Best of First Up

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• Best of First Up for Tuesday 1 September

  1 Sep 2020

  On the pod today: Fiordland's innovative way to help locals get their friends and whanau holidaying in town; a Kiwi woman whose mask business is empowering and employing other women and when one of… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 31 August

  31 Aug 2020

  On the pod today: the housing development threatening to push our only urban bat population to extinction goes to court; we look at Auckland's move to alert level 2.5 and what it means for aged care… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 28 August

  28 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today: Southland farmers say new rules around water use are unworkable and our Muslim Community calls for the Christchurch mosque gunman to be sent back to Australia, we'll talk to law… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 26 August

  26 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today: growing up not out - how two Kiwis have revolutionsed garden in compact spaces; the Race Relations Commissioner says he has been inspired by the victims of the March 15th… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 25 August

  25 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today: the Auckland City Mission doubles its efforts under the new lockdown; is the Ohakea airbase the answer to lockdown isolation; National's health spokesperson on the government's… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 24 August

  24 Aug 2020

  On the pod today: domestic tourism operators desperate and hopeful Kiwis will get travelling again after the lockdown; produce growers struggling in lockdown say the borderline has presented new… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 21 August

  21 Aug 2020

  On the pod today: Netballs' Pulse coach Yvette McCausland-Durie on the ANZ Premiership decider against the Tactix, this weekend; while Covid-19 forced many magazines off our shelves - North and South… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 20 August

  20 Aug 2020

  In the pod today: a tourism farm experience turns to training after Covid; we join exercise junkies working up a sweat for Rainbow Youth; Gore's mayor is with us for a look at his town - why do they… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 19 August

  19 Aug 2020

  On today's pod: Google helps capture a pet emu escapee; we talk to a Kiwi artist making a mindfulness book for children; descendants of the original land owners at Kapiti Airport call on the… Audio

• Best of First Up from Tuesday 18 August

  18 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today: a lockdown cookbook has won two international awards; we hear from 17-year-olds now eligible to vote with the election date postponed; thousands sign a petition calling for… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 17 August

  17 Aug 2020

  On today's podcast: Nanogirl on the the Do's and Don'ts for wearing and making masks; we find out why ticket purchasers for the 50 million dollar Lotto draw spent much of Sunday locked out of their… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 14 August

  14 Aug 2020

  Coming up: with the latest lockdown, the accommodation sector says it's almost at the end of the road and it's urging the government for help. We hear from home made mask makers in high demand with… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 12 August

  12 Aug 2020

  In today's pod: one family bankrolls new film studios in Upper Hutt; new covid-19 cases in Auckland outside of managed isolation means the super city moves to lockdown level 3; across the Tasman, a… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 11 August

  11 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today: a tiny house in Auckland is causing interest on TradeMe; joy for one neighbourhood community in Taumarunui after a police bust finds its beloved stolen park swings; in the midst… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 10 August

  10 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today: things to do with Buddha's Hands; the difference covid-19 's made to the way crews will operate in Antarctica - and what's the future for New Zealand First, former United Future… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 7 August

  7 Aug 2020

  On the pod today: we meet the company helping to make up for the billions of dollars of clothing orders cancelled because of Covid-19; Whanau Ora's Merepeka Raukawa-Tait on a damning report into… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 6 August

  6 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today: sequencing the genome of the tuatara will reveal mysteries; we cross to Beruit in Lebanon, now in a state of emergency after yesterday's massive explosion killed at least 113… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 5 August

  5 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today: a newlywed couple seperated by border closures plead for a pacific bubble; their texts and emails may paint a damning picture - but Tauranga City Councillor's are adamant they… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 4 August

  4 Aug 2020

  On the pod today: Air New Zealand customers say the company's lack of compassion over granting refunds is putting them off the airline; one renter's take on the new tenancy laws to be urgently pushed… Audio

• First Up Podcast for Monday 3 August 2020

  3 Aug 2020

  On the podcast today, Australia's Victoria state declares a state of disaster and introduces sweeping restrictions under lockdown stage four. We reveal how many diplomats have chosen not to enter… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 31 July 2020

  31 Jul 2020

  On the podcast today, from board game to the stage - we find out about the Dungeons and Dragons theatre production. Almost all of this year's poll results show Labour could govern alone, but will… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 29 July

  29 Jul 2020

  On the podcast today: American film critic Leonard Maltin and a Kiwi film buff have collaborated to produce a new board game; a Kiwi in the UK forced to return home due to a tragic injury says she… Audio

• Best of First Up for Monday 27 July

  27 Jul 2020

  On the pod today: we hear about the very hungry caterpillars, the broccoli and the viral Twitter thread; after a petition and a vote, the Rotorua Stockcar Club is now rebranding and will end its use… Audio

• Best of First Up for Friday 24 July

  24 Jul 2020

  On the pod today: a Kiwi living in the UK plans to travel returning on a tourist visa, so she doesn't overstay her work visa; school principals are disappointed over law changes for the physical… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 23 July

  23 Jul 2020

  On the podcast today: the 12-year-boy who's turned possum hunting into a pocket money earner; "delusional", "sleazy" and "insane" - words used by those accused of leaking Winston Peters superanuation… Audio

• Best of First Up for Wednesday 22 July

  22 Jul 2020

  On the podcast today: the Falloon scandal puts Parliament's culture and mental health back in the spotlight; a call for more than a thousand Covid-19 prosecutions to be reviewed to curb a backlog in… Audio

• Best of First Up for Tuesday 21 July

  21 Jul 2020

  On the podcast today: another National MP gone, this time Andrew Falloon after revelations he sent indecent pics to a 19-year-old woman, political commentator Bryce Edwards on what now for National… Audio

• The Best of First Up for Monday 20 July

  20 Jul 2020

  On the podcast today: Heavy rain leaves Northland in clean up mode - Whangarei's Mayor Sheryl Mai joins us as does animal charity founder Carolyn Press-McKenzie, who booked a flight as soon as she… Audio

• The Best of First Up for Friday 17 July

  17 Jul 2020

  On the podcast today: Medical researchers are urging World Rugby to try reducing on-field player numbers in a bid to reduce injuries, Christchurch residents affected by a gas explosion on their street… Audio

• Best of First Up for Thursday 16 July

  16 Jul 2020

  In the pod today: sheep shearing competitions are at risk with borders closed to international competitors; two asylum seekers imprisoned upon arrival months ago are finally released; a first in New… Audio