On today's First Up pod - how would National help cyclone-damaged parts of the country like the Coromandel; a Japanese gangster turns himself in in a surprsingly mundane way; devastated Auckland residents say they're being told they still need to pay rates despite not being able to live in their homes and Harry Styles fans queue for hours to buy merch ahead of the pop star's show tonight. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - New Zealand's biggest survey closes tomorrow, we speak to Stats NZ about census 2023; we hear from an Auckland couple who are running out of money after they were were forced out of their dream home thanks to the floods and an Auckland councillor is in despair about the ease with which new liquor stores are able to open despite the immense harm they cause First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - We ask ACT's deputy Brooke van Velden if her party is engaging in cancel culture; we're joined by a baker whose huge sourdough loaves are being snapped up before they leave the oven ... all to raise funds for the victims of Cyclone Gabrielle and you're only as old as you feel, we meet a cricketer in his 40s who scores runs by the bucket load against players half his age. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - at least 36 people have been killed in a train collision in Greece, we'll have the latest from Europe; we ask Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni about crime in cyclone-hit regions and if a buy-out of affected properties is on the cards and residents from a part of Hawke's Bay that's still almost totally cut off gathered last night to figure out how on earth they're going to reunite with the rest of the world. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta meets her Japanese counterpart; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson is with us for a Green perspective on the events of the week; no power and no way out - 15 days after Cyclone Gabrielle, residents of a cut off Hawke's Bay settlement say they feel forgotten and almost 400 mls of rain in a day.. a Northland farmer describes saving his home and his herd. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - The CEO of the Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce, talks about distributing the 25 million dollars pledged yesterday to cyclone-affected businesses; we hear from a charity supporting children in need of everyday essentials in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle and in Tai Rawhiti people weigh up what to do with their silt-covered properties given how many times they've been hit. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - It's been a rain-soaked summer and more wet weather is on the way, so is it time we get used to a sub tropical climate? There's an eagle on the loose in New York City Bevan Hurley has his eyes on the skies in the Big Apple and a Tolaga Bay farmer shows us how high the floodwaters got as his livestock tried to escape. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - Surf Life Saving's Matt Williams on the theft of critical radio equipment from Piha; deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni on flood recovery efforts across the country and in west Auckland where some residents STILL without power feel forgotten; and we get access to Auckland's coastal community of Karekare where cut-off residents recount the harrowing night of the cyclone when a slip brought houses down onto the road. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - Japan proposes dumping nuclear waste from the Fukushima disaster into the Pacific Ocean and the Island nations are not happy; the floods haven't put a dampner on Auckland Pride, we hear from a Drag King who will be strutting his stuff on stage this Friday; should the government buy people's homes in flood stricken areas? Green Party co-leader James Shaw has some ideas and we're in Wairoa with a cyclone Bola survivor. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - the latest from the UK where a body is found in a river less than a mile from where UK mother of two Nicola Bulley vanished three weeks ago; the Government announces a 300 million dollar support fund in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle - National's deputy and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis joins us for her take and we sent Matthew Theunissen to find out what will become of Tairawhiti's forestry workers. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - US Vice President Kamala Harris says Russia will be held to account for crimes against humanity; orchardists count the cost of cyclone Gabrielle. We tell you what you can do to support them and First Up producer Matthew Theunissen is in the Tolaga Bay where locals are furious about slash and what will become of the forestry workers. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - we hit North America with Bevan, Africa with Nabil and the fresh produce markets with the Minister; as cyclone evacuees take stock of their situation in different parts of the country, facing water, food and fuel shortages, we're joined by a food safety expert who tells us what can be saved from flooded fridges, freezers and cupboards and uprooted trees have caused mass destruction this week..we ask an arborist how to tell if a tree on your property might be at risk of ...
On today's First Up pod - At least four people dead and thousands homeless across Tairawhiti, Hawke's Bay, Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel; Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins us in the aftermath of the most catastrophic weather event in living memory; we're in the Coromandel town of Tairua where some residents will spend a fifth day without power and an animal charity builds a greyhound kingdom to provide temporary shelter to Auckland pooches displaced by the cyclone. First Up - ...
On today's First Up pod - Ex-Cyclone Gabrielle has left a trail of distruction - we ask the Metservice if the worst is over; a group of Tongan workers have been rescued from a roof in Hawkes Bay; we hear from flood-hit residents in Northland who had to evacuate after Monday's rainfall and Coromandel was left isolated after the intense winds damaged power lines, flattened trees and blocked roads -- our reporter Leonard Powell was among those stranded on the peninsula. First Up - Voice of the Nath...
On today's First Up pod - widespread evacuations and tens of thousands of homes are without power as Cyclone Gabrielle bears down on the North Island - we have updates from across the motu and local volunteers in Coromandel are ready for whatever comes their way. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - As people wake up to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, we have updates from around the motu from the Mayor of the Far North, our reporters and Metservice; we get an update from eathquake-ravaged Turkey and it's Super Bowl Sunday in the United States - Nathan spoke to one of the people behind the most lavish show on earth First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - we get the latest from Turkey where the death toll now stands at more than 19-thousand; the Act Party reckons that people don't need to earn the new $22.70 minimum wage in order to get by - we ask Act's deputy Brooke van Velden if she could survive on that; Glenn Forsyth is with us for his fruit and vege report as North Island growers brace for Cyclone Gabrielle and we're joined by a man who's helped to save over a million of New Zealand's most important photographs, fr...
On today's First Up pod - Ukraine's president Zelensky is in the UK - Henry Riley joins us from London; we get the update from Turkey where rescuers are racing against time to save people from the rubble of the earthquake; Deputy Prime Minister Carmerl Sepuloni discusses the yesterday's government policy purge and we ask what the minumum wage increase means for some small businesses. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - the World Health Organisation predicts the final death toll from Turkey's devastating quake could top 30,000; 11 days on from Auckland's record-breaking floods, we're in South Auckland where hundreds still need help and climate change minister and Green Party co-leader James Shaw joins us as West Auckland residents who've been flooded twice in as many years ask who will buy their uninhabitable flooded homes? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - Turkey is smashed by two huge earthquakes - we have the latest from the disaster zone; in Japan the sushi train could be arriving at its final stop; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis why Shane Reti was the only National MP at Waitangi yesterday and a major landslip means a group of Coromandel students will either have to travel two hours to get to school, or make other plans. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - We're in the USA and Africa with our international correspondents; back at home, Auckland's state of emergency is due to end today but with more thunderstorms forecast we're not out of the water yet - the First Up team has been back on the sodden streets; we heard from the rescuers getting animals out of harms way and from a concrete contractor -turned - emergency responder as he pumps two Olympic swimming pools worth of water out of a carpark First Up - Voice of the Na...
On today's First Up pod - the great egg shortage of 2023 continues.. we tell you what you can use as a substitute; Auckland children can return to school and childcare centres from today.. but how many will? Flood victims call for action to clear the city's drains; and he's been accused of being AWOL in his flood-stricken Epsom electorate - we hit the road with ACT leader David Seymour to see what his constituents have been dealing with. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - The latest rain update from the Metservice; Ponsonby residents talk of the ongoing stench amid the cleanup after sewage mixed with rainwater on Friday night flooding their homes; Greens co-leader James Shaw on the Labour party reshuffle and confirmation the Chateau Tongariro is to close - what will become of one of our most iconic hotels? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - two polls but very similar results... why do voters now prefer Chris Hipkins over Chris Luxon? National's deputy leader Nicola Willis is with us; floodwaters almost up to the roof, a naked Auckland man saves belongings by stuffing them in a ceiling cavity and a 77 year old pensioner called her housing provider for help in Friday's floods.. first they sent a plumber.. and then suggested jumping on her bed! First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has sacked Conservative Party chair Nahim Zahawi; And as rain still falls in the upper North Island we count the cost of Auckland's worst ever flood - the Minister of Fruit and Veg updates us on how growers were affected; we'll bring you updates as wet weather continues to threaten much of northern New Zealand and we hear from some of the Aucklanders whose lives have been turned upside down by the destructive and devastating flood First Up ...
On today's First Up pod - First Up's Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth has 2023's very first fruit of the week! More wet weather just in time for Auckland Anniversary weekend with Northland campers packing up amid predictions of extreme winds; ACT's deputy leader Brooke van Velden is with us and the future of one of the country's oldest hotels the Grand Chateau is in limbo after it shuts down new bookings. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - Germany is to send tanks to Ukraine - we'll have the latest from the UK and Europe; Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins us for her first interview since being officially sworn in yesterday; new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins spends his first official day in the job in Auckland visiting businesses today.. we speak to one that he visited last year when he was our Police Minister and find out if anything has changed and flies.. you tell us what you're doing to get ri...
On today's First Up pod - We get the latest on California's spate of mass shootings; Novac Djokovic defies the hecklers to march on in the Australian Open; we talk with Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson ahead of the swearing in of Chris Hipkins as Prime Minister - what will it mean for the coalition's smaller member? And we meet the Auckland postie who's written a children's book about some of the 160 dogs he's met on his route. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - why some of Japan's young people are opting for apartments which don't have a bath or shower; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis if our new Prime Minister from the Hutt and his 'Westie' Deputy have scuppered their election plans and we discuss Jacinda Ardern's global significance with one of UK politics' heaviest hitters, former Downing Street spokesperson Alastair Campbell. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he'll be reigning in non-essential government programmes. So what's Chippy gonna chop? We'll have analysis from former Labour chief whip Sue Moroney; Te Pati Maori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer discusses what his leadership means for Maori and we'll take a look at Carmel Sepuloni, the first person of Pasifika heritage to become Deputy Prime Minister. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
