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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - We head around the world with Pam Corkery in Australia, the Pacific with Kalafi Moala and to the Middle East with Alex Baird; we ask Pharmac why there is a dire shortage of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Eurovision came to its flamboyant finale in Liverpool yesterday - a Kiwi music fan tells us her favourite; it's soup weather and Glenn Forsyth shares a recipe; losing your… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry receives an apology in his phone hacking court case; a US jury has found former president Donald Trump sexually abused a woman and then defamed her by branding… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Moscow holds a scaled back Victory Day Parade as the war in Ukraine continues; Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested; yesterday's heavy rains stranded… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - massive piles of bunting line the post-Coronation streets of London; the new Covid 19 sub variant - made in New Zealand - that's filling up hospitals; school's out today for… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - winter is here and we're being encouraged to be up to date with our booster and flu shots, our roving reporter Leonard Powell checks in at South Seas Healthcare in Otara… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - only one more sleep until King Charles' coronation, we head to the UK for the final countdown; which African leader will be in London for the big day? Despite republican… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the Kremlin has come under drone attack; we ask Labour's Deputy leader Kelvin Davis about Meka Whaitiri's shock resignation; we're in London as rehearsals get underway for… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK as it counts down to the country's biggest royal party; Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is in London for the fesitivities; closer to home, we ask Greens… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we cross to London where preparations are underway for the Coronation of King Charles III; we ask National's deputy Nicola Willis why she keeps accusing the government of a… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - less than a week to the coronation of King Charles, we get the latest from the UK; a storm hovers over large parts of New Zealand with more heavy rain forecast throughout the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - an Inland Revenue study showed the wealthiest Kiwis pay about 10% tax, while the figure for the average New Zealanders is near 20% - we ask ACT's Brooke Van Velden why the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the super-wealthy are paying way less income tax than the average New Zealander, so what's the loophole and how is the government planning to fix it - deputy prime minister… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we're in Turkey for ANZAC Day, to take a look at how the day was marked in Gallipoli this year; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson joins us.. what will become of embattled MP… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - tributes flow for legendary Australian entertainer Barry Humphries who died on Saturday at the age of 89; Australia finally allows New Zealanders living there for longer than… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we touch down in the United States and Africa for the latest from our reporters there; ACT leader David Seymour is asked if the latest inflation figures are good news; the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the National Party trys to woo farmers with proposals to slash red tape, meanwhile one of their candidates resigns in shame - we find out what Labour makes of it; we hear… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Tonga gets ready to welcome it's seventh cruise ship this year; Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez-March stands in for his co-leaders; it's been cancelled eight times over the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - a study on long Covid has raised concerns amongst infectious disease experts in Australia; Phil Goff talks about his new life as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - tanks are rumbling through the streets as fighter jets roar overhead in the capital of Sudan, we find out more from our Africa correspondent; we hear the inspirational story… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - authorities say they have a suspect in the case of leaked US government secrets; Three Waters has been reset...will it be enough to placate the critics - we talk with Brooke… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Oh No! Elon Musk says running twitter has been "really quite a stressful situation ", Henry Riley tells us more; we ask Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni why it's taken… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to discuss our resilience to climate change as severe weather events like tornados cause more worry over the weekend and Bay of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Japan has declared war...on pollen; we talk managed retreat with National's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop; two tornados in less than 24 hours damaged multiple properties… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Former US President Donald Trump lays the blame on everyone but himself after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying his business records; we ask the Deputy Prime… Read more Audio