Navigation for First Up

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

First Up for Friday 11 March 2022

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 10 March 2022
  • Next Episode: Monday, 14 March 2022
  • First competitors in GODzone arrive at finish line in Dunedin

    sport
    Team isport at GODZone

    5:53 AM.If you haven't heard of GODzone ... it's the opposite of sleeping in In the race , teams travel across 710 kilometres of New Zealand bush by Trekking, packrafting, mountain biking and Kayaking - all… Read more Audio

    first-competitors-in-godzone-arrive-at-finish-line-in-dunedin
  • NSW pub feeds hundreds of flood victims

    world
    This handout photo taken on February 28, 2022 and received on March 1 from the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services shows rescuers on a boat evacuating people along a flood street around Maryborough in Queensland.

    5:48 AM.Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison has finally declared flooding in Australia, specifically New South Wales a national emergency, but while he dithered the community stepped in to help. In… Read more Audio

    nsw-pub-feeds-hundreds-of-flood-victims
  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    no caption

    5:24 AM.Turning to the war against unhealthy food now with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week - Diana's Peacherine Audio

    fruit-and-vege-report-with-glenn-forsyth
  • Ukrainian UN peacekeepers leave Democratic Republic of Congo

    world
    A soldier with the Uganda People's Defence Forces at a checkpoint on the Mbau-Kamango road in the territory of Beni.

    5:13 AM.Ukrainian soldiers serving with the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to leave the country and head home. For more on this, and other news out of Africa, Nathan Rarere was joined… Read more Audio

    ukrainian-un-peacekeepers-leave-democratic-republic-of-congo
  • US: Biden imposes mother of all sanctions against Russia

    world
    US President Joe Biden speaks about the death of Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in Syria duringa US special forces raid.

    5:09 AM.In the US, the developments in Ukraine are being watched carefully by the administration with President Biden turning up the economic screws on Russia. Joining Nathan Rarere from the Big Apple is our… Read more Audio

    us-biden-imposes-mother-of-all-sanctions-against-russia
  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 10 March 2022
  • Next Episode: Monday, 14 March 2022
shielded