First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod: in a dominant display, Hamilton cyclist Kate McCarthy claimed back-to-back titles at the UCI Esports World Champs on Sunday - she joins us from Abu Dhabi; we talk school sand… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on overseas news - in Europe where in Ukraine, there's hope for a prisoner exchange and sackings over a corruption scandal; in the US the feud between Donald Trump… Read more Audio

First Up the Podcast for the 14th November 2025. Audio

First Up the Podcast for Thursday 13th November 2025, First Up - Voice of the Nathan. Audio

On today's First Up pod: we have news from around the world with our correspondents in Africa and the Middle-East; the police handling of sexual abuse complaints against former Deputy Commissioner… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: rain has helped put out the Tongariro scrub fire, we hear from local hapu about what restoration they would like to see; deputy prime minister David Seymour is here to catch… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: the huge fire at Tongariro National Park has been described as 'ecological devastation', we hear from a local ecologist about what's been lost in the blaze; we get the latest… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: New Zealand's unemployment continues to climb, we ask Labour MP Willow Jean Prime about that, and all the changes that are happening in education; Southland is still in a… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: we go to Ukraine where families are living amongst rubble in Kharkiv - Relief Aid's boss Mike Seawright is there and closer to home, our reporter Ke Xin Li hears what… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: in London - police have praised a heroic train worker who saved many lives in the stabbing attack there; Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour joins us with his response to a… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: Over the weekend two more people have been charged over the jewellery heist at the Louvre in Paris; fresh 'n fruity Glenn Forsyth has the latest from the markets and our… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: US President Donald Trump has held critical trade talks with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping; it's Halloween and it might not be pumpkin season for us here but Glenn Forsyth is… Read more Audio