Best of First Up

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• Best of First Up for Friday 16 April

  16 Apr 2021

  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 Auckland and… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 14 April

  14 Apr 2021

  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 hops beer and… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 13 April

  13 Apr 2021

  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 only six sleeps… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 12 April

  12 Apr 2021

  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 the… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 8 April

  8 Apr 2021

  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 cancer patient… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 7 April

  7 Apr 2021

  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 bones… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 6 April

  6 Apr 2021

  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 circulating in… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 1 April

  1 Apr 2021

  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 Deputy Prime… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 31 March

  31 Mar 2021

  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 National's… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 30 March

  31 Mar 2021

  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 from high risk… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 29 March

  29 Mar 2021

  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 so; and… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 26 March

  26 Mar 2021

  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 cent of its… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 25 March

  25 Mar 2021

  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; and after a… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 23 March

  23 Mar 2021

  On today's pod: the Maori Council says instead of spending a million dollars a day on motels - pay Marae to provide emergency accomodation; Auckland's Sikh community opens up a new community sports… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 22 March

  22 Mar 2021

  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 borders open… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 19 March

  19 Mar 2021

  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-based… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 18 March

  18 Mar 2021

  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? Deputy Prime… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 17 March

  17 Mar 2021

  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 two dudes… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 16 March

  16 Mar 2021

  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 America's Cup… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 15 March

  15 Mar 2021

  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's like being… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 11 March

  life and society

  11 Mar 2021

  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 should be a… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 10 March

  10 Mar 2021

  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 are closing… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 9 March

  9 Mar 2021

  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 dark her… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 8 March

  8 Mar 2021

  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 goods from… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 5 March

  5 Mar 2021

  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 another… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 4 March

  4 Mar 2021

  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 jab; the… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 3 March

  3 Mar 2021

  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 school… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 2 March

  2 Mar 2021

  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… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 1 March

  1 Mar 2021

  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 to First Up… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 26 February

  26 Feb 2021

  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 the ring on… Audio