First Up

Ex-All Black and firefighter Steve Devine challenged David Seymour to meet him at any firestation to check out the state of the nation's firetruck fleet Audio

UK correspondnent Henry Riley has an update on the weekend's stabbings on a train at Doncaster Audio

Auckland's Mayor and Council have been sworn in, and the inauguration had a very Pasifika flavour as local democracy reporter Mary Afemata explains Audio

Japan's baseball mad after this year's world series in the US, Chris Gilbert told us how crazy they are Audio

First Up producer Ross McNaughton reports on a bad weekend for Koi carp in Waikato Audio

Katherine Firkin reports from New York where they're heading to the polls to elect a new Mayor Audio

Glenn Forsyth has news about a new salad selection hitting stores this week Audio

Two more arrests in the Louvre heist - Anita Purcell-Sjölund has her report from Europe Audio

Irish rugby broadcaster Will Slattery cast his expert eye over the Irish team named to face the All Blacks this weekend in Chicago Audio

US correspondent Bevan Hurley updates us on Hurricane Melissa from Halloween Central, New York City Audio

Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth brings you his Fruit of the Week. Capsicum. But not the green ones. Audio

Anas Mallick brings you his South Asia report today from .. Saudi Arabia Audio