On today's First Up pod - tributes flow for legendary Australian entertainer Barry Humphries who died on Saturday at the age of 89; Australia finally allows New Zealanders living there for longer than four years to become citizens, we ask National's Deputy Nicola Willis whether life across the ditch will now become more attractive for our teachers and nurses and with Anzac Day tomorrow, what is the future of the country's Returned Service Clubs? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 23, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - we touch down in the United States and Africa for the latest from our reporters there; ACT leader David Seymour is asked if the latest inflation figures are good news; the Black Sticks Pro League starts tomorrow, a young debutant talks to us ahead of the matches against Australia and Great Britain and striking the right chord... a wood worker is auctioning four of his handmade electric guitars for a good cause. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 20, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - the National Party trys to woo farmers with proposals to slash red tape, meanwhile one of their candidates resigns in shame - we find out what Labour makes of it; we hear from a theatre company putting on free shows for those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle and we're riding a fourth Covid wave so are you lining up for your next booster? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 19, 2023•50 min
On today's First Up pod - Tonga gets ready to welcome it's seventh cruise ship this year; Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez-March stands in for his co-leaders; it's been cancelled eight times over the past three years due to Covid - the organiser of the Auckland Home Show tells us if the cost of living crisis may hamper this year's event; its a happy birthday to the worlds longest running cartoon series and 40 teenage girls use the school holidays as an opportunity to get a taste of Airforce life....
Apr 18, 2023•48 min
On today's First Up pod - a study on long Covid has raised concerns amongst infectious disease experts in Australia; Phil Goff talks about his new life as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; weask National's Nicola Willis about the latest inappropriate remark by one of the party's new candidates and a school principal tells us what impact the government's plan to reduce class sizes from 29 to 28 students will actually have. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 17, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - tanks are rumbling through the streets as fighter jets roar overhead in the capital of Sudan, we find out more from our Africa correspondent; we hear the inspirational story of Gareth Lynch, a man living life to the absolute fullest after a terrible accident left him tetraplegic and new research into the lives and minds of bees has scientists changing how they think about the insects. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 16, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - authorities say they have a suspect in the case of leaked US government secrets; Three Waters has been reset...will it be enough to placate the critics - we talk with Brooke van Velden from the Act Party, which has fiercely opposed the policy plus, the disco dancers clearing rubbish as they boogie! First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 13, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - Japan has declared war...on pollen; we talk managed retreat with National's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop; two tornados in less than 24 hours damaged multiple properties over the weekend, Metservice explain why they happened and what the chances are of more and just after a tornado tore through her home, an East Auckland resident was targetted by thieves First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 10, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - Former US President Donald Trump lays the blame on everyone but himself after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying his business records; we ask the Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni how we can retain the thousands of nurses heading to Australia for better pay and we're in Northland where businesses say the Easter Weekend could be make or break. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 05, 2023•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump to appear in a New York court to face criminal charges over porn star hush money - we're live outside his Mar-a-Lago compound; Greens co-leader James Shaw joins us as StatsNZ reports a 3.5 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the September 2022 quarter and ahead of Jacinda Ardern's valedictory speech this afternoon, we ask people how they'll remember her. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 04, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - over 30s can now get their second Covid jab - why is the rollout so low-key this time around? Did yesterday's government announcement about changes to the lobby rules go far enough? We speak to an expert who says, yeah, nah and we ask National's Nicola Willis if it's fair that Stuart Nash is able to join a big lobby firm the day after he leaves Parliament. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 03, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - We're in the United States as New York braces for the indictment of former President Donald Trump; he might have been born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but we hear why Stratford upon the 'Naki is the place to celebrate William Shakespeare and the fruit and veges rejected by supermarkets because of how they look, we stick up for Ugly Produce. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Apr 02, 2023•50 min
On today's First Up pod - US Vice President Kamala Harris touches down in Africa; five options for a new Auckland harbour crossing: should it be a bridge, tunnel, or combination of both? Act's Brooke van Velden will tell us her preference; Glenn Forsyth joins us with his coveted Fruit of the Week and we hear how golf helped a sports-mad former Warrior after he lost a leg in a car crash. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 30, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - Peter McIlwiane in for Nathan today - Stuart Nash may have gone as a Cabinet Minister - has there been a cover up? Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins the programme; Coromandel residents still largely cut off from the rest of the country now face a big rates rise. Mayor Len Salt explains and everything you need to know about the new Covid vaccine available from Saturday. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 29, 2023•50 min
On today's First Up pod - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to address calls for her to apologise publicly over her comments about cis white men; Wellington Callisthenics has a new workout area all to themselves and we hear from students about what they make of the teachers strikes. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 28, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry makes a surprise appearance in a London court where he's suing the Daily Mail's publisher; why Whangarei's $33 million Hundertwasser Art Centre needed an $800,000 bailout after being barely being open a year; education experts and teachers share their concerns about National's education policy and we put them to the party's deputy leader Nicola Willis and we hear from the disgruntled group WAIF - West Auckland is Flooding - who fear future rain will bring f...
Mar 27, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - Documents explaining why charges against the Pike Rver boss were dropped could be released to families of the disaster; tornadoes and Trumpnadoes roll across the States and the French show the world what a REAL angry protest looks like and for 75 years, the White Lady has been a part of a succesful night out in Auckland. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 26, 2023•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Why is the Act Party so keen to silence poet Tusiata Avia while demanding that anti trans rights activist Posie Parker be allowed into the country? The Black Caps go into bat for Cyclone Relief against Sri Lanka at Eden Park tomorrow and it's the first day of Ramadan -- the month of fasting -- for nearly 50,000 Muslims in New Zealand. What does it mean and how do you cope with no daytime snacks?! First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 23, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson defends his actions around Partygate in front of a parliamentary select committee in the UK; South Island schools struggle to get their rowing boats to the Maadi Cup; Green Party co-leader James Shaw on their cooperation agreement with Labour and seven weeks on from the January floods we find out how a noisy generator is still driving residents crazy. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 22, 2023•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Will Donald Trump be arrested today over porn star hush money, as the former president himself has predicted? Vinyl is now outselling cds for the first time in decades - we look at why people are turning back to the turntables and Coromandel residents say another major highway seems to be at risk of collapsing - if it does, they'll be completely stranded. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 21, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - Japan rounds up the sushi bandits; the cost of living has seen op-shopping on the rise and one of the country's biggest stores is struggling to keep up with the demands of thrifty shoppers; National's deputy Nicola Willis on whether the new police minister Ginny Anderson is fit for the job and elderly Coromandel residents worry fragile roads will make it difficult for them to access healthcare. (Happy Birthday Nathan!) First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 20, 2023•48 min
On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump says he'll be arrested this week; Elizabeth Kerekere from the Greens believes anti-transgender rights activist Posie Parker shouldn't be allowed into the country and a West Auckland man who worked two jobs to save up for his dream home says all he wanted was a place his four-year-old son could call his own. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 19, 2023•47 min
On today's First Up pod - we go to the US as the military releases footage of Russian jets downing that drone over the Black Sea; the ACT party wants for Police Minister Stuart Nash stripped of all his portfolios; what fruit will rise to the top to be Fruit of the Week and whilst Coromandel businesses worry visitors will stay away for the Easter break due to the fragility of the region's roads, some residents say they're packing up and moving away for good. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 16, 2023•45 min
On today's First Up pod - Stuart Nash has resigned as police minister, Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni explains why; it's WOMAD this weekend - brought to you by big oil - and not everyone's happy; Fijia Drua put the 'super' in Super Rugby last weekend against the champion Crusaders has the nation stopped celebrating yet? And as teachers strike today, some say it's because they've been forced to take on second jobs to make ends meet. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 15, 2023•48 min
On today's First Up pod - The US, UK and Australia sign a nuclear submarine deal - we have the latest from Pam Corkery; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to discuss the government's latest policy dump, which includes several major climate policies being scrapped and it's been four years since the Christchurch mosque attacks - two Muslim women talk to us about how life has changed since the 15th of March 2019. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 14, 2023•48 min
On today's First Up pod - according to the latest political poll The National Party is on the rocks - political editor Jane Patterson gives us her view, and we ask Nats deputy leader Nicola Willis what's going so wrong; Gary Lineker is to return to UK TV screens; the Breakers head to Sydney for the NBL Grand Final and more flood victims say that councils - not residents - should be responsible for keeping waterways clear. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 13, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - we have news from the USA and Europe; we'll ask Karekare's fire chief if the cut-off Auckland community can rebuild, or if it's just too dangerous to live there now and flood victims are angry that more wasn't done to maintain the waterways that destroyed their homes First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 12, 2023•48 min
On today's First Up pod - California prepares for more wild weather; the Act Party wants flood affected-businesses to be exempt from minimum wage increases and Fair Pay Agreements; Passionfruit!! We meet the mother and son carving out a big name for themselves in the world of competitive woodchopping and the country's largest car dealer warns people looking for a second hand vehicle to check carefully that it hasn't been damaged in the floods. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 09, 2023•49 min
On today's First Up pod - one of the BBC's biggest stars is under fire for criticising the UK government; the surprising origin story of the world's most popular doll; we hear how a group of Coromandel volunteers who drive people to medical appointments are coping on the peninsula's wrecked roads - Minister of Transport Michael Wood tells us what the government's doing about it and it now costs $2 an hour to park outside Auckland Zoo ...what the actual??? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 08, 2023•47 min
On today's First Up pod - the head of a Tai Rawhiti organisation trying to find homes for families displaced by the floods; Green Party co-leader James Shaw will be here to talk the country's crumbling roading network and improving our climate resilience and engineers will this morning assess whether a major route to the Coromandel can open ... or if the peninsula will become an island First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
Mar 07, 2023•47 min
