First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod - Eurovision came to its flamboyant finale in Liverpool yesterday - a Kiwi music fan tells us her favourite; it's soup weather and Glenn Forsyth shares a recipe; losing your… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry receives an apology in his phone hacking court case; a US jury has found former president Donald Trump sexually abused a woman and then defamed her by branding… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Moscow holds a scaled back Victory Day Parade as the war in Ukraine continues; Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested; yesterday's heavy rains stranded… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - massive piles of bunting line the post-Coronation streets of London; the new Covid 19 sub variant - made in New Zealand - that's filling up hospitals; school's out today for… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - winter is here and we're being encouraged to be up to date with our booster and flu shots, our roving reporter Leonard Powell checks in at South Seas Healthcare in Otara… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - only one more sleep until King Charles' coronation, we head to the UK for the final countdown; which African leader will be in London for the big day? Despite republican… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - the Kremlin has come under drone attack; we ask Labour's Deputy leader Kelvin Davis about Meka Whaitiri's shock resignation; we're in London as rehearsals get underway for… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK as it counts down to the country's biggest royal party; Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is in London for the fesitivities; closer to home, we ask Greens… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we cross to London where preparations are underway for the Coronation of King Charles III; we ask National's deputy Nicola Willis why she keeps accusing the government of a… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - less than a week to the coronation of King Charles, we get the latest from the UK; a storm hovers over large parts of New Zealand with more heavy rain forecast throughout the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - an Inland Revenue study showed the wealthiest Kiwis pay about 10% tax, while the figure for the average New Zealanders is near 20% - we ask ACT's Brooke Van Velden why the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - the super-wealthy are paying way less income tax than the average New Zealander, so what's the loophole and how is the government planning to fix it - deputy prime minister… Read more Audio