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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we go around the world for all the big news and we have a new station selling the cheapest petrol in the country; there's a cricket superstar set to make a comeback for the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: in a dominant display, Hamilton cyclist Kate McCarthy claimed back-to-back titles at the UCI Esports World Champs on Sunday - she joins us from Abu Dhabi; we talk school sand… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we catch up on overseas news - in Europe where in Ukraine, there's hope for a prisoner exchange and sackings over a corruption scandal; in the US the feud between Donald Trump… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.First Up the Podcast for the 14th November 2025. Audio

6:00 AM.First Up the Podcast for Thursday 13th November 2025, First Up - Voice of the Nathan. Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we have news from around the world with our correspondents in Africa and the Middle-East; the police handling of sexual abuse complaints against former Deputy Commissioner… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: rain has helped put out the Tongariro scrub fire, we hear from local hapu about what restoration they would like to see; deputy prime minister David Seymour is here to catch… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the huge fire at Tongariro National Park has been described as 'ecological devastation', we hear from a local ecologist about what's been lost in the blaze; we get the latest… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: New Zealand's unemployment continues to climb, we ask Labour MP Willow Jean Prime about that, and all the changes that are happening in education; Southland is still in a… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we go to Ukraine where families are living amongst rubble in Kharkiv - Relief Aid's boss Mike Seawright is there and closer to home, our reporter Ke Xin Li hears what… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: in London - police have praised a heroic train worker who saved many lives in the stabbing attack there; Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour joins us with his response to a… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Over the weekend two more people have been charged over the jewellery heist at the Louvre in Paris; fresh 'n fruity Glenn Forsyth has the latest from the markets and our… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: US President Donald Trump has held critical trade talks with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping; it's Halloween and it might not be pumpkin season for us here but Glenn Forsyth is… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: in Australia - an early Halloween surprise for some students sitting exams; there's growing criticism of the changes to the school curriculum - Labour's education spokesperson… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: category 5 storm Hurricane Melissa is making its way slowly to Jamaica; today we get to know a couple of the weirder creatures in New Zealand - ecologist Mark Roper tells us… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we've got all the news from around the world overnight - and the latest from around the country - where those red wind warnings have eased now; Otago flanker Will Stodart is… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Canterbury is in a state of emergency - we have updates from Metservice; White Fern star Amelia Kerr tells Nathan about their World Cup semi final berth; mysterious booms are… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our Middle East correspondent Alex Baird has the latest on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire; our reporter Ke-Xin Li goes a tasty quest to find out about a new trend of cake picnics… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we meet a Kiwi Olympian who has biked a long way for charity; we remember the anniversary of what the event that popularised the 'all finger' approach and we also ask… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the Louvre Museum in Paris has been robbed - we find out how; millions have marched in anti-Trump rallies across the United States over the weekend and here in Aotearoa… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the last surviving member of Sir Edmund Hillary's Everest expidition has died; here at home, Grab One has gone under - our reporter Ke Xin Li talks to customers and businesses… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime talks through the week in politics; Heartland rugby comes to its glorious conclusion for another season with the Meads Cup final on Saturday - Mid… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Japan's ruling coalition has collapsed and that's complicated the bid for the country's first female prime minister, Tokyo correspondent Chris Gilbert explains; we cross to… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our local reporter in Northland, Susan Botting digs into the ongoing drama of the local government elections there; we have the latest from Gaza and Israel where the release… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: local government elections are done with a few surprises and upsets - today we're heading to the Hutt Valley and catching up with its new mayors; political turmoil in France… Read more Audio