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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - our Commonwealth Games athletes prepare for action in the UK; an Florida activist challenges the Supreme Court by hoping to invoke the name of Satan at his old high school… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - talk of inflation, Gib and petrol prices take a backseat for the day as we talk the Pox that the WHO has declared a health emergency - we speak with epidiologist Michael… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - President Biden tests positive for Covid-19; New Zealand tests positive for terrible weather, our weather guru updates us for the weekend; claims that some carers to work 24… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we head to the sweltering heat UK where temperatures topped 40 degrees for the first time yesterday, we talk inflation with the finance and deputy prime minister Grant… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Auckland Mayor Phil Goff discusses the pedestrianisation of the city centre. Will it become a no-go zone for cars? If you've gotten out of the habit of wearing your mask… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - National's deputy leader Nicola Willis on how her party would bring down the cost of living and economist Shamubeel Eaqub crunches the numbers; there's a deadly heatwave in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod with Nick Truebridge in for Nathan - America's thirst for oil saw US President Joe Biden bump fists with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the weekend; the quarrying… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - a new study finds Maori and Pacific patients could be missing out on critical heart treatment because diagnosis methods were developed for white Americans; the government… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - drama at the Pacific Islands Forum as Chinese officials are ejected from a key meeting; we're joined by a Christchurch butcher at his wit's end after his business was flooded… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - senior citizens afraid to leave home because of declining mask use, we hear from Grey Power's president; Wellington's Sky Stadium is scrambling to get staff thanks to Covid… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we find out what the 'atmospheric river' has done to rainfall in this country; 900 clinicians penned a letter to officials saying the health system is unsafe, under-resourced… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the Pacific Islands Forum's in disarray after Kiribati's 11th hour decision not to take part; Japan's election day's under the shadow of the assassination of former Prime… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - UK PM Boris Johnson is to step down as leader of the conservative party; Floods cause chaos in NSW and torential rain is on the radar for NZ and reports of a gunman on the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - UK PM Boris Johnson faces massive pressure to resign; American supporters of reproductive rights are mobilising en masse to fight back against the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - an Australian religious sect have been charged in connection with the death of an eight year old girl; 4th of July weekend celebrations have been shattered by multiple… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - A 22 year old Danish man suspected of the weekend's shooting in a Copenhagen shopping mall, has appeared in court; Spores that burrow into young cicadas during their long… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the fallout from both the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe V Wade and the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson at the January 6th hearings continue to be felt across the US; The… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - as the NATO summit in Spain comes to an end, Western Leaders are united in their attitude to Russian aggression in Ukraine; far-right violent extremists known as The Proud… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Sweden and Finland have ended - in Sweden's case - 200 years of military neutrality by joining NATO; parts of Japan are experiencing temperatures in excess of 40 degrees at… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Australian census figues show that India is now the third most common place of birth for residents; Middle-East delegations from Iran and the US are meeting to discuss the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson is in Germany for the G7 and Ukraine is leading the agenda - UNESCO recognises Rewana bread as a cultural icon, New Zealanders over 50 will be offered another… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we review day 4 at the January 6 insurrection hearings; we ask the Deputy Prime Minister if it's time we move to the Red alert level setting to ease pressure on the country's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we review day 4 at the January 6 insurrection hearings; we ask the Deputy Prime Minister if it's time we move to the Red alert level setting to ease pressure on the country's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnaulty will this weekend attempt to be interviewed for a world-record 26 hours - he joins us for a live training session; we visit New Zealand's first… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - parts of Spain burn as Europe swealters under a record heatwave; how children's charity KidsCan is making a huge defference, but they still need your help; National's deputy… Read more Audio