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6:30 AM.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

6:30 AM.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

6:30 AM.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

6:30 AM.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

6:30 AM.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

6:30 AM.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

6:30 AM.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

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Nabil Ahmed Rufai in Africa tells us about a radio DJ's been recruiting fighters for Russia's war in Ukraine; after smashing it in Dubai, the Black Ferns Sevens are now in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: deputy prime minister David Seymour responds to the week in politics; we hear about the unleashed dogs of Kawerau, meanwhile - the bears of Japan are catching people in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: nuns on the run in Europe; in the US, a Ukranian delegation is in Florida to discuss President Trump's peace plan; the Special Olympics' national summer games in Christchurch… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we have the news from overnight and around the world; we're getting Christmassey here - local multi-musician Emily Roughton tells us about the Greatest Christmas Show tour… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our Waikato reporter tells us the new mayor in Cambridge has a special reward for the answer to what's going bang in the night there; in Australia our correspondent thas the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: TradeMe property - we find out what you were looking at in 2025; car crash insurance claims are dropping, and it's thanks to the new fangled things in your car like reversing… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we get the latest news from the beautiful Tasman region; we ask the deputy prime minister David Seymour if the election campaign has already begun and we hear from advocates… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the COP climate summit has ended with an agreement that barely mentions cutting fossil fuels; there's concern over a US peace plan for Ukraine that's seen as favouring Russia… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our Africa correspondent tells us that the US President is not going to South Africa as they host the G20 this weekend; it's been 72 years since Wales last beat New Zealand in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: a new report from the Education Review Office finds removing cell phones from classrooms is improving learning and reducing bullying - we ask Labour's education spokesperson… Read more Audio

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