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First Up for Tuesday 29 July 2025

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 28 July 2025
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 30 July 2025
  • Atmospheric funnel heading for parts of country

    weather

    5:53 AM.More bad weather is everywhere over the next few days, Philip Duncan from Weather Watch guides us through the wind and rain. Audio

  • Finance Minister explains surcharge changes

    politics

    5:47 AM.Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks surcharges and Trump tariffs. Audio

  • Election season hotting up in Southland

    local council

    5:25 AM.Accusations of in-fighting and bullying at the Southland Licensing Trust - LDR's Matthew Rosenberg talked with First Up producer Matthew Hutching Audio

  • Solar, battteries could save billions in energy costs each year

    energy

    5:15 AM.Rewiring Aotearoa's Mike Casey addresses the myths about solar and battery power which still exist even at the highest levels in government Audio

  • UK: PM meets US President in Scotland to talk tariffs

    world

    5:10 AM.Henry Riley has the scoop from Scotland as Sir Keir Starmer meets Donald Trump Audio

  • Previous Episode: Monday, 28 July 2025
  • Next Episode: Wednesday, 30 July 2025
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