First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod - the latest on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's paparazzi incident from New York; we're showcasing more talent from the International Comedy Festival and Lads without Labels - the university programme teaching young men vital lifeskills - like how to cook a flat meal. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they've been involved in an incident in New York; we have an Auckland debt collector who's campaigning for a caring approach to this hardball profession; the Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins us and questions around the Loafers Lodge tragedy will be high on the list and outside the burnt out Lodge in Newtown - the full impact i...

On today's First Up pod - We head around the world with Pam Corkery in Australia, the Pacific with Kalafi Moala and to the Middle East with Alex Baird; we ask Pharmac why there is a dire shortage of menopause medicine; Green Leader James Shaw demands answers about the Newtown Hostel Tragedy and we ask him about tomorrow's budget and survivors tell First Up what it felt like - inside their burning...

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 mast in a storm off Brazil - all in a day's work for Kiwi Georgia Schofield and Cyclone hit State Highway 2 might be open again, but locals say there's a long way to go. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

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 her a liar and George Santos appears in court; a seaweed that ecologists are calling the 'foot and mouth' of the sea; we examine the condition of face-blindness - where sufferers can't remember what pe...

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 travellers on the wrong side of Northland's Brynderwyns while it was groundhog day for West Auckland as residents. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

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 most Year 12s in the South Island thanks to a rolling teachers strike - we ask how her party would improve teachers' pay and working conditions and tiny and peculiar - that's the description of a cine...

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; it's King Charles III's first day at work after being crowned, we cross to London to check out how things are looking post-Coronation and acting PM Carmel Sepuloni apologises again for Immigration's Dawn...

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 tendencies the Australian PM has confirmed that he'll be pledging his allegiance; back home ACT Party's Brooke Van Velden is hoping to unseat the Nats Simon O'connor in Tamaki - what do the locals think?...

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 King Charles quichey coronation continue; what does Australia's most vocal republican Peter Fitzsimons make of the coronation and is Artificial Intelligence going to rock our world - or has this brave n...

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 co-leader James Shaw if his party has been paralysed by in-fighting and the Coronation Chicken was never going to be an easy act to follow, but their majesties have chosen a quiche to mark King Charles' bi...

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 secret plan to hit rich people with another tax; three months on from the Auckland floods, which houses can be rebuilt and where and a man is this morning setting off on a 100 kilometre swim from Great...

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 day. Metservice joins us to let you know where; we talk with March 15 hero Abdul Aziz ahead of his trip to the UK to meet the new King and we hear from military veterans still waiting to be recognise...

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 rich shouldn't be taxed more; nine weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle a sense of normalcy returns to Karekare in the form of a go-cart race and we meet a rat breeder with 350 people on her waiting list. Firs...

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 Carmel Sepuloni joins us and the Olympic Committee is eyeing a chance to host the 2034 Commonwealth Games, is Aotearoa ready for one of the world's biggest sporting events? First Up - Voice of the Nath...

On today's First Up pod - we're in Turkey for ANZAC Day, to take a look at how the day was marked in Gallipoli this year; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson joins us.. what will become of embattled MP Elizabeth Kerekere and nine weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, some red stickered homes are still waiting for geo technical assessments.. what's the hold up? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - tributes flow for legendary Australian entertainer Barry Humphries who died on Saturday at the age of 89; Australia finally allows New Zealanders living there for longer than four years to become citizens, we ask National's Deputy Nicola Willis whether life across the ditch will now become more attractive for our teachers and nurses and with Anzac Day tomorrow, what is th...

On today's First Up pod - we touch down in the United States and Africa for the latest from our reporters there; ACT leader David Seymour is asked if the latest inflation figures are good news; the Black Sticks Pro League starts tomorrow, a young debutant talks to us ahead of the matches against Australia and Great Britain and striking the right chord... a wood worker is auctioning four of his han...

On today's First Up pod - the National Party trys to woo farmers with proposals to slash red tape, meanwhile one of their candidates resigns in shame - we find out what Labour makes of it; we hear from a theatre company putting on free shows for those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle and we're riding a fourth Covid wave so are you lining up for your next booster? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - Tonga gets ready to welcome it's seventh cruise ship this year; Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez-March stands in for his co-leaders; it's been cancelled eight times over the past three years due to Covid - the organiser of the Auckland Home Show tells us if the cost of living crisis may hamper this year's event; its a happy birthday to the worlds longest running cartoon se...

On today's First Up pod - a study on long Covid has raised concerns amongst infectious disease experts in Australia; Phil Goff talks about his new life as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; weask National's Nicola Willis about the latest inappropriate remark by one of the party's new candidates and a school principal tells us what impact the government's plan to reduce class si...

On today's First Up pod - tanks are rumbling through the streets as fighter jets roar overhead in the capital of Sudan, we find out more from our Africa correspondent; we hear the inspirational story of Gareth Lynch, a man living life to the absolute fullest after a terrible accident left him tetraplegic and new research into the lives and minds of bees has scientists changing how they think about...

On today's First Up pod - authorities say they have a suspect in the case of leaked US government secrets; Three Waters has been reset...will it be enough to placate the critics - we talk with Brooke van Velden from the Act Party, which has fiercely opposed the policy plus, the disco dancers clearing rubbish as they boogie! First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - Japan has declared war...on pollen; we talk managed retreat with National's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop; two tornados in less than 24 hours damaged multiple properties over the weekend, Metservice explain why they happened and what the chances are of more and just after a tornado tore through her home, an East Auckland resident was targetted by thieves First Up - Vo...

On today's First Up pod - Former US President Donald Trump lays the blame on everyone but himself after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying his business records; we ask the Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni how we can retain the thousands of nurses heading to Australia for better pay and we're in Northland where businesses say the Easter Weekend could be make or break. First Up - Vo...