Navigation for First Up

  • First Up home
  • Episodes
  • Search
  • Galleries
  • Collections

First Up for Monday 9 August 2021

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 6 August 2021
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
  • Goldmine, programme behind high performance NZ sport

    sport

    5:52 AM.When our champion Olympic athletes spoke to media after their events, they'd without fail lavishly praise the whole New Zealand Olympic squad and the support staff who they said they wouldn't be there… Read more Audio

    goldmine-programme-behind-high-performance-nz-sport
  • Five teens die in horrific crash in Timaru

    A crashed police car remains on the side of Ngamokai Road as the hunt for Dolphy Kohu continues.

    5:48 AM.Five teenagers died in a horrific crash just outside of Timaru yesterday. The driver was the only survivor after the vehicle smashed into a power pole at the intersection of Seadown Road and Meadows… Read more Audio

    five-teens-die-in-horrific-crash-in-timaru
  • Australia's Covid-19 cases rise a worry for NZ

    world
    New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian says Covid-19 numbers are stabilising.

    5:44 AM.A look at the worrying situation in Australia now where the Delta variant of Covid-19 continues to spread through New South Wales. Victoria remains in lockdown, and while restrictions have eased in… Read more Audio

    australia-s-covid-19-cases-rise-a-worry-for-nz
  • Miriama McDowell: Head High TV series normalising diversity

    arts
    Actress Miriama McDowell

    5:30 AM.Kiwi drama is returning to our screens with the second series of Head High premiering tonight. Head High is a locally made family drama series about the hopes, dreams and expectations of high school… Read more Audio

    miriama-mcdowell-head-high-tv-series-normalising-diversity
  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Grapefruit and orange in a fruit and vegetable store called Farmville in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

    5:23 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from the depths of a central North Island winter is our Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth. Audio

    fruit-and-vege-report-with-glenn-forsyth
  • Olympian NZ surfer Billy Stairmand had best experience in Tokyo

    sport Olympics
    Raglan's Billy Stairmand.

    5:14 AM.Billy Stairmand made New Zealand history this year alongside Ella Williams as the first New Zealand surfers to take part in an Olympics, Surfing was only added as an Olympic sport for the Tokyo 2020… Read more Audio

    olympian-nz-surfer-billy-stairmand-had-best-experience-in-tokyo
  • Previous Episode: Friday, 6 August 2021
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
shielded