Ellie Jay
Best of First Up for Friday 6 December
On today's podcast: new red berry-flavoured kiwifruit are on the way; a power company backtracks on planned outages in the busy Christmas season and apologises to a small business who could've been… Audio
Best of First Up for Thursday 5 December
On today's podcast: the cartoonist apologises after the Otago Daily Times publishes a racist drawing but not everyone is happy; Auckland Samoans gather to pray and raise funds for medical assistance… Audio
Best of First Up for Wednesday 4 December
On the podcast today: an American sports administrator reckons big changes to youth sport will turn around the decline in participation; two Pacific doctors create a chatbot to help answer questions… Audio
Best of First Up for Tuesday 3 December
On today's podcast; frustrated retirement village carers are taking to the picket line to protest over what they say are zero-hour contracts; a Victim Support group in Samoa is having to quarantine… Audio
Best of First Up for Thursday 28 November 2019
On today's podcast: a new art exhibition is being launched tonight providing an intimate look at what it means to be 18 and a woman in New Zealand. It's 40 years since the Mt. Erebus disaster, our… Audio
Best of First Up for Wednesday 27 November
In today's podcast: restoring sea knowledge to a new generation on board a Polynesian vaka; an American and Kiwi join forces to lobby for greater toilet access for those with Inflammatory Bowel… Audio
Best of First Up for Tuesday 26 November
On today's podcast: recommendations made to change winter grazing practices; a kebab shop owner defies a local business association to stop feeding the homeless; how does a smoke-breathing… Audio
Best of First Up for Monday 25 November
On today's podcast: a member of an all-female fire crew says women should give fire fighting a go; a New Zealand midwife who travelled to Peru to help a first-time mum give birth in a hut in the… Audio
Best of First Up for Friday 22 November
In the Pod today: A woman who's made a complaint against Pharmac to the Health and Disability Commissioner says the drug-buying agency breached patient rights; the owner of a new Auckland daycare… Audio
Best of First Up for Thursday 21 November
On the pod today: Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall vist Waitangi; we talk to our mayor of the week, Bernie Walden from Horowhenua and an Australian woman hailed a hero for saving a koala… Audio
Best of First Up for Wednesday 20 November
On the podcast today: calls for dental care to be subsidised or free; the mother of a University of Otago medical student says it's overkill to stop interns from graduating with their peers, despite… Audio
Small fluffy dinosaurs could survive polar Australia
Rare 118-million-year-old Fossil feathers discovered in Australia show the first evidence that polar dinosaurs were in Australia. These 'proto feathers' could suggest smaller, fluffy dinosaurs were… Audio
Best of First Up for Tuesday 19 November
On the podcast today: Royal fans turn out in pouring rain in Auckland to meet the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall; there's support 'in principle' for a plan to develop small-scale power… Audio
Best of First Up for Monday 18 November
On the podcast today: property managers are unhappy with the Government's proposal to end "no-cause evictions"; an organisation representing disability providers says the government needs to take… Audio
Best of First Up for 13 November
On the podcast today, we talk to Scion's Unmanned Autonamous Vehicle programme manager, Robin Hartley, about how flying drones are fighting Myrtle Rust. Ruth Wynn Williams gives us a report on the… Audio
Best of First Up for 12 November 2019
On the podcast today we see what is trending on TradeMe for Christmas, we get an update from the Grace Millaine trial, and we check in with the all night party of astronomers who waited up for the… Audio
Best of First Up for 11 November
On the podcast today, we hear from a New Zealand K-pop crew MDC who have just returned from Korea where they competed in the global K-pop Festival. Auckland's Kindness Institute who help Rangatahi… Audio
Who's up? New World New Lynn
We also love finding out who is up and about early like us. And long before the supermarket doors open, staff are working to make sure everything you need is ready to go. Early one morning First Up's… Video, Audio
Best of First Up for Monday 21 October 2019
On the podcast today we talk to All Black Aaron Smith, we find out if there are things we can change in-flight improve jet lag, and we talk to Jenny Marcroft about NZ First MP's split views on drug… Audio
Best of First Up for Friday 18 October
On today's podcast, environmental groups urge the government to crack down on industries whose activities are harming the marine environment and we meet Balbir Singh Basra who at 79 is about to… Audio
