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The best of each day's First Up, with Nathan Rarere
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 22 October 2019
On the Podcast today we talk to Ross Bell from the Drug Foundation, Millie Sylvester tells us about the latest TradeMe auctions, we meet protesters at the Tegel factory and Brodie Retallick gives an… Audio
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Best of First Up for Friday 18 October
18 Oct 2019On 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
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Best of First Up for Thursday 17 October
17 Oct 2019On the podcast today we wonder what makes the best banger? and what would you do with $30 million- we talk to Tina in Taupo who talks about how winning lotto has changed her life. Audio
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 16 October
16 Oct 2019On the podcast today, the battle for the title of world's steepest street heads to court and Sela Tukia show our host Indira Stewart round her new home after being evicted years ago to make way for a… Audio
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 15 October
15 Oct 2019On the Podcast today, The Chairman of New Zealand Rugby says he's disappointed that World Rugby hasn't stepped up to change the rules that discriminate against many Pacific players and Pharmac have… Audio
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Best of First Up for Monday 14 October
14 Oct 2019On today's podcast, the mother of a young woman who suffocated to death hopes the Hawke's Bay District Health Board has learnt from her daughter's death, so no other family has to experience their… Audio
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Best of First Up for Friday 11 October
11 Oct 2019In today's pod - World Rugby have decided to cancel matches as Super Typhoon Hagibis bears down on Japan; we talk to Stacey Rose, a 19-year-old barber who's taking up a councillor's seat on a Regional… Audio
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Best of First Up for Thursday 10 October
10 Oct 2019In today's pod - a regional council candidate in Wellington wants to create a blue belt to protect local marine life; and we ask who is responsible for student pastoral care at universities and we… Audio
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 10 October
9 Oct 2019Today in the podcast - why have only one third of schools signed up to the new donations scheme; we speak to a contender for San Francisco Attorney who determined to use his background to change the… Audio
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 8 October
8 Oct 2019In today's Pod - we check out more unusual or quirky TradeMe auctions and we go dancing with Morning People. Audio
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Best of First Up for Monday 7 October
7 Oct 2019In the pod today - an entrepreneurial 12-year-old from Auckland has set up a smoked butter business taking famers markets by storm and Native Voices: an art exhibition responds to the 250th… Audio
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Best of First Up for Friday 4 October
4 Oct 2019In the podcast today - empty and numb - that's how Pike River families felt as they got closer to their loved ones yesterday; struggling families are being promised cheaper power bills under changes… Audio
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Best of First Up for Thursday 3 October
3 Oct 2019In today's podcast - a man's been prosecuted for not putting his dog down after he failed to listen to a vet's advice 2 years ago and our reporter at the Rugby World Cup discusses whether Pacific… Audio
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 2 October
2 Oct 2019In a sporty podcast today - the All Blacks haka tutor on having a pakeha lead the haka; the first ever Special Needs Taekwondo competition takes place this weekend; and All Black Ardie Savea will be… Audio
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 1 October
1 Oct 2019In the pod today - how cruise ships deal with their waste; Nanogirl is grateful that robbers returned some of the items they stole; and two Samoan cousins face each other in opposing teams at the… Audio
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Best of First Up for Monday 30 September
30 Sep 2019On today's Podcast: love them or not - mushrooms can divide tastes - we take an in depth look at their production and our reporter is thrilled to be hanging out with Japanese fans as the Brave… Audio
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Best of First Up for Friday 27 September
27 Sep 2019In today's podcast - more of us are trying to find alternatives to flying, we speak a cyclist who's used pedal power to travel from the UK to New Zealand; the dairy giant Fonterra announced a 605… Audio
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Best of First Up for Thursday 26 September
26 Sep 2019In today's podcast - state housing tenants were evicted from their homes in the Auckland area of Tamaki to make way for a new housing development and a new IPCC report finds millions of people will be… Audio
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 25 September
25 Sep 2019On today's podcast - Fans are pretty happy about Manu Samoa winning their first encounter at the Rugby World Cup; we've found the All Blacks biggest fan in Japan - Kate and her husband won ballot… Audio
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 24 September
24 Sep 2019Today's podcast - the first comprehensive report on the health and well-being of trans and non-binary New Zealanders was revealed in Auckland last night; Joe Porter bumps into a Samoan rugby fan who's… Audio
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Best of First Up for Monday 23 September
23 Sep 2019On today's podcast, we talk to a New Zealand artist who's created an installation that was projected onto the United Nations building in New York; a tech commentator who was NOT impressed with the… Audio
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Best of First Up for Friday 20 September
20 Sep 2019Today's podcast - stigma is the big challenge facing people living with Alzheimer's and dementia; the health ministry in Fiji says it's carrying the burden of the country's domestic violence after 300… Audio
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Best of First Up for Thursday 19 September
19 Sep 2019In today's podcast: we talk to Southern DHB CEO Chris Fleming to explain why a southland neurosurgeon has been left in a position where he's on call 24/7. We'll also hear from the father of a patient… Audio
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 18 September
18 Sep 2019On the podcast today, the Southern DHB's only nuerosurgeon says it's unacceptable that he's the only one who can provide critical treatment, the first wahine Maori Bishop is ordained and have you ever… Audio
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Best of First Up for Tuesday 17 September
17 Sep 2019Today - UK's attempt to negotiate Brexit is getting harder; remember those giant, moving food sculptures from Big Fresh? Well they are on sale on Trade Me for one lucky bidder; the head of Alzheimers… Audio
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Best of First Up for Monday 16 September
16 Sep 2019Were taking a close look at Alzheimers and dementia this week as it is Alzheimer's awareness month, today we talk to Alzheimers New Zealand CEO Catherine Hall about the impact of the disease on over… Audio
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Best of First Up for Friday 13 September
13 Sep 2019In today's podcast, an education researcher who's spent years trying to get critical New Zealand history taught in our schools is applauding the Government for making it compulsary within three years… Audio
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Best of First Up for Thursday 12 September
12 Sep 2019On today's podcast, keeping the Maori language alive - we find out about the discussions held to find new words; could climate change change cricket? What can be done to make playing in extreme… Audio
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 11 September
11 Sep 2019As we went to air, President Trump fired his National Security Advisor by tweet - or did he? We hear from our correspondent in Washington about the sequence of events; the pressure is on the Prime… Audio
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Best of First Up for Tue 10 September
10 Sep 2019Today, a pakeha student tells of her love of te reo during Maori Language Week, we talk to the Chair of the Maori Council about a new government suicide prevention plan and KiwiRail's plans to take on… Audio
