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First Up
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
Thursday, 14 August 2025
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Drama at Sydney airport, reaction to recognition of Palestine
14 Aug 2025Emma Cropper joins First Up from Australia where there's been an incident at the Sydney airport. Audio
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Local electorate MP for Tauranga still doesn't live in city
14 Aug 2025Libby Kirky-McLeod tells us about boundary changes in the Bay of Plenty - and finds Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell doesn't live in the electorate he represents. Audio
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UK: Three teens charged with murder by joint venture
14 Aug 2025UK correspondent Ellie Jay has an update from a murder on the Isle of Sheppy Audio
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
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Olympic high jump gold medallist Hamish Kerr on upcoming champs
13 Aug 2025Hamish Kerr talks with Nathan about a year on since his amazing gold medal performance in Paris and the upcoming Athletics World Championship in Heilbronn in Germany. Audio
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Five Al Jazeera journalists killed while working in Gaza
13 Aug 2025Israel targets a prominent journalist in Gaza - Alex Baird has this report Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Emma Bacon
13 Aug 2025An ice-cream truck leads this weeks listings from TradeMe Audio
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Hayden Wilde's doctor on his amazing recovery to win race
Hayden Wilde bounced back from an horrific accident to win a major race in London this week - his doctor Sam Mayhew talked with Nathan Rarere Audio
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Sudan refugee camp attacked, baby dies from FGM in Gambia
13 Aug 2025An attack on a refugee camp leads Nabil Ahmed Rufai's report from Africa this week. Audio
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
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Seymour on NZ recognising Palestine as a state
12 Aug 2025Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour joins First Up to talk politics from the perspective of the coalition and the ACT party. Audio
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UK: JD Vance holidaying in the Cotswolds, more heatwaves coming
12 Aug 2025Henry Riley joins JD Vance for a pleasant few days in the Cotswolds Audio
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Sth AK councillors fighting with Mayor Brown over attendance
12 Aug 2025Mary Afemata has all the news from the neighbourhood of South Auckland Audio
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Digital textbooks cheaper, Uni students cut out physical books
12 Aug 2025Uni bookshop UBIX has gone into liquidation, does this signal an end to physical textbooks? Ke-Xin Li has the story. Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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Email: firstup@rnz.co.nz