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6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Protests continue over covid restrictions in China - we cross to Hong Kong; we're in Doha for the latest as the soccer/football world cup continues and 21 security cameras, a… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - National accuses the government of being soft on crime but we remind Nicola Willis they were accused of the same thing following the 2014 stabbing death of another Auckland… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - We touch down in the US and Europe; First Up was at yesterday's funeral of slain dairy worker Janak Patel and the chair of the Sandringham Business Association is with us… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Black Friday is upon us, we find out if the cost of living crunch may keep people away from the shops; Retail New Zealand boss Greg Harford joins us to talk to us about… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the latest from Indonesia, where the scale of a 5.6 earthquake is beginning to unfold; what does it take to be a world speed golf champ - a New Zealander - we speak to Jamie… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - why is Mangawhai in Northland is the new hot spot and the strain on infrastructure; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis why her party's so opposed to 16 year olds… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - We cross to the United States where a special counsel has been appointed to determine whether Donald Trump should face criminal charges; back home public transport operators… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we head to the United States where a growing lineup of his former allies are turning their backs on Donald Trump; we catch up with the head of the 48 hour film festival ahead… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we're in Poland where tensions are high after a missile killed two people near the border with Ukraine and Henry Riley has the UK's reaction; a new documentary explores when… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - a helter-skelter action packed programme for our Prime Minister as she heads to APEC in Thailand; the countdown is on.. NASA's Artemis rocket is set to blast into space for… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - US Republicans ponder their future; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis why they're pledging to repeal the offshore oil and gas exploration ban, just as world… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we're in the US as final votes from the mid-terms trickle in and control of the Senate is decided; burnt-out and at the end of their tether, we hear from AUT nursing students… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we cross to the US where the "red wave" predicted by pollsters failed to occur in the mid-term elections; hospitality businesses tell us the post-lockdown boom they'd hoped… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Russia appears to be pulling out of Kherson; results are trickling through for the US Midterms; we talk about the banks huge profits with the deputy prime minister and… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we have the very latest on the US midterm elections; a computer algorithim may have solved the case of the missing Lord Lucan; why diagnosing ADHD in adults is difficult and… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - We're in Egypt as the UN Cop 27 Conference gets underway.. but will we see any real action on the climate emergency? There's a rare opportunity to see a blood moon tonight -… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the midterm elections are about to get underway in the US - control of the the House and Senate is in the balance, and is Trump a factor again? The head of the Early… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - we're in Africa and America as well as Pakistan where former PM Imran Khan was shot; the director of the Women's Rugby World Cup tells us about its success as the Black Ferns… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the Deputy PM Grant Robertson talks about the latest financial stability report warning of a rocky road ahead; we ask an expert about the "variant soup" that's leading to… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - a leading immunologist says we're "driving ourselves off a cliff" thanks to more a relaxed approach to Covid; the West Coast prepares for a month's worth of rain in just 36… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - Jair Bolsonaro has been ousted by Lula da Silva in the Brazlian elections; what are the implications for New Zealand after the world's richest man Elon Musk's purchase of… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - at least 150 people are killed in a crowd crush in Korea - we have the latest news from there and from our correspondents in the United States and in Europe; as Covid cases… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - more than 100 cases of Ebola have been identified as an outbreak in Uganda spreads - Nabil Ahmed tells us more; we head to Lyttelton where they've just had a cruise ship… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - In the UK a new Prime Minister has just taken over, the Australian Government is turning to the private sector to solve the country's affordable home crisis and Jacinda… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod - the Australian Federal budget has been announced, Liz Truss has passed the baton to new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Covid cases are on the rise again with over sixteen… Read more Audio