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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - a leading immunologist says we're "driving ourselves off a cliff" thanks to more a relaxed approach to Covid; the West Coast prepares for a month's worth of rain in just 36… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Jair Bolsonaro has been ousted by Lula da Silva in the Brazlian elections; what are the implications for New Zealand after the world's richest man Elon Musk's purchase of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - at least 150 people are killed in a crowd crush in Korea - we have the latest news from there and from our correspondents in the United States and in Europe; as Covid cases… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - more than 100 cases of Ebola have been identified as an outbreak in Uganda spreads - Nabil Ahmed tells us more; we head to Lyttelton where they've just had a cruise ship… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - In the UK a new Prime Minister has just taken over, the Australian Government is turning to the private sector to solve the country's affordable home crisis and Jacinda… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the Australian Federal budget has been announced, Liz Truss has passed the baton to new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Covid cases are on the rise again with over sixteen… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Rishi Sunak is to be the new UK prime minister; Russia's latest rattling of the nuclear sabre in Ukraine; Rotorua has lost $17 million in tourism spending in three months… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - After 44 days Liz Truss has gone - a new prime minister will be elected within a week; the new mayor of Matamata joins us and we talk New Zealand pizza with one of the stars… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - get a dose of arts for your woes from the Art Chemist at the Nelson Arts Festival; Whanganui's new mayor gets up early for us; no prizes for guessing that inflation is the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Can Liz Truss hang on to the British Prime Minister-ship? A report into Middlemore Hospital's emergency department has described it as dysfunctional, overcrowded and unsafe -… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - new research shows kids who tell the blunt truth are often judged more harshly by grown-ups; as the country's mayors gather in the capital over the next couple of days, we… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the Parkland mass-shooter Nikolas Cruz has been sentenced; the cost of building a home has reached a new record high; Christchurch is the epicentre of the arts and culture… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we're in Ukraine and Russia as attacks on key infrastructures continue; we meet the 23-year-old who could become the youngest mayor in the country today; the deputy prime… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the government's proposed agricultural emissions scheme got the two repsonses you'd expect - some farmers say it could put them out of business, while environmentalists say… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - More than 80 cruise missiles slam into targets across Ukraine; we're in the Chathams as hundreds of pilot whales beach themselves on Pitt Island; National's deputy leader… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we get the latest on Thursday's mass shooting at a child care centre in Thailand; in this part of the world it's all about our new local leaders this morning - we speak to… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: We touch down in the USA and Africa to find out the big stories there - as well as catching up with our Minister of Fruit and Veges… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss pledges to get the country through its current economic turmoil; our deputy prime minister Grant… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: Golfer Ryan Fox on his 1.5 million dollar win at the home of golf; Green MP Chloe Swarbrick discusses her Alcohol Harm Minimisation… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: we get the latest from the UK on the goverment's U-turn on tax cuts; meanwhile, National's Deputy Nicola Willis accuses the Prime… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: we have the latest on the stadium stampede in Indonesia and thousands are without power after Hurricane Ian; this week is your last… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we get the latest on Hurricane Ian hammering the eastern United States; if you catch a fish or find a bargain bit of vege down the market, one Auckland chef is offering to… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the British Labour party are in conference in Liverpool, our correspondence Henry Riley is there to talk about the conference and the UK's crashing pound; did Air New Zealand… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - COSTCO opens in Auckland this morning and there's already people there! First UP will be on the scene; a cancer survivor has created New Zealand history, having her frozen… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK for reaction to the government's 85 billion dollar tax cut package; National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks business confidence; in Moscow, opposition… Read more Audio