First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela; find out the Minister's Fruit of the Week; lamb, ham or something else? We ask Kiwis what's planned for Christmas… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on the week in Parliament with Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime; Australia's under-16 social media ban has been in force for a day, we find out how they're coping and I… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: TradeMe analyses the most viewed listings of 2025; we remember the day that Australia fought a war on it's own soil and lost and our reporter Ke-Xin Li joins Auckland primary… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: there's foul things afloat in Invercargill; Chris Gilbert tells us about Tokyo's problem with rats and running veteran Richard Potts tells Nathan about watching 16 year old… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: looking at the news headlinea around the world; stealing a bit of English glory as Lando Norris wins the Formula 1 drivers championship and we meet a young - and ambitious -… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: all the latest from around the world from our correspondents in Pakistan and the United States; the countdown is on to Fruit of the Year; we hear from two Auckland teachers… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on the week in Parliament with Labour MP Willow Jean Prime; we're getting in the Winter Olympics spirit with New Zealand curler Anton Hood, who's over in Canada… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Nabil Ahmed Rufai in Africa tells us about a radio DJ's been recruiting fighters for Russia's war in Ukraine; after smashing it in Dubai, the Black Ferns Sevens are now in… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: deputy prime minister David Seymour responds to the week in politics; we hear about the unleashed dogs of Kawerau, meanwhile - the bears of Japan are catching people in… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: nuns on the run in Europe; in the US, a Ukranian delegation is in Florida to discuss President Trump's peace plan; the Special Olympics' national summer games in Christchurch… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we have the news from overnight and around the world; we're getting Christmassey here - local multi-musician Emily Roughton tells us about the Greatest Christmas Show tour… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: our Waikato reporter tells us the new mayor in Cambridge has a special reward for the answer to what's going bang in the night there; in Australia our correspondent thas the… Read more Audio