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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.
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Monday, 4 November 2024
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New Zealanders share varied views on US election
4 Nov 2024First Up super-fan Mike Johansson is in the USA - we wondered what he was seeing during his visit - but first, reporter Leonard Powell asked Aucklanders their take on the US election. Audio
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Morning Report's Corin Dann reports in from Trump rally
4 Nov 2024Corin Dann is co-hosting Morning Report from the USA this week, he dialed in to First Up from a Trump Rally in Pennsylvania Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
4 Nov 2024The next 6 week are the most important in the fresh produce year - Fruit and Veggie Minister Glenn Forsyth looks at the run up to Christmas Audio
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US: latest polling shows Harris in lead in several states
4 Nov 2024The US votes in the presidential election this week - Katherine Firkin is our correspondent in New York City. Audio
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UK: Tories elect a new leader, 44 year old Kemi Badenoch
4 Nov 2024The UK's Tory party has selected a new leader - Diane To has the news out of London Audio
Friday, 1 November 2024
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First Up goes trick or treating in Auckland
1 Nov 2024First Up's Leonard Powell went to Auckland's trick or treat hotspots for Halloween 2024. Audio
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Explained: cut off dates for sending parcels through NZ Post
1 Nov 2024NZ Post cut off dates for international Christmas deliveries are upon us - RNZ Explainer Editor Katie Kenny has all the details. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
1 Nov 2024Glenn Forsyth brings the news from the produce market twice every week - get ready for his FRUIT OF THE WEEK (NZ Encore Mandarins) Audio
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North East Asia suffers under extreme air pollution
1 Nov 2024Air pollution is leading the news in India and Pakistan - Anas Mallick reports from South Asia, this week he's in Iran. Audio
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US: millions vote early amid bogus claims of fraud
1 Nov 2024We're only a few days from election day in the USA, Bevan Hurley is in New York with all the Friday election news Audio
Thursday, 31 October 2024
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Sepuloni:govt chooses to be punitive for youth on welfare
31 Oct 2024Every Thursday it's Carmel Sepuloni's opportunity to discuss the political week - this week's focus is a new report on welfare dependency Audio
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Bouldering: indoor climbing is the new craze
The sport of bouldering has gained popularity here - especially after the Paris Olympics, Leonard Powell went to a West Auckland bouldering gym to check it out Audio
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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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