First Up Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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