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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, 17 February 2025
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The need for more effective winter flu jabs
World-renowned computational immuno-engineer Jacob Glanville talks about the risks of bird-flu and his work on flu vaccines. Audio
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US, Russian to negotiate over Ukraine conflict
Marco Rubio is headed to the Middle-East where it's expected talks to end the war in Ukraine are to begin soon. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
17 Feb 2025Greens galore at the produce markets - Glenn Forsyth has the good news. Audio
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Europe: EU will not be part of Russia-Ukraine peace talks
Europe correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund reports that European leaders might be left out of peace talks. Audio
Friday, 14 February 2025
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Spotlight on a 'remarkable' swimming coach
14 Feb 2025First Up reporter Leonard Powell goes to West Wave Aquatic Centre in Auckland to meets a swimming coach who has been teaching people to swim for the past 30 years Audio
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US: Trump's plan to unveil reciprocal tariffs
14 Feb 2025Correspondent Bevan Hurley talks about tariffs, Elon Musks's son's visit to the Oval Office and a woman who gave birth on the New York subway Audio
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Daily sports chat
14 Feb 2025Sports reporter Joe Porter talks about Black Caps cricket tri series final Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth Audio
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Push for Auckland to have own Jazz Festival
Nathan Graves doesn't believe there's enough jazz in Auckland so has organised a Weekend of Jazz, this weekend as part of Summer in the Square. He told Nathan, Tauranga and Waiheke Island have jazz… Read more Audio
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Pause in US foreign aid for DR Congo impacts 'severely'
14 Feb 2025A senior UN official says a pause in US foreign aid has "severely impacted" humanitarian efforts in conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa correspondent Nabil Ahmed Rufai provides the… Read more Audio
Thursday, 13 February 2025
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Labour deputy on Salvation Army's State of the Nation report.
13 Feb 2025Weekly catch up with the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Carmel Sepuloni. Audio
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Monkey shuts down Sri Lanka's electricity supply
13 Feb 2025A countrywide power outage in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that clambered into a power station south of Colombo. Correspondent Anas Mallick talks about the latest from Asia. Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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