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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the jury has found Hunter Biden guilty on all counts in his firearms case; Australia's opposition is hoping to make nuclear power an election issue; we find out that Fieldays… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: one of the judges of this year's Bacon and Ham awards joins us; a cancer patient forced to pay for his own drugs claims 'the government cares more about potholes than people's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we have updates from the Middle-East as four hostages taken last October are returned to their families and the reaction to the hostage rescue from New York; Natha meets the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: President Biden addresses D-Day commemorations in France; in South Africa the ANC prepares to share power for the first time since apartheid; RNZ explainer editor Katie Kenny… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our Taranaki reporter Robin Martin tells us about street crime in central New Plymouth; does an expired RAT test still accurately tell you if you've got Covid? Biochemistry… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: amongst our international news, the trial of President Biden's son Hunter is underway; TradeMe's got a vehicle up for grabs that will let you drive to the shops like a Prime… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Mexico has a new President and we find out how Donald Trump spent his first weekend as a convicted felon; cancer care advocate Malcolm Mulholland responds to the government's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the jury's out in Donald Trump's trial in New York - Bevan Hurley has all the details; we head to Africa where the first results from South Africa's election are coming in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we catch up on international news where the UK is fully in election campaigning and a war raging in New Delhi over butter chicken and the heatwave hitting both India and… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: condemnation from around the world after Israel's strike on Rafah; we hear from an American airline accident investigator on what happened in those recent flight turbulence… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our correspondent in Tokyo reveals a scandal involving pies, a bean curd and a Donut; Henry Riley on the legendary cheese rolling race; we hear about a Rotorua iwi's efforts… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Trump booed on stage as he addresses the Libertarian convention seeking an endorsement; The Minister of Fruit and Veges alerts us to the upcoming World Potato Day; Professor… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: as the government works to get the remaining New Zealanders out of Noumea - our Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala joins us with the latest on the tensions in New Caledonia… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: A July election for the UK; we talk to a mortgage broker about the end of the First Home Grant; Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni joins us to talk about housing and the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Australia has sent two flights to collect stranded passengers in New Caledonia; the Defence has rested in President Trump's hush-money trial; Leonard Powell heads to the SPCA… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Ellie Jay joins us from London where they're having hornet issues; Kate is back on deck from Argentina - with news of flooding in Brazil and chilly weather in Chile; finance… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Mitch McCann reports to us from the USA where world golf number 1 Scottie Scheffler was in a bit of strife - but not enough to miss his tee time; when you think of the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala has the latest from the riots in New Caledonia; Trump and Biden agree on televised debates - Bevan Hurley updates us from the USA; Gabon's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we have latest news from the UK, the Middle-East and Europe; rower Brooke Francis joins us to talk World Cups and Olympic dreams; Labour deputy Carmel Sepuloni discusses… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we visit New York where Michael Cohen's been singing like a bird; a massive billboard has collapsed in Mumbai; we hear from a hopeful kiwi traveller whose holiday plans have… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: a resident of Auckland's CBD is welcoming charges for on-street parking after business hours; finance minister Nicola Willis talks to us about plans for social investment and… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: our Europe correspondent is in Sweden, the home of Eurovision, where they have a new winner; James Parr AKA Space James is here to explain electromagnetic storms and stunning… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: former Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison; Stormy Daniels is back on the stand in New York; structured literacy will be in all New… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: a politician has jumped ship in the UK's House of Commons; Sweden has Eurovision fever; James Parr from Trillium Technologies AKA Space James has what we need to know about… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.On today's First Up pod: It's Stormy in New York - we have the latest from Donald Trump's hush money trial; Olympic bound surfer Billy Stairmand joins the programme, and we learn that the venue is the… Read more Audio