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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 September 2024
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US: Trump refuses to debate Kamala Harris again before election
23 Sep 2024Another debate appears to be off the cards as Donald Trump says no - Katherine Firkin has the latest from the campaign trail. Audio
Friday, 20 September 2024
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US: JD Vance, Trump continue lies about Haitian immigrants
20 Sep 202445 days to go until the presidential election - Bevan Hurley is on the case for First Up Audio
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Buying clothing by the kilos, the new way of opshopping
20 Sep 2024Clothes by the kilo is now a thing, Leonard Powell went to find out more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
20 Sep 2024It's bananas at the markets this weekend. It's also asparagus season - as Glenn Forsyth points out. Fruit of the Week: Bananas Audio
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Tasman Mako excited to have Ranfurly Shield
20 Sep 2024Mako stalwart Quentin MacDonald reflects on another week as a holder of the Ranfurly Shield Audio
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Guinea's most wanted fugitive extradited from Liberia
20 Sep 2024Liberia has sent Guinea's most wanted man back home - Nabil Ahmed Rufai has the news from Africa Audio
Thursday, 19 September 2024
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Labour's Ginny Anderson on govt crime stats
19 Sep 2024Labour's Ginny Anderson talks with Nathan Rarere about the political issues of the week Audio
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Wairoa Star newspaper has been reborn by iwi trust
19 Sep 2024The Wairoa Star is back with a local iwi buying the paper after it stopped publishing in May - iwi chief executive Aayden Clarke talked with Nathan Rarere. Audio
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Auckland Museum embraces Te Wiki o te Reo Maori
19 Sep 2024Nathan Rarere talked with Maia Faddy fromTamaki Paenga Hira, The Auckland War Memorial Museum about what they're doing to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. Audio
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Manawatu's new gorge road is about to be tolled
19 Sep 2024Manawatu residents might have to pay to use the new road through the gorge - and many aren't happy at the prospect, Jimmy Ellingham has the update Audio
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Indians duped into fighting for Russia in Ukraine return home
19 Sep 2024Anas Mallick reports on all the goings on in Pakistan, India and the wider region. Audio
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More explosions in Lebanon - this time from hand-held radios
19 Sep 2024Electronic communication devices continue to explode across Lebanon - Alex Baird has the latest from the Middle-East Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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Email: firstup@rnz.co.nz