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5:51 AM.Willow-Jean Prime makes her first appearance on First Up for the year - she talks education and political polls Audio

5:48 AM.Wellington's Great Big Waterfront Clean Up kicks off today, organiser Naiomi Murgatroyd talked with Nathan Rarer''e' Audio

5:27 AM.There's a kiwi-pocalyse up north - and a lot of mud - Peter de Graaf reports. Audio

5:18 AM.The US builds up its military presence in the Persian Gulf - Alex Baird reports from Doha Audio

5:53 AM.Tongan community leader and former food safety regulator Melino Maka voices concern over non-regulated meat. Audio

5:48 AM.With fewer than ten days until the Winter Olympics, producer Ross McNaughton checks in with medal prospect snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synott Audio

5:25 AM.Local radio legend Boggy McDowell tells us what goodies await punters at Queenstown's Hospice Shop Audio

5:15 AM.European Prime Ministers head to Paris, Anita Purcell-Sjölund tells us why. Audio

5:52 AM.David Seymour spent part of the summer break in Argentina with Javier Milei.. what was that like? Audio

5:46 AM.In the aftermath of yesterday's horse pie story, we asked Carolyn Press McKenzie from HUHA talked about other "alternate meats" and the legalities of consuming them. Audio

5:26 AM.Local Democracy Reporter David Hill on the news from the neighbourhoods of North Canterbury. Audio

5:16 AM.Henry Riley joins First Up from London where the Tories have lost another high-profile former Minister to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party. Audio

5:12 AM.Four years on from Tonga's huge volcanic eruption and tsunami - how are the people bouncing back? Audio

5:54 AM.Ross McNaughton went to pick up a few horse pies for the team - but discovered they'd been pulled form sale - he found out why. Audio

5:48 AM.Former Mauao Trust member Buddy Mikaere talks about what happens next with the maunga in the wake of the killer slip Audio

5:45 AM.It's been a sad weekend in Tauranga was work continues to recover the bodies of those killed in last week's slip Audio

5:24 AM.Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth says it's still summer despite the awful weather. Audio

5:15 AM.Katherine Firkin reports from the USA where ICE has killed another US citizen. Audio

5:52 AM.Here's some of our most memorable First Up moments from 2025 Audio

5:47 AM.Flatpack furniture is a fraught and frustrating festive feature, Ke-Xin Li meets two enterprising young women offering to put it all together for you. Audio

5:26 AM.The Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth has his FRUIT OF THE YEAR Audio

5:17 AM.The Epstein files are due for release this week - Zach Montellaro reports from Washington DC Audio

5:11 AM.Fog and pollution are a feature of the North Indian winter - Anas Mallick reports from Islamabad. Audio

5:51 AM.MP Duncan Webb talks about the political year on behalf of the Labour Party Audio

5:46 AM.Endurance racing and Xmas cake baking aren't usually associated, but they are at Wayne Moore's place in Paekakariki Audio