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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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Best of First Up for Friday 11 December
11 Dec 2020On the pod today: a Whakatane cafe owner hosts an "orphan's christmas party"; Spark Arena plays host to the "World's Biggest Pub" gig and an 'otterly' gorgeous Covid-19 love story about Pumpkin the… Read more Audio
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Mike Chunn excited to be on stage for World's Biggest Pub gig
Spark Arena is turning into a giant pub tonight for one big night of pub rock when five of New Zealand's best-known pub rock bands will flood the stage with beer spilling anthems. In amongst it all… Read more Audio
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Whakatane cafe hosting an "orphans' Xmas party"
11 Dec 2020We are well into Christmas party season, but what do you do if you work alone or are just a small office but still want a big christmas celebration? Tony Edelsten, owner operator of Javaman cafe in… Read more Audio
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Two British otters find love the second time around
11 Dec 20202020 has been a tough year for most. Especially those who have lost loved ones. But two British otters found happiness together again after both losing their long term partners. Our reporter Ella… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
11 Dec 2020As we build up to Christmas, our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth joins us from the fresh produce markets talking about tomatoes, watermelon and berries. Audio
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Luisetti Seeds a Canterbury stalwart
11 Dec 2020Go to a rural Canterbury club rugby match and chances are you'd be familiar with the name Luisetti Seeds. The company has been a sponsor of Canterbury country rugby for years. The firm began back in… Read more Audio
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NZ golfer Amelia Garvey tees off in first US Women's Open
11 Dec 2020A young New Zealand golfer is realising a long-held dream this morning. Amelia Garvey will tee off shortly in her first round at the US Open in Texas, her first appearance at a Major. In her final… Read more Audio
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Daily Covid-19 deaths hit 3000 daily, US President AWOL
11 Dec 2020Let's go straight to the US, where daily covid-19 deaths have hit the 3000 mark.. Joining Ellie Jay from Washington D.C. is our correspondent Simon Marks. Audio
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Inflatable Christmas Grinch bigger than expected
10 Dec 2020When Ray Liddell of Hartlepool in the UK ordered an inflatable Christmas Grinch over the internet, he hadn't really considered how big his purchase might be. All he wanted to do was to make his… Read more Audio
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Dogs being trained to detect Covid-19 through sweat
10 Dec 2020Dogs are being trained to detect Covid-19 through sweat. Trials are ongoing in different countries and 14 dogs from the Australian border force are in the middle of training. Dr Susan Hazel from the… Read more Audio
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Arizona tourism down even to Grand Canyon
10 Dec 2020Earlier this week we heard how a lack of tourists, caused by the worldwide pandemic is having a damaging effect on the economy of the Cook Islands But how has Covid-19 affected tourism at one of the… Read more Audio
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Kiwifruit Gold growers to compete with illicit China fruit
10 Dec 2020Earlier this week Zespri, the country's sole exporter of kiwifruit, announced it is to partner with a state-run Chinese company to buy SunGold fruit grown illicitly in China. Zespri owns rights to the… Read more Audio
