Navigation for First Up

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

First Up for Thursday 6 April 2023

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 5 April 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
  • Sepuloni: govt trying hard to retain nurses in NZ

    health politics

    5:51 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere is the Deputy Prime Minister, Carmel Sepuloni. Audio

    sepuloni-govt-trying-hard-to-retain-nurses-in-nz
  • Theatre nurse on why she is in Australia earning double

    health

    5:47 AM.There is growing pressure on the government to do more to retain our nurses, with thousands registering to work in Australia where they can get far better pay and conditions. RNZ revealed earlier this… Read more Audio

    theatre-nurse-on-why-she-is-in-australia-earning-double
  • Northland business desperate for tourists this Easter

    business tourism
    Whangarei

    5:38 AM.Businesses in Northland say this Easter Weekend could be make or break for them, after a run of disasterous weather that kept visitors at bay over summer. Cyclone Hale battered the North in early… Read more Audio

    northland-business-desperate-for-tourists-this-easter
  • Trump: back at Mar-a-Lago holed up with supporters

    world
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 04: Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on April 4, 2023, in New York City. Trump was arraigned during his first court appearance today following an indictment by a grand jury that heard evidence about money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. With the indictment, Trump becomes the first former U.S. president in history to be charged with a criminal offense.   Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by POOL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    5:33 AM.In the US - former President Donald Trump is back in Florida after his historic day in court - he's facing 30 charges of corporate fraud relating to hush-money payments to adult actress Stormy Daniels… Read more Audio

    trump-back-at-mar-a-lago-holed-up-with-supporters
  • LDR Mid-Cant: Ashburton may get a second bridge

    local council
    The Ashburton District Council will pursue the government to help fund its nationally significant $113.6 million second bridge project.

    5:24 AM.Time now to hear the latest from Mid Canterbury with our Local Democracy Programme. Joining Nathan Rarere is Jonathan Leask from the Ashburton Guardian. Audio

    ldr-mid-cant-ashburton-may-get-a-second-bridge
  • Europe: Macron, von der Leyen playing good cp, bad cop in China

    world
    French President Emmanuel Macron (R) chats with US President Joe Biden as they leave Fiola Mare restaurant after a private dinner in Washington, DC, on 30 November, 2022.

    5:16 AM.To Europe now - in Sweden is our correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund Audio

    europe-macron-von-der-leyen-playing-good-cp-bad-cop-in-china
  • UK: Former SNP leader's husband arrested

    world
    SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon (C) celebrates as election results are announced - with the party taking 56 out of 59 seats in Scotland.

    5:06 AM.Let's begin in the UK - Henry Riley is there for us in London and he joins the programme now.. Audio

    uk-former-snp-leader-s-husband-arrested
  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 5 April 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
shielded