First Up

LDR's Max Frethey updates us on the Nelson/Tasman floods and other stories from the region Audio

Dunedin seaside suburb of St Clair is a surprising hub of Italian foodie culture - Tess Brunton has the story Audio

South Korea's medical students are back from an 18 month long boycott - Chris Gilbert has the story Audio

Social media influencers are all duck billed and heavily made-up - some popular content creators are all about fish - Ross McNaughton explains Audio

Funerals for flood victims, ICE raids and a case of the plague in Arizona. Eleisha Foon is in the US so you don't have to be. Audio

While Fruit and Veggie Minister Glenn is on international trade duty, Associate Minister James McLean puts on the gumboots Audio

The EU intends to retaliate as Trump imposes a 30 tariff on imports. Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the details Audio

On today's First Up pod: the latest from around the world with our people in Africa and North America; Professor of Psychology and brain health Alice Theadom talks about the work she's doing to… Read more Audio

Female athletes also suffer from concussion at high rates than their male counterparts - AUT Professor Alice Theadom is part of a project to improve the numbers Audio

Bevan Hurley joins us from the USA where anger is mounting over the deadly Texas floods Audio

Glenn Forsyth talks vegetables, fruit and unveils his Fruit of The Week... NZ Navel Oranges Audio

A bunch of All Blacks outside of the current squad head to Australia to play the British and Irish Lions this weekend, Nathan Rarere talked with Irish rugby journalist Will Slattery Audio