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6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Hayden Wilde came back from a hospital bed to do the impossible and taste triathlon victory on the weekend, we speak to the superstar medic who got him back on the bike… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Australia's joining France, the UK and Canada in acknowledging Palestine as a state - we ask deputy PM David Seymour what it will take for our government to follow suit… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the presidents of Russia and the United States are planning to meet in Alaska on Friday, we find out why Ukraine's not invited; wildfires have torn across parts of Europe; the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: South Park's had another crack at the Trump administration, Bevan Hurley has his review from New York; Glenn Forsyth is here with fruit of the week and the Farah Palmer Cup… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.On today's First Up pod: Labour's Justice Spokesperson Duncan Webb talks through the week in politics; and it's the Inaugral First Up 7th of August Kids are talented special - we meet a group of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Alex Baird has the very latest from the Middle East; in business we hear about a big spike in the number of over 50s looking for work, meanwhile, with long wait lists for… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our correspondent Chris Gilbert explains why pressure is growing on the Japanese Prime Minister to resign; in we hear about a 91 year old council candidate who's actually… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: producer Ross McNaughton finds out how much Netball NZ is paying for TVNZ to broadcast ANZ championship games; we have the fresh juice from Minister Glenn Forsyth at the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we have all the very latest news from South Asia and the US; Fruit of the Week with Glenn Forsyth; we catch up with the perfectly named running champ Lisa Cross - who's at the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the UK announces it will recognise the state of Palestine at the UN in September; the World Press photo exhibition has opened in Auckland, with thought provoking images from… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Mike Casey from Rewiring Aotearoa explains how we can use our hydro lakes as energy batteries, if we boost rooftop solar; Weather Watch head forecaster Philip Duncan has the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we catch up on last night's netball final with our sports team; we have the news out to the US, as President Trump meets with EU leaders in between rounds of golf in Scotland… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: as the Tour de France heads toward the finish line, we hear the little-known story of the New Zealand Cyclist Corps in World War One; Hulk Hogan RIP and Kiwi boxer Lani… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: The International Court of Justice has handed down its first ever opinion on climate change brought by Vanuatu; the government's revealed the latest numbers on homelessness… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: a big rise for a far right populist party in Japan's latest election; we delve into the mysterious world of private investigators with local PI Daniel Torenson and new stats… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: rugby could be the latest game to get the Saudi sports-washing treatment, producer Ross McNaughton looks at what R360 is all about; we look back to a musical moment that… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we have latest from Trump's USA as MAGA bite back over the Epstein files; the latest boxing heavyweight decider is here - Oleksander Usyk and Daniel Dubois in the ring this… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Australian news and in the UK we hear about the fallout from huge data breach from Britain's Ministry of Defence; Labour's Willow-Jean Prime talks about open plan classrooms… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: all the overnight news; Kiwi professional cyclist George Bennett gives his takes on this year's Tour de France and Joseph Parker tells us he's heading to the Oleksandr Usyk… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: In South Korea, medical students have gone back to class after a boycott of more than a year; we celebrate the birthday of a Dutch artist who turned black paint into magic… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we have news from Europe as the EU becomes the target of Trump's new tariffs and the US, ICE raids continue in California and funerals are held for Texas flood victims; Sports… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the Regulatory Standards Bill has been up for hearings at select committe this week - Labour MP Duncan Webb tells us about that; our Northland reporter Peter de Graaf has… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Alex Baird has the latest as Israel's PM Netanyahu visits Washington; Chris Gilbert checks in from Tokyo where an election for their upper house is just around the corner; our… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the jury yesterday reached a verdict in the mushroom murder trial - and Erin Patterson has been found guilty on all charges; it's 20 years since the July 7th suicide bomb… Read more Audio