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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.
Latest audio
Monday, 23 February 2026
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US: global tariffs gone but 15% tariffs on for 150 days
23 Feb 2026President Trump doubles down on tariffs just days after a Supreme Court ruling against them, our correspondent Katherine Firkin reports from a blizzardy New York. Audio
Friday, 20 February 2026
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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is arrested
20 Feb 2026Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is being held by police in the UK - Henry Riley has the latest from London Audio
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AK Council using "natural" methods to guard sheep on farms
First Up's reporter Ke-xin Li meets guard Llamas at Auckland's Ambury Park. Audio
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US: how has arrest of former Prince Andrew been greeted
20 Feb 2026US correspondent Zach Montellaro has a wrap of the news week from Washington DC Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
20 Feb 2026Summer limps to an end, but the peaches aren't bad.. Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth crowns a Golden Queen Audio
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The Importance of Being Earnest comes to The Court Theatre
20 Feb 2026Christchurch's Court Theatre presents The Impotance of Being Earnest, star Yvonne Martin joined Nathan Rarere for a chat Audio
Thursday, 19 February 2026
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Labour's response to tolls for second AK harbour crossing
Labour's Willow-Jean Prime talks bridge tolls and corruption Audio
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NZ's Bone Marrow Donor registry needs Maori, Pacific donors
19 Feb 2026A call is out for Maori and Pasifika bone marrow donors, Carolyn Crump from the donor registry talked with Nathan Rarere Audio
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Wairoa news: fire guts building closing SH2, dodged flooding
19 Feb 2026Tatau Tatau Commercial's Aayden Clarke (Wairoa Star) has news from Wairoa Audio
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Africa: Gabon suspends social media platforms due to conflict
19 Feb 2026Gabon suspends all social media and US troops land in Nigeria, Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Africa Audio
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
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The Texan Sausage Sensei bringing art of sausage making to NZ
18 Feb 2026Sausage Sensei Bill Dumas is bringing Texan banger knowledge to the people of Aotearoa through a series of sausage making workshops Audio
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How to stay safe around dogs
18 Feb 2026After a tragic dog attack death in Northland yesterday, Jo Clough from The Dog Safe Workplace teaches how to say safe around dogs. Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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