Ellie Jay
Best of First Up for Friday 4 December
On the pod today: Cinderella the Pantomime gets a 2020 twist; one of Hong Kong's leading democracy campaigners is jailed for over a year for holding a protest that was deemed unlawful; tourism… Audio
Best of First Up for Thursday 3 December
On the pod today: Pike River family member calls for speculation about cause of explosion to end; our Government joins 32 other nations declaring a Climate Change Emergency, a businessman calls for… Audio
Best of First Up for Wednesday 2 December
On the pod today: new research shows Maori and Pacific academics in New Zealand Universities are paid less and have a lower chance of promotion compared to their colleagues; why a four day working… Audio
NZ Made:Miriama Walesi from Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust
Every week we have a look at a unique New Zealand business and this week we're talking to the Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust. Started from a kitchen table in the home of Jo Poland The R.Y.A.L.T… Audio
Best of First Up for Tuesday 1 December
On today's pod: it was raining crayfish - a Plimmerton resident describes the floods of the past two days and the sealife that came with it; Auckland City considers a congestion charge of 3-dollars 50… Audio
Best of First Up for Monday 30 November
On the podcast today: should we be introducing Australian animals to replace native species that have gone extinct; Plimmerton is mopping up the mess after flooding tore through the town and left at… Audio
Best of First Up from Friday 27 November
On the pod today: border exemptions will be granted to around 2000 seasonal workers from next year; a Coromandel man feared his partner could have died while waiting 3 hours for an Ambulance after she… Audio
Best of First Up for Thursday 26 November
On the pod today: Black Friday is back with promises of huge savings.. but are they worth it? A Youth Theatre Company finds a way to end the year on a high note; and Coromandel's windscreen woes… Audio
NZ Made: Hark Handmade's Hollie Ryan
Each week we're talking to a small business owner around New Zealand - this week we've been talking to Hollie Ryan who runs Hark handmade. She makes Polymer clay earrings and other types of jewellery… Audio
Ellie Jay's podcast picks
Critic Ellie Jay reviews Bed of Lies, Pin Drop and I Saw What You Did. Audio
Best of First Up for Wednesday 25 November
On the pod today: wWe mark the 80th anniversary of the first de Havilland Mosquito flight; economist Brad Olsen on the cost of Covid and the Government's move to cool the housing market; then to the… Audio
Best of First Up for Monday 23 November
On the pod today: the National Party did some serious Soul Searching at its AGM over the weekend - but was it enough after one of it's worst election performances ever and a pet refuge is being set up… Audio
Best of First Up for Friday 20 November
In the pod today: a scathing report details allegations Australian special forces were involved in the unlawful murder and torture of 39 Afghan civilians. Investigative journalist Jon Stephenson joins… Audio
Australian special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan
A landmark Australian military inquiry has identified a culture of secrecy and deceit and evidence Australian special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan over 11 years. The 4 and a half year… Audio
Hundreds of beers on show at Beervana in Wellington
This weekend, thousands of beer lovers from around the country will descend on Wellington for 'Beervana'. This annual festival has been running since 2002, when around 200 of the country's most… Audio
Wairoa Mayor pleased more logging trucks off road
Wairoa Mayor Craig Little speaks to Ellie Jay about Kiwirail reopening line to Napier taking hundreds of logging trucks off the roads. Audio
Kiwirail reopens Wairoa to Napier rail line this weekend
This weekend the Wairoa to Napier rail line will re-open. The line - which sat mothballed for eight years, was opened earlier this year for just a week before being closed because of covid-19's… Audio
Mask wearing compulsory on AK public transport from today
Masks are now compulsory on all public transport throughout the Auckland region and on all domestic flights throughout the country. The changes came into effect from midnight. Taxi and uber drivers… Audio
Covid-19 surges across Europe, Austria in another hard lockdown
Countries across Europe are in lockdown again as coronavirus cases surge. Most countries are declaring more cases each day now, than they were earlier in the year. Our correspondent Catherine… Audio
Best of First Up for Wednesday 18 November
On today's pod: a new survey shows the effects of Covid-19 on our "secondhand economy"; we talk to the Women of Influence Lifetime Acheivement award winner; New Zealand flower growers have taken their… Audio
