First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: our correspondent Chris Gilbert explains why pressure is growing on the Japanese Prime Minister to resign; in we hear about a 91 year old council candidate who's actually… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: producer Ross McNaughton finds out how much Netball NZ is paying for TVNZ to broadcast ANZ championship games; we have the fresh juice from Minister Glenn Forsyth at the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we have all the very latest news from South Asia and the US; Fruit of the Week with Glenn Forsyth; we catch up with the perfectly named running champ Lisa Cross - who's at the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: the UK announces it will recognise the state of Palestine at the UN in September; the World Press photo exhibition has opened in Auckland, with thought provoking images from… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Mike Casey from Rewiring Aotearoa explains how we can use our hydro lakes as energy batteries, if we boost rooftop solar; Weather Watch head forecaster Philip Duncan has the… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on last night's netball final with our sports team; we have the news out to the US, as President Trump meets with EU leaders in between rounds of golf in Scotland… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: as the Tour de France heads toward the finish line, we hear the little-known story of the New Zealand Cyclist Corps in World War One; Hulk Hogan RIP and Kiwi boxer Lani… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: The International Court of Justice has handed down its first ever opinion on climate change brought by Vanuatu; the government's revealed the latest numbers on homelessness… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: a big rise for a far right populist party in Japan's latest election; we delve into the mysterious world of private investigators with local PI Daniel Torenson and new stats… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: rugby could be the latest game to get the Saudi sports-washing treatment, producer Ross McNaughton looks at what R360 is all about; we look back to a musical moment that… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we have latest from Trump's USA as MAGA bite back over the Epstein files; the latest boxing heavyweight decider is here - Oleksander Usyk and Daniel Dubois in the ring this… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Australian news and in the UK we hear about the fallout from huge data breach from Britain's Ministry of Defence; Labour's Willow-Jean Prime talks about open plan classrooms… Read more Audio