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First Up for Friday 2 February 2024

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 1 February 2024
  • Next Episode: Monday, 5 February 2024
  • Cancer survivor talks about her walking journey through Aotearoa

    health life and society
    Kate Wightman is walking the length of Aotearoa to raise awareness for gynaecological cancers.

    5:51 AM.It's been more than four months, and many many kilometres - but cancer survivor Kate Wightman is about to complete her journey down the length of Aotearoa. Two years ago, aged 29, the former elite… Read more Audio

  • Masters Games: The craze around Cornhole

    sport

    5:45 AM.It's all go in Otepoti Dunedin, with the 2024 New Zealand Masters Games kicking off tomorrow. Each day we'll check in on one of the interesting sporting events that are happening. And today it's… Read more Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth

    food
    Woman picking ripe apricot from tree outdoors, closeup

    5:23 AM.Healthy produce time with the Minister of Fruit and Veges Mr Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: Apricots Audio

  • Africa: Kenya declares cult 'organised criminal group'

    world
    An officer of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) walks at the mass-grave site in Shakahola, outside the coastal town of Malindi, on April 25, 2023. The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation has climbed to 201, as investigators on May 13, 2023 unearthed 22 more bodies from a coastal forest, a government official said. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

    5:14 AM.Time to find out what's making news in the biggest continent on Earth, Nabil Ahmed Rufai is based in Accra, Ghana. Audio

  • Elmo's question on X gets unexpected responses

    world
    elmo

    5:06 AM.First Up and about is Bevan Hurley in New York. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 1 February 2024
  • Next Episode: Monday, 5 February 2024
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