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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: President Biden is to speak with the Israeli Prime Minister for the first time since aid workers killed; Relief Aid is a group helping get food and water into Gaza - it's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: in the UK the Royal Mail is cutting deliveries and for £150, you can have tea and a tour at Balmoral Castle; a new play explores Maoriness; Labour's deputy leader Carmel… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we have an update on Molly the magpie and the staffy named Peggy in Australia; in the Middle East, Al Jazeera is in the sights of Israel's government; we hear from health… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Argentina is currently arguing with Colombia; Chris Gilbert is in Tokyo as local officials battle with crows; Mount Maunganui keeps free parking but drivers are warned not to… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Labour spokesperson Jan Tinetti on tax cuts, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's call for the government to pay rates and disability funding; Warbirds Over Wanaka returns for the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: a container ship has destroyed a bridge in Baltimore; a magpie is confiscated by authorities in Australia; there's a bidding war on TradeMe over a rare 30-year-old lego set… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: pole vaulter Eliza McCartney tell us how her new coach has helped her form in the buildup to the Paris Olympics; finance minister Nicola Willis tells us how her family boost… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we speak with the director of a docu-series about the Gloriavale community on the West Coast; Gisborne's Mayor discusses Saturday night's deadly brawl and residents of a West… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our crack team of correspondents is stationed around the world from the Pacific to the Middle East and the Big Apple with stories of international relations, modified pig… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: a fish and chip stink in London; Winston Peters doubles down on his use of Tubthumping - Chumbawumba's Dunstan Bruce responds; Labour MP Jan Tinetti was in Parliament last… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Pam Corkery has the latest advice on the snake front; a certain property developer Donald Trump can't post bond in his New York fraud case; It was the Ford Motor Company's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Former President Barack Obama has visited Rishi Sunak at number 10; Henry Riley joins us from London with what sparked the visit; Our South America correspondent Kate… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Trump's fighting his way back to Washington DC; correspondent Alex Cadier is in Middle East, he's with us with the latest in the Gaza conflict; Russia is set to re-elect… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: its been a rollicking start to the new Super Rugby Pacific Season, we hear all about it with Hurricanes flanker Peter Lakai; explainer editor Katie Kenny tells us what happens… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we head around the world touching down in the UK, Sweden and Pakistan; we cross to Ohakune to hear what the latest Ruapehu Alpine Lifts bailout means for the ski-town; Labour… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Alex Baird has the latest from Doha where ceasefire talks appear to have stalled; the Outer Hebrides is on the look-out for doctors, we'll tell you what they're tempting you… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: some ancient cave paintings and inflation is slowing in Argentina; we talk with a recovering tetraplegic who is tackling the Abel Tasman track and who's still really using… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: it's Oscars time - we preview Hollywood's biggest night; the government's brought back interest deductability on rental properties - we'll hear what that means and two widows… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our team of correspondents are placed evenly around the planet - Nabil in Ghana, Kalafi in Tonga and Bevan finds himself on the other side of the US/Mexico border Leonard… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: get yer gumboots - the Rural Games are on in Palmerston North this weekend; Henry Riley is in London where they've just announced this year's budget; Labour's education… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Pam Corkery brings news of yet another deadly animal in Australia; Alex Baird is back in the Middle East reporting on ceasefire negotiations; former defence minister Ron Mark… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: finance minister Nicola Willis joins about the taxes and fees to fund more roads; Henry Riley's with us as the UK's Conservative Party struggles at the polls; we look at a new… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Pakistan finally decides on a Prime Minister; Weatherwatch chief forecaster Philip Duncan tells us what's happening with the strong wind and heavy rain hitting the islands and… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: what's on at this year's Dunedin Fringe Festival; we've all heard about supermarkets making a lot of money - Katie Kenny explains why their latest earnings have dropped and… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - More cuts to the media, Newshub's due to end in June, we speak to journalist David Farrier who spent a decade in the building; we get Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni's… Read more Audio