First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump to appear in a New York court to face criminal charges over porn star hush money - we're live outside his Mar-a-Lago compound; Greens co-leader James Shaw joins us as StatsNZ reports a 3.5 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the September 2022 quarter and ahead of Jacinda Ardern's valedictory speech this afternoon, we ask people how they'll reme...

On today's First Up pod - over 30s can now get their second Covid jab - why is the rollout so low-key this time around? Did yesterday's government announcement about changes to the lobby rules go far enough? We speak to an expert who says, yeah, nah and we ask National's Nicola Willis if it's fair that Stuart Nash is able to join a big lobby firm the day after he leaves Parliament. First Up - Voic...

On today's First Up pod - We're in the United States as New York braces for the indictment of former President Donald Trump; he might have been born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but we hear why Stratford upon the 'Naki is the place to celebrate William Shakespeare and the fruit and veges rejected by supermarkets because of how they look, we stick up for Ugly Produce. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - US Vice President Kamala Harris touches down in Africa; five options for a new Auckland harbour crossing: should it be a bridge, tunnel, or combination of both? Act's Brooke van Velden will tell us her preference; Glenn Forsyth joins us with his coveted Fruit of the Week and we hear how golf helped a sports-mad former Warrior after he lost a leg in a car crash. First Up -...

On today's First Up pod - Peter McIlwiane in for Nathan today - Stuart Nash may have gone as a Cabinet Minister - has there been a cover up? Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni joins the programme; Coromandel residents still largely cut off from the rest of the country now face a big rates rise. Mayor Len Salt explains and everything you need to know about the new Covid vaccine available from Sa...

On today's First Up pod - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to address calls for her to apologise publicly over her comments about cis white men; Wellington Callisthenics has a new workout area all to themselves and we hear from students about what they make of the teachers strikes. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry makes a surprise appearance in a London court where he's suing the Daily Mail's publisher; why Whangarei's $33 million Hundertwasser Art Centre needed an $800,000 bailout after being barely being open a year; education experts and teachers share their concerns about National's education policy and we put them to the party's deputy leader Nicola Willis and we...

On today's First Up pod - Documents explaining why charges against the Pike Rver boss were dropped could be released to families of the disaster; tornadoes and Trumpnadoes roll across the States and the French show the world what a REAL angry protest looks like and for 75 years, the White Lady has been a part of a succesful night out in Auckland. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - Why is the Act Party so keen to silence poet Tusiata Avia while demanding that anti trans rights activist Posie Parker be allowed into the country? The Black Caps go into bat for Cyclone Relief against Sri Lanka at Eden Park tomorrow and it's the first day of Ramadan -- the month of fasting -- for nearly 50,000 Muslims in New Zealand. What does it mean and how do you cope...

On today's First Up pod - Boris Johnson defends his actions around Partygate in front of a parliamentary select committee in the UK; South Island schools struggle to get their rowing boats to the Maadi Cup; Green Party co-leader James Shaw on their cooperation agreement with Labour and seven weeks on from the January floods we find out how a noisy generator is still driving residents crazy. First...

On today's First Up pod - Will Donald Trump be arrested today over porn star hush money, as the former president himself has predicted? Vinyl is now outselling cds for the first time in decades - we look at why people are turning back to the turntables and Coromandel residents say another major highway seems to be at risk of collapsing - if it does, they'll be completely stranded. First Up - Voice...

On today's First Up pod - Japan rounds up the sushi bandits; the cost of living has seen op-shopping on the rise and one of the country's biggest stores is struggling to keep up with the demands of thrifty shoppers; National's deputy Nicola Willis on whether the new police minister Ginny Anderson is fit for the job and elderly Coromandel residents worry fragile roads will make it difficult for the...

On today's First Up pod - Donald Trump says he'll be arrested this week; Elizabeth Kerekere from the Greens believes anti-transgender rights activist Posie Parker shouldn't be allowed into the country and a West Auckland man who worked two jobs to save up for his dream home says all he wanted was a place his four-year-old son could call his own. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - we go to the US as the military releases footage of Russian jets downing that drone over the Black Sea; the ACT party wants for Police Minister Stuart Nash stripped of all his portfolios; what fruit will rise to the top to be Fruit of the Week and whilst Coromandel businesses worry visitors will stay away for the Easter break due to the fragility of the region's roads, so...

On today's First Up pod - Stuart Nash has resigned as police minister, Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni explains why; it's WOMAD this weekend - brought to you by big oil - and not everyone's happy; Fijia Drua put the 'super' in Super Rugby last weekend against the champion Crusaders has the nation stopped celebrating yet? And as teachers strike today, some say it's because they've been forced...

On today's First Up pod - The US, UK and Australia sign a nuclear submarine deal - we have the latest from Pam Corkery; Greens co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to discuss the government's latest policy dump, which includes several major climate policies being scrapped and it's been four years since the Christchurch mosque attacks - two Muslim women talk to us about how life has changed since the...

On today's First Up pod - according to the latest political poll The National Party is on the rocks - political editor Jane Patterson gives us her view, and we ask Nats deputy leader Nicola Willis what's going so wrong; Gary Lineker is to return to UK TV screens; the Breakers head to Sydney for the NBL Grand Final and more flood victims say that councils - not residents - should be responsible for...

On today's First Up pod - we have news from the USA and Europe; we'll ask Karekare's fire chief if the cut-off Auckland community can rebuild, or if it's just too dangerous to live there now and flood victims are angry that more wasn't done to maintain the waterways that destroyed their homes First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - California prepares for more wild weather; the Act Party wants flood affected-businesses to be exempt from minimum wage increases and Fair Pay Agreements; Passionfruit!! We meet the mother and son carving out a big name for themselves in the world of competitive woodchopping and the country's largest car dealer warns people looking for a second hand vehicle to check caref...

On today's First Up pod - one of the BBC's biggest stars is under fire for criticising the UK government; the surprising origin story of the world's most popular doll; we hear how a group of Coromandel volunteers who drive people to medical appointments are coping on the peninsula's wrecked roads - Minister of Transport Michael Wood tells us what the government's doing about it and it now costs $2...

On today's First Up pod - the head of a Tai Rawhiti organisation trying to find homes for families displaced by the floods; Green Party co-leader James Shaw will be here to talk the country's crumbling roading network and improving our climate resilience and engineers will this morning assess whether a major route to the Coromandel can open ... or if the peninsula will become an island First Up -...

On today's First Up pod - how would National help cyclone-damaged parts of the country like the Coromandel; a Japanese gangster turns himself in in a surprsingly mundane way; devastated Auckland residents say they're being told they still need to pay rates despite not being able to live in their homes and Harry Styles fans queue for hours to buy merch ahead of the pop star's show tonight. First Up...

On today's First Up pod - New Zealand's biggest survey closes tomorrow, we speak to Stats NZ about census 2023; we hear from an Auckland couple who are running out of money after they were were forced out of their dream home thanks to the floods and an Auckland councillor is in despair about the ease with which new liquor stores are able to open despite the immense harm they cause First Up - Voice...

On today's First Up pod - We ask ACT's deputy Brooke van Velden if her party is engaging in cancel culture; we're joined by a baker whose huge sourdough loaves are being snapped up before they leave the oven ... all to raise funds for the victims of Cyclone Gabrielle and you're only as old as you feel, we meet a cricketer in his 40s who scores runs by the bucket load against players half his age....

On today's First Up pod - at least 36 people have been killed in a train collision in Greece, we'll have the latest from Europe; we ask Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni about crime in cyclone-hit regions and if a buy-out of affected properties is on the cards and residents from a part of Hawke's Bay that's still almost totally cut off gathered last night to figure out how on earth they're goi...