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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the head of a Tai Rawhiti organisation trying to find homes for families displaced by the floods; Green Party co-leader James Shaw will be here to talk the country's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - how would National help cyclone-damaged parts of the country like the Coromandel; a Japanese gangster turns himself in in a surprsingly mundane way; devastated Auckland… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - New Zealand's biggest survey closes tomorrow, we speak to Stats NZ about census 2023; we hear from an Auckland couple who are running out of money after they were were forced… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - We ask ACT's deputy Brooke van Velden if her party is engaging in cancel culture; we're joined by a baker whose huge sourdough loaves are being snapped up before they leave… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - at least 36 people have been killed in a train collision in Greece, we'll have the latest from Europe; we ask Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni about crime in cyclone-hit… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta meets her Japanese counterpart; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson is with us for a Green perspective on the events of the week; no power and no… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - The CEO of the Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce, talks about distributing the 25 million dollars pledged yesterday to cyclone-affected businesses; we hear from a charity… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - It's been a rain-soaked summer and more wet weather is on the way, so is it time we get used to a sub tropical climate? There's an eagle on the loose in New York City Bevan… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Surf Life Saving's Matt Williams on the theft of critical radio equipment from Piha; deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni on flood recovery efforts across the country and in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Japan proposes dumping nuclear waste from the Fukushima disaster into the Pacific Ocean and the Island nations are not happy; the floods haven't put a dampner on Auckland… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the latest from the UK where a body is found in a river less than a mile from where UK mother of two Nicola Bulley vanished three weeks ago; the Government announces a 300… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - US Vice President Kamala Harris says Russia will be held to account for crimes against humanity; orchardists count the cost of cyclone Gabrielle. We tell you what you can do… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we hit North America with Bevan, Africa with Nabil and the fresh produce markets with the Minister; as cyclone evacuees take stock of their situation in different parts of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - At least four people dead and thousands homeless across Tairawhiti, Hawke's Bay, Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel; Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins us in the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Ex-Cyclone Gabrielle has left a trail of distruction - we ask the Metservice if the worst is over; a group of Tongan workers have been rescued from a roof in Hawkes Bay; we… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - widespread evacuations and tens of thousands of homes are without power as Cyclone Gabrielle bears down on the North Island - we have updates from across the motu and local… Read more Audio

6:32 AM.On today's First Up pod - As people wake up to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, we have updates from around the motu from the Mayor of the Far North, our reporters and Metservice; we get… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we get the latest from Turkey where the death toll now stands at more than 19-thousand; the Act Party reckons that people don't need to earn the new $22.70 minimum wage in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Ukraine's president Zelensky is in the UK - Henry Riley joins us from London; we get the update from Turkey where rescuers are racing against time to save people from the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the World Health Organisation predicts the final death toll from Turkey's devastating quake could top 30,000; 11 days on from Auckland's record-breaking floods, we're in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Turkey is smashed by two huge earthquakes - we have the latest from the disaster zone; in Japan the sushi train could be arriving at its final stop; we ask National's deputy… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - We're in the USA and Africa with our international correspondents; back at home, Auckland's state of emergency is due to end today but with more thunderstorms forecast we're… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the great egg shortage of 2023 continues.. we tell you what you can use as a substitute; Auckland children can return to school and childcare centres from today.. but how… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - The latest rain update from the Metservice; Ponsonby residents talk of the ongoing stench amid the cleanup after sewage mixed with rainwater on Friday night flooding their… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - two polls but very similar results... why do voters now prefer Chris Hipkins over Chris Luxon? National's deputy leader Nicola Willis is with us; floodwaters almost up to the… Read more Audio