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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.
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Monday, 13 May 2024
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Preserving, pickling, dried food helping with cost of living
You can store eggs for up to 12 months in lime-water?? Who knew? And what is lime water?? Leonard Powell finds out from preserve and pickle champion Ellen Schindler. Audio
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Space News: James Parr on solar storms, auroras
5:46 am todayWhile we were seeing pretty lights and going WOW, Space James saw science things like nitrogen, oxygen and argon.. he talked with Nathan Rarere. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:25 am todayWinter appears to have arrived at the produce markets - so it's mandarin and kumara time with Glenn Forsyth Audio
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Paralympic swimmer Cameron Leslie on his "young family" support
5:25 am todayCameron Leslie is back for his fourth Paralympics - he talked with sports reporter Felicity Reid about his three young children watching him for the first time. Audio
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Eurovision wraps up in host country Sweden amid protests
5:16 am todayRepresenting Samoa at Eurovision is our Sweden-based correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund Audio
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US: Washington's reactions to Israel's expansion in Gaza
5:05 am todayIn 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
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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