On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: the school shooter in Minneapolis had links with the Catholic school he targeted and in Pakistan the army's helping rescue people from areas devastated by floods - we catch up with our correspondents; in Aotearoa we're seeing a second peak of influenza before winter ends, immunologist Dr Lisa Connor talks about the work she's doing to create a longer lasting flu vaccine and on Auckland's Karangahape Road, it's fashion week and the rainbow crossing is turning into a runway. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 28 August
On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: fast-track consenting for supermarkets and a few more Costcos, the government says this will bring down grocery prices - we ask Labour's Consumer Affairs spokesperson Arena Williams for her reaction; the manhunt continues for armed suspect Dezi Freeman in Australia and in Queenstown, reporter Katie Todd tells us there are fears it could be the next Barcelona. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
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First Up - The Podcast, Monday 18 August
On today's First Up pod: Trump's meeting with Putin was short, Katherine Firkin beams in from New York to tell us if it was sweet; we catch up with swim champ Lewis Clareburt after he made an important announcement on social media and our reporter Ke Xin Li wades into the confusion around sick notes from Pharmacies. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
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First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 19 August
On today's First Up pod: Japanese scientists found out what happens when you strap a camera to a seabird - Chris Gilbert explains; the government's scrapping the building consents regime, Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour tells us about it and we catch up with local leader Aayden Clarke in Wairoa, where they're getting ready for the legendary Ross Shield rugby tournament. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 14 August
On today's First Up pod: we get world news from the UK and Australia; Labour's education spokesperson Willow Jean Prime talks teachers pay, NCEA and the scrapping of te reo Maori in some school books and our Waikato reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod tells us about the moment firefighters ran out of water at a Hamilton blaze. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!
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