First Up - The Podcast, Tuesday 12 August

On today's First Up pod: Australia's joining France, the UK and Canada in acknowledging Palestine as a state - we ask deputy PM David Seymour what it will take for our government to follow suit; Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says two councillors are not showing up to meetings but turns out their attendance is better than his - we find out more and in Japan the cities are emptying as young people head to their family homes and it's hot, wet and very crowded. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!