First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: we have all the very latest news from South Asia and the US; Fruit of the Week with Glenn Forsyth; we catch up with the perfectly named running champ Lisa Cross - who's at the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: the UK announces it will recognise the state of Palestine at the UN in September; the World Press photo exhibition has opened in Auckland, with thought provoking images from… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Mike Casey from Rewiring Aotearoa explains how we can use our hydro lakes as energy batteries, if we boost rooftop solar; Weather Watch head forecaster Philip Duncan has the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on last night's netball final with our sports team; we have the news out to the US, as President Trump meets with EU leaders in between rounds of golf in Scotland… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: as the Tour de France heads toward the finish line, we hear the little-known story of the New Zealand Cyclist Corps in World War One; Hulk Hogan RIP and Kiwi boxer Lani… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: The International Court of Justice has handed down its first ever opinion on climate change brought by Vanuatu; the government's revealed the latest numbers on homelessness… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: a big rise for a far right populist party in Japan's latest election; we delve into the mysterious world of private investigators with local PI Daniel Torenson and new stats… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: rugby could be the latest game to get the Saudi sports-washing treatment, producer Ross McNaughton looks at what R360 is all about; we look back to a musical moment that… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we have latest from Trump's USA as MAGA bite back over the Epstein files; the latest boxing heavyweight decider is here - Oleksander Usyk and Daniel Dubois in the ring this… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Australian news and in the UK we hear about the fallout from huge data breach from Britain's Ministry of Defence; Labour's Willow-Jean Prime talks about open plan classrooms… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: all the overnight news; Kiwi professional cyclist George Bennett gives his takes on this year's Tour de France and Joseph Parker tells us he's heading to the Oleksandr Usyk… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: In South Korea, medical students have gone back to class after a boycott of more than a year; we celebrate the birthday of a Dutch artist who turned black paint into magic… Read more Audio