First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: Welcome to our final show for 2025, well done you've made it - we have a look back at all the wonderful people who've joined us on air; we say happy holidays to Glenn Forsyth… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: our reporter Jimmy Ellingham of the Mighy Manawatu is here with all the big stories from the region; we look back at the year in politics with Labour MP Duncan Webb and what's… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Merry Christmas all you rotary-heads - we've got an RX-7 on Trade Me this week; we go to our people around the world for the big global stories - Nabil Ahmed Rufai in Ghana… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up with Ben Rose from Ronald McDonald House, where they're looking after families with medical needs over the holidays and in Japan, Chris Gilbert reveals the winner… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Anita Purcell-Sjölund has her last Europe news update for the year; our reporter Ke-xin Li has a warning over banned batteries which can be a danger to children and we have… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela; find out the Minister's Fruit of the Week; lamb, ham or something else? We ask Kiwis what's planned for Christmas… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on the week in Parliament with Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime; Australia's under-16 social media ban has been in force for a day, we find out how they're coping and I… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: TradeMe analyses the most viewed listings of 2025; we remember the day that Australia fought a war on it's own soil and lost and our reporter Ke-Xin Li joins Auckland primary… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: there's foul things afloat in Invercargill; Chris Gilbert tells us about Tokyo's problem with rats and running veteran Richard Potts tells Nathan about watching 16 year old… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: looking at the news headlinea around the world; stealing a bit of English glory as Lando Norris wins the Formula 1 drivers championship and we meet a young - and ambitious -… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: all the latest from around the world from our correspondents in Pakistan and the United States; the countdown is on to Fruit of the Year; we hear from two Auckland teachers… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on the week in Parliament with Labour MP Willow Jean Prime; we're getting in the Winter Olympics spirit with New Zealand curler Anton Hood, who's over in Canada… Read more Audio