First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod with Jimmy Ellingham - highlights from a high-stakes meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping - we get the latest from Gyles Beckford at the APEC summit in San Francisco; we… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we cross to Israel where Gaza's biggest hospital is being described as being 'like a cemetery'; a Kiwi medical aid ship is stuck in Fiji as the nation faces Tropical Cyclone… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Suella Braverman has been sacked as the UK's Home Secretary; we ask Nicola Willis about the 'jagged edges' around tax putting a handbrake on a coalition deal; staff and… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we learn why water safety is more than just knowing how to swim - and why the Indian community is being targeted and we hear the beautiful story of a 96 year old man who's… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - drama at the Pacific Islands Forum as the Nauruan delegation storms out; in the US, the actor's strike is over; Professor Michael Baker tells us we could be seeing another… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - pro-Palestine march set for Armistice day across the UK is under fire; Egypt could be negotiating a 1 day ceasefire in Gaza conflict as Qatar does deals for a prisoner swap… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we hear from a young golfer who's just become the first Samoan to claim the New Zealand Women's Amateur Championship title; a film experience with live actors providing the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Henry Riley updates us on a Scottish sheep named Fiona; Chris Gilbert is in Tokyo where G7 leaders will gather over the next few days - wars in Gaza and Ukraine sure to be… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - with only a year until the next US presidential election we have the latest from Donald Trump's legal troubles; there's been a hostage situation at Hamburg airport overnight… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump and Robert De Niro have both been in New York courtrooms this week - as has Bevan Hurley who will tell us how those trials are progressing; the special votes… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt is open for limited humanitarian relief and the evacuation of foreign nationals; outgoing deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni joins… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we speak to the entrepeneur trying to make sustainable furniture .. out of seaweed .. seat weed? We find out what is going on with Hamilton's Festival of Weird and Blackcap… Read more Audio