First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod - we have the latest on our Commonwealth Games competitors; former National swimming coach Mark Bone explains why our elite athletes feel unsupported by the current funding… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we go to the UK to find out if our once lovely Ellie Jay has now become insufferable after the English victory in Euro 22 We're live from Birmingham as it rains gold on the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we have the latest from the games in Birmingham; New Zealand's maritime and air borders are now fully open for the first time since the start of the pandemic and a concerning… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - USA's Monkey pox numbers hit 1000 a day; our reporter Felicity Reid is in Birmingham for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games and a bus with a vision to make eye… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - some Australian sports stadiums are bringing back cans instead of one-use plastic cups to save on waste. Should the same happen here? The Deputy PM Grant Robertson jets off… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - our Commonwealth Games athletes prepare for action in the UK; an Florida activist challenges the Supreme Court by hoping to invoke the name of Satan at his old high school… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - talk of inflation, Gib and petrol prices take a backseat for the day as we talk the Pox that the WHO has declared a health emergency - we speak with epidiologist Michael… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - President Biden tests positive for Covid-19; New Zealand tests positive for terrible weather, our weather guru updates us for the weekend; claims that some carers to work 24… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we head to the sweltering heat UK where temperatures topped 40 degrees for the first time yesterday, we talk inflation with the finance and deputy prime minister Grant… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Auckland Mayor Phil Goff discusses the pedestrianisation of the city centre. Will it become a no-go zone for cars? If you've gotten out of the habit of wearing your mask… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - National's deputy leader Nicola Willis on how her party would bring down the cost of living and economist Shamubeel Eaqub crunches the numbers; there's a deadly heatwave in… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod with Nick Truebridge in for Nathan - America's thirst for oil saw US President Joe Biden bump fists with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the weekend; the quarrying… Read more Audio