First Up for Tuesday 12 August 2025

5:52 AM.Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour joins First Up to talk politics from the perspective of the coalition and the ACT party. Audio

5:47 AM.Henry Riley joins JD Vance for a pleasant few days in the Cotswolds Audio

5:24 AM.Mary Afemata has all the news from the neighbourhood of South Auckland Audio

5:17 AM.Uni bookshop UBIX has gone into liquidation, does this signal an end to physical textbooks? Ke-Xin Li has the story. Audio

5:12 AM.Japan is heating up and much of the country is also being hit by heavy rain - Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo Audio