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First Up
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.
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Tuesday, 23 September 2025
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Winston Peters to unveil New Zealand's position on Palestinian statehood
As Winston Peters prepares to unveil New Zealand's position on Palestinian statehood, we hit the streets to find out what regular folk reckon Audio
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Jeffery Epstein continues his influence from beyond the grave
23 Sep 2025Jeffery Epstein continues his influence from beyond the grave, HEnry Riley reports from London Audio
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Jeffery Epstein continues his influence from beyond the grave
23 Sep 2025Jeffery Epstein continues his influence from beyond the grave, HEnry Riley reports from London Audio
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Racy Tik Tok dances in the Eastern Bay of Plenty
23 Sep 2025Racy Tik Tok dances have been employed in the Eastern Bay of Plenty to get people out to vote, LDR's Diane Mccarthy has the story from Whakatane Audio
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Tall Fern Charlotte Whittaker ready to debut for Pouakai
23 Sep 2025Charlotte Whittaker is back from a decent stint overseas and a struggle with injury, reporter Adam Burns has her story Audio
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North Korea sounds like it wants to fire up talks with the US
23 Sep 2025North Korea sounds like it wants to fire up talks with the US Audio
Monday, 22 September 2025
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Katherine Firkin has the news out of the states
22 Sep 2025Katherine Firkin has the news out of the states, as thousands gather in Arizona for Charlie Kirk's memorial Audio
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17yo NZ archer claims silver at World Youth Champs
22 Sep 2025Hector McNeilly's a 17 year old archer - winning a silver medal at the recent world champs Audio
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Former Black Fern captain Les Elder on Semi Final
22 Sep 2025Former Black Fern captain Les Elder castes her expert eye over the semi-final loss to Canada Audio
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Minister of Fruit and Veg branches out to fungus
22 Sep 2025The Minister of Fruit and Veg branches out to include fungus in his Monday report Audio
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This morning's solar eclipse hard to see with all the cloud
22 Sep 2025This morning's solar eclipse might be hard to see with all the cloud, but that didn't stop producer Matthew Hutching talking to Josh Aoraki from Te Whatu Stardome Audio
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European countries line up to recognise a Palestinian state
22 Sep 2025European countries line up to recognise a Palestinian state, Anita reports from the EU Audio
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