellington; members of the Muslim community reflect on a very different Ramadan experience; claims the treatment of Asylum Seekers...
Best of First Up for Friday 22 May from 2020-05-22T10:00
On today's podcast: Kiwi dug deep to help others in need; we talk to youth about how they fared under lockdown; the creative youth in Manawatu who've produced online theatre in reponse to ...
Best of the First Up for Thursday 21 May from 2020-05-21T10:00
On today's podcast: Kombis and VWs take over Invercargill; a national speech finalist challenges us to end Covid related racism; thousands have signed a petition to make Matariki a public ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 20 May from 2020-05-20T10:00
On today's pod: The Auckland Arts Festival makes a call for proposals for next year and beyong; we check out 2 small NZ made businesses; while people can go out shopping again, New Zealand...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 19 May from 2020-05-19T10:00
In today's pod: a hundred years ago NZ health authorities were doing similar measures as today; primary school pupils are mostly pleased with going back to school; our population's hit 5 m...
Best of First Up for Monday 23 March from 2020-03-23T10:00
On the podcast today: we talk to our Europe correspondent on lockdown in Vienna; virtual appointments will be the norm for seeing your doctor; a petition wants the country's new alert syst...
Best of First Up for Friday 20 March from 2020-03-20T10:00
On the podcast today: Kiwis desperately trying to get home as borders close; supermarkets are rationing products as they prepare for the next few months; we dispel a few rumours and myths ...
Best of First Up for Thursday 19 March from 2020-03-19T10:00
On the podcast today: politicians, celebrities and gyms are using social media to keep in touch; Pacific leaders are calling on all Church ministers to urgently raise awareness of Coronavi...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 18 March from 2020-03-18T10:00
Today on the pod: coronavirus is again dominating the news - a logging company is grateful for government business support package: we look at how the cruise ships ban has affected waterfr...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 17 March from 2020-03-17T10:00
Today in a coronavirus heavy podcast: we're looking at the financial hit on sex workers; how retirement villages are coping with the virus; religious groups are going online and how the Pa...
Best of First Up for Friday 13 March from 2020-03-13T10:00
On the pod today: coronavirus fears are not stopping WOMAD this weekend in New Plymouth; with Covid-19 spreading around the world, we look at stopping the spread with tips to stop touching...
Best of First Up for Thursday 12 March from 2020-03-12T10:00
On the pod today: we're sharing stories showcasing the diversity of Muslim New Zealanders following the events of March 15th last year; businesses prepare for people to work from home as t...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 11 March from 2020-03-11T10:00
On the pod today: the latest from Italy where the whole country is now in lockdown; wine growers discuss the impact of Covid-19 and water on their industry; a mosque shooting victim uses d...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 10 March from 2020-03-10T10:00
On the podcast today: unprecedented spending in NZ the week the coronavirus hits; we have the first of RNZ's 'This is us' series, marking a year since the Christchurch terror attacks; the ...
Best of First Up for Monday 9 March from 2020-03-09T10:00
On the pod today: we speak to the 9 year old who rents out mice as a taster for keeping a pet; New Zealand doctors working on testing vulnerable populations for Covid-19 but also calling f...
Best of First Up for Friday 6 March from 2020-03-06T10:00
On the pod today: tiny home owners want protective legislation and promotion to address the housing crisis; a sixth death has been reported following Pharmac's epilepsy drug switch; the co...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 4 March from 2020-03-04T10:00
On todays' podcast: A survey shows one in five schools cut spending on their library last year; West Coast baches may be under threat; why Kea aren't too different from humans when it come...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 3 March from 2020-03-03T10:43
On the podcast today: the Black Caps score a 7 wicket win over India in the second cricket test in Christchurch; Jonah Lomu's first ever house is on the market which you can see on TradeMe...
Best of First Up for Monday 2 March from 2020-03-02T10:31
On the podcast today, Tauranga residents say they're concerned over the unexpected arrival of a cruise ship docking in the local port this morning with 7 people on board showing flu-like s...
Best of First Up for Friday 28 February 2020 from 2020-02-28T10:00
On the podcast today, the mother of a dyslexic child says the government has ignored expert advice in putting together it's new kit of resources for schools, and we talk to Nelson Mayor Ra...
Best of First Up for Thursday 27 February 2020 from 2020-02-27T10:00
On the podcast today, One of the country's top air quality scientists says new proposals to clean up the nation's air are longoverdue and scientists continue to try and confirm the source ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 26 February 2020 from 2020-02-26T10:00
On the podcast today, a Ministry of Health sting has led to the first prosecution for providing sunbed tanning to a person under eighteen, and a dairy farmer in Nelson hopes opening his ga...
Best of First Up for Monday 24 February 2020 from 2020-02-24T10:00
On the Podcast today, a kiwi fashion brand say they're thrilled after seeing prime minister Jacinda Ardern grace the cover of TIME magazine in a silk top they made her 2 and a half years a...
Best of First Up for 20 February 2020 from 2020-02-20T10:00
On the Podcast today, the education ministry says it's increasingly struggling to persuade schools to enrol violent childrean who have been excluded from other schools and we speak to anot...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 18 February 2020 from 2020-02-18T10:00
On the podcast today, we tread on the toes of two iconic British TV shows and members of Blenheim based iwi, Rangaitane O Wairau are calling for two trustees to step down, after a vineyard...
Best of First Up for Friday 17th of February from 2020-02-17T10:00
On the podcast today, the chair of a Wellington body corporate says a government loan scheme doesn't go far enough and an endangered wolf found dead in California was looking for love.
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Best of First Up for Friday 7th of February from 2020-02-07T10:00
On the podcast today, Mathew Tukaki from the Maori Council joined us live in the studio, and the new oweners of a well known and loved cinema and DVD store, say they want to keep video ren...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 4th of February from 2020-02-04T10:00
On the podcast today, should coronavirus fear stop us from booking travel this year? And have you ever wanted to own your own bar? Now could be your chance, we talk to Trade Me's Millie Sy...
Best of First Up fo Monday 3rd February from 2020-02-03T10:00
On the podcast today, an Auckland couple who picked up a supposedly desexed dog from a Hawke's Bay pound before Christmas are now caring for eight puppies and ACT's David Seymour joined us...
Best of First Up for Thursday 30 January from 2020-01-30T10:00
In the podcast today: Kiwis will be evacuated along with Austalians from Wuhan; 40 percent of plastics that can be recycled end up heading to landfill; the 11 year old who protested his pl...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 29 January from 2020-01-29T10:00
On the pod today: a retirement review says raising the age to receive super payments would do more harm than good; we go inside a Waikato cheese factory to show you the kosher cheese in de...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 28 January from 2020-01-28T10:00
On the pod today: Auckland's Waiheke Island is desperate for water; HUHA volunteers narrowly miss being in the same spot where a plane crashed in New South Wales last week; the charity Kid...
Best of First Up for Monday 27 January from 2020-01-27T10:00
On the podcast today: schools reopen for new year with principals say they are still struggling with a shortage of quality teachers; health staff will begin screening for symptoms of the c...
Best of First Up for Friday 24 January from 2020-01-24T10:00
On today's podcast, we hear the true story of how the kiwifruit got its name; the race is on to save koalas still in the wild on Kangaroo Island and with the weekend set to be a scorcher i...
Best of First Up for Friday 20 December from 2019-12-20T10:00
On today's podcast: Happy Birthday to Auckland's Civic Theatre turning 90 today and the story of a young man who lost his leg in a fatal bus crash and how his life has turned around.
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Best of First Up for Thursday 19 December from 2019-12-19T10:00
In today's pod: state of emergency evacuations need to take animal welfare in account; we meet the man who invented a stick library for his local dog park; a prison garden supplies needy f...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 18 December from 2019-12-18T10:00
In today's pod: some wet and windy weather destroying property in Waikato; the researchers enticing fish to damaged coral reefs with the sounds of healthy reefs and exploring the benefits ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 17 December from 2019-12-17T10:00
In the pod today: Pharmac knew about three deaths linked to its epilespy drug brand switch but didn't tell patients or the public; Otara residents say they haven't been consulted over a Me...
Best of First Up for Monday 16 December from 2019-12-16T10:00
In the pod today: we speak with our representative at the first Global Refugee Forum; fed up with all the negative stories about South Auckland, 11 local kids decided to write a book to pr...
Best of First Up for Friday 13 December from 2019-12-13T10:00
In today's pod: a burns sufferer says the Whakaari White Island victims have a long road ahead; a forensic dentist says patience is crucial for those working to identify bodies on Whaakari...
Best of the First Up for Thursday 12 December from 2019-12-12T10:00
In the pod today: the Monster Raving Loony Party is still putting up candidates in the UK election; a Whakatane cafe is feeding local first responders for free and skin for the burns victi...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 11 December from 2019-12-11T10:00
On today's podcast: a survivor of a volcanic eruption says it'll be a long road to recovery for those caught up in White Island eruption; questions about how to manage New Zealand's someti...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 10 December from 2019-12-10T10:00
On the podcast today, the chocolate company that took over from Cadbury's says the future is sweet; the young, Maori and single people are the victims of repeat crime each year and a Huntl...
Best of First Up for Monday 9 December from 2019-12-09T10:00
On the pod today: the Children's commissioner says big bold action is needed to alleviate the large numbers of children living in serious poverty; two young backpackers trapped by rising f...
Best of First Up for Friday 6 December from 2019-12-06T10:00
On today's podcast: new red berry-flavoured kiwifruit are on the way; a power company backtracks on planned outages in the busy Christmas season and apologises to a small business who coul...
Best of First Up for Thursday 5 December from 2019-12-05T10:00
On today's podcast: the cartoonist apologises after the Otago Daily Times publishes a racist drawing but not everyone is happy; Auckland Samoans gather to pray and raise funds for medical ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 4 December from 2019-12-04T10:00
On the podcast today: an American sports administrator reckons big changes to youth sport will turn around the decline in participation; two Pacific doctors create a chatbot to help answer...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 3 December from 2019-12-03T10:00
On today's podcast; frustrated retirement village carers are taking to the picket line to protest over what they say are zero-hour contracts; a Victim Support group in Samoa is having to q...
Best of First Up for Monday 2 December from 2019-12-02T10:00
In today's pod: another 6 deaths reported in Samoa over the weekend; hospitality business owners are struggling to fill summer job vacancies and the volunteers who write Christmas cards to...
Best of First Up for Thursday 28 November 2019 from 2019-11-28T05:00
On today's podcast: a new art exhibition is being launched tonight providing an intimate look at what it means to be 18 and a woman in New Zealand. It's 40 years since the Mt. Erebus disas...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 27 November from 2019-11-27T10:00
In today's podcast: restoring sea knowledge to a new generation on board a Polynesian vaka; an American and Kiwi join forces to lobby for greater toilet access for those with Inflammatory ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 26 November from 2019-11-26T10:00
On today's podcast: recommendations made to change winter grazing practices; a kebab shop owner defies a local business association to stop feeding the homeless; how does a smoke-breathing...
Best of First Up for Monday 25 November from 2019-11-25T10:00
On today's podcast: a member of an all-female fire crew says women should give fire fighting a go; a New Zealand midwife who travelled to Peru to help a first-time mum give birth in a hut ...
Best of First Up for Friday 22 November from 2019-11-22T10:00
In the Pod today: A woman who's made a complaint against Pharmac to the Health and Disability Commissioner says the drug-buying agency breached patient rights; the owner of a new Auckland ...
Best of First Up for Thursday 21 November from 2019-11-21T10:00
On the pod today: Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall vist Waitangi; we talk to our mayor of the week, Bernie Walden from Horowhenua and an Australian woman hailed a hero for saving...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 20 November from 2019-11-20T10:00
On the podcast today: calls for dental care to be subsidised or free; the mother of a University of Otago medical student says it's overkill to stop interns from graduating with their peer...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 19 November from 2019-11-19T10:00
On the podcast today: Royal fans turn out in pouring rain in Auckland to meet the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall; there's support 'in principle' for a plan to develop small-scale ...
Best of First Up for Monday 18 November from 2019-11-18T10:00
On the podcast today: property managers are unhappy with the Government's proposal to end "no-cause evictions"; an organisation representing disability providers says the government needs ...
The Best of First Up for Friday 15 November from 2019-11-15T10:00
On the podcast today; measles is wreaking havoc across the Pacific, with Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji and Tonga confirmed to have the disease and the Auckland public health authority expect...
Best of First Up for 14 November from 2019-11-14T10:00
On today's podcast, we speak to the only Maori mayor in the country, Opotiki's Lyn Riesterer, and The public will now get a referendum on euthanasia in the next general election we speak t...
Best of First Up for 13 November from 2019-11-13T10:00
On the podcast today, we talk to Scion's Unmanned Autonamous Vehicle programme manager, Robin Hartley, about how flying drones are fighting Myrtle Rust. Ruth Wynn Williams gives us a repor...
Best of First Up for 12 November 2019 from 2019-11-12T10:00
On the podcast today we see what is trending on TradeMe for Christmas, we get an update from the Grace Millaine trial, and we check in with the all night party of astronomers who waited up...
Best of First Up for 11 November from 2019-11-11T10:00
On the podcast today, we hear from a New Zealand K-pop crew MDC who have just returned from Korea where they competed in the global K-pop Festival. Auckland's Kindness Institute who help R...
Best of First Up for Friday 8 November from 2019-11-08T10:00
On the podcast today, Five months after the distinctive Wellington marae Tapu te Ranga burnt to the ground, the clean up is making slow progress and why an image of one of Aotearoa's most ...
Best of First Up for Thursday 7 November from 2019-11-07T10:00
On the podcast today, Could carbon neutral farming be the future for new Zealand? and Mateiwarangi Heta-Morris who has held New Zealand's Superheavy-weight Arm wrestling championship title...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 6 November from 2019-11-06T10:00
On the podcast today Chaos at the Melbourne Cup - a reverse decision, fears for the fate of one horse, and a record fine and ban for Kiwi jockey Michael Walker and should whipping be banne...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 5 November from 2019-11-05T10:00
On today's podcast, a Trade Me listing for one thousand chickens has brought to light the fate of more than 5000 of the birds and does the creation of pavement-style walking tracks in remo...
Best of First Up for Monday 4 November from 2019-11-04T10:00
On the podcast today, Elderly Levin residents are being warned not to open their door to strangers and Indira talks to Manase Lua after Tonga's rugby league team make history.
Best of First Up for Friday 1 November 2019 from 2019-11-01T10:00
On the podcast today, Auckland Council has given e-scooters the green light for another 6 months, 3 weeks into the job, we've got the 35-year-old, hitch-hiking Green party Mayor who's quit...
Best of First Up for Thursday 31 October 2019 from 2019-10-31T10:00
On the podcast today, Should solo parents on the benefit be required to vaccinate their kids? A woman pleads for the government to boost funding to the mental health Gumboot Fund and we he...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 30 October 2019 from 2019-10-30T10:00
In the podcast today, the heartwarming story of how stallholders at Christchurch market rallied to support a Turkish baker left with just a few dollars in her pocket. Is a house bus a buil...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 29 October 2019 from 2019-10-29T10:00
On the Podcast today, the leader of ISIS has been killed, but what does it mean for New Zealand nurse who's been held captive for the last 6 years? And after New Zealand'd defeat by Englan...
Best of First Up for Friday 25 October 2019 from 2019-10-25T05:00
On the podcast today, we speak to National's Environment Spokesperson Scott Simpson, Auckland's Safeswim program manager Nick Vigar talks water safety after the SkyCity fire, we got to New...
Best of First Up for Thursday 24 october 2019 from 2019-10-24T06:00
On the Podcast today we talk to Auckland's Mayor Phil Goff about the consequences of the SkyCity fire, We talk to Megan Woods about how the 13 Million the Government is to invest to digiti...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 23 October 2019 from 2019-10-23T05:00
On the Podcast today we get live updates on the SkyCity convention centre from Aucklands Mayor Phil Goff, we hear from Englands Rugby coach Eddie Jones, and we learn about a new importing ...
Best of First Up for Monday 21 October 2019 from 2019-10-22T06:00
On the podcast today we talk to All Black Aaron Smith, we find out if there are things we can change in-flight improve jet lag, and we talk to Jenny Marcroft about NZ First MP's split view...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 22 October 2019 from 2019-10-22T06:00
On the Podcast today we talk to Ross Bell from the Drug Foundation, Millie Sylvester tells us about the latest TradeMe auctions, we meet protesters at the Tegel factory and Brodie Retallic...
Best of First Up for Friday 18 October from 2019-10-18T10:00
On today's podcast, environmental groups urge the government to crack down on industries whose activities are harming the marine environment and we meet Balbir Singh Basra who at 79 is abo...
Best of First Up for Thursday 17 October from 2019-10-17T10:00
On the podcast today we wonder what makes the best banger? and what would you do with $30 million- we talk to Tina in Taupo who talks about how winning lotto has changed her life.
Best of First Up for Wednesday 16 October from 2019-10-16T10:00
On the podcast today, the battle for the title of world's steepest street heads to court and Sela Tukia show our host Indira Stewart round her new home after being evicted years ago to mak...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 15 October from 2019-10-15T10:00
On the Podcast today, The Chairman of New Zealand Rugby says he's disappointed that World Rugby hasn't stepped up to change the rules that discriminate against many Pacific players and Pha...
Best of First Up for Monday 14 October from 2019-10-14T10:00
On today's podcast, the mother of a young woman who suffocated to death hopes the Hawke's Bay District Health Board has learnt from her daughter's death, so no other family has to experien...
Best of First Up for Friday 11 October from 2019-10-11T10:00
In today's pod - World Rugby have decided to cancel matches as Super Typhoon Hagibis bears down on Japan; we talk to Stacey Rose, a 19-year-old barber who's taking up a councillor's seat o...
Best of First Up for Thursday 10 October from 2019-10-10T10:00
In today's pod - a regional council candidate in Wellington wants to create a blue belt to protect local marine life; and we ask who is responsible for student pastoral care at universitie...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 10 October from 2019-10-09T10:00
Today in the podcast - why have only one third of schools signed up to the new donations scheme; we speak to a contender for San Francisco Attorney who determined to use his background to ...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 8 October from 2019-10-08T10:00
In today's Pod - we check out more unusual or quirky TradeMe auctions and we go dancing with Morning People.
Best of First Up for Monday 7 October from 2019-10-07T10:00
In the pod today - an entrepreneurial 12-year-old from Auckland has set up a smoked butter business taking famers markets by storm and Native Voices: an art exhibition responds to the 250t...
Best of First Up for Friday 4 October from 2019-10-04T10:00
In the podcast today - empty and numb - that's how Pike River families felt as they got closer to their loved ones yesterday; struggling families are being promised cheaper power bills und...
Best of First Up for Thursday 3 October from 2019-10-03T10:00
In today's podcast - a man's been prosecuted for not putting his dog down after he failed to listen to a vet's advice 2 years ago and our reporter at the Rugby World Cup discusses whether ...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 2 October from 2019-10-02T10:00
In a sporty podcast today - the All Blacks haka tutor on having a pakeha lead the haka; the first ever Special Needs Taekwondo competition takes place this weekend; and All Black Ardie Sav...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 1 October from 2019-10-01T10:00
In the pod today - how cruise ships deal with their waste; Nanogirl is grateful that robbers returned some of the items they stole; and two Samoan cousins face each other in opposing teams...
Best of First Up for Monday 30 September from 2019-09-30T10:00
On today's Podcast: love them or not - mushrooms can divide tastes - we take an in depth look at their production and our reporter is thrilled to be hanging out with Japanese fans as the B...
Best of First Up for Friday 27 September from 2019-09-27T10:00
In today's podcast - more of us are trying to find alternatives to flying, we speak a cyclist who's used pedal power to travel from the UK to New Zealand; the dairy giant Fonterra announce...
Best of First Up for Thursday 26 September from 2019-09-26T10:00
In today's podcast - state housing tenants were evicted from their homes in the Auckland area of Tamaki to make way for a new housing development and a new IPCC report finds millions of pe...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 25 September from 2019-09-25T10:00
On today's podcast - Fans are pretty happy about Manu Samoa winning their first encounter at the Rugby World Cup; we've found the All Blacks biggest fan in Japan - Kate and her husband won...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 24 September from 2019-09-24T10:00
Today's podcast - the first comprehensive report on the health and well-being of trans and non-binary New Zealanders was revealed in Auckland last night; Joe Porter bumps into a Samoan rug...
Best of First Up for Monday 23 September from 2019-09-23T10:00
On today's podcast, we talk to a New Zealand artist who's created an installation that was projected onto the United Nations building in New York; a tech commentator who was NOT impressed ...
Best of First Up for Friday 20 September from 2019-09-20T10:00
Today's podcast - stigma is the big challenge facing people living with Alzheimer's and dementia; the health ministry in Fiji says it's carrying the burden of the country's domestic violen...
Best of First Up for Thursday 19 September from 2019-09-19T10:00
In today's podcast: we talk to Southern DHB CEO Chris Fleming to explain why a southland neurosurgeon has been left in a position where he's on call 24/7. We'll also hear from the father o...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 18 September from 2019-09-18T10:00
On the podcast today, the Southern DHB's only nuerosurgeon says it's unacceptable that he's the only one who can provide critical treatment, the first wahine Maori Bishop is ordained and h...
Best of First Up for Tuesday 17 September from 2019-09-17T10:00
Today - UK's attempt to negotiate Brexit is getting harder; remember those giant, moving food sculptures from Big Fresh? Well they are on sale on Trade Me for one lucky bidder; the head of...
Best of First Up for Monday 16 September from 2019-09-16T10:00
Were taking a close look at Alzheimers and dementia this week as it is Alzheimer's awareness month, today we talk to Alzheimers New Zealand CEO Catherine Hall about the impact of the disea...
Best of First Up for Friday 13 September from 2019-09-13T12:00
In today's podcast, an education researcher who's spent years trying to get critical New Zealand history taught in our schools is applauding the Government for making it compulsary within ...
Best of First Up for Thursday 12 September from 2019-09-12T12:00
On today's podcast, keeping the Maori language alive - we find out about the discussions held to find new words; could climate change change cricket? What can be done to make playing in ex...
Best of First Up for Wednesday 11 September from 2019-09-11T12:00
As we went to air, President Trump fired his National Security Advisor by tweet - or did he? We hear from our correspondent in Washington about the sequence of events; the pressure is on t...
Best of First Up for Tue 10 September from 2019-09-10T12:00
Today, a pakeha student tells of her love of te reo during Maori Language Week, we talk to the Chair of the Maori Council about a new government suicide prevention plan and KiwiRail's plan...
Best of First Up for Monday 9 September from 2019-09-09T12:00
Today the Mental Health Foundation says the government needs to look at more funding for DHB's as part of their mental health plan and the measles outbreak has turned into a crisis and one...