Navigation for First Up

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

First Up for Wednesday 26 April 2023

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 24 April 2023
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 27 April 2023
  • Green Party begin voting on final list lineup

    politics
    James Shaw & Marama Davidson

    5:52 AM.Green Party members will begin voting on the final make-up of the party list which helps determine the MPs who are going to enter Parliament after the election. But delegates have already drawn up a… Read more Audio

    green-party-begin-voting-on-final-list-lineup
  • Shortage of geotech engineers hampers insurance payouts

    civil defence
    The family's house has been flooded and yellow-stickered twice in two years.

    5:45 AM.A shortage of geotech engineers across the country is hampering efforts to address insurance claims from Auckland residents nine weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle. Red stickered Muriwai residents want a… Read more Audio

    shortage-of-geotech-engineers-hampers-insurance-payouts
  • ANZAC service at Gallipoli draw for older people

    Andrew Little speaks at Anzac Cove  - Anzac Day 2023

    5:35 AM.Even though it has been well over a century since 8,700 Australian and 2,700 New Zealanders were killed in the Galipoli landings, ANZAC day services continue to grow in attendance around Aotearoa And… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

    anzac-service-at-gallipoli-draw-for-older-people
  • Mid-East: Iran continues crackdown on hijab wearing

    world
    This image grab from footage obtained from Iranian State agency IRNA on October 19, 2022 shows Elnaz Rekabi, an Iranian climber who caused a sensation by competing at an event abroad without a hijab, giving an interview upon her arrival at Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran. - Rekabi was given a hero's welcome on her return to Tehran by supporters who raucously applauded her action. With Iran still shaken by women-led protests over the death of Mahsa Amini one month ago, Elnaz Rekabi flew back to a Tehran airport after the competition in South Korea. (Photo by IRNA / AFP) / Israel OUT - NO Resale / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO /IRNA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS  /NO RESALE/ NO ACCESS ISRAEL MEDIA/PERSIAN LANGUAGE TV STATIONS/ OUTSIDE IRAN/ STRICTLY NO ACCESS BBC PERSIAN/ VOA PERSIAN/...

    5:25 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from Doha is our correspondent in the Middle East Alex Baird. Audio

    mid-east-iran-continues-crackdown-on-hijab-wearing
  • Wonderful World of TradeMe with Audrey Malone

    life and society

    5:17 AM.This morning on TradeMe - a one off art-print from Dick Frizzell, and a house which looks as though the owners might mistaken Porirua for somewhere in Hawaii. But first off, First Up producer Jeremy… Read more Audio

    wonderful-world-of-trademe-with-audrey-malone
  • ANZAC Day marked in Tonga, NZ deputy PM visits

    Pacific

    5:12 AM.We head to the Pacific now for our weekly catch up with our correspondent Kalafi Moala in Tonga. Audio

    anzac-day-marked-in-tonga-nz-deputy-pm-visits
  • Australia gets major overhaul of defence force

    world
    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese talks to the media during the 45th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney on February 25, 2023. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

    5:06 AM.We begin this Wednesday in Australia - joining us from Brisbane is Pam Corkery. Audio

    australia-gets-major-overhaul-of-defence-force
  • Previous Episode: Monday, 24 April 2023
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 27 April 2023
shielded