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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
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
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Japan: WW2 bomb goes off in regional airport
22 Oct 2024A Japanese airport has a WW2 flashback - Chris Gilbert is our correspondent in Japan Audio
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UK: Govt launches survey for NHS fix ideas
22 Oct 2024The UK Government is asking the public for ideas on how to reform the health system - Ellie Jay has the story Audio
Monday, 21 October 2024
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White Ferns v Sth Africa in final at T20 World Cup - update
21 Oct 2024The White Ferns look on track to win the T20 World Cup in Sharjah - RNZ's Ben Strang reports from the UAE Audio
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Team NZ win America's Cup, 3 times in a row
21 Oct 2024Team New Zealand have won the Americas Cup once again, Joey Allen knows what that's like - the former TNZ sailor and coach talked with Nathan Rarere Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
21 Oct 2024What's up in the fruit and veggie world? Glenn Forsyth will know! Audio
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US: highly classified info about Israel, Iran gets leaked
21 Oct 2024Two weeks to go until the US Presidential election - Katherine Firkin is on the job out of New York Audio
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Moldova goes to polls amid allegations of Russia meddling
21 Oct 2024It's election time in Moldova - Anita Purcell-Sjölund has this report from Europe Audio
Friday, 18 October 2024
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Sitting full driver licence taking several months to book
18 Oct 2024Wait times for driver licences are blowing out bigly - some are waiting nearly a year to sit their tests - Mahvash Ikram talked driving instructor Alistair McGregor Audio
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Explained: public service jobs cuts
18 Oct 2024New data shows public service cuts haven't made the savings the government was hoping - RNZ's Katie Kenny crunches the numbers so you didn't have to. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
18 Oct 2024What will Fruit of the Week be?? Only our Minister of Fruit and Veggies knows for sure - spoiler: Tomatoes Audio
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Top young Pasifika rugby league players meet in tournament
18 Oct 2024Rugby league's future stars are on show in either Blockhouse Bay or Takanini this weekend in the Pasifika Youth Cup - John "JD" Devonshire from New Zealand Rugby league talked with Nathan Rarere Audio
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One Direction's Liam Payne dies in Argentina
18 Oct 2024One Direction star Liam Payne's died falling from a Buenos Aires hotel - Kate Pererya Garcia reports from Argentina Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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