First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: New Zealand's unemployment continues to climb, we ask Labour MP Willow Jean Prime about that, and all the changes that are happening in education; Southland is still in a… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we go to Ukraine where families are living amongst rubble in Kharkiv - Relief Aid's boss Mike Seawright is there and closer to home, our reporter Ke Xin Li hears what… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: in London - police have praised a heroic train worker who saved many lives in the stabbing attack there; Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour joins us with his response to a… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Over the weekend two more people have been charged over the jewellery heist at the Louvre in Paris; fresh 'n fruity Glenn Forsyth has the latest from the markets and our… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: US President Donald Trump has held critical trade talks with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping; it's Halloween and it might not be pumpkin season for us here but Glenn Forsyth is… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: in Australia - an early Halloween surprise for some students sitting exams; there's growing criticism of the changes to the school curriculum - Labour's education spokesperson… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: category 5 storm Hurricane Melissa is making its way slowly to Jamaica; today we get to know a couple of the weirder creatures in New Zealand - ecologist Mark Roper tells us… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we've got all the news from around the world overnight - and the latest from around the country - where those red wind warnings have eased now; Otago flanker Will Stodart is… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Canterbury is in a state of emergency - we have updates from Metservice; White Fern star Amelia Kerr tells Nathan about their World Cup semi final berth; mysterious booms are… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: our Middle East correspondent Alex Baird has the latest on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire; our reporter Ke-Xin Li goes a tasty quest to find out about a new trend of cake picnics… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we meet a Kiwi Olympian who has biked a long way for charity; we remember the anniversary of what the event that popularised the 'all finger' approach and we also ask… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: the Louvre Museum in Paris has been robbed - we find out how; millions have marched in anti-Trump rallies across the United States over the weekend and here in Aotearoa… Read more Audio