On today's First Up pod - USA's Monkey pox numbers hit 1000 a day; our reporter Felicity Reid is in Birmingham for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games and a bus with a vision to make eye tests and glasses accessible to all New Zealanders who need them. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - some Australian sports stadiums are bringing back cans instead of one-use plastic cups to save on waste. Should the same happen here? The Deputy PM Grant Robertson jets off to the UK and Europe for the Commonwealth Games and talks with financial leaders and former Wallaby, Peter Fitzsimons weighs in on the pride jersey saga engulfing the Manly Sea Eagles. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - our Commonwealth Games athletes prepare for action in the UK; an Florida activist challenges the Supreme Court by hoping to invoke the name of Satan at his old high school and an Australian avocado farmer who says an oversupply of the crop means he needs fellow citizens to help eat through the avalanche of avos. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - talk of inflation, Gib and petrol prices take a backseat for the day as we talk the Pox that the WHO has declared a health emergency - we speak with epidiologist Michael Baker about monkeypox in New Zeland and worldwide and we speak to a vaccinologist who says people need to prepare for an onsalught of not just Covid but other infectious diseases. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - President Biden tests positive for Covid-19; New Zealand tests positive for terrible weather, our weather guru updates us for the weekend; claims that some carers to work 24 hours straight, all while trying to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens from Covid and a popular New Zealand haunted attraction is about to get spookier. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - we head to the sweltering heat UK where temperatures topped 40 degrees for the first time yesterday, we talk inflation with the finance and deputy prime minister Grant Robertson; a senior clinician from Starship Children's Hospital explains how they're coping with the triple whammy of Covid, flu and a staff shortage and we talk to a tech expert about the risky business of sharing personal information on social media First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - Auckland Mayor Phil Goff discusses the pedestrianisation of the city centre. Will it become a no-go zone for cars? If you've gotten out of the habit of wearing your mask, best you get back in!! A virologist tells us about the BA 2.75 variant which was detected in the community yesterday; and we bring you the story of a nurse practitioner who's started up clinic in an isolated rural school so residents can get the treatment they need. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - National's deputy leader Nicola Willis on how her party would bring down the cost of living and economist Shamubeel Eaqub crunches the numbers; there's a deadly heatwave in Europe - we talk with our melting correspondent in London and the Maori baker revitalising traditional rewana bread, with a recipe that goes back generations. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod with Nick Truebridge in for Nathan - America's thirst for oil saw US President Joe Biden bump fists with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the weekend; the quarrying industry says our biggest city faces a shortage of building aggregate. Will it be Gib mark 2? We hear from the Cook Islands after the coast was swamped by the biggest seas locals have ever seen and an expert tells us why the new variant of covid means we could be in for a rough ride.
On today's First Up pod - a new study finds Maori and Pacific patients could be missing out on critical heart treatment because diagnosis methods were developed for white Americans; the government denies playing politics by failing to introduce tougher mask restrictions - we gauge reaction on the street and also hear from an emergency department doctor who says we've dropped the ball. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - drama at the Pacific Islands Forum as Chinese officials are ejected from a key meeting; we're joined by a Christchurch butcher at his wit's end after his business was flooded for the sixth time in just three years and a former cop-turned criminal barrister calls the Government's new gang laws "all huff and very little stuff". First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - senior citizens afraid to leave home because of declining mask use, we hear from Grey Power's president; Wellington's Sky Stadium is scrambling to get staff thanks to Covid and winter bugs and buckle up for time travel - the world's most powerful telescope has captured images of starlight from billions of years ago. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - the Pacific Islands Forum's in disarray after Kiribati's 11th hour decision not to take part; Japan's election day's under the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and is it a plane? Is it a boat? We hear from the group trying to save New Zealand's only airworthy Catalina flying boat. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - UK PM Boris Johnson is to step down as leader of the conservative party; Floods cause chaos in NSW and torential rain is on the radar for NZ and reports of a gunman on the loose cause panic and lockdowns at schools on Auckland's north shore.
On today's First Up pod - UK PM Boris Johnson faces massive pressure to resign; American supporters of reproductive rights are mobilising en masse to fight back against the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade ruling and new sub-variants of Omicron drive a new wave of Covid-19 cases.
On today's First Up pod - an Australian religious sect have been charged in connection with the death of an eight year old girl; 4th of July weekend celebrations have been shattered by multiple violent shootings in the US and NZ city centres are bouncing back post-pandemic.
On today's First Up pod - A 22 year old Danish man suspected of the weekend's shooting in a Copenhagen shopping mall, has appeared in court; Spores that burrow into young cicadas during their long hibernation are beginning to take over control of their bodies and National leader Christopher Luxon takes a trip to Singapore, Ireland and London where he's hoping to get policy ideas that could be applied here in Aotearoa.
On today's First Up pod - the fallout from both the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe V Wade and the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson at the January 6th hearings continue to be felt across the US; The Sharp Blacks - a team made up of New Zealands best butchers, have chopped, sliced and diced their way to the World Butcher's Challenge in Sacramento in September and steadily rising Covid-19 case numbers in recent days are causing concern, with some modelling suggesting we could start seeing upward...
On today's First Up pod - as the NATO summit in Spain comes to an end, Western Leaders are united in their attitude to Russian aggression in Ukraine; far-right violent extremists known as The Proud Boys and The Base have been officially declared terrorist groups here in New Zealanda; a growing number of libraries are declaring an amnesty on late fees and a cold and wet winter has seen salad green crops perish and pushed prices to eye watering levels.
On today's First Up pod - Sweden and Finland have ended - in Sweden's case - 200 years of military neutrality by joining NATO; parts of Japan are experiencing temperatures in excess of 40 degrees at the moment and Nathan gets a beatboxing lesson from a little maestro named Maceo
On today's First Up pod - Australian census figues show that India is now the third most common place of birth for residents; Middle-East delegations from Iran and the US are meeting to discuss the ground-rules for a resumption of official talks to get the 2015 nuclear deal back on track; theres a lot of excitement about the latest mission to the moon with Aotearoa front and centre and our hospitals are heaving under pressure as the country sniffles through our first winter flu season in two yea...
On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson is in Germany for the G7 and Ukraine is leading the agenda - UNESCO recognises Rewana bread as a cultural icon, New Zealanders over 50 will be offered another covid-19 booster as more people are eligible for free flu jabs.. and National's Nicola Willis addresses concerns her party isn't sympathetic to women who want abortions.
On today's First Up pod - we review day 4 at the January 6 insurrection hearings; we ask the Deputy Prime Minister if it's time we move to the Red alert level setting to ease pressure on the country's emergency departments and with only one sleep to go until the first-ever Matariki public holiday, we preview RNZ's coverage and hear how youngsters will be celebrating First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - we review day 4 at the January 6 insurrection hearings; we ask the Deputy Prime Minister if it's time we move to the Red alert level setting to ease pressure on the country's emergency departments and with only one sleep to go until the first-ever Matariki public holiday, we preview RNZ's coverage and hear how youngsters will be celebrating First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnaulty will this weekend attempt to be interviewed for a world-record 26 hours - he joins us for a live training session; we visit New Zealand's first ever alcohol-free bottle shop and one of the doctors putting in extra hours to alleviate pressure on Middlemore Hospital's ED says it's not going to solve the fundamental problem of staff shortages. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - parts of Spain burn as Europe swealters under a record heatwave; how children's charity KidsCan is making a huge defference, but they still need your help; National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks by-elections and the difficulty of seeing a GP and fans of Tongan rugby league show us what it really means to get behind a sports team ahead of Saturday's clash with the Kiwis. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - horror as a Sunday morning crash near Picton leaves seven people dead and emergency services traumatised; with just days to go before the first ever Matariki public holiday, we talk to one of the people who made it happen, Maori astronomy expert Rangi Matamua and a Dunedin food truck trying to make things better, one delicious 4-dollar meal at a time. Nick Trubridge in for Nathan today. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - a dramatic day of hearings on the January 6 attacks on the American Capitol; our Africa correspondent takes us to Mozambique; what's happened to your Kiwisaver and when should we be worried - we ask economist Brad Olsen and the '80s are back with the arrival of the Australian production of The Wedding Singer. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - The UK's asylum seeker deportation flights hit a last minute snag: health experts fear Maori could be facing a looming long Covid crisis; we quiz Deputy PM about the Cabinet reshuffle and the doctor shortage in Southland, sees patients are having to travel hundreds of kilometres just to get a checkup. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
On today's First Up pod - live crosses to Doha covering the All White's World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica; Queensland's cold snap puts demand on the Australian power grid; Space James - James Parr talks "sentient" robots, and how Elon Musk is helping Ukraine in its war against Russia and an Auckland jewellers is closing down after 20 years after being targetted by ram raiders. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
