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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, 19 September 2024
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More explosions in Lebanon - this time from hand-held radios
19 Sep 2024Electronic communication devices continue to explode across Lebanon - Alex Baird has the latest from the Middle-East Audio
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
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Nostalgia: returning to photographic film over digital
18 Sep 2024Film photography is making a comeback - producer Leonard Powell is getting right in to it. Audio
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Rink Hockey - on roller skates, NZ teams represent in Italy
18 Sep 2024Rink Hockey is having its World Champs in Italy - but what even is Rink Hockey? Under 19 team manager Rob Vazey explains how it works and Quinn Fraser on playing against the Big Guns. Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Emma Bacon
18 Sep 2024We spend a lot of time Dream Scrolling according to the number crunchers at TradeMe - Emma Bacon told producer Jeremy Parkinson about the trend. Audio
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Israel operation attacks Hezbollah with pagers
18 Sep 2024Israel have hit Hezbollah in Lebanon - using exploding mobile pagers. Alex Baird has the detail Audio
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Australian government threatens early election
18 Sep 2024Pam Corkery tells First Up about a possible early election in Australia Audio
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
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How hard are NCEA exams in 2024? First Up found out
17 Sep 2024First Up's Matthew Hutching turned up to school for the first time in 20 years to sit a mock exam - how'd he go?? Audio
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Keep your receipts - Nicola Willis on Family Boost payments
17 Sep 2024Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks Family Boost payments and other headlines from Parliament Audio
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US: who is Ryan Routh, attempted assassin of Trump
17 Sep 2024The man who is accused of attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump has appeared in a Florida court - Katherine Firkin has the latest Audio
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How Gisborne is dealing with changes to forestry standards
17 Sep 2024The Government's new plan for forestry has been announced, LDR's Zita Campbell in Gisborne explains how it will work Audio
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Race heating up for leader of Japan's ruling party
17 Sep 2024Japan's ruling party is about to pick a new leader - correspondent Chris Gilbert talks us through the process Audio
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UK: Commonwealth Games to be in Glasgow?
17 Sep 2024The 2026 Commonwealth Games look like they will be held in Scotland after Victoria in Australia pulled the plug - Henry Riley has all the news out of the UK Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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