First Up Podcast Options

5:14 AM.Career fairs in the Covid-19 era are going online. Students of engineering, construction, business, technology, and health are all being given the chance to virtually connect with employers. Ten… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Let's begin this morning in Europe where the race is on to repatriate both citizens and those who helped NATO during the occupation of Afghanistan from Kabul.. Nathan Rarere spoke with our… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Pasifika people account for more than half of cases in the country's current Covid outbreak. The fast-movement of Delta means New Zealand will stay at alert level 4 lockdown until at least midnight on… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.While the main news about the Delta outbreak has centred around Auckland and Wellington, First Up's Matthew Theunissen hit the phones yesterday to find out how people are coping on some of New… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.The All Blacks have confirmed they'll be heading to Australia after all for the third Bledisloe match and the Rugby Championship. They came under fire from Rugby Australia and SANZAR for not getting… Read more Audio

5:28 AM.When we think of a tortoise having lunch, we usually imagine them chomping on a leaf or something green .. but now biologists Anna Zora and Justin Gerlach from the University of Cambridge have… Read more Audio

5:20 AM.We've seen the news that people have been queueing up in their cars for hours to get a Covid test ... but what do you do if you need to be tested and don't have a car? Auckland Central MP Chloe… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.To the US now where it's been revealed the boss of the CIA met face to face with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar earlier this week.. With Nathan Rarere from Washington is Simon Marks. Audio

5:07 AM.We begin this morning in Australia where Nathan Rarere is joined by our correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio

5:53 AM.Nathan Rarere asked the deputy leader of the National Party Shane Reti whether he thinks the government has made the right move by extending the lockdown. Audio

5:50 AM.That's the mental side of pet life sorted, but with the entire country in level 4 until at least midnight Friday, should you pat another person's dog or cat while you're out? And can the Delta virus… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.If you're looking for fans of lockdown fans, your pets might be the only ones putting up their paws up right now. When everything's shut, there's not a lot to do right? Except maybe go for run .. take… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.The Paralympics kick off with the opening ceremony in Tokyo tonight- not that our athletes will be there- they've decided not to attend to protect themselves against the virus Over the coming days… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Has being in lockdown meant you're online shopping habits have changed? Maybe it has been a good time to clear out the wardrobe and start listing your own bits to sell. But what is everyone else… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.A renowned architect has come up with a plan to turn a former leper colony into a scenic managed isolation facility. Michael O'Sullivan has designed a prefabricated pod that he reckons would be a big… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.New Zealand's most successful Olympic campaign ever may have just finished but the glory isn't over yet. Our Paralympic team is in Tokyo and the opening ceremony is tonight. But with the city still… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the UK where the Government has now airlifted nearly six thousand people from Kabul in the past ten days. More than half of those are Afghans fleeing the Taliban's new order… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.In this next story where we discover that not all heroes wear capes. Sean McCann is an expat Kiwi living in Tasmania who sprung into action after seeing a post on a Facebook group from another New… Read more Audio