First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: we have latest from Trump's USA as MAGA bite back over the Epstein files; the latest boxing heavyweight decider is here - Oleksander Usyk and Daniel Dubois in the ring this… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Australian news and in the UK we hear about the fallout from huge data breach from Britain's Ministry of Defence; Labour's Willow-Jean Prime talks about open plan classrooms… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: all the overnight news; Kiwi professional cyclist George Bennett gives his takes on this year's Tour de France and Joseph Parker tells us he's heading to the Oleksandr Usyk… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: In South Korea, medical students have gone back to class after a boycott of more than a year; we celebrate the birthday of a Dutch artist who turned black paint into magic… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we have news from Europe as the EU becomes the target of Trump's new tariffs and the US, ICE raids continue in California and funerals are held for Texas flood victims; Sports… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: the Regulatory Standards Bill has been up for hearings at select committe this week - Labour MP Duncan Webb tells us about that; our Northland reporter Peter de Graaf has… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Alex Baird has the latest as Israel's PM Netanyahu visits Washington; Chris Gilbert checks in from Tokyo where an election for their upper house is just around the corner; our… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: the jury yesterday reached a verdict in the mushroom murder trial - and Erin Patterson has been found guilty on all charges; it's 20 years since the July 7th suicide bomb… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: tragic scenes in Texas over the weekend, with at least 70 people dying in flash flooding, our US correspondent has the latest as the search continues; closer to home - a… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we have the latest on the weather which has been hitting hard across the country overnight; Glenn Forsyth's here with Fruit of the Week and in rugby league, teachers and… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: We have the latest on the weather as more heavy rain is due to fall, especially around the top of the South Island; we talk about the cost of living with Labour MP Carmel… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Israel's launched another wave of airstrikes on Gaza; New South Wales is hunkering down as a 'Bomb Cyclone' hits the coast - our correspondent Gavin Coote has the details as… Read more Audio