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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - The WHO calls the al-Shifa hospital a death zone - we have the latest from the conflict in Gaza and reaction from the USA; Peter Dunne's here as coalition talks stretch into… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Jimmy Ellingham - highlights from a high-stakes meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping - we get the latest from Gyles Beckford at the APEC summit in San Francisco; we… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we cross to Israel where Gaza's biggest hospital is being described as being 'like a cemetery'; a Kiwi medical aid ship is stuck in Fiji as the nation faces Tropical Cyclone… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Suella Braverman has been sacked as the UK's Home Secretary; we ask Nicola Willis about the 'jagged edges' around tax putting a handbrake on a coalition deal; staff and… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we learn why water safety is more than just knowing how to swim - and why the Indian community is being targeted and we hear the beautiful story of a 96 year old man who's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - drama at the Pacific Islands Forum as the Nauruan delegation storms out; in the US, the actor's strike is over; Professor Michael Baker tells us we could be seeing another… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - pro-Palestine march set for Armistice day across the UK is under fire; Egypt could be negotiating a 1 day ceasefire in Gaza conflict as Qatar does deals for a prisoner swap… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we hear from a young golfer who's just become the first Samoan to claim the New Zealand Women's Amateur Championship title; a film experience with live actors providing the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Henry Riley updates us on a Scottish sheep named Fiona; Chris Gilbert is in Tokyo where G7 leaders will gather over the next few days - wars in Gaza and Ukraine sure to be… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - with only a year until the next US presidential election we have the latest from Donald Trump's legal troubles; there's been a hostage situation at Hamburg airport overnight… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump and Robert De Niro have both been in New York courtrooms this week - as has Bevan Hurley who will tell us how those trials are progressing; the special votes… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt is open for limited humanitarian relief and the evacuation of foreign nationals; outgoing deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni joins… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we speak to the entrepeneur trying to make sustainable furniture .. out of seaweed .. seat weed? We find out what is going on with Hamilton's Festival of Weird and Blackcap… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Israel identifies two African hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza; The counting of the special votes for Election 23 will be completed this Friday, National Deputy Nicola… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we have the latest from Gaza as the humanitarian crisis grows; Sport Minister Grant Robertson joins us from Paris in the wake of the All Blacks loss And we hear the story of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we go to the US where a suspect has been named in the mass shooting in Maine; we have the latest from Gaza as Israel ramps up it's attack on Hamas; it's crunch time, the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - hospitals in Gaza are stopping all but life-saving operations, with fuel supplies needed to power medical equipment running low, South African rugby officials have come out… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Bushfires are burning throughout Queensland, Cyclone Lola is bearing down on Vanuatu, as unrest in the Middle-East intensifies, experts are battling a war of another kind -… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we have the latest from Gaza as Israel ramps up it's attack on Hamas; Tai Rawhiti grapples with mounting weather related costs and we catch up Brodie Retallick's mum - who'll… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Rishi Sunak has been in Israel - we have the latest from Gaza; we dip in for a taste of the Tauranga Arts Festival that is on this weekend; podcaster extroadinaire Andy Rowe… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - US President Joe Biden confirms visit to Israel as the death toll rises on both sides of the conflict; New Zealand boxer Mea Motu gets her health on track in time for an… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - up to 10 Britons remain as hostages in Gaza, we're in the UK for the latest; National deputy Nicola Willis talks to us about her party's victory, election promises and the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - ACT leader David Seymour joins us for before the polls close on the weekend; Fiji lock horns with England for the Rugby World Cup quarter final on Monday - we cross to Suva… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - humanitarian groups appeal for aid corridors out of Gaza; Labour's support grows but Winston Peters could hold balance of power - deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni gives… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Hamas continues to hold more than 100 people hostage including high ranking Israeli officers - we go to Tel Aviv; Green Party co-leader James Shaw on fiscal holes and the… Read more Audio