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First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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An early morning news and current affairs conversation hosted by Nathan Rarere featuring the people behind key issues and quirky human interest stories from New Zealand and overseas.
Latest audio
Thursday, 17 April 2025
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Labour's Kieran McAnulty on homelessness, trade and tariffs
17 Apr 2025Kieran McAnulty talks the week in politics from a Labour perspective Audio
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US: Democrats finally hitting back at Admins actions
17 Apr 2025Former President Joe Biden has addressed the chaos of the Trump presidency - Bevan Hurley reports from New York Audio
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Mark Lundy up for third parole hearing
17 Apr 2025Mark Lundy has another shot at parole today - Jimmy Ellingham has the news from Palmerston North Audio
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UK Supreme Court rules about legal status of transgender women
17 Apr 2025The UK's highest court has ruled over the legal status of transgender women, Ellie Jay has the news from London Audio
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
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Cyclone Tam is moving towards Aotearoa just in time for Easter
16 Apr 2025It wouldn't be Easter without the threat of a cyclone - Weather Watch's Phillip Duncan casts his expert eye up tropical cyclone Tam Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Emma Bacon
16 Apr 2025A rare double transport feature on TradeMe this week - a Helicopter and a well-known Auckland rickshaw Audio
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101 year old croquet champ still competing
16 Apr 2025101 year old Neville Sandiford is a gun on the croquet pitch - he's the current doubles champ at his resthome in Kapiti. Audio
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Jordan arrests 16 people, thwarts plot involving rockets
16 Apr 2025Jordanian authorities have busted a plot involving explosives and drones - Alex Baird has the story Audio
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
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Easter opening days, times and surcharges
15 Apr 2025RNZ's money expert Susan Edmunds runs us through the Easter Trading rules. Audio
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Government decides to "turbo boost" tourism marketing
The government "turbo boosts" tourism marketing, holder of the purse strings, Nicola Willis talked with Nathan Rarere Audio
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UK: Birmingham's rubbish continues to not be collected
15 Apr 2025Birmingham's bin strikes continues, Henry Riley has the stink story Audio
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Mid Canterbury has lake issues but second new bridge approved
15 Apr 2025LDR's Jonathan Leask tells us about the decision to close Lake Hood after a poisonous algal bloom Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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Email: firstup@rnz.co.nz