First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to discuss our resilience to climate change as severe weather events like tornados cause more worry over the weekend and Bay of… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Japan has declared war...on pollen; we talk managed retreat with National's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop; two tornados in less than 24 hours damaged multiple properties… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Former US President Donald Trump lays the blame on everyone but himself after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying his business records; we ask the Deputy Prime… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump to appear in a New York court to face criminal charges over porn star hush money - we're live outside his Mar-a-Lago compound; Greens co-leader James Shaw joins… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - over 30s can now get their second Covid jab - why is the rollout so low-key this time around? Did yesterday's government announcement about changes to the lobby rules go far… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - We're in the United States as New York braces for the indictment of former President Donald Trump; he might have been born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but we hear why Stratford… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - US Vice President Kamala Harris touches down in Africa; five options for a new Auckland harbour crossing: should it be a bridge, tunnel, or combination of both? Act's Brooke… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Peter McIlwiane in for Nathan today - Stuart Nash may have gone as a Cabinet Minister - has there been a cover up? Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins the programme… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to address calls for her to apologise publicly over her comments about cis white men; Wellington Callisthenics has a new… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry makes a surprise appearance in a London court where he's suing the Daily Mail's publisher; why Whangarei's $33 million Hundertwasser Art Centre needed an… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Documents explaining why charges against the Pike Rver boss were dropped could be released to families of the disaster; tornadoes and Trumpnadoes roll across the States and… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Why is the Act Party so keen to silence poet Tusiata Avia while demanding that anti trans rights activist Posie Parker be allowed into the country? The Black Caps go into bat… Read more Audio