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6:00 AM.First Up - The Podcast, Monday 22 September 2025 Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Excitement for the Breakers tonight with their first game of the ANBL season - Nathan catches up with the legendary Dillon Boucher. The Black Ferns are into their Rugby World… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: President Trump has been welcomed to the UK with pomp and ceremony, we catch up with Ellie Jay in London; Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime talks new curriculum and teachers strikes… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Hamish Kerr is our latest world champion, we hear from him and talk sport with Joe Porter; there's some real treasure on Trade Me this week for vinyl junkies out there, a… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour talks about the possibility of more big concerts for Eden Park; in the Tasman region, reporter Max Frethey updates us on the 13 tonnes… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Poland and Romania have both seen Russian drones in their airspace now - our Europe correspondent tells us their reaction; and we catch up with commentator and former All… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: we have updates about the hunt for the killer of right wing influencer Charlie Kirk; at home, a number of new secondary school subjects are being added… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua has been stood down from the upcoming Taini Jamison Series against South Africa - has there been a player… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: our Middle East correspondent Alex Baird lives close to where Israel has targeted Hamas leadership in Doha - we find out about the implications of this… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: What happens now after Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has quit - less than a year in the job; Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour on when pet… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: hundreds of arrests on the streets of London, we have the latest from Europe and the U.S, where there's been a series of significant immigration raids… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: the Black Ferns are about to face their toughest test of the World Cup when they take on Ireland - we catch up with hooker Atlanta Lolohea and if the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: we head to the UK for more on why a top Government official has referred herself to the ethics committee; we catch up with volcanologist Marta Ribo… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: in Afghanistan rescuers are scrambling to get to remote areas cut off by an earthquake; the USA wants to create Gaza Riviera, a string of high-tech… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: we go to Japan where our correspondent Chris Gilbert has the details on bear attacks, and a local community's struggle with too many tourists trying to… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: another Black Ferns victory at the Rugby World Cup! Rikki Swannell has been over in the UK commentating on matches, she joins us with the latest; all… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: the school shooter in Minneapolis had links with the Catholic school he targeted and in Pakistan the army's helping rescue people from areas devastated… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: fast-track consenting for supermarkets and a few more Costcos, the government says this will bring down grocery prices - we ask Labour's Consumer… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Melissa Chan-Green: Gaza officials say 20 people were killed in Israeli strike on a hospital, including five journalists - Middle East correspondent Alex Baird has… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Shoplifting is on the rise in the UK - Henry Riley tell us what they're doing about it; David Seymour talks about a four year parliamentary term and in Japan, Chris Gilbert… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the Rugby World Cup has kicked off - the Black Ferns are playing Spain Nathan gives updates; staying with sport, our Europe correspondent tell us about stubby legged dog… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Anas Mallick tells us about the devastating floods in Pakistan; California's Govenor is taking Trump on at his own game, Bevan Hurley updates us from the USA; First Up… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: teacher strikes and OCR cuts - we talk the week in politics with Labour MP Willow Jean Prime; Taupo and Turangi News editor Dan Hutchinson has news from the central Pleateau… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: in the Middle East, Hamas has accepted a new ceasefire proposal for Gaza; we look back at the last country to eat their Prime Minister and here in Aotearoa, as teachers go on… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Trump's meeting with Putin was short, Katherine Firkin beams in from New York to tell us if it was sweet; we catch up with swim champ Lewis Clareburt after he made an… Read more Audio