First Up Podcast

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

On today's First Up pod - a new study finds Maori and Pacific patients could be missing out on critical heart treatment because diagnosis methods were developed for white Americans; the government… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - drama at the Pacific Islands Forum as Chinese officials are ejected from a key meeting; we're joined by a Christchurch butcher at his wit's end after his business was flooded… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - senior citizens afraid to leave home because of declining mask use, we hear from Grey Power's president; Wellington's Sky Stadium is scrambling to get staff thanks to Covid… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we find out what the 'atmospheric river' has done to rainfall in this country; 900 clinicians penned a letter to officials saying the health system is unsafe, under-resourced… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - the Pacific Islands Forum's in disarray after Kiribati's 11th hour decision not to take part; Japan's election day's under the shadow of the assassination of former Prime… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - UK PM Boris Johnson is to step down as leader of the conservative party; Floods cause chaos in NSW and torential rain is on the radar for NZ and reports of a gunman on the… Read more Audio