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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, 13 May 2024
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US: Washington's reactions to Israel's expansion in Gaza
13 May 2024In his last appearance on First Up as Newshub's North America correspondent, Mitch McCann looks at US reaction to Israel's assault on Rafah and the Trump trial in New York Audio
Friday, 10 May 2024
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'Everything about it is joy, that keeps you going' The Wiggles
10 May 2024The Wiggles are heading our way - Nathan talks with the Red (Simon) and Yellow (Tsehay) Wiggles on the eve of their 2024 tour. Audio
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Explainer: what is structured literacy?
10 May 2024Structured literacy is heading to a classroom near you - but what is it exactly?? RNZ Explainers editor Katie Kenny fills us in Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
10 May 2024Pumpkin varieties and Jazz Junior apples are leading the fruit and veggie charge this week from the markets with Glenn Forsyth with Fruit of the Week - New Zealand persimmons Audio
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Africa: plane skids off runway in Senegal, 10 injured
10 May 2024An airliner in Senegal has skidded off the runway - Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Ghana Audio
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Former Fiji PM Bainimarama sentenced to 1 year jail
10 May 2024Vanuatu's national airline hits the skids - but the island nation is still the happiest on earth - Kalafi Moala reports from Tonga Audio
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US: Stormy Daniels finishes testifying in Trump trial
10 May 2024Stormy Daniels is back on the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial - Bevan Hurley is covering the case from New York Audio
Thursday, 9 May 2024
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Sepuloni: concerns about new details over school lunches
9 May 2024Labour's Deputy Leader and Kelston MP Carmel Sepuloni joins Nathan in her regular Thursday morning chat to talk about new plans around school lunches, prison plans and importing coal for energy use… Read more Audio
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Kitchen Collection founder on reduced price school lunches
9 May 2024Changes to the lunches in schools programme are on the way. The government's budgeted three dollars per lunch - down from about 8 dollars. Harrison Stott is the founder of the Kitchen Collective… Read more Audio
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Space News: James Parr on the dark side of the moon
9 May 2024James Parr tells us about the dark side of the moon and a delay to the latest launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule. Audio
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Marlborough residents will wait 3 years for stopbank repair
9 May 2024RNZ's Samantha Gee tells Nathan about Nelson residents having to wait 3 years to have the stopbank around the Wairau River repaired Audio
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Russia targets Ukraine's power system, Sweden hosts Eurovision
9 May 2024As the war in Ukraine continues, Europe competes in Eurovision - and Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund casts her eye over it all Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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