First Up

Shoplifting numbers are up in the UK and the cops aren't solving enough - Henry Riley reports from London Audio

Four year parliamentary terms will be HUGE on Morning Report this morning - so First Up got in first and asked ACT Leader David Seymour whose idea it is Audio

The leaders of Japan and South Korea are meeting for just the second time - Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo Audio

Four thousand students descend on Auckland for the Secondary School games, organiser Max Brown told us all about it Audio

Katherine Firkin has all the news from North America, she joined the programme from New York Audio

Up early with First Up is the Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glen Forsyth Audio

Ukraine continues to target Russian energy facilities, Anita Purcell-Sjölund reports from Sweden Audio

Ke-Xin Li discovers the Filipino purple yam known as Ube. Audio

Bevan Hurley joins First Up from New York, with breaking news of a celebrity arrest Audio

Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth checks in with his Fruit of the Week (NZ mandarins) and other news from the produce markets Audio

English rugby player Charlie Powell has turned out for Otago in this year's NPC, producer Ross McNaughton called him for a chat. Audio

Much of Pakistan is underwater, Anas Mallick has the news from Islamabad Audio