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First Up for Wednesday 8 December 2021

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 7 December 2021
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 9 December 2021
  • Panel discussion on mental health risks on elite athletes

    sport health
    Black Fern Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate

    5:43 AM.The mental health risks that elite athletes face has been brought back into focus after a Black Ferns player described having a breakdown after a series of derogatory comments about her were allegedly… Read more Audio

  • First Up's Fish Report with Brett Sellers

    food
    crayfish mornay

    5:35 AM.There's only a few weeks until Christmas, and if you are considering what to serve on the big day - don't count fish out as a Christmas dish.. Nathan Rarere was joined from Foodstuffs is Seafood… Read more Audio

  • Space the final frontier: James Parr on Space news

    space
    sunrise over the earth in outer space

    5:29 AM.To space we go or wherever Space James is, Nathan Rarere was joined now by our good friend James Parr from the Open Space Agency. Audio

  • US indigenous communities learn from Whanganui iwi about awa

    te ao Maori arts

    5:13 AM.A short documentary called From the Mountains to the Sea recently premiered at the Native American Film Festival The film follows Tribal groups from Arizona as they travel to New Zealand to learn from… Read more Audio

  • UK: omicron variant now has community spread

    world
    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes an address to mark the opening day of COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland on 1 November, 2021.

    5:05 AM.Let's begin this morning in the UK where the Omicron variant of Covid-19 continues to make waves - Nathan Rarere was joined by our correspondent in London, Henry Riley. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 7 December 2021
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 9 December 2021
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