First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: It's Budget Day in the UK; deputy leader of the opposition Carmel Sepuloni talks politics; hundreds of Polish refugee children were welcomed in the small Tararua town of… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: finance minister Nicola Willis explains the changes to building consents, and we ask about the new school lunches and the Auckland Marathon is this weekend, but Justin Weston… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Israel has attacked military sites in Iran; activist Tommy Robinson has been sent to jail in the UK; Invercargill's new national body building champ Thomas Duggan gets up… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: all the latest news out of the UK and South Asia; New Zealand is running short of pilots, we find out what that means for our air routes and New Zealand Cricket is riding a… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: King Charles ends his Australian tour as monarch; the annual celebration of pop-culture hits Auckland this weekend with the Armegeddon Expo and summer's nearly on us, students… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we cross to RNZ's Ben Strang in Dubai where the White Ferns were playing South Africa in the final of the T-20 Women's World Cup after a thrilling tournament; And - the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: We cross to Argentina for the latest on the death of pop star Liam Payne; the Rugby League Pacific Youth Cup is ready to kick off in Auckland this weekend; new data shows the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: The America's Cup just got interesting we head to Barcelona for the latest; Labour deputy Carmel Sepuloni talks about dropping inflation, Wellington City Council, National's… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Australia is fast tracking registration of foreign doctors which means Kiwi ones; we talk with the Principal of Naenae College who says there's no way school lunch suppliers… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: It's been a year since the country elected a National-led government, we ask Finance Minister Nicola Willis what she thinks of their poor showing in the polls; if you've ever… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: all our Monday regulars plus the University of Canterbury has more local students than ever at a time when domestic tertiary enrolments are dropping, we find out what's going… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod with Leonard Powell: the number of New Zealaders working from home has risen 60 percent since 2018, Katie Kenny explains the data; we meet an Italian whale expert who's been… Read more Audio