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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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Friday, 10 October 2025
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
10 Oct 2025Veggies and the fruit of the week with Minister of Fruit and veggies, Glenn Forsyth. FotW: Oranges Audio
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Combining maths and swimming for better training
Dr Christoph Bartneck mixes his love of swimming and computers in a new book Audio
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UK PM visits India for first time
10 Oct 2025Sir Keir Starmer heads to India, meets Modi, dicusses Ukraine - Anas Mallick tells us more. Audio
Thursday, 9 October 2025
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Labour's Willow-Jean Prime on school attendance, jobseeker
9 Oct 2025Labour's Willow-Jean Prime talks school attendance and yesterday's OCR cut Audio
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Tom Robinson's transformation from rugby to yoga
9 Oct 2025Since retiring from rugby last year, former Blues flanker/lock Tom Robinson's reinvented himself as a life coach and a yoga teacher. He talks to Nathan Rarere. Audio
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Mayoral shakeup in line for New Plymouth in elections
9 Oct 2025New Plymouth's mayoral race is wide open - RNZ's Robin Martin tells us who's up for the job Audio
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UK: Madeleine McCann's parents testify in stalking case
9 Oct 2025Henry Riley tells us why Kate and Jerry McCann are back in the headlines Audio
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Australia: NSW police stop alleged hit near daycare
9 Oct 2025Police prevent a hit in Sydney's west and a shark bites a surfer in South Australia - Emma Cropper has the stories Audio
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
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NZ-born 'Red Rocket' Jamie Mackenzie 17th in world junior ranks
8 Oct 2025New Zealand born tennis player Jamie Mackenzie's enjoying a breakout year on the ITF junior tour. Tournament victories in Beijing and Bamberg have seen him rise to 17 in the world junior rankings But… Read more Audio
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Israel, Hamas begin indirect talks as 2 years of war passes
8 Oct 2025As Israel commemorates the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks, the region inches closer to a peace deal - Alex Baird reports from Doha Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Emma Bacon
8 Oct 2025This week on TradeMe, a 1961 Corvette, a mansion on the mangroves and an autographed boxing glove - Emma Bacon has the list Audio
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'Now that's an idea' podcast on Tai Rawhiti local politics
8 Oct 2025Podcaster Jack Marshall has been talking politics with candidates around Tai Rawhiti Audio
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News and current affairs with Nathan Rarere, weekdays at 5am.
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