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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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An early morning news and current affairs conversation hosted by Nathan Rarere featuring the people behind key issues and quirky human interest stories from New Zealand and overseas.
Latest audio
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
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NZ Paralympics update with Chef de Mission Raylene Bates
Another medal for New Zealand at the Paralympics - Chef de Mission Raylene Bates talked with Nathan Rarere Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Tiana Barns
4 Sep 2024Gore is synonymous with country music, but that was news to TradeMe's Tiana Barns.. she talked with First Up producer Matthew Hutching. Audio
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Bombing in Kabul kills at least 6 people
4 Sep 2024A suicide attack in Afghanistan is leading the news out of South Asia, Anas Mallick reports from Islamabad, Pakistan Audio
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Indigenous woman to lead Australian political party
4 Sep 2024For the first time ever, a major Australia political party will be lead by an indigenous woman - Pam Corkery has the story out of Brisbane Audio
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
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Finance Minister prepares for Kiingi Tuheitia's tangi
3 Sep 2024Finance Minister Nicola talks about how she will remember Kiingi Tuheitia Audio
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Flat out, burnt out: Kiwis grapple with cost-of-living crisis
Our producer Mahvash Ikram talks to a woman who kept working through chemotherapy, just so she could pay her mortgage. Audio
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Why ECan rejected govt call to scrap Ngai Tahu representation
3 Sep 2024The latest from North Canterbury with Local Democracy Reporter David Hill. Audio
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Japan celebrates the Moon with festival of food
3 Sep 2024Japan correspondent Chris Gilbert and Nathan Rarere talk about Japanese delicacies Audio
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Sth America: Italian fugitive arrested in Buenos Aires
3 Sep 2024South America correspondent Kate Pereyra-Gracia talks about a man who spent 44 years on the run Audio
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UK suspends arm exports to Israel
3 Sep 2024UK correspondent Henry Riley has the latest on the decision to suspending some export licences for military equipment to Israel Audio
Monday, 2 September 2024
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Thousands pay tribute to Kiingi Tuheitia at Turangawaewae
2 Sep 2024At least 13 iwi including Ngai Tahu, Ngapuhi, Mataatua waka and Te Atiawa will be represented in the first contingent of manuhiri expected at Tuurangawaewae Marae to pay tribute to Kiingi Tuheitia… Read more Audio
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Auckland artists with disabilities to exhibit in Paris
2 Sep 2024First Up reporter Leonard Powell goes along to Māpura Studios in Sandringham to meet two Auckland artists with disabilities will have their art celebrated on the world stage in Paris. Audio
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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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