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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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First Up's Friday quiz answers
2 Dec 2019Friday's quiz questions answers plus some of the wittier responses from listeners. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
2 Dec 2019We're off to the markets for our first fruit and vege report for summer, good morning Glenn Forsyth. Audio
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New temporary work visa rules proving a headache for employers
2 Dec 2019Hospitality business owners in Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough are struggling to fill summer job vacancies, with some reporting not a single application from the typically abundant visitor workforce… Read more Audio
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Samoa's church congregations pray for measles victims
2 Dec 2019Let's begin in Samoa where Christmas celebrations are being cancelled in as the death toll from a measles outbreak continues to climb. 48 people - mainly children - have now died. Our reporter Logan… Read more Audio
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Hawaiian ukulele maestros touring NZ
29 Nov 2019Two ukulele maestros from Hawaii are in New Zealand this week sharing their aloha through music. Award-winning artists Bryan Toletino and Halehaku Seabury regularly travel around the world running… Read more Video, Audio
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Could more remand homes be the answer to keep NZ young people out of prison?
29 Nov 2019Children's Minister Tracey Martin hopes to see remand homes in every community in New Zealand. Designed to hold young people who've found themselves in the Youth Justice System, the aim is to make… Read more Video, Audio
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Fruit and Veg Report with Glenn Forsyth
Today Glenn reports on summer on stone fruit. Audio
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Twin sisters play witches in Auckland's Wizard of Oz at Aotea centre stage
29 Nov 2019The Wizard of OZ is set to grace the Aotea Centre stage in Auckland this Friday - but you have to get in quick because there are only four shows. It's being put on by the National Youth Theatre… Read more Video, Audio
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General Knowledge Quiz - Thursday 28 November
28 Nov 20191/. Who is the 37 year old Mayor from Indiana who has just taken the lead for the Democrats in the push for the 2020 Presidency? 2/. What is a polygon with eight sides called? 3/. What has Prince… Read more Audio
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Tauranga Mayor Tenby Powell
28 Nov 2019Every Thursday we check in with a mayor from somewhere around the country, this week we've got new Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell. Audio
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"She was an adventurer": families remember victims of Erebus disaster 40 years on
28 Nov 2019On this day in 1979, Air New Zealand aircraft Flight TE901 left Mangere airport in Auckland, for an 11-hour return flight to Antarctica. What was supposed to have been a memorable sightseeing trip for… Read more Audio
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Start-up aims for kinder, greener dairy
28 Nov 2019A New Zealand dairy start-up's crowdfunding campaign reached its $300,000 target before its launch party had even started. Happy Cow Milk Company's aim is to make the dairy industry kinder, greener… Read more Audio
