On today's First Up pod - Harry and Meghan drop a barrage of Royal bombshells in their just-released Netflix documentary; Christmas in the Park returns for the first time in two years ... let's hope rain doesn't make it three from three and Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without that most famous of all the festive traditions: the Veneration of the Yuletide Frog - well, that's not quite true, we just like frogs and spoke to a woman who's got loads! First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

First Up - The Podcast, Friday 9 December

News & Politics

Morrine Martin is a trombone player with Rolleston Brass, and her son will be playing the Last Post on the trumpet at their local service.

Rolleston Brass keeps the ANZAC spirit alive

The Online Cenotaph is a vast collection of old photos, beloved memories, diaries and records supplied by the public for all to access - from family members to historians and academics.

ANZAC Day: Ancestors memorialised in online cenotaph

Henry Erdman designed posters for some of the biggest blockbuster films of the past decade, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Tenet (2020), and The Boy and the Heron (2023). But making his way in the industry required some creative thinking.

What it takes to make a great movie poster

RNZ News at 10pm, April 24

Locally, music festivals have pulled back to once every two years - or disappeared completely. Even the New Zealand A&P Show was on the brink of shutting completely after 160 years, saying that it was just no longer financially viable.

First Up - The Podcast, Friday 9 December

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