The Education Review Office says too many newly graduated teachers are not prepared for the job. ERO'S Education Evaluation Centre Ruth Shinoda spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ed Amon and Cindy Mitchener discuss making the great outdoors more wheelchair accessible and the rise of "Curtain Banks".

New Zealand equestrian Caroline Powell has won the Badminton Horse Trials for the first time.

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A petition calling on the Government to fund the Te Huia rail service past the end of June has reached more than a thousand signatures in its first week. Campaign for Better Transport convener Jodi Johnston spoke to Corin Dann.

The Secondary Principals' Council says a new Education Review Office report showing almost half of new schoolteachers feel unprepared for the classroom is no surprise. Council chairperson Kate Gainsford spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.

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!…

News from the rural farming sector.

Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team.

Sunday night's first leg semi-final against Melbourne Victory ended in a nil all draw, with it all to play for at Sky Stadium in Wellington on Saturday. Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano spoke to sports editor Stephen Hewson.

Cold temperatures are beginning to rise, but frost might still sneak up in some parts of the country. Meteorologist John Law spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

New Zealand's Caroline Powell claimed victory in the Badminton Horse Trials

The latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific.

You can store eggs for up to 12 months in lime-water?? Who knew? And what is lime water?? Leonard Powell finds out from preserve and pickle champion Ellen Schindler.

While we were seeing pretty lights and going WOW, Space James saw science things like nitrogen, oxygen and argon.. he talked with Nathan Rarere.

Winter appears to have arrived at the produce markets - so it's mandarin and kumara time with Glenn Forsyth

Winter appears to have arrived at the produce markets - so it's mandarin time with Glenn Forsyth

Representing Samoa at Eurovision is our Sweden-based correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund

In his last appearance on First Up as Newshub's North America correspondent, Mitch McCann looks at US reaction to Israel's assault on Rafah and the Trump trial in New York

Tucked away in west Auckland, a bird rescue centre has been attracting people with experience from around the world keen to help rescue injured NZ avians.

Tony Stark's arc reactor fuels his flying Ironman suit. James Rice joins Bryan Crump to discuss the real life equivalents to this palladium core fusion power source.

Emma, Nathan, & Coco have a triple treat of jokes, Ali & Gab travel back in time to a famous rugby match, and Cooper talks about the book That's What Dragons Do.

New Zealand's aged care sector faces huge inequities - while the flashiest ever has just opened in Auckland, many in smaller towns are closing

The latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific.

Coastal weather forecast.

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Ten years ago acclaimed potter Rick Rudd sold his house - together with its unique native and sculpture garden - in Castlecliff, Whanganui to establish Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics in downtown Whanganui. Born from Rudd’s concern that there was nowhere where you could see exhibited the history of New Zealand ceramics, it is Aotearoa’s only museu…

Aotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds. Yet contemporary fiction providing a bird’s eye view has been slow to arrive. While Catherine Chidgey’s award winning 2022 novel The Axeman’s Carnival looks at human interaction from the perspective of a magpie, Shelley Burne-Field’s new adventure novel for young readers, Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie ha…

In this week’s Regional Wrap we look at the culture of Far North town Kaitaia.

In an article on Stuff in 2019, comedian Guy Williams posed the question, “Where are all the Māori comedians?” Williams noted that, despite our main comedy award being named after Billy T James, he could only name a handful of Māori funnymen and women working at the time. Now in 2024, comedian and actor Bailey Poching is responding. In a piece for …

A psychological thriller, part of TVNZ’s Motherhood Anthology Series has been released in time for Mother’s Day. The film’s title Amah holds three different meanings. The term, used in East Asia, describes a woman employed by a family to cook, clean and look after the children. In the Chinese Hokkien dialect, it’s the name and title given to a pate…

10 albums in 10 years in 10 different genres - that was Troy Kingi’s goal. But after the release of the seventh album - 2023’s ambient instrumental vibe album Timewasters - he’s admitted in a new TVNZ series Desert Hīkoi it was “starting to feel a bit stale.” He had been feeling a creative block. Desert Hīkoi follows Kingi on his creative and spiri…

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Fabric-a-brac is a fabric and sewing market that brings the sewing community together to buy and sell with all profits going to local hospices. Josie Brennan joins us to tell us more.

Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science.

It's been nearly 20 years since the researchers, Michelle Ryan and Alexander Haslam, documented a phenomenon they called the glass cliff.

With a reported 46,000 aircraft citing sat-nav problems over the Baltic Sea between August and March, suspected Russian GPS "jamming" is now being considered a major threat to air safety.

Uma Naidoo, is a Harvard Nutritional Psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutritional biologist.

Ashia Ismail-Singer's family story has branches from Africa to India, the Middle east, France, the UK and New Zealand.

Pre-budget teasers increase exposure - and scrutiny; Green MP under pressure over conduct; bid to backstop local news; Gaza coverage attract complaints - and prizes.

On your side, your back or your front - the position in which you nod off is having an impact on your health.

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back for another Sunday Morning quiz.

We're joined by Rich Preston, Senior BBC foreign news journalist and presenter across BBC World TV and the BBC World Service.