On today's First Up pod - Jair Bolsonaro has been ousted by Lula da Silva in the Brazlian elections; what are the implications for New Zealand after the world's richest man Elon Musk's purchase of social media giant Twitter - we ask tech expert Paul Spain; Why is scaramoush scaramoush can you do the fandango important today and a Hamilton shop owner speakes to us about the frustrations of being a ram raid target for the third time in 18 months. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 31, 2022•52 min
On today's First Up pod - at least 150 people are killed in a crowd crush in Korea - we have the latest news from there and from our correspondents in the United States and in Europe; as Covid cases rise, what is brain fog and how do you know if you have it - we hear from one of the few New Zealand physicians researching post-Covid and air travellers are crying foul over how much they're forking out for flights First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 30, 2022•49 min
On today's First Up pod - more than 100 cases of Ebola have been identified as an outbreak in Uganda spreads - Nabil Ahmed tells us more; we head to Lyttelton where they've just had a cruise ship visit for the first time in 11 years; a monster weekend of sport awaits .. the overlapping All Blacks and Black Ferns games. Which will you watch live? And its Croc-Tober, 20 years of CROCS, the plastic colourful clogs that seem to be everywhere... and some people are VERY excited to share their views o...
Oct 27, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - In the UK a new Prime Minister has just taken over, the Australian Government is turning to the private sector to solve the country's affordable home crisis and Jacinda Ardern visits Antarctica. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 26, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - the Australian Federal budget has been announced, Liz Truss has passed the baton to new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Covid cases are on the rise again with over sixteen thousand cases reported over the past week. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 25, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Rishi Sunak is to be the new UK prime minister; Russia's latest rattling of the nuclear sabre in Ukraine; Rotorua has lost $17 million in tourism spending in three months. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 24, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - After 44 days Liz Truss has gone - a new prime minister will be elected within a week; the new mayor of Matamata joins us and we talk New Zealand pizza with one of the stars of the Italian women's rugby team as they approach the business end of the World Cup. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 20, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - get a dose of arts for your woes from the Art Chemist at the Nelson Arts Festival; Whanganui's new mayor gets up early for us; no prizes for guessing that inflation is the big story morning - increasingly people are turning to clearance grocery stores where products might be close to or past their best-by dates. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 18, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Can Liz Truss hang on to the British Prime Minister-ship? A report into Middlemore Hospital's emergency department has described it as dysfunctional, overcrowded and unsafe - Sarah Dalton from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists responds; National won't rule out working with New Zealand First at the next election and the new mayor of Invercargill Nobby Clark tells us about his life of service. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 17, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - new research shows kids who tell the blunt truth are often judged more harshly by grown-ups; as the country's mayors gather in the capital over the next couple of days, we catch up with a few of them about their first week in the job - First Up is Whangarei Mayor Vince Cocurullo and the cost of living is only going one way.. and it isn't down..we look at the cost of meat! First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 16, 2022•50 min
On today's First Up pod - the Parkland mass-shooter Nikolas Cruz has been sentenced; the cost of building a home has reached a new record high; Christchurch is the epicentre of the arts and culture world this weekend - the Garden City plays host to the hip hop summit and 32 dogs will display the latest in canine couture at the Colombo Dog Fashion Show. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 13, 2022•49 min
On today's First Up pod - we're in Ukraine and Russia as attacks on key infrastructures continue; we meet the 23-year-old who could become the youngest mayor in the country today; the deputy prime minister Grant Robertson speaks to us from the United States and Ruapehu businesses say the government should step in to help ski field operator RAL stay afloat to avoid disaster for the district. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 12, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - the government's proposed agricultural emissions scheme got the two repsonses you'd expect - some farmers say it could put them out of business, while environmentalists say it doesn't go far enough; we find out about the emergency pods popping up in Tairawhiti in preparation for the next natural disaster and the future of the company which runs the Whakapapa and Turoa Ski areas hangs in the balance with the administrators called in. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 11, 2022•47 min
On today's First Up pod - More than 80 cruise missiles slam into targets across Ukraine; we're in the Chathams as hundreds of pilot whales beach themselves on Pitt Island; National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks local body elections; we speak to the Wellington rescue centre that's taken on an AXO-LOT of acolotls and why was voter turnout so low for the local government elections? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 10, 2022•47 min
On today's First Up pod - we get the latest on Thursday's mass shooting at a child care centre in Thailand; in this part of the world it's all about our new local leaders this morning - we speak to the newly-elected mayors of Coromandel and Nelson, and one of the few left-of-centre candidates to prevail, Wellington's new Mayor Tory Whanau, reckons the local government election process badly needs a re-think. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 09, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: We touch down in the USA and Africa to find out the big stories there - as well as catching up with our Minister of Fruit and Veges; we're joined by one of the stars of the England women's rugby team, who are tipped as the favourites to win the Rugby World Cup which kicks off at Eden Park tomorrow and we catch up with Breakers ahead of their first home game in 489 days. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 06, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss pledges to get the country through its current economic turmoil; our deputy prime minister Grant Robertson discusses the better-than-expected state of the government's books; a major new study has raised serious questions about the safety of our national game - we hear from the partner of former All Black Carl Hayman about his struggles living with dementia at the age of just 42 First Up - Voice of the...
Oct 05, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: Golfer Ryan Fox on his 1.5 million dollar win at the home of golf; Green MP Chloe Swarbrick discusses her Alcohol Harm Minimisation Bill. Why so much opposition from both sides of the house? Take an extra jersey when you head out this morning it's going to be chilly. Weatherman Phillip Duncan tells us what it'll be like where you are and vendors who sell their wares at the Armageddon Expo say its cancellation could spell the end ...
Oct 04, 2022•46 min
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: we get the latest from the UK on the goverment's U-turn on tax cuts; meanwhile, National's Deputy Nicola Willis accuses the Prime Minister of "political mischief making" by comparing her party's tax policy to the UK Tories' disastrous package; a clean kettle is a quiet kettle and a Kiwi in Ukraine says the country's defenders appear to have found the weak spot of the Russian invaders. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 03, 2022•51 min
On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: we have the latest on the stadium stampede in Indonesia and thousands are without power after Hurricane Ian; this week is your last opportunity to vote for your mayor, councillors and local board members - why is turnout so low and the remains of more than 60 Maori and Moriori, many of them stolen by a notorious Austrian grave robber, have finally returned to their descendants in Aotearoa. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Oct 02, 2022•49 min
On today's First Up pod - we get the latest on Hurricane Ian hammering the eastern United States; if you catch a fish or find a bargain bit of vege down the market, one Auckland chef is offering to whip it into a restaurant-quality meal for you and we talk about flying space craft into asteroids with Space James. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 29, 2022•49 min
On today's First Up pod - the British Labour party are in conference in Liverpool, our correspondence Henry Riley is there to talk about the conference and the UK's crashing pound; did Air New Zealand under-estimate how logistically complicated the direct route to New York would be and what about the length of the shift for crew on the flight - the union and airline responds and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson talks to about the future of our economy. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 28, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - COSTCO opens in Auckland this morning and there's already people there! First UP will be on the scene; a cancer survivor has created New Zealand history, having her frozen ovaries implanted back to help her conceive - we speak to the doctor who performed this incredible procedure and how well-intentioned bird lovers may be inadvertently killing our feathered friends. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 27, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK for reaction to the government's 85 billion dollar tax cut package; National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks business confidence; in Moscow, opposition to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine intensifies; hear how kapa haka and contemporary theatre are joining forces and after 11 days lost in the Auckland Botanic Gardens, Burrito the celebrity toy poodle has been found alive First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 26, 2022•50 min
On today's First Up pod - we head to Moscow as citizens try to leave the country to avoid being forced to fight in Putin's war; we hear from boxer Joseph Parker ahead of his bout this weekend with Britain's Joe Joyce and spring has officially sprung today, we hear how it's celebrated in the Maori lunar calender. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 22, 2022•49 min
On today's First Up pod - We're in New York as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly and Donald Trump is back in the spotlight - the Southern District of New York lays out it's fraud case against him; acting Prime Minister Grant Robertson talks enquiries and KCs and dozens join the search for a dog missing in South Auckland as his desperate owners sleep in the park where he was last seen a week ago. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 21, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - cloud seeding is the newest way to open the heavens - we find out why New Zealand is yet to jump on the band wagon; Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flown to the US - our correspondent reports on her busy schedule and National's deputy leader Nicola Willis says it wasn't sneaky to release the Sam Uffindell inquiry report on the eve of the Queen's funeral. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 20, 2022•48 min
On today's First Up pod - It's a special First Up as Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest in the King George the Sixth Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle; with 500 world leaders, Royals and dignitaries in attendance, this was the biggest public event in the UK since World War 2; we take you to London to our reporters and correspondents throughout the hour. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 19, 2022•49 min
On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK for the latest as the world prepares to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth; back home, we canvas New Zealanders to see if they are staying up to watch the funeral; Precious McKenzie was one of the Queen's favourite athletes, we'll hear from the man himself and we talk to a Kiwi farmer who's family was friends with Her Majesty. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 18, 2022•50 min
On today's First Up pod - we cross to London where people have spent over 20 hours waiting in line to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II; warnings that the cost of food could drive people to unhealthy lifestyles; we hear from an accountant-turned-chef who's applying both skills to reducing food waste and the First Up crew get an idea how our bodies have responded to the Covid-19 vaccine. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Sep 15, 2022•49 min
