First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: the jury has found Hunter Biden guilty on all counts in his firearms case; Australia's opposition is hoping to make nuclear power an election issue; we find out that Fieldays… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: one of the judges of this year's Bacon and Ham awards joins us; a cancer patient forced to pay for his own drugs claims 'the government cares more about potholes than people's… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we have updates from the Middle-East as four hostages taken last October are returned to their families and the reaction to the hostage rescue from New York; Natha meets the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: President Biden addresses D-Day commemorations in France; in South Africa the ANC prepares to share power for the first time since apartheid; RNZ explainer editor Katie Kenny… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: our Taranaki reporter Robin Martin tells us about street crime in central New Plymouth; does an expired RAT test still accurately tell you if you've got Covid? Biochemistry… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: amongst our international news, the trial of President Biden's son Hunter is underway; TradeMe's got a vehicle up for grabs that will let you drive to the shops like a Prime… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Mexico has a new President and we find out how Donald Trump spent his first weekend as a convicted felon; cancer care advocate Malcolm Mulholland responds to the government's… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: the jury's out in Donald Trump's trial in New York - Bevan Hurley has all the details; we head to Africa where the first results from South Africa's election are coming in… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on international news where the UK is fully in election campaigning and a war raging in New Delhi over butter chicken and the heatwave hitting both India and… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: condemnation from around the world after Israel's strike on Rafah; we hear from an American airline accident investigator on what happened in those recent flight turbulence… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: our correspondent in Tokyo reveals a scandal involving pies, a bean curd and a Donut; Henry Riley on the legendary cheese rolling race; we hear about a Rotorua iwi's efforts… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Trump booed on stage as he addresses the Libertarian convention seeking an endorsement; The Minister of Fruit and Veges alerts us to the upcoming World Potato Day; Professor… Read more Audio