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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, 1 December 2025
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1200+ athletes meet in CH for Special Olympics summer games
1 Dec 20251200 athletes are headed to Christchurch for this year's Summer Special Olympics Audio
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22 yo Jimi Higgins becomes chair of Surfing NZ
1 Dec 2025Surfing NZ has a new chairperson - and he's only 22 year old. Nathan Rarere caught up with Jimi Higgins Audio
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US: President issues warnings to airlines flying near Venezuela
1 Dec 2025Katherine Firkin reports from the USA as a Ukrainian delegation joins President Trump in Florida to discuss his peace plan Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
1 Dec 2025It's December the first, and no one loves summer fruit more than Glenn Forsyth Audio
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Ukraine officials still discussing an end to war
1 Dec 2025Russia has spent the weekend attacking targets across Ukraine's, Anita Purcell-Sjölund reports from Europe Audio
Friday, 28 November 2025
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Church brings nativity float back to Santa Parade
28 Nov 2025For the first year in ages, Auckland's Christmas parade is to have a nativity scene float - Xe-xin Li has the story Audio
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The Greatest Christmas Show touring New Zealand
28 Nov 2025Multi-musician Emily Roughton is part of the Greatest Christmas Show coming to a town near you. Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
28 Nov 2025Glenn has his Fruit of the Week - and it's a group effort - Aussie melons. Also eggplants. Audio
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Indian city of Amdavad to host centenary Comm Games in 2030
28 Nov 2025Anas Mallick reports from Pakistan, he tells us the latest from the Afghani immigrant who is the main suspect in yesterday's Washington DC shooting Audio
Thursday, 27 November 2025
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Godzone Adventure race begins in Marlborough: 615km in 8 days
The Godzone race kicks off today somewhere in Marlborough, Molly Spark is one of the competitors, and she's fizzing. Audio
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UK: Budget Day delivered after accidental early reveal
27 Nov 2025It's budget day in the UK - Henry Riley has all the big announcements from London Audio
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Te Aroha piggery hit with large fine over effluent discharge
27 Nov 2025A huge fine for a Waikato pig farm - RNZ's Libby Kirkby-McLeod has all the news out of Waikato Audio
First Up
News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
5am - 6am Monday through Friday
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