11 Jun 2020

Best of First Up for Thursday 11 June

From the collecton Best of First Up

On the pod today: record high carbon charges may lead to a winter tomato shortage in the South Island; around the world, statues of slave traders and colonial leaders are being pulled down, sparking calls for similar statues and place names to be reviewed here; Level 1 means concerts and festivals can go ahead - we check out what's planned so far; seven-year-old artist Charlie McCartney tells us how it feels to have sold her work for the first time in an auction for Youthline and we meet the Mare of Waimate - not just home to wallabies.