9 Dec 2025

First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 9 December

From First Up Podcast, 6:30 am on 9 December 2025

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On today's First Up pod: there's foul things afloat in Invercargill; Chris Gilbert tells us about Tokyo's problem with rats and running veteran Richard Potts tells Nathan about watching 16 year old Sam Ruthe smash his 1500m record from 1989. First Up - Voice of the Nathan.

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