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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

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we head to Moscow as citizens try to leave the country to avoid being forced to fight in Putin's war; we hear from boxer Joseph Parker ahead of his bout this weekend with… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - We're in New York as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly and Donald Trump is back in the spotlight - the Southern District… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - cloud seeding is the newest way to open the heavens - we find out why New Zealand is yet to jump on the band wagon; Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flown to the US - our… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - It's a special First Up as Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest in the King George the Sixth Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle; with 500 world leaders, Royals and dignitaries… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK for the latest as the world prepares to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth; back home, we canvas New Zealanders to see if they are staying up to watch the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we cross to London where people have spent over 20 hours waiting in line to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II; warnings that the cost of food could drive people to… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we have the latest from London as Queen Elizabeth lies in state; US stocks have tumbled to their worst day in more than two years - economist Brad Olsen explains; acting… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we're in the UK as the new king, Charles III, arrives in Edinburgh to hold vigil for his mother; we catch up for coffee with Auckland Mayoral contender Wayne Brown we find… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we speak with correspondents in Edinburgh, Germany and London as the Queen's coffin moves from Balmoral to Edinburgh; the Minister of Fruit and Veges takes us on a tour of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - We ask Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson if the government will apologise to the women wrongly accused of breaking lockdown rules and plunging Northland into lockdown… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan today: we eat some kai and have a chat with the major Auckland mayoral candidates - this morning it's kebabs with Craig Lord Britain's new Prime… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we have reaction from the UK as Liz Truss defeats Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest to be the new UK prime minister; aid agencies warn Pakistan is in need of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Why New Zealand's anti-hate activists are celebrating the demise of internet forum Kiwi Farms, which facilitated vicious harrassment campaigns against its political enemies… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Serena Williams over-powers the world number two in her final US Open; as the UK recovers from a heatwave and floods ravage Pakistan, we ask NIWA what OUR spring will look… Read more Audio