First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson defends his actions around Partygate in front of a parliamentary select committee in the UK; South Island schools struggle to get their rowing boats to the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Will Donald Trump be arrested today over porn star hush money, as the former president himself has predicted? Vinyl is now outselling cds for the first time in decades - we… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Japan rounds up the sushi bandits; the cost of living has seen op-shopping on the rise and one of the country's biggest stores is struggling to keep up with the demands of… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump says he'll be arrested this week; Elizabeth Kerekere from the Greens believes anti-transgender rights activist Posie Parker shouldn't be allowed into the country… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we go to the US as the military releases footage of Russian jets downing that drone over the Black Sea; the ACT party wants for Police Minister Stuart Nash stripped of all… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Stuart Nash has resigned as police minister, Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni explains why; it's WOMAD this weekend - brought to you by big oil - and not everyone's… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - The US, UK and Australia sign a nuclear submarine deal - we have the latest from Pam Corkery; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to discuss the government's latest… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - according to the latest political poll The National Party is on the rocks - political editor Jane Patterson gives us her view, and we ask Nats deputy leader Nicola Willis… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we have news from the USA and Europe; we'll ask Karekare's fire chief if the cut-off Auckland community can rebuild, or if it's just too dangerous to live there now and flood… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - California prepares for more wild weather; the Act Party wants flood affected-businesses to be exempt from minimum wage increases and Fair Pay Agreements; Passionfruit!! We… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - one of the BBC's biggest stars is under fire for criticising the UK government; the surprising origin story of the world's most popular doll; we hear how a group of… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - the head of a Tai Rawhiti organisation trying to find homes for families displaced by the floods; Green Party co-leader James Shaw will be here to talk the country's… Read more Audio