First Up

The King is gone, but his vast shadow has been long filled with pretenders. Ross McNaughton went to Auckland's Te Atatu RSA to see a wanna-be Elvis. Audio

Tonight, Friday, Hastings is all about meatballs. Vicky Roebuck is the town's chief meatball officer. Audio

Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth has his Fruit of the Week - NZ watermelon Audio

A select committe has back the idea of a social media ban for under-16s, one submitter was Smartphone free childhood New Zealand. Melissa talks with Katrina Colombie. Audio

Zach Montellaro reports from Washington on the latest from the Iran war. Audio

Willow-Jean Prime talks repatriation flights and the English Language Bill Audio

Masterton plays host to the Golden Shears - life member, 77 year old John Hodder talked with Melissa Chan-Green Audio

The World pro-surfing tour is to make a stop in Raglan, Libby Kirkby-McLeod reports from Waikato Audio

Anas Mallick joins First Up from Pakistan, which shares a 1000km border with Iran. Audio

Ke-xin Li takes a look at competitive E Gaming and the billion dollar e-game economy Audio

Melissa Chan-Green talks with energy analyst Gaurav Sharma about the Iran war and impact on oil prices. Audio

We're off to Palmerston North for a chat with Mandy Bartosh from the SPCA Opshop on Albert St. Read more Audio