Navigation for Station navigation
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
Navigation for First Up
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
Thursday, 6 May 2021
-
Another 50,000 Sth Aucklanders eligible for vaccinations
Earlier in the programme Heath Mills from the Cricket Players Association told us players and staff from four Covid-infected IPL franchises were hoping to leave India within the next 24 hours. Deputy… Read more Audio
-
Cricket Players Association hope NZ players in IPL leave India
6 May 2021The Cricket Players Association hopes some of the New Zealand cricketers in Covid-19 ravaged India will be able to get out of the country on a charter flight within the next 24 hours. There are New… Read more Audio
-
Farmstead Cheese awarded Champions of Cheese in Hamilton
Plato once said "cheese is the greatest thing on the planet", and if he didn't he should have So to be crowned Champion Cheesemakers after only three years in the business is quite a phenomenal… Read more Audio
-
LDR Northland: salvaged schooner returns to Mangawhai
6 May 2021It's the time of the week when we catch up with our friends from the Local Democracy Reporting programme, who've been breaking stories up and down the country. Not least of them is LDR Northland… Read more Audio
-
Local search & rescue volunteer thrilled 3yo Axel found alive
6 May 2021A three year old boy who went missing was found alive just 3.5 kilometres away from his family home in Tologa Bay yesterday morning. Hundred of locals searched through the night and at 10.45am Axel… Read more Audio
-
South Australia RSPCA chasing puppy farmer now in NZ
6 May 2021South Australia's RSPCA is working the SPCA here to track down a prolific puppy farmer who fled here late last year to avoid a court appearance. Animal breeder Dora Ryan was found guilty of 33 charges… Read more Audio
-
France threatens to cut electricity supply to Jersey
6 May 2021We start in Europe this morning where France is threatening to cut off electricity to Jersey in the Channel Islands over a fishing dispute. And while that diplomatic row is escalating, another on the… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
-
Whangarei Mayor concerned about patchy vaccine rollout
5 May 2021Northlanders trying to get the Covid-19 vaccine have been spending hours on the phone as they try to book an appointment, others have been turned away when they've arrived at the vaccination centre… Read more Audio
-
Where will govt spend "found" billion dollars in Budget
5 May 2021The Finance Minister has found nearly a billion dollars of unspent Covid-19 relief fund money which will be dished out in the government's "recovery budget" later this month. In his pre-budget speech… Read more Audio
-
Karate Olympian Andrea Anacan excited to do sport in Japan
5 May 2021There is less than 80 days to go until the Olympic games and in the lead up we are speaking to as many Olympic athletes as possible to hear how they're preparing. Andrea Anacan initally picked up… Read more Audio
-
Part of rocket, launched China's space station out of control
5 May 2021Part of a massive rocket that launched China's first space station is spiralling out of control towards earth ... and yes, it does pass over New Zealand. Nathan Rarere caught up with the founder of… Read more Audio
-
NZ Made: Lice Diva's Waiaria Graham
Kids around New Zealand are heading back to school, but what happens if your kid catches head lice from a classmate and the Nit Notice comes home with them? Lice Diva is a new business based in… Read more Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
Follow this podcast.
Email: firstup@rnz.co.nz