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6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Oh No! Elon Musk says running twitter has been "really quite a stressful situation ", Henry Riley tells us more; we ask Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni why it's taken… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joins us to discuss our resilience to climate change as severe weather events like tornados cause more worry over the weekend and Bay of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.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… Read more Audio