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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Britain's worst child serial killer Lucy Letby is sentenced in London; tens of thousands of evacuations across British Columbia and Canada's NorthWest territories as… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the death toll from the wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui is now 114 as authorities declare it the deadliest natural disaster in state history; First Up Minister of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - British broadcaster Michael Parkinson has died - we have a look back at his extraodinary career; David Seymour on the government's $20 billion transport plan and how ACT… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the Matildas are out of the FIFA World Cup - recent football convert Pam Corkery on Australia's reaction; the Breakers basketball team sign their shortest player ever; deputy… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - former President Donald Trump is facing more charges; we talk solar power with Greens co-leader Marama Davidson; we hear from a company that will let your pets fly inside the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Commuters in Nelson-Tasman are buzzing with excitement about new electric buses; Spain and Sweden face off at Eden Park for the Women's World Cup semi final tonight - we… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the death toll from the Hawaiian wildfires heads toward 100, we cross there for the latest; Te Pati Maori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa Packer on Labour's plans to remove GST from… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Jimmy Ellingham in for Nathan today: Hawaii's firestorm claims the lives of 36 people; a sell-out crowd - Tuesday's semi final in Eden Park will be the last FIFA Women's… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Jimmy Ellingham in for Nathan today: Taking indoor cricket to the next level... we speak to a man who installed a cricket pitch in his attic; Police Minister Ginny Andersen… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Africa and the Middle-East are in our international sights this morning - as more migrant ships sink off the Italian coast: Bernard Hickey breaks down Blackrock's 2 billion… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we head to Japan where the awkwardness of the release of the film Oppenheimer and the anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb is under the spotlight; in the UK, they've begun… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: not a good weekend for New Zealand at the netball - we get the update from Bridget Tunnicliffe in South Africa; Te Pati Maori co-leader Rawiri Waititi with their plans on… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the Silver Ferns fall to Jamaica - will they make the semi-finals?? Bridget Tunnicliffe joined us from South Africa; Donald Trump is due in court...again; ACT's flies high in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: We're in South Africa, where the Silver Ferns are taking on the hosts in the Netball World Cup; the latest Newshub Reid Research poll has ACT and National on track to govern… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: news out of Aussie and the Middle East; the depths of winter bring wild weather and a polar blast - Weatherwatch's Philip Duncan is monitoring the situation and Green Party… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: it's hot as in Japan while UK have suffered through a cold wet summer; National's deputy Nicola Willis on their transport policy, and sex education in schools and 500 women… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the Football Ferns are out of the World Cup; the All Blacks triumph at the MCG; we'll see how mixed martial arts is having an impact on Maori athletes and an Aboriginal… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: July this year is likely to be declared the hottest year in hundreds if not thousands of years; we meet the NZer with THE greatest job in the whole world - chief judge for the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: A London jury finds actor Kevin Spacey not guilty of sexual assault; back home, cleaners picket for fair pay; five ministers down in five months.. deputy prime minister Carmel… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the Football Ferns lost to the Philippines, we break down what went wrong; Green Party health spokesperson Ricardo Menendez-March on his recently launched dental campaign and… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Kiri Allan's resigned from all her portfolios but remains the MP for East Coast, we ask how it's affected those in Tai Rawhiti; the Football Ferns are back in action tonight… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the number of New Zealanders sleeping in cars is getting close to 500 - Susan St John is with us to talk poverty and politics and holding on by your teeth, sprinting for the… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: extreme heat grips the northern hemisphere from Europe and United States to Japan; "window dressing" ACT says the government's recent announcements to tackle youth crime… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: Australia bails out of the 2026 Commonwealth Games and throws the future of the sporting event in doubt - we talk with shot-putter Tom Walsh and correspondent Pam Corkery in… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we get to the bottom of a 'putrid smell' coming from a West Coast landfill; we hear about a Japanese town that has proposed allowing residents to control mayors salary with… Read more Audio