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First Up for Monday 3 July 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 4 July 2023
  • Te Pāti Māori: Hauraki-Waikato can be Mahuta's 'Te Puea moment'

    te ao Maori
    Rawiri Waititi

    5:52 AM.To politics now, and we're welcoming Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi to First Up this morning, to join our regular catch-up with political leaders. Te Pāti Māori has been in the headlines this… Read more Audio

  • Tūroa ski field readying for busy ski season

    business life and society
    Skiers on a chairlift at Turoa ski field.

    5:48 AM.It's an exciting day at Mount Ruapehu today... The school holidays have begun, and the snow is falling! The $5 million funding from the government has allowed the Turoa and Whakapapa skifields to… Read more Audio

  • Weather: Chilly, windy conditions around Aotearoa

    weather

    5:34 AM.Now many of you who've joined us at this early hour will have a good idea of how chilly it is around the country. We are well into winter now.... it was cold and blustery for most of the weekend, as… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Martin Pupuke

    food
    Kiwi fruit.

    5:24 AM.With First Up for the first time this morning is our Associate Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Martin Pupuke. Audio

  • Pacific nations unhappy with Fukushima nuclear water released

    Pacific
    An aerial photo shows Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture on February 12, 2022. The nuclear plant was damaged by a massive tsunami during the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The crippled nuclear station has been under decommissioning. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Toshikazu Sato / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)

    5:15 AM.To the Pacific now - joining First Up this morning is our correspondent Kalafi Moala in Tonga. Audio

  • US: Two killed, 28 injured in block party mass shooting

    world
    Caution tape surrounds the property where a mass shooting took place in Cleveland, Texas on 29 April, 2023.

    5:05 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann is the first driverless cab off the rank - he joined Anna Thoms from New York City. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 4 July 2023
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