First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: the Princess of Wales has made her first public appearance while she's being treated for cancer; NZ Post won't deliver mail to a new Queenstown suburb and some residents face a two year wait for a PO Box and we find out how many cups of coffee a 'head coffee taster' can consume in a week. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod with Leonard Powell: the Black Caps crash and burn at the T20 World Cup - we hear if the tournament is having an impact in the USA; Kiwi running sensation Maia Ramsden is with us to talk NCAA glory, Paris Olympic hopes and Weet-Bix cravings and we meet the 83 year old who is training her 15th guide dog for Blind Low Vision NZ First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: Cancer patients turn to givealittle as the government's funding promises continue to go unfullfilled .. Labour's Jan Tinetti responds; seven Lotto winners shared a cool 50 million dollars over the weekend.. but a few of them still havent claimed their share and good news from Fiordland - a man is found after getting lost on the Dore Pass in Milford Sound on a tramp with fr...

On today's First Up pod: the jury has found Hunter Biden guilty on all counts in his firearms case; Australia's opposition is hoping to make nuclear power an election issue; we find out that Fieldays isn't all agriculture and tractors and Olympics bound track cyclist Sam Dakin breaks down the nuts and bolts of the sport, on and off the bike. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: one of the judges of this year's Bacon and Ham awards joins us; a cancer patient forced to pay for his own drugs claims 'the government cares more about potholes than people's health' we put his claim to Minister Nicola Willis and sixteen months after the Auckland Anniversary floods, patience is running out for home owners who are still waiting for a council decision. Firs...

On today's First Up pod: we have updates from the Middle-East as four hostages taken last October are returned to their families and the reaction to the hostage rescue from New York; Natha meets the man behind the hammond organ at St Louis sports games and dirty nappies, old shoes and a broken cement block - Auckland Council warns residents flouting recycling rules. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: President Biden addresses D-Day commemorations in France; in South Africa the ANC prepares to share power for the first time since apartheid; RNZ explainer editor Katie Kenny has the details on the government's plans for pandemic preperation and the man with the world's largest collection of fossilised feces opens his own museum First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: our Taranaki reporter Robin Martin tells us about street crime in central New Plymouth; does an expired RAT test still accurately tell you if you've got Covid? Biochemistry Professor Kurt Krause has the answers; speaking of Covid - the coalition government has announced that part time workers could get less sick leave under a possible law change - we'll ask Labour's deputy...

On today's First Up pod: amongst our international news, the trial of President Biden's son Hunter is underway; TradeMe's got a vehicle up for grabs that will let you drive to the shops like a Prime Minister and staying with cars - some Kiwis are paying 3000 dollars a year to insure their Toyota Aquas. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: Mexico has a new President and we find out how Donald Trump spent his first weekend as a convicted felon; cancer care advocate Malcolm Mulholland responds to the government's lack of funding it promised for cancer treatment and New Zealander Jamie Lloyd's in New York, helping the city get ready for the T20 Cricket World Cup First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: the jury's out in Donald Trump's trial in New York - Bevan Hurley has all the details; we head to Africa where the first results from South Africa's election are coming in; what does business think of the Budget, what do you think and Labour's deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni joins us with her assessment of the Budget. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on international news where the UK is fully in election campaigning and a war raging in New Delhi over butter chicken and the heatwave hitting both India and Pakistan; Closer to home we hear about the demise of a mega film studio in Wanaka; a Wellington man with a portable sauna where the sea is the plunge pool and the fate of a contentious cycleway in Palmerst...

On today's First Up pod: condemnation from around the world after Israel's strike on Rafah; we hear from an American airline accident investigator on what happened in those recent flight turbulence cases and Gulf Harbour residents are mowing the abandoned golf course themselves, to keep it from becoming a jungle. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: our correspondent in Tokyo reveals a scandal involving pies, a bean curd and a Donut; Henry Riley on the legendary cheese rolling race; we hear about a Rotorua iwi's efforts to negotiate the return of special carvings from the UK; winter weather woes with Weather Watch and we catch up with Finance Minister Nicola Willis just before she delivers her first Budget. First Up -...

On today's First Up pod: Trump booed on stage as he addresses the Libertarian convention seeking an endorsement; The Minister of Fruit and Veges alerts us to the upcoming World Potato Day; Professor Michael Baker on this winter's new wave of Covid-19 and the grey area between 'residentual' and 'rural' - we're at a new development that hasn't had mail delivered for nearly a year. First Up - Voice o...

On today's First Up pod: as the government works to get the remaining New Zealanders out of Noumea - our Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala joins us with the latest on the tensions in New Caledonia; RNZ explainer editor Katie Kenny talks about speedy e-scooters and we visit a Wellington Street that's correcting a one hundred and fifty year old te reo typo. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: A July election for the UK; we talk to a mortgage broker about the end of the First Home Grant; Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni joins us to talk about housing and the situation in New Caledonia and we hear from the first member of Aotearoa's Sikh community to climb Mount Everest. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: Australia has sent two flights to collect stranded passengers in New Caledonia; the Defence has rested in President Trump's hush-money trial; Leonard Powell heads to the SPCA to meet two bunnies in need of names and David Liti has just been named as New Zealand's sole weightlifter for the Paris Olympics! Nathan asks him about his prep routine. First Up - Voice of the Natha...

On today's First Up pod: Ellie Jay joins us from London where they're having hornet issues; Kate is back on deck from Argentina - with news of flooding in Brazil and chilly weather in Chile; finance minister Nicola Willis talks about the situation for Kiwis in New Caledonia and Mahvash Ikram catches up with a refugee from Gaza who now faces the challenge of finding a home in Auckland. First Up - V...

On today's First Up pod: Mitch McCann reports to us from the USA where world golf number 1 Scottie Scheffler was in a bit of strife - but not enough to miss his tee time; when you think of the Department of Conservation you might think hiking and camping but today we talk to a DOC archeologist and how much do those Paywave charges cost you? Reporter Leonard Powell takes a swipe. First Up - Voice o...

On today's First Up pod: Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala has the latest from the riots in New Caledonia; Trump and Biden agree on televised debates - Bevan Hurley updates us from the USA; Gabon's former leader Ali Bongo is on a hunger strike; we find out about the latest Covid variants this winter and Badjelly the Witch is in town! and it's no mean feat - getting Spike Milligan's much loved sto...

On today's First Up pod: we have latest news from the UK, the Middle-East and Europe; rower Brooke Francis joins us to talk World Cups and Olympic dreams; Labour deputy Carmel Sepuloni discusses charter schools, migration and more and Wellington Stadium will be bursting at the seams for Saturday's A-League semi-final - Phoenix defender Sam Sutton wants the crowd to be as loud as possible. First Up...

On today's First Up pod: we visit New York where Michael Cohen's been singing like a bird; a massive billboard has collapsed in Mumbai; we hear from a hopeful kiwi traveller whose holiday plans have been foiled by the failure of Air Vanuatu and an absolute gem of a tale about a well meaning mum in the US who accidentally invited 500 people to her daughter's first birthday. First Up - Voice of the...

On today's First Up pod: a resident of Auckland's CBD is welcoming charges for on-street parking after business hours; finance minister Nicola Willis talks to us about plans for social investment and pro golfer Michael Hendry tells us about his recent win in Japan, just a year on from a Leukemia scare. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: our Europe correspondent is in Sweden, the home of Eurovision, where they have a new winner; James Parr AKA Space James is here to explain electromagnetic storms and stunning auroras and our reporter Leonard Powell finds out about the world of preserving to fight food waste and over-pricing. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!